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  1. Re:They might be doing more harm than good on Java SDK 1.5 'Tiger' Beta Finally Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    AFAIK, There is no way to create an ArrayList backed by an int[], so you have to create an alternative class or use int[] directly, but naive programmers are surely going to believe that an ArrayList will be as efficient as an int[] when it will clearly not be.

    So use Jakarta Commons Primitives instead.

  2. Re:Does this count? on Remotely Crash OpenBSD · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't think the IPv6 install is the default. Even if it is, 'it's just a crash' not a remote hole. So, yes they can still boast.

  3. Zoom Ads on Audio/Video Conference with iChat and AIM · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Now that AIM 5.5 uses Flash for advertisements, you can right click and zoom way in until it's impossible to recognize. It doesn't stay zoomed when the ad cycles, so it's not that useful.

  4. What am I doing wrong? on The Impact of Technophobes · · Score: 1
    When I type:
    C:\Documents and Settings\Anthony>help MyDoom
    I get:
    This command is not supported by the help utility. Try "x /?".
    What am I doing wrong?
  5. Re:Does speed really matters that much? on PowerBook Performance for Java Development? · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is very true, speed matters when doing a complete rebuild, but I rarely do a complete rebuild on my TiBook 667MHz (w/1024M RAM). In fact, if I import the classes from my other faster workstation, I never have to do a complete rebuild.

    On the other hand I am just so amazed, after trying the relic 700MHz PIII laptop in the office, at how much faster my 667MHz PowerBook is (even with iTunes taking 10% of the CPU).

    Imagine how it will be 18 months from now.

  6. What am I doing wrong? on Darl Goes to Harvard · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    When I type:
    C:\Documents and Settings\Anthony>sco sucks
    I get:
    'sco' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
    What am I doing wrong?
  7. Re:once again on Apple Releases Safari 1.2 and Java 1.4.2 · · Score: 1

    You have a point. I remember that it took many months for ThinkGeek to finally support Safari. They even had an obnoxious message for Safari users telling them they were sorry for the difficulty, and to use some other browser for the time being.

    But some of those developers paid the $3000 and went to WWDC and got Panther for free (along with iSight).

  8. What am I doing wrong? on Apple Releases Safari 1.2 and Java 1.4.2 · · Score: 4, Funny
    When I type:
    C:\Documents and Settings\Anthony>software update
    I get:
    'software' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
    What am I doing wrong?
  9. Re:The 12 Year Old... on Apple and Pepsi Ad Sports RIAA Targets · · Score: 1

    Pull the plug on the Super Bowl? One can only dream.

  10. Bogus... on MATRIX - A Dossier for Every Person in Utah · · Score: -1, Troll

    I bet if it had been called, FATASS "Family Anti-Terrorism Anonymous Secret Society" it sure wouldn't have been posted on Slashdot.

    But call it MATRIX, and it doesn't matter what it stands for.

  11. Re:40-pound computer system on Robots for No Man's Land · · Score: 1

    Does that mean it needs to ride in a car seat until it's 8 years old?

  12. Simple... on Check Who Signed Off On Your Software · · Score: 1

    Sounds like we need some kind of trusted computing paradigm. I hear a company who's name starts with M and ends with icrosoft is working on something like that. We can trust them, I'm sure.

  13. Re:Jackson was dead on in most cases on Nit-Pickers Guide to Deviations in Jackson's LotR · · Score: 1

    Not only that, but there are times when dialog seems contrived in a movie even though it works fine in a book. For example, when Aragorn finds the lembas crumbs that clue him in that the Hobbit survived, stating that he found them might have seemed a little excessive. Would a master tracker explain every little detail or just cut to the chase?

    Loose a little detail, gain a little believability. As they say, sometimes a little extra inaccuracy helps to explain a lot.

  14. And yet... on Xbox for $99? Xbox 2 in 2005? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm still waiting for the flying cars. I was promised flying cars. Where the hell are my flying cars!

  15. I know why. on TiVo Buys Super Secret Strangeberry · · Score: 1

    I know why TIVO made this move. It has to do with one piece of technology: ZeroConf, aka Rendezvous. I won't go into it, though. People's jobs are on the line.

  16. Re:Spoiler Alert! on Footage From Star Wars: Episode III · · Score: 1

    Here's a spoiler: Chewbaka delivers Luke and Leia.

  17. Re:Big Deal on AOL Tests Sender Permitted From / E-mail Caller ID · · Score: 1

    I'm telling you. That's a 15" Apple Mac Titanium Power Book he's looking at:

    Main Page

    Image

  18. Re:irc orkut on Orkut Goes Dark, At Least For A Bit · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That would be an improvement. If IRC was invitation only, and people who get kick/banned caused all of their relations to get kick/banned, there would be a vast improvement to the quality.

  19. Re:Small Scale Death Star II? As opposed to what? on Han Solo in Lego Carbonite · · Score: 2, Funny

    Your bold statement got me thinking. What if the Death Star II from Return of the Jedi was actually the Death Star III. And the one from A New Hope was really Death Star II. That would allow for there to be an original Death Star prototype in Episode III that was not fully armed perhaps.

  20. Re:Small Scale Death Star II? As opposed to what? on Han Solo in Lego Carbonite · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's like the Soviet Russian guy I guess. Not as funny though.

    In Soviet Russia, Han Solo whacks you!

  21. Yeah, but... on Man Page Project Can Now Use Official POSIX Docs · · Score: 5, Funny
    They still need to improve the hideous grammar of the man pages:
    $ man nothing
    No manual entry for nothing
  22. Man pages are evil... on Man Page Project Can Now Use Official POSIX Docs · · Score: 4, Funny
    It's evil because there's a deamon involved, and this command:
    $ man mount
  23. Re:Get Invited... on Google Social Network: Orkut · · Score: 1

    They probably say, "Get bent!"

  24. Re:I Don't get it... on Build Your Own PVR · · Score: 1

    But it's Seinfeld, man! Seinfeld!!

  25. Not Compativle with Associate Programs on Politicians For Sale... On Amazon · · Score: 3, Informative

    It appears that this aspect of Amazon is not offered to it's associates. At least, not that I could tell, and I really looked. ;-) Oh well.

    Then again, I don't see how it could be profitable to offer this through their associate program without taking it off the top, which isn't in the best interest of the candidate.