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  1. Re:Procrastination makes me more efficient on Beating Procrastination with Self-Imposed Deadlines · · Score: 4, Funny

    It works for other things; I once put off a 15 page paper in an english class until the day before, the teacher had watched a documentary on MLK Jr. the night prior to this, and offered members of the class the opportunity to turn in a poem about MLK Jr. in place of the paper if they wanted. I turned in a haiku and got an A. This was at Yale.

  2. Re:Lying with numbers on Why Palm Still Covets Palm OS · · Score: 1

    And don't forget that if you get a WinCE phone, it's going to expect you to sync with Outlook. The horror, oh the horror...

    I think you got things mixed up a bit. Seeing as Outlook has the most marketshare by far, it should read:

    And don't forget that if you get any phone other than a WinCE phone, it's going to expect you not to sync with Outlook. The horror, oh the horror...

  3. Re:The really scary part of this ruling.... on Australia Rules Linking to Copyright Material Also Illegal · · Score: 1

    What's your point? Makers of Copiers themselves had to go to court, but they won. Just like the libraries. Just because there were arguments that libraries shouldn't have copiers doesn't mean anything. I've heard court arguments over a lot of things.

  4. Re:It sounds like "Thought Police" to me on Australia Rules Linking to Copyright Material Also Illegal · · Score: 1

    IF the whorehouse pays you for the service; maybe. But, if you make your money by wearing a Camel Lights T-Shirt while you do it, the judge can't sue you, Camel Cigarette Corp. (who is paying blindly by the eyeball), or even your parents for birthing you, all of which are basically happenining in this case.

  5. Re:Wait... on Wiimote Straps Result in Class Action Suit · · Score: 1

    Then why doesn't the court have to meet the 'beyond a reasonable doubt' burden of proof when punitive damages are in the mix, rather than the much less stringent, 'preponderance of evidence'?

  6. Re:Wait... on Wiimote Straps Result in Class Action Suit · · Score: 1

    That is completely not true. Anywhere that makes coffee does so with boiling water. There is this thing called 'the boiling temperature of water'. McDonalds could not go hotter than boiling temperature without an elaborate pressure device. The coffee is then cooled to around 180 degrees F. But your argument was that they got more for their buck from the grounds by preparing it with hotter water than everyone else; that just plain isn't true. Show me one fast food restaurant that doesn't use a coffee maker which heats it's water up to boiling temperature during the brewing process.

  7. Re:Individuals' scents, subconsciously different on Human Sense of Smell Underestimated · · Score: 1

    I remember reading this, and it turned out the 'random number guy' didn't select his random numbers randomly. Instead he was instructed to just assign numbers to each individual. As it turned out, he subconciously assigned numbers like '0' to the fatter folks and '1' to the skinnier, and other things of that nature. Those biases built up and that explained the photograph correlation.

    Now, since I'm busy I'll just leave it up to the reader (and Google, perhaps) to find the sources (hey, that BS line worked for the last guy).

  8. Re:Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab on The 10 Most Dangerous Toys of All Time · · Score: 1

    Some other poster talked about dangerous toys being sold to weed out the stupid kids, and only let the smart ones survive. He may be on to something... Bad idea. We almost lost Feynman to that.
  9. Re:This article... on How To Adopt 10 'Good' Unix Habits · · Score: 1

    Just use XML. Pipe into and out of parsers etc.

  10. Re:Hm on Near-Complete Cure For Diabetes In Two Years? · · Score: 1

    There is already a cure for every disease. Don't thank me, thank Kevin Trudeau.

  11. Re:History on Is the Universe a Hall of Mirrors? · · Score: 1

    I just read it again, and I don't see a subsection '1. 2'

  12. Re:Be honest! on Where Should I Get My Job Interview Code Samples? · · Score: 1

    "IP is usually the concept, not the code." Definitely true of trade secrets. Definitely NOT true of copyright. Both are considered IP.

  13. Re:What is Squenix thinking? on Dragon Quest IX for Nintendo DS · · Score: 1

    Don't compare conventionally published 3d games to 2d games on XBox Live Arcade so lightly. All you do is conflate several issues--games on the arcade have less visibility at present, and when you buy a game on there, you can't later sell it, or take it to a friend's house. Both of these things incidentally have nothing to do with 2d and work to invalidate any comparisons you might make.

  14. Re:Be honest! on Where Should I Get My Job Interview Code Samples? · · Score: 1

    If he follows your advice they will probably decide that since the guy freely gives away IP that doesn't belong to him, he wouldnt work out at their company where they, you know, produce IP.

  15. Re:Trying to make it 'cool' on Sony Behind Fake YouTube Viral Campaign · · Score: 1

    In this sense the fact that UMD movies tanked doesn't matter You'd be right, if it didn't make them make other compromises. For one thing putting in the drive in that tiny space wasn't cheap. Second, the PSP suffers load times which are unacceptable on a handheld and the drive eats batteries like mad.
  16. Re:Aspect Oriented Programming is a Hack. on Bjarne Stroustrups and More Problems With Programming · · Score: 1

    x()

    Should read:

    to_wrap()

  17. Re:Aspect Oriented Programming is a Hack. on Bjarne Stroustrups and More Problems With Programming · · Score: 1

    Close; it's Python =)

  18. Re:What is Squenix thinking? on Dragon Quest IX for Nintendo DS · · Score: 1

    "They usually aren't seen on consoles, though, because the market for those games is on portable systems."

    It has more to do with the fact that most people don't want to drop $60 on a 'quickie' game.

  19. Re:Not too surprising on Dragon Quest IX for Nintendo DS · · Score: 1

    I am curious to see how they evolve the art style for 9 on the DS; 8 is still sitting on my "to play" pile of games, but from what I've seen it's pretty good looking. I'd hate to see a step backwards. The article contains screenshots...
  20. Re:A house sitter. on How to Protect a Home When Away in Winter? · · Score: 1

    As the ice expands water gets pushed out of the open faucet. Freeze a beer can with a hole in it--no boom.

  21. Re:Aspect Oriented Programming is a Hack. on Bjarne Stroustrups and More Problems With Programming · · Score: 1

    def wrapper(to_wrap):
        def blah():
            x();
            return foo()
        return blah

    for name, val in some_obj.__dict__.iteritems:
          if type(val) == instancemethod:
                some_obj.__dict__[name] = wrapper(val)

    You'd need some other stuff to handle arguments but it is definitely possible, I just didn't feel like remembering. (also I don't know where the instancemethod type is.. in its place you could use

    class throwaway:
        def nonsense(): pass

    instancemethod = type(throwaway.nonsense)

  22. Re:Hmmm, Not in my training and experience on Arson Science Rewritten · · Score: 1

    Arson science is so advanced; it can tell the difference between a cigarette inadvertantly thrown in the trash and one purposefully thrown in. I heard they get psychic investigators to do the actual analysis.

  23. Re:Hmmm, Not in my training and experience on Arson Science Rewritten · · Score: 3, Funny

    But *YOU* lit the match. Therefore it was arson, and of course it burnt down. Can you even read?

  24. Re:A house sitter. on How to Protect a Home When Away in Winter? · · Score: 1

    Turn off the main water to your house. Open a faucet. No broken pipes. Everyone should know this; I can't believe this guy is looking for a magical device to solve a problem that has been around for ages--and has been solved for ages.

  25. Re:Cool trick you can do with Deja Vu.. on Even The Blind Get Deja Vu · · Score: 1

    Whoa get yourself checked out. How many times an hour do you wash your hands?