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  1. Re:The sites /.ed already... on Pure JavaScript Unix-Like Web Based OS · · Score: 1

    No, but it might be the first OS web-hosted! :)

  2. Any experience with P2P or GoogleDesktop? on Ready or Not, Here comes Windows XP SP2 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I guess that some apps could be affected by the built-in system in SP2, preventing apps from opening a LISTENing port on your machine.
    I know that you can let a program be allowed to open a listening server, but I would like to ask to the /.ers:
    do you have tried using it with the common P2P apps and google desktop? Do they work?
    I'm worried to break something I regularly use....

  3. Light? on Letters-Only LM Hash Database · · Score: 2, Funny

    in the article:

    beginningtoseethelight.no-ip.org

    the /. fortune:

    The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an approaching train.

    Am I the only one to see a connection ?


  4. Re:NP-Hard on Mesh Compression for 3D Graphics · · Score: 1

    Indeed, actually, NPHard problems have a solution whose O() complexity is described a poly of an integer number which describes the "cardinality" of the problem..... maybe.

  5. Re:Wow- C# review on Slashdot? on C# for Java Developers · · Score: 1

    Honestly, I believe there are some differences in syntax and power, but I don't know the details.

    (just my 2cents).
    Basically C# and Java have the same expressing power (same Object model, same use of inheritance, interfaces and so on...).
    Apart from what is given to the programmer by a class library, the only real difference is in the use of "delegates" which in Java are implemented using ActionListeners; you have the same expressing power, but C# is a little easier.
    Moreover C# is easier also wrt web services development (see [Web Method]).

    Basically C# is a little more compact, anyway keep in mind that Java (for now), is more robust and more suited for Enterprise application. .NET as a framework is still not mature enough... but it's wise to keep an eye on it. It's a very well designed framework.

  6. Re:The "triangle" test on Tech-Interview Riddles · · Score: 1

    Yes, you're right. So the question is wrong (it talks explicitly of "triangles")....! very bad!

  7. The "triangle" test on Tech-Interview Riddles · · Score: 1

    here

    IMHO no one of the two figures is a triangle...! Am I wrong? Or the test statement is tricky?
    Cheers

  8. Wow! How many uses..... on OpenGL Coming to your Cellphone · · Score: -1, Troll

    This could be used for bringing real 3D Games to mobile devices, 3D global positioning systems, 3D representations of buildings...

    ...3D pr0n, 3D strip poker, 3D ecchi games.....
    :)
    Cheers


    (yeah, my .sig is wrong, so what?)

  9. We have very effective "replication" mechanisms on Digital Dark Ages? · · Score: 1

    Yes, a lot of information will vanish through years; and this is true for all kinds of digital infos (think that an average cd can't' last more than 20 years).
    But all digital informations can be easily reproduced, so I think that probaly my todo list for the new project will vanish, but this is not so relevant for the future generations.... all important stuff tends to be replicated and reproduced... think to the abandonware games: they are still alive even if most of the hardware they were based on is gone...
    Probably time will only remove a lot of useless stuf... (I hope)
    Cheers.

  10. Very few readers around... on Learning Wireless Java · · Score: 1, Funny

    This book assumes that reader [...] has programmed Java

    basically, only James Gosling! :)

    (yeah, my .sig is wrong, so what?)

  11. Re:The real speech... on Mitnick Testifies on Telco's Security · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...you are the smartest AC I've ever met!

    (my .sig is not wrong... have a look at the parent message!)

  12. The real speech... on Mitnick Testifies on Telco's Security · · Score: 4, Funny

    "their security was like Swiss cheese: delicious."

    (yeah, my .sig is wrong, so what?)

  13. Re:Is the sequel better? on The Practical SQL Handbook: Using SQL Variants (4th ed.) · · Score: 2, Funny

    the sequel is better than the original

    or, maybe:
    the SQL is better than the original

    (OMG, I need an holiday....!) :)
    Cheers.

  14. Use feedback from previous test cases on Properly Testing Your Code? · · Score: 1

    It's very common that a set of test cases covers only a little part of the real bugs in a product.
    And it's a normal and clever wish to prepare a larger set of test cases. This can surely lead to a better bug-coverage. But this must be done wisely: all the time you receive from a release product a bug which wasn't covered by your tests, you shold look at the cases to see how they must be changed/expanded so that, if the tests are repeated that bug will be (dis)covered.
    Bottom line: use bug report (also) as a feedback to improve the way you deisgn test cases. And remeber that also the testing needs to be planned and well designed, pay to it as much attention as you give to your code. Cheers.


    (yeah, my sig is wrong, so what?)

  15. 2-days max of trouble on EBone/KPNQwest Network Shutting Down · · Score: 1

    the bandwidth served by Ebone can be absorbed by other mainstream ISP, and this is good.
    The DNS routing tables can find new routes easily, but for such a massive redefinition of the routes we can expect up to 2 days of trouble. During the weekend probably all the machines connected (at some level) with EBone will experience problems.
    During the next week all us (european) will tell what had happened. I hope nothing serious.

  16. Re:7 pm CET ??? on EBone/KPNQwest Network Shutting Down · · Score: 1

    yes! it's Central European Time. (GMT +1)

  17. Re:DOS Mozilla users??? [just to avoid confusion] on Serious IIS Hole; Minor X Bug · · Score: 1

    to DOS Mozilla users

    read: "to cause Denial Of Service to Mozilla users".

    (It's the same than saying MS-DOS: Microsoft's sw causes Denial Of Service to its users ... ok, just kidding here :) ).
    Cheers.

    (yeah, my sig is wrong, so what?)

  18. [It's very common] Re:Modern-Day Rumplestiltskins on Selling Your (MMORPG) Soul · · Score: 1

    Image [sic] if you were buying a bed and you were asked to sign an agreement first. It stated that someone else actually would own your bed, could watch what you do in it, come over and use your bed when you aren't in it, and sell anything they found out about your activities in your bed, would you be comfortable buying that bed?

    this is called "marriage"...!


    (the sig is wrong, so what?)

  19. Re:oops... on IBM Reinvents Punch Cards · · Score: 1

    If I had mod-points I would give you (3, Funny) :)

  20. Why? on Matrix Reloaded Filming Wants to Shut Sydney Down · · Score: 1

    It's quite strange that to produce a complex scene they need a *real* environment. The Matrix and a bunch of subsequent movies had already shown that the scene can be created from scratch using computer gfx.

  21. oops... on IBM Reinvents Punch Cards · · Score: 1

    about 25 times as great as current hard disks

    don't tell this to IBM, or they will drop the research project, along with the hard disk division.... !


    (yeah, I know... the sig is wrong... so what?)

  22. Re:Admin on Battle of the Secure Distros · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I disagree with you. I think that to be a good sysadmin is quite difficult and requires a lot of study, trial and error and passion. (Please note, I'm not a sysadmin, even if I can accomplish the easier sysadmin tasks).
    In particular, you must know in deep detail all the technologies involved in a complex networking environment (they are countless: DNS, email, NEWS, NIS, LDAP, routing, and so on...).
    It is difficult to barely know all of them, and to secure an installation you must know them good. And this is no easy...

    Of course I agree with the point that the software must be "secure-able", otherwise you can be the best sysadmin... you system will always be full of flwas if the software you are using is bugged (...who said something about the windows?...).
    Cheers

  23. Bogus CmdrTaco Re:Ignorant jerk on Sicilian Suspension Bridge to Go Ahead · · Score: 1

    If you don't know the user I'm replying to is "CmdrTco on", he's not the original Taco!

  24. An example of... on The Coming Internet Monopolies · · Score: 1

    ...a handful of massive corporations

    I was reading the article on salon.com; and I noticed that the banner was about msn! wow!


  25. Fight Club Plot on D-VHS to Hit The Market This Week · · Score: 2, Funny

    D-VHS to Hit The Market This Week

    The Market (walking alone): Du-de-du... Du-de-...*OUCH!* (somebody hit him)
    The Market: Who are you?
    The Stranger: I'm the D-VHS, and this is your last week on this planet...!
    [to be continued....]

    (I can see my karma fallin'...!)