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  1. Question on More On Kaplan's Ruling Making Links Illegal · · Score: 1

    Did this article get put up because they mention Slashdot alongisde CNN?

    I'm not flaming, it's an honest question!

  2. Good Work! on GNU/Linux For Dummies: A Brief Survey · · Score: 1
    Seriously!

    Anybody who can explain what
    ls -F1 | grep /$ | xargs -n1 du -hs
    does needs some recognition.
  3. My question on Where are the "Internet" Appliances with Ethernet Cards? · · Score: 1
    If the following is true
    • You know what an ethernet card is
    • You would know how to set up TCP/IP
    Then are the companies really trying to sell their product to you?
  4. No way! on Groening Says The Simpsons Movie Planned · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry, but with the way the last season has been going I'm gonna pass on a movie.
    The Simpsons have turned into "Homer's adventures", and don't get me wrong, I like Homer a lot but the wit seems to be completely gone.
    Whichever writers got fired/left around the 3rd season really need to come back if they expect the hard-core to go to the movie.

  5. Real Genius on NASA To Build Laser Space Broom For ISS · · Score: 1

    How similar is this, in terms of complexity and power, to the move "Real Genius"?

    The goal seems to be the same, just in the opposite direction.
    Aside from that, how realistic are these goals, and would they spawn technology that could "Vaporize a human target from space"?

  6. Remember IE on Solaris? on Microsoft Porting Applications To Linux (Really!) · · Score: 1

    Will Office for Linux automagically remove any instances of Star Office?

  7. only twice?! on Postgres Beats MySql, Interbase, And Proprietary DBs · · Score: 1

    "'It's just astounding, and unexpected,' said Xperts' Brosnahan of Postgres' performance.
    'I ran the test twice to make sure it was running right. Postgres is just a really powerful database.'"


    Uhm, shouldn't it have been run more than twice? I mean I thought part of benchmarking was to run a single test a LOT around 10,000 trials or so, with each competitor.

  8. Awesome on More On The Compaq iPAQ Linux Handheld · · Score: 1

    But when can I run e on it?!

  9. I want my anime! on Quickies from OLS - les Quickies d'OLS · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one that's getting server errors at sputnik?
    Is the site getting slashdotted, or did I just sign up for nothing?

  10. Best Quote on Gears, Computers And Number Theory · · Score: 1

    With so much calculating power at your fingertips, it's hardly worth the bother of being clever.

    I think I've read a few /. articles that say the same thing about programming languages and the hardware they control. With 80 bazillion cycles/second, nobody really cares anymore about how efficent their code is.nWith a "standard" computer having 64 megs of RAM (vs 64k) nobody seems to really care if their software is bloated or not.
    Just imagine they type of software that would be seen if software engineers, like ourselves, actually tried to be clever.