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  1. Re:Wish my dentist had this... on SnowWorld VR Game Reduces Pain For Burn Patients · · Score: 3, Interesting

    One of the dental hygienists at my dentist's office looks like Yasmine Bleeth did back when Baywatch was popular and she leans over the chair and my head to have a clear view in my mouth, all the while pressing her very nice chest right up against my head. I always look forward to my dental appointments! She's even quite nice to converse with between dental instruments.

  2. Re:Get X More Comments is still bugged. on Slashdot Launches Re-Design · · Score: 1

    Argh!! It works! THANK YOU! You have no idea how long I've suffered because I never noticed those options before. I feel free to read again without clicking 800 times to do so! Yay!

  3. Re:Thanks for the redesign! on Slashdot Launches Re-Design · · Score: 1

    Developers sometimes tend to think that when the user opens their software, they'll be using that and nothing else for the duration of the software's execution. Like in the days of DOS.

  4. Get X More Comments is still bugged. on Slashdot Launches Re-Design · · Score: 1

    When I click "Get X More Comments" (1149 right now) it only ever loads 5 at a time? Why?! It has been doing this for a long while now and I don't know why but it's extremely irritating. If I wanted to read every single comment that has appeared so far I would have to click that button 230 times and it's guaranteed to still grow for a little while. Please FIX THIS!!! Argh.

  5. Re:Who else hasn't read his copy of volume three? on Volume 4A of Knuth's TAOCP Finally In Print · · Score: 1

    I hadn't thought of that aspect. +1.

  6. Re:Who else hasn't read his copy of volume three? on Volume 4A of Knuth's TAOCP Finally In Print · · Score: 1

    I agree with you entirely, but theaveng clearly showed no interest in "borrowing" it (with the understanding here being that the book would be "returned" in the sense that it would deleted from the hard drive or later bought for real). This is why I don't believe he gets to hide behind the nicer description you provided. Though any good code that can be produced by knowledge gained from a fake/pirated version can still benefit us, simple common decency says that the books should be paid for given who the author is and how much of himself he has invested into them.

  7. Re:Who else hasn't read his copy of volume three? on Volume 4A of Knuth's TAOCP Finally In Print · · Score: 2

    No. You can download Volumes 1-3 off the net for free.

    Maybe, but this isn't the MPAA or RIAA you're dealing with. This man is a genius and an extraordinary teacher by all accounts. I have no doubt that many of the texts you've read about algorithms who weren't authored by him directly were still influenced by his works. By not paying for the books you're showing no gratitude for his life long works which have and will unquestionably benefit programmers including yourself (and by extension, society) for years, possibly even decades or centuries to come.

  8. Re:But will it improve Minecraft's graphics? on Intel To Integrate DirectX 11 In Ivy Bridge Chips · · Score: 1

    Are you saying you want the blocks to be less blocky or more blocky?

  9. TPSEA? on Electric Cars May Be Made Noisier By Law · · Score: 1

    Come on! The gov't seems to be slacking off in the outrageously-false-backronyms department!

  10. Re:So Naive. What's the Game Plan, Mark? on Can Zuckerberg Leap the Great Firewall of China? · · Score: 1

    You know the story of how he cheated the two Harvard guys by working on Facebook instead of their HarvardConnect site, most probably stealing plenty of ideas in the process. Everyone who knows that story already knows he has no morals or ethics. This is just a PR stunt to publicly justify his next expensive ass-wiping.

  11. Re:What is it? on Yahoo! To Close Delicious · · Score: 1

    Google already has a Bookmarks feature that also integrates with Search.

  12. Re:Cortex Command not finished? on Humble Bundle 2 Is Live · · Score: 1

    Donate to the cause regardless of the quality, the intent of the developers is worth something too. I'm going to purchase the bundle later tonight (for a respectable sum above $20) with the default split even if I already own 3 of the games.

  13. Re:Just Leave on Michael Moore Posts Julian Assange's Bail · · Score: 1

    Don't apologize. You're right in your assessment.

  14. Re:200,000 CI's? on Sheriff's Online Database Leaks Info On Informants · · Score: 1

    They're counting the headcrabs too.

  15. Re:Good job on EPA Knowingly Allowed Pesticide That Kills Bees · · Score: 0

    And you didn't post AC. Smooth. I guess you're including yourself in the coverage of your statement then?

  16. Re:Trace Routes in the Sand on Google Seeking "Search Without Search" · · Score: 1

    omg /me wipes away a tear.

  17. Re:Not Phosphorus-Free on NASA Confirms Discovery of Organism With Phosphorus-Free DNA · · Score: 1

    Details.

  18. Re:Anonymous releases are possible on Wikileaks Competitor In the Works · · Score: 1

    When information is backed by a known source, it is always more credible.

  19. Re:Banking regulations. on PayPal Demos Auto-Debit Gumball Machine · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yep. Everywhere else they are entirely unregulated, and they will definitely want it to stay that way for as long as they can get away with it.

  20. Re:The pen[cil] is mightier than the sword! on Students Banned From Bringing Pencils To School · · Score: 1

    It doesn't stop murder and mayhem, but it stops murder and mayhem that involves guns. Guns serve to increase violent incidences because pissed off people can end fights as quick as they need to with them, rather than resorting to (slightly) more sane things like yelling. Would you rather have someone offend you deeply, or end up in the hospital (if you're lucky) as opposed to the morgue? Every country that controls firearms has lower incidences of crime than those that don't. Have you never seen Fahrenheit 9/11?

  21. Re:High Sales? on Anti-Smartphone Phone Launched For Technophobes · · Score: 1

    Whatever the wife is most comfortable with understanding. :)

  22. Re:High Sales? on Anti-Smartphone Phone Launched For Technophobes · · Score: 1

    Had you thought of putting stickers of ears and lips on the appropriate ends for her if that really is the case? Just a thought. :)

  23. Re:so I am right after all... on Immaculate Conception In a Boa Constrictor · · Score: 1

    I don't mean to go off topic but dude, get a DNA test. If it were your son, would you want him to be fatherless because of you?

  24. Re:Come on, where do you get this crap? on When You Really, Really Want to Upgrade a Tiny Notebook · · Score: 1

    I see. So I hadn't googled it first. It just sounded so utterly redundant as a name as to be unbelievable.

  25. Come on, where do you get this crap? on When You Really, Really Want to Upgrade a Tiny Notebook · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Core Solo? Wtf?