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  1. Re:Get me one now on 2nd Generation "$100 Laptop" Will Be an E-Book Reader · · Score: 1

    Plus, with some well-designed software, it'd make a good Illustrated Primer for a Young Lady.

  2. Re:But context IS IMPORTANT!!! on Own Your Own 128-Bit Integer · · Score: 1

    1 is just derived from 0, 1 being the size of the set containing the empty set (which has size 0).

  3. Re:Lack of speed - disenfranchised voters on Information Technology and Voting · · Score: 1

    I've got an even better idea. Dump the whole idea of an Election Day; instead, the election continues daily until a predetermined turnout percentage (I like 80%, but this may be tweaked/argued about to taste) is exceeded at at the end of the day.

  4. Re:Confusion & the 'Free Market' on Bogus Experts Fight Your Right To Broadband · · Score: 1
    Computer science majors are easy to confuse. Just ask them how to ask out a girl.

    Oh, that's easy; hell, it can be done in O(1) time.
    here's some example Java-ish code.
    boolean AskOut( Girl G, Event E ) {
        try {
              speak( G, "Hi, I'm " + self.fname + ", want to go out to " + E.name + "?");
        }
        catch ( OutOfCourageException oops ) {
              AskOutAnywayDammit( G, E ); //this version ignores the OutOfCourageException from speak()
        }
    }
    Adapting this to an unknown event prototype call is an exercise left to the reader.
  5. Re:Maybe it will be rigged on Microsoft to Give Away Software · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't he have said that in, say... Aramaic instead of Latin?

  6. Re:Beetle-mania on Radioactive Snails Crawl Up From Beneath · · Score: 1

    Well, Slack indicates that it's probably derived from the teachings of the Church of the SubGenius. I have no idea about authorship, though.

  7. Re:Would some one please explain... on The Day Against DRM · · Score: 1

    The difference is that with a VHS, it *is* possible to have the PC read them through an intermediary device (hook the VCR into a TV input card). With DRM, a company that tries to sell a conversion utility is going to get DMCAd into the ground.

  8. Re:Next on slashdot.. on Gaming Platform of Choice - Console · · Score: 1

    Well, we've got to wait for December for one side of that contest.

  9. Re:In Ohio guilty gets YOU. on State of Ohio Establishes "Pre-Crime" Registry · · Score: 1

    How'd you get that blank post past the lameness filter?

    I can't explain why, but looking at it makes me really uneasy.

  10. Re:Headline incorrect. on FairUse4WM Breaks Windows DRM · · Score: 1

    Article I, Section 8.

    To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;

    after that limited time, exclusive right goes *poof*. (alas, Mr. Cher and his ilk keep redefining limited to "I'll give it to you tomorrow.")

  11. Re:Why spare the big fish? on Bearshare Shut Down by RIAA · · Score: 1

    If it's a Linksys router (WRT54*), they've got a bug where connections are cached for upwards of five days, so torrent-type activity quickly causes them to choke. It's present in the most recent official firmware, but it can be fixed by using a third-party firmware, for example HyperWRT Thibor.

  12. Re:I've solved it... on Judge Creates Own Da Vinci Code · · Score: 1, Funny

    Actually, with my One-Time-Pad cracking algorithm, I've found that the message is "whycouldntIhavebeenadoctorlikemomtoldme"

  13. Re:Exactly! on Digital Music Sales Skyrocket in 2005 · · Score: 1

    I keep trying to tell people this, but nobody will listen.

    Quite possibly, because your facts are inaccurate.

    http://computer.howstuffworks.com/cd5.htm
    http://computer.howstuffworks.com/cd-burner4.htm
    It involves lasers.

    apologies for the ugliness of the site, but at least it's accurate.

  14. Re:IT: In further news... on Opera's CEO to Swim From Norway to the USA · · Score: 2, Funny

    Still, he's Icelandic. He should have no trouble with a shark. (1)

    The only thing to worry about is the lasers, and a reflective bodysuit would handle that pretty well. (Of course, then he looks like the Silver Surfer, and then we've got Galactus to worry about.)

  15. Re:Opening phrase of the article on P2P (More) Legal in France · · Score: 1

    it takes less time to type out when combined with the letter L.

    Also, applying that rule to "internaut" would give "linternaut", or sailor of lint. Perhaps a new term for a debugging programmer?

  16. Wrist Slap. on FCC Fines Company for Blocking Access to VoIP · · Score: 0, Redundant

    $15,000? It doesn't seem like all that much.

    It's good though to see some anti-(anti-competitive) behavior out of the FCC, though.

  17. Re:Oral Arguments on MGM v. Grokster: Here's Why P2P is Valuable · · Score: 1

    An opposing difference is that you can usually work scheduling conflicts out with your instructor. Doing so with the Supreme Court requires... being on the staff. or better.

    Most instructors will be quite amenable to a missed class if they have a decent amount of advance warning.

  18. Re:Fascinating on Dark Matter Discovered · · Score: 1

    You sure they didn't just find an Ethernet port in the Earth and jack it into their network?

    (42 could be gotten from the init script.)

  19. Re:Is it April 1st ? on Legal Rights for Computers · · Score: 1

    Indeed. A more accurate statement would be that ~10% of the neurons in the brain are firing at any given time.

    100% usage would be a really nasty seizure.

    Note: IANA Neurophysicist.

  20. Re:Design, on Digital Music Player Overview · · Score: 1

    How about the ability to accept winamp/whatever input plugins so that we can take more varied formats than just compressed waves?

    I've got a lot of music that's in midi-type, MOD-type, and other non-standard forms that I'd like to be able to take with me, and can't (with the possible exception of that Vaio thing or the OQO.

    (sidenote: Alas, it only ships with winXP, but I'm sure that can be fixed by a clever alternate OS adherent.)

    sure, portability is great, but portability with high customizability is far better. Unfortunately, it's also loads more expensive.

  21. Re:Maybe not a good idea? on Space Elevator Prototype Climbs MIT Building · · Score: 2, Interesting

    only problem is, you'd have to pull 600/19 times as far.

    and Hawking help you if the rope slips in your hands.

  22. Re:Ok, 'splainin time on Senate May Rush Copyright Legislation · · Score: 1

    My prescience must be kicking in, because I see that same piece yelling "Oh, yeah! Door's open, boys!"

  23. Re:but this one's MESMERIZING on Creative Zen Micro Ships Today · · Score: 1

    > blue stuff that makes their cars go faster.

    Which is a rather silly idea. After all, every Ork worth his teef knows that red wunz go fasta.

    Blue's just lucky.

  24. Re:Odd on Today's Solar Flare · · Score: 1

    Frankly, that flare looks slightly demonic to me... but seeing as it's not headed our way, I suppose it's just a nifty looking explosion.