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  1. Debunked on Japanese Evening News on Nanotech Brings Battery Life Extender for Mobiles · · Score: 1

    These stickers have been a fad for a few months in Japan and the company's claims have been totally debunked by the Japanese news. They did an investigative report (I think the station BS1) and used university scientists to test the claims of the company. After a few weeks of experiments in the lab, there was no noticeable difference. They flat out said it was a fraud. They even confronted the ceo of the company who refused to answer their questions on camera.

  2. I played this in Japan on More Fun Than You Can Shake A Stick At · · Score: 1

    I played this game the last few times I went to Japan. It is a lot of fun, especially with two players. I have pictures of my brother and I playing this in Tokyo. I doubt it could be as much fun though on a console without the actual drums, as well as the fun of doing this in public.

    Adam

  3. Re:Experiences... on What About Functional Languages? · · Score: 1

    The Scheme version doesn't use any side effects.

  4. Re:Experiences... on What About Functional Languages? · · Score: 1

    You are better off defining factorial as tail recursive, or else you will get stack overflows with small values like 1000 (most likely). I would do something like this

    (define (factorial x)
    (letrec ((fact-iter (lambda (a b)
    (if (<= a 1)
    b
    (fact-iter (- a 1) (* (- a 1) b))))))
    (if (<= x 0)
    1
    (fact-iter x x))))

  5. Re:Let me contradict your point with... scripture on Calculating God · · Score: 1

    "he" in this passage refers to Judah, not the LORD. And this is just Judges 1:19 KJV.

    Adam

  6. Kim-Chi is not rotten on Postcard From Seoul: Global Linux 2000 · · Score: 2

    Kim-chi is not rotten! It is made of pickled cabbage that is fermented, much the same way that sauerkraut is made, and thus it last a long time. It is a staple Korean food, and it very worth trying, especially if you ever plan on eating Korean food.

  7. Re:Offtopic on OpenBSD review at linux.com · · Score: 1

    The Daemon has been the emblem of BSD for a long time. The one you associate with FreeBSD appeared long ago on the "Design and Implementation of 4.3 BSD" cover. He is copyrighted by Marshal Kirk McKusick. Please have a look at Kirk McKusick's site if you are still confused. How you came to your assumptions is beyond me.

    Adam

  8. many examples on QWERTY, Dvorak and More · · Score: 1

    You can find lots of counter examles for each key board both pro and con. For A bad Qwerty, "as fast as fast can be" is all left hand except for one letter. For a Good dvorak, "quantos anos tienes" is all on the home row except the first letter. Over the long run, the averages work out like they say.

  9. Great acting on Forum:Blair Witch Project · · Score: 1

    I thought the three stars in this film were three of the best actors i've ever seen. Not once did it seem like they were acting. To me, at least, it seemed well done.

    Adam

  10. Re:Age of universe [a fractal?] on Age of Universe Derived · · Score: 1

    A fractal need not be infinite in infinite in volume or area. One only need look at a few of the famous ones to see this. What's more interesting is when a fractal is infinitely self repeating, or semi-self repeating at every level. I haven't seen anything to make me believe that the universe would fit this description, but it's entirely possible. The basic structure of an atom is described with the electrons in "orbits" around the protons and neutrons. That model works for our solar system and our galaxy. Perhaps it generalizes even more.

    Adam

  11. T-shirts too on OpenBSD 2.5 released · · Score: 3

    Don't forget that there are lots of new T-shirts availible as well! There is the new 2.5 graphic, as well as the older OpenBSD daemon shots, as well as the blowfish encryption shirt. They're all availible at http://www.OpenBSD.org/orders.html. Adam

  12. BSD Daemon on KDE Gets a Mascot · · Score: 1

    Marshall Kirk McKusick owns the copyright to it, but I don't remember who came up with it, if it was he or not. He has a web page devoted to it at at his site. that may shed some light on it's history.

  13. GNU/Linux Thread on Feature:On the Subject of RMS · · Score: 4

    We see this thread every day on debian-devel and linux-kernel and every slashdot forum mentioning free software. I completely agree that I should call my linux based os Debian GNU/Linux. But some people don't, so let them. GNU has a web site. It has it's ideas posted. People who want to follow them will. Those who don't, wont. Some ideas take time. You cannot force common exceptance of an idea just because you know it to be true. Introducing the idea and promoting it are good. Forcing it's exceptance is futile at best.

    Adam

  14. He didn't ask for it on ESR Wants to Retire · · Score: 1

    Mr. Raymond never asked to be a spokesman for what he calls the open source community. Netscape cited him as an influence in their big release. He's been dragged into the public view since. I think he made the best of it very well, for himself and for the people he spoke for.

    Adam

  15. Debian linux is listed as a commercial vendor on Linus in USAToday · · Score: 1

    When did Debian become a commercial entity? They have it listed next to red had as companies selling linux, when Debian is a non profit organization.