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  1. Re:Get an enterprise drive (SLC, not MLC) on Can SSDs Be Used For Software Development? · · Score: 1

    Yes. He understands what journaling is.

  2. Re:Swap? on Can SSDs Be Used For Software Development? · · Score: 1

    and case sensitivity.

  3. Re:I'm not seating it on Can SSDs Be Used For Software Development? · · Score: 3, Funny
  4. Re:How do raids perform? on Can SSDs Be Used For Software Development? · · Score: 1

    writing to /dev/null is faster than xfs and just as safe.

  5. Re:rich buyers on GM Cornered Into Defending the Volt · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If CD Players and DVD players are your guide, the price of electric cars will come down when they're mass produced in China and sold in Wal*Mart.

  6. Re:PDF SUX on Congress Mulls API For Congressional Data · · Score: 1

    Remember that 800 trillion "stimulus"? Everyone agreed to make it available online for 48 hours before the final vote. The 48 hours thing didn't happen. And I hope you like PDFs that consist entirely of scanned images.

  7. Re:Hmmph. on Congress Mulls API For Congressional Data · · Score: 2
    Time Geithner. The Treasury Secretary, the guy in charge of the IRS, couldn't get his taxes right. Tom Daschle, former senate minority and majority leader, couldn't get his taxes right. Charlie Rangle, one of the most important people when it comes to tax law, couldn't get his taxes right. Every time a new cabinet is assembled, half a dozen people drop out of consideration because they didn't pay their taxes. And no doubt more refuse consideration for the same reason.

    People who write the law don't understand the law. People who enforce the law don't understand the law.

  8. Re:Factual train times on Timetable App Developer Gets Nastygram From Transit Sydney · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's my experience, too. In American bukake, the guys are grunting, high fiving each other, and yelling comments like "take it bitch". In Japanese bukake, the men are very quiet and respectful. You can actually hear the woman crying in shame.

  9. Re:Prediction.. on Nvidia Mulls Cheap, Integrated x86 Chip · · Score: 4, Funny

    almost as much as he knows about GPUs.

  10. Re:This inspired me to write a tiny *NIX shell on Steve Bourne Talks About the History of Sh · · Score: 1

    tip: feof() lets you know if it's the, well, eof.

  11. Re:quickly bash them... on No Patch For Excel Zero-Day Flaw · · Score: 2, Interesting
  12. Re:Hell must have frozen over on Dan Bernstein Confirms Security Flaw In Djbdns · · Score: 3, Insightful

    it tells me that he doesn't live in his parents' basement.

  13. Re:$200 in NY is a start on NY Bill Proposes Tax Credit for Open Source Developers · · Score: 3, Insightful

    New York was heavily dependent on wall street/banker money and expanded government spending during the subprime bubble.. That money dried up big time and they are one of the hardest hit states. There's no chance of any tax credit. In fact, you should hope they don't start taxing FREE software.

  14. Re:PowerShell on Steve Bourne Talks About the History of Sh · · Score: 1

    Actually, Windows does need a shell for DOS compatability and standard command line exes with no GUI equivalent.

  15. Re:Those services are not international on LimeWire Brings Darknets To All · · Score: 1

    Hulu is a website with flash-based streaming video.

  16. Re:Does it affect other platforms as well? on PDF Vulnerability Now Exploitable With No Clicking · · Score: 1

    Adobe [PDF] Reader for Windows, Linux, and OS X are all vulnerable.

  17. Re:Big investment on Microsoft Windows, On a Mainframe · · Score: 1

    It's true. We've been running our mainframe for .... shit, it's been here longer than even old Ed, and he's old.

    I hate to think of how many trees are killed for the windows punchcard edition :(

  18. Re:free? on Parallels Desktop For Mac Vs. VMware · · Score: 1
    I like virtual box... however:
    • FreeBSD 7 (guest) crashes with disk geometry errors
    • NetBSD 5 (guest) couldn't install
    • OpenStep (guest) installed but couldn't boot.
    • I can consistently crash the windows guest by accessing my networks places or copying more than 1 file to the shared folder.
  19. Re:Yes! on Linux Foundation Purchases Linux.com · · Score: 5, Insightful

    using google is worse than no information. Many guides and howtos are years out of date. (Google gives a higher page rank to older pages)

  20. Re:The atom isn't enough. on Intel Introduces Atom Chips For New Devices · · Score: 2, Informative

    Back when they were producing XScale/StrongARM, they had a decent instruction set (and lower power usage).

  21. Re:LGPL on QT 4.5 Released, Plus New IDE and Analysis Tool · · Score: 1
    going LGPL is a very good step with no downside for the open source community. Previously, if a company wanted to release a closed QT app, they paid for the proprietary license and released their closed source app with a closed source QT. Now, they can still release their closed source app, BUT the QT part will still be LGPL so users can replace it if they need to. (And if they make any changes to QT, they'll be FOSS)

    Fact is, GPL can (and is) used as a tool to push non-FREE licenses on dual-licensed software. The LGPL is better in that respect.

  22. Re:null or not null, that is the question on Null References, the Billion Dollar Mistake · · Score: 2, Informative

    In assembly, 0 is much easier to check for.

  23. Re:Nothing wrong with models. on The Formula That Killed Wall Street · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Is global warming the new replacement for Godwin's Law?

  24. Re:advisors on Yahoo Spent $79 Million To Fend Off Microsoft · · Score: 5, Funny

    maybe they searched for "cheap advisors" and accidentally clicked the sponsored result.

  25. Re:Google - Yahoo Sale? on Yahoo Spent $79 Million To Fend Off Microsoft · · Score: 5, Informative

    The google/yahoo deal was an advertising agreement, not a merger/acquisition.