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  1. Yah but when I run the following I get 43:
    a = "4" + "4";
    a = a - 1 ;

  2. Re:It's a pity... on As We Speak, Teen Social Site Is Leaking Millions Of Plaintext Passwords (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So then the hash becomes a plain text password?....

  3. Re:Great 5 stars! on Walmart Plays Catch-Up With Amazon · · Score: 1

    It's already come to an end in a bunch of states. Items sold by Amazon (not just fulfilled by Amazon) are now taxed in my state. Items sold by third parties are also taxed if that third party is in the same state as the destination.

  4. Conduit from a central "network closet" to multiple places in each room (3 or 4) - It's future proof. Make sure a string is also ran long with the cables (especially if it's not point to point). The string makes pulling cables easy - just tie the cable and a new piece to the end and pull the other end.
    Big conduit between the "network closets" on each floor.
    I'd also run (4 conductor) power cables from the breaker box to each outlet/switch INDIVIDUALLY - no need to worry about not having enough power at an outlet; also doing things like home automation easier.
    Also if you're having a fireplace w/ a mantle, put an outlet above the mantle (hidden) and run a conduit from above the fireplace (right above mantle) to somewhere (either network closet or space nearby) - never know when you'll want to put something AV related (or just needs power, eg christmas lights) on the mantle.
    ~Kenny

  5. Re:FYROM on World-First Remote Air Traffic Control System Lands In Sweden · · Score: 4, Informative

    Airspace is completely different than towers. Most airspace is actually controlled remotely. The higher up the plane is the more likely the controlling "tower" will be further away. Most airspace is inverted cone shaped - The FAA has a whole page describing the various airspace classifications in the U.S. - and the procedure for hand-offs between various control authorities. Towers have to manage things like who gets the run way and who gets what taxiway - completely different. And generally requires visual verification of what plane is where (especially ground control)

  6. Re:The only correct answers: on Illinois Students Suspected of Cyberbullying Must Provide Social Media Passwords · · Score: 1

    "No, I have reason to believe that if I told you my password, you would commit a felony under the CFAA, which I could then be charged with under RICO laws as I would be an accessory."

  7. Re:Uh....wow. on The Future of Stamps · · Score: 1

    Not only did they solve a problem that already has an answer.. they solved a problem where multi-billion dollar implementation (no matter the actual answer) has been implemented and has proven successful

  8. Not the car?? on US Government Announces National Day of Civic Hacking · · Score: 5, Funny

    And here I thought it was about hacking Honda Civics.. enough people do that you'd think there'd be a holiday for it already.

  9. Re:Hmmm on How Does the CIA Keep Its IT Staff Honest? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ... paying them well?

    Haha, good one.. it's a government job.

  10. Re:Ignore them... on Staying On-Top of Programming Trends? · · Score: 1

    Thats why you use fprintf to a log file.. or just stderr

  11. Re:It's about time that TCP/IP was tested... on Running an ISP in a Warzone · · Score: 1

    Oh they do, But they also don't have to pay federal income tax for any month in which they spent a day or more of in the "war zone" or however it goes.. I do believe it's limited though. Really is a nice bonus.. besides, what's the point of federal taxes when you have a federal job?

  12. Re:Have a DVD-ripping death match! on Nice Performance Tuning For UNIX · · Score: 1

    After the first time you run the find command, almost all of the filesystem table is in ram. So nothing hits the disk after the first access; and I'm assuming you're not transcoding that video in 10 minutes just ripping, so no cpu is used. Therefore you have two processes: Sort hitting the CPU and the DVD ripping hitting the drive... neither of them are competing for resources.

  13. New versions of IP? on US Air Force Building Space Router · · Score: 1
    The developers intend for the router to be upgradeable from the ground. As new iterations of the Internet Protocol are released and adopted, the router can be kept current.
    So are they expecting IPv8 to be developed before IPv6 is even deployed?
  14. Re:It can happen on LiveJournal Servers Go Down · · Score: 1

    From what I understand, the Building UPS "blew" up (as somebody I know that works there said) and the fire alarm shut the entire building down.. so it's not their fault.. the reason it's taking forever to come up, is they have tons of data, and they want to be sure it's all not corrupt..
    I know if I were paying for my 100+ servers to be hosted with a building UPS, I wouldn't bother to have UPSs for every server.

    in other words.. OMG LJ is DOWN.. WTF am I going to do ?!?one?!?eleven!?!

  15. Re:Perhaps is the user base of those versions? on Windows Fails 8% of the Time · · Score: 1

    Yeh, you may be able to replace the dead hard drive for $100, but what about the data on that hard drive? I'm sure that's just as easy to replace too right?

    Not in my world.. I have more stuff on my hard drives that I can't recall right now.. but when I need it I something, it's just a find (or grep on a file list) away

  16. Re:Come to Gentoo :) on Netcraft: Red Hat Still Top Linux Server Distro · · Score: 1

    Ok.. I'll bite.. In 2 Hours. I had Gentoo installed on my system with X, KDE, and some other nice utilities.. (but not stuff I won't use, such as emacs, or 30 different graphical configure programs) Gentoo is not just a source based distro. It can also be a pre-compiled package distro. Hence why they release a packages CD optimized for different architectures. Show me a distro with different sets of optimized packages; one for a 686 and another P4 and yet more for P3, Athlon XP and generic x86.. The most I've seen is an i586 and an i386 releases.. and maybe an occasional i686..

    Oh yeh.. I forgot to mention.. during this install I was also using the computer for playing movies and saved tv shows. Show me the ability to install Redhat/Fedora, Suse, Debian, Slack ware box without booting the installer and without playing tricks with RPM, UML (user mode linux), etc. With Gentoo, I can install a complete system without ever rebooting the box (it is already running Linux, never tried *BSD) except to boot into the new system.

  17. Re:Just one on First Ten Programs on New Install? · · Score: 4, Funny

    He/she asked what 10 programs you install after installing your OS.. not what OS you install..

  18. Double E's on Code Copying Survey for Developers · · Score: 1

    One thing that came to my mind when I was reading the comments and thinking about a code library was Electrical Engineers... They don't go and work out all the details for a power supply every time they need to build one... they usually take a known good design and change the max tolerances of parts too get what they need. A code library (IMHO) is similar to this, in that it consists of generic algorithms that get changed to meet the specific requirements that I am working with. Mine has, for example, All Pairs Shortest Path, Some Sorting, etc - mainly used for programming contests..

    And as for the patents comments, just imagine if K&R thought it wise to patent a template class or the like (or whoever came up with it).. we wouldn't have the STL for sure.

    Also with a lot of job related things, the tasks at hand are usually very specific to the project and having a library of code would make no sense because it would never get used. And if a job isn't like that - I don't want it.. too boring to do the same thing that has been done 1000's of times..

    Kenny

  19. Re:Slashdottted text - MIRROR on Invulnerable, Waterproof PDA · · Score: 5, Informative

    I put a mirror up at http://www.different1.com/mirror/mirror.html

    Be nice to it (as if).. I have a few small images, and the text of both pages of the article along with the specs..

  20. Re:distcc isn't so great on Optimizing distcc · · Score: 1

    I've personally not had any problems with distcc... I'm using RedHat, and Gentoo boxes as my servers; gcc versions:

    gcc version 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)
    gcc version 3.2.3 20030422 (Gentoo Linux 1.4 3.2.3-r2, propolice)

    linking on the client with GCC 3.2.3 (same as Gentoo above).. I've never had any problems, but like I wrote.. when my friend updated to GCC 3.3 he had a bunch of problems...

    From what I've read, as long as the binary output is in the same format (symbols, calls etc) there should be no problems.. The problem arose because the 3.3 version had an option that added code that wasn't supported on 3.23... once we removed the option it worked fine (IIRC)

    Kenny

  21. Re:Yeah, well I'm working on the Comanche... on The Worst Development Job You've Ever Had? · · Score: 1

    Well.. I was in a similar boat.. I was hired on as an intern about 3 months ago for a project for the Comanche... But we didn't stop actually doing work for it until this past week.. talk about annoying.. working on something so specific for a project that is canceled.. and I spent the last week of work with nothing to do.. I read slashdot, pulled some music off my computer at home and basically did nothing for the week.. it was a blast.. well.. not really, more like mind numbing boring.. but I survived the week.. I don't think I could have done it for another month or so..

    I knew my job was going to be axed as soon as I got the news that comanche was canceled (from NYTimes no less).. but it took over a month for them to finally let me go.. now i'm an unemployed professional student.. with only about a month to go before graduation..

    Kenny

  22. Re:distcc isn't so great on Optimizing distcc · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well.. here goes a couple of mod points that I spent.. but I'd thought I'd chime in..

    My friend recently had the same thing happen, and the conclusion we came to was that the compiler versions were different on the distcc servers (3.2.2) versus the client (3.2.3).. and the preprocessed code being sent off had syntax erorrs or something of the like when it was sent off (something to do with one of the new options in the latest gcc). I don't recall exactly what option it was or what package(s) were failing... but I do know that somewhere there was an 'if gcc-version 3.2.3 then add some options to CFLAGS' (maybe /etc/make.globals? or make.conf).

    This is one of the biggest things I have found with distcc.. compiler versions have to be pretty similar.. usually even the incremental version changes affect the compiles..

    I've not had any problems with using distcc, both with compiling Gentoo packages, along with my own projects..

    Kenny

  23. Re:I want a line item mod on Tech Work in the Boonies? · · Score: 1

    Did you even read the previous post.. They weren't talking about who makes the most money.. they were talking about who PROVIDES the income.. if it's the guy.. then moving isn't just going to solve the problem, cause then he has to find a job.. but if the gal has a job lined up and would be able to provied FOOD and things that are needed.. then by all means move..

  24. Re:Bandwidth to spare? on Photographing Exploding Edibles · · Score: 2, Funny

    Would be funny if it wasn't MIT's bandwidth as well...

  25. Re:Lets face it.. on Security Tips for Traveling with Tech Gear · · Score: 1

    Wanna know how easy it is to get a soda can.. all you have to do is ASK... you can even bring your own cans on.. they are allowed.. and tear in a soda can is sharp, I've not seen one that isn't.. besides.. CD's are allowed and they snap pretty easily and are sharp as well.

    Kenny