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  1. Re:Torvalds defined on The New Yorker on Linus Torvalds (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    A common Norwegian would likely interpret "Torvalds" as genitive of Torvald (a somewhat common male name). Only bad punsters could interpret "tor-valds" as the genitive of Tor's violence. If aforementioned punsters are into hunting they could even interpret "Tor-valds" as the genitive of Tor's hunting grounds.

  2. Re:Massacre on The Oslo Massacre and Violent Video Games: the Facts · · Score: 1

    He may be charged under the new terror law, which would give him 30 years in jail. If he's still considered dangerous after 30 years, he will not be released. Norway has a kind of life imprisonment in certain cases.

  3. Re:So where's the car analogy? on Land of Lisp · · Score: 1

    "My other car is a cdr" ?

  4. Re:SuperBible on OpenGL SuperBible 5th ed. · · Score: 1

    OpenGL SuperBible' Hyper Fighting -- David vs Goliath, round one, FIGHT!

  5. Re:Money well spent on New York To Spend $27.5 Million Uncapitalizing Street Signs · · Score: 1

    Please show me how to print a lower case 6.

    Raise it a little.

  6. Re:Need some sharper glass... or better physics on Canon Unveils 120-Megapixel Camera Sensor · · Score: 1

    You guess right: No adapter exists which will control a Canon EF lens on another SLR system. Not only is the aperture electronically controlled, some lenses have focus-by-wire, and cannot even be focused on another system.

  7. Re:Cell phone GPS not the same... on Recycling an Android Phone As a Handheld GPS? · · Score: 1

    Are there line-of-sight issues

    Yes, the satellites are low in the horizon. I'm in southern Norway, and most of the time I'm unable to take advantage of EGNOS (WAAS) unless I have clear view to the North Sea. However, there is an internet service calles SISNeT, which delives EGNOS signals to ground users. Likely to be a bit expensive...

  8. Re:Shenanigans on iPhone DSLR Prototype 1.0 · · Score: 1

    You simply cannot stack lenses like that.

    Well yes, you can: It's called afocal photography.

  9. Re:NOT DSLR!! on iPhone DSLR Prototype 1.0 · · Score: 4, Informative

    It seems to improve autofocus

    Well, maybe improve accuracy in some cases, but the contrast detection AF of non-DSLRs is usually slower than phase detection AF of DSLRs. The very best CDAF is comparable with PDAF of average DSLRs, and then there are the sports cameras...

    Have you tried a modern digital viewfinder? For example the VF of the Olympus EP2. I'd say it has enough resolution to not make a significant difference. It has 100% coverage (of course :-) and 1.15x mag. And for those still life photos you can magnify a portion of the view (up to 10x?) to fine-tune the focus. And best of all, the flange focal distance is small enough to use Leica M-lenses at infinity -- but the 2x "crop factor" may be a curse or a blessing...

    Many large manufacturers of DSLR's, such as Canon and Sony, have started removing the mirrors from their prosumer-level camera's in exchange for sensors that can work in different modes.

    Well, Canon (and Nikon) are still on the fence. Nikon may (or may not) present a mirrorless system camera at Photokina, Sony has their new NEX-system, then there's Olympus and Panasonic (micro four thirds), and yet another system, Samsung NX. Even Ricoh is jumping on the bandwagon, in their own idiosyncratic way.

  10. Re:It was originally "The Goddamn Particle" on Fermilab Experiment Hints At Multiple Higgs Particles · · Score: 1

    I think He prefers 'BeelzeBob' in this time and age.

  11. Re:ObPinkFloyd on The Dark Side of the Web · · Score: 1

    ... But beware the dark fiber! For it will gloom you!

  12. Re:F1! on Microsoft Says, Don't Press the F1 Key In XP · · Score: 1

    Not on my Mac it's not, but you're right, it's near the home key on some (older?) Mac keyboards. I have 'Fn' instead of Help on my keyboard, use it all the time to control/mute the volume.

  13. Re:Well, at least the important keys still work. on Microsoft Says, Don't Press the F1 Key In XP · · Score: 1

    Hang on, I'll get Cyril Azbuka on the horn! He'll know!

  14. Re:I presume... on Officials Sue Couple Who Removed Their Lawn · · Score: 1

    Nah, he lives near the border and his garden is an ossuary.

  15. Re:Overlay source code? on "Terminator Vision" Is Here For the iPhone · · Score: 1

    Version -1.

  16. Re:ISO noise yes on What to Fight Over After Megapixels? · · Score: 1

    Of course, the Canon HF11 has an f/1.8 lens, few compact cameras go past f/2.8.

  17. On wideangles on What to Fight Over After Megapixels? · · Score: 1

    Just don't talk to the people who want super wide angle lenses (easier to do with a larger sensor)

    Olympus has a well-regarded 7-14mm rectilinear lens. The widest non-fisheye for APS-size sensors (Canon, Nikon...) starts at 10mm, which gives a bit narrower view than the Olympus lens. The widest rectilinear lenses for 35mm film/sensor start at 12mm, a bit wider than the Olympus lens, but there are only two choices, the Sigma 12-24mm (terrible corner sharpness and the usual Sigma quality control), and the 12mm Voigtländer Heliar, which is only available for rangefinders. I think Olympus has their bases well covered (that is, apart from the lack of primes and fast lenses).

    What limits wideangle lenses is not sensor size (how many ultrawides do you see for medium format?), but the mirror box. The closer you can place the lens to the sensor, the more symmetrical (and smaller and well-corrected) you can make the lens (compare Biogons and Distagons). Making an excellent retrofocal ultrawide lens is a damn hard job.

    (I'm not an Olympus apologist, I use the right tool for the right job.)

  18. Re:Deaf? on Young People Prefer "Sizzle Sounds" of MP3 Format · · Score: 1

    Sure, but the upper range usually isn't lost completely. I don't hear treble all that well (my audiogram has a downward curve), therefore I turn up the treble on my stereo to compensate.

  19. Re:How many bones on Wolfram Promises Computing That Answers Questions · · Score: 1

    No need for an instruction manual, it's a household appliance on drugs.

  20. Re:0_o on B&W TV Generation Has Monochrome Dreams · · Score: 1

    Same here. I had a nightmarish dream about fighting Morgoth. DDWLPLDVVL@

    You turn on the shower.
    Oops! It feels deathly cold!

    Morgoth announces: I am your father!
    You are confused.
    There is a wall blocking your way. (3x)
    Morgoth undresses.
    You are more confused.

  21. Re:True or not, one of my favorites... on Slashdot's Disagree Mail · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not true, but still entertaining.

  22. Link on On Provoking Emotions Via Games · · Score: 1
  23. Re:Hiroshima? on Record Meteorite Hits Norway · · Score: 2, Informative

    According to this article, an astronomer at the nearest observation station thinks it was a 10-12 kg meteorite, and he thinks the comparison to the Hiroshima bomb is "a vast exaggeration".

  24. Prawn on PhysX Dedicated Physics Processor Explored · · Score: 1

    Wow, custom pieces? I think I'd prefer sea-monkeys myself.

  25. Re:Ogg Vorbis support on Apple to Face iPod Clone Attack · · Score: 2, Informative

    Rockbox supports Vorbis. Works fine on my iPod.