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  1. Edlin is for wimps on Why Johnny Can't Code · · Score: 1

    I used to always use copy con

  2. Re:You will get paid! on Vendor Pays OSS Developers for Enterprise Support · · Score: 1
    (I was told by SEVERAL people that they'd rather get things like XBoxes because if they got cash their wives would never let them by XBoxes.)
    These guys have wives? No way. I think "wives" is just an alternate way to spell "moms."
  3. Re:I was on the team... on Apple Dumps Most of Aperture Dev. Team · · Score: 1

    Sounds like it could've been a pretty good reality show.

    If someone videotaped it.

  4. As a present... on SPECIAL BIRTHDAY REPORT!!! HEMOS IS 30 :) :) :) · · Score: 1

    look for Steve Jobs to send you a Limited Edition 30th Anniversary Put-It-Together-Yourself Apple I.

    Or maybe just a cake.

  5. 640k/s on Increased Bandwidth Irrelevant? · · Score: 1

    should be enough for anybody.

  6. Re:Math? on First HD-DVD Player Goes On Sale · · Score: 1

    You sure nothing else was left out? Maybe you can get a third 5/Funny.

  7. Re:Here's an idea on Theaters Unhappy About Faster DVD Releases · · Score: 1

    Selling the DVD at the theater after the movie ends is a very interesting idea.

    I was recently at a film festival where the indie filmmaker sold DVDs of the movie afterwards for $10. They went like hotcakes! This is for a movie that they just finished watching! And this movie wasn't even 45 minutes long! And there weren't any bonus features!

    Nope. I didn't spend the $10 :)

  8. I don't like coffee on Coffee Maybe Not a Health Drink! · · Score: 1

    I'd much rather have a cupful of liquid that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.

  9. Your world. Patented on Newest Patent Threat to MPEG-4 · · Score: 1

    Welcome to the new AT&T.

  10. Is that really going to be the name? on Intel Mac Performance Behind Hype · · Score: 1

    Since the PowerBook turned into MacBook Pro, wouldn't the PowerMac become MacMac Pro?

  11. One example where this may come in handy on Building the Godzilla of PVRs · · Score: 1

    is recording a football game where they have multiple cameras in the stadium, each camera being broadcast on a different channel. Once the game is over, you can cut-up your own highlights from various angles and just about anything else you want to do as a producer.

    I believe this was done at some college football games this year. I don't know if halftime was included. I'm sure some marching bands wouldn't mind recording some of their shows from mulitiple angles.

  12. iBook screen rotation in 10.4 on iBook Converts to iTablet · · Score: 1

    Were you holding down the comma key? Or the Option Key?

  13. There's a 16-year old out there on This Text Message Will Self Destruct · · Score: 2, Interesting

    who wishes it were available for use earlier this month.

    Clearly, this is a bad idea.

    All it will result in is more cyber-bullying, among other things.

  14. I still remember on Generic Passwords Expose Student Data · · Score: 1

    ...back when I was in high school, our school was using Net Ware. There was one particular admin account that nobody used, not even the admin. I discovered the account and basically tried a couple passwords each day just for the heck of it.

    To my astonishment, the password was "school"!

    But this admin login was unique to the other ones because it didn't do the phasers sound effect that they had setup on the admin accounts they did use. So teachers in the room weren't alerted to my area if I logged in.

    Needless to say I did have a little bit of fun on that account but never did any malicious, etc. It's not like the account was tied to any school records or anything.

    What's sad is that the account and password combo still worked for 1 or 2 years after I graduated according to some friends.

  15. Re:The Current state of ajax? on The Current State of Ajax · · Score: 1

    I still have some students that can't find C# on a piano.

  16. Re:From the patent application: on Microsoft's Bold Patent Move · · Score: 2, Funny
    I'm thinking Titty Wang
    You're half right. It's Titty Titty Wang Wang.
  17. Re:OS 10.4.2 only? on Review of Apple's "Mighty Mouse" · · Score: 1

    http://www.apple.com/mightymouse/specs.html

    Mac OS X v10.4.2 or later

    Enable or disable scrolling, assign primary and secondary buttons, activate Exposé, display Dashboard, open Spotlight, switch applications or open applications.

    Mac OS X v10.3.9 or 10.4.1 and earlier

    Assign primary and secondary buttons and activate Exposé. Display Dashboard in Mac OS X v10.4 or 10.4.1.

    Mac OS X v10.3.8 and earlier

    Use as a multibutton scrolling mouse.

  18. Re:Standards compliant? on Review of Apple's "Mighty Mouse" · · Score: 1

    Well, you don't have to look far on the http://www.apple.com/mightymouse/ page to notice that it says PC-compatible (Win2k or XP)

    Linux? no info.

  19. Re:Just like on Guitarists, your Days are Numbered · · Score: 1

    Unless you've done a lot of accompanying (or general performing), you won't really know what I mean when I say that the typical performer doesn't perform something the same way twice. And those that do are boring.

    With that said, there are little things, nuances, intangibles, that go beyond simple speed and dynamics that can change even if the notes and note values do not (but as an accompanist providing support to a soloist or ensemble, you should even have that latitude). Without these little changes, there is no more expression. Go watch a sewing machine at work.

    Ok, I might be sounding vague.

    I'll just leave you with just one word describing a control that I'd like to see a player piano adjust on the fly which an accompanist needs at their disposal:

    articulation

    Heck, here's another one:

    tone

    Don't get tone and dynamics confused, because even though they are related, they are not the same. A piano can produce many different tone qualities by how a key is approached. Some words that come to mind to describe these qualities are: mellow, bright, heavy, delicate.

    I could go on. But I won't.

  20. Re:Just like on Guitarists, your Days are Numbered · · Score: 1

    Sorry, no.

    Player pianos cannot intelligently accompany a singer or group of singers.

    You can record all you want on MIDI, but that's not an accompaniment, that's karaoke.

  21. Re:Not so fast... on Guitarists, your Days are Numbered · · Score: 1

    It probably can't play harmonics either.

  22. Tu on `Bionic' Arm Brings Back Sense of Touch · · Score: 1

    Might as well have thrown in a couple more just to round things out:

    Two way communication with prosthetic devices allows man who lost two arms in an accident to feel hot and cold, to sense objects and to actually move the prosthetic device to pick things up and to put them down too.

  23. Re:True story on Write Down Your Passwords · · Score: 1

    Great, now I'm going to have to change my password. I think 'aaaaaaa' will do, just in case someone guesses 1 less a.

    What a coincidence. Even slashdot wants me to enter that before I post this reply.

  24. Real life survey anamoly? on Engineers Have More Sons, Nurses More Daughters · · Score: 1

    I have an uncle who is an engineer who is married to a nurse.

    They have no kids.

    I guess they just cancel each other out :)

  25. That was so on Star Wars Premier: The Line People · · Score: 1

    not worth a /. article
    not worth a download

    Can I get those 10 minutes back?

    and WTF with the please type the text shown in this image BS? :P