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  1. Re:45 Degree line? on The Milky Way is Not a Spiral? · · Score: 1

    A line described as lying 45-degrees to another lies anywhere on a cone centered on the reference line. So there's no way to tell if it lies within the plane of the galaxy or not from that statement.

  2. Chain Mail on What Ancient Tech Do You Do? · · Score: 1

    I enjoy brewing my own beer and I also make chain mail. There are lot's of good sites about chain mail. A good place to start is The Ring Lord.

  3. There aren't gem quality lab-created diamonds on Has Anyone Made an Artificial Diamond Ring? · · Score: 1

    Last time I checked, a couple of months ago, lab created diamonds are still not up to gem quality. Unless you're looking for a convincing substitute, you really don't have a choice.

  4. AppleDoc rehashed? on Jef Raskin's Humane Interface Released · · Score: 1

    Is this really anything new or just the latest version of the old AppleDoc concept?

  5. FLAC works nicely on Which Lossless Audio Codec, and Why? · · Score: 1

    I've been ripping and encoding my CD's (~700) and I've used FLAC so that I won't have to do it again. I'm getting anywhere from 50% to 70% compression...so you will need a LOT of disk space. At the same time, I've also been encoding into Ogg Vorbis so I can stream them using a tool that acts as an encoder but calls other encoders (the name of which escapes me at the moment:-). I must say that the RIP takes a lot longer than either encoding step.

  6. Now on When Should You Quit Your Job? · · Score: 5, Funny

    About the time you start asking Slashdot if it is time to quit:-)

  7. Re:Beta Release? on IE7 Announced for Longhorn and WinXP · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Um, Max OS X runs applications from prior versions of the OS just fine. And they've done this at least twice that I know of (the first was when they switched processors). One of Apple's greatest achievments was maintaining backwards compatibility while moving forward cleanly.

    Microsoft broke all kinds of things when the introduced Win32. And they broke a lot more when they introduced NT.

    My experiences with "progress" from Apple and Microsoft definitely don't echo yours.

    I do agree, however, that they have largely coded themselves into a corner with their half-assed design approach. They always seem to produce just enough to claim they have some capability X without really thinking it through and making it tight and elegant.

  8. Plenty of Pocket Money on Michael Powell to Leave FCC · · Score: 1

    Now that he has all that fine money in his pocket, he can retire early:-)

  9. Re:Distinct lack of nubile native girls on Indoor Tropical Island · · Score: 1

    She looks nubile enough for me.

  10. Re:FCC: Get the Hell Out on FCC Claims Regulatory Power Over Home Computers · · Score: 1

    What in the world makes you think the FCC has any interest in limiting the power of M$FT or IBM? They are part and parcel of the same conservative administration that essentially dropped the DOJ case in the first place. I don't see even this as a potential benefit from FCC involvment in the computer industry. In fact, I see no benefit.

  11. Re:I don't like CVS, Subversion, or Arch on Interview with Tom Lord of Arch Revision System · · Score: 1

    Try perforce. It's free for personal use, use changelists and has a very nice user interface (web based or gui).

  12. I use Zina on Streaming MP3s on Demand? · · Score: 1

    It's an open source solution written in php. It's similar to the for profit Andromeda. It allows full access to your collection on an ad hoc basis. It supports Ogg and mp3. It's very easy to use. You can find it here.

  13. Keen sense of value on What Qualities are Necessary in a Good Team Lead? · · Score: 1, Funny

    so you know how much to hold out for for bribes.

  14. Boycott SCI-FI-less! on Farscape Finale Tonight · · Score: 1

    I'm done with them. That's just too wrong! The even left the "To be continued"!!! How could they leave the "To be continued"? I can't figure any reason to get hooked on another show only to let them do that to me again. Assuming they actually decide to start showing science fiction again. Anyway, who's with me?

    Sorry, just had to get that off my chest.

  15. Saw this in Budapest Subway on Animated Ads in a Subway Near You · · Score: 1

    I have to admit, it was very cool. BTW, people on both sides fo the train can see it because it gets reflected off the windows on the opposite side of the train.

  16. Re:Stagecast Creator on Where are the 'Construction Set' Games? · · Score: 1

    http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/markov/gmaker/index.htm l has a nice free game maker. Very slick and little or no scripting/coding required. One of the guys at work here has been playing with this with his son.