User: richardtoohey

Re:Keep up the good work.

On: Slashdot Outage Update

Good to see /. back (been a visitor for 18 or so years.) Didn't see the site down recently, but the stories were definitely on the stale side - stuck for a day or two with the same headlines.

Thank you for your work.

Re:Using vi

On: Hacking VIM

My experience is the same - files with LONG lines will knacker vim (usually XML with no returns in my case, as well as MySQL dumps.)

Short lines and it loads stuff just fine.

I like the big yellow button

On: Virgin Digital To Close Up Shop

With the ENTER VIGIN DIGITAL (sic) text on it.

Re:Less pay, more stimulation

On: Would You Take A Paycut for More Interesting Work?

I would try and change the work itself to use tools/techniques that you are interested in. Show that there is a better / cheaper / faster / more elegant way. Use code generators to knock up the code that is needed for the job in hand - in half/quarter/whatever of the time - and with the spare time learn something else.
Empower *yourself* to make *your* job more interesting. Take yourself (and the role you occupy) to the next level. Save your stonking salary in a bank account while your outgoings are low. If your current employers don't notice you and your new skills and your better ways of doing things - you've just got a lot of money in the bank and a lot of skills - the world is your oyster.

Re:Mention of OpenBSD in a Forbes article

On: Lyrics to OpenBSD 3.7 Song Released

Thanks for the link.

Good ammo for persuading PHBs that OpenBSD is a real product that goes.

Is there a real answer to this?

On: Business Process Patents Taking The World By Storm

It looks like they were trying this on in the US in late 2000 - did they get anywhere?

Seems unbelievable ...