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  1. Concentrate on ST perf? What does this mean? on Oracle To Halve Core Count In Next Sparc Processor · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Does it maybe mean more register windows?

    Because that would certainly help things like Java, and presumably oracle.

    Anybody know how often a large query spills registers?

  2. Re:Pointer typedefs on Programming Mistakes To Avoid · · Score: 1

    What you describe is incredibly uncommon IME outside of redmond-derived code bases.

  3. Nice on Rogue Satellite Shuts Down US Weather Services · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just wait until next week when a mascara satellite knocks out the GPS network!

  4. Version Numbers on Researchers Tracking Emerging 'Darkness' Botnet · · Score: 2, Funny

    > It is regularly updated and improved and of this writing is up to version 7

    That's nothing -- I heard this one goes up to 11!

  5. Re:Sounds like bullshit on Explosive-Laden California Home To Be Destroyed · · Score: 0

    They have to burn it. There is a picture inside of David Koresh.

  6. Re:Are you guys crazy or what? on Smart Wallets React To Spending By Shrinking · · Score: 1

    Comparing just the 2008 mintage doesn't tell the whole story. You need to compare mintage figures over the last 30 years or so, weighting for probability of coins being taken out of circulation, etc.

    In fact, there were 0 $1 coins minted from 1982 to 1998 - but something like 20 billion quarters.

    Of course, the fact that Americans don't like coins is a big contributor. They also don't like $2 bills, which is why you hardly ever see them outside of a collection, even though they were printed heavily in the late 70s.

  7. Re:Are you guys crazy or what? on Smart Wallets React To Spending By Shrinking · · Score: 1

    Are you aware that Americans don't generally use coins worth more than 0.25 dollars? Very few coins worth more than a quarter dollar are even minted.

  8. Re:And tomorrow... on Judge Berates Prosecutors In Xbox Modding Trial · · Score: 1

    I don't think they can. If the trial has begun, jeopardy has attached. Dropping and re-filing would constitute double jeopardy.

  9. Re:Can't be The Jester then. on DDoS Attack On Wikileaks Increasing · · Score: 3, Funny

    Have you watched Saturday Night Live in the last ten years?

    It is very rare for multiple jesters to be as effective in a group setting than a talented hack working alone.

  10. This is excellent on Level 3 Shaken Down By Comcast Over Video Streaming · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Finally, a real example people can point to and say, "SEE!" when talking about net neutrality.

  11. Re:Sad day on Empire Strikes Back Director Irvin Kershner Dies at 87 · · Score: 1

    I'm rooting for Steve Ballmer.

  12. Re:History is kind to presidents on George W. Bush Live From Facebook · · Score: 1

    I think his answer would be "rufies"

  13. Four letter word for a four year old kid on What To Load On a 4-Year-Old's Netbook? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    LOGO

    If he really has the techie gene, he will seriously best his sister's crappy pen-and-paper Spirograph!

  14. Oxygen? Carbon Dioxide? This means life! on Thin Oxygen-CO2 Atmosphere Discovered On Rhea · · Score: 2, Funny

    ..and I, for one, welcome our new oxygen-breathing overlords!

  15. Re:What about CD to .mp3 converters and so on? on RIAA Now Blames Journalists For Its Piracy Trouble · · Score: 1

    DJ stands for "disc jockey"

    Sounds like "person who changes the tracks" might jockey some discs around.

  16. Re:Can't wrap my head around on FCC To Allow Texting To 911 · · Score: 1

    It is possible to use SMS with the phone in silent mode.

    It is not possible to make a phone call with the human in silent mode.

  17. Is free cheap enough? on SSL Certificates For Intranet Sites? · · Score: 5, Informative
  18. Re:Can't wrap my head around on FCC To Allow Texting To 911 · · Score: 1

    Maybe they were trying to not make any noise.. So as, to you know, not get shot.

  19. Re:Rotary engraving? on Boy Finds £2.5M Gold Locket With Metal Detector · · Score: 1

    You're right! It's been photoshopped! Just like that sword in xkcd!

  20. Re:Full body scans don't work - body cavity on Bruce Schneier vs. the TSA · · Score: 1

    Get with the times, will you? Nobody makes a machine that can look under the skin that is safe for repeated daily high-intensity use.

    No machine means no money. This isn't about security, you know.

  21. Re:I'd feel safer... on Bruce Schneier vs. the TSA · · Score: 1

    In case anybody thinks the OP invented this, it's totally true, and completely stupid. A friend was allowed to fly with his 9mm pistol (concealed on his person!!!) but had his toe-nail clippers confiscated.

    Security theatre, indeed!

  22. Re:The opposite please? on Anti-Smartphone Phone Launched For Technophobes · · Score: 1

    Sounds like want an iPad.

    If that's too big, you can put it in the dryer. It comes out looking just like the iPhone 4.

  23. sayrer's blog entry on Internet Explorer 9 Caught Cheating In SunSpider · · Score: 1
  24. Re:Little difference? on Scientists Propose One-Way Trips To Mars · · Score: 1

    We need them for our swimming pools and hot tubs, that's why!

  25. Re:Little difference? on Scientists Propose One-Way Trips To Mars · · Score: 1

    > All those years of training(*) in small basement meant
    > something after all? (well, assuming solo mission)

    So, what kind of training did you do in your basement for a ... solo mission?