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  1. Re:Hey! on Author of Paper Critical of Microsoft is Fired · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They also boosted the memory limitation of Notepad so that it can open files larger than 60 kilobytes. Definately a feature that distinguishes notepad from all the rest.

  2. Hey! on Author of Paper Critical of Microsoft is Fired · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can I have his job? I can write well, and I can be non-critical of Microsoft software.

    For instance, they have made great strides in improving Calculator and Notepad in recent versions of Windows.

  3. Re:Burning it... on BeOS Max Edition v3.0 Released · · Score: 1

    It's less value by virtue of there being an excess. Common supply and demand.

  4. Re:Wow, a blast from the past(OT) on BeOS Max Edition v3.0 Released · · Score: 1

    vaguely ... and I don't actually run BeOS any more, I've found that a combination of Windows XP for desktops and FreeBSD for servers makes for a comfortable working environment. :)

  5. hmm on Workweek Causes Climate Changes · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Maybe people get nervous and pass a lot of gas at work, causing a small rise in greenhouse gasses which in turn trap the head in the local region - lowering the temperature range for those days?

    On second thought, they probably pass more gas sitting on the couch on the weekends. There goes that theory. Buhbye.

  6. Re:BeOS on BeOS Max Edition v3.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Ooh, right, mmap() was a nasty missing one as I recall.

  7. Re:BeOS on BeOS Max Edition v3.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Oh. Well. Carry on, carry on.

  8. Re:BeOS on BeOS Max Edition v3.0 Released · · Score: 1

    You hardly need to lecture me, Jeremy. I ran MUSCLE for almost a year and a half, if you recall. In fact, *nudge nudge wink wink* beshare.beryllium.ca is back up. ;-)

  9. Re:BeOS on BeOS Max Edition v3.0 Released · · Score: 1

    It had all the hooks to be multi-user, but they delayed the implementation. I have no idea why.

  10. Re:Burning it... on BeOS Max Edition v3.0 Released · · Score: 4, Funny

    They usually mean female virgins when they say that.

  11. Re:Nobody cares about BeOS on BeOS Max Edition v3.0 Released · · Score: 1

    BeBits will reveal everything and more. :)

  12. Re:BeOS on BeOS Max Edition v3.0 Released · · Score: 3, Informative

    As I understood it, the POSIX implementation was full - except for one very important area. The network stack. It was fine-tuning the "new" network stack that put the company out of business; they took so long that their market evaporated ... and they had to find a new market.

    It was sad. :(

  13. Re:am I the only one.... on Mass Fatality Identification System · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think that extreme programming really only works when people are having a hard time initially getting in to 'the zone'. It helps to have someone to bounce ideas off of, when you hit stumbling blocks on the code. Using the same computer is stupid, but extreme programming over, say, a ping-pong table - that works great.

  14. Re:Wow on Single-atom Laser Built at Caltech · · Score: 1

    Is this the "Schroedinger's Boss" theorem?

  15. heh on Microsoft Offers A DRM Patch · · Score: 2, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new DRM overlords. And, as a trusted TV personality, I want to remind them that I can be useful in rounding up workers for their underground intellectual property lawsuit caves.

  16. Re:HTTP knowledge required? on HTTP Developer's Handbook · · Score: 1

    Was Mozilla invaluable in fixing the second one? :)

  17. Re:HTTP knowledge required? on HTTP Developer's Handbook · · Score: 4, Informative

    Uhm ... you're forgetting something, I think.

    HTTP has nothing to do with HTML, really. Dreamweaver obscures HTML; it has absolutely nothing to do with HTTP.

    HTTP is the protocol by which files are transfered over the world wide web, it can be anything from images to music to HTML files.

    Knowing in-depth the protocol information, as this book seems to try to teach, one can use languages such as PHP to specify additional headers for various effects. Have you ever seen pages that seem to be dynamic (php or cgi), and yet they send an image file? What about the ones that are used for cgi-based site counter images? Or, for that matter, link-tracking of file downloads (I think PHPNuke does this) - All of these types of scripts require at least a rudimentary knowledge of HTTP protocol headers.

  18. Re:w3c on HTTP Developer's Handbook · · Score: 2, Funny

    Even more ironic is the messed-up bold tag.

  19. Re:Signs signs everywhere the signs on Digital Ink On Billboards · · Score: 1

    *shrug* All I have are recordings. I never go to concerts, not then, not now. I stand by my statement. :)

  20. Re:Signs signs everywhere the signs on Digital Ink On Billboards · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In the sixties, one didn't need to swear in a song to express one's meaning. People had this marvelous thing known as a "dictionary" which allowed them to find words with the meaning they intended to convey, which happened to form a rhyme or rythm. (Heh, I really ought to use a dictionary for spelling those two. Oh well.)

  21. Re:More proof that common sense isn't common on CIO Magazine On Offshore IT · · Score: 5, Funny

    Reminds me of the recent FedEx commercial.

    "We're short on staff, you'll have to handle the shipping."

    "But ... I have an MBA."

    "Don't worry, it's easy."

    "No, you don't understand, I have an MBA."

    "Ohhhh, you have an MBA. In that case, I'll have to show you how to do it."

  22. Re:Getting a lot better on Hybrid/Electric Vehicles: Should I Buy? · · Score: 1

    The hybrid SUV concept - to me - makes more sense than even hybrid city cars. Sure, they'll have the same in-city value as the regular hybrid cars - albeit with slightly less MPG - but for the (few) owners who actually take it off-road, the power generation facilities of the vehicle itself will be vastly more noticable (compared to highway driving).

    I think it's a smart idea, if a bit unorthodox. If I could afford one, I'd buy one. And I wouldn't buy a regular Explorer-style SUV if I could afford one, so that says something. I think.

  23. Re:Ouch on Security Versus Science · · Score: 0

    It's not a democracy.

  24. Re:Getting a lot better on Hybrid/Electric Vehicles: Should I Buy? · · Score: 1

    I wish I could afford the Hybrid Ford Escape. That would rock :)

  25. Re:Waiting it out on Hybrid/Electric Vehicles: Should I Buy? · · Score: 2, Informative

    ... "appliance"? Hybrid cars recharge themselves, they don't rely on external electrical power. Check out the Prius or the Civic or the Ford Escape hybrids, for example.