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  1. Re:Doesn't work to well..... on Mozilla 1.4RC2 Released · · Score: 1

    I thought the Browser Wars were over.
    =)

  2. Re:FACE IT on Widespread Use of Hydrogen May Hurt Ozone Layer · · Score: 1

    that's so nihilistic =)

  3. Re:Finally... on Preview of Java 1.5 · · Score: 1

    Indeed. Unless they introduce pragma statements (import jdk15; // or something similar) we are pretty much stuck with our current keywords. So instead of the more readable

    foreach(element in myCollection) { ... }

    we'll get the sugarless version

    for(element : myCollection) { ... }

    think of it as diet-cola syntax =)

  4. Re:Complex Codes! - Use what's already there on Universal Alphanumeric Postal Code Proposed · · Score: 1

    What I don't understand is why don't they don't propose using the traditional Lattitude/Longitude
    Probably because landmasses tend to move over time, meaning it's not a fixed position.

  5. Re:anthropology on Might Mars Contain Life? · · Score: 1

    Not sure 'bout that. What if... and let me be very clear here... WHAT IF the planet you are living in happens to be next to a Death Star. Bad luck or just a coincidence??? Keep watching. =)

  6. Just keep reding /.!!! on A Good Summer Read? · · Score: 1

    Isn't /. reading scifi-geek-hacker enough for you or what?? Look no further man!!! =)

  7. Well guess what... on Buying Computing by the Computon · · Score: 2, Funny

    www.computon.ru belongs to, well... IN SOVIET RUSSIA computon measures YOU!
    =)
    Intriguingly that was the first link returned when I googled the proposed term.

  8. obsession on Transparent Screens on the Horizon? · · Score: 3, Funny

    okay... first the japanese develop the invisible coat, and now this see-through screens, is that a pattern or what?

  9. Useless unless... on Wristwatch USB Drive · · Score: 1

    It's useless unless it can play MP3z, take digital pictures, open my garage door and um... yeah, well, wake me up in the morning. =)

  10. Re:kidnapping of the future: on 'Pacemaker'-like GPS Device for Humans · · Score: 1

    Step 0: Use tracking device to locate potential target and analyse daily movement schedule...

    Step 0.1: Make sure it's not a decoy.
    :)

  11. MS distro on Ballmer on Windows Server 2003, Linux · · Score: 1

    1. Wouldn't it be just easier for MS to release their own Linux distro? just wondering.
  12. Re:Acceptable theories on Parallel Universes Are Real · · Score: 1

    the important question here is, why are we living in the universe where everything sucks??? =)

  13. specifically... on US & Russia Pencil in Mars Launch by 2018 · · Score: 1
    1. by 2014 or 2018 they really mean 2030 or 2040, right?
  14. dead-end? on The Hundred-Year Language · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Java will turn out to be an evolutionary dead-end, like Cobol.

    dead-end? Java has already spawned javascript and C#.

  15. Re:Hmm, let's see ... on Extending and Embedding Perl · · Score: 1

    I don't want hashed comments, I want C++-style comments!

    why would you need C++ style comments when everybody ends up writing...

    /*
    *
    * Like this
    *
    */

    which is not too different...

    #
    #
    # From this.
    #
    # =)

  16. guess the name of the command shell interpreter... on OpenBSD Lands $2 Million In DARPA Money · · Score: 4, Funny
    cash$
    =)
  17. What I really would like to see (and play)... on GTA: Sin City Announced · · Score: 1

    GTA: Coruscant
    ohhh yeah!!! Just think of the possible scenarios.

  18. never underestimate ... on Meteor Over Midwest · · Score: 1

    why do astronomers always compare the size of meteors to Volkswagen bugs?

    because they can be used as escape pods on the ISS. =)

  19. Re:Remove mountains? Good start. The real question on Synthetic Vision · · Score: 1

    well... at least it'll be possible to tell a man dressed on Muslim-woman clothes. I've read this is a common practice they use to hide and avoid capture.

  20. Re:But XML is great for computers... on XML Co-Creator says XML Is Too Hard For Programmers · · Score: 1

    totally agree. Been using ant for some time now and the xml build file doesn't seems to be that obscure once you get a hold of it. And the benefits compared to make are considerable.

  21. Re:0.6% regular stuff on First Cosmological Results From MAP · · Score: 1

    Remaining 0.6% probably antimatter but not 100% sure. Correct me if I'm wrong...

  22. Re:No Rescue? on Latest Columbia News · · Score: 1

    Lunching the shuttle is in NO way like hitting the road on your uncle's truck... even in the case where Atlantis were all set up and ready to go on the lunch pad they have to take weather considerations and more relevant the lunch window to catch up with the troubled shuttle in orbit, they cannot just lift-off at any hour they like and expect to chase and catch up whit it on orbit.

  23. Re:Robot on Latest Columbia News · · Score: 1

    And again... what if the robot fails and is unable to carry out its task. Are you going to carry a spare robot? or a robot to fix the original robot? I don't thinks so. Simplicity is bliss. The idea is to build a better shuttle that never breaks in the first place, so there would be no need for damage inspections.

  24. Re:Why not examine the problem on Updated Information On Columbia Shuttle Tragedy · · Score: 1

    My understanding here is that an EVA can't go that far like going under the shuttle to take a look. They are limited to work on the cargo bay. And I don't think the Canadarm can reach that far.

  25. Computers playing computer games... on Tetris AI System · · Score: 1

    ...don't you see it! then Skynetbecomes self-aware!