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  1. Re:Yes. on Russia's New Official Holiday — Programmer's Day · · Score: 1

    Those all have holidays already Teacher's day: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teachers'_Day Doctor's Day: http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/March/doctorsday.htm World Social Worker's day: http://www.ifsw.org/p38001263.html World Science Day: http://www.unesco.org/science/wcs/eng/declaration_e.htm Mathematicians day:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Day (I know it's a stretch) Firefighter's day: http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1986/100886d.htm Initernational Artists day:http://www.internationalartistday.com/ For good measure: Sysadmin day:http://www.internationalartistday.com/ Programmer day:http://www.programmerday.info/

  2. ECLIPSE on What Free IDE Do You Use? · · Score: 1

    I use Eclipse (For Java) but I know that they do make a C/C++ version. There is a real nice community surrounding the project as well.

  3. Re:Please, please, do NOT.... on Original Cast On Board For Ghostbusters 3 · · Score: 1

    I was thinking that you could force some monkey's to watch. This would be a new form of Monkey Torture! Remember kids, get yourself a monkey, and torture the hell out of it!

  4. I'll believe it when I believe it! on Original Cast On Board For Ghostbusters 3 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is interesting considering in recent interviews, Aykroyd has been quoted as saying that the new Ghostbusters game is actually the rumored third movie. Don't get me wrong, I do love me some Ghostbusters, but I just think this is the Duke Nukem Forever of movies.

  5. Awesome! on Left 4 Dead SDK Beta Released · · Score: 1

    I have it, I love it, now I want to Mod it!!! I love Left 4 Dead, it's fun. My main gripe was the number of Maps. Perhaps some editing will bring even more hours of fun to this already great game!

  6. Re:My lone opinion on Computers With Opinions On Visual Aesthetics · · Score: 1

    Bravo! Well stated. The field of AI is filled with seemingly innocuous research, that is until someone figures out a way to combine some of that research in a way that is useful. In my opinion, we are on our way to creating AI that is capable of learning and understanding on near human levels. The fact that a computer can judge photography nearly the same as a human proves that a computer can understand aesthetics! For anyone in the field, this is HUGE!!!!

  7. Total BS on NY Bill Proposes Fat Tax On Games, DVDs, Junk Food · · Score: 3, Insightful

    None of these things make people fat! Parents let their kids get fat. When I was young, I had a Nintendo and Gameboy and plenty of videos and TV to watch, but my Mother wouldn't let me sit on my ass and watch them all day. She made all of her children go outside. If we were bored, she gave us yard work and/or other chores to do! The children today aren't going to get less fat if they tax this stuff because people will keep buying it (look at cigarettes, we know that they will give you cancer and they tax the hell out of it, almost $8.00 a pack in NY, but millions of people buy them every day). If you want to stop kids from being fat do something to get the parents involved. Start making your kids play outside!!!!

  8. My happy place on Where's Your Coding Happy Place? · · Score: 1

    I rarely work at home because there are just too many distractions there (wife(1), kids(2), cats(2), & dog(1)). I do work pretty well at the office(mainly becasue we ran out of cube space before I was hired and I work in a storage space that was converted into an office). It is really quiet and I can get a lot done in a little amount of time. Most days I get completely lost and do not even realize that it is 5:00!

  9. Re:Bah on Beware the Perils of Caffeine Withdrawal · · Score: 1

    Not to be ridiculous, but I come from a family of caffine junkies. Growing up there was (and still is whenever I go home) a pot of coffee on roughly 20 hours a day(mom goes to bed late and Dad gets up pretty early). I was raised on coffee. It is the drink of choice for the majority of my family. We are all aware that Caffine is an addictive drug. Hell, no one in my family even attempts communication before ingesting their first cup of coffee! Why is this even a story? This is a non-story.

  10. LOL on Microsoft Zunes Committing Mass Suicide · · Score: 1

    This is what you get for buying products from M1cr0sux0r!!!

  11. Simply Put on Java Performance On Ubuntu Vs. Windows Vista · · Score: 1

    Simply put, these results can be attributed directly to the fact that Windows M1cr0sux0r's!!!!

  12. Time Management on Freelance Web Developer Best Practices? · · Score: 1

    try http://www.openworkbench.org/index.php/ to help you out. I think that is a comparable open-source application to MS Project!

  13. Re:So much for unlimited internet on Comcast To Cap Data Transfers At 250 GB In October · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately for me, FIOS is unavailable. My only choices are Dial-up or Comcast. I hate these jerks! I have been sent letters in the past asking me to "curb my internet useage", these bastards hooked me in with terms like "Unlimited Internet Access" and "Always on Broadband" and then they tell you that you can only use 250GB per month! I watch Netflix movies from my computer all the time, I watch a lot of podcasts, internet tv, and I listen to streaming internet radio. All of which are legal and now they tell me that I have to use these services less, this is such bullshit! Hopefully Verizon will get it's act together and get FIOS in the greater PA area so I can switch.

  14. Re:Uber Geek Work out on How Do Geeks Exercise? · · Score: 1

    As I was only kidding about the above, try the Hacker's Diet: http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/ It was written by the creator of AutoDesk, He used to be overweight and created this diet for himself. Coupled with just a basic exercise regimen (take a daily walk and keep doing your situps and push ups) and you should be fine!

  15. Uber Geek Work out on How Do Geeks Exercise? · · Score: 1

    Monday: 100 reps Mountain Dew Curling Tuesday: 100 reps Phone reciever lifting Wendsday: Take the stairs to your meetings (both up and down) Thursday:Roller Derby with office charis (good leg workout) Friday: Nija sneak out of office an hour early then run across the parking lot to your car (cardio workout)

  16. Make furniture!!!! on What To Do With Old Laptops? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Attach some wooden legs to them and use them as end tables. I have made many a nice furniture piece using old computers. Including a coffee table, night stands, and even a fish tank. The last one isn't finished yet because of leak issues.

  17. sorry, I did not spell check on Physicist John A. Wheeler is Dead at 96 · · Score: 1

    code= good spelling = bad while{ errors (spelling) > 0 debug }

  18. Ubuntu Rulz! on Hardy Heron Making Linux Ready for the Masses? · · Score: 1

    I have been using Ubuntu for 2 years. It is a great OS. I even switched my parents over to it after repeated tech support phone calls for problems directly caused by windows (not user error, because my parents only surf the web and read e-mail). Since installing Ubuntu on their machine, I have had not one phone call for help. The machine has been running fine for over a year without the slightest hint of a problem! Thanks Ubuntu for saving me from explaining to my mother that when you have windows, the BSOD is just a part of life.

  19. A sad day. on Physicist John A. Wheeler is Dead at 96 · · Score: 1, Insightful

    You will be missed. There is not much that can be said when the scietific community looses such a distinguished and important person.

  20. Re:changed to: 10 Cool Gadgets You Don't Want to H on 10 Cool Gadgets You Can't Get Here · · Score: 1

    Are you kidding? Who doesn't want a talking remote control? A robot that changes the channel for me is one of my wet dreams come true! Go Toshiba...make it mass producable!

  21. Re:Not a good example on Canadian TV to Adopt DRM-Free BitTorrents · · Score: 2, Insightful

    While this may in fact be true, as a native New Yorker(and usually proud of it) I am really upset about the fact that we can not even keep the American side clean! It is horrible and dirty. Having been to both sides, the dirtiness takes away from what is still a particullarly beautiful site!

  22. Oh Canada.... on Canadian TV to Adopt DRM-Free BitTorrents · · Score: 4, Interesting

    From healthcare to Hockey, why do the Canadiens constantly get things right where we can not. As an example, anyone who has ever gone to Niagra falls can tell you that the Canadiens are better than us at almost everything. The New York side of the falls is horriblly dirty and devoid of any decent food or lodgings, while the Canadian side is clean, has a vast number of resteraunts(including a Hard Rock cafe), and even has gambling. All this and you could eat off the streets! Why is this, does anyone even know?

  23. Bullshit! on One Minute of Science Per Five Hours of Cable News · · Score: 1

    This is Bullshit! Should be same rules for everybody!

  24. Re:Needed with 1 in 300 being a terrorist on FBI Hid Patriot Act Abuses · · Score: 1

    For the record, I did not smell heavily of gasoline. I smelt like someone who just bought gas on thier way into the airport. The gas was on my shoe bottom, which was off my feet when they noticed it. It should not take 2 hours of some gap toothed mouth breather smelling my shoes to realize that: a) I am not a terrorist and b)If I was going to use gasoline as an explosive, I would need to have something to blow up. My shoe bottom smelling of gasoline, with nothing else to go along with it should not keep me held up for 2 hours. I didn't even have a carry on bag. I checked my bags and I walk on with nothing but a book to read. When I travel, I send my lap-top UPS so that I won't have to deal with it at the airport because it is always a hassle.

  25. Re:Needed with 1 in 300 being a terrorist on FBI Hid Patriot Act Abuses · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This is my favorite. Marine Staff Sgt. Daniel Brown was blocked from flying while on his way home from an 8-month deployment in Iraq. He was listed as a suspected terrorist due to a previous incident in which gunpowder was detected on his boots, most likely a residue of a previous tour in Iraq. I was actually held for 2 hours once because one of the people in airport security because I smelt like gasoline. I was returning home from a business trip and I had to fill up a rental car with gas. There was some gasoline residue on my shoes. Do I really need to be searched and treated like a criminal for filling up a car with gas?