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  1. What, UP, but soft? on No Space Porn (For Now) · · Score: 1

    So close, and yet so far...

  2. He doesn't need to fly on Hackers Clone Elvis' Passport · · Score: 2, Funny

    just add "Elvis Aaron Presley" to the no-fly list

    Won't work. Elvis is everywhere

  3. Re:If your database server on How Big Should My Swap Partition Be? · · Score: 1

    If your DB server is swapping, either you've misconfigured things, or some process has run away with your memory.
    Keep your swap file small so that the OOM killer kicks in sooner rather than later.

    What you say makes sense, but unfortunately Oracle doesn't. The Oracle installer simply won't start if you don't have at least 1GB of swap space, no matter how much RAM you have.

    Want something that works well? Get Postgres. Want to make your boss happy and keep your job? Get Oracle... Sad but true :(

  4. It has been done on Africa Leads In IPv6 Adoption · · Score: 2, Funny

    If we already write them as xxx.yyy.zzz.ttt, why we stop at 255?

    The answer is, we don't. For an example of an IP address with numbers going over 255, watch this movie

  5. Makes sense on Africa Leads In IPv6 Adoption · · Score: 5, Informative

    Considering that African nations have each a small fraction of the 16 million addresses that the GE corporation has, they need something better than NAT.

  6. Re:Wonder if on Microsoft To Release Cloud-Oriented Windows OS · · Score: 1

    an HTML version of the Blue Screen Of Death.

    Yes, they do have one, here it is

  7. while True: on Advanced Excel for Scientific Data Analysis · · Score: 1

    it's done with applying formulas over a range of cells

    I need infinite loops, you insensitive clod!

  8. ...there's a better solution on Advanced Excel for Scientific Data Analysis · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Python for scientific analysis,

    Python is the solution I recommend for everyone who looks for tips on advanced Excel uses. Excel is OK if you just want some quick and dirty solution for a small problem, but if you have to go to the trouble of reading a book, Excel is clearly not the best solution.

    For scientists and engineers who need something more than what Excel (and possibly Matlab) offers, I recommend starting with either A Byte of Python or Dive Into Python.

  9. Blender? on Managing Personal Electronics and Software In the Workplace · · Score: 1

    You have a blender at work? Wow, and I thought people who talk on the phone all day were annoying!
     

  10. Re:Fuck the police on MI6 Terror Photos, Data Accidentally Sold On Ebay · · Score: 1

    Having mp3 files on your computer is not illegal in the UK
    Offering them to other people is ....

    But he *did* offer them to other people. From the summary: "The buyer immediately went to the police, who initially treated it as a joke; when they realised he was serious, they swooped on his home and seized his camera and PC".

    Offering it to other people is illegal, offering it to the police is incredibly stupid.

  11. The easiest answer of all on The 23 Toughest Math Questions · · Score: 1

    How to create an operating system that doesn't suck!

    1) Take a Finnish student
    2) ???
    3) Here's the unanswered part: how do you get a profit?

  12. Re:the art of posing problems on The 23 Toughest Math Questions · · Score: 1

    The first example: "Develop the mathematics of the brain". This covers large parts of computer science, artificial intelligence and psychology. What does "mathematically consistent" mean?

    The way I understood it is "develop a mathematical model of consciousness". Something that very smart people have been wondering about for some time.

  13. Re:I would love to see, for once on New Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record · · Score: 1

    I would love to see for just once, an article that states that the mentioned technology is being produced en masse and possibly a website from where I can order it, wherever I may be at a reasonable price.

    In other words, you want an article about penis-enlargement pills?

  14. Expensive! on New Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record · · Score: 4, Insightful

    These things will be *very* expensive, I'll guess that the main application will be in spacecraft solar panels.

    First, they use gallium, which is an expensive material. Second, from the description in the summary (TFA is slashdotted), they do one side, then flip it over and etch the backside to get at the junction from the back. Seems like a costly manufacturing process.

  15. Re:I have only one thing to say. on Australia Mulling a Nationwide Vehicle-Tracking System · · Score: 1

    A long stick, a roll of duct tape, and a can of spray paint will trump even the most expensive traffic cameras.

    That's why they need *more* cameras, so the other cameras will catch you doing that.

  16. Welcome to the Global Village on Australia Mulling a Nationwide Vehicle-Tracking System · · Score: 0

    we've got 1 cctv cam per 14 people in this gulag

    It's not a gulag until they start imprisoning people arbitrarily. A country filled with surveillance is not a police state, it's more like a small village. Beware of gossip, act as if someone's always watching you.

    Of course, surveillance *can* be used by a police state, but it can be used against the state as well. Remember the Nixon tapes.

  17. "The Innovator's Dilemma" on Asus N10 Review — the First Netbook For Gaming · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I suspect that this system, and others like it, really annoy the traditional makers of high end mini notebooks.

    This is something that has been extensively and well discussed in this book. Traditional companies always have a lot of difficulty trying to compete with new products that come from "below", i.e. have less features but are cheaper than the current products.

    Mini-computers killed almost all of the old mainframe manufacturers, just like personal computers put the mini-computer sellers out of business. Now it's the time for the PC manufacturers to feel the heat, I expect a big restructuring of the whole industry in the next few years.

  18. Exceptions! on What To Do Right As a New Programmer? · · Score: 1

    goto is sometimes useful, for breaking out of a few layers of loops/blocks.

    Maybe, if you are still programming in FORTRAN-77. For modern languages, the use of exceptions is recommended.

  19. Ask any former VAX user! on NYT Ponders the Future of Solaris In a Linux/Windows World · · Score: 1

    Any server OS with decent legacy traction can hang on for ages even without exciting benefits, or even parity, compared to its competitors. Any OS can also be opened up, given away, and allowed to limp along for as long as anybody cares to play with it. VAX/VMS is essentially certain not to die.

    I can't say I totally agree with your post.

  20. Or else... on NYT Ponders the Future of Solaris In a Linux/Windows World · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... if they actually need to be rebooted one day and the new admins notice its not linux

    ...or if a new application is required and the admins can't find the apt repository...

  21. The proper Homer Simpson quote on China Announces Launch-Success Details — Before Launch · · Score: 3, Funny

    Space Pornos?
    This is relevant to my interests.

    No, no, you should have said "Your ideas are intriguing and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter"

  22. Re:Sucks on Kuwait Issues Order To Block YouTube · · Score: 1

    Muhammad sucks, Christ Sucks, Richard Dawkins Sucks, Flying Spaghetti Monster sucks
    Anyone else?

    Monica Lewinsky?

  23. "Dead trees" link (INFORMATIVE) on Stanford Teaching MBAs How To Fight Open Source · · Score: 1

    There was a paper in nature recently titled "Improve your jihad: nuclear weapons" as part of their weekly jihad improvement segment.

    Google says: No results found for "Improve your jihad: nuclear weapons".

    GASP! They nuked the article! CENSORSHIP!

    Don't worry, you can still get it at your local library, or order it online, look in the April Science Fact article, and no, it's NOT an April 1st article.

  24. Tell that to the Serbians!... on US Congress Funds Laser Weapons · · Score: 1

    It would now be impossible for the likes of Germany to go to war with France or any EU member to go to war with another.

    Why didn't you say that before Serbia started war with the other parts of what once was Yugoslavia? Denmark had no armed forces in the 1930s, did that protect them from the German invasion?

    The problem with pacifism is that if your enemies are armed, you're toast.

  25. Re:Martian atmosphere on Mars Polar Cap Mystery Solved · · Score: 1

    I thought that as soon as the carbon dioxide gas sublimated, it would be lost to space.

    If it were lost, how would it condense again in the next winter?