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  1. Re:Hell Yes! on Mozilla Plan Seeks To Debug Scientific Code · · Score: 2

    Where do I sign up? If I could get a "code reviewed by third party" stamp on my papers, I'd feel a lot better about publishing the code and the results derived from it.

    Believe it or not, some computer science programming language conferences are doing *just that*.

    http://cs.brown.edu/~sk/Memos/Conference-Artifact-Evaluation/
    http://ecoop13-aec.cs.brown.edu/
    http://splashcon.org/2013/cfp/665

  2. Re:Straight porn isn't allowed either on Apple Bans Sale of Comic Book On All iOS Apps Over Gay Sex Images - Update · · Score: 2

    Then you're an idiot. Lets show your 6 year old daughter some anal penetration porn in her my little pony app, see how that goes over. Fuckwads like you are a blight on society.

    As long as said anal penetration earns the my little pony app an M+ rating, why not? I do believe this is exactly why Apple instituted the rating system; so that parents can decide what level of app is appropriate for their child(ren) and then block access to the rest.

  3. Re:Wake. Code. Coffee. Code. Eat. Code. Sleep. Cod on Faculty To Grad Students: Go Work 80-Hour Weeks! · · Score: 1

    Last I checked I was at ~108 hours per week of coding, it's what I do for fun & profit and I've been doing it since age 8

    This sounds accurate for a /. reader.

    I talked to a girl the other day

    Ok, now I know you're full of sh*t.

  4. Re:time to get a job on wall street on Faculty To Grad Students: Go Work 80-Hour Weeks! · · Score: 1

    At zero interest rate, 150 * 6 / 20 is still 45 years...

    Man I would kill to know the tax loopholes you are using to keep all 150k of that income.

  5. Re:Picasa is only 1GB! on Google Drive Goes Live · · Score: 1

    Are you a paying client or something?

    Per http://support.google.com/picasa/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1224181&topic=1689654&ctx=topic

    Actually per your own link, the limit the GP was referring to (2048x2048) is if you are a Google+ user.

    "Photos up to 2048 x 2048 pixels and videos up to 15 minutes won't count towards your free storage."

  6. Re:Not looking forward to this on Ph.D Webcomic Gets Adapted Into Feature Film · · Score: 1

    There's a big difference from acting like yourself when you're not trying to act like yourself, and trying to appear the way you think you would react given a particular simulated situation. Anyone can do the former. Only talented actors can pull off the latter. You have to learn to be "in the moment" and have real emotion in reaction to things you know are not actually happening. It's a lot more difficult than people give it credit for.

    Ok and you failed to understand the whole point of using graduate students. This is a film about graduate school. Written by someone who went through and experienced it first hand. And filmed, acted, edited etc by actual graduate students. If he wanted good acting, he would have hired actors.

  7. Re:Not looking forward to this on Ph.D Webcomic Gets Adapted Into Feature Film · · Score: 2

    The actors are all not real actors.

    Jorge actually explained this at our screening's Q/A. They are all actual graduate students. In fact, I am not sure exactly who wasn't a grad student but the vast majority of the film including camera operators, editors, sound etc are all grad students.

  8. Re:Recourse? on Up To 1.5 Million Visa, MasterCard Credit Card Numbers Stolen · · Score: 1

    I travel sporadically and have never bothered to tell them when or where I'm going. The two times they've declined the card have been $100 purchases at a local department store we shop at regularly. Whatever heuristics they've got going, it's a little off kilter, but calling them wouldn't have made any difference.

    Sounds like my experience as well. Never inform them of my travel and never had issues. $500 hotel, $100 meals, $50 on gifts at some random shop thousands of miles from home all go through without a problem.

    Yet my $50 Wii game purchase at my local Target (where I shop weekly) suddenly triggers it? Or my DVD purchase at my local BestBuy? Nice algorithms.

  9. Re:Just a thought on Beta Version of AIDE Enables Application Building On Android · · Score: 2

    Well, their Google+ page has a link to the Google Play page for their app. As well as current news so you can see what they've been working on.

  10. Re:Toggle on Why Making Facebook Private Won't Protect You · · Score: 1

    Change your password to a random string from http://strongpasswordgenerator.com/ so that you can't know it and then reset your password later.

    Actually, all of my passwords are randomly generated strings that I dont know. Thats what a password manager is for.

    So when asked, I can simply state (honestly) that I dont know my login password and do not have my key with me to sign into Lastpass (2-factor auth).

  11. Re:Complicated? on The Math of Leap Days · · Score: 1

    Actually, this is the algorithm I use. The next time it will be wrong is in 2100, and I don't expect to still be around, nor do I expect any code I've written to still be running.

    Sounds like the logic people used when deciding that storing years with 2 digits was a good idea. How did that turn out?

  12. Re:Eh on Comparing Today's Computers To 1995's · · Score: 5, Insightful

    True, things may be only a thousand or so faster/larger than 18 years ago. This might sound like slow progress, until you also realize that progress was made in other vectors such as physical size and power consumption. You do realize that the tiny smartphone in your pocket is significantly better than the humongous desktop PC of 1995, right?

  13. Re:Prices ARE different on Why Do All Movie Tickets Cost the Same? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    A great many media have discovered more or less the same thing. DVDs, books, audio CDs, movies, video games ... they tend to have standardized prices. Such a practice would not be so common if there weren't very compelling reasons.

    You clearly don't shop at actual stores that sell these products. Go to a Target or Walmart some day and take a look at the DVD section. There are sections of $5 (or sometimes less) movies, then $7 movies, $10 movies and of course the new releases (which are generally 'full price'). It's all about the demand and older movies have lower demand and thus (generally) lower prices. Especially the crappy, old movies.

  14. Re:It's Not ALL Bloggers on Bloggers Not Journalists, Federal Judge Rules · · Score: 3, Informative

    I don't remember the target, but I remember a long-running smear campaign a few years back. Some guy registered a domain named something along the lines of so-and-so-is-not-an-idiotic-jerk.com then put up a website full of innuendo. Things like "Are the rumors that so-and-so molests children true? We here at so-and-so-is-not-an-idiotic-jerk.com don't believe them for a second. Anonymous sources claim that so-and-so enjoys torturing kittens, but we don't think those sources are credible."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beck_v._Eiland-Hall

  15. Re:Dart or Dash? on More Info On Google's Alternative To JavaScript · · Score: 1

    So what is it going to be called? Dart or Dash?

    Dart.

    I cite the title of Lars Bak's upcoming talks on the language:

    Dart, a new programming language for structured web programming

    Designing the Dart programming language with a simple virtual machine in mind

  16. Re:It's either full body scanning on EPIC Files Lawsuit To Suspend Airport Body Scanner Use · · Score: 1

    Thank you, Ted, that was the joke.

  17. Re:Article is Troll **AND** Flamebait all in one! on TSA To Make Pat-Downs More Embarrassing To Encourage Scanner Use · · Score: 1

    This is not true -- my travel companion was once stopped for a pat down for no reason at all, right after walking through the metal detector without setting off anything.

    I recently flew with several co-workers, and one of them managed to get patted down (after passing the metal detector, without setting it off) both going and returning. The fact he is Iranian probably had nothing to do with it.

  18. Re:Unity has it's problems on Ubuntu Moves Away From GNOME · · Score: 1

    Docky is very simple, but hey it works well :)

    Actually, that is exactly what we are going for. Simple and "just works". ;-)

  19. Re:How common is your name? on Best Way To Clear Your Name Online? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    3) Deny, deny, deny. It's still a good option. :) If a prospective employer comes across it, laugh about it. "Ya, I found my name, and saw what that other guy did. It's funny, but no it's not me."

    I generally agree with this statement, but do keep in mind that if you lie in an interview or on your job application this is typically grounds for dismissal (if/when they figure out its a lie).

  20. Re:Also makes social engineering harder on Facebook Masks Worse Privacy With New Interface · · Score: 1

    Just checked this, there is no message which goes along with a friend request.

    This may be true. Note however that on the page where you have a list of pending friend requests you are given the option to send a message to any of them. Thus if you don't immediately recognize the person you can of course message them and require more details before approving or denying them.

  21. I wonder if it can mine.... on Opera Develops Search Engine For Web Developers · · Score: 5, Funny

    what percentage of /. articles are dupes. Now that would be useful!

  22. Re:Its a good thing that passengers never make cal on Software Holds Cell Phone Calls While Driving · · Score: 2, Informative

    I really wish they'd create something that would turn Cellphones back on at the end of movies.

    Sounds like you need to buy an Android phone and put Locale on it. As a bonus, it will turn the phone's ringer off for you when you get there!

  23. Re:Finally.. on Microsoft Updates Multiple Sysinternals Tools · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Perhaps some of the limitations are the reason people use the other virtual desktop managers? From TFA:

    Desktops reliance on Windows desktop objects means that it cannot provide some of the functionality of other virtual desktop utilities, however. For example, Windows doesn't provide a way to move a window from one desktop object to another, and because a separate Explorer process must run on each desktop to provide a taskbar and start menu, most tray applications are only visible on the first desktop. Further, there is no way to delete a desktop object, so Desktops does not provide a way to close a desktop, because that would result in orphaned windows and processes. The recommended way to exit Desktops is therefore to logoff.

  24. Purging is bad. on To Purge Or Not To Purge Your Data · · Score: 1, Funny

    Data bulimia is a serious problem. If you know someone effected, make sure to get them the help they need asap.

  25. Re:Does that mean it can run on BIOdiesel? on Ford's 65MPG Due In November, But Not In the US · · Score: 1

    I hate to say it, but going with the budget import that gets about 40mpg highway, not including maintenance, is pretty much on par with the VW TDI solution provided you drive enough to make back your investment in 10 years.

    Actually, it isn't on par. Let's pretend you spend $5000 more upfront for that shiny new VW TDI.

    I, on the other hand, buy the cheaper Corolla and invest that $5000. At the end of 10 years, my $5000 investment (even at a very low 3% rate) is worth around $6700. This means that in 10 years from now, I actually have $1700 more than you do.