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  1. use pain therapy on Ask Slashdot: Is the Recycle Bin a Good GUI Metaphor? · · Score: 1

    Instead of catering to their bad behavior use negative reinforcement to teach them better behavior. "If you delete the file and can't recover it then YOU will type the document back in, in addition to your regular tasks"

  2. video removed for sexual content? on First Alpha of Qt For Android Released · · Score: 1

    What happened to the demo video?

  3. Welcome to the club on Ask Slashdot: Is There a War Against Small Mail Servers? · · Score: 0

    I have business class cable service and get preemptively blocked by an "anti spam" organization because it's IP address is on a cable block. There are better ways to prevent spam but it's profitable for ISP's so they don't care. Unless we start a class action lawsuit I doubt there's much that can be done about it.

  4. better on Slashdot Launches Re-Design · · Score: 1

    + for a lot less busy - for low contrast small text. The zoom function does work well though Overall I like it better. Thanks

  5. Re:Life is not fair on Should Younger Developers Be Paid More? · · Score: 1

    Agreed, Life isn't fair. If the senior programmer can't get a better salary it might be a wakeup call for him to learn more marketable skills.

  6. Re:First things first on How Do You Prove Software Testing Saves Money? · · Score: 1

    Kudos! Well thought out and written response.

  7. Re:It was just okay on Stargate Universe Cancelled · · Score: 1

    Storys were weak and badly thought out, Little action, and characters I could not care about. The writers/producers/directors need a wake up call. This is it

  8. my favorite: more is always better on Programming Mistakes To Avoid · · Score: 1

    Just add more code! That always makes it better. Closely followed by "It's unreliable/broken" "We've got to rewrite that old xxxx in m$'s new blah-ty-blah framework!".

  9. It's common for writers too on 'I Just Need a Programmer' · · Score: 1

    Many fiction writers have told me the same story about their own profession. Somehow people think the hard work of making an idea real is the easy part.

  10. Re:Qt on What 2D GUI Foundation Do You Use? · · Score: 1

    I can second this recommendation. If you're not going windows only look at Qt.

  11. Can I hack the store display? on Paying With the Wave of a Cellphone · · Score: 1

    So it charges everyone who walks by and sends the money to me instead of the store?

  12. Lame journalism 1 trick on Is Linux At the End of Its Life Cycle? · · Score: 1

    Journalism 1: Write a story titled "Is xxx dead?"
    Insert popular item of choice in place of 'xxx'.
    Generates controversy and people keep falling for it.

  13. Did it include "Just say no"? on NHibernate 3.0 Cookbook · · Score: 1

    NHibernate's implementation might be fine for Java but sucks for Desktop applications. Instead of paying the cost of parsing the object mapping files once (when the web server is started) you pay for it every time you start your application. It also guarantees that your efficiency is awful because of the way it's designed. Do yourself a favor and use something else.

  14. bugs have nothing to do with security on Security Strategy: From Requirements To Reality · · Score: 1

    Seems like the same old blather. I don't see anything in the authors credentials that lend any credibility to what he's proposing.

  15. Re:linux on Should Being Competitive With Windows Matter For Linux? · · Score: 1

    Amen! The article is just journalism 101 games to whip up controversy.

  16. could he make the drama "real and credible" too? on The Science of Battlestar Galactica · · Score: 1

    Didn't care about the characters. They didn't act like real people. The background made no sense. It's "pawn stars" writ large.

  17. Thanks for sharing! on How Not To Design a Protocol · · Score: 1

    A pretty interesting write up :)

  18. wake up call needed on aisle 5 on Microsoft Charging Royalties For Linux · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You can be sued at any time, by anyone, for any reason, no matter how stupid.
    Further, you must defend yourself in court, or you will automatically lose.
    It's expensive for the person suing you so it's not generally done unless they're really angry or really rich.
    Does any of that description fit any person or corporation in the story you posted?

    The suit will be thrown out but Microsoft hopes by the use of fear to control you without actually having to pay lawyers.
    They have lawyers on staff who get paid anyway so there's no down side to this unless you call their bluff or stop buying their stuff because of their practices.
    Up to you man.

  19. Re:something like this? on Australian Visitors Must Declare Illegal Porn To Customs Officers · · Score: 1

    OMG! Too funny. If I had mod points right now you'd get all of them.

  20. stupid scare mongering on Five Times the US Almost Nuked Itself · · Score: 1

    Nukes will not go off accidentally. Which should be obvious if there were five opportunities and none of them went off. It's hard to get a nuclear explosion. It will not happen in a fire etc.

  21. Re:not rs232 on The Binary Code In Canada's Gov-Gen Coat of Arms · · Score: 1

    Thanks :) Given that it was 33 bits I assumed it might be the 8 bit version.

  22. not rs232 on The Binary Code In Canada's Gov-Gen Coat of Arms · · Score: 2, Interesting

    RS232 sent 11 bits for every byte, It could be an RS232 string of three digits but I don't think so. It's garbage in ASCII.

  23. Re:Nothing Happened Today...... on Ubuntu 10.10 Release Candidate Launched · · Score: 1

    > Apple simply do not exist...they certainly did not invent the desktop analogy

    but they did use the bible from the guys that did invent it.

    >they have been fantastic.

    They've done an above average job, but I wouldn't consider it up to professional standards.
    The poor quality of the Gnome file manager is a perfect example.

    They're also increasingly getting away from the what the average user wants to do with a PC.

    Cloud computing? There are stories everywhere about companies being hacked and data stolen,
    Internet root DNS servers being down for 18 hours, etc.
    I don't want someone who doesn't care about my business or my data being responsible for it.
    It's a niche market and they should be focusing on nailing down basic functionality still.
    They wouldn't even have to write it themselves. A bounty would probably work just fine.

  24. uh huh... on Why Warriors, Not Geeks, Run US Cyber Command Posts · · Score: 1

    LOL. We're doomed. China is going to pass us by because we're idiots.

  25. bioluminescent jelly fish are going to be cheaper? on Solar Cells Made From Bioluminescent Jellyfish · · Score: 1

    Man, I gotta get into the titanium dioxide production business if bioluminescent jelly fish are going to be cheaper.
    There's gotta be a heck of a profit in there.