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  1. hmmm... on Computer Studies w/o Excessive Coding? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    general methods for surviving computer science courses for new students?

    love it or leave it.

  2. Re:Be honest, tell the truth on Working Around Bad Luck on the Resume? · · Score: 1

    I even admitted that my weakness was something that was quite important to the job. But I was able to demonstrate during the interview that it was nothing for them to be worried about.

    I admitted that my herion addiction was like a crazed monkey on my back. Luckily, I was clumsy and broke the needle, thus proving that there was no need to worry about about my ragin' cravin'. :)

  3. Re:Off Track on More MyDoom Gloom · · Score: 1

    because without honor victory is anti-climactic, to say the least.

  4. Re:Newsflash on To Recertify, or Not Recertify? · · Score: 1

    and if I'm not in the stone working industry... what group to join then :)

  5. Re:This is easy on Crawling for Certificates? · · Score: 2, Funny

    hell.. I'll crawl under your non-raised floors checking cables for $10,000.

  6. Re:Trig functions... on Performance Benchmarks of Nine Languages · · Score: 1

    hey there cat... we argued before... hope it doesn't happen again... :)

    many programs for "noraml" users _are_ limited by tight loops. look to the wikipedia for info on big-o noataion.

    think about a VPN or router vendor that needs to route traffic for users. for each user, we must route each packet O(n).

    now think of a firewall vendor. we must route each packet after checking it against this set of deny or allow rules. this is a common case.. but represents an O(n^2).

    now O(n^2) can be "ok" for small n... and perhaps the "bugs" you talk about are poorly designed rule lookups. Now imagine a large ISP that uses a firewall to block virus' from being sent outbound. this is still O(n^2), but the n can be huge, and that loop is executed for each packet... also a huge number. hard to optimize. it usually takes a shift in philiosophy to break out of this kind of case. say, come up with a way that we don't have to check every deny/allow rule for each connection and you have beat it.

    oh.. and i'm drunk... so excuse the spelling... por favor.

  7. Re:How geniuses come to be on Justin Frankel On AOL, Subverting The Status Quo · · Score: 1

    Chris Spheeris? that sexy guy that plays bad music?
    found here

    wow.... gotta visit you.

  8. Re:You Need a Programmer on Crawling for Certificates? · · Score: 1

    hey now... you're trying to move in on my territory :)

  9. ask me? on Crawling for Certificates? · · Score: 2, Informative

    ask me to write a plugin to perl's NetworkInfo-Discovery?

  10. Re:Embedded platforms?!? on Effect of Using 64-bit Pointers? · · Score: 1

    retardedness is rarely noted so tactfully. gracias.

  11. Re:Embedded platforms?!? on Effect of Using 64-bit Pointers? · · Score: 1

    thanks... makes much more sense.... didn't think about memory mappping files.

  12. Re:That explains it on Martian Rock Found In Morocco · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    damn. let me use links... damn slash spaces:

    compare
    this search

    with this post

  13. Re:That explains it on Martian Rock Found In Morocco · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    check out http://www.google.com/search?q=Python+would+be+a+r etrograde+choice.&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0& start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

    and compare with:
    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=93598&c id=8034 340

    mike seems to be a habitual copier. marked as foe very soon.

  14. Re:easy... on Effect of Using 64-bit Pointers? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    +1 insightful.

  15. Re:Embedded platforms?!? on Effect of Using 64-bit Pointers? · · Score: 1

    maybe I'm retarded... probably, as a matter of fact. Why would a person want more address space than usable memory?

  16. Re:-1: nitpick on Mine The Moon For Helium-3 · · Score: 1

    no... he's saying x and y are similar to most people. y is the accurate term, but I'll use x since it relates better to my audience's world.

  17. Re:Carly's explainations on The Uncertain Promise of Utility Computing · · Score: 1

    most executives I've known would fit that demo.

  18. Re:Linuxworld server already melting... on Linus Says 2004 is the Year for Desktop Linux · · Score: 1

    yikes... yes, december 31 is part of december. no, i didn't realize cooker and snapshots were different. and even if i had, i didn't read the full snapshots page.

    apology given, prick comment withdrawn.

    ahem.... sufficiently offtopic now.

  19. Re:Linuxworld server already melting... on Linus Says 2004 is the Year for Desktop Linux · · Score: 1
    me: that is a 2.6-test kernel... not the same thing as the 2.6 kernel itself.

    you: You are provably wrong. Where are you taking your information from?


    no.. really... 2.6 is not the same as 2.6-test. prove me wrong. please.

    parent and you: provides Linux 2.6 as kernel default since december


    That is the line I was talking about. Using the parent's citation at cooker snapshot, I can show that indeed, he was talking about 2.6 being there when his citation said 2.6-test.

    From that page:
    - content: 1 ISO image with Linux 2.6.0-test1, XFree 4.4pre, Gcc 3.3.2 and KDE 3.2pre.


    Again, for the hard of hearing.... 2.6-test is not the same as the full 2.6 kernel.

    Try not to be such a condescending prick when you are wrong, or confused about the topic.
  20. Re:Linuxworld server already melting... on Linus Says 2004 is the Year for Desktop Linux · · Score: 1

    that is a 2.6-test kernel... not the same thing as the 2.6 kernel itself.

  21. Re:Swiss Cheese on Scientists Create Supersolid From Helium · · Score: 1

    when you squirt liquids out your nose, people will laugh with you... when you squirt solids out your nose, they will laugh at you.

  22. Re:Slightly OT on Scientists Create Supersolid From Helium · · Score: 1

    I think you mean, on the surface of the klein bottle. A surface, has no "inside". But hey... you can buy your own and put the turbine any where you want :).

  23. Re:Hmmmm.... on Kernel 2.6.1 Released · · Score: 2, Interesting

    now that's funny... I've never used lube during development.

  24. Re:Notify RSA on RSA-576 Factored · · Score: 1

    hell, neither of them are numbers. window's calculator just coems up with "OE...barf".

  25. worlds largest company attacked by linux? on UserLinux Proposal (And Analysis) Now Available · · Score: 1

    Then again, from the humblest of beginnings, Linus' kernel project and RMS's GNU initiatives have taken a significant market share away from the world's largest company.

    We've stolen markt share from Wal-Mart? I didn't even know cheap plastic stuff was part of the OSS movement. I still learn something new everyday.