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  1. Re:WHY is still anyone using mysql, when there is on Is MySQL Slowly Turning Closed Source? · · Score: 0

    Because the Postgresql trolls flooding every MySQL story have left a permanent bad taste in my mouth.

  2. Re:Don't eat the biscuits at the funeral.... on Sci-fi Author Harry Harrison Dies at 87 · · Score: 1

    Note that the "Soylent Green is people" meme is from the film, not the book. In the book there is no cannibalism angle at all.

  3. No games on The Games Programmers Play · · Score: 0

    I'm a developer, and I don't play any games. Total waste of time.

  4. Re:Which part of this is "inadvertent"? on Facebook Ads Could 'Out' Gay Users · · Score: 1

    Rape is about sex. Sex is about power.

  5. Re:That's not the professional term on Justice Department Seeks Ebonics Experts · · Score: 1

    Each city marker in the land of Limburg has the Dutch name, and the Limburgish name of the city.

    This isn't the case in Limburg. Were you thinking of Frisia?

    Individuals are also guaranteed the right to speak Limburgish with an interpreter for access to government.

    Not sure if this is true. However, if it is, it's purely symbolic. There are probably a few very elderly native Dutch people in the Netherlands who don't speak standard Dutch, but the numbers will be so small as to be negligable. And I'm sure all of them will at least understand standard Dutch.

  6. Re:Rape? In Sweden? on Julian Assange Faces Rape Investigation In Sweden — Updated · · Score: 5, Informative

    You're assuming the point of rape is to fulfill sexual desire -- it's not, it's about wielding power over someone else..

    That's the feminist/social sciences dogma. See Palmer & Thornhill, A Natural History of Rape for a different point of view.

  7. Photino Birds on The Sun's 'Quiet Period' Explained · · Score: 1

    Probably Photino birds wreaking havoc with the sun.

  8. PRAAT on Open Source Transcription Software? · · Score: 1

    Transcribe manually, using a transcription program like PRAAT.

  9. Re:It's about Cherry Picking. on Fark Creator Slams 'the Wisdom of Crowds' · · Score: 1

    Set "Funny" mods to score -6. No more jokes.

  10. Re:one side of a conversation on Why Engineers Don't Like Twitter · · Score: 1

    Maybe I'm missing some option to turn that irrelevant waste off

    Yes. If you follow someone, you don't see their replies to other users (unless you go look for them).

  11. The Onion? on Restaurant Tells Diners To Eat Everything On Their Plate · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is this an article from The Onion?

  12. Re:Serves you right... on Apple To Shut Down Lala On May 31 · · Score: 1
  13. Re:Duh on Young Men Who Smoke Have Lower IQs · · Score: 1

    I smoke about one cigarette every two days, and never more than one a day. I suppose I'm one of those rare people who is immune to nicotine addiction.

  14. Re:The Monty crowd will blame this on Oracle on Digg Says Yes To NoSQL Cassandra DB, Bye To MySQL · · Score: 1

    Exactly right. I'm sure PostgreSQL is a great database but thanks to its relentless Slashdot troll army I've really grown to dislike it and I don't feel any inclination to look into it any further.

  15. Re:humans on Neanderthals "Had Sex" With Modern Man · · Score: 1

    does your lower jaw jut forwards

    Lower jaw jut forwards? Neanderthals had receding chins.

  16. Re:why? on MySQL Founder Starts Open Database Alliance, Plans Refactoring · · Score: 1

    Exactly. The Postgres trolls are about as interesting as "BSD is dead", etc. Unfortunately they are invariably moderated "insightful". It's getting really tiresome.

  17. Re:And nothing of value was archived on Archive Team Is Busy Saving Geocities · · Score: 1

    I remember "Tales from a loser" or something like that, a blog before the word even existed

    Actually, that one is still active after 14 years: Keeper of Lost Lives.

  18. Re:Interesting on Toddlers May Learn Language By Data Mining · · Score: 1

    It's actually called 'meerbegaafd' now, since 'hoogbegaafd' indicated superiority over other children

    That's silly. Meerbegaafd ("gifted more") actually indicates superiority over others, while hoogbegaafd ("highly gifted") does not!

  19. Link on Weave... Mozilla Is Trying To Be More Social · · Score: 4, Informative

    Link to the actual Mozilla Labs project page instead of to some blog: http://labs.mozilla.com/2007/12/introducing-weave/

  20. Re:Okay I'll bite... on German Court Rules iPhone Locking Legal · · Score: 1

    I couldn't do this with an unlocked phone.

    Surely you mean: I couldn't do this with a locked phone?

  21. Re:I must be new here on Is It Time for a 'Kinder, Gentler HTML'? · · Score: 1

    I believe an HTML like that already exists: HTML 2.0 (1995).

    JP

  22. Re:Client GUI Tools? on Ask Database Guru Brian Aker · · Score: 1

    The answer to every one of your questions there is yes, except for the printable schema of tables

    It even does that. From the documentation:

    Since release 2.3.0 you can have phpMyAdmin create PDF pages showing the relations between your tables

    See http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/

    JP

  23. Isaac Asimov on Know How To Use a Slide Rule? · · Score: 1

    For those interested in playing around with a slide rule, the book An easy introduction to the slide rule by Isaac Asimov (1965) could be very helpful.

    Here is a (modern) review of the book; here is a list of second-hand copies.

  24. Re:so much for... on Cambridge Researcher Breaks OpenBSD Systrace · · Score: 1

    On my list of the 10 best OSS projects, OpenBSD is in the top 5.

    In other words... it's in your list of the 5 best OSS projects.

    (sorry)

    In other words ... it's at number 5. (If it was at number 4, he would have said is in the top 4, etc.)

    JP

  25. New book? on Former Spammer Reveals Secrets in New Book · · Score: 1

    It seems that this "New book" is actually three years old. Inside the Spam Cartel: Trade Secrets from the Dark Side (November 1, 2004).

    JP