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  1. Re:Changes to the lists? on Load List Values for Improved Efficiency · · Score: 1
    Of course, there's also memcached which provides the same effect without writing a line of code. Am I missing something?

    Most likely IBM programmers in India are paid by the line of code. In which case, you're missing everything.

  2. Re:Changes to the lists? on Load List Values for Improved Efficiency · · Score: 1

    Maintaining separation of code, presentation, and data would require a place to store the list choices. Logically, this would be in the database, where you keep the rest of your data, which is dependent on the list choices. You cache the data since it is basically static. This approach can be more efficient than repetitive redundant database lookups, and more elegant than hard coding the choices into the script, or the .

  3. Re:I Dub Thee, "Sir Troll" on Graphical Gentoo Installer In The Works · · Score: 1

    You think you have it bad? I run Windows.

  4. Re:DNS? on Loophole found in Internet Domain Naming · · Score: 1

    And I typed it in to see which.

  5. Re:New Terms in A Nutshell on AIM's New Terms Of Service · · Score: 1

    omg wtf r u lol!!!

  6. Re:Isn't this illegal? on Linux Server Break-in Challenge · · Score: 1

    Assuming of course, it is their PC. This could of course be social engineering. If not, prove me wrong.

  7. Re:As long as.... on Should Dual Cores Require Dual Licenses? · · Score: 1

    It seems like this issue really pertains to large customers with existing Oracle licenses looking to upgrade hardware. Intel's complaint is that Oracle is pushing their weight around unfairly and that this will keep Intel's customers from upgrading to their new flagship products, because that would require a complete re-negotiation between end customer and Oracle.

  8. Re:Why Apple? on MythTV 0.17 Released · · Score: 1

    Here.
    Feel better?

  9. Re:Good idea on Instead of Revamping Hubble, Replace It · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The Hubble space telescope was sent into orbit via Discovery. We still have that one.

  10. Re:Where's the buggy-eyed smily when you need it? on Man Reportedly Jailed for Using Lynx · · Score: 1

    Series 1976 ones mean they were designed in 1976. Also, they put a star in the serial number to indicate the bill is a replacement for a destroyed bill taken from circulation. Hence, I have a few bills printed in 1991 that say series 1976.

  11. Re:Where's the buggy-eyed smily when you need it? on Man Reportedly Jailed for Using Lynx · · Score: 1

    I don't know, but there's a blind guy at a shop near where I work. You buy a pack of cigarettes from him, he grabs them off of the shelf behind him without turning his head (he always gets the right pack), and he always makes correct change when you hand him the money. He kind of feels the money staring off into the distance (well, I guess not really staring). Anyway its kind of amazing to watch a blind guy behind a cash register.

  12. Re:That stinks... on Inside the Mind of a Virus Writer · · Score: 1

    Here's why he deserves to be working for an Antivirus company. He already has been generating income for the Antivirus industry. Yes we do need burglars in order to justify the cost of putting locks on our doors. Likewise we need virus writers to justify the cost of implementing security features in our computing environment.

  13. Re:Good news on FBI Ordered to Turn Over Lennon Files · · Score: 1
    There should be a law making all records public after a certain period of time (like copyright expiration).
    This should be modded "Funny"

    When was the last time you heard of a copyright expiring and the work becoming public? Many works whose authors/artists died before I was born are still protected by copyright. This includes works recorded by John Lennon, nonetheless. After all, information wants to be free, but must be guarded at all costs.
  14. Re:Ugh on 100 GB Email Account · · Score: 1

    18-12=6

  15. Re:inevitable on Less Might Be More · · Score: 3, Funny

    Spending is better than mending.

  16. Re:um... I'd have a different perspective on Less Might Be More · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is your workspace constantly bombarded with gamma radiation? I have a G4 from 99 with all the original hardware still in great shape. In addition, I've got a handfull of PII 266 boxen that were in heavy office use from 1997 to 2002. Now they've retired to miscellaneous server status, but still plug away faithfully on original hard disks/monitors/video cards/keyboards. Maybe you need better cooling in your office, or plug those leaky holes in the roof. Your situation sounds pretty alarming from a hardware point of view.

  17. Re:Better title... on Cold Fusion Back From The Dead · · Score: 1

    You're on /. Everyone remembers.

  18. What kind of free? on NVidia Releases Linux Drivers Supporting 4K Stacks · · Score: 1

    The drivers are certainly gratis, but probably not entirely unencumbered. NVidia is a hardware company, and who knows, maybe they actually use proprietary 3rd party libraries in their driver source. Speaking purely from speculation, however.

  19. Re:This is not a good argument for harsh punishmen on Night Goggles Capture Spider-Man Movie Bootlegger · · Score: 1

    So, he stole one copy of a movie. Spiderman retailed for ~$19.95 on DVD (now $16.36 from Amazon.com) Of course that includes the cost of the media. 10 pack of DVD+R discs cost $29.99 from Best Buy. So, $19.95 - ($29.95/10) = $16.95. This is the value he stole from the movie producers. The punishment for his crime is "up to one year in jail and a maximum fine of $2,500." So yes, in this case this was a 'minor' offense.

  20. Re:The future is free. on Slashback: Civilians, Rubyx, Restrictions · · Score: 0

    No, I call it a count! One count, ah ah ah...

  21. Re:Heh on Beastie Boys' New Album Silently Installs DRM Code · · Score: 1

    "Rappers Delight" is one giant sample of "Good Times" with Sugar Hill Gang's own lyrics.

  22. Re:Record labels are still up to their old tricks on Labels Find New Method of Payola · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Baloney. I can go downtown on any given night, pay a small cover at any number of a dozen or more bars, and get in to hear live music from local talent.

    That's great. I love live local music. However, in many places across the country, there are two major requirements for this kind of access:

    • You must live in a metropolitan area.
    • You must be at least 21 years of age to enter a bar.
    16-20 year olds in suburbia are a major market for music. Due to forces outside of their control, the major music exposure they get is in the form of MTV and radio. This is in large part the reason that for this age group those in control of broadcast media dominate the listening habits of our youth. Broadcast media is controlled by an oligopoly (ClearChannel, Infinity...) financed by another oligopoly (Sony, BMG...) to deliver heavily marketed homogenous consumer fluff music. Tie-in some major branding (Pepsi), and there's just too much money at stake to allow youth to make their own choices about what they listen to. How many times have you caught yourself remembering the lyrics to a song you hate because its always being played around you?
  23. Re:Hmm.. on FCC Settles Censorship Claims with ClearChannel · · Score: 1

    I've had Christians, ministers even, tell me that homosexuality is immoral and a sin against god, and that it is a sin to question the absolute truth of creation of heaven and earth and mankind in 7 days. 7 fucking days? Add to that the "fact" that the world is only a few thousand years old (if it was older, it would be written about in the bible by the people who were there). Radio-carbon dating on dinosaur skeletons? No problem there, its Satan telling us lies to make us question our faith. This has the implication that human beings and dinosaurs were contemporaries. All species were created at the same time, some just went extinct already. They also tell me all women should be subservient to their husbands. Barring a husband, they should listen to their father. If their father is dead, the order goes brother, uncle, closest living male relative, male friend. Under no circumstances are women to be allowed to make their own decisions about their lives or beliefs. Questioning any of these things with an open mind is a sin equal to rape and murder in the eyes of God. All who do not believe this way are going to hell. All Muslims hate all Jews and all Christians. God doesn't like us much either, he just puts up with us until the Jews can accept Jesus. I wish I was making this up. These are real people who believe this way, and they live on your street. They teach your children in our schools, and they will be voting in November.

    The problem with those who call themselves Christians is they get all stuck on the details and miss the big picture. Jesus didn't hate anyone. He doesn't give a fuck what you want to think or feel or believe, just be happy and get along with everyone else. Don't fuck anyone over. Everyone lives their own lives. Eat, drink, fuck, and be merry, just look out for each other and don't be a selfish prick.

  24. Re:Stern turned on AWOL BUSH before CC fired him on FCC Settles Censorship Claims with ClearChannel · · Score: 1

    And here I thought the pussy was the thing that sleeps on my monitor and tries to catch the mouse pointer.

  25. Re:Power is the problem on Drexler Clarifies Grey Goo Scenario · · Score: 1
    The only people who have the power to change the system are in power because of it. What incentive do they have to change it? The people who want to change the system can't get the power to change it. The system cannot be changed by working within it.

    Well, not that this has anything to do with nanobots, but what the hell. There sure are a lot of us who want to change the system but do not "have the power." There's not that many people within the system who "have the power." In fact, I'd say we outnumber them by a good margin. All we have to do is find a common cause in the majority that is not satisfied by the current system, and well, what power do they really have? Hint: think about the second amendment for a few minutes, and the social and political climate that lead to its development. Sounds like incentive to change the system.

    Incidentally, I like the irony in the motto on Washington, D.C. license plates: "Taxation Without Representation"