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  1. Re:Trying to bring a god in classroom on Science Text Attempts to Reconcile Religion and Science · · Score: 1

    I hope you wouldn't carry that statement as far as my elementary school did. In history class, they taught us that the pilgrims organized the first Thanksgiving in order to give thanks to the Indians.

  2. Plagiarized on British Scientists Reverse Casimir Effect · · Score: 1

    The explanation of the Casimir effect is plagiarized from Wikipedia.

  3. Quantum mechanics on The Impossibility of Colonizing the Galaxy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'd say wait on judging such a thing to be impossible until a well-established Grand Unified Theory comes together. Quantum mechanics could still be hiding plenty of "magic wands" that we don't know about yet. Interstellar travel certainly seems more plausible today than an atomic bomb must have seemed to Isaac Newton.

  4. Re:Combifrikkinator? on NYT on Paul Graham's YCombinator Bootcamp · · Score: 1

    Somebody needs to study his lambda calculus.

  5. Any new discoveries? on Physics Students Build Drivable Couch · · Score: 1

    Did they come up with any new non-reversible geometry while they were working on this?

  6. Behind the curve on Adobe Releases Flex 2.0 Beta · · Score: 4, Funny

    $ flex --version
    flex version 2.5.4

  7. You can run Windows on just about anything... on Microsoft Challenges Linux's Legacy Claims · · Score: 1
  8. More naturally than writing implements? on Smart Hotel Rooms in New York City · · Score: 1

    I'm having trouble remembering the last time I wrote anything longhand.

  9. Problem Solved on AIM Bots: Useful or Spam? · · Score: 1

    This is a welcome message from the jabber.org server, and maybe even your first Jabber message. For up-to-date information about this server, go to http://status.jabber.org/. For a good introduction to Jabber, read the Jabber User's Guide at http://www.jabber.org/user/userguide/. Please DO NOT reply to this message. Happy Jabbering!

  10. TBL is right on Mobile Top Level Domain Gets ICANN Nod · · Score: 1

    The appropriate means of accomodating mobile devices is the use of CSS @media handheld directive. Mobile users shouldn't have to go to a separate site.

  11. Can't really work on Simulated Universe · · Score: 1

    In order to create an accurate simulation of the universe, the simulation would have to be as complex as the universe itself. That means it has to be able to store as much data as the universe is capable storing, ergo, the only possible simulation of the universe is the universe itself.

  12. Re:dont be lazy on Comments are More Important than Code · · Score: 1

    Commercial programmers should _always_ be in a rush. Time is money, and in software that becomes painstakingly clear. Good programmers are worth much more than you pay for them because they can write clean code quickly. High-level languages like Ruby are a godsend because you can get things done 10 times as quickly, meaning you can get them done 10 times as cheaply.

    General rule: good code is self-documenting. Code which requires comments can probably be rewritten so that it doesn't. If it can't be, think about whether you're going about the problem properly to begin with.

  13. Re:Early recipients ought to comply on Mac OS X Tiger Accidentally Shipped Early · · Score: 1

    Or else I and perhaps a few other people think slightly less of them as upstanding individuals. Apple is unlikely to come after them, but that doesn't make their actions any more right.

  14. Early recipients ought to comply on Mac OS X Tiger Accidentally Shipped Early · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Apple may have blundered, but the terms of the sale were that users pay their license fees and in return they get a copy of Tiger on April 29. As silly as Apple's insistence may be that the accidentally shipped copies are returned, users have no contractual right to those copies and ought to comply with Apple's request.

  15. Quite simple, really... on Does Adblock Violate A Social Contract? · · Score: 1

    You didn't sign any contract, so you aren't violating any contract. A few sites like UserFriendly make it a specific condition of use that you not block ads. Those should be respected. Otherwise, you're under no obligation to anything other than whatever you see fit.

  16. Soon! on Computer Program Makes Essay Grading Easier · · Score: 1

    > How long before he's replaced entirely by his own program to cut down on staff costs?

    The sooner the better.

  17. Re:Loyalty Fee? on San Francisco Attempts to Regulate Blogging · · Score: 1

    I think you have your wish. These days it's the courts making most of the laws.

  18. Re:Its not computing.... on Why Apple Makes a One-Button Mouse · · Score: 1

    I got a Mac last November after having been a Linux user for six years. I use it for some pretty hardcore development work. I still use the one-button mouse and I've never once had any inclination to switch.

  19. Betamax? on EFF Creates Endangered Gizmos List · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't that fall under "died of natural causes"?

  20. The Fate of this Asteroid on Asteroid Named After Douglas Adams · · Score: 1

    Further investigation quickly established what it was that had happened. A meteorite had knocked a large hole in the ship. The ship had not previously detected this because the meteorite had neatly knocked out that part of the ship's processing equipment which was supposed to detect if the ship had been hit by a meteorite.

    --Mostly Harmless, Chapter 1

  21. Come again? on Scalable Enterprise Buzzword Solutions · · Score: 2, Informative


    Ryan Donovan, a Hewlett-Packard Co. public relations director, concedes that terms like "data migration" and "optimizes agility" - both of which are found in the company's press materials - might confuse average readers. But the company uses those phrases in documents intended for technology experts and executives, he says.


    To exactly which technology experts is he referring? Sure as hell not me.

  22. Re:35 on Huygens Probe Prepares for Saturn Moon Landing · · Score: 1

    Cassini discovered some new ones a few months ago. They probably forgot to include those.

  23. Re:You get the *strangest* combination of junk mai on What Organizations Do You Contribute To? · · Score: 1

    LMAO! It's posts like this that make me wish I had mod points. Might I wager you're a libertarian?

  24. Re:One word on New Global Directory of OpenPGP Keys · · Score: 1

    There's actually a term for that. In cryptology, the reality of the weak point of any sufficiently good cryptosystem being the key owner's suceptibility to physical force is called "rubber hose cryptography".

  25. Re:What I worry on Google Flips Back to Groups Beta (Again) · · Score: 1

    USENET usage isn't what it used to be. It wouldn't surprise me if 80% of USENETers were also slashdotters.