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  1. Re:You lost me on the incredible leap of logic... on XML and Perl · · Score: 1

    No, it actually makes perfect sense.

    Consider the following:

    for all elements e of a set x, y(e).
    z belongs to x.
    therefore, by definition, y(z).

    Note the "by definition" part.

  2. Re:Digitalize it ! on Preserving the Sound of America · · Score: 1

    Which is, uh, considerably less than 100 years.

  3. Re:A common verb like *what*? on Honeymoon Over For Google? · · Score: 1

    Where I live, "photocopy" and "xerox" are interchangeable. People use both.

  4. Re:Google on Honeymoon Over For Google? · · Score: 1

    That took me to goatse.cx :(

  5. Re:African or European? on Human vs Computer Intelligence · · Score: 1

    Can you tell me more about a great idea?

  6. Re:Yea dad... on Real Time Vehicle Tracking Made Easy · · Score: 2, Funny

    In other news, coffee-shop porkings were up 1000% today.

  7. Re:As per usual... on BMG Stops Producing CDs · · Score: 1

    Cashiers aren't paid enough to care about your problems.

  8. Re:Crossover on SuSE Linux will run Microsoft Office · · Score: 1

    Because some of us want to see SuSE succeed, and they can't do that on goodwill alone. Now, I probably won't buy it - I'm a student, and $130USD is a steep price for me - but I bought a copy of SuSE 8.0 recently, and I would recommend that people start doing the same with their favourite distribution.

  9. i will take the karma hit on Never Mind The 25th Anniversary · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i do believe that this is the first post.

  10. Re:Why is PHP so bad? on Yahoo Moving to PHP · · Score: 1

    PHP vs. perl is a religious debate, really.

    I like perl.

  11. Re:I can't go... on Simpsons on the Silver Screen · · Score: 1

    I was grounded for straightening mine. :(

  12. Re:HOORAY! on AOL's new Linux PC · · Score: 1

    A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog without bricks tied to its head.

    Harder to kick?

  13. Re:Good For the Consumer? on New York Times Staff Editorial Promoting Linux · · Score: 1

    SuSE 8.0

    Absolutely painless. Just put in the CDs, follow the simple instructions, wait a while (I chose the full installation), and you're done. Everything's set up.

    Dead fucking simple. Plus, YaST2 is very nice.

  14. Re:3:00 am coding on Do Long Work Hours Affect Code Quality? · · Score: 1

    Cheetos are crap. The best cheesies are made by Hawkins, a Canadian company. Absolutely delicious.

    I've never had caffeinated Mt. Dew, though. Canada has funny laws regarding caffeine in non-cola carbonated drinks.

  15. Re:EFFECT on Netscape 7.0 is Out · · Score: 2, Funny

    Your new here, aren't you? ;)

  16. fdsafdsafdsafdsa on Sigma Designs/XVid Update · · Score: -1, Troll

    Frist logged in first post!

  17. Re:Barcodes aren't unique anyway on Longer Bar Codes Coming in 2005 · · Score: 1

    Barcodes will often have numbers below them so that the cashier can key in the item in the event that the barcode won't scan. I've worked in retail for a couple of years, part-time, and believe me, you get to know a lot of those codes. If some product were to take code 0678290 (Coca-Cola), I'd instantly recognize it.

    Sad, but true.

  18. Re:Yeehoghu hits! on Dave Arneson Talks About Helping Create D&D · · Score: 1

    Holy shit.

    That beats my grade nine D&D adventures hands down!

  19. Re:Hasent Changed.. much on A High-School Hacker's Notebook · · Score: 1

    em

  20. Re:Blah on Edsger Wybe Dijkstra: 1930-2002 · · Score: 1

    Likely because a lot people don't realize the profound impact that semaphore and ALGOL had on the computing landscape.

  21. Re:A little program for you, oh person who reads / on Ricardo Montalban Recalls Khan · · Score: 1

    Jesus fucking Christ, that's Visual Basic! Eww! Here, drink this:

    ?- assert(calls(kettle, black(pot))).

    Yes

    ?- calls(X, black(Z)).

    X = kettle
    Z = pot

    Yes

  22. Re:Must be lots of poets out there on Hacker Survey · · Score: 1

    I've always felt that writing music and writing code were two very different things. To be sure, there's a heavy element of creativity in both, but consider this: programs will have exactly one semantic meaning; music can be interpreted in a variety of different ways by different people. It's the same with poetry, really.

    Now, I love writing code; I know somewhere near a dozen computer languages. But it really isn't the same as writing music.

  23. you're comparing apples and oranges. on Hacker Survey · · Score: 1, Troll

    I mean, yes, both of them happen to be fruit, but they're otherwise very different.

    I'll agree that basic vi sucks, and I'm an avid vim user. But addressing your points one by one:

    1. vim does
    2. vim does
    3. vim does
    4. vim does, I believe. But then, I never use it, because I prefer a text editor to be a text editor and little else.
    5. vim easily allows you to switch between buffers.
    6. not sure if vim does this, but I'm sure you can write macros to do this.

    In short, you, sir, are a troll. Not all of us like our text editors to try (badly) to be a newsreader, an e-mail client, and a web browser.

    Best,
    a fellow troll

  24. Re:The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe on Douglas Adams, Narnia, and Trailers · · Score: 1

    I've always thought it rather sad that people can't look past actors' previous roles. Agent Smith was a very distinct character, to be sure, but it's certainly not all that Mr. Weaving is capable of. I thought, appearance-wise, he was perfect for the part.

  25. Re:My list of skills on Wanna Work for Dave Taylor & American McGee? · · Score: 1

    Oh, I'll readily admit I'm not funny. You, on the other hand...