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  1. Re:Seems like printing w/ CUPS is still not fixed. on Qt 4.8.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Ah, I wasn't aware of the fact it wasn't developed within the community process. At any rate, great to see Qt devs paying attention to things like Slashdot comments :)

  2. Seems like printing w/ CUPS is still not fixed... on Qt 4.8.0 Released · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I was hoping that they might finally get a fix in for this bug (and the likes thereof), which has been making printing under KDE a pain in the butt for the last couple of years (the 4th most hated KDE bug out there) - but nobody seems to care, even tho a patch is available. Nice going with that community process... sigh.

  3. Re:what's going on in italy lately? on New Theory Challenges Need For Dark Matter · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't forget the most unlikely event of them all - Berlusconi's gone!

  4. Re:Loss of archives is going to be bad on AOL To Discontinue LISTSERV · · Score: 2

    it always saddens me when data that could be preserved isn't preserved

    Is that you, Mr. Zuckerberg?

  5. Re:Both are terrible! on Google Tweaks Algorithm As Concern Over Bing Grows · · Score: 1

    In Opera, navigate to the website you want to use as a search engine, right-click the search form, click "Create Search", and add a shortcut, say "ende" for the English-German dictionary. Presto, I type in "ende <word>" in the location bar, and I get my translation back. I have shortcuts for Google, Bing, Amazon, IMDb, one for AllMusic artist search, another for AllMusic album search, German, French and Italian, dictionaries, etc... gets quite addictive.

    I know that Chromium has the same feature, but it's buried somewhere in the configuration. For Firefox you can probably get it through an add-on...

  6. Re:Socrates, not Aristotle on Science Historian Deciphers Plato's Code · · Score: 1
    The only mention of Socrates on the page you linked to is this:

    In Plato's Apology, Socrates recounts an incident in which the Thirty once ordered him (and four other men) to bring before them a certain man for execution. While the other four men obeyed, Socrates refused, not wanting to partake in the guilt of the executioners. By disobeying, Socrates knew he was placing his own life in jeopardy, and claimed it was only the disbanding of the oligarchy soon afterward that saved his life.

    That certainly doesn't suggest that they were his pupils.

  7. Re:So let me get this straight on Michal Zalewski On Security's Broken Promises · · Score: 1
    In reply to this, I'd like to quote a rather famous computer scientist:

    Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.

  8. Re:How are we supposed to understand this? on Wikileaks Releases Video of Journalist Killings · · Score: 1

    what sort of tactics had the bad guys been using

    They were driving around in helicopters and blowing unsuspecting news reporters and Good Samaritans to smithereens?

  9. Re:The VM is decent. The language sucks. on The Struggle To Keep Java Relevant · · Score: 1

    They gave up on removing the GIL, and their work is accepted for merge into Python 3.3.

  10. Re:so how big is it? on Quantum State Created In Largest Object Yet · · Score: 1
    No, just the usual Slashdot fail of neglecting to RTFA.

    "As far as mechanical objects are concerned, the dividing line was at around 60 atoms," Professor Cleland said. "With this experiment, we've shown that the dividing line can be pushed up all the way to about a trillion atoms."

  11. Re:WiFi on New Method for Random Number Generation Developed · · Score: 5, Funny

    How is an infinite stream of 0s random?

  12. Re:The most dangerous C programming error on The 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors · · Score: 1

    Here's a bulletproof way of fixing that:

    typedef enum {red, yellow, green} color;

  13. Re:Darn you, slashdot! on Measuring the Speed of Light With Valentine's Day Chocolate · · Score: 1

    You mean like, both hands at once?

  14. Re:Not an issue on Astronauts Having Trouble With Tranquility Module · · Score: 1

    The $27 million, Italian-built

    Ah, that explains it. You know the old joke:

    Heaven:
    The police are British
    The cooks are French
    The engineers are German
    The administrators are Swiss
    The lovers are Italian
    Hell:
    The police are German
    The cooks are British
    The engineers are Italian
    The administrators are French
    The lovers are Swiss

  15. Re:No one will find me... on Stay Off the Grid, Win $10,000 · · Score: 1

    From my earlier job I still have a wide selection of uniforms, one of them is always convincing

    I'm beginning to see how you earned your nickname.

  16. Re:This means ... on Humans Nearly Went Extinct 1.2M Years Ago · · Score: 1

    you had (theoretically) 2^54 ancestors

    Could that be lowered to 2^27 by the birth paradox attack? (*ducks*)

  17. Does this work in Opera for anybody? on Open-Source JavaScript Flash Player (HTML5/SVG) · · Score: 1

    None of the examples work for me in Opera 10.10 under Linux. Anybody got it to work?

  18. But this doesn't look like XP at all? on Chinese Pirates Launch Ubuntu That Looks Like XP · · Score: 1

    I haven't had Windows on my main machine for a few years now, but WTF, judging by these screenshots, Ylmf OS UI bears only a mild resemblance to XP's.

  19. Re:Yeah yeah! Oh, yeah! on VLC Team Announces Video Editor In the Works · · Score: 1

    I haven't done any video editing it in around 6 months, so I don't know what's their current status, but it did get noticeably more stable for me around the 0.7.3 version. Ah the wonders of Arch and rolling releases ;)

    It would still crash occasionally, though. The only saving grace is that it's auto-save is impeccable.

  20. Re:So let's change the algorithm. on Gravatars Can Leak Users' Email Addresses · · Score: 1

    By the birthday paradox, you'd have a 50% chance of a single collision after roughly 2^64 avatars (since MD5 hash size is 128 bits).

  21. Does this help multiple scleroris? on Method To Repair Damaged Adult Nerves Discovered · · Score: 1

    Could this somehow be used to help re-grow the axons myelin coating without causing the axons themselves to grow, in order to treat MLS patients?

  22. Oblig. on "Accidental" Download Sending 22-Year-Old Man To Prison · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pics or it didn't happen!

  23. Re:Geopolitical Consequences of Global Warming on Where the Global Warming Data Is · · Score: 1

    At least they could rightfully argue that the US would be a much happier place if most of its CO2 emissions came from the same source as Jamaica's.

  24. Revolution 4.0? on Dumbing Down Programming? · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one seeing the irony of calling something "Revolution" and then adding version number 4.0 to it?

    I think that about sums it up nicely...

  25. Re:But Unfortunately... on Intel Says Brain Implants Could Control Computers By 2020 · · Score: 3, Funny

    You never learn, do you? You'll never win while Capt. Picard is around!