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  1. Re:Fuck this wide shit on LG Introduces Monitor With 21:9 Aspect Ratio · · Score: 1

    The article lists the price as $699.

  2. Re:Good use-case? on PostgreSQL 9.3 Will Feature UPDATEable Views · · Score: 1

    Only if you trust every programmer who ever works with your database to do that, and do it correctly. Chances are some hotshot newbie is going to come along and not do it for some reason, leaving that database vulnerable.

  3. Re:Good use-case? on PostgreSQL 9.3 Will Feature UPDATEable Views · · Score: 1

    Um, NO. The "all application code should go through stored procedures" is recommended because you parametrize all user input, which prevents all softs of nasty sql injection attacks from little Bobby Drop Tables.

    http://psoug.org/blogs/mike/2010/04/11/little-bobby-tables/

  4. Re:No more licensing fees :) on Samba 4.0 Released: the First Free Software Active Directory Compatible Server · · Score: 1

    I'll never forget the day we tried to count the number of rows on a SQL Server database, and it reported "Integer overflow" because the table had over 2B rows...

    You'll never forget the day you tried to count the number of rows using a function that returns an INT instead of using the function that returns a BIGINT? Congrats, you don't know the functions in the language you are using. Bravo. Try count_big() next time.

  5. Re:I detect spin... on Nokia Engineer Shows How To Pirate Windows 8 Metro Apps, Bypass In-app Purchases · · Score: 1

    Because it's a world market, and everyone using metric would save a lot of labelling, speeds things up by not requiring mental or calculated conversions, prevent expensive and wasteful mistakes (ex. probe slamming into mars instead of landing on it) from people not realizing the others are using a different system, etc, etc.

    You couldn't figure that one out on your own?

  6. Re:html5? on Netflix Ranks ISP Speeds · · Score: 1

    It runs on many android devices, so it's not just Silverlight.

  7. Re:No more licensing fees :) on Samba 4.0 Released: the First Free Software Active Directory Compatible Server · · Score: 2

    As a rule, MS SQL and Sybase are going to be pretty similar for most things, so it's fine to include it. (MS SQL was based off of Sybase until a few versions ago)

  8. Re:No more licensing fees :) on Samba 4.0 Released: the First Free Software Active Directory Compatible Server · · Score: 4, Informative

    MySQL is utter crap. It's not a replacement for MS SQL, it's not a replacement for any decent SQL server. It took those bozos YEARS to finally get MySQL to not recognize Feb 31st as a valid date.

    PostgreSQL is a potential replacement, but certainly not a drop-in replacement. Lots and lots of work would need to be done to convert between the different lingo's they speak and way features are implemented.

  9. Re:Apt-get install clue on How To Use a Linux Virtual Private Server · · Score: 1

    SERVER task.

    Photo editing is not what you do on servers.

  10. Re:Come on, you knew this was an MMO on City of Heroes Reaches Sunset, NCsoft Paying the Price · · Score: 2

    Cisco killed the Flip camera when Flip was making money. Killed it instead of selling it off. Businesses do crazy things for strange reasons all the time.

  11. Yeah, that's the one I was thinking of.

    I wonder if Sarah Jessica Parker will play her if they do a the movie.

  12. Re: Thoughts on What Will NASA Do With Its Gifted Spy 'Scopes? · · Score: 1

    Hey, I've got a bridge in New York I'm looking to sell, and you sound like just the right buyer...

    The Hubble is based off Spy Satellite tech. Those can stare at clouds on the earth (not much dimmer than reflections off the moon) with no problems.

    Oh, and if you don't believe someone trying to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge, then there's this...

    http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/hubble_moon.html

  13. Re:Sweet, but the interesting implications are on Finding a Crowdsourced Cure For Brain Cancer · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'm sorry to hear about your dad, but please don't put uninformed stuff like this out there. Cancer isn't one disease, it's many. And some do have high survival rates. The others we are working on.

    http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/cancerstats/survival/latestrates/survival-statistics-for-the-most-common-cancers

  14. Re:Obviously they are trying to build hype on What "Earth-Shaking" Discovery Has Curiosity Made on Mars? · · Score: 1

    Yes, I hope this is a lot better science then their 'Arsenic DNA' press parade. NASA does some awesome stuff, but they also try to get a lot of press for some real crap from time to time, but usually that's when they are doing biology rather than astronomy. I hope this isn't a bio finding. If so, don't get excited until real biologists get a good gander at it.

  15. Re:Yes, I read /. on Saturday on Two FreeBSD Project Servers Hacked · · Score: 1

    Yes, but it was posted bt Timothy, who I and many others block all stories from (because he's an idiot that doesn't bother to look at the pages he links to, or in general give any other thought to posting), so at least it's new to some of us.

  16. Re:No more stars? on Study: the Universe Has Almost Stopped Making New Stars · · Score: 1

    He's already had four years to get back to you. Obama hasn't taken away guns, turned the US into a totally socialist state, or forced us to all become mulsims. Which are all things the idiots on the far right keep claiming he will do now. For some reason he was going to wait for his 2nd term, that he somehow "knew" he woudl get, and was saving up all the radical stuff for. You one of those idiots or something?

  17. Re:No more stars? on Study: the Universe Has Almost Stopped Making New Stars · · Score: 1

    Awww, is someone a sore loser? Gotta troll on totally unrelated topics because he's just that pathetic.

  18. Re:Single Payer Cost Board Says "No" on Man Charged £2,000 For Medical Records Stored On Obsolete System · · Score: 1

    Are you an utter moron who believes everything that FAUX news tells you, or are you a liar spreading FUD on the GOP payroll?

    Canada doesn't have anything like a 70% tax rate.

    Got any citations? Of course not, because it's a lie.

  19. Re:LOL on OpenBSD 5.2 Released · · Score: 1

    The classic hardware is being useful by running a modern OS and doing work, while it sits most of the time. Since the owner can shove in a disc, click a few keys, and get it back to factory specs in about twenty minutes with almost zero work anytime he wants, I don't think your analogy is that great either.

  20. Re:Post-truth politics on Nonpartisan Tax Report Removed After Republican Protest · · Score: 1

    And he was pro women's rights.

  21. Re:Post-truth politics on Nonpartisan Tax Report Removed After Republican Protest · · Score: 1

    That's what he said. Wishing.

  22. Re:Of course it was! on Nonpartisan Tax Report Removed After Republican Protest · · Score: 1

    If you are giving a free 'loan' of more than a couple hundred bucks, you are doing a crappy job estimating your taxes and should change that.

  23. Re:Of course it was! on Nonpartisan Tax Report Removed After Republican Protest · · Score: 1

    Basically the same in the U.S. The grandparent is full of crap. You can't just make 100k a year and never pay a dime until April 15th. You'll get hit with fines for not paying at least quarterly. Having some taken out each payday (weekly, bi-monthly, monthly, whatever) is the standard that almost everyone does. April 15th is the time to settle up if you've over/under paid for the year.

  24. Re:Daemon Penguin on OpenBSD 5.2 Released · · Score: 2

    Theo and the OpenBSD developers and users don't want your crappy binary blob. They want documentation so they can write an open, secure, stable driver.

  25. Re:LOL on OpenBSD 5.2 Released · · Score: 1

    Capable of mid-20's, yes, if your driving style is somewhere between that of a grandma and a hypermiler.

    Normal driving gets most folks in the 14 MPG area for most versions of engine/transmission.