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  1. Re:Design patterns and Lisp on Bitter Java · · Score: 2

    Yes but whatever the differences between languages are the choice of language depends upon what program you want to write.

  2. Re:who do we hate this week? on EA Cites MS Bullying, Says No Xbox Online Games · · Score: 2

    And if we're really going to get technical isn't corporation spelt with three os? Or is this a difference in American/ British spelling?

  3. Re:See for yourself. on Verisign Ordered to Stop Deceptive Renewal Notices · · Score: 2

    I knew Verisign would get into trouble for this eventually. I think they deserve what's coming to them for such underhand tactics.

  4. Re:Jar Jar and Yoda on Review: Star Wars Episode II, Attack of the Clones · · Score: 2

    I think this'll be yet another Star Wars film I'll give a miss.

  5. Re:Go to college on System Administrators - College or Career? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I agree - especially with the current problem of lots of people going for the same tech jobs a degree is almost essential. That is unless you can use nepitism or some other underhand way to get a foothold in a company. As to tech support it's generally low-paid and only used as a springboard to better IT jobs. After a while you get tired of being asked by people to help change their passwords!

  6. Re:conventional auctioneers on IT Auction Sites? · · Score: 2

    I suggest you decide upon what you want then check out the online retailers to see which offers it cheapest. If you do need a lot of them you could qualify for a discount if you're buying in bulk. Remember to take into account tax and postage as a lot of sites advertise their prices without these - then add them at the end. Just out of curiousity what's your business going to be doing?

  7. Re:It's been done on Building a Cockpit Setup for Simulator Games? · · Score: 2

    If you used a joystick, some foot pedals and took apart a keyboard from plenty of buttons - yes you could build your own but I've never seen someone try. Why not just find a real flight simulator instead of going to all that trouble?

  8. Re:Its on Handspring's site on Handspring Treo 270 Leaked · · Score: 2

    I meant it sarcastically not literally.

  9. Re: bursting into flames on Processor Problems w/ Toshiba s504 & s507 Laptops? · · Score: 2

    "that burst into flames without warning" - they're not bursting into flames they're just overheating due to poor ventilation. At 75 degrees it cuts out anyway.

  10. Re:what's wrong with non-textbooks? on Linux Textbooks? · · Score: 2

    Also doing things this way will save on buying very expensive textbooks for each student which have to be replaced every year.

  11. Re:just a suggestion on Linux Textbooks? · · Score: 2

    Oh and while I'm on the topic you can't get experienced in using an OS just by reading a textbook - you need to spend time getting to know how to do things with it.

  12. just a suggestion on Linux Textbooks? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I used to have a very good chemistry teacher who managed to teach us without textbooks for three years. He just made us write about three to four A4 sides of notes - so by the end of the year we had the equivalent of a textbook anyway! It also meant people actually learnt it rather than a textbook just getting dusty on a shelf.

  13. Re:I'd like a tutorial on on Learning IPv6? · · Score: 2

    I'd like to know when it's going to happen (or whether it has happened already). They've been talking about the change for years!

  14. Re:Yes. on Managing a Global Programming Team? · · Score: 2

    But on a more serious note I would've thought there are plenty of available programmmers in the US since the dot com crash. How about getting in touch with the programmers that used to work in your team and seeing if they're available?

  15. Re:Wireless theater on Slashback: Towel, Linkage, Drafthouse · · Score: 2

    A career in politics must await me then!

  16. Re:In related news.... on Atari Announces an Official Portable 2600 System · · Score: 2

    In a shock announcement in reply to Sony's announcement Microsoft said they would be giving away a free X-Box with each copy of Windows.

  17. Re:Shawn Fannings CV on Napster Execs Resign, Company Appears to Teeter · · Score: 2

    I'm afraid someone who lists their hobbies as : Downloading music; posing for magazine covers; leveling entire industries may find job offers a little thin on the ground!

  18. Re:Its on Handspring's site on Handspring Treo 270 Leaked · · Score: 2

    Since when was deep linking illegal?

  19. Re:And here's another one... on Quickies from a Galaxy Far Far Away · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Can you get any more geeky than Star Wars in ASCII over telnet?

  20. Re:Western Rapacity? on The Years of Rice and Salt · · Score: 2

    Have you actually read the book in question though? It sounds like you had a grudge against the writer before you even read the review.

  21. Re:Cost Question on Xbox Price Drops to $200 · · Score: 2

    Will they be cutting the price in Europe and Japan even more too? After cutting the price already once a further cut may just end up making people think they're getting desperate though!

  22. Re:Yes. on Managing a Global Programming Team? · · Score: 2

    But on a more serious note - what's to stop you hiring more programmers on short-term contracts or freelancers instead of out-sourcing to a foreign country?

  23. Re:In Japan... on VOCAL: Open Source VoIP Software for Linux · · Score: 2

    How big's the download - can you only use it with other Yahoo users? What about Yahoo Messenger/ MSN Messenger - they also offer VoIP for free. Or are you talking about a computer at one end ringing a telephone as opposed to just two computer users?

  24. Re:off-topic: wish me luck. on VOCAL: Open Source VoIP Software for Linux · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Believe me you're not going to like basic training - nobody does - but at least it doesn't last that long.

  25. VOCAL on VOCAL: Open Source VoIP Software for Linux · · Score: 2, Funny

    "'Vovida Open Communications Applications Library' ('VOCAL')" - talk about the award for the most contrived acronym!