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  1. Re:Great Idea on Jon Udell on the Nerd's Spreadsheet · · Score: 1

    They mention that all standard python libraries should work.

  2. Re:Procedural Synthesis? on Inside the Xbox 360 · · Score: 1

    I think that the difference is in the way the hardware handles this. IANAE on this but it looks like vertex data is never being stored in main memory, but is "streamed" to the GPU via the processors. The main memory only gets a description of the object to be rendered instead of the whole object. This reduces the bandwidth overhead and frees up more room for object descriptions.

    So basically instead of 10 trees rendered 40 times a piece we may get 40 trees rendered 10 times. This should make a huge difference in any scene that has hundreds of similar objects.

  3. Re:See: WebTV on Will New Apps Keep TiVo Afloat? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I think the point is that they don't need to make the apps themselves. Paypal/Ebay did the development. This just enhances there service. What if Jeopardy did one that allowed you to play along at home somehow? or they made an instant blog module where you could populate a blog entry with a screen shot and information about the show your watching.

  4. To Bad it's TIVO on Will New Apps Keep TiVo Afloat? · · Score: 1

    This could be a great thing for advertisers imagine being able to have a buy it now logo pop up during your comercial. But I guess if you are watching on a Tivo you wouldn't see the commercial.

  5. link to peer impact on Peer Impact Signs 3 Major Record Labels · · Score: 3, Informative
  6. Publishing on Your Halo 2 Stats Via RSS · · Score: 1

    Is it possible to publish your stats to the community as a whole or only subscribe to your own stats?

  7. Re:Curt not Kurt on New Animation Tool for Video Game Developers · · Score: 1

    it will also work with Kurt Schilling but his curve isn't as impressive.

  8. Nader on Halloween Fun · · Score: 5, Funny

    Disappointed that there was no Nader mask. Very scary to us Democrats.

  9. Trust is the Key Word on Secure, Portable, Virtual Privacy Machine · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Basically a USB hard-drive that auto configs ssh and your browser so novice users can access proxyies.
    A very cool idea but only "secure" if you trust the company. They say they don't keep logs, but you never know. Also a yearly fee with a limit on transfer.

  10. Fair and Balanced on Java 1.5 vs C# · · Score: -1, Troll

    Seems like the author has a bias towards C#. Is slashdot becoming Fair and Balanced like Fox News.

  11. Don't forget about the ultimate political game on Political Games for the Campaign Trail · · Score: 1

    The Article fails to mention the best political game Risk. In fact I played last night and would have won but I forgot about Poland!

  12. Re:I wonder... on FCC Says TiVo Owners Can Share Shows · · Score: 2

    You can actually do this with the windows media server and some new PMP that are coming out from Samsung, Sanyo and Creative. Amazon is taking pre-orders, though the products are not yet on the market. see this article for more info

  13. Re:Alternative on New Phone Uses WLAN or Cel Networks · · Score: 1

    I moderated this as interesting but it looks like i was duped by a troll. Replying to remove my mod.

  14. Re:Cow Protein Storage? on Storing Data In Cow Guts? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can't wait till my hard drive gets mad cow.

  15. You don't like my software so I'll flame you on Response to Gordon Cormack's Study of Spam Detection · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This guy seems a little harsh and just a bit jealous of the success of Gordon Cormack's article. I'd like to know what makes his opinion any more valid than Gordon's.

    Information on his professional career was very hard to find on the site.

    This just seems like a flame because his software(dspam) didn't perform well in the test.

  16. Re:No, no, no on Microsoft's Rush To Xbox 2 A Danger? · · Score: 1

    Dreamcast failed for many reasons that could have been easily avoided. One of the largest being pirating of games which the PS2 had no impact on.

  17. IR Filter on Theaters vs. Camcorders, Round 27 · · Score: 3, Informative

    I don't know how effective the sony method would be. It seems like a dedicated person could filter the IR. I know that they do this in astronomy when using a CCD to look at stars and in high end photography:

    high end photography using filter astronomy using hot mirror

  18. Re:Personally... on Geeks and Poker? · · Score: 1

    Actually it is less than 50% because of green 0 and in America 00

  19. To poor for camp on Microbroadcasting Summer Camp · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I can't afford camp so I'm just going to rent this instead.

  20. Re:READ THE F&%ING POST on BASIC Computer Language Turns 40 · · Score: 1

    I still think you must be confusing Java with JavaScript. From your reply I'm guessing your a troll.

  21. Re:Nostolgia on BASIC Computer Language Turns 40 · · Score: 1

    I loved programming this for the TI-81. Passed so many wonderful hours in Math class programming upgrades for it. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

  22. Re:Java? on BASIC Computer Language Turns 40 · · Score: 1

    How is Java not marketed towards Programmers? This isn't ment to be a flame I just wonder how a non programmer could quickly learn java and the OO premises it operates on.

    Perhaps you meant JavaScript?

  23. Re:A list on First Ten Programs on New Install? · · Score: 1

    EditPlus is truely an awesome program. Well worth the money.

  24. The dreaded words....Marketing on Moving Up the IT Ladder in a Poor Economy? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I graduated in March 02 from getting a technical degree in Java Programming(along with a few certs) and was in a very similar situation that you were. I finally had a brain storm and started sending in resumes to jobs in marketing departments that had internet marketing groups. I positioned myself as the guy who interface between tech needs and business needs. It's worked out great so far.

    I've been keeping my programming skills sharp by freelancing when available and working on interesting projects for my website. In another 6 months I'll start looking for a programming job again but now I'll have 2 years experiance managing people, working out budgets, working on business strategy and an established protfolio of freelance work.

    This approach probably isn't for everyone but for it's made this recession bearable.

  25. Re:Evidence? on Japanese Inventor's Motor Uses 80% Less Power · · Score: 1

    Check it out http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=104183&cid=887 3876