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  1. Re:All in it together on Java 1.5 vs C# · · Score: 1

    Still no multiple inheritance in Java?

    Does/will C# have it?

  2. Re:Here's one... on Slashdot Gameshow Experiences? · · Score: 1

    read the book.

  3. Re:Here's one... on Slashdot Gameshow Experiences? · · Score: 1

    oops...
    s/Answer to/Meaning of/

  4. Re:Here's one... on Slashdot Gameshow Experiences? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Alec: 42

    You: What is the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything?

    Alec: I'm sorry, the correct question is "What is 6 times 9?".

  5. Jeopardy on Slashdot Gameshow Experiences? · · Score: 1

    I've been thinking of trying for Jeopardy myself in LA.

    I'm curious... how many days do you need to take off work to do the interviews, etc?

  6. CVS replacement on Scalable Windows Development Environments? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Subversion is a good replacement for CVS, and works on UN*X, OSX, and Windows (w/ command-line and explorer shell extensions).

  7. Re:Email construction on Wacky Co-Worker Habits? · · Score: 1

    Many salespeople seem to suffer that affliction.

    Interestingly, spam filters seem to think that kind of thing is spam. :P

  8. Re:grrrrr on Dell Recalls Millions of AC Adaptors · · Score: 1

    OK, I'm a business customer, so I guess that explains it.

    The email support was going to India though, and it was very frustrating because the email support and phone support don't seem to be communicating with each other AT ALL, so I had to create new support requests when I called in because email support wasn't achieving much.

  9. Re:Won't get Trolled again. on Dell Recalls Millions of AC Adaptors · · Score: 1

    Yes.

  10. Re:grrrrr on Dell Recalls Millions of AC Adaptors · · Score: 1

    Dell has moved their phone support back to US.

    Email is still going to India, at least as of July.

  11. Re:Won't get Trolled again. on Dell Recalls Millions of AC Adaptors · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Within the last 5 years, Taiwanese capacitor companies poorly copied an electrolyte solution from Japanese capacitor companies and there have been MANY early failures and product recalls because of this, including some by Apple, and most of the Taiwan motherboard manufacturers (Asus, ...).

    With risk of fire.

  12. Re:Request for Utah... on Induce Act Stalled For Now · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Orrin Hatch wrote some songs 100 years ago and is obsessed with protecting his own interests, over his sworn duty, to serve the interests of the common citizen.

  13. SPACE PIRATES on What's Next in the New Private Space Industry? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Space Pirates, of course!

  14. Re:Perfect 10s on Two Women Found With HIV-Immune Mutant Gene · · Score: 1

    Too bad Chinese women don't believe in sex.

  15. Re:And he stopped just in time... on A Car With A Mind Of Its Own · · Score: 1

    One of the articles I was looking at yesterday said they believed drivers were pressing on both pedals at once, as the pedals were close together.

  16. Re:And he stopped just in time... on A Car With A Mind Of Its Own · · Score: 1
    lousy lame crap shit... handbrake

  17. Re:And he stopped just in time... on A Car With A Mind Of Its Own · · Score: 1

    Most likely.

    Nonetheless, standing on the brake would still stop the car.

  18. Re:And he stopped just in time... on A Car With A Mind Of Its Own · · Score: 3, Informative
    OK, I asked Google to find me articles on the Audi problem.

    The first article is on point... it says average cars' brakes have 3-5 times more horsepower than their engines.

    Here is an article which specifically talks about the Audi problems...

    Most car experts and magazines such as Car and Driver supported Audi's position, knowing full well that working brakes can always overpower the engine, even at full throttle. But major media outlets chose to ignore basic facts and instead gave front-page treatment to theories about sunspots causing cars to run wild.

  19. Re:If you can't afford this Cray... on Cray XD1 Now Available · · Score: 1

    Thanks, but almost all Athlon64/Opteron boards have Hypertransport.

    What is needed is the Infiniband bridge.

  20. Re:And he stopped just in time... on A Car With A Mind Of Its Own · · Score: 1

    That's like saying a car going down a steep hill at 120mph can't stop.

    Maybe a Chevy Sprint wouldn't be able to stop before its brakes catch on fire, but a decent car would.

    The test I cited was done at 80mph. It only added 10 feet to the total stopping distance, which is nothing.

  21. Re:And he stopped just in time... on A Car With A Mind Of Its Own · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Any cars' brakes can stop the car at any speed, even with full throttle.

    This is ridiculous.
    I'm not saying it doesn't happen (because the driver is too scared to push the brakes hard enough), but it shouldn't happen and is easily avoidable.

    Some car TV show tested Audis when they were having the 'sudden acceleration' problem. Stopping distance only increased by a small percent with the throttle wide open.

  22. Re:If you can't afford this Cray... on Cray XD1 Now Available · · Score: 1

    Yes, but it won't be as fast for many applications unless you can get motherboards with hypertransport-infiniband bridges.

  23. Re:Not the top end on Cray XD1 Now Available · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You shouldn't need phase-change to cool a PC.

    Just circulate the stuff and run it through a radiator.

    BTW, HP was recently researching cooling chips with inkjet nozzles spraying a coolant which evaporates easily onto the CPU.

  24. Re:the difference on Cray XD1 Now Available · · Score: 1

    Last I heard, Cray and AMD had made a custom Infiniband-Hypertransport bridge for this system.

    It would be nice if it were available on low-cost motherboards so anyone could build a similar system.

  25. Re:Power consumption on AMD 90nm Evaluated · · Score: 1

    and if you let the light out the windows, you are also letting a lot of infrared energy out the windows.

    (yes, I know glass blocks a lot of infrared, but I've been near a large structure fire while driving, and you can definitely feel the massive heat (infrared energy) even through auto-glass while 100ft away).