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  1. Re:WSH since 1997? on Windows PowerShell in Action · · Score: 1

    WSH mostly just interacting with COM objects etc.

    It had no unified concept of using an object oriented methodology for in/outputs and chaining commands.
    And most of all, it was a scripting host, not a shell.

  2. Re:At this rate... on Windows PowerShell in Action · · Score: 1

    That's the closest I've seen come to it yet, however it still require kludges like "!" prefixes to integrate with the outside world, and "magic" commands like "%cd" to navigate the file structure.

  3. Re:At this rate... on Windows PowerShell in Action · · Score: 1

    Well gosh, I've been doing that in Unix for 14 years.

    Yes, but pay attention to the explicit formatting you need to give in your example.
    The point of PowerShell is that you don't need to parse out/inputs.

  4. Re:At this rate... on Windows PowerShell in Action · · Score: 1

    Python is not a shell... :-p

    You're more comparing Python with IronPython now.

    I mean, here, the output of the ls command is an array of file objects.

  5. Re:This is (now) a famous number-theory integer! on Censoring a Number · · Score: 1

    You apparently did though. ;-) Or do the shyness come from other reasons?

  6. Re:Decimal version on Censoring a Number · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure if they licensed their number to allow derivative works? :-p

  7. Re:Mono? on Microsoft Common Language Runtime To Be Cross-Platform · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yes, kinda, partially.

    My question is more like --

    Will this aid Mono development? Is Mono still necessary? What about the Windows specific API's? A lot in .NET Framework is, like System.Windows.Forms, and Microsoft.*.

  8. Re:Tag It! on Censoring a Number · · Score: 1

    If tagging, remember to use
    09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0

    Otherwise it'll treat each byte as a separate tag, and probably also sort it all alphabetically!

  9. A possible turn of events...? on Censoring a Number · · Score: 4, Funny

    Indeed, it has silently disappeared from Digg again, for the second time.
    I think basically this turn of events unfolded, although I might not have got the numbers 100% accurate yet!

    9 hackers looking into poor security,
    249 MPAA lawyers browsing porn in the silence before the storm.

    17 sites spreading the news,
    2 sites surviving the mass visits.

    157 drops of sweat down the AACS team's cheeks,
    116 frantic phone calls buzzing in the offices.

    227 lawyers starting up Plan B,
    There's now 91 sites to shut down.

    $216 sent as bribe for the Digg staff,
    still 65 sites still up and running.

    86 shutdown reasons discovered by abusing the DMCA,
    197 prayers one will work.

    99 sites now publishing the keys... oh wait!
    86 managers finding the case is slipping out of control.

    136 confused MPAA members mumbling about HD-DVD keys,
    192 reasons found to keep trying to stifle sales. :-(

  10. Do no evil my ass! on How Google Earth Images Are Made · · Score: 4, Funny

    So Google is basically saying that anyone willing to help them out can go fly a kite?

    Hmpf.

  11. Re:How much can you trust google? on Google's Stomach Pangs - Adjusting to DoubleClick · · Score: 1

    Yes, one can of course speculate in their future, but I'll always find it hard to blame a company on collecting that if their users willingly provide it, such as by using their personalized search engine services, mail services, feed readers, etc, and obviously they're collecting data on search words as well, like any other search engine maintainer.

    I think being evil by obeying Chinese laws can also be disputed. Personally, my worries would still be greater if MSN / AOL / Yahoo Search would somehow grow more common. These are the ones that have been proven to leave out search details on the order of governments without even questioning their legal support.

  12. Re:No event horizon on Could Black Holes Be Portals to Other Universes? · · Score: 1

    Yes, a big deal of what defines a black hole is its event horizon, so this is about something completely different, and it's of course speculation at that without a shred of established theories pointing in this direction. :-)

  13. Re:what would happen on the other side? on Could Black Holes Be Portals to Other Universes? · · Score: 1

    I've thought of this too, it was also discussed here:
    http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answer s/011030a.html

  14. Re:Personal Homepage on Glitch Has Users Fuming, Google 'Frantic' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'd agree with you if Google's personal homepage was just a set of links etc and other basic HTML+CSS content. However, as an intermediate web developer, even I would have to take quite some time to develop the applets they offer by myself, like learning how to interface with the Gmail account, RSS feeds, and weather web services. It's really not newbie friendly to make on your own.

  15. Re:Fuming? on Glitch Has Users Fuming, Google 'Frantic' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I had the glitch happen to me and thought it was just my browser or something having a bad cookie problem. :-)

    But it didn't take me more than a few minutes to fix up again though.

  16. Re:Step away from the web on Glitch Has Users Fuming, Google 'Frantic' · · Score: 1

    Do you type as a typewriter for the added dramatic effect? ;-)

  17. Re:Users = Losers on Glitch Has Users Fuming, Google 'Frantic' · · Score: 1

    What are you talking about? Gmail? That's not what this story is about. It's not about mail. :-p
    And how does this relate to not backing up things? The only entity that haven't backed up something here is Google.

  18. Re:Eggs and baskets... on Glitch Has Users Fuming, Google 'Frantic' · · Score: 1

    as in, don't put all of your eggs in the same basket.

    Funny, that's actually *why* I use Google too, and not just personal software. Remember -- only using personal software on a local store is definitely putting all eggs in one basket.

  19. Re:So explain again... on Glitch Has Users Fuming, Google 'Frantic' · · Score: 0

    Because you won't have to manage the back ups yours.... uhh wait, can someone exaplain to me why Google didn't have these account settings backed up? Does this mean Google don't have *any* account settings backed up? What if the password hash database is corrupted? Makes you wonder... With the GB's of space they're giving Gmail users, you'd think they have room for one single backup of each Google account's ~1 KB setting storage or whatever it might need. (there's not that much that's configurable anyway)

  20. What?? on MPAA Committed To Fair Use and DRM · · Score: 1

    How can the same guy that want to intentionally encrypt these movies talk about intentions to make things simple for the customer? :-S

  21. Desperation? on MS Offers Vista Upgrade Pricing To All · · Score: 1

    Why is that indicative of "desperation"?

    For those not introduced, the beta/RC's are about to expire, and that was the plan since at least a year back or so. Now they're announcing the plan the people affected by this can follow.

    DESPERATION. :-p

  22. Re:Uh... on First Successful Demonstration of CO2 Capture Technology · · Score: 1

    Would trees do the job we want to do fast enough?

  23. Re:No net connection? on Wikipedia Releases Offline CD · · Score: 1

    Advertising it to people without a net connection seems to be pretty pointless as the only means of acquiring said CD is via an internet connection.

    Yes, of course, and that's why they don't just have that option.
    You simply use the mail order form on the website and get it sent by postal mail. Hopefully they at least have a postal service nearby.

  24. Re:Intermittent connection on Wikipedia Releases Offline CD · · Score: 1

    Yes, that's what they did with the 2006 version:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Wikipedia_CD_Sel ection

  25. Re:A list that overlooks the Pets.com sock puppet on Gallery of the Lamest Technology Mascots Ever · · Score: 1

    Besides, in the Internet context, sockpuppets are about making fake accounts and closely tied to astroturfing. So it's a poor choice for an Internet firm on more than one level.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_(Internet)