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  1. Re:Tabbrowser Preferences on Spoofing Flaw Resurfaces in Mozilla Browsers · · Score: 1

    That's implementation dependant, it'll be a random number on other systems.

    Use { return 0; } instead, it'll avoid a possible function call of exit().

  2. Re:SCO.... on Hyperthreading Considered Harmful · · Score: 1

    You could also type in a FOOF.COM file from the command line, and execute it.

    COPY CON foof.com
    [alt-240][alt-015][alt-199][alt-200]
    ^Z
    C:\> foof.com

    [machine hangs]

  3. Re:Tiger or Panther? on Safari Passes the Acid2 Test · · Score: 1

    Actually, you *can* recompile WebKit with these patches and they will show up in Safari today.

  4. Re:Go Apple! on Safari Passes the Acid2 Test · · Score: 2, Informative

    The patches are in TFA. They apply to kthml, the KDE html engine.

  5. Re:Go Apple! on Safari Passes the Acid2 Test · · Score: 1

    As long as KHTML gets most of the fixes backported to keep the trees in sync, that's good enough for me.

  6. Re:Exploits on the rise is interesting... on Pros and Cons of Firefox Critically Evaluated? · · Score: 1
    By the time Longhorn actually makes it to market, I fully expect that all error messages will be reduced to a single window that will pop up every so often, reading simply "Something Bad Happened".
    I guess it's true what they say... Microsoft really is just copying Apple UI!
  7. Re:My opinion hasn't changed on BitKeeper Love Triangle: McVoy, Linus and Tridge · · Score: 1
    Reverse engineering is perfectly legitimate, and excellent products have emerged because of it, such as Samba.
    Not to mention the IBM-compatible PC.
  8. Re:Freedom matters on No More BitKeeper Linux · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, the gratis BitKeeper license *does* forbid building your own VCS from the ground up.

    There is at least one linux developer who could not use BK because of his ties to subversion (or was it arch?).

  9. Re:In-N-Out grows despite never-changing menu... on Record Low Turnout in Debian Leadership Election · · Score: 1

    Try asking for your fries "well done". Or "animal style", if you're into that sort of thing.

  10. Re:I'm sorry... on Record Low Turnout in Debian Leadership Election · · Score: 1

    Debian users don't vote for the DPL, Debian Developers do.

  11. Re:Good LORD it's got some useless stuff! on KDE 3.4 Released · · Score: 1

    That's been in kdetoys since 2.x at least, hasn't it?

    If you don't want the "toys", don't install "kdetoys".

  12. Re:Obligatory comment on KDE 3.4 Released · · Score: 1

    Yesterday I set up konstruct to compile 3.4RC1 with GCC 3.3, 3.4, and 4.0 (I wanted to do some size and speed comparisons). It finished this morning, but I noticed the downloads were a little slow at the end. After refreshing the Konstruct web page I saw why...

    Ah well, konstruct is easy enough that I don't mind kicking it off again for 3.4.0.

  13. Re:Hahaha! on Cox on Torvalds and Linux Kernel Development · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure, I don't use BSD... I tracked down the source a few weeks ago to grab the patch to add the -jbranch:date option for the 'diff' command to the copy on our Linux dev box.

    While digging through the diffs from cvshome source, I noticed the 'cvs blame' synonym in there and had a laugh. It would be easy enough to add to your copy, IIRC just track down the commands table and change the synonym field for "annotate" from NULL to "blame".

    I would bet it was FreeBSD.

  14. Re:Hahaha! on Cox on Torvalds and Linux Kernel Development · · Score: 1

    'blame' is also a synonym for 'annotate' in the BSD port of CVS.

  15. Re:It's Linux *revenue* that's up 35%, not count on Unix servers up 2.7%, Linux servers up 35.6% · · Score: 1

    s/somebody brilliant/jwz/

  16. Re:Cost ? on Breakthrough in solar photovoltaics · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Sadly, the only good place for it is in the southwest. Maybe this new technology can do better?

    That's not a problem... just use the southwestern US to build up the technology, and after it's deployed we should see an acceleration in research and tech breakthroughs which will make it feasible in greater and greater parts of the world.

  17. Re:"Hardware accelerated PDF viewers'' ? on Next-Gen X Window Rendering For Linux · · Score: 1

    The problem with this is that KDE handles Alt in exactly the way that Sark666 wants.

  18. Re:version numbers on X.Org 6.8.2 is Out · · Score: 1

    X11R6 is the network protocol specification.

  19. Re:Dear Open Source Developers, on Trolltech to Extend Dual-License to Qt/Windows · · Score: 1

    Won't someone be more likely to switch from Windows to Linux/BSD/OSX if they're already comfortable using apps that they know they will still be available on the new OS?

  20. Re:Question on Knuth's Art of Computer Programming Vol. 4 · · Score: 1

    Don't forget Rabin-Karp, though that requires a minimum string length.

  21. Good to hear on Knuth's Art of Computer Programming Vol. 4 · · Score: 1

    It's good to hear that he's moving back to theoretical work after his most recent book.

  22. Re:Sedgewick does it for me on Knuth's Art of Computer Programming Vol. 4 · · Score: 1

    Absolutely. Sedgewick is usually my first choice when I need quick and practical information on a data structures or algorithmic problem.

  23. Re:Many own, few read on Knuth's Art of Computer Programming Vol. 4 · · Score: 1

    I've found a solution to P=NP, but the lameness filter won't allow me to post it.

  24. Re:$2.56 on Knuth's Art of Computer Programming Vol. 4 · · Score: 1

    My check (from a 1997 TAOC bibliography lookup) was written against America California Bank, has he changed banks?

  25. Re:Where's the buggy-eyed smily when you need it? on Man Reportedly Jailed for Using Lynx · · Score: 1

    No, you can still get as many as you want from your bank. When your bank runs out, they ask the Fed for more. When the Fed runs out, the BEP prints more for them.