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  1. Success on Astronauts Successfully Install Parking Spot At ISS (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    But given how many times they repeat the procedure on Earth before doing the real thing... It may be even easier to do it in space!

  2. Re:Sorry, the FAA says no. on Airbus Details Plan To Build Flying Taxis (autoblog.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, the FAA might want to change their rules, and make them more XXI century-ish.

  3. His name is Pekka Rantala, not Pikka...

  4. Re:Doesn't sound too promising on Former CEO of Angry Birds-Maker Rovio Hired To Revive Nokia's Phone Business (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    if you get in bed with Microsoft, you're going to get fucked!

    Many people did that, but in exchange of a huge amount of money...

  5. Re:Switch(true) on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Bad Programming Ideas That Work? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Because there is no other option, none of these languages made 'switch' able to elegantly deal with a train of if else...

  6. Re:Doesn't sound too promising on Former CEO of Angry Birds-Maker Rovio Hired To Revive Nokia's Phone Business (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    He's been chosen for his ability to innovate. Innovation is under-estimated nowadays.

  7. Re:Using Windows on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Bad Programming Ideas That Work? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't blame devs developing on Windows. They usually don't have a choice due to economic constraints.

  8. It (may) work.

    ftfy

  9. At least in JS and PHP, you have basically the same syntax as C, giving you the opportunity to write clean code. Again the problem is not the language, that's the person using it.

  10. Recursion is not a bad idea. The problem is that it relies on a small memory space that was not designed for that purpose initially (or you have to customize it)

  11. Re:Switch(true) on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Bad Programming Ideas That Work? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Valid, but it looks a bit too hacky imo... code readability is important!

  12. Objective-C on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Bad Programming Ideas That Work? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Objective-C and its weird syntax reached success within the iOS world

  13. Use GOTOs a lot as well, and indeed it is about the cleanest way to do things (programming in assembly)

  14. Re:Shying away from OOP(s) on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Bad Programming Ideas That Work? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Don't forget to include (C++) operator over-overloading.

  15. And it will be the coldest August ever. Just a shift from Aug to Jul. Nothing to worry.

  16. Re:Wrong again on Linux Developer Loses GPL Suit Against VMware (itwire.com) · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, some (many?) manufacturers use GPL code (the whole Linux OS + other apps) without releasing the part they modified/added, or only providing a completely obsolete version of it (eg the first one built 3 years ago).

  17. Many libs/modules are available that allow you to make a simple chat/video application, including whatever encryption you see fit, even adding some salt to it if necessary. The other party needs the same program. That makes your app even more discreet (by obscurity).

  18. Verdict sound legitimate on Linux Developer Loses GPL Suit Against VMware (itwire.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Since "Hellwig had failed to prove which specific lines of code VMware had used", the verdict doesn't sound unfair.

  19. Re:R2D2 on Star Wars Actor Kenny Baker Dies at Age 81 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean there was a MAN IN THERE??

    Yeah, AI was not that good at the time.

  20. Re:On my Linux on Skype For Windows Phone Will Stop Working in 2017 (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    And on Windows. I have to reboot several times a day

    The good thing is that it fixes skype, and all the other problems as well. Give Windows a reboot a day...

  21. Re:On my Linux on Skype For Windows Phone Will Stop Working in 2017 (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean 2 years old? The new one is still an alpha (and the skype website still offers the old one for Ubuntu)

  22. On my Linux on Skype For Windows Phone Will Stop Working in 2017 (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Skype stops working frequently, already.

  23. Decoding on Star Wars Actor Kenny Baker Dies at Age 81 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    means 1.12 m

  24. Re:Life on Maybe There's No Life in Space Because We're Too Early · · Score: 1

    Life has a low probability, but multiplied by the gigantic number of other planets, that gives a high proba life exists somewhere.

  25. Life on Maybe There's No Life in Space Because We're Too Early · · Score: 0

    Life happening somewhere has a very low probability. Hence visiting a few planets is not enough. There are billions and billions of other planets in the Universe. The probability that life exists at least somewhere else in the Universe is very very high. We're early in that we don't have the technology to visit / analyze distant planets . But life exists elsewhere.