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  1. Re:What about non-coding time? on The Futility of Developer Productivity Metrics · · Score: 2

    Not according to some of the developers around here. Of course, these are the types that put "select * from table" into their Java code, then try to filter data in the application layer. Then they whine that their application is slow.

    Seriously.

  2. Re:Wow, I first read that as "*isn't* a crime" on DOJ: Violating a Site's ToS Is a Crime · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So what were you high on?

    Hope

  3. Re:Daily user thanks Bram on Vim Turns 20 · · Score: 1

    I use it on every system I work on... It's my standard editor on Windows XP (gvim anyway), Cygwin under WXP, Solaris, and Mac OSX. I don't use linux often any more, but it was my default editor then as well.

    I've had co-workers laugh at me when I'm at the keyboard using an IDE and start typing jjjjjjjjjjjj.

  4. Re:Use CE, Avoid AD to designate the years. on Mystery of an Ancient Super Nova Solved · · Score: 1

    Damn straight ... On my calendar, it's October 25, 14,317,304,002.

  5. Re:iPods were NOT the first pocket MP3 players! on A Decade of Apple Oddities · · Score: 1

    No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.

    That never gets old.

  6. Re:Moderation system on Help Shape the Future of Slashdot · · Score: 1

    Ok, I agree with you on Goatse, but c'mon ... Ogg was occasionally funny while Hot Gritz and Natalie Portman (naked and petrified, of course) were classics!

  7. Re:Moderation system on Help Shape the Future of Slashdot · · Score: 1

    You guys are just proving

    3) We need better trolls.

    Low UID dickwars are soooo 1999.

  8. Re:Food Prices on NASA Sells Space Food, Shuttle Tiles To Schools · · Score: 1

    Wax pencils?

  9. Re:Thanks for all the Fish Wrapper on Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot · · Score: 2

    This post really takes me back those 14 years to grad school... like the parent, I found out about /. in the pre-user account days when another grad student in my office kept talking about the site. Again, like the parent, I didn't actually register early enough for a cool UID, but low-5 digits is close enough to old school for this story to bring a single tear to my eye.

    Times, they are a changing, and I for one am not too sure I like where they are headed.

    Bon voyage, Rob, and indeed, thanks for all the fish wrapper.

  10. First Sale on Capcom Announces Unreplayable Game · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No, not the doctrine ... this policy just decreases the likelihood of garnering first sales. What a clever plan. If nobody buys the game in the first place, they've effectively wiped out the after-market.

    Brilliant!

  11. Re:Try once, the f'em on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Other People's Email? · · Score: 1

    NWA, bitchez!

  12. Re:Tell the person on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Other People's Email? · · Score: 1

    Wow ... I've had entirely different experiences than you have.

    http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2222466&cid=36377112

  13. Try once, the f'em on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Other People's Email? · · Score: 1

    I have had my personal email address for quite some time (5-digit UID and it's the same email address with which I registered my /. account, so 1998?). About a year ago, I got a reply to an Emily Wright. Luckily, the original email had her correct address (same as mine, but with a digit). Apparently, she goofed on setting up the reply-to in her email client.

    Anyway, I forwarded her the email explaining the problem and giving pointers on how to fix the problem. Well, Emily replied and accused me of hacking her email account and flat out insisted that she owned my email address and had been using it for the past two years (or about a decade less than I've had the account).

    My attitude went from "helpful technology capable guy" to "fuck you, you arrogant bitch". Now, anything addressed to Emily goes straight to the trash can, no matter how important it appears to be.

  14. Re:Pretty amazing tech on Air France 447 Black Boxes Readable · · Score: 1

    Deep Sea Pressure and 20,000 feet, 30 days

    I think they can up their estimated duration by an order of magnitude now...

  15. Re:Alarm clock? on 35% Use Mobile Apps Before Getting Out of Bed · · Score: 1

    Was thinking the same thing. I may check the weather, but I always have to turn off the damn alarm!

  16. Re:Perhaps you don't know what a true roguelike is on Roguelikes: the Misnamed Genre · · Score: 1

    Why? Because simply finding the AoY deep in a dungeon is good enough? Let's not make it more difficult by requiring you to actually ESCAPE the pits of hell with the amulet. /sarcasm

    I played plenty of rogue, nethack, moria, angband and even a little bit of larn back in the day. Nethack was far and away the best of them, balancing fear of insta-death, inside jokes, variability of game-play, etc. However, moria and angband were solid games in their own right. I particularly enjoyed how easy it was to fiddle with angband without actually touching code. All items/monsters/etc. were defined in plain-text config files.

  17. Re:Well, crap. on Why Science Is a Lousy Career Choice · · Score: 2

    I suspect that science in Europe will be about as bitter as science in the US, but it'll be a different kind of bitter!

    I'm guessing it will be more of a hoppy bitter than a bilious bitter ;-)

  18. Re:What year is it? on MySql.com Hacked With Sql Injection · · Score: 1

    If SQL*Injection isn't bad enough, think on this. Writing a single query with bind variables can be parsed once. Then it's just a matter of repeated bind/execute/fetch. Character strings mashed together have to be parsed EVERY SINGLE TIME (assuming you're doing something sane like enforcing exact cursor sharing).

    select * from foo where bar = 'ABC'
    and
    select * from foo where bar = 'DEF'

    have different hash values.

    select * from foo where bar = :1

    has its own hash value and can be reused for all values of :1.

    Disclaimer: The above post represents the behavior of Oracle DB. I assume most SQL RDBMS engine work in a similar fashion.

  19. Re:Why start being correct now? on Utah To Teach USA is a Republic, Not a Democracy · · Score: 1

    <monotone>We should all join the brain-slug party</monotone>

  20. Re:I'm officially voting the... on Utah To Teach USA is a Republic, Not a Democracy · · Score: 2

    1 down, 308 million to go. My plan is coming together ...

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  21. Why start being correct now? on Utah To Teach USA is a Republic, Not a Democracy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean, the USA IS a republic... a (supposedly) democratically elected republic, but a republic nonetheless. Maybe we should leave the terms democratic and republic alone and rename the political parties. How about lazy jackasses and fat ugly elephants instead?

  22. Re:In a free country on Student Sues FBI For Planting GPS Tracker · · Score: 1

    Once upon a time, taking a piss behind a bush was the appropriate way to dispose of your waste material. Funny what several thousand years of "progress" will get you.

  23. Re:Gaiman's perspective on George RR Martin Finishes A Dance With Dragons · · Score: 1

    That post makes me glad my name is not Gareth! Thanks for sharing.

  24. @xdroop on When the Internet Nearly Fractured · · Score: 1

    tl;dr pls sum.<=140 char

  25. Re:Rubber gloves? on New Internal Cavity X-ray Technology for Airports · · Score: 2

    It's for when the x-ray comes back positive...