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  1. Binders, acid free pages! on How Do You Store Your Personal Photos? · · Score: 1

    I keep them in meticulously indexed binders, organized by year. All film and contact sheets are archival processed and stored in archival sleeves.

  2. Self Motivation is key to college on Should Colleges Ban Classroom Laptop Use? · · Score: 1

    One of my professors, who happens to be among the top engineering faculty we have said something interesting when I was talking with him in office hours... He used to measure his performance by the grades his students got, then realized that if the student is motivated, they'll learn and come to class and pay attention. If they don't want to pay attention, then they're not self-motivated enough to make it anyway. If they fail, that's because they didn't take full advantage of the class. Let it be said he teaches upper-division courses, and really, if you make it that far you should be motivated enough to pay attention in class instead of facebooking anyway.

  3. Re:Patch on its way... on Linux Kernel Exploit Busily Rooting 64-Bit Machines · · Score: 1, Informative

    Me too. Let's see Microsoft get a patch out that fast. ;)

  4. Re:older developers... on Why Linux Is Not Attracting Young Developers · · Score: 1

    I'd have to disagree. At least at my University, there's a very hard emphasis on things like basic data structures, classic computing algorithms and the hardware-software connection. Perhaps that's just because I'm studying for a computer engineering degree rather than just CS, but many of the classes even on the 200-level have at least half the course dedicated to classical CS stuff. You can't get past your third semester in CS without knowing how to effectively write and manipulate classes, BSTs, manual memory management. In sophomore year, we do microcomputer organization and you can't get past without being able to write at least rudimentary assembly.

  5. Re:bad attitudes on Why Linux Is Not Attracting Young Developers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The life of software is very much in its documentation and how the future programmers who touch it will use it. If millions of people are "harassing" the programmer, maybe that speaks volumes about their code. Good code is self-documenting, and where necessary, accompanied by verbose commenting. An superbly fast algorithm is near useless to anyone but the original coder if it is so obfuscated and ill-documented that nobody else can understand it.

  6. Re:What about the barrier to entry? on Why Linux Is Not Attracting Young Developers · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is the reason I don't contribute. It's like suddenly being handed the US economy and saying "fix it!"

  7. Re:Ubuntu Bleeding Edge Features Ready for Prime T on Ubuntu 9.10 Officially Released · · Score: 1

    If the user is trying out Linux and doesn't want to worry about losing settings and data with different distributions? Also, the partitioning would be invisible to the user unless they are fiddling with things, and if they then discover they needed separate partitions, it's easier to have it done already than backing up data and wasting time...

  8. Re:Easy... on Suitable Naming Conventions For Workstations? · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, the old public school system I went to did just that. not kidding. school-name-classroom-IP. for every computer.

  9. OH SHIT! on IBM Claims Breakthrough In Analysis of Encrypted Data · · Score: 1, Funny

    I hope IBM won't be working with NSA on this one too!

  10. Re:Yawn... on 15-Year-Old Invents Algae-Powered Energy System · · Score: 1

    âoeDiscovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thoughtâ. --Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

  11. Re:Take Kodachrome if you must ... on Kodak Kills Kodachrome · · Score: 1

    Fuji brought it back (because of a massive uproar) after changing the formula a little bit. I personally don't like the tones in the new film as much. :\

  12. Reminds me of a crappy film... on NASA To Trigger Massive Explosion On the Moon In Search of Ice · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh yea, remember that 2002 or whatever make of The Time Machine? With the fragmented moon? Lets just hope this time it doesn't come crashing down on Earth.

  13. Re:Fine since Jaunty Beta on Is ext4 Stable For Production Systems? · · Score: 1

    I seem to notice a slight difference-between-DSL-and-cable difference.

  14. I haven't had a problem with it yet. on Is ext4 Stable For Production Systems? · · Score: 1

    I've been running it for a few months now, and haven't had a single issue.

  15. Re:remember the millennium bug on Pulsar Signals Could Provide Galactic GPS · · Score: 1

    We'll use 4096-bit integers. 4096 ought to be enough for anyone!

  16. Directional GRB on Pulsar Signals Could Provide Galactic GPS · · Score: 1

    Aren't pulsars directional? How would you see the pulsar if it isn't currently flashing in your direction... They have set orbits and would have a plane where they will be invisible. Not that we'll ever get that far as humans, but it does seem like a major show-stopper.

  17. Re:Gotta upgrade to 8.10 first on Ubuntu 9.04 RC Released · · Score: 1

    Slashdot ate my [/sarcasm] tag ;)

  18. Re:Gotta upgrade to 8.10 first on Ubuntu 9.04 RC Released · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Ubuntu is linux-based, not Windows. We're not used to rebooting all the time.

  19. Re:Silly Users on Zombie Macs Launch DoS Attack · · Score: 1

    Winnerz d0n't do w4rez.

  20. Change doesn't happen overnight. on EFF Says Obama Warrantless Wiretap Defense Is Worse than Bush · · Score: 1

    Seriously, for real change in policy, give the man a few months in offic-- oh.

  21. Re:Linux isn't ready on Linux Needs Critics · · Score: 1

    Well, did you try using the Debian installer? Ubuntu is Debian for the most part.
    Linux is linux, the different installers usually are the exact same thing wrapped in a package that the local system's package manager can easily install.

  22. Crossover on Microsoft Office 2007 In Linux With WINE · · Score: 3, Interesting

    For those of us who took advantage of the Lame Duck Challenge...

    I have Photoshop CS2, Dreamweaver CS2 and MS Office 07 running flawlessly in Crossover.

  23. Re:Define 'portable'? on Best Wi-Fi Portable Browsing Device? · · Score: 1

    S'ok, my boyfriend wears them too.

  24. Re:Define 'portable'? on Best Wi-Fi Portable Browsing Device? · · Score: 1

    Heh, my Eee701 fits just dandy in my cargo pocket :)

  25. Re:Calculated in Excel? on Microsoft Asks For a Refund From Laid-Off Workers [updated] · · Score: 1

    Oh, I almost completely forgot about that bug! Hah!