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  1. Re:Why? on Record Label Thrives Selling CDRs · · Score: 1

    But why do it the "old fashioned" way? Pressed CDs have a life of 30-30 years, but CDRs can last up to 90 years.

  2. GRRRRR!!! on Optimizing Linux Advocacy Efforts · · Score: 3, Funny

    If there's one thing I can't tolerate, that's intolerance!

  3. Dumb! on My Short Life As An Unintentional Porn Spammer · · Score: 0

    This has got to be the dumbest thing a spammer can do. What's the point of using a real address? What's the motive? Perhaps the spammer used a real domain and guessed at a username that just so happened to be taken?

  4. Re:Deeply impractical on London to Introduce Traffic Congestion Charge · · Score: 1

    Here on Long Island, NY (USA) they widened a major expressway to allow more vehicles. The problem is that in order to get Federal funds, that had to promise a HOV lane. So basically millions of dollars were spent to increase the width of a highway to add one lane that only 5% of the people use during rush hour.

  5. What about anti-photographic measures? on London to Introduce Traffic Congestion Charge · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'll assume these are illegal in London, yes? If not, I plan on buying stock in any UK based company that makes these.

  6. Re:I know this book is about software RAID ... on Managing RAID on Linux · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Those cheap-o-RAIDs are essentially software RAIDs. Most if not all RAID functions are done by the drivers, not on the card itself.

    Links to your evidence please? All tests I've seen show a marked improvement on disk speed with minimal impact on CPU. Please get your facts straight before posting.

  7. Re:Why bother with software RAID? on Managing RAID on Linux · · Score: 1

    No matter how fast your CPU is, you aren't going to beat a dedicated hardware RAID controller. Also, if you're going to spend the money for SCSI, why wouldn't you spend a little more and go with a hardware solution? That's like buying a BMW then "saving money" by adding the fog lights yourself.

  8. Re:I know this book is about software RAID ... on Managing RAID on Linux · · Score: 1

    Few hundred? For IDE they're under a hundred, sometimes right on the motherboard.

  9. New lawsuit, same old complaint. on New Antitrust Complaint Filed Against Microsoft · · Score: 1

    This really isn't anything new; still the same old arguments. I guess after the success by Sun to get Java forcebly included in the US, the EU decided to try that angle. Oh yeah, and this story is old. Move along...

  10. Confused on Programmers and the "Big Picture"? · · Score: 1

    There's two issues here that are being confused. Black Box programming is a GOOD thing because it forces programmers to realize what their inputs and outputs need to be. Black Box programming with unit/integration testing is a GREAT thing because it rigirously tests the interfaces between the black boxes to ensure buffer overflows, etc. don't happen.

    Looking at the "big picture" is part of design, not coding, per se. If you design first and THEN code, you already examined the big picture and can happily code your black boxes without worry.

  11. First post on Priest Brews in Washing Machine · · Score: 1

    It's 11:33 pm. What the hell am I still doing up?

  12. Re:Culture, time, superheros. on Why Does Manga Succeed Where American Comics Fail? · · Score: 1

    A frightening thing: I learned most of my Roman history from Asterix comics.

    Yeah, it is frightening to know that you grew up thinking small village in France held back the entire Roman army for 1,000 years thanks to a magic strength formula. I learned all about science from watching Dexter's Laboratory. Only, I can't seem to make a robot out of spare parts and an open-ended wrench like he does. Oh well, time for more "studying."

  13. Re:Better stories... on Why Does Manga Succeed Where American Comics Fail? · · Score: 1

    Japanese tends to be quite a bit more compressed than English.

    That reminds me, what does "..." mean in Japanese?

  14. Difference between MS and ANSI? on Mike and Phani's Essential C++ Techniques · · Score: 1

    Mike and Phani's Essential C++ Techniques is useless to any other than the beginning Visual C++ 6.0 student. It ignores ANSI C++ to focus instead on Microsoft's implementation. It contains a number of stylistic problems, relying far too heavily on C instead of the facilities provided by C++. And finally, it only covers techniques any reasonably experienced C++ programmer should already know.

    I'm not a C++ programmer, but I'm very curious to know what the diferences are between ANSI C++ and MS Visual C++.

  15. Re:Wrong legendary warrior..? on Sim-Dud? · · Score: 1

    No, Conan's was a paraphrase of the above. It was "To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women."

  16. Re:Unions are just looking to save their jobs on Digital Celebrities · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yep, I heard on the Howard Stern show that Wolfman Jack used to prerecord his responses in advance and left it to another person to create a conversation to fit in with his canned phrases.

  17. Re:Bigger isn't necessarily better on Atari 2600 Game Development · · Score: 1

    That bug was only on the 5200 version.

  18. Re:An idea to end dupes. on Linux on the iPod · · Score: 1

    Well, that little blurb is put there to magically make all posts on topic and relevant, so it should work the same for mods.

    Kinda like Homer Simpson putting the "Caution" sign next to the trampolene.

  19. Maybe we Slashdot can buy this filter technology.. on Aggressive Email Filtering Blocks Political Debate · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...to eliminate all the dupe stories!

  20. An idea to end dupes. on Linux on the iPod · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I don't know what the administrator's page looks like, but maybe there should be the following blurb listed every time the mods add a story:

    Important Stuff:

    • Please try to keep stories on topic.
    • Try to reply to posted stories instead of starting new stories.
    • Read other mod's stories before posting your own to avoid simply duplicating what has already been said.
    • Use a clear subject that describes what your story is about.
    • Offtopic, Inflammatory, Inappropriate, Illegal, or Offensive comments might be moderated.

    Well, I don't know what we can do about the last one... Maybe we need a "bitchslap" command on the mods?

  21. Xbox Mod Chips on Xbox Losses Double, Xbox Shrinks · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wonder what this means for all the current Xbox Mod Chips?

    It means that MS profits for next quarter will be higher from all the people flooding the market buying old XBoxes. :)

  22. Re:And while were at it on Who Really Invented The Telegraph? · · Score: 1

    Last time I checked the dictionary, "perfecting and then patenting" an idea wasn't considered theft. Not even in Europe.

  23. Re:And while were at it on Who Really Invented The Telegraph? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Edison wasn't a thief, but he certaintly wasn't a "creator." He was an "adaptor." He took other people's ideas that were half-baked and unfinished and actually made them work. The ancient Greeks created lots of stuff, but the Romans perfected many of them.

  24. Let me guess... on Who Really Invented The Telegraph? · · Score: 0, Troll

    It wasn't an American. That's becuase in today's politically correct world, NOBODY from American EVER invented anything. It was all the Europeans and New Zealenders. Yeah, that's the ticket. Bamboo Dick invented the airplane. Tesla was smarter than Edison, therefore Edison's achivements are all worthless. Blah blah.

  25. Sounds like Kaaza (P2P) or GetRight on A New Protocol For Faster Web Services? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Great INVENTION there Jonghun. Too bad it's already been done.