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  1. Re:linked lists still common on Are Brain Teasers Good Hiring Criteria? · · Score: 1

    So, just out of curiosity, what _is_ the correct answer to the question? The "obvious" solution to me, which runs in O(n+(n/2)) time and constant space, is to have a counter, a "cache" pointer, and the list. Follow the list from the beginning, and every OTHER cell go back to the cell pointed at by the cache pointer, and set cache pointer to the CDR of that cell.

  2. Re:Covert Mining on The Bitcoin Strikes Back · · Score: 1

    On the contrary, several AV vendors already flag vanilla bitcoind as suspicious.

  3. Re:FDC Servers on Ask Slashdot: Best Inexpensive VPS Provider? · · Score: 2

    Observation bias? After all, the sites that are up, you don't know who hosts them...

  4. Re:can't wait to see these on my phone! on Average Web Page Approaches 1MB · · Score: 1

    But this story also gravely overestimates viewing pages on the same site. In the typical case you'll only download the js/css/logos etc once per visit, not everything on every page load.

  5. Re:So, when did subscriptions become traditional? on Star Wars: the Old Republic Launches · · Score: 1

    I actually think this a good thing though. In contrast, LoTRO did take place concurrent with the canon story and that ended up giving it a very disneyland feel, because you always knew where it was going.

  6. Re:Irking on Star Wars: the Old Republic Launches · · Score: 4, Insightful

    $60 for a game, then $15 per month vs paying $60 for a game you're done with in a month, so then you're bored and go buy another one at $60. Which is cheaper?

  7. Re:As someone who works at a university with... on Oracle Sued For 'Extortion, Lies' By Montclair State University · · Score: 2

    Yea, that's not how public-sector procurement works.

  8. Re:I'm not young, but... on Nokia Exec: Young People Fed Up With iPhone and Android · · Score: 1

    Not sure what this "iPhone" tax you mention is. The top-end Android phones are at the same ($199/$299) price points. Sure, you can go cheaper with Android but it isn't close to the same hardware.

  9. Re:Nobody does that because everyone does that on Nokia Exec: Young People Fed Up With iPhone and Android · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Nobody goes there any more, it's too crowded." -Yogi Berra

  10. Re:Geez... on Baker Has to Make 102,000 Cupcakes For Grouponers · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, you've got it exactly backwards. Marginal utility of each additional $ goes DOWN as the amount goes up.

    Look at it this way - Say I give you $1,000,000. For most people, this is absolutely life changing - pay the house off, do what you want for a few years, generally be secure. Now say let's flip a coin, double or nothing. Unless you are already quite rich, you should NEVER take that bet - $2m would be nicer, sure, but compared to the difference between $1m and $0, it's no where close to being twice as good.

    If the amounts go up a lot - to Bill Gates $1m would be essentially meaningless.

  11. Re:Ars Troll Articles Are Arse on Bulldozer Server Benchmarks Not Promising · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Anyone who runs a datacenter? Every watt you use is another watt you have to cool.

  12. Re:gema, a slave camp? on German Copyright Group To Collect From Creative Commons Event · · Score: 1

    Doesn't it work both ways though, with the independent artist getting a small slice of every record sold by the pop artist?

  13. Re:Definition of Linux is...muddled on Linux Mint: the New Ubuntu? · · Score: 1

    Really? I've always thought package management on BSD was *better* than linux because you got the best of both worlds

    Want to install it quick? pkg_add -rv

    Want to tweak it to your hearts content, cd /usr/ports// make config / install (source based install)

  14. Re:How about Fedora? on Linux Mint: the New Ubuntu? · · Score: 4, Informative

    apt == yum
    dpkg == rpm

  15. Re:will never use it on Siri Gives Apple Two Year Advantage Over Android · · Score: 1

    Except that it sucks.

    On my old android phone in car mode. Hit voice button ... say "Call john smith".... wait 10 seconds for it to process.... get pop up dialog with two small yes/no buttons saying "Call 555-1234?". That sort of defeats the purpose.

    Compare to Siri: Hold phone up to ear. Hear beep. Say "call John smith". THE PHONE FSCKING DIALS JOHN SMITH

  16. Re:Well... on Paywalled NYT Now Has 300,000 Online Subscribers · · Score: 1

    You have to understand their revenue model. They make money delivering you that paper. More home delivery subscribers = higher ad rates.

  17. Re:probably on Paywalled NYT Now Has 300,000 Online Subscribers · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Real news coverage is about depth much more than timeliness. I'd much rather have in-depth analysis of say, a proposed law, in a week or two than fluff in 6 hours.

  18. Re:So? on OpenOffice Is Dying (And IBM Won't Help) · · Score: 0

    BS.

    Go out to your local downtown area - ask people if they've heard of OpenOffice - maybe 10% will say yes. Ask them aboute LibreOffice and I'd be surprised if 1/1000 have heard of it.

  19. Re:Gambling... on Online Poker Legalization Bill Coming Next Week · · Score: 1

    The skill is in knowing the probabilities and reading your opponents. Lose small pots, win big ones.

  20. Re:How About ... on Amazon and Barnes & Noble Jostle Over Battery Life Figures for Nook, Kindle · · Score: 1

    You do know that, at least on the kindle, you can charge while reading right? The plug isn't even in an awkward place.

  21. Re:10,912 ft/min on Flight 447 'Black Box' Decoded · · Score: 1

    Only in a vacuum.

  22. Nooooooo on Google Wants To Take Away Your Capslock Key · · Score: 1

    Now I won't have a big button under my pinky to remap to Ctrl....

  23. Another Slashvertisement on Moodle 1.9 For Second Language Teaching · · Score: -1, Troll

    Wow, another Packt book for an ultra-niche gets 9/10. Hope they're paying you guys well.

  24. Strife on FPS Games That Need a Remake · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How about Strife? A very early (and largely successful) FPS-RPG. Was based on I think like the Doom2 or Hexen engine.

  25. Re:So... on Drupal E-commerce With Ubercart 2.x · · Score: 1

    I manage 3 sites on 3 seperate domain names. One webserver and one DB server are enough for our normal traffic. We have duplicates for failover. More than sufficient.