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  1. Coming soon on Open Source Social Bookmarking Service · · Score: 1

    de.lictuo.us Warez, Movie Torrents and other illegal social bookmarks de.siro.us Romantic social bookmarks de.ciduo.us Dendrology social bookmarks de.trit.us Waste management and recycling bookmarks

  2. Quoth Zawinski on Regular Expression Recipes · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems. -- Jamie Zawinski alt.religion.emacs 1997/08/12

  3. Missing functionality on Puppy Linux Lets You Run From, Save To The Same CD · · Score: 1
    1. Commit current session without having to shutdown:
    puppy% livesess --commit
    Writing 42MB from ramdisk to cd session 23 ... done.
    puppy%

    2. How much room left, will it fit...
    puppy% livesess --status
    Media type is CD-R 700MB 23 sessions used, 76 sessions remain.
    322MB used, 378MB free space remain.
    42MB on ramdisk.
    Session can be saved on current CD.

  4. Re:I could do this without a Wi-Fi device on Irish 'Running Man' WarWalking Competition · · Score: 1

    Just seek out the smuggest-looking n3rd in the mall/park Heh. They'll prolly give hime a haircut and a shave, dress him up in a suit and tie and put the WAP in a attache case.

  5. Re:Bad example on Optimizations - Programmer vs. Compiler? · · Score: 1
    NULL is a macro -- (void *) 0

    Hopefully noone has #undef'd it in the code base. Thing is you can never be sure. Also there's some issues about ill-defined function protypes that can break.

    Ahh. I love a good C anal-retentive flamewar to finish a work week. ;-)

  6. Neither are correct. on Optimizations - Programmer vs. Compiler? · · Score: 0
    if (0!=ptr) is the best way.
    • Putting the value on the left side prevents == VS = mixups
    • Relying on NULL #define-ition to be compatible with all pointer types is risky. When the compiler sees 0 and a pointer comparison it'll do the right thing.
  7. Re:Slashdot needs a broadcast flag on Regulators Lose Piracy Battle · · Score: 1

    ... and I forgot to set the copy inhibit flag on my previous posting. Dang.

  8. Another issue... on Broadcast Flag in Trouble · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm still waiting for a ruling on the Broadcast repeat flag issue.

  9. Re:another mirror on Star Wars Episode 3 Play-By-Play In Pictures · · Score: 1
  10. New name? on Arcade Kit Seller Applies for MAME Trademark [updated] · · Score: 1
    M.I.N.M. /mi'num/

    M.I.N.M. Is Not M.A.M.E.

  11. Re:How is this legal?! on Online Cigarette Customers Get Bill from State · · Score: 1
    Article 9, Section. 9. Clause 5: "No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State."

    It's not the state that EXPORTED the cigs that is trying to collect, it's the state where they were IMPORTED. Article does not apply.

  12. Re:Isnt' against federal law? on Online Cigarette Customers Get Bill from State · · Score: 2, Informative
    It isn't a 'sales tax' it's a 'use tax'.

    Actually, it's called the cigarette excise tax.

  13. What happens when the RFID chip dies? on Following the Chips in Wynn's New Casino · · Score: 3, Funny
    "I'm sorry sir, your $100 chip appears to be counterfeit."
    "WHAT? I just got it from the blackjack table over there!"
    "Remain calm. Casino security will be with you shortly."

    In other words.... PWN3D!

  14. Re:I just tried Google Map.. It's FAST! on Mapping Google Maps · · Score: 1
  15. Re:Here's what I did on Dealing with Deep-Linking to Your Online Photos? · · Score: 1

    Perhaps people should start using the Coral to coralized things like what I think you're talking about. How about mod_rewrite images as coralized?

  16. Captcha, captcha, captcha. on How to Get Rid of Referrer Spam? · · Score: 1

    Captcha any referral that's not white-listed.
    Captcha access to the referral log.

  17. Direct right-click link. on Six Laws of the New Software · · Score: 1
    Six Laws

    Law #7: Don't hide a link inside an unnecessary HTML GET form. (AcroPDF speedup breaks this document, reenable some of the plugins )

  18. Re:NOOOO!!!!!!! on Episode III Opening Crawl Released · · Score: 5, Funny

    Search your feelings... you know it to be true...

  19. Re: Me too on AOL Kills Usenet Access · · Score: 3, Funny

    *plonk*

  20. Re:Let's walkthru the economics of this... on HP to Region-code Cartridges · · Score: 1
    True that. Forgot a couple of items.

    1. YMMV.
    2. I was referring to getting digital camera shots done at a photo shop, not on color laser.
    3. One page is 200W for about 10s = 0.0006kWh or $0.00006 of electricity per page (at 10 cents per kWh)

  21. Let's walkthru the economics of this... on HP to Region-code Cartridges · · Score: 2, Insightful
    (all prices in CAD$)

    Used laser printer at your neighborhood: $100-$150
    Recycled toner cartridge: $50
    Average # of pages per toner refill: 1000
    Price of one black and white printout: 0.05$
    Price of one digital camera picture on real photographic paper: 0.25$

    Generic inkjet printer: $100-$150
    Ink cartridges, black+colour: $60
    'photo quality' glossy 4x6 paper, 50 sheets: $20
    Average # of pages per ink refill: 250
    Average # of color prints per ink refill: 50
    Price of one black and white printout: 0.24$
    Price of one color printout on glossy paper: 1.60$

    Conclusion: Inkjet are for suckers. Flame away.

  22. "humans can hear from 50 to 22,000Hz on average" on Audio Compression Primer · · Score: 2

    Um, no. 20/20K is more accurate, and we lose a kHz every 5-10 years as we get older.

  23. Lots of great SSIDs at wigle.net on Best Wireless SSIDs You Have Seen? · · Score: 1
    WIreless Geographic Logging Engine

    Some good ones:
    Dog
    Sesame
    851-JERK
    greekfreak
    My penis

  24. Reliability? on Hitachi to Release Half TB Drive Soon · · Score: 1
    Now if they can make one that doesn't headcrash after six months, we're in business.

    It seems like the actual (not specced) MTBF is diminishing rapidly. If your MB doesn't have builtin RAID mirroring, get one. And don't use striping, that means you're twice as likely to suffer data loss.

    And back up early and often. USB/Firewire drive boxes aren't that expensive.

  25. -R -RW not targeted. on New DRM Scheme To Make Current DVD Players Obsolete · · Score: 1
    the VCTS the DRM solution will only work with the single- and dual-layer versions of DVD+R and DVD+RW media, not the "-R" counterparts

    I've been asking myself... "Which of DVD+R/RW or -R/RW" standard will survive?"

    Now I have an answer.