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  1. Re:lxr on Source Code Browsers? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I've worked fairly extensively with LXR for my former employer to get it working on our large codebase. If you try it, use the CVS version, not the latest release because it has some good enhancements and fixes. Not much development happens on the project on a regular basis, though. It won't give everything the poster requested, but browsing with identifier cross-reference, and freetext searching are its two main features and it does those well.

    Also, hopefully your codebase runs off some sort of revision control system (SVN, CVS, etc). Fisheye (commercial, pre-1.0 but moving fast) will let you peer into the activity happening. It plans to have LXR-like featurs added after 1.0

  2. Re:nothing new on New & Revolutionary Debugging Techniques? · · Score: 1
    If anything, current commercial IDEs and debuggers still haven't caught up to the state of the art.
    Then where is the state of the art, if not in commercial apps (or commercially-backed ones like Eclipse)?
  3. common kernel? on Linux for Asia: Asianux · · Score: 3, Interesting

    All linux distros have the same kernel: linux. You need more than a common kernel to get a high degree of interoperability.

  4. Re:WHAT?!?? on Online Document Search Reveals Secrets · · Score: 1
    "He says hidden information can "incredibly useful" in improving the functionality of the software. "But if some of that data is sensitive, there have to be ways of ensuring that it isn't distributed where it shouldn't be," he says."
    I just created a Word document, blah.doc and put some text into it. I made sure I had a couple of undo points. I closed it and opened it back up, I couldn't undo SHIT. So where the hell am I being granted this mysterious "convenience?"

    You only have the convenience while the file is open. If you could undo after you re-opened a file, these "hidden secrets" wouldn't be hidden at all!

    I put the doc in a samba share and viewed it with vi. I found the path to the doc, the original name, my userid on my laptop, and the company name. All were hidden from the simple searches like this:

    s.l.a.s.h.d.o.t...o.r.g

    It's probably unicode, which uses multi-byte characters, and vi displays each one seperately.

  5. it all depends... on "Quick 'n Dirty" vs. "Correct and Proper"? · · Score: 1

    it all depends on your situation, goals, outside forces, etc. why does everyone "ask slashdot" about how they should do things? there is no hidden genie that will make all your problems go away. think about it, then do it.

  6. news? on Web-Based Java Compiler Service · · Score: 1

    This is far from newsworthy... besides the fact that very few people need to use this. I used this in 2001, and according to archive.org, it was up in 1998. Not quite breaking news.

    BTW, I used it because at high school I didn't have access to install a java compiler.

  7. scissors & glue on Black Ops of TCP/IP: Paketto Keiretsu 1.0 Release · · Score: 1

    linkcat, scissors and glue. is there a hidden meaning?

  8. other cross-platform libraries on wxEmbedded Beta Released · · Score: 1

    http://www.brondsema.net/toolkits.html
    Here's a small spreadsheet I made a while ago. It lacks wxWindows and info about Palm support, but it does show several other cross-platform libraries and their capabilities.

  9. the future? on Houston, We Have a Software Problem · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And what plans do they have to keep this from happening again in a decade?

    Sorry if the article answers this, I can't get to it.

  10. Re:Who "owns" the moon, anyway? on First Commercial Moon Mission Approved · · Score: 2, Informative

    Legal status of the moon according to the UN: http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/SpaceLaw/moon.html

    No mention of the United States as having any special rights.

  11. would a beowulf cluster... on Self-Organizing Circuit Reinvents Radio · · Score: 0

    ...create the internet?

  12. worried on Seagate Overcomes Superparamagnetic Limit · · Score: 1

    well, i'm relieved... I was getting pretty worried about that superparamagnetic limit.

    erm.. yeah.

  13. Re:After installation... on Mozilla 1.1 Hits The Street · · Score: 1

    I've tried the radial context menus, but after I left click and choose an option, I end up highlighting all the text from the top of the page to my current mouse location. Anybody else experience this? Admittedly, I'm using 1.0 RC3, do I need to upgrade?

  14. Re:Vi more popular than Emacs ? on FLOSS Developer Survey Results Published · · Score: 1
    O'Rielly's vi books sell more than Emacs, approximate 2:1 ratio
    Maybe that just vi is really hard to learn or vi fans are kinda slow.

    Personally, I'm a SciTE fan.
  15. Re:404 Page Not Found ? on Google Programming Contest Winner · · Score: 1
    Two reasons:
    • Some webservers might be in the process of being slashdotted or the like and aren't down, just very slow. What timeout is appropriate? It's hard to say.
    • Google being able to connect to the server is not the same as a user being able to connect. Even if the webserver is running, there could be network problems between it and google and/or between it and the user.
  16. Re:I see one being implemented soon on Google Programming Contest Winner · · Score: 1

    Use the google glossary: a search for markov will list many applicable phrases that you can get definitions for.

    http://labs.google.com/glossary?q=Markov

  17. already possible - sort of on Transgaming and Transitive E3 Announcement · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is already possible if the developers use SDL/OpenGL or CrystalSpace. I don't think either will support PS2 (unless you use the linux kit) and handheld support is probably shaky. But they're open source and cross-platform!

  18. Re:Not applicable to /. on Personal Finance Software for Unix? · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Doesn't this question assume that we have money? Considering the huge numbers of high school and college students on slashdot, that seems like an unfounded assumption.
    The amount of money is irrelevant. I'm a college student and I have a part-time job, tuition payments, an investment fund, a bank account, car insurance payments and taxes to keep track of.
  19. Re:Is it me... on Gates: Say No to GPL, Yes to the Microsoft Ecosystem · · Score: 1

    Qt. Great documentation.

    I have to agree the source is always the definitive answer, but it's not always necessary.

  20. 2p on Another Go At Making Spam Cost Money · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    2nd post?

  21. long term solution? on Mandrake Clarifies its Future · · Score: 1

    So in three weeks they turned into a "cash-flow positive" company. But will this last? Will people continue their subscriptions?
    You can't project too far into the future based on three weeks of a new business model.

  22. I don't get it.... on EchoStar Asks Supreme Court to Let Unlock Local Channels · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why was the regulation created in the first place? It doesn't make any sense to me.

  23. Re:I don't think so on Teoma Aims To Kill Google · · Score: 1

    i got splike.com a year or so ago. nice, easy, simple and i like it

  24. random on Deep Algorithms? · · Score: 1

    random number generators
    I don't know any names, but they're used in lots of applications

  25. Re:Comp Sci. Students & MSFT: VS on Will CS Students Switch From Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    Similar here at Calvin, any CS student can get any MS software for free (apparently Calvin's subscribed to the MSDN or similar). Yet the programming labs and classes use Solaris/GCC