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  1. Re:I simply see market for a hybrid drive on Seagate Announces First SSD, 2TB HDD · · Score: 1

    Seagate also makes a hybrid hard drive.

    ps why would you link to engadget?

  2. Re:And so it begins. on Unofficial Homebrew Channel For the Wii · · Score: 1

    Assuming neither the posters nor Wikipedia misquoted the figures, I'd assume the Financial Times has accurate information. Just FYI.

  3. Re:they need treatment... on Group Wants Wi-Fi Banned, Citing Allergy · · Score: 1

    I'm allergic to idiots I'm allergic to litigation.
  4. Re:Eating out on IT Workers Are Getting Fatter · · Score: 1

    I knew it was only a matter of time before someone pointed out the obvious mistake. The funny thing is you understood what was being said anyway, hence the correction. I, however, maintain that the language is broken and will continue to make mistakes until there are separate phonetic symbols for each sound. My brain sees the double-o and thinks 'oose' as in choose not 'oose' as in loose.

    Butt due U.S. ah favour keel you're selve (um your sig at least) bye this whey u half sed.

  5. Re:Eating out on IT Workers Are Getting Fatter · · Score: 2, Informative

    The article is about getting fatter which has everything to do with calories not nutrients. The conversation IMHO is about the original poster incorrectly correlating fast food with weight gain because it's considered "junk food". That is plain wrong. If you'd like we can call it "junk food", but it's still overeating that makes you fat. Like I said before "eating nutritiously won't make you loose weight." And that's a fact. My statement about soda and juice was supporting that fact.

  6. Re:Eating out on IT Workers Are Getting Fatter · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Except nutrition is about balance. Of course you should eat fruits and vegetables etc, but a hamburger has nutrients too. And besides just eating nutritiously won't make you loose weight! A soda has about as many calories as fruit juice.

  7. Re:Actually on IT Workers Are Getting Fatter · · Score: 1

    If he's a coffee drinker that would explain the sugar. If, like me, he has his own espresso machine then that would explain the three chocolate syrup bottles -- homemade mochas.

  8. Re:Eating out on IT Workers Are Getting Fatter · · Score: 1

    There's nothing wrong with fast food. In fact it can be pretty economical -- you DON'T have to order the triple patty meal with the large fries and the giant drink. One to two items from the dollar or less menu and a water, it's all you really need.

  9. Re:That's the world we live in on YouTube Refuses To Remove Terrorist Videos · · Score: 1

    Basically YouTube can run their site however they want. They can have whatever terms of service, user agreement or guidelines they want. Don't like it? Make your own video sharing site or at least use a different one. If they CHOOSE to adhere to the DMCA or Joe Lieberman that their prerogative.

    The real problem would come when Joe Lieberman says it's illegal to host $OBJECTIONABLE_SUBJECT videos on US servers.

  10. Re:SQLite on F/OSS Flat-File Database? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yeah, you can't really get more permissive than public domain.

  11. Re:Update apps... on The Most Annoying Software Out There · · Score: 1

    I would love for Apple to open up and allow me push updates using Software Update...I'd also like them to open up and allow me to get crash reports from Crash Reporter without using hacks.

    Oh the other hand if Apple did open up Software Update they might have to tell a lot of people: "it's not are fault the system broke after Software Update ran." And then you can see where that would lead, people afraid to run Software Update.

  12. Re:Bloody Adobe Reader on The Most Annoying Software Out There · · Score: 1

    The crazy thing is PDF is Adobe's format! You'd think they'd have the fastest PDF viewer around, but it's the slowest. I alway read PDF in Preview on the Mac and I refuse to install Adobe Reader.

  13. Re:I normally don't respond to crap like this. on Fat People Cause Global Warming, Higher Food Prices · · Score: 1

    Parent is right. Hydrogen doesn't occur naturally by itself. You have to use energy to get hydrogen from water or methane. It's not a source of energy it's a way of storing energy just like batteries.

  14. Re:OK, I'm going to weigh in here on Fat People Cause Global Warming, Higher Food Prices · · Score: 1

    I think you mean "scapegoat". On the other had, I've seen large people drive large SUVs. It can really go both ways. Fat people in fat SUVs or fat people in Geo Metros. Same with slender people, they can drive Hummers or ride bicycles.

  15. Re:Not all fat people eat more. on Fat People Cause Global Warming, Higher Food Prices · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty active myself and I can keep up with most large people when it comes to eating. I don't buy the "high metabolism" thing at all. If I didn't walk and ride my bike most places I'd either eat less or I'd be fat. But you're right that obese people don't eat more, they just don't use the calories they do eat.

  16. ValleyWag? on Wikimedia Censors Wikinews · · Score: 1

    I thought ValleyWag was an online tabloid. No better than the stuff you see in the supermarket. Why should I care what they say?

  17. Re:statistical wash-out? on Code Quality In Open and Closed Source Kernels · · Score: 1

    I'm just on my lunch break right now, so I've only read the abstract and a few comments. I'm wondering what the results would look like if you feed it particularly bad code. I'd also like to know what would happen if you feed it random pieces of many code bases, etc.

    I look forward to reading the article later.

  18. Re:But can I actually use it for anything? on Mono's WinForms 2.0 Implementation Completed · · Score: 1

    Worse, call the layers.

    The police are to busy raiding trailer parks, writing traffic tickets, busting drug users, and harassing kids.

  19. Re:No URL? on Recruitment Options For a Small-Scale FOSS Project? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    No, selecting the file from a list of other recently (an unrelated) uploaded files is part of releasing your software on SourceForge. If you actually maintained a project there you'd know what I'm talking about. (sorry not trying to be rude).

    My original point was that some people find SourceForge to be more trouble than it's worth and host their own project on their own server.

    Of course you have to upload your file, but, like I said, it can't be automated. Part of being an effective developer is automating redundant tasks, like releasing software. You've hear of ubiquitous automation, right?

    I like SourceForge and use it a lot, but there are tradeoffs. "Free" doesn't mean free from criticism.

  20. Re:No URL? on Recruitment Options For a Small-Scale FOSS Project? · · Score: 1

    That looks promising. I'll check it out.

  21. Re:No URL? on Recruitment Options For a Small-Scale FOSS Project? · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately no, I don't know of a better alternative.

  22. Re:No URL? on Recruitment Options For a Small-Scale FOSS Project? · · Score: 1

    I wish I had a recommendation, but I don't. Google's Project Hosting is nice from an enduser perspective, but they don't offer shell accounts or git or Mercurial repositories.

  23. Re:No URL? on Recruitment Options For a Small-Scale FOSS Project? · · Score: 1

    For one, you can't automate releases. You have to upload using FTP and then you have to select your file from a long list of other recently uploaded files on a webpage. Plus do a bunch of other stuff that sucks.

  24. No URL == Credibility on Recruitment Options For a Small-Scale FOSS Project? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    For some people shameless self-promotion feels very sleazy. Apart from that, not everyone looking for help on their project is going to get a story on Slashdot. His question was probably accepted because it was legit and not just an attempt to tap /. for talent.

    If he would have included info about the project there would have been a dozen +5 Funny post that said: "Well for starters you could try posting on /. harharhar."

    Personally I find this question interesting an I think it warrants more than "post the link".

  25. Re:No URL? on Recruitment Options For a Small-Scale FOSS Project? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Actually I find SourceForge to be cumbersome for development. About the only thing it has going for it is a large user base and shell accounts. Making releases is just plain tedious.