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  1. Re:JNI is an API, not a platform... on Don Box: Huge Security Holes in Solaris, JVM · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yes, this is corrrect. The jni allows you to declare "native" methods for Java. This allows you to do stuff like connect to shared memory, process UNIX signals, and do other low-level operations that are platform specific.

    So, you do have to port it, but it's there if you really, really need to do something in C that you can't do in Java.

    As for normal programmers not using it, that's not true. I use the JNI for integrating java with a large software package that's written in C, and runs on AIX or Linux. I'm a regular programmer. It's really not that difficult, just a little different.

    In my case, it's allowed me to write Java add on's to a system that's written in C. This makes the delopment faster, the GUI's prettier, and the interface is the only C code to manage.

  2. Re:Not a vicious dog on Home Defense, Geek Style? · · Score: 1

    Hope yours is not the type with the 9MM, like me...

  3. Not a vicious dog on Home Defense, Geek Style? · · Score: 1

    I've got a 75lb lab, very friendly. That said, even when my gf comes over, whom she knows, shares a bed with when I'm out of town, and really likes, she barks at.

    Shit, she barks at me when I'm in the yard. She sounds very vicious, and if you don't know her and know she's friendly, you won't come near the house.

    So, not only will she scare people away that are snooping around, she keeps the Mormons and other missionarys away.

    That said, I also keep a loaded 9MM in the drawer beside my bed, in case someone too dumb to be afraid of the dog comes along.

    I think everyone should own, and know how to use, a gun.

    Just be sure to keep an extra gallon of paint around, in case someone does break in.

  4. Loaded questions on They Killed Ken! · · Score: 1

    So, do you think that they took all the topics that he was weak on, loaded the board with them, and screwed him? Sounds likely to me. I don't know, however, because I don't watch TV...

  5. This sucks on USA PATRIOT Act Survives Amendment Attempt · · Score: 1

    This really, really sucks. This is not constitutional, and should not be a law. The politicians are very much out of touch.

    I don't see why this is not on CNN? Our political system is fucked up, when half of the house of reps vote to violate our "God given" rights.

    I'm ashamed.


  6. So endorse it on Reverse Graffiti · · Score: 2, Interesting

    But perhaps the state is now going too far

    So, when I went to ncsu (ncsu.edu), the had the tunnel of free expression (so you could paint whatever you wanted, whenever you wanted), where people could legally paint "graffiti", and it got painted over once a week/month, whatever. Why not provide a productive outlet for prospective artists?

    Fill in for lack of sig.

  7. Get out more on Virtual Real Estate Boom Draws Real Dollars · · Score: 1, Troll

    This is stupid. Really, really really stupid. This is why people give me funny looks when I tell them what industry I'm in. Come on people, this is the Star Treak of the new millineum.

  8. Free Used Oil on Brew Your Own Auto Fuel For 41 Cents A Gallon · · Score: 2, Insightful

    As soon as there's a demand, Mc D's or whoever will be selling this, too.

    I'd switch, but my truck's almost paid off and I don't want to have to replace it. If our president would give me a $5,000 tax break to switch (instead of my boss a $30,000 tax break for driving an SUV, this is assinine) I'd switch.


  9. Firewalling? on 71% of Spam Servers are Located in China · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What about the big firewall stuff that China uses to restrict access? I guess it doesen't affect email?, or maybe it's government approved?

  10. Re:HomeBrewers Device on Keeping Your Keg Cool Sans Ice · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well, you could do what I do, and ferment on top of the dishwasher... The only reason you need to ferment at these temps is for lagers. Make an ale, and you can ferment at 80 degress (F) if you want. I regularly do.

    What would be more cost effective is to get a chest freezer, there's room for your fermenters, kegs, CO2 tank, and you've always got beer on tap. Then, no more bottling!

  11. Re:Everybody wins on Keeping Your Keg Cool Sans Ice · · Score: 1

    I don't know about you, but when I was in school, the Uni. owned any patents you developed using their facilities/money/name for research or publication.

  12. Re:VI is everywhere. on JOE Hits 3.0 · · Score: 1

    If you're learning vi and repairing a production box at the same time, somebody fucked up when they hired you.

  13. Saucy Seeking Same on 500 EURO reward for finding car by finding laptop · · Score: 1

    I'm a 25 year old professional male, secure and single.

    I like long walks on the beach, romantic dinners, and dumb april fools jokes. Call me.

  14. Re:Dig that propeller! on Microdrone Spy Planes · · Score: 1

    OK, so say I'm your rich dude...

    12 Ga shotgunshells are $4 for a box of 25, and I'm a pretty good shot. I bet I know who'd run out of money (and get bored) first. Wanna guess?

  15. Re:Free Software is so mainstream on Free & OpenSource Software Weekend · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Free Software movement has gotten so large and so mainstream

    Does that mean, if I go, there'll be chicks?!?

    I'm there!!!!!!!!

  16. Re:Even more fabulous on The Self-Tuning Guitar · · Score: 1

    Er, actally, according to most banjo-l posts, you have 2 things wrong:

    1. They're Keith tuners, Bill and Earl had it out for unknown reasons, and Earl does not have his name on them anymore.

    2. With a little bit of regular oiling, they will last more than a lifetime (and Bill will fix them gratis if they do need repacking or anything)

    You may be thinking of the Schallers, which suck anyway...

  17. Re:Even more fabulous on The Self-Tuning Guitar · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well, cam tuners have been around for banjos for awhile. You set 2 stops, and voila! Listen to some Earl Scruggs (Earl's breakdown, Flint Hill Special, Randy Lynn Rag, and more) and you'll hear them used during a song for the effect.

    This is sort of like the bridge, and they can also allow you to quickly retune from the Open-G to Open-D tuning.

    Bill Keith (http://www.beaconbanjo.com) makes some, and I have a set on my banjo and they're awsome!

  18. Mom's Answers... on Top 10 Software Titles Every Home PC Needs? · · Score: 1

    I asked mom, who is a good, random sample of your average dumbass user. 1. Microsoft 2. Internet 3. The big blue E 4. Email That's really all I use!

  19. This too on Ford To Move To Linux · · Score: 2, Interesting

    http://www.casi-rusco.com Bought by GE while they were porting there enterprise security System to RH 7. They also have several other projects on RedHat...

  20. Re:Brokenboring? on KDE 3.2 Alpha 1 Finally on FTP · · Score: 1

    Right, sorry, it was early, and I hadn't had any coffee yet. I forgot that the only obvious jokes allowed were for the weekly "New Microsoft Security Flaw Found". Since this is an Open Source project, we must all be chaste and serious when referring to it, and no jokes allowed. Moderators, band together and mod the original post back down.

  21. Brokenboring? on KDE 3.2 Alpha 1 Finally on FTP · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is awsome, with a name like this how can it be anything other than... er... great, hmmm, what a name.

  22. Much better effects, and on Cubism For CG And Movies · · Score: 1

    crappy plot. Movies today are better suited for my cat than for me. Better sound effects, lots of lights and wierd looking stuff, but where the hell is a good story? Is the average person who goes to watch a movie so stupid they don't notice that the movie has no plot? Are the "stars" today so popular they can just show up and turn out a blockbuster?

    I'll not be going to another major movie until I read reviews of one that actually has a plot, I don't care how cool the effects are, they need to morph in a fucking plot.

  23. 3 words for them on ISP Recovers in 72 Hours After Leveling by Tornado · · Score: 1

    Underpin it, boys! The lameness filter is lame...

  24. Re:Just to be clear on Native Java JDK 1.3.1 Support For FreeBSD · · Score: 1

    "Now the FreeBSD binaries are certified by Sun (which apparently is hard as anything to get done) and they can be distributed directly as a binary. "

    So, should it be easier, and then we can have a bunch of shitty JDK's out there. Now, I'm sure someone will mod this as a flame, but I work for a company that does a lot of java development, and if there were not reliable Java JDK's (if they were "easier" to certify), that would really really suck.

  25. Sweet, this means.... on The Trilogy as One · · Score: 1

    We can combine this with the monthly meeting of the I'll-never-get-laid club, and free up the laser tag warehouse...