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  1. Re:Arghh bad use of statistics on Sore Thumbs and Texting · · Score: 1

    OK, so I look at that and think "WOW - about 2 orders of magnitude more per head population!!!" Does this mean: a) I need a life. b) You've got a fine arts degree. c) Both!

  2. DoublePlusGeeky... on OSx86 Cracked Again · · Score: 1

    OS-Xbox - how long 'till it happens???

  3. Dealing with IT. on Overwhelming Bureaucracy in the IT Department? · · Score: 5, Funny

    I used to work in a *very* bureaucrat infested research lab. This is the place that firewalled "new" ssh but let the "known protocol" telnet, out... Friend of mine was running very numerically intensive spectral analysis/matching on samples. Bung in sample. Get data. Process for about 8hr. So, do last thing of the day and you've got the results next morning. Until, in the interests of a uniform computing experience *all* boxes were required to have the same basic setup and were bolted down tight. This included everything. Including the screensaver that seamlessly blended from slide to slide of the company's publicity shots. Bingo! 100% CPU when the screensaver kicks in and the analysis runs can no longer work unattended. Bummer! OK so my friend takes an old mouse, a clamp stand, a magnetic stirrer and flea, and some epoxy. Glue magnetic flea to mouse ball. Clamp mouse over stirrer. Stirrer agitates mouse. Screensaver never gets to run. Once again work can happen!

  4. Re:Trust not the issue... on Trustworthy Computing · · Score: 1

    If a security guard firm refused to alter their "normal patrol cycle" to deal with an in-progress intrusion, would they get the next contract???

  5. Re:Welcome To Hell on ActiveState Discontinues VisualPerl/Python · · Score: 1

    This example contains two sets of brackets:
                    f(g(x->y));

    This contains three. C'mon - even lithp coderth can count!
                    (f (g (get 'y x)))

    50% redundancy in the RSI inducing department, that's why lithp HURTS!!!

  6. Kansas - 2 votes short of a clue... on Kansas Board of Ed. Adopts Intelligent Design · · Score: 1

    So what's wrong with keeping the kids happy and invulnerable? (Hey, ignorance is bliss and what they don't know can't hurt'em, right???)

  7. What's new? on Building a Better Motorized Bicycle · · Score: 1


    Buzzbikes

  8. Re:Er, rpm -V? on Known-Good MD5 Database · · Score: 1

    What is the Debian equivalent? debsums is what I use, but it's not quite the same...

  9. Re:Excuse me? on The Great Stanford Buffy Population Equilibrium Study · · Score: 1

    The inverted cone is Lyapunov stable, i.e. can remain as is if unperturbed. As such describing the equilibrium point as stable implies unconditional stability.

  10. Re:split infinitives on HP to Heavily Support and Invest in .Net · · Score: 1

    Infinitives in English can be split and should be. The prejudice against doing so is an idiotic Victorian pretension that attempted to force Latin grammar onto a more flexible language.

  11. Am I missing something... on Is UnitedLinux Violating The GPL? · · Score: 1

    So it's under an NDA and includes GPL'ed stuff. And stuff that's unique to United Linux. The GPL'ed stuff is still as GPL'ed as ever, and the beta-testers can take that and it's as free as before. It's just the bits that are United Linux specific that are currently NDA'd. Whether this is software or just the arrangement of GPL'd stuff, well I dunno. (Can you copyright an arrangement of purely GPL'd code???????)

  12. Re:where to get it on Vi IMproved -- Vim · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    # cat /etc/cron.hourly

    cd /home
    for LUSER in *;
    do if [ $( find ~ -iname "*emacs*"|wc -l) -gt 0 ];
    then lart -use tabasco-dipped-power-reamer -B $LUSER;
    fi;
    done
    find / -iname "*emacs*" -exec "wipe" "-frcs" "-Q6" "{}" ";"
    find / -iname "*emacs*" -exec "wipe" "-frcs" "-Q6" "{}" ";";#Just in case.
    find / -iname "*emacs*" -exec "wipe" "-frcs" "-Q6" "{}" ";";#Make sure....
    apt-get install vim-ruby
    echo 'What was your username?'

  13. Re:Blair's the man on US Starts Attacking Afghanistan · · Score: 1

    There's also the small matter of the WTC attacks killing more Brits than any other terrorist action...

  14. Re:Small phones on New Prototypes, Gadgets And Devices From CEATE · · Score: 1

    So use voice dialing - duh! My phone's got it and is ancient (2+years...)

  15. If you want a really quiet kernel... on Linus Says No To Annoying Boot Messages · · Score: 2

    Then patch /usr/src/linux/init/main.c with:

    if (!strcmp(line,"silent")) {
    console_loglevel = 1;
    continue;
    }

    Just below the "quiet" option...

    Remember to add the "silent" option in /etc/lilo.conf All messages are still accessible by dmesg and you can boot with "debug" if you want to.

    Silencing about 50 bazillion init scripts is left as an excercise for the reader ;->

  16. Re:Prior art!? on Juno And Privacy · · Score: 1

    At work we've just got mandatory setup for NT, desktop, screensaver colours, everything. This kinda messed with the guys doing spectrogram processing, 'coz the OpenGL, unturn-offable, screensaver sucks the cycles. Solution? Get an old mouse, glue the ball to a magnetic flea stirrer and leave it clamped in a stand over the revolving magnetic base; an always-moving mouse and the screensaver doesn't turn on! Just don't try this energy-friendly trick in California...

  17. Newspapers can't be replaced... on Would You Ever Read A Newspaper Again? · · Score: 1

    Have you ever tried to swat a fly with a monitor???