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  1. Re:Just compared MySQL 4.0.12 vs PG 8.0.3 on Comparing MySQL and PostgreSQL 2 · · Score: 1
    - Having to run vacuum all the time to help the query optimizer figure things out. Why this doesn't happen automagically in the background without me having to worry about it is beyond me.
    Try the auto-vacuum daemon.
  2. Re:Look on Mac mini to PC Hack · · Score: 1

    I sick of reminding people to link the URLs in their posts. You should also check if the links you provide actually exist. Here's how you provide a good link.

  3. Re:And not only that on Firefox 1.0 Released · · Score: 3, Informative

    May I suggest the flashblock extension instead. It replaces the flash animation with a box containing a play button. Click the play button if you think you want to watch the flash animation.

  4. Restoring a partially deleted root file system on Shootout: 'rm -Rf /' vs. 'Format C:' · · Score: 2, Informative

    This usenet article on how a partially deleted filesystem was restored with some ingenuity makes an interesting read.

  5. Re:I like Mozilla better on Mozilla Releases Firefox 1.0 RC1 · · Score: 3, Informative

    When did you last try FireFox?
    Both features are there in 0.10.1.

  6. Re:FireFox question on Firefox Shooting For 10 Percent · · Score: 1

    Simplest workaround:
    Ctrl+ followed by Ctrl-
    Just resize the fonts and the re-rendering will be correct.

  7. Re:Pinky on Which VNC Software Is Best? · · Score: 1

    More answers to that one.

  8. Re:Flies on Robot Eats Flies to Generate Power · · Score: 1

    Sounds alimentary to me.

  9. Re:Smart Design on Apple VP discusses iMac G5 Hardware Design · · Score: 1

    Could it be because people are more likely to place stuff on top of the boxes rather than lean things against them?

  10. Re:point of view... on Segway Revolutionizes Polo · · Score: 1

    Probably, the submitter intended irony, but failed to convince

    No. He couldn't have intended irony.
    Read this: The final irony
    He probably tried sarcasm.

  11. Re:So let's see... on Google Acquires Picasa, Improves Blogging Tools · · Score: 1

    How did this get modded insightful?

    What google has indexed is stuff you have posted on the web or newsgroups for everyone to see. So what's your problem with that being seen by all? Are you planning to send cease and desist notices to all groups and mailing lists where you've posted lame stuff in the last 10 years?

    How did you read "Google may use their search technology" to mean your private mails will be searchable by all. You really do post lame stuff.

  12. Re:Importing Favorites. on Corporate Servers Spreading IE Virus [Updated] · · Score: 1

    Press shift when you click the create new message button. Voila!

  13. Re:Another pointless piece of information: on Dan Kaminsky Suggests Having Fun with DNS · · Score: 2, Funny
    Meta comment about the rediculousness of it all: Priceless.

    You missed - Post about spelling bee champ in tears.

  14. Re:power calculations appear to be wrong on Japanese Inventor's Motor Uses 80% Less Power · · Score: 1

    How original! Moderators, wake up.

  15. OMG! on Your Future Car's Hood Will Be Welded Shut · · Score: 1

    A common argument used by open source advocates (myself included) in favor of open source is the simple question: 'Would you buy a car with the hood welded shut?'

    Open source is dieing!

  16. Re:"VoIP" is not a protocol on Flaws Threaten VoIP Networks? · · Score: 3, Informative
    ... they look vaguely reminiscent of HTTP, only they're UDP.)

    Not just vaguely reminiscent. SIP message formats (request/status line followed by headers) are pretty much like HTTP headers. The response codes like 200 (OK), 404 (Not Found) too are from HTTP. SIP implements authentication using the HTTP digest authentication scheme. Most of the early SIP implementations were on UDP. TCP is however the mandatory transport to be supported by SIP end-points and servers. SIP also works over TLS.

  17. Re:Discussion summary on New X Proposal on Freedesktop.org · · Score: 1

    Oops... Nothing against the proposal in the article. I meant the slashdot discussion any aritcle on X triggers.

  18. Discussion summary on New X Proposal on Freedesktop.org · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Let's summarize the discussion that this is going to trigger:
    Whine 1: X is slow and bloated we need a replacement.
    Response 1: The XFree86 implementation may be slow and bloated and not the protocol.
    Response 2: Come up with something better and we'll talk.
    Whine 2: Who uses the remote display capability of X anyway?
    Response 1: On local displays X uses shared memory and is fast enough.
    Response 2: If 5% of the users need the feature it should be retained.

  19. Re:woohoo, pdf conversion... on Special Edition Using Star Office 6.0 · · Score: 1

    You should read this -
    Microsoft Word to PDF: A How-To

    You'll need to install ghostscript and ghostword but at the end you'll be able to convert docs at the click of a button. I used to convert docs the way you don till I found this.

  20. Re:IDEs vs. Text Editors on Eclipse 2.1 Released · · Score: 1

    Next to my text editor I have my console in which I type make and my app gets compiled as easy as 1,2,3

    With vim it's easier invoking make from the editor. The errors and warnings are redirected to a tmp file . Type ":cwin" and click on the error to open the source at the line where the compiler barfed. Surely Emacs would have something like that.

    Vim with ctags and cscope does everything I need from an IDE.

    I also use the error file feature for preparing code walk throughs for newbies in our team. Load the tutorial in VIM like an error-file and click on "errors" in the text to open the source you are describing in a split window.

  21. SIP security on Security In Voice Over IP Converged Networks · · Score: 1

    The authentication systems that have been added on to SIP and H.323 in order to restrict access are not very well designed and mostly send the authentication details in the clear (not encrypted) so that someone with access to the network can compromise them quite easily.

    Bogus.
    The guy hasn't heard of SIP over TLS or S-MIME payloads in SIP signaling.

  22. Re:Learning from slashdot... on Blogging for Dummies? · · Score: 1

    Yeah right. Lemme give you your first lesson.
    Repeat after after me:
    grammar and not grammer
    grammar and not grammer
    grammar and not grammer
    grammar and not grammer
    grammar and not grammer

  23. Just what I need on Transforming a Laptop into a Robot · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dont need to lug my ol heavy laptop now.
    I'll just train it to recognize and follow me to work.