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  1. Just as good on Microsoft Looks At Other Search Engines · · Score: 1

    Yea, I can see how you'd go from Google to Ask Jeeves. Maybe they'd be better off with this

  2. Re:I'm working on my own quantum computer on Quantum Computing Breakthrough in Japan · · Score: 3, Funny

    This may say more about my sense of humor, but that's one of the funniest things I've ever seen on slashot.

  3. Obligatory correction of obligatory Simpsons Quote on Solar Sailing and Physics · · Score: 0

    Lisa, get in here. In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!

  4. Blacklight color scheme? on Licensing Likenesses For Sports Games · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "my eyes! the goggles do nothing!"

  5. stupid question on Terra Soft Withdraws Plans for PowerPC Motherboards · · Score: 1

    Is it possible to build a machine w/ one of these mobos and run OS X on it?

  6. Re:PATRIOT Act? on Paypal Charged Under PATRIOT Act · · Score: 5, Funny

    well, it terrifies me, if that counts

  7. Fine, I'll ask on Ask ISP Owner Barry Shein About the Spam Wars · · Score: 4, Funny

    Would you like to consolidate your student loans while watching my 18 year old roomate take a shower, and then purchase some long distance phone cards?

  8. Re:Is this right? on Longhorn Server Scrapped · · Score: 2

    No, Longhorn would have been the release after that.

  9. Re:Ugh on Microsoft Puts SourceForge Clone Into Beta · · Score: 2

    The .NET framework is being included with XP SP1 (optionally), not IE6.

  10. Re:Swapping Values Without Using a Temporary Varia on The Python Cookbook · · Score: 2

    Yes, it is: look here

  11. Re:Swapping Values Without Using a Temporary Varia on The Python Cookbook · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Actually, this is an undefined behavior in c and c++, and you'd do well not to rely on it doing what you expect.

  12. Re:Not quite.. on HDTV and Its Impending Problems? · · Score: 2

    Actually, NTSC is 525i; you may be thinking of DVD, which is 480p

  13. Re:The word is treason on Want Freedom? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What part of "question the government" means "reveal classified information," Mr. Ashcroft? Or am I committing treason by asking such a question?

  14. Re:just the thing i need on The Return Of Solaris 9 For x86 · · Score: 2

    You mean this?

  15. Re:All I want for Christmas... on MySQL 4 - Is it Stable? · · Score: 2, Informative

    So use a real database: Oracle, Sybase, MSSQL, Postgres, DB2 (etc, etc) all have such features.

  16. How to piss off your programmers... on AOL Won't Enable Instant Messaging Interoperability · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...tell the world that you think a trivial task that others have already done is too difficult for your own employees to do.

  17. Re:Solution on Virus Piggybacks Microsoft Mail Worm · · Score: 2

    Actually, the company i work for has a product that uses Outlook to automatically notify users of events generated outside Outlook, and I'm sure there are any number of other products that do something similar. Just because YOU don't want it doesn't mean it's not useful. Also, by default outlook lets you know if something is trying to automatically send an email on your behalf, and lets you cancel the action.

  18. Re:Plenty in Ouvre; Indifferent about plug pulling on Matt Groening on Futurama, Simpsons and Fox · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Better that than risk something awful happening

    Have you seen the Simpsons at all this season? The whole series has been a train wreck. It's like they're deliberately trying to kill off interest in the show by making the worst possible episodes.

  19. Re:Could be pretty soon... on SETI@Home Close to Half-Billionth Result · · Score: 2

    er...convenient

  20. Re:Could be pretty soon... on SETI@Home Close to Half-Billionth Result · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That's awfully convienient. There is no time between may and june.

  21. Re:sad on ASCI White Detonates The First E-Bomb · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No, because that's not the only thing it's for. It's also used to simulate the effects of aging on our nuclear arsenal without having to actually detonate any bomb, which is a good thing.

  22. Re:Free C# on Will CS Students Switch From Microsoft? · · Score: 2

    "how do you debug anything more complicated than "Hello World" without Visual Studio?"

    You can use WinDbg, which comes with the (free) Microsoft Platform SDK. It's a better debugger than the one that comes with Visual Studio anyway; it allows kernel debugging (useful for driver development), as well as any number of other features.

  23. Meanwhile... on Microsoft Caught Rigging ZD Net Poll · · Score: 5, Funny

    Many addled Microsoft employees mistakenly voted for Pat Buchanan

  24. Re:Studio vote stuffing on LotR Takes Top Spot on IMDB · · Score: 1

    This may be a crazy, crazy idea, but do you think maybe they _saw_ the preview?

  25. Philly on Apartments for Techies? · · Score: 4, Informative

    I live @ in Philly at an apartment building called The Left Bank. Right now, i get synchronous 640k wireless ethernet w/ 802.11b (11mpbs to the access points, of course), for $50 / mo. The building was originally going to wire all the apartments w/ ethernet, but they switched when the realized a wireless infrastructure would be much cheaper. One thing that bugs me no end is that they don't use WEP at all, although they restrict access to the network to known MAC addresses. Anyway, i'm pretty happy w/ it. I wish the downstream were a bit faster, but i challenge you to find an ISP that has 640k upstream for so cheap.