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  1. Thought Police on Fed Goes Hunting For Malcontents · · Score: 1

    Soon, if you'd like to keep your job you MUST also like it.

  2. Always answer with a question. on Are 10-11 Hour Programming Days Feasible? · · Score: 1

    First of all ask him WHY he asked you in the first place.

  3. Brains are slow... on It's Surprisingly Hard To Notice When Moving Objects Change · · Score: 1

    Next someone will publish a paper on how talking faster makes it more difficult to the listener to spot logical incongruencies.

  4. Re:What's next? on Man Arrested For Exploiting Error In Slot Machines · · Score: 1

    What's even better is that you can prove that. Kind of.

    Tell anyone to keep a tally of how much they spend and how much they win when playing. If they tell you that you logic is flawed because they can win more than they spend... *dare* them to prove you wrong in practice!

    The more they try to prove you wrong, the more you will be proving your point.

  5. After I understood what he did there... on Doctor Marries Doctor's Daughter, TARDIS Explodes · · Score: 1

    I want to tell the doctor to go go f*(k himself.

    But I see that he already did.

    Kind of.

  6. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? on Using Technology To Enforce Good Behavior · · Score: 1

    I have no problem with others knowing where I am at all times, how much money I have in my bank account, how I spend my money, etc. ...

    As long as I can check their same details!

  7. Lesser evil on Microsoft Word Patent Case Going To Supreme Court · · Score: 1

    "If you can't stand either MS or patents, who do you root for here?"

    Between two evils you should choose to support neither.

  8. Reverse logic on iPod Fee Proposed For Canada · · Score: 5, Interesting

    There has to be some sort of way to safeguard the buyer from undue taxation by private companies given the hours and the sweat and the blood and the tears and the extreme, extreme expense (in terms of time) that goes into making a decent salary.

    Isn't that so Mr. Milman?

  9. Analog vs Digital circuits for teaching Physics on Low-Budget Electronics Projects For High School? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you want to teach PHYSICS, I recommend against digital circuits. There is much more Physics to learn from Analog(ue) circuit design and implementation. Indeed the first circuit I ever built was an AM radio reciever, according to instructions found on my school Physics textbook: "Physics for Today and Tomorrow" by Tom Duncan (IMHO the best Physics book ever) The component count is very low, about 10 components... the most expensive and difficult to find? of which are the the ferrite core and the variable capacitor. An AM radio receiver can be used to teach about electromagnetism, resonance, electronics, etc. Students wishing to go that extra mile can attempt to also build an AM transmitter (this can be even easier to build.)

  10. Re:Gadzooks! on Hacker Destroys Avsim.com, Along With Its Backups · · Score: 1

    Yep,

    Mirroring is not backup I agree.

    Once I tried this at home...

    Had a backup server where I kept my data, the server had a mirror with 4 disk; each disk had a copy of the data I was working on. Data was written to snapshots on a mirrored partition before being commited to the main partition in order to avoid losing data due some server management mishap. Data was written on this server through CVS to have more control over changes to data.

    Guess how I lost my data?

    The server got knocked off my desk and slammed hard against the floor!

  11. Conveniently forgotten? on US Forgets How To Make Trident Missiles · · Score: 1

    Well, if you showed me some dough I "might" remember sir.

    Just imagine this scenario...

    1) You have the blueprints and technology
    2) Hide blueprints and "forget" about technology
    3) Ask for budget to redevelop
    4) Redevelop using hidden blueprints
    5) ???
    6) Profit!

  12. Hi on Best Paradigm For a First Programming Course? · · Score: 1

    [Preliminary note: In the following text I use language and paradigm interchangeably. The reason is that programs are, more often than not, built according to the paradigms embraced by the languages they are programmed in.]

    The paradigm/language chosen to start with is IRRELEVANT as long as the programming language used:

    1. is easy to understand/read
    2. comes with simple examples (not just syntax!) for ALL keywords/built-in functions
    3. provides run-time debugging facilities(preferably visual) gives warnings on common mistakes(e.g. using = instead of == in a boolean expression)
    4. give understandable feedback when unexpected behaviour occurs (e.g. out of bounds access, integer overflow)

    Also of equal importance is the IDE used. While many programming teachers seem to be concerned with the paradigm/language to use, I think that the choice of which IDE to use is equally important.

    I personally learned programming using the Turbo Pascal IDE from Borland (Dos based). It has all the "features" mentioned above in a manner that is easy for a beginner to use.

    Today I tend to recommend C# as a language since it also provides the required facilities.

    With regards to which IDE to use I shy away from presenting VisualStudio to beginners, prefering to recommend the use of SharpDevelop instead.

    Important: once a particular starting language/paradigm has been well understood... encourage your students to proceed with other paradigms and languages.

  13. Re:As we all know.... on Women's Attractiveness Judged by Software · · Score: 1

    "The cost of mating is far lower for men than for women". Whaaaaaaat?!

  14. Re:Lolcat on Nuclear Scanning Catches a Radioactive Cat On I-5 · · Score: 1

    Schrödinger's cat was amused and not amused until it was observed.

  15. Plasmon... yum yum on Researchers Prove Existence Of New Type Of Electron Wave · · Score: 1

    Gee, before reading this I used to think that Plasmon was some type of baby food. http://www.plasmon.it/

  16. Re:Plenty of money for research... on US Can't Meet The "Grand Challenges" of Physics · · Score: 1

    Well... if that kind of research happened we wouldn't know about it, would we?
    Read "TOP SECRET, EYES ONLY".
    There you go, do you want tinfoil with that?

  17. The way things SHOULD be! on Boredom Drives Open-Source Developers? · · Score: 1

    IMHO this is the way things should be... individuals should not have to work because they HAVE to but because they WANT to.

    I know the world's not like that, but shouldn't it be?

  18. Food at school and weight on Big Mother Is Watching · · Score: 1

    At the young age of 12 I used to weigh about 110kg. My family was quite poor, and I certainly didn't have any pocket money, whatever I needed had to be requested from my father... so nearly all of the foodstuff I ate was supplied by my parents.

    In story, it is my opinion that a child's responsilility of his obesity should be attributed to his family. I think this system is a great tool and should be used by all parents. However, negligent or strict parental diet control should be kept in check by authorities just as child abuse is!

    I know the last statement might seem too far fetched, however, as a person who has suffered a lot of social, psychological, and physical problems because of obesity, I think that authorities should treat parents who overfeed their children on par with other kinds of child abuse. Overfeeding anyone who is not able to take complete care of himself/herself (such as children) is cruel and careless!

    ----------

    P.S. Thank God, now that I'm 27 I weigh about 10kg less than when I was 12. Weight is OK, but I still suffer the effects of my former obesity... I really wish some authorithy could have done something about it back then. Where's big brother when you need him?

  19. Re:A unique Black sysadmin's opinion on Is There Still Racism in IT Hiring Practices? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    People with a high I.Q. can easily fake a lower one.

  20. Common Misconception on New 1 Kilowatt PSU - Too Much Power? · · Score: 1

    A good number of people here seem convinced that a 1000 watt psu consumes 1000 watts under normal operation... whatever load it has attached to it!

    So let's get this straight, if you replace your current power supply with this one you won't be consuming any more power than you currently are.

    Sorry for all the other folks who know this, but I had to say that for the benefit of those who seem so (wrongly) concerned about the power efficiency of this device.

  21. Re:bet you a dollar on Space Shuttle to Receive Emegency Repairs · · Score: 1

    the repairs involve high tech duck tape or a swiss army knife.

    I'm glad to see that Americans have finally begun to appreciate the benefits/usefulness of Russian technology!

  22. Re:UV resistant cultures on Earth Microbes May Survive On Mars · · Score: 1

    "Putting bacteria up there is not seeding the planet with life, its seeding it with little eating machines with no guarantee they will do anything except consume all the resources they can."

    Hmm... but what eats can get eaten!
    I'd certainly want to have food available if I'm going to be colonizing Mars.

    I'd also want to have some nice girls around in order to do that... but that's another story.

  23. Reply on Linux Geeks To Take Over World · · Score: 1

    Mr Enderle,

    Let me prove you wrong...
    We don't need to join into a union of any kind before we begin to send you emails with our opinions on what you can do yours.

    Retards,
    A linux using friend.

  24. Re:You, sir, are most correct! on MPAA Blames BitTorrent for Star Wars Distribution · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "If you see this same woman, is not working at a particular moment, due to not having a paying client, should you be allowed to take a free romp? Sure, why not, that's what she does, and she's just sitting there."

    Now, to be able to compare this with the situation with movie, imagine you've got a magic wand which let's you copy that same woman...

  25. Guess... on Ballmer and McNealy Smiling Together · · Score: 1

    "McNealy once referred to Microsoft's executive team of Ballmer and Bill Gates as 'Beavis and Butthead.'"

    Who's who?