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  1. Re:IDE for Linux, yup on Linux Programmer's Toolbox · · Score: 1

    Except most programmers don't use a debugger. That makes an IDE less of value. I myself am proficient with both Eclipse/CDT as well as gdb but I have never met a programmer who used debuggers as extensively as myself.

  2. Re:Not usefull yet.. on Intel Shows Off 80-core Processor · · Score: 1

    I'm in the middle of putting together a machine for virtualization purposes and I can tell you, the more cores the better. Although I agree that in this case these cores are not really general purpose cores as we know them.

  3. Re:Public DNS is corrupt, but Private DNS is subli on DNS Complexity · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Who cares? Is something technically not right about the new TLDs? Or are you afraid someone else is making money off of it?

  4. Re:DAMNATION! on Google Buys Anti-Malware Security Startup · · Score: 1

    Yah that stuff smells Danish PCs then craps all over the registry. Or /etc but only if you run the evil penguin OS.

  5. Re:Great ... :-S on Google Buys Anti-Malware Security Startup · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You don't need any of it. Just work with a user account (not administrator/root), use firefox, thunderbird and don't install all that crapware.

  6. Re:More... on F-Secure Responds To Criticism of .bank · · Score: 0

    I am not afraid of those but what I don't get is: if .bank is created then why not .fiscal and .med(ical). Are banks the most important thing in a man his life?

  7. Re:Politics is typical for the US on Politics-Oriented Software Development · · Score: 1

    Shit i can't read myself. Good observation, sorry.

  8. Re:Politics is typical for the US on Politics-Oriented Software Development · · Score: 1

    Reading back the original post, I was indeed overly generalizing.

  9. Re:Politics is typical for the US on Politics-Oriented Software Development · · Score: 1

    Either you can't read or this is a bad troll. I was not talking about blaming. I was talking about taking responsibility, preferably as a team.

  10. Then what about CodeWeavers? on Intuit Disables Features in Quicken To Force Upgrades · · Score: 2, Insightful

    CodeWeaversHas their own version of Wine but almost all changes are rolled back in the main tree. I bought version 2, and don't need the features of the new version 4.1, but if I understand you, it's perfectly fine for me to save on the measly $40 and pirate this product?

  11. Politics is typical for the US on Politics-Oriented Software Development · · Score: 3, Interesting
    I'm working for a North-West European branch of a large multinational with HQ in the US. The general opinion here is that the game of politics is played by the Americans. When we are at work without them, we just do our jobs and if the project fails, it's the fault of the team and not one of its members. Any disagreements or irritations (which WILL come out when the going gets tough) are treated with extremely blunt honestness; first discussed in private to get the sharp edge off, then in the team.

    Yes, that includes QA saying things to developers like "you don't even smoke-test your work and I'm NOT going to do that for you", or (developer to manager) "why do you ask with what I'm busy? You're the project manager".

    Of course, you have to let some steam off once in a while by joking and horsing around.

  12. Not at Walmart? on RFID-Equipped Robots Used as Guide Dogs · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Submitter says you would probably not see there at Walmart, but those ultra commercial companies are exactly the place I expect them. Those robots could recognize customers by their voice, fingerprint (blind people will touch them) or simply customer card. Them they can make all posts of suggestions.

    "Our store brand of coffee is cheaper, sir"
    "Last time you had cheese on your list"

    I can even come up with things lawmakers would think of, like forbidding Robby the Robot to suggest cigarettes or liquor.

  13. Re:than they had better mend their ways on Microsoft's Longhorn Faces Antitrust Scrutiny · · Score: 1

    Somewhat off topic, but which tools are better on windows? I have had problems with database development tools in the past, but I wonder what other people struggle with.

  14. Re:Good for OSS projects on Bridging India's Digital Divide With Linux · · Score: 1

    Well I don't blame you, I couldn't name one without googling either. However, I have seen lots of articles by Indians, for example on onjava.com or xml.com.

  15. Good for OSS projects on Bridging India's Digital Divide With Linux · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Imagine if the vast armies in Bangalore and Hyderabad get to know Linux and open source software in general, and all start scratching their personal itches. This could mean a giant boost for both existing and new open source projects.

  16. Re:Encryption easily broken on Zimmermann Enters Debate on Microsoft Encryption · · Score: 1
    if Microsoft made the perfect OS, they wouldn't have a business model selling updates


    Although there's some truth in this, don't forget that developing good software takes time. I sometimes hear about our customers complaining, "why wasn't this feature there in the first place", and then development says "we didn't think people would find it so important" or "this feature kept dropping off the short list".

  17. Re:I wonder when... on Zimmermann Enters Debate on Microsoft Encryption · · Score: 2, Interesting
    attack is only valid when you have several different versions

    This raises an interesting question: what about versioned documents? They'd have to contain several large revisions, but this shouldn't be a problem when I think of the documents that some account managers create here.

  18. First post by an AI on Artificial Intelligence for Computer Games · · Score: 1

    I am an AI, with the white eyeballs with circuits in them and all. And I found the book disgusting, with all those slutty, naked pieces of code.

  19. Re:Other kernel parameters? on Tuning The Kernel With A Genetic Algorithm · · Score: 1
    What packages do your customers run that kernel tuning on a case-by-case basis is necessary?? Also, what kind of admins do these clients have? I've met quite a few knowledgable admins, but never one that felt the need to deviate from the parameter values mentioned in the manual that came with the db/appserver... That is, if they bothered to read it.


    And besides, I don't really feel that the OS is very important on the decisionmaking level, let alone some obscure feature of something called a kernel.

  20. I believe in... on What Do You Believe Even If You Can't Prove It? · · Score: 2, Funny
    The Father, the Son and the Holy Torvalds!

    Halleluja!

  21. Re:Compatibility on OpenOffice 2.0 Preview Release · · Score: 1

    I know it's just one line that was pushed to the next page, but doesn't anyone else find it funny that it's so easy to find a bug in the word in- and exports, even just a minor one?

  22. Re:Native Widgets? on OpenOffice 2.0 Preview Release · · Score: 1

    Native widgets are important but if OOo can't flawlessly import and export MS Office files them all it has is nice looks.

  23. Re:Porn... on PC Photo Printers Challenge Pros · · Score: 1
    until she learns to use a terminal and start hacking my machine


    My nephew, also 4 yrs, points out company logos in the ads on the newspaper front page . Logos and icons for that matter are very powerful.

    By the way, it's never smart to use your daughter's name as a password, but if it's the daughter herself doing the hacking, it's DEFINITELY a no-no!

  24. Re:Porn... on PC Photo Printers Challenge Pros · · Score: 1

    Why hide your porn??! Oh come on now, you're trying to make us believe that other people visit your house? This is slashdot, man. You don't have to pretend...

  25. Re:Older card better? on NVIDIA 6200 w/ TurboCache Released · · Score: 1
    contract to supply this thing to Dell


    I wouldn't mind one of these things in my laptop. Cheap and just fine if you only occasionally play a game.