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  1. Re:Pi Never Gets Boring? on Simpsons Guide to Math · · Score: 1

    Agh, you're right

    I have approximately "pi00pi.0" fingers

  2. Re:End of the electronic era on SSSCA Introduced in Senate · · Score: 1

    Isn't every device electronic, because of, uh, electrons?

    Then we will do it with ANITMATTER !!!

    but seriously, what about a spintronic or photonic device

  3. Re:Windows 2000 on KDE 3.0RC3: Prepare to Fall in Love · · Score: 1

    I do too, and KDE(and linux) needs alot of work before it will replace windows on my desktop. Such as the ability to completely modify every aspect of your system without opening a terminal window.

    This is the worst possible claim that any Windows defender could possibly make. The Windows registry is one of the worst design decisions that Microsoft has ever stuck to. It is a big pile of shit.

    In windows you can configure some options via a GUI, some options via the registry, and some options are not available.

    In Linux you can configure few options via a GUI, many options via text config files with comments, some options via source code, and there are very few options not available.

    As of now, you cannot make any claim that one is better than the other with out some subjective metric.

  4. Re:Most likely limited to early seasons on Simpsons Guide to Math · · Score: 1

    Bah, you youngsters and your shnazzy Category Theory. In my day all we had was the axiomatic construction of the real line, and damn it, we liked it.

  5. Re:Pi Never Gets Boring? on Simpsons Guide to Math · · Score: 1

    bah, I prefer to count in base pi.

    then it is just "1"

    but now I only have approximately "pi0.0pi0" fingers

  6. Re:layout data in the .sty stylesheet on GNU TeXmacs and Structured Text Editing · · Score: 1

    First of all TeXmacs is not LaTeX

    And second of all, the very first line of your .tex file contains a reference to your document class or style. It's like the header includes in a C file.

    TeX is all about presentation that doesn't change with platform and time.

    LaTeX is just macros for TeX that allow you to present information in some given style.

  7. Re:2.4 GHz on Slashback: Grammy, Sirius, Levies · · Score: 1

    The microwaves are cooking the food by resonating with water. They are about as big as the dimensions of the inside and can't get through that metal grating. The plastic actually does nothing to keep the microwaves in and can be safely removed.

    The RF the poster refered to (without giving clarification to you) is the signal created by the electronics. Most all electronic devices create some polution. For good example, run your vacuum while watching the tele.

  8. Re:Don't worry about interference from the plot on Resident Evil · · Score: 1

    Yes, but will I feel like a whore afterwards?

  9. Re:???LIfe size???? on And You Thought The Xbox Controller Was Big · · Score: 1

    Well ...

    There is dead sized: too bloated
    and undead sized: too slim

    and then there is biggie sized: Dave Thomas proportions

  10. Re:a movie is not long enough on DragonBall: The Live Action Movie · · Score: 1

    Though Evangelion is aggressively philosophic and human, I think that you may have overlooked Cowboy Bebop. It is also deep, but in a subtle sort of way. Like an old Buddhist koan.

    Every good story can't be as climactic as Evangelion. That would not be representative of the world.

  11. purpose on Beaming Neutrinos Through Earth? · · Score: 1

    i believe that the primary interest is to measure the oscillation between the three types of neutrinos

    this is to help explain the neutrino deficit measured by some detectors that only detect electron neutrinos

    also, some people think that something in the sun is absorbing neutrinos

  12. programmers on Mozilla 0.9.9 Released · · Score: 1

    there is no text

  13. my question on Why So Many Mac Fanatics? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why do some Apple fanatics lie to themselves soo much, and argue you to the death.

    How can someone possibly think that a 7XX MHz G3 running with slow SDRAM, and a slow IDE harddrive is soo much faster than a 14XX MHz Athlon running DDRAM, and a faster IDE harddrive or a faster scuzzy drive.

    It is really like a religion or the Party in 1984, where this big lie is repeated over and over until it sinks in and you actually believe it.

    1) I just don't get it.
    2) Who cares. I know my Honda Civic is not nearly as fast Mustang, but I'd rather keep my Honda.

  14. Re:Mostly Offtopic on Be Throws in the Towel · · Score: 1

    By symmetry . . .

    You Be zealots could have ported the cool ideas from Linux into BeOS, because you would have had the source. The core BeOS would have had a magnitude greater number of developers. Just because multiple OSS projects exist, one doesn't necessarily suck the life out of another. Notice: GNOME/KDE, Linux/FreeBSD/OpenBSD, Enlightenment/Windowmaker. Different flavors are good, competition is good.

    Independent of any other arguments, if BeOS was OSS, then BeOS would be alive today. And no Be fans would be crying PERIOD.

    We told you so.

  15. Re:New (but not completely off)-topic on Seeking University Jobs in Mathematics? · · Score: 1
    1. How does one know that they would excel in pure mathematics?

    Reasoning and logic. Clear thinking. Grasping abstract concepts. Building intuition.

    The difference is that in lower division classes you are mostly applying rules. There is no critical thinking invloved. Any computer could do it.

    In upper level classes, you actually have to use your brain.

    1. You study the material and familiarize yourself with it
    2. Your intuition leads you to believe that something is true
    3. Your brain tries to connect all of the ideas to prove what your intuition believes


    The reason this is difficult is because there is no algorithm. A computer cannot do this.

    Take Real Analysis. You will instantly know if you really like math.

    If you like math, then you should go for it. Sometimes it can be hard to get the exact job you want, but I assure you, there are no starving mathematicians.
  16. Re:Wow, that's hot on IBM Creates World's Fastest Semiconductor Circuits · · Score: 1

    "and you can microwave your tv dinners by placing them perpendicular to the horizontal plane of your processor!"

    HAH! that's rediculous.

    Everyone knows that you place the tv dinner parallel or the food may drip onto the processor!

  17. Re:he hit the nail on the head with CUPS on Interview with David Faure of Mandrake & KDE · · Score: 1

    If you have an HP deskjet printer, then the print quality will always be extremely dependent on the driver.

    You should frequent hpinkjet.sourceforge.net to get the latest drivers supplied by HP. These usually are not provided by distros because of licensing issues.

  18. Re:semi off-topic question on Interview with David Faure of Mandrake & KDE · · Score: 1

    I do not know the true solution to this, but I know of a work around.

    Use the RedHat printconfig to set up two printers lp_bnw and lp_color, but both point to the same physical printer and both use the same driver.

    However, set the driver settings so that one always uses black and white and the other always uses color.

  19. Has LeapingGNomeArs even read the article? on Linux and Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    Has the submitter even read the article? I've read the article and it was talking about MSWindows and not OSX. The majority of UNIX users do not rebooted their boxes, they just leave them running. Remember, UNIX stay running without crashing and memory leaks, unlike Windows or MacOS.

    Linux uptime is typically measured in months not weeks.

  20. Re:No HDTV on I STILL Want My HDTV · · Score: 1

    "Another example: In the Olympic figure skating last night, they showed some EXTREMELY TIGHT closeups of the womens' faces. If there were 1000 lines of resolution, every pore, pimple and other blemish would have been visible, makeup or no. Is that actually better?"

    DUDE. That chick that won the gold had a little white bugger up in her right nostril. You could see it right after she finished her long program. SWEAR TO GOD.

  21. Re:But on the other hand on Antimatter Atoms Captured · · Score: 2, Funny

    Technically, I suppose you would flip the table over and write on the back. Left-right reversed, symmetry breaking, and all that.

    Just be sure no to touch the two sides together. :)

  22. Re:It's good - but more for Win2K/XP that for Unic on Intel Hyperthreading In Reality · · Score: 1

    Dude are you completely talking out of your arse?

    The CPU can't see the difference between a thread and a process. This CPU doesn't include a kernel.

    Your argument is 100% invalid.

  23. Re:XBOX != PC on Xbox To Use Region-Locked Peripherals · · Score: 1

    Do not you both see that you are both false.

    1) You can not create an ideal categorical theory of ontology that applies to things that are not well defined.

    2) You are using different definitions, therefore none of your arguments apply to each other.

    You are both barking at the wind.

  24. Re:Opposing Viewpoints on Disinformation.com · · Score: 1

    That was amusing. Have you ever read Nagarjuna? That sounds like his logic.

    "All phenomena are devoid of inherent existence."

  25. Re:Just remember... on USAF Readies Laser of Death · · Score: 1

    I thought it was

    Death Rays don't kill people, photons do.