User: caternater

Re:Open source the keep-alive & buffering prox

On: Yahoo Seeks Open Source Community Support

Have you looked at http://trafficserver.apache.org/, which is Yahoo's frontend proxies that they open sourced and donated to the ASF a few ears ago? Pretty sure it does keepalive proxying.

Re:Ugh, dollar signs? Really?

On: Net Neutrality Suffers Major Setback

Man, I am so sick of people talking out of their arse. That's how she stylizes her name.

Re:Actually, a lot of detail seems to be left out.

On: Couple Who Catch Cop Speeding Could Face Charges

BTW, in GA (and in AL) its pretty common to create absurd speed limits just to get some revenue for the ailing local economies.

I'm guessing this is exactly the GP's point and why he should be ticketed.

w00t

On: Gentoo Linux Rethinks Package Management System

I have a much better April fool's joke: "My gentoo installation finished in under 4 hours on my Pentium 400."

Hell, "My gentoo installation finished in a weekend" would've been just as funny!

Re:Too bad there's still so much lag.

On: In-flight Broadband Internet Access Trial's Success

Not that it matters, but how cool would it be to play Quake 10 Km up in the air? ;)

So, that would be the Geek's Mile High Club?

Re:Fallout 3?

On: Radiation Detection Wrist Watch

I agree... And they do go great with these.

A gift idea...

On: Radiation Detection Wrist Watch

for the medical professional in the family who seems to already have everything?

Re:cool but ...

On: Radiation Detection Wrist Watch

They appear to be marketing it to people in radiology fields (doctors, dentists, ...):

Our aim is to help various professionals measure and control the radiation dosis they may be exposed to in a convenient, discreet and continuous way.

Of course, I frankly don't want to know :)

Re:Dangerous Toys

On: Vintage Toys & Tech Photos

Good god! It has a 157dB blast. I guess the kids went through two pairs of pants... first from wetting himself with excitement, then from crapping himself after hearing that *boom*.

Re:Ok, this is going to get me branded a geek...

On: The Great Stanford Buffy Population Equilibrium Study

Maybe the vampires in question responded to Alan Ralsky's spam for Viagra??

Re:helloworld in Eiffel

On: SmartEiffel 1.0 Released

Grrr.... pre tags don't work.

The code was properly indented, so check out the url for a prettier look at the code

http://www2.latech.edu/~acm/helloworld/eiffel.html

helloworld in Eiffel

On: SmartEiffel 1.0 Released

For those, like me, wondering what Eiffel looked like, here is helloworld:

class HELLO_WORLD


creation
make
feature
make is
local
io:BASIC_IO
do
!!io
io.put_string("%N Hello World!!!!")
end --make
end -- class HELLO_WORLD

This was taken from http://www2.latech.edu/~acm/helloworld/eiffel.html

Also, this interesting tidbit from the comp.lang.eiffel FAQ:

QEIF: What is Eiffel?

Eiffel is an advanced object-oriented programming language that emphasizes the design and construction of high-quality and reusable software.

Eiffel is not a superset or extension of any other language. Eiffel strongly encourages OO programming and does not allow dangerous practices from previous generation languages although it does interface to other languages such as C and C++. Eiffel supports the concept of "Design by Contract" to improve software correctness.

Beyond the language aspect Eiffel may be viewed as a method of software construction. Eiffel is an excellent vehicle for software education, including for a first programming course.

(http://omicron.felk.cvut.cz/FAQ/articles/a511.htm l)

Re:Some interesting items...

On: The World's Largest Scavenger Hunt

And don't forget... 225. Alan Ralsky's home computer 226. A beta copy of Duke Nukem Forever