User: dereklam

Re:Redundancy

On: Eclipse 2.1 Released

These pet peeves extend beyond computers for me. How often have your family referred to their ``PIN number,'' or your friends referred to a book's ``ISBN number?''

Re:54 times?

On: Military Grade Laptops

If one woman can have a baby in nine months, if we get nine women the baby can come out in one month!

Oh, that's where OpenBSD is...

On: Better Bandwidth Utilization

Thanks for linking to OpenBSD... I was wondering what that whole BSD thing was!

Now if only I could find that Linux thing...

Re:woah

On: 16th IOCCC Winners Released

and I was looking forward to having no freakin clue as to what any of the programs did.

That's still the case, now that the server's slashdotted.

Tolkien Berners-Lee connection

On: The J.R.R. Tolkien of the Web

I think the connection is that both men are ``founding fathers,'' Tolkien the father of the epic fantasy, and Berners-Lee the father of the Web.

Previous story about Foveon last February??

On: Improving Digital Photography

We had a previous story about Foveon last February.

The Slashdot editors can remember which stories they posted last February, but they can't remember dupe stories they posted the same day??

Re:Fast enough?

On: DVD Player as 802.11b Peripheral

The bandwidth also doesn't take into account the time needed to encrypt and decrypt the packets, assuming you've locked down your wireless AP.

Quote irony

On: William Shatner Replies

The quote at the bottom of these comments:

He's dead, Jim.

8-)

Slashdotted

On: System Optimization Guide for Gamers

TweakTown promises you will find something of use which will have you gaming at full speed in no time.

Now if only TweakTown promised they would find hints of use which will have them serving pages at full speed in no time.

Lotus 1-2-3?

On: Lotus Nanotech

Did anyone else think of Lotus 1-2-3 when they read the "Lotus Nanotech" headline?

Re:For me, it is the games.....

On: What's Keeping You On Windows?

I suspect laziness is a big factor, but I think that says more about me than the typical slashdot user.

You're new here, aren't you?

Leaky slashdotted server...

On: The Law of Leaky Abstractions

I said that TCP guarantees that your message will arrive. It doesn't, actually. If your pet snake has chewed through the network cable leading to your computer, and no IP packets can get through, then TCP can't do anything about it and your message doesn't arrive.

Unfortunately, his Slashdotted server is proving that to us right now.

Server "ghostzilla"ed

On: Browse All You Want At Work

Hm... looks like their server has given up the ghost.

Copy Protected

On: NASA Cancels Moon Hoax Book

Maybe Nasa can contract with BMI to release the book on CD-ROM instead. Then no one can read it!

Re:Another Interesting Article

On: Net Vegas

The MIT Blackjack team cracked Vegas the legal way. What they did wasn't illegal, but they had to jump through hoops such as costumes and makeup to keep the casinos from kicking them out.

A good book on the team can be found here.