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  1. Dammit, why not port the Win32 API to Linux? on Photoshop in Linux Thanks to Disney · · Score: 1

    After all, Microsoft themselves ported it to NT.

    It - the Win32 subsystem - simply runs on top of the Native NT API, along with a POSIX sub(standard - haw!)system, and an OS/2 subsystem (and others).

    So, create the API and libraries, and then tons of companies will be able to recompile their apps for Linux.

    In order for this to work I would avoid the GPL like an illness - I suggest an Apache style license.

  2. Re:What about the other stuff in water? on A Water Molecule's Chemical Formula Isn't Really H20 · · Score: 1

    I would call that a SOLUTION, not a molecule.

    Public school indeed.

  3. Remond Linux on Microsoft Deploys Linux, Open Software in Test Lab · · Score: 1

    Would be pretty cool.

    I'd be VERY suprised if MS hasn't in effect created such a thing already.

    It's not like they couldn't afford to do it.

  4. Maybe a different career would suit you? on How Do You Get Work Done? · · Score: 1

    Something outside? Civil engineer? Ski instructor? Pilot?

    Something where you work with your hands? carpenter? Mason?

    These are all good jobs in which you can earn a good living, are respectable, and will engage you in body as well as mind.

    Some folks just can't sit at a terminal all day long staring at gdb or Visual Basic.

  5. Not to burst your bubble but... on Antimatter and Antistars? · · Score: 1

    ... it has been thought of before.

    OK, I admit it... I WANTED to burst your bubble! ;-)

    http://livefromcern.web.cern.ch/livefromcern/ant im atter/everyday/AM-everyday03.html

  6. I think it is the Indians who need to worry... on Will Humanoid Robots Take All the Jobs by 2050? · · Score: 1

    ...about the robots.

    If they can make a humaniod robot that can do a persons work, they certainly can make one that can write code.

    PS - why did Data sit at a work station: he could have just plugged in. Didn't he come with a Wi-Fi card?

  7. That BJ's self service system runs on NT4... on Will Humanoid Robots Take All the Jobs by 2050? · · Score: 1

    ...just in case you were wondering.

    I watched them boot it up once after the money dispenser on it broke.

    I see that same system in Super Fresh now. And Giant. (These are super markets - I live in the D.C metro area).

  8. Re:I go to the gym during lunch... on Getting Back Into Shape While At The Office? · · Score: 1

    Me too - smileys seem to be the text equivalent of tone of voice.

    That info (voice tone) is completely lost in a text exchange - perhaps this would be a good Slashdot article.

  9. Re:I go to the gym during lunch... on Getting Back Into Shape While At The Office? · · Score: 1

    Actually on M/W/F I swim 2 miles, on T/R I do free weights (chest and arms), maybe a sesion on the rowing machine.

  10. Re:I go to the gym during lunch... on Getting Back Into Shape While At The Office? · · Score: 1

    Sweaty clothes go into a gym bag, a quick shower.

    I fold my work clothes and put them into the gym bag while I work out and wear them afterward - they don't get too wrinkled - but that really isn't an issue where I work anyway: it is a knit shirt, khaki type of place. No ties or that sort of thing.

  11. I go to the gym during lunch... on Getting Back Into Shape While At The Office? · · Score: 4, Informative

    ...there are some super hot chicks there, it breaks up the day, and I get a moderate workout in. I only stay for about 45 minutes, but I guess it is better than nothing.

  12. Re:Before raving too much about Eclipse... on Eclipse in Action · · Score: 1

    I am a Borland user from the days of Turbo C (up until their unusable 5.0).

    Borland C++ for Windows was more of a copy of Microsoft Quick C - but think what you want.

    The only thing I miss from Borland is OWL.

    Even if what you claimed is true (which it isn't) plagarism isn't transitive.

  13. Re:JCreator on Eclipse in Action · · Score: 1

    You are very correct about Eclipse mimicing Visual Studio.

  14. Before raving too much about Eclipse... on Eclipse in Action · · Score: 0, Insightful

    ...keep in mind that many of it's UI features are blatant Visual Studio .NET rip off's.

    We wouldn't want Microsoft to get any credit on Slashdot (however indirect), now would we???

  15. All Shatner quotes aside... on The Star Wars Alphabet Project · · Score: 1

    ...the guy did a pretty good job.

    He seems to be quite artistic!

  16. All the Indians I have ever worked with... on The IT Market: Cyclical Downturn or New World Order? · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    ..wrote crappy code.

    An observation, but one that in my experience has been universally true.

    The Russians aren't much better. On the other hand, I have met some first class Chinese coders.

  17. Don't think it looks all that great... on Ximian Evolution's New Clothes · · Score: 1

    ...but that's just my opinion.

  18. Re:Sugar+Caffine+Video games+TV+Couch+Kid= on Working with ADHD? · · Score: 1


    I have absolutely no doubt that ADHD exists and is a genuine disorder... and that upwards of 1% of the children diagnosed with it actually have it.

  19. One guy with a weapon.... on Grad Student's Work Reveals National Infrastructure · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...can hijack a gasoline tanker truck and drive it into the side of a school auditorium.

    This attack would take an hour tops to plan and execute.

    My point: there is no viable active defense against terrorism.

    The concept of "security through obscurity" is bogus.

  20. Why SETI@Home works... on Distributed Computing Economics · · Score: 2, Informative

    ...because people like me are willing to donate their computers time and a part of their [and their employers, hawhaw] electric bill.

    I do so because I am interested in the project... not because I feel like I want to help cut someone's computing cost. If SAH was a for profit enterprise my interest would quickly evaporate.

  21. If the drywall and insulation isn't up yet... on Building A (Serious) Home Network From Scratch · · Score: 1

    ...by all means do it your self. Unless of course you WANT to spend too much money.

    Avoid power lines.

    A chimp could handle it in this case.

    Avoid power lines.

    You will need: a drill, a hammer, a staple gun. And the materials (wall boxes, cable, face plates).

    Avoid power lines.

    While you are at it: run some speaker cable too.

    Avoid power lines.

  22. Could it be that Linux died... on ATI's Radeon Linux drivers no longer supported? · · Score: 1

    ...from grief over the demise of it's partner FreeBSD?

  23. Re:Are you a fucking idiot? on Intellivision Operating System Revealed · · Score: 1

    Women will dig you just the same if you have a large bulge in your pants.

    Regardless if it is under your pocket or your fly.

  24. Neat! on Intellivision Operating System Revealed · · Score: 0, Redundant

    A cool project!

  25. You don't own the music... on RIAA To Sue Hundreds Of File Swappers · · Score: 1

    ...otherwise you'd be getting a royalty check everytime you heard the tune on a car commercial or some such.

    You own a license to listen to the content of a given CD.

    Warped, but true.