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  1. Re:Why doesn't it have a native OSX version? on MacPerl 5.6.1 Released · · Score: 1

    It already does. That's why Mac Perl is for the classic environment. My iBook came with the upgrade to Mac OS X CD and I did the default install, Perl (and PHP!) were there. Pretty cool.

  2. Solor-powered food-generation machines on Perens Discredits Mundie's Attack On GPL · · Score: 1

    Well said. I'll add it to my conversations with people who don't understand GPL software. (Even when they unknowningly use it.)

    But, I do think we do have solar-powered food-generation machines. They're just called farms. They take quite a bit of work to maintain...

    OK, I think that goes right along with:
    "Hey did you know they have a thing to see through walls with?"
    "Really what is it called?"
    "A window. Do you know how to walk through walls?"

  3. Don't forget Voldemort on Legal Analysis Critical of Blizzard v Bnetd · · Score: 1

    Don't forget Voldemort.

    Go read Harry Potter if you haven't yet, it's a good book, really!

  4. Tivo on Friends on TiVo, PVRs Not Making A Splash · · Score: 1

    Isn't Tivo slang for pregnant?

    Monica and Chandler have a Tivo sitting right next to their TV on the Friends set. Maybe they need to put one on Survivor, next season.

  5. Power Supply on Nano-sized Microchips? HP Says So. · · Score: 1

    I heard the only drawback to these chips is they take a special Irish power supply. Here is some information as well as here.

  6. The fish German-English on Kent M. Pitman's Second Wind · · Score: 1

    German->English
    None has a requirement on the fact that this language of another language was more fastidiously put! What is with that was? And the 4000+ comments? In the name of the gentleman, this is condemned still times Slashdot, or?! YOU RETURN MY FLAMES (or FLAMES) to ME DIRT SOW!

    And back again: English->German

    Keines hat eine Anforderung an der Tatsache, daß diese Sprache einer anderen Sprache anspruchsvoller gesetzt wurde! Was ist mit dem war? Und der Kommentar 4000+? Im Namen des Herrn wird dieses noch Zeit festsetzt Slashdot oder? verurteilt! SIE BRINGEN MEINE FLAMMEN (oder FLAMMEN) zu MIR SCHMUTZ SOW zurück!

  7. Or Maybe Erection Set? on Erector Set Turns 100 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    My mom always called my erector set an erection set. I didn't know what it meant until I was older.

  8. Re:Broadband on Java On Dreamcast Forges On · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but I already have the broadband adapter. (Also Quake for Dreamcast.) I bought mine while Sega was selling them, and I wish I would've bought a few more.

    I do have a bunch of computers laying around. But, my Sega isn't in disrepair, I can browse with it. (My amps also go to 11.)

    I guess it's the same reason I bought an Alpha MB on Ebay. Just to have one running, because I can.

  9. Broadband on Java On Dreamcast Forges On · · Score: 1

    I think the best feature is the broadband support, not the Java support. It's kinda cool having a console be able to get on the net, just because you can.

  10. Methane Power == Hot Air? on Motorola Makes Gasoline Powered Cell Phones · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Maybe the next version can run off your "hot air". After all, it is methane powered, but I don't think I would like to get that intimate with my cell phone just to make a call. But maybe they could run them off pig farts like they cook meals on woks in some remote parts of China. (I saw it on the Discovery channel.)

  11. About the cost of a DVD writer... on New DVD Recorder With 52 hours Of HDD Recording Time · · Score: 1

    $700 is about the cost of the DVD writer you're missing.

  12. Only with Linux XP on NVidia nForce Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Only with Linux XP, or is that GNU/Linux XP?

  13. I want my job to be examining porno on Blaming Encryption · · Score: 1

    I want my job to be examining porno for hidden messages! 2 *million* (Dr Evil pinky) porno pics!

  14. Request BNL "When I Fall" instead on ClearChannel Plays It Safe · · Score: 1

    Request BNL "When I Fall" instead of "Falling for the First Time". It's older, and more about suicide than then their newest single. The only reason they're choosing not to play it is because it's got "Falling" in the title.

    I hope I don't trip and "fall" down. Hey, I looked outside and I saw some leaves "falling". Must be "fall". Bomb, bomb, bomb, bombardier!

  15. Re:Obviously... on New Joystick Style Ergo Mouse · · Score: 1

    I also have the same problem, I can use right handed mice, but prefer left. I like the MS optical mouse best so far, it's not shaped to be right handed. I also like the Intellimouse, even though it is right handed. For some reason it feels just fine either way. (Ever since I got the MS optiical USB, I just left my Intellimouse plugged in also. It's kinda cool having 2 mice, you can zoom around *very* fast with 2 hands, and now right handed people can use my computer easily too.)

    But, I think symmetrical mice is the best lefties can expect.

    One funny thing, I can't stand for the buttons to be reversed. I still like right handed style on the left side.

  16. Yeah, it's called .NET on Programming in the Ruby Language · · Score: 1

    .NET will save y'all. Hold still this won't hurt a bit...

  17. Freshmeat? on McAfee Patents ASP Business Model · · Score: 1

    I don't know, but at first glance, it looks like they patented Freshmeat.

  18. Re:First strike capability. on Nuclear Materials System Not Buggy, Says Microsoft · · Score: 1

    I think that the time frame the Russian nuclear storage facilities were "missing" material, points more toward the US government as the enemy. Like maybe if the breakup decision hadn't been reversed the government would have been taken over in nuclear assault. (Microsoft has a special service pack to make sure that they're not missing any nuclear materials.) Screw lobbying, just take out the root cause. Ballmer could be President/CEO of the Microsoft States of America. Or maybe the United States of Microsoft.

  19. Re:Just a thought... on CD Copy "Protection" in California · · Score: 1

    Probably not, since the copyright is most likely held by the record company.

  20. Yes is does. on Losing Track of Nuclear Materials · · Score: 1

    SQL Server does (and did) support RI. The problem is it doesn't support cascade updates/deletes without triggers. (I think even to this day.) The RI (foreign key) rules kick in before the triggers. So if you want to have cascade updates/deletes you need to not use foreign keys.

    Now if you mess up the triggers that control cascade updates/deletes and RI, then you get into the orphaned records situations.

  21. Re:They still don't get it. on TiVo Response to 2.0.1 Upgrade Issues · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but were you getting free services from the car dealership? Maybe free tire pressure checks, and they set the clock on your stereo? Then they exchanged chips in the cars' computer for one with less horsepower?

    I could understand people being more upset if the Tivos were time bombed and only worked for a while without the service and no phone connection. (And that wasn't made clear when it was purchased.) As soon as you connect it to the phone and start using part of their service, you can't expect them to upgrade the software and set your clock for free.

    The people who have 1.3 and aren't connected to the phoneline are still in the same spot as they were when they bought the Tivo.

    The only problems I can see are:
    1. If you have a v1.3 subscribed, then cancel your service, can you go back to the v1.3 and use the machine like you originally did.
    2. Also, what if Tivo goes away? I suppose it's like having a Motorola sattelite phone, now. Except the calculator and games should still work on the phone.

  22. Good Guys? on TiVo Granted PVR Patents · · Score: 1

    What if Tivo is just holding on to the patent because they know how stupid the system is. Maybe making sure nobody else can exploit it?

  23. Re:Really useful? on Ever Improving Laptop · · Score: 1

    I just got a new Micron laptop (GX+) and it has a composite video out. I would like to have two serial ports also. I'm always plugging into machines that only talk serial (GEM/SECS), as well as some printers. I was going to try one of those USB to serial adapters. Anyone have any luck with them?

  24. gunzip? on Gould Op-Ed: Genes' Emergent Properties Matters · · Score: 1

    It's probably gzip'ed. Maybe being born is like booting a Linux kernel, it has to be uncompressed first.

  25. You think it's not stealing to use CueCats? on DirecTV's Secret War On Hackers · · Score: 1

    So the people that are using the CueCats sent to them in the mail for catologing their books collections are thieves also? How is that different from decoding the signal that is being forcefully beamed at me?