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  1. Re:Argghhh.. do not use spaces for indentation! on Python Moving into the Enterprise · · Score: 0

    Oh yeah, good idea. Then we end up with something brain-dead, like 'make'.

  2. Tony Shalhoub on Dr. Who Series Star Quits · · Score: 0

    And the stoned chief engineer from 'SpaceQuest', and the foreign taxi driver from 'Wings'

  3. Also interested in the name of the book on Regular Expression Recipes · · Score: 0

    What is it?

  4. Re:Just tried it on Picasa 2.0 Released, Reviewed · · Score: 0

    I think Picasa 1.whatever (1.18?) used to store the backup of the original in a hidden folder, and replaced the original filename. I could be wrong, it might've done it the other way round. I can't check either, as my picasa just stopped working one day.

  5. Re:Creative needs to improve reliability on Creative Gunning For the iPod · · Score: 0

    I've often found ascent to have near to the lowest prices.
    Especially given their free national shipping.

  6. Mojo jojo? on Mathematics and Sex · · Score: 0

    Of course, the author probably would have said something like "And as everyone knows, the sky is not royal blue, but paradoxically, more of a turquoise, and as usual, one would find the earth, unsurprisingly, located in a direction not above them, clearly showing that the issues are unresolved."
    Sounds to me like the author is Mojo-jojo.

  7. Re:It's All Part of Job's Plan on Rumored iPod Flash Leaked · · Score: 0
    "The halo effect is boosting Apple's revenue."

    No, no, no. The Halo effect boots Microsoft's XBox revenue. *sheesh*

  8. In NZ on Half of U.S. I.T. Operations Jobs to Vanish · · Score: 0

    We have a chain of supermarkets called "Pak'n'Save", consistently the cheapest supermarket year after year. They suffer somewhat from the "5 cents off the one [flavour] they actually stock", and they're self-bagging too.
    But as far as I'm aware (having chatted with a few cute checkout girls over the years :#), they pay their cashiers more than some of the 'classier' supermarkets.

  9. Congratulations! on What Do People in the IT Field Do for Side Jobs? · · Score: 0

    I'm tempted to do the same, but don't quite have the guts to do it. I've been acting and singing since I was 8, but didn't realise till my 3rd year of Uni (comp sci) how much I loved it.
    Now, luckily I get the occasional paying job singing, acting or dancing, but not enough to justify making a run of it, but almost enough to keep me sane.

  10. Re:Oh boy! on Fox Starts TV Production For Cell Phones · · Score: 1, Funny

    And you will barely be able to tell who shoots first!

  11. Re:So anyone got an invite? on Gmail Adds POP3 To Email Accounts · · Score: 0

    Done

  12. Haven't you seen the reviews? on Halo 2 Released · · Score: 0

    The, (glossed over), drawback is that you can finish the single player mode in an afternoon.

    I wouldn't know, I don't have an xbox. I'm still trying to get the Prince past himself, out of the Dungeons to rescue his bride. ;-)

  13. Spyware? on 10 Points About Transgaming's Cedega/WineX · · Score: 1, Funny

    When I use a Linux native version, it sends the manufactures a message that Linux is a viable gaming platform. When I use Cedega, I don't send that message.
    So your typical linux games are spyware, but Cedega acts like a firewall? ;0)

  14. You Americans are so damned litigious ;-) on Walmart Stored Value Cards Compromised · · Score: 0
    Give me $50 and I'll probably sue that money for groceries or utilities.
    Now you're even suing money?
  15. So are you saying on Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering · · Score: 0

    No one else would touch it 'cause it was tainted by Rational Rose and UML? ;-)

  16. No, on How 8 Pixels Cost Microsoft Millions · · Score: 1, Informative

    rhymes with 'Fozzie'. Those are voiced sibilants.

  17. Slashdot has ads? on Not Enough Ads? Install Adbar. · · Score: 0

    Can't say I've noticed...

  18. The construction companies on Olympics to Have Massive Surveillance Network · · Score: 0

    Should move to New Zealand, all the papers (both of them) are screaming about the lack of labour, and the lowlowlow unemployment rate (4%)

  19. Re:Gulag Ice Lens on Antarctic Lake Actually Two in One · · Score: 0
    devoured them with relish on the spot.
    I would've used tartare sauce myself.
  20. I did the same thing on Setting Up Mac OS X for a Teenage Coffeehouse? · · Score: 0

    But using encarta's "set editor" option. Ahh, that was fun. Pointless (no net access in Putaruru in '96), but fun.

  21. Re:mailing lists on ExtremeTech Reviews Google's Gmail Beta · · Score: 0

    Please add me to your referral list!
    lancep@NOSPAM.nzdev.com

    Thanks :0)

  22. Re:Nothing that haven't been done before on New Quantum Cryptography Speed Record · · Score: 0


    Now I envision a chain of QC centres (like Western Union I guess - or the old west morse telegraph stations), but with adjoining chinese restaurants.

  23. It doesn't want to punish Opera users on New Online Ad Technology To Bypass Popup Blockers · · Score: 0

    It just doesn't want googleads (or any other ad company) using their content.
    Interestingly, their code checks even for hacked operas that don't contain Opera by checking window.opera. Apparently that returns true even on a hacked Opera.

    NOTE: I don't know what constitutes a 'hacked' opera, or why you'd want to.

  24. Even more ludicrous... on MPAA Funds School Programs In Copyright Dogma · · Score: 0

    from the article "... it rewards those students who parrot the industry line with trips and free DVDs. "

    So on the one hand they're being told that 'if they don't pay for it, they've stolen it', and on the other, they're rewarded... with things they haven't paid for (except maybe with their souls.. :0)

  25. Re:Yes on When Does Usability Become a Liability? · · Score: 0

    In living languages, definitions can change with popular usage. Get over it.