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  1. toshiba libretto on A Cheap and Portable Word Processor? · · Score: 2, Informative

    get an old toshiba libretto 70ct.

    http://ophinity.com/pix/?album=/geek/toshiba_libre tto_70ct

    wireless, linux, niceness.

  2. absolutely shameless self promotion on The Peculiar World of Web Photo Sharing · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    try my hacker friendly zen-ish python based gpl web gallery system pix.

  3. Re:Wiki on Best To-Do List Software? · · Score: 1

    i second that wiki recommendation.

    super easy to install.

    i also keep a list of songs i want to download.
    http://ophinity.com/wiki/index.php?Song sIWant

  4. Re:Are you kidding me? on Python Development Environments? · · Score: 1

    i second vim.

    you'll likely be programming in a handful of different languages. pick one editor (vim || emacs), become a guru in it and you will be able to sling code efficiently in any environment with any language.

  5. how about java? on Alternatives to Autoconf? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    no flame-bait i swear.

    even tho 'write once debug everywhere' makes a great bumper sticker. it doesn't mean it is true. seriously, java is a good answer here.

  6. ...is it just me? on RedOctane Pushes DDR For Weight Loss Market · · Score: 1

    or does anyone else find themselves always prefering the girl in the 'before' picture to the girl in the 'after' picture?

  7. it's kinda like... on BSD For Linux Users · · Score: 1

    it's kinda like how brazillians know about americans but americans don't know much about brazillians.

    you dig?

  8. Re:anyone who says "don't read this book" on Extreme Programming Refactored · · Score: 1

    It's why neo-cons should read Franken.

    Al Franken isn't last-name-only-worthy. as a conservative i think he's good, he's funny i like his books. but he's not tolstoy or wilde.

  9. bizarro world on Phillip Greenspun: Java == SUV · · Score: 1

    so a prof is saying that because it is more difficult for his beginning students to use java as opposed to other web offerings, java is not a good choice for building enterprise web applications?

    what insight does this give into real-world development? ...i think none.

  10. Re:Inefficient and Slow on Building Rich-Client-Like Web Apps With Echo · · Score: 1

    yeah, i'm using mozilla firebird and none of the demos function. what the hell. thats why web-apps should be as simple as possible.

    you put this stuff in the 'critical path' between a user login and customer checkout and you're gonna lose money, period.

  11. duh on Disappearing Ink on Thermal Paper? · · Score: 3, Funny
    1. a photo-copier
    2. a scanner
  12. make the case.... on Designing And Building A New Pragmatic Language · · Score: 4, Insightful

    they should explain why ruby, python, perl, basic, java is bad.

    they should come up with some good improvements for a specific language.

    the world doesn't need an entirely new language. (we already have python).

  13. Re:Get it in writing, and save it on "Quick 'n Dirty" vs. "Correct and Proper"? · · Score: 1

    don't worry about getting people to sign stuff. just get it in an e-mail, that's all you need. e-mails have been used in court, if your bosses are telling you to 'get it done' vs. 'get it done right', just get clarification in an e-mail and make sure they respond. its that simple.

  14. Re:NIH? on Writing High-Availability Services? · · Score: 1
    you're exactly right. this has been solved before. since it's not the gay-90s i suggest you look at an application server or corba or some other proven distributed solution.

    instead of worrying about connection pools, socket protocols and the like you could do something 'nutty' like solving business problems. ...just an idea.

  15. Re:And in one sentence, he described BeOS communit on Review of BeOS Developer Edition 1.1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    it's good porn, if you like maggots and mayonaise

  16. Re:Uses on Web Services Making Software Coexist? · · Score: 1

    i don't know what it is about the ppl that post here. maybe you've got your own little world mastered (be it perl, C kernel hacking or whatever) but you think you are experts on everything. ...kinda weird.

    anyways, i'm doing some web-services stuff at work using M$ MapPoint mapping (web-) services (http://mappoint.net). there are a few kinks to work out but it seems to be a good fit. we're pretty much a java, j2ee (webLogic) shop.

    if you've done any geo-coding it's a pain to get all the data on cds, load it into some database, slap some sort of server on top of it (3rd party or in house), etc... it's a lot easier to just call a web service.

  17. eat your cake and have it too on Web Services Making Software Coexist? · · Score: 1

    word up, python rules! i wish everyone else would see the light!

    ...python for the jvm
    http://www.jython.org/

    ...python for the clr
    http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/dotnet/in dex.html

  18. Re:Cheap and good(sort of) on The Open Source Cookbook? · · Score: 1

    instead of cheese-wiz 2 spoons full of sour-cream.

  19. Re:top 3 bad jokes i predict from this thread on Slashdot Effect, Live and In Person · · Score: 1

    yeah, just as i was victim of a goatse.cx re-direct via yahoo someone will have to sneak in some goatse.cx into any meeting. maybe on a t-shirt hidden under a jacket??? ...otherwise it just wouldn't have that slashdot feel.

  20. Re:One word for you.... on Technology Sectors that are Hot or Heating Up Now? · · Score: 1

    e-plastics!

  21. i guess i don't understand... on Free Host-Based TN3270 Solution? · · Score: 1

    you need a 3270 client. can't you use cygwin?

  22. err, tabs aren't an issue on Downsides to the C++ STL? · · Score: 1

    i have used python in production environments since 1997, i use java for the most part right now. i have NEVER had a problem with tabs messing up the flow/ parsing of my code in python.

    some of your points are valid but the same can be said about assembler; a human can write better assembler than GCC.

    i guess it comes down to if you want to program to satisfy your ego by doing it 'old school' or if you want to get business functionality out the door. if you're writing device drivers and intensive number crunching then C/ C++ is your thing. but if you need to slap together an app to get it out the door and in front of users, Perl, Python, Java are great tools ...if you insist on C/ C++ you are doing a dis-service to your clients.

  23. it's python on Do Programming Languages Affect Your Sexual Performance? · · Score: 1

    python is named after the british comedy series 'monty python'. i was watching an interview with one of the original monty-python guys (yeah, i should know his name) and he admitted to the interviewer that when they used 'python' they were kind of tounge-in-cheek making a reference to the one-eyed trouser python.

  24. save the sarcasm for intelligent points on U.S. Works Up Plans for Using Nuclear Arms · · Score: 1
    don't you think the US might have intelligence on some of these countries, notably north-korea. north-korea is starving it's own people in order to maintain their authoritarian government.

    so while you're sniffing daisies and wizzing on the flag people are eating bark in north korea, nevermind dog. their backs are against the wall, the best thing they could do right now is to invade south korea. just like the USSR, communism is inherently flawed, the only way it can survive is to rape new lands.

    get a clue-by-four.

  25. you're starting off wrong... on What Makes a Powerful Programming Language? · · Score: 1
    you need an intuitive IDE? go with M$ full bore, after that statment i think you guys deserve each other.

    operator overloading is really important? so
    this + that
    is so much better than
    this.add(that) ?
    multiple inheritance is really important?

    i really question your approach to this? we don't even know the domain, is it engineering, text-parsing, web-based, server-side, client-side, both?

    how about if you find a solid, proven language with a lot of momentum. python or java come to mind.