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  1. That's about time.

  2. Re:Field dependent requirement on Ask Slashdot: How Many of You Actually Use Math? · · Score: 1

    I am now 58 years old and by some strange reason I have allways needed to use very advanced math in my work. Now my work has been in the Swedish defence industri for 28 years and I have never been involved in anything resembling IT. Only embedded computers in Swedish fighter aircafts and its weapon systems. Also RADAR signal and navigation alghorithms where Quaternions has been an essential skill that I had to learn. I have been fortunate to have good payed jobs that has been very interesting but then programming for me is just a way of expressing my solution to a technical problem. I have also worked with missile tech or what some would call rocket science. No math gives low salaries and very boring jobs.

  3. Ham Radio Licenses Top 700,000, An All-Time High on Ham Radio Licenses Top 700,000, An All-Time High · · Score: 0

    Well, since they no longer require morsecode, anyone can get a ham radio license. On the morse code ham radio segments all is well but on the phone bands all kind of nuts is presented.

    73 de SM2IUF

  4. Re:A good idea for early detection of mental illne on Sarcasm Useful For Detecting Dementia · · Score: 1

    Nice to learn that you are better.

    In an earlier post I revealed that my spouse had a problem with psykosis episodes that started after her first childbirth. I noticed that before every episode she was unable to understand sarcasm and after a few episodes I used that to check her out by using sarcasm.

    Interstingly, when she was completly well she understood sarcasm easily but in the very very beginning of an episode she wouldn't understand sarcasm and I used that as an indicator to get ready to help her out.

    We no longer live together and she is an old woman now and all her psykosis episodes is just a memory and she is now very well.

    I'm curious to learn if there was periods when you were able to understand sarcasm like my former spouse?

  5. Not just for dementia on Sarcasm Useful For Detecting Dementia · · Score: 3, Interesting

    From my own experience I have noticed that people
    in the very start of a psykosis episode also suffers from not beeing able to understand sarcasm.

    This is before they show any real signs of the mental illness.

    I lived together with a woman many years that had this kind of problems and I used sarcasm to check her up so to speak. It never failed to indicate when she was about to have a new episode and to be prepared to help her out.

  6. Re:Individuals should pay. on Trial Set To Determine What SCO Owes Novell · · Score: 1

    I agree and would get satisfaction if these guys gets imprisoned and learn first hand about prison shower rooms where big homosexual inmates breaks them in and get used as the cunts they are. //Pingo

  7. Re:Global Warming on World's Largest Tropical Glacier Vanishing · · Score: 1

    My relatives in the northern part of Sweden also enjoys the idea of global warming. //Pingo

  8. Trivial Password on Sweden's Watergate · · Score: 1

    From Swedish media it is evident that the Social democrats server was
    protected by username/password. In this case one of the persons with
    access to sensitive information had choosen password exactly equal to
    his username.

    In the corporate world this kind of passwords is a big no no and would
    be considerd reckless. The Swedish Social Democrats is now making a big
    deal out of an allmost criminal negligance by their own people.

    Could this be due to their unfavourable opinion polls close to the
    election on the 17th this month? //Pingo

  9. Re:He didn't need DNA to narrow the search down on DNA and Online Search Finds Birth Parent · · Score: 1

    I am 50+ and have a first hand experience with a daughter I met just a few years ago. We still meet now and then and it has allways been just great. We enjoy getting together very much. ( By the way she is very very clever).

    This is probably what to expect for you too if you can find them. You will get two more nice friends that might be nice to be around. //Pingo

  10. Re:Opensource whatever, I'm not interested on Josh Ledgard On MS's Future Open Source Efforts · · Score: 1

    Sure they are, but remember that DivX3 was a hacked Microsoft codec. I do in fact have some respect for their ability in this field. //Pingo

  11. Opensource whatever, I'm not interested on Josh Ledgard On MS's Future Open Source Efforts · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I don't see any point in opensourcing any
    Microsoft software except for Windows Media Player series 9 with codecs, perhaps also
    Windows Media Encoder could be of some interest. //Pingo

  12. Ahaaa a M$ renegade on WiX Project Lead Interviewed On CPL Licensing · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hope he enjoys unemployment. //Pingo

  13. He is just covering his tracks !! on Mitnick Calls for Hacker Stories · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think he needs the anonymous hacker contributions as a smokescreen for some of his old unknown hacks.

    This guy has probably done more than he is accused for and has got an urge to brag about all his hacks. Doing so might get him into more legal trouble and he needs some anonymous hackers as legal frontends. //Pingo

  14. Aurora is so beatiful and here is the HOWTO on The Sunspot Cycle Explained · · Score: 5, Informative

    This very radiant natural lightshow is mostly enjoyed by people living far north where there is no streetlights obscuring the show.

    However in recent weeks there has been very strong aurora far south and if you would like to know when it's time for a great show, check this NASA webpage http://sec.noaa.gov/rt_plots/satenv.html

    The last plot with the 'Estimated Kp' is what to look for. When the number is around 9, then there is great Aurora to be seen if the sky is clear and no streetlights around.

    If you live far north, then you might see Aurora with lesser values of this Kp index. Red bars in the plot is needed however. //Pingo

  15. Re:Conspiracy theory: deliberate dupe. on The Unix-Haters Handbook Online · · Score: 1

    Yes, I made the same conclusion.

    Way to go slashdotting M$ servers ;-)

    Pingo

  16. Re:I'm obviously retarded on Bitstream/Gnome Release Vera Font Family · · Score: 1

    Yes, I also find Vera easy on the eye. // Pingo

  17. Mod Parent UP on SCO Sues IBM for Sharing Secrets with Unix and Linux · · Score: 1

    This is an important post by an Anonymous Coward.

    This guy/gal seems to be a loyal IBM employee that should be modded UP.

  18. Mines acting selectively on DARPA Has $3.2M to Sniff You Out · · Score: 1

    Probably they are investigating how to make mines that will trigger on movement and camelodor.

    The mine will start sniffing upon sensing vibration and if it's camelsmell it detonates. A nasty little thing you could spread into deserts.

    This weapon would be safe for US personell since they don't have this love for camels. Dropping loads if these kind of mines into terrorist countries could be a pretty efficient payback.

  19. Simple Dr Watson on More on JSF Laser System · · Score: 1

    Just dump the excess heat into the aircrafts fuel
    via a heat exchanger.

    Preheating of fuel gives a really awesome boost to the Jetengine. //Pingo

  20. GIMP on The Best of Windows Open Source Software? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Gimp might be of some interes. //Pingo

  21. Re:Just one problem... speedbumps on HyShot Scramjet Test Declared a Success · · Score: 1

    There are military aircrafts that has experienced such things and got their wings pretty deformed.

    I have heard a true story about such an incident where the pilot woke up after being unconscious and was in fact able to land the aircraft.

    The wing deformations was severe and indicated that the aircraft experienced at least 24 g load.
    Pretty scary isn't it. //Pingo

  22. dahdididadit didadidadidah = /. on Panicking In Morse Code · · Score: 2, Insightful

    As an old army telgraphist and hamradio operator I would prefer morse to be sent via the PC speaker instead of some LED's. A human can attain much higher reception speed by using his eara as opposed to using his eys.

    Since I myself is capable of morse ear reception much faster than normal people are able to speak, I would really like to have a morse interface to my Linux boxes.

    Imagine also to get rid of the keyboard and use a simple morse key as input device. Ahhh nirvana at last. //Pingo

  23. Re:Here's what MS Norway says: on Norwegian Government Expires Microsoft Contract · · Score: 1

    I suppose you are also shaking with laughter about the TrollTech company?

    Pingo

  24. Re:Here's what MS Norway says: on Norwegian Government Expires Microsoft Contract · · Score: 1

    No way that the Norwegians "will be crawling back".

    It's a big NO-NO to try bulling or blackmailing when making business in Norway. Something like a business suicide.

    These people are completely capable to whip up a new Norwegian Linux/BSD company to take care of all their computing needs. Remember Norsk Data AS that once was so succesful. //Pingo

  25. Why give our computers to RIAA/MPAA for free? on Commerce Dep't to Hold Public Workshop on DRM · · Score: 1

    RIAA/MPAA are complaining about piracy but are
    themselves in the process of a big time theft
    of all personal computers in the world.

    A crooked world isn't it? //Pingo