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  1. Re:And that relates to "fairness" how? on The Completely Fair Scheduler · · Score: 1

    It doesn't, it relates to the particular implementation used in Linux, which has a constant complexity. The new scheduler uses RB-trees, which would make it O(log(N)) for insertion.

  2. Re:Be careful what you wish for on Daylight Savings Time Puts Kid in Jail for 12 Days · · Score: 1

    And what do you say to the families of 72 million dead? That is, _if_ there was any family left to speak of.

    If you've just bought an expensive house, do you burn it down just cause you don't want to buy some new light bulbs once in a while?

  3. Re:sounds way of low for home users on Firefox Usage Near 25% In Europe · · Score: 1

    "They're not dolls! They're action figures!!!"

    WTF, are you insulting Gundam model collectors? Action figures are something your 3yo kid plays with, while the Gundam models are works of art carefully assembled and painted with techniques that would make even a painter jealous.

  4. Re:What can wait? on Why Apple Delayed Leopard for the iPhone · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't know about you, but Windows Vista certainly lived up to my expectations. It might even have surpassed them by a little.

    BTW, don't take this to mean I'd ever be willing to come within 5km of a computer running it though.

  5. Re:Now slashdot needs a new meme on Google buys DoubleClick for $3.1 Billion · · Score: 1

    The problem is that you are limiting yourself to the first part of the word...

    What about DoubleGoock?

  6. Re:no hd? on Apple to Offer MGM Movies · · Score: 1

    When you said that the modem kicks ass at 50KB/s, I assume you meant it was lying on the ground getting its ass kicked?

  7. Re:Of course he would on Jaffe Would Have Ditched Blu-Ray · · Score: 1

    because if you don't understand something it's easy to lie about it and still look sincere.

    If you don't understand, you're not a liar but ignorant.

    And I'm sure games would be a lot cheaper to produce if the developers have to look for every space optimization possible. If they felt 4GB as tight, wait until they got to make games for the next gen in the same space, this time with more detailed textures, bump maps, etc. The HD intro and ending would probably eat half the disc.

  8. Re:2.4 OS Images on The End is Nigh for XP · · Score: 1

    It's a reference to how many kids the average USian has.

  9. Re:Why does Google hate America? on Google to Hold Worldwide Developer Day · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Fortunately you'll have a hard time finding someone in Europa that is monolingual. So it wouldn't be that much of a problem as you claim.

  10. Re:1000 years ago on Sunspots Reach 1000-Year Peak · · Score: 1

    Oh great... So now you're saying we can expect a natural increase in global temperatures, in addition to the one we're causing ourselves?

    This is bound to turn out well...

  11. Re:Learn from your street vendors! on Epic, Microsoft Disagree On Gears Content · · Score: 1

    Yes, of course... But where can I get that "first one"? They all seem to charge me normal price even the first time.

  12. Re:Out of interest.... on Windows .ANI Problem Surfaced Two Years Ago · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do you mean; disappointed because they saw the pictures, or because they didn't?

  13. Re:Some thoughts on PS3 Linux Performs Real Time Ray Tracing · · Score: 1

    Wait... He hooked up three PS3's to do real-time raytracing, and you _don't_ find it impressive? Sure it's not entirely novel, but it sure does make you drool slightly.

    Or... Perhaps 3 isn't enough, wake me up when he makes a 50 node PS3 Beowulf cluster?

  14. Re:From my experience... on Busy Lives Prompt Speedier Board Games · · Score: 1

    I think it would help if you stopped pairing up kids with senile geriatrics. A reasonably paced game would then take some 30-45 seconds except when there's some major payouts happening.

  15. Re:Compatibility with patent-nullification license on RMS Explains GPLv3 Draft 3 · · Score: 1

    this is dangerous, because the purpose of these clauses is to keep someone from slipping code into a major project that they have a patent for, and then torpedoing the whole thing later on when it's crept into wider use.

    IANAL, but I seem to remember reading some time long ago that if a person or company were to do that then they would, in the US at least, end up fscking up any patent case they'd make. Probably the worst they could manage would be to require the project to stop using the patented code.

  16. Re:so how does this ... on New Algorithms Improve Image Search · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and once we've tested it on that crap, let's make it search for _good_ porn...

    Damn... I thought geeks had good taste in porn. How ever did I manage to keep that illusion for so long while on /..

  17. Re:OMFG on EU Launches Antitrust Probe Into iTunes · · Score: 1

    OMFG, RTFA!

    Or, what part of "does not allege the Cupertino, Calif.-based company is in a dominant market position." did you not understand?

  18. Re:Why woudn't they want their work cataloged on Students Sue Anti-Plagiarism Service · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Well then, why don't you check the box that says: ( ) Please include me in your database.

    And leave other people's papers alone, your feeling don't matter.

    Though, on a related note... How does this service compare to Google's book searching thing? Didn't google argue that since they just archive the books for indexing purposes, it was ok. Though might be slightly different as those books were published and part of a library.

  19. Re:I was on the Mad TV site... on Google to Viacom - The Law is Clear, and On Our Side · · Score: 1

    And the other day I was reading one of the major Norwegian newspaper's online edition where they had a link to a Danish TV commercial. It got pulled, but it was from a traffic safety campaign made by a government institute, so I doubt they sent a C&D letter to youtube.

    It might, however, have had something to do with the content of the commercial: A topless girl waving a speed limit sign over her head.

    I think we need an European youtube...

  20. Re:Dvorak Economic Model on Dvorak to Apple - Stop The iPhone · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought no one RTFA, so where is the profit?

  21. Re:Bribed. on Torvalds "Pretty Pleased" With Latest GPLv3 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ah... So that was what those boxes of red herring was! I should have known.

  22. Re:The Album Is Dead... For Talentless Acts! on Record Labels Struggle With the Album's Demise · · Score: 0, Troll

    That joke is so contrived... If you _truly_ had such a short attention span you'd never get the comment past slashdot's 20 second timer between hitting reply and submit.

  23. Re:THE most important question related to this top on Scientists Create Sheep That Are 15 Percent Human · · Score: 1

    I think you mean 15% pervert, the creature is 85% sheep.

  24. Re:Why don't I just buy a 360? on Apple TV Already Being Hacked · · Score: 0

    Good taste happens to be one of the few things you can't buy unless you already own it. So the poor guy is out of luck.

  25. Re:Boot time not an issue. on How To Speed Up Linux Booting · · Score: 1

    Yeah, cause writing all those gigs of data to disk is free, right? Right?

    So you want the computer to sleep/hibernate for an hour, which is cheaper? Well, don't ask me as i haven't done any calculations on it, but I'm sure you haven't either.