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  1. Statistics: on Searchable C/C++ DB surpasses 275 million lines · · Score: 5, Interesting

    1. Lines per function
    2. Comment / command ratio
    3. Number of curse word variable names

  2. Re:Perhaps on Introverts Have More Brain Activity? · · Score: 1

    I recommend avoiding any book using the word 'stoked'. Is the author 15 years old?

  3. Re:The Slashdot hive mind is creating a troll on Pictures by Hive Mind · · Score: 1

    Teh end.

  4. Debunk these: on Ask The Mythbusters · · Score: 1

    How about debunking the Rop Stewart and Richard Gere urban legends?

  5. Logic on Ask The Mythbusters · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Do you realize that being unable to reproduce some event does not make that event impossible?

  6. Re:100,000 years humans did not walk in asia on King Kong Lived? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wikipedia is just like a peer-reviewed journal where, by 'peer', I mean anybody who has access to the internet.

  7. Re:PS2 and PS1 games? on Xbox 360 Backward Compatibility Finalized · · Score: 1

    DIrectX doesn't care whether you have an NVidia card or an ATI card. Why does the XDK? Is there no hardware abstraction layer?

  8. This is pretty far-fetched... on Ray Kurzweil's "The Singularity is Near" · · Score: 4, Funny

    So far all that humans have shown any proclivity for is eating, crapping and sleeping. Any thing more complicated that this just turns into a total clusterfark.

  9. Re:Lets see on Bad Movies to Blame for Box Office Slump · · Score: 1

    Agreed. There is nothing more annoying than hearing 200 people chewing like cows during the quite part of a movie.

  10. For a summary of the book on Learning GNU Emacs, 3rd Edition · · Score: 1

    just type : man emacs

  11. Miyazaki makes Pixar look like on Miyazaki Talks to the Guardian · · Score: 1, Troll

    Disney. John Lasseter could learn a few things about creativity from this man.

  12. Is lockheed really doing anything? on Lockheed Chosen For Electronic Records Archives · · Score: 1

    Or are they just subcontracting it out, as usual.

  13. I wish I had taken: on Computer Science Curriculum in College · · Score: 1

    database software engineering bioinformatics network security Having just concluded a job search, these are topics that appeared in most of the postings I saw. Look through job openings at cra.org and see what is hot/desirable.

  14. Re:T... F... A! on Microsoft Skips Patch Tuesday · · Score: 1

    It's good to see that they are still teaching sarcasm in high school.

  15. Re:Oh yeah! on Chief Justice Rehnquist Dies at 80 · · Score: 1

    The rest of us fear the day when the mindless, soulless automatons of your generation are elected into any public office.

  16. Re:Replacing? on Inkscape 0.42: The Ultimate Answer · · Score: 1

    This would make a good replacement for Xfig.

  17. T.A.C. on Online TV May Be IPTV's First Step · · Score: 1

    If they offer 'The Apostrophe Channel' I suggest the submitter and his dads watch it.

  18. Re:The problem I have with Doom 3 on Doomed: How id Lost Its Crown · · Score: 1

    BRDF : Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function. This allows a material to be defined in terms of its albedo given and input and output direction.

  19. Bitter washed up nerd on Wil Wheaton Strikes Back · · Score: -1, Troll

    He really has a problem with Paris Hilton. Guess what Wil: Turn off the TV and she goes away...

  20. Re:Let's try making a list! on New MS Shell Will Not Be In Longhorn · · Score: 1

    Ummmm New font on the 'Start' button?

  21. Is this really an upgrade? on Free Upgrade From XP Home to XP Pro Lite · · Score: 1

    It sounds like more of a lateral move.

  22. Re:Realtion to INTJ on Genetic Testing For Geekiness? · · Score: 0, Troll

    Mod parent up. Ass-burger "sufferers" are just antisocial, rude dorks looking for an excuse to stay that way.

  23. Congratulations, on Poor Man's Kinesis Keyboard: The K'nexis Keyboard · · Score: 1

    It's ugly, it's stupid, and it's not practical. You hit the trifecta.

  24. Re:another idea of mine ... adopted on Chuck E. Cheese 2.0 · · Score: 1

    I understand that this is easier for the cooks, but exactly how are you saving money? The raw food is already bought, and you aren't going to pay the cooks any less...

  25. Re:Way back when... on Google Map Hack & Chicago Crime Data · · Score: 1

    Does it also tell you where that Jacksonville smell is the strongest?