User: qabi

Re:Why hasn't sony been pushing md?

On: Sony MiniDisc DV Cam Does Java, Ethernet

Not likely.

MD Players/Recorders are not lossless. At least not most. The way they stuff 74 minutes of music into 140 mb is quite similar to MP3 compression - lossy.

-qabi

Fast chips and XML?

On: IBM Announces New AS/400s With SOI Chips

What does SOI and faster chips have to do with XML?

-qabi

Re:W.A.V.E.: Not unprecedented

On: Geek Profiling: The Next W.A.V.E.

Right on.

Generally people cannot see if anything is wrong with themselves or their immediate surroundings.

Many US citizens believe that their country stands for something that is really doesn't.

-dennis

Plural of Lego: Solution

On: Engineers Use Legos, Too!

Lego as a concept cannot be plural, because concepts and schemes cannot really be plural

If everybody talked about the Lego pieces/"bricks" then the problem would go away: piece/pieces, brick/bricks.

That is, by the way, also the most common way to refer to Lego in Lego's native country: Legoklods / Legoklodser.

Just my .02 cents

-dennis

Re:Wow, more homophobic whiners...

On: Professor Sues teacherreview.com Site Operator

Ever noticed how the people struggling the most with their grades (read: getting bad grades) are the ones taking the most notes.

I believe in taking notes, but how can anybody learn anything when writing down a whole lecture word by word? -dennis

Not what it's hyped up to be

On: What Is XML And Why Should I Care?

One hears a lot about XML this and XML that. XML isn't really that complicated. It's basically just a textformat with built-in structure (markup). Don't get me wrong. I do think XML is very useful,. But I certainly also find that XML is a bit misunderstood - especially in the media. "XML Primer" was I good book I read on this. I don't remember the author though. Oh yeah, and um "first post". -dennis