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  1. Re:3D input devices on Sphere XP Makes GUI 3D · · Score: 1

    Sure.

    I've got a Joystick I can use one-handed that could actually control 4 dimensions. It's got the standard x+y axes, plus a twist axis, plus a throttle that's controlled by my thumb. Drop the throttle and theres your simple 3d input.

  2. Re:drool... on Giant Sub-Woofer · · Score: 1

    Nope. So wrong. CDs are digital waveforms. There's no reason they can't produce any freq down to 0.0000000000000001 hz. It's just that that low you'll get about 1 cycle an hour...

  3. Re:apps contained in their own directories.... on Zero Install: The Future of Linux on the Desktop? · · Score: 1

    The difference is that app bundles on Mac OS X act like *files* not directorys, at least in Finder.

  4. Software liability on Tech Companies Ask U.S. to Regulate Cyber Security · · Score: 1

    Simple....

    Make software vendors liable, for, say, the square of the purchase price.

  5. Re:Boole Was Ada's Teacher on Boolean Logic : George Boole's The Laws of Thought · · Score: 1

    Uh, Ada was *female*

  6. No-reg link on eBay Fraud Vigilantes · · Score: -1, Redundant

    http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/165615_vigi lantes20.html

  7. Re:Good deal on Audio Lunchbox: Music with no DRM · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't many of those costs be either constant, or at worst proportional to say, sqrt(songs_sold)?

  8. Online Books on C++ GUI Programming with Qt 3 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Anyone know any good online books/tutorials for learning Gtk or QT?

  9. .mob? on New Net Battle Over ".mobile" Looming · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why not continure the 'tradition' of 3 letter TLDS and use .mob? It's even descriptive of the companies trying to push this through...

  10. Re:anti-social behaviors... on The Psychology Behind Headphones · · Score: 1

    Me, err., three...

    Now the next question:

    Which kind of music works BEST?

    I find classical too...pastoral. Tends to make me mellow out and REALLY not get anything done.

    Hard/classic/blues based rock is too likely to make me get a little mini-headbang going (a problem at work, not at home...)

    I've found so called 'jam band' music to be excellent... Phish, Widespread Panic, the Dead, etc...

  11. Re:Gee, what a surprise. on EB Demands Payment From Victim of Theft · · Score: 1

    Well, that's one way to look at it. I see it as a no-hassle way of getting rid of games I've already completed, and get something back for it.

  12. Java on Pragmatic JUnit Testing · · Score: -1, Troll

    So what does a JUnit call look like

    JUnit unit = new JUnit.TestFramework.SimpleTest()
    unit.setExpected Result(4)
    unit.setPassMessage('Okay, exponention works...')
    unit.setFailMessage('Uh oh...')
    NumberFormatter format = new NumberFormatter()
    format.setDecimalDigits(1)
    for mat.setLocaleFractionalSeperator('.')
    unit.setFor matter(format)
    unit.runTest(Math.pow(2))

    Seriously, kids, java is bad for you...

  13. Re:Hmm on Space Elevators Going Up · · Score: 1

    Wello, okay, what exactly do you propose we build these spacecrafts out of?

  14. Re:Hmm on Space Elevators Going Up · · Score: 1

    Sigh.

    s/long enough/strong enough/
    s/thicked/thicker

  15. Re:Hmm on Space Elevators Going Up · · Score: 0

    Because it's NOT POSSIBLE. Conventional materials are no where near long enough. If you used a ribbon of titanium, or steel, or whatever, the strain would rip a part. Make it thicked, and the strain goes UP.

  16. Re:No, Python on Perl's Extreme Makeover · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I used to use python a lot. Still do, really. I like it a lot.
    I just like ruby more. I find it easier to learn, even faster to code in, and language development is just as fast, if not faster than python.

  17. Re:Ruby... on Perl's Extreme Makeover · · Score: 4, Informative

    You mean like:

    Doc

    http://www.ruby-doc.org/

    http://www.rubycentral.com/book/

    Unit Testing

    http://testunit.talbott.ws/

    http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?RubyUnit

    Library Repository

    http://raa.ruby-lang.org/

    Portability
    Source compiles on anything vaugely Unix like

    Windows binaries available

    User Community
    comp.lang.ruby

    So, what were you on about again?

  18. Ruby... on Perl's Extreme Makeover · · Score: 1, Interesting

    ...provides almost all of Perls power, with none of the ugliness.

  19. Re:20,000 Strings must first be extracted??? on Open Source Software Serves Niche Markets · · Score: 1

    gettext already exists, and does most of what you describe.

  20. Re:Someone tell me again... on Hubble Snaps Farthest / Oldest Galaxy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    No we don't.

    Enterprise was never space capable. It was only used for the intial air-drop landing tests. It's been sitting in a museum for 20 years.

  21. Re:Works for Valve now on BitTorrent's Creator Bram Cohen Interviewed · · Score: 1

    Just use btdownloadcurses.py

    It uses a simple curses-based (IE, text on a console).

    It's not pretty either, but it isn't an extra window on your desktop. Just fire it off in a term window and forget about it.

  22. Re:Dammit. on Mozilla Firebird gets .8 Release, and New Name · · Score: 1

    I still say it's bad for a number of reasons. It does help that the new name shares the first syllable with the old one.

  23. Dammit. on Mozilla Firebird gets .8 Release, and New Name · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Stop playing name games. That's the sort of thing that can really hurt adoption.

  24. Re:steps toward Python on Java SDK 1.5 'Tiger' Beta Finally Released · · Score: 1

    Python is QUITE strongly typed, just IMPLICITLY typed, not EXPLICITLY typed.

  25. ATI? on Meet Linux Kernel 2.6.2, 'Feisty Dunnart' · · Score: 1

    Anyone know if this works with the ATI drivers. I tried 2.6.1 recently, recompiled fglrx.o, but only get a black screen when I startx.