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  1. Re:Great quotes on Does Visual Studio Rot the Brain? · · Score: 1

    Sure,
    but he seems very naive believing that generated XAML code would
    be easier to read and edit by humans than C# code. There seems
    to be even more reasons to fear that it will be ofuscated by
    bad indentation, duplication of redundant code, unneccessary
    attibutes with default values added in random (or worse alphabetically
    sorted) instead of using the schema order etc. etc.

  2. Re:Nobody to Blame But Themselves on Parents 'ignore game age ratings' · · Score: 1

    Argh, what's next?
    Consumers ignoring disclaimers!

  3. Re:Oh great. on Cartoon Network Acquires Neon Genesis Evangelon · · Score: 1

    "some of the story themes are a little mature"

    I'm not sure if they were mature or wether an unspoiled mind would have got more out of the background story. For the ending I have no words.

    More wicked japanese stuff for the children!

  4. Re:Geez Louise... on DoubleClick Warns Against Ad-Blocking Browsers · · Score: 1

    "urinals in restrooms", that would be good reading - but on slashdot I can read crap without ads.

    Too bad that there is no better way than vandalism and grafitti to get rid of ads IRL, especially "community sponsored" ads on buses etc pisses me off, why do we pay tax and tickets...

  5. Re:glad i don't live in america on DOJ Wants ISPs to Retain All Customer Records · · Score: 1

    As a spinoff from this the Swedish Computer Inspection Agency (boring government department)
    decided to consider any logging of IP-numbers as equal to logging personal data, which is illegal without premission from either the agency or the persons affected.

  6. Re:Javascript Extensions on Mozilla Extending Javascript? · · Score: 1

    To reply to myself,
    from what I have found XUL developers won't have any use for this:
    works with HTML/XHTML loaded via file: or http: URL, it doesn't work with XUL loaded from chrome it seems.

    http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=sv&lr=&selm=d5l e6f%2438r1%40ripley.netscape.com

  7. Re:Javascript Extensions on Mozilla Extending Javascript? · · Score: 1

    Since XUL itself is XML any way to handling it in a more structured way would make Mozilla easier to code for.

    However, XSLT has been in Mozilla for ages with no possible way to use it for dynamic XUL generation - is this just another way to presenting static XML data?

  8. Re:Two beds on Modified Prius gets up to 180 Miles Per Gallon · · Score: 1

    Claiming US nuclear power plants are unsafe because of what happened in Chernobyl is foolish at best.

    Hey don't think we can't see "24" outside the US. Now we know all about your nuclear security.
    Fox corporation also opened my eyes about your muslim minority,
    every one of them seem to be potential sui^H^H^Hhomicide bombers.

  9. Re:Let me guess on Nintendo With Possible Palm OS Capabilities · · Score: 2, Funny
    Kids play nintendo.

    Adults use palm.


    But now the wait is over for those adults waiting for the limited hello kitty styled Palm V.

  10. Re:This is getting absolutely rediculous... on Warren Ellis's Global Frequency May Not Air · · Score: 1

    I'd mod you either -1 Terrorist or +1 Unamerican for that, but I'm stuck since it's a tie.

  11. Re:Evidence other than human for global warming on Big Arctic Perils Seen in Warming · · Score: 1

    And we are to believe that human activity is somehow solely resposible for global warming?

    Believe whatever you want to, but if you have build your house on permafrost (or some crucial resources, like oil-pipelines in your society) you will surely have to pay for it.

  12. Re:We knew this.. on Mel Brooks Says 'Spaceballs' Sequel In The Works · · Score: 1

    Why not a prequel? So unimaginative...

  13. Re:EVERY computer needs a u.p.s. on Reiser4 Filesystem Released · · Score: 1

    Well, every computer I use ought to take
    a simple push on the powerbutton when I go
    to bed if I forgot to login, su and "shutdown -h now".

    "User errors" don't exist, though I could need an atomic filsystem from time to time...

  14. Perfumed computers on Hardware That Literally Doesn't Stink? · · Score: 1

    Maybe he is looking for a computer with built in perfumer:
    First Look at ABIT DiGiDice: What Does a Barebone Smell Like?

    Seriously, some problems with computers might be related to them being infumigated with
    bromine-based flame-retardants. Which is as useful and effective as DDT were, in more ways than intended.

  15. Re:Also in 2600 on Unlocking The Power Of the Magstripe · · Score: 4, Informative

    Linked from the Stripe Snoop page:

    An article I wrote that is being published in the Summer 2004 issue of 2600 that is all about magstripe interfacing. This provided the basis for Stripe Snoop. Another application is this homebrew coke machine I built.

  16. Re:BIG BROTHER ALCATEL on Does Your Employer Own Your Thoughts? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Even though slavery is forbidden the most common form of it is through aquired or even inherited debts, and there is no better way to tax money of someone than to drag him through the US legal system - no matter how legit the case may be.

    I stumbled upon a fresh article on this subject:
    Zombie contracts in the EDA industry

  17. Re:Copyrighted works and country of origin on 'That's All Right' Soon To Enter UK Public Domain · · Score: 1

    Of course,
    and naturally the laws applied ought to be the ones effective at the time it was written.

  18. Re:Well on Microsoft Responds to IE Criticism · · Score: 1

    They seem busy removing unwanted features that should't have been there in the first place,
    while keeping their promise not to do anything that could improve their product or move it closer to any standard.

  19. Re:Absolutely no way on Zinc Whiskers Cripple Colorado's Computers · · Score: 1

    You actually claim that old problems are learned from and the mistakes are never repeated....

    It might be true that new quality routines rule out the possibility of the same thing happening again, but quality routines don't communicate the actual cause and can't prevent similar things from happening out of the same couse.

    Nowadays it has been reported that whiskers can form inside the computers themselves, because of the new lead-free circuits that are to replace every mainboard in a few years time and no filters can do anything about them there.

  20. Re:Coming events on New IE Malware Captures Passwords Ahead Of SSL · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yeah, but the only site still forcing me to use IE is my local bank...

  21. Re:Isn't XML semi-object oriented? on SQL, XML, and the Relational Database Model · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sure, this is a nice syntax to describe one-off problem. Though for a database you'd hope that it is done once to transform it to something useful instead of 100 times per second.



    //*[@color = "Red"] is taken as a good example in your sense but is actually the worst case in the article. A database would hopefully aleady have track of "red things" and shouldn't have to traverse a tree full of other useless data. Multiple trees spanning the same data is only a contradiction in XML.



  22. Re:Errm.... on Cars To Be Assembled Atom By Atom · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yup, but trying hard enough to make a car using nano-technology will probably result in vast amounts of byproducts small enough to get into your cells and subtly kill you.

    Of course we learned that when trying to create biocompatible compounds using chemical means, but remember that they are creating materials and not cars and couldn't care less about your well-being.

  23. Peer review on EFF Runs Patent-Busting Challenge · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why not implement a deposit sum for patent to be granted to the person that found prior art or faults invalidating it. This would probably end all talk about underpaid or overworked reviewers and spawn a new profession on the internet.

  24. Re:Who is going to care? on Trained Rats for Mine Detection · · Score: 1

    I'm sure Brigitte Bardot couldn't make the difference between dogs and rats either.

    But if I'd blame her someone ought to tell me what it is first.

  25. Re:Inevitable, and other countries are next. on Spanish Internet Provider's SMTP traffic Blocked · · Score: 1

    It seems to me that you are a person that would enjoy living in China.