User: Grace Hopper

Re:Longest Lag = Metallica?

On: Danese Cooper (of Sun) Finally Answers

Looks like they replied within a month: At Last And At Length: Lars Speaks

Re:department title said it all...

On: How Well Does Windows Cluster?

Here's a deal: no more beowulf jokes if /. can manage to drop the tired CowboyNeal poll option joke...

Knuth

On: "e-mail" vs "email"

I write "email" instead of "e-mail". Why? Because Don Knuth (CS stud) says so!
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a life

On: Indrema's John Gildred Answers Your Questions

"I've lost many a night's sleep playing Quake and Everquest-- or, at least I did before I decided to start my own company; that is, back when I had a life : )"

You call staying up all night playing Quake/Everquest having a life?!?
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Interviews

On: What Happened To Intervideo's Linux DVD Player?

When's the last time we actually had a /. interview, anyway?
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2 leading commercial databases

On: Postgres Beats MySql, Interbase, And Proprietary DBs

Why do you suppose the "2 leading commercial databases" were never named? It would be interesting to know what they were
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And it celebrates its anniversary by...

On: JenniCam Celebrates 4-Year Anniversary

being down.