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  1. Re:This would be easy on Shuttleworth On Redefining File Systems · · Score: 1

    How many binary file formats can you search that way?

    Does it search user-defined/entered metadata (Spotlight comments) too?

  2. Re:Tests need to evaluate _something_ on Can You Trust Anti-Virus Rankings? · · Score: 1

    Name me one that doesn't have a 5-star crash rating?

    Well, here's one.

    Also keep in mind that when you see car ads saying "5-star saftey rating", the fine print typically says that it was for only one or two of the half-dozen test the NHSTA does. If you want a car that gets 5 stars across the board, that's not as common as cars which get a single 5-star rating.

    NHSTA has one set of standards that all makers must conform to. The IIHS is NOT a government entity and is much harsher on vehicles.

  3. Re:Lines of code as a metric on Linux Kernel Surpasses 10 Million Lines of Code · · Score: 1

    More LoC does not always mean less-efficient code. For example, in Java using Apache Commons' Logger:

    log.debug();

    Is slower than:

    if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
    log.debug()
    }

    http://twit88.com/blog/2008/03/07/why-you-should-use-isdebugenabled/

  4. Re:Much better than 500 kph... on Magnetic Levitating Trains Get Go-Ahead In Japan · · Score: 1

    unlike rumbly old trains.

    MagLev trains are neither rumbly nor old.

  5. Re:Much better than 500 kph... on Magnetic Levitating Trains Get Go-Ahead In Japan · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's done in LEO several times a year at 17,000 MPH, in 3 axes.

    Managing it in one axis in a more controlled environment at 2% of that speed, should not be difficult.

  6. Re:CVS all the way baby on Practical Reasons To Choose Git Or Subversion? · · Score: 1

    However, the version we use where I work, and will use for a long while still, is older than 1.5, so standard procedure right now is to just not branch

    You could use svnmerge.py to get almost identical tracking of merges in pre-1.5 versions. IIRC, 1.5 will even use the metadata created/stored by this script.

  7. Re:CVS all the way baby on Practical Reasons To Choose Git Or Subversion? · · Score: 1

    Currently, all merging must be manually tracked separately from Subversion itself.

    Are you saying that the merge-tracking introduced in 1.5 doesn't work at all?

  8. Re:Just what we need... on "BlueTrack" Mouse More Advanced Than Laser, Optical · · Score: 1

    Yes, it's totally non-functional, but it moves units. And if your product isn't selling, what's the point?

  9. Re:W3C on Only 4.13% of the Web Is Standards-Compliant · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Let's face it, the average user isn't going to think to blame their browser, they're going to blame Google.

    Unless Google puts on the page "your browser is an ancient, decrepit, backwards, non-compliant, security-hole-ridden POS. Upgrade now" with links to Opera, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and any other reasonably decent browser.

  10. Re:No firewire on the MacBook (non-Pro) on Apple Announces New MacBook, Pro, Air · · Score: 1

    It also doesn't help that most of the PC industry, except Sony (aka iLink) has shunned firewire, and you very rarely see it as an option on any new desktop or laptop.

    My Lenovo R60 has it (FW800). We have no need for it in my company, so I'm assuming it was a standard feature. The POS eMachines laptop I got for my wife 4 years ago has FW800 too.

    Unfortunately, I seem to be in a "lost" demographic. I'm not doing pro video, but I'd like to be able to take some movies of my kid, have them come out looking decent, and send them out to my parents. I don't want YouTube quality, I want good TV quality. Without having to throw out my investment in existing equipment.

    Fortunately, I got my MacBook a year ago, so I'll have FW available to me for quite a while yet.

  11. Re:Linux is great, but... on Linux On Brazilian Voting Machines, the Video · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, you need cards with little holes that get punched out to indicate your selections. Those work much better.

  12. Re:No firewire on the MacBook (non-Pro) on Apple Announces New MacBook, Pro, Air · · Score: 1

    At this point, most consumer camcorders do not have firewire interfaces.

    Plenty still do, and the only way to get video from your MiniDV camcorder to your Mac is via FireWire.

    I said it elsewhere, I'll say it here - don't tell me I have to spend hundreds of dollars more just so I can send video of my kids to their grandparents.

  13. Re:The answer isn't to lie on Getting Hired As an Entry-Level Programmer? · · Score: 1

    For example if they ask for experience with TCP/IP, make sure you have that, not network experience. HR is often, literally, just matching buzzwords. They look at the requirements list and make sure the words are in there.

    Which is why going through HR is a dead-end on job searching.

    It's all about networking (people, not Ethernet).

  14. Re:Be very careful about intellectual property rig on Choosing a Replacement Email System For a University? · · Score: 1

    Third party can be redefined through contract. Our University doesn't "share personal information with third parties" but defines third parties as those it doesn't have a business affiliation with.

    That sounds like a system that can easily be gamed.

    1) Initiate trivial business affiliation
    2) Share data
    3) Profit!

    One might even be able to twist things such that the sharing of the information is the business affiliation itself.

  15. Re:If they sell a laptop for $800... on Top Apple Rumors, Bricks, Low Price, NVIDIA · · Score: 1

    All I want for Christmas is a Mini with a Blu-ray drive

    That may be enough for me to cancel my cable subscription.

  16. Re:... It's an addon, not a cookie. on Firefox Add-On To Track Your Location Via Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    Websites already have some idea where I'm coming from, regardless of my browser and JavaScript settings. All keyed off the known locations of IPs.

  17. Re:Olympics about openness and freedom... on IOC Trademarks Part of Canadian National Anthem · · Score: 1

    at least the RIAA haven't started trademarking phrases in lyrics

    Maybe we should let them, on the condition that they can only do so if they explain the meaning of the lyrics of that song.

    Then we'd finally find out WTF Stairway to Heaven is all about, who You're So Vain is about, and WTF a Karma Chameleon is.

  18. Re:Week of newsworth orbits on On Fourth Launch Attempt, SpaceX Falcon 1 Reaches Orbit · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's relatively trivial for a nation of over a billion people and a strong centralized government to develop a space program

    Especially when they've purchased a large quantity of the required technology from Russia.

  19. Re:What price your integrity? on Designing a Patent-Incentive Program? · · Score: 1

    Where did he say it's a tech or software company? There still are plenty of good, valid places to use patents.

  20. Re:fly or glide? on Man Attempts To Cross English Channel With Jet Wing · · Score: 1

    700km on a hang glider depends upon catching a lot of updrafts & favorable winds. You'll have a lot of trouble finding those crossing the Channel.

  21. Re:What happened to just a plain old phone? on Mobile Phone Users Struggle With Hardware Adoption · · Score: 1

    If you want a phone w/o a camera, you're screwed into getting a phone that lacks other features that you DO want.

    Looking at Verizon, they offer 3 phones w/o cameras (fewer than 20% of their offerings):
    Motorola W315 (but only refurbs)
    Samsung Knack (its only "features" are speakerphone and text messaging)
    Motorola MOTO(TM) Z6cx World Edition (Same price as the version with the camera)

    You can't even get a phone (a device which is primarily designed to be a PHONE) without moving parts anymore - all are flip phones or sliders.

  22. Re:How not to advertise your business on Chicago Law Firm Sues Over Hyperlink To Trademarked Name · · Score: 2, Funny

    You should have called it a "Database Inclusion Agreemnet Form". That way you could rightly tell her to DIAF.

  23. Re:I left a ticking code bomb on Defusing the Threat of Disgruntled IT Workers · · Score: 1

    The overwhelming majority of them.

    I've been there, done that. Last place I left, management didn't even attempt to find someone for me to do turnover with until 3 days before I left.

  24. Re:How about http web traffic? on Nevada Businesses Must Start Encrypting E-Mail By Oct. 1st · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't you be doing that already for your login/checkout/payment processes?

  25. Re:This Just In on Palin Email Hacker Found · · Score: 1

    12345 is the GE Power Systems plant in Schenectady, NY.

    Of course, the ruse falls apart if you can't spell Schenectady on the spot and they want the city name for some reason.