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  1. Found them on Acorns Disappear Across the Country · · Score: 1
  2. Re:These numbers are meaningless on 38% of Downloaders Paid For Radiohead Album · · Score: 1

    I downloaded twice. First time with $0 to listen to the album, then I visited the page again and paid for the album.

    So I'm counted twice, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who did that, so do the numbers still mean anything?

  3. Re:And if you act now... on Why Exercise Boosts Brainpower · · Score: 1

    It doesn't have to be like this.
    Did you know that most girls don't base their decision on whether to sleep with you or not on if you're beautiful or ugly? Well, now you know.
    I'm talking out of experience here, you don't have to look like brad pitt in order to get your shit together and get some freaky action.
    Look around the net, google for seduction, most specifically, speed seduction, and get ready for a life changing experience... Trust me, it really works.

  4. Evolution on Novell Releases OO–OOXML Translator · · Score: 4, Informative

    We don't need Evolution for windows, we need something other than the pile of crap that Evolution is.

    Disclaimer: I use Evolution.

  5. Re:Common sense on Sunscreen Not So Good for You? · · Score: 2, Funny
    They tried it on a Lion.
    The results weren't that good:

    The Problem with Popplers

  6. Re:WTF, Houston?!!! on Randal Schwartz's Perls of Wisdom · · Score: 1

    your reply is stupid.

    you can't generalize from what you just read. There are concepts that you need to learn before jumping into the coding part.

    why my ($f) = `fortune` will give you the first line only? it's because, if you learned the language you will know that, the parenthesis () imply a list context, therefore, Perl will evaluate the RHS expression in list context, returning lines as list elements, so you can say:

    my ($a, $b, $c) = `fortune`;
    and you'll get the first three lines into these variables... similarly:

    my @lines = `fortune`;

    Like any spoken language, you can't just learn a couple of words and go argue about the grammar.

  7. OT: Re:Caveats on the new X facilities on X.org Making Fast Progress · · Score: 1

    hi,

    I looked and looked, but no one seems to know what this is:

    re: http://img3.exs.cx/img3/6458/screen_lynucs_1759409 500411796a9ba106_1.jpg

    can you please tell me what is the app at the top right corner displaying the clock, battery, etc...

    thanx a lot.

  8. Re:Not true on Fedora Core Doesn't Like to Dual Boot? · · Score: 1

    This just happened to me yesterday, and fixmbr didn't fix anything... it trashed my system even more.

  9. auto download on Can Mozilla-Based Browsers be Hijacked? · · Score: 1

    the auto download feature in firefox is great. But what about those site that automatically redirect to an executable file?

    A user visits the site, and the autodownload kicks in; the file being so small it will not pop up the download window. Later on, the user looks at his desktop and sees an executable. he double clicks.

    I think the autodownload should be disabled for links that the user hasn't clicked on. If the site is pushing a download, the browser should prompt the user.

    it has been reported, but the devs don't seem to agree.

  10. Re:Dropshadow bug on Not Just Eye Candy At Freedesktop.org · · Score: 1

    contrary to what you may think, that shadow effect is only visible in perspective. But since you're looking at windows in a plan view (god's eye view) you will see the shadow uniformly no matter how far the window is. Do a little math and you'll see how (the projection of the shadows on a plane parrallel to the windows)

    So, the shadow is good.

  11. Slashdot Matrix Logo?!?! on The Matrix: Revolutions Theatrical Trailer · · Score: 3, Funny

    what does it mean?

    I can't seem to be able to understand what the slashdot logo for the matrix is.

    Is it a mouth(blue) with a tongue(red) sticking out?

    please help!

  12. If you know AutoCAD... on Architecture / Home Design Software? · · Score: 1

    ... you can create the 3D model in AutoCAD, and install a package called Accurender which gives very good results in a relatively short time.

  13. Re:Why block MSN? on Blocking MSN Messenger? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I totally agree with your point, but I have a similar situation, we have a lot of computers that share the internet connection, and there ain't that much bandwidth (around 40Kbits/sec if you're lucky)

    so somtimes I want to block MSN because the connection gets too slow for legitimate use, and I know most of the people in the office are just chatting with friends and getting no real work done, and, eventually, preventing me from doing my work, which requires being 90% of the time online.

  14. Re:Why MSN will fail: on MSN Planning to Take on Google? · · Score: 1
    anyone look at the page title when you search MSN for linux?
    It says:

    MSN Search: linux -- More Useful Everyday

  15. Re:Excellent! on Group Releases Anti-Disclosure Plan · · Score: 1
    I welcome the day when we no longer have security bugs.
    That would be the day everyone stops using computers?
  16. Digital Pornography on Correcting Lens Aberrations in Digital Photography? · · Score: 1

    I know digital pornography inflicts a lot of eye strain, but I never thought that there are specific correcting lens that deal with this sort or eyes strain... oh wait..

  17. and I thought... on 3 Major HD Makers Recalling Drives? [UPDATED] · · Score: 1

    ...it had to do with the drive not being able to handle all the pr0n...

  18. Turn on the oven in the kitchen... on Keeping Your Apartment Cool in the Summer Time? · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...that way, when you go in and out of the kitchen, you'll notice just how cool the rest of your house is compared.

  19. Perl House? on Misterhouse - a Home Driven by Perl Scripts · · Score: 2, Funny

    hmm... does the choice of language has anything to do with the last name of Larry Wall?

  20. Re:In all non-decimal systems.. on Eleventy What? · · Score: 1

    10 in base 2 is not "one zero", it's "zero one"

    that's what my assembly teacher keeps repeating anyway, "you always read binary from right to left"

  21. variable names on Funny and Irrelevant Program Names? · · Score: 1

    dunno where they came from, but lately I'm in the habit of naming temporary variables and data:
    coco, mimi, nounou...

    as in:
    if ($coco eq "mimi") { $nounou = "yoyo"; }