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  1. Re:whatcouldpossiblygowrong on Distributed.net Finds Optimal 25-Mark Golomb Ruler · · Score: 1

    That's a myth. There are plenty of stupid people to go around.

  2. Re:Speaking of broken symmetry... on Particle Physicists Share the Physics Nobel · · Score: 1

    Fission!

  3. Re:ya, really on Netbook Return Rates Much Higher For Linux Than Windows · · Score: 1

    My guess would be to keep a close eye on woot!

  4. Re:Foctothorpe FTW on C# In-Depth · · Score: 1

    a "hash", as in "#! = 'hash bang'"

    I learned to pronounce that "shebang"

  5. Re:oh goody. on C# In-Depth · · Score: 1

    Your reply indicates you have new clue what C# is. C# is not a direct descendant in design from c++. C# is a child language of Java more than anything. You could probably convert 90% of C# code directly to java with a simple find/replace regex for keywords.

    Once upon a time there was Java and it was good. Then Microsoft embraced it and extended it and provided the msjava vm in Windows.

    But Sun didn't like that and sued. Especially since it wasn't exactly compatible. Microsoft lost, packed up, and went home.

    Like two weeks later Microsoft announced "C#".

    I would imagine that MS just did a Find/Replace to change their java implementation to C#.

  6. Re:Sure it sounds cool.... on Web Server On a Business Card · · Score: 1

    such as connecting it to your home's irrigation system..

    or your home's alarm system..

    or your coffee maker.

    Geeks today. They have no vision.

  7. Re:Can't wait to see... on NASA Developing Small Nuclear Reactor For the Moon · · Score: 1

    Unless they have a spicy rock. You can't defeat that

  8. Re:Vodcasts on How NASA Prepares To Rescue Hubble, In Photos · · Score: 1

    Actually it runs pretty well with Wine, though the UI is a little flaky with Compiz.

  9. Re:Boring... on Robots Aim To Top Humans At Air Hockey · · Score: 1

    Hmmm...with one of these maybe I can finally beat my girlfriend in air hockey. I've lost every game since I bought the table.

  10. Re:The Shuttle is a Cool Failure on Nasa Details Shuttle's Retirement · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Since it is much like a Space Station already... instead of retiring the fleet on the ground, why not fly them up to the ISS and leave them in orbit?

    Maybe they could be of use to us in the next missions.

  11. Re:Decadence on Nasa Details Shuttle's Retirement · · Score: 1

    You might say that WE got the Right Stuff.

  12. Re:Herman Miller Aeron... on Best Chair For Desktop Coding? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Where do you think the ideas come from?

  13. Re:On what planet is this 'news'? on How to Turn a PlayStation 3 Into a Linux PC · · Score: 1

    either way it's going to be a pain carrying all that crap upstairs into my apartment

  14. Re:Is this really news? on Changes In Store For PHP V6 · · Score: 1

    Funny that you're being pedantic about declaring the destination variable but not my assumptions about the source string1..5 variables.

    and yeah, I used the PHP syntax for sprintf ironically. Sorry.

    Still, it's not so hard to do "lots of concatenation" in C

    btw, you mistyped asprintf in your 2nd example. you're welcome.

  15. Re:Is this really news? on Changes In Store For PHP V6 · · Score: 1

    s = sprintf("%s%s%s%s%s",
          string1,
          string2,
          string3,
          string4,
          string5);

    What's so hard about that? ;-)

  16. Re:Hawt! on Tesla Motors Opens Retail Store · · Score: 1

    It's not that the car has risen in price so much as the dollar has lost buying power.

  17. Re:It's a fine line... on Usability Testing Hardy Heron With a Girlfriend · · Score: 1

    The resolution change box could default to "Go back to previous setting" instead of "Keep". The first time you screw that up you'd learn to read the dialog box ;-)

  18. Re:C/C++ is dying! on Are C and C++ Losing Ground? · · Score: 0, Troll

    Does this list consider how important Java developers think they are?

  19. Re:I'm sure it's the hamsters.. on More Spacecraft Velocity Anomalies · · Score: 1

    What do you think powers these "turtles"?

  20. Re:Oh the Humanity! on 'Porn King' Says Google Should Block Porn Access · · Score: 1

    Having karma points to burn is like being able to wipe your ass with a hundred dollar bill!


    Offtopic.. but pretty soon it'll be cheaper to use the $100 bill than to buy tissue
  21. tired meme is tired on New 4100 Lumen Flashlight Can Set Things On Fire · · Score: 1

    Why does every other story get tagged with 'whatcouldpossiblygowrong'? Is that the replacement for 'thinkofthechildren'?

  22. Re:Show me the science on Vinyl Gets Its Groove Back · · Score: 1

    KHz

  23. Re:Big hardware just to run Vista on Shuttle's $200 Linux PC Part of a Trend? · · Score: 1

    MySpace has greater hardware requirements than Vista. How many videos, songs, animated GIFs and java-ken-burns-photo-galleries can you run at once on a sub-$1000 PC?

  24. Re:I doubt it will be viable in notebooks on Ultracapacitors Soon to Replace Many Batteries? · · Score: 1

    Why would I want to double the size of my battery to achieve the same power output as a Li-ion?


    I think that's why the article says "Soon"
  25. Re:Assumed Guilt on NY Wrests $1 Million From Verizon Wireless · · Score: 1

    All the need is to say "UNLIMITED ACCESS"*

    *where UN is defined as 5GB/month