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  1. This would be the reason I get the flu every time I visit a Walmart.

  2. In ten years? on Ask Slashdot: How Will You Be Programming In a Decade? (cheney.net) · · Score: 1

    I truly hope I am no longer programming at all.

  3. Take a look at MVProc - http://mvproc.free-blog.net/ SQL Injection doesn't ever get a foothold, and it (the module) is very efficient with a tiny footprint. (Yes, I wrote it; and I'll take whatever feedback comes my way.)

  4. Stored Routines on Why I Choose PostgreSQL Over MySQL/MariaDB · · Score: 1

    Stored Procedures are big for me, and MySQL is my absolute favorite. It's also really simple to create MySQL UDFs (user defined functions). I wrote and currently maintain MVProc (on SourceForge), which uses every feature MySQL offers in stored procs. I have wanted since the beginning to implement MVProc for other databases, especially PostgreSQL, but it's so feature poor I can't make it work without creating an entirely different product. Just my 2 cents.

  5. Re:Observations from Comcast's DNS Team on Crowdsourcing Confirms: Websites Inaccessible on Comcast · · Score: 1

    Hey I'm glad I can access you directly today, Jason. I've been on comcast since Sep '12 and I have had persistent problems with DNS resolution, but only on linux machines. Get this - even setting my linux machines to use 8.8.8.8 for DNS does NOT resolve the problem. I had a laptop running linux and couldn't even bring up bankofamerica.com; if I started Windows in a virtual machine, windows was able to resolve DNS without issue; as long as Windows was running in the virual machine, the host computer (linux) was able to resolve; if Windows went to screen saver, DNS would stop resolving. The virtual guest uses the host's networking hardware and software, so why would receiving a request from Windows get a result while linux gets a stalled-out non-response? I ended up having to plug linux machines into routers that would then talk to the modem, AND THAT WORKS. There's some kind of stupidity at play in your network, but I'll be moving outside of Comcast's service area this year, so I don't even care if it gets fixed.

  6. Re:Here's your map. on New York Paper Uses Public Records To Publish Gun-Owner Map · · Score: 1

    Hey! You forgot these maps.

  7. True Believers on The Impact of Low Salaries At Apple · · Score: 1

    It's always a possibility that their hiring practices have leaned toward the "true believer" type, willing to sacrifice the higher salary for being part of "it." Incidentally, what makes you all think that these engineers' spouses don't work? Insensitive clods...

  8. Re:First time Bush has posted something sane. on President Bush Signs Genetic Nondiscrimination Act · · Score: 1

    Nor his progeny.

  9. Re:Has anyone tried... on Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" Is Out · · Score: 1

    Thanks! I think I'll wait. :)

  10. Re:Figure for comparison? on Radiohead May Have Made $6-$10 Million on Name-Your Cost Album · · Score: 1

    Actually, the record companies typically front the money for costs and take 100% of the artists' share until it's paid back. You have to be a very big act to get the record company to absorb any cost - even marketing.

  11. Has anyone tried... on Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" Is Out · · Score: 1

    Has anybody tried upgrading from the update manager? I broke an install a couple years ago doing that.

  12. Re:Surgery on California Blocks RFID Implants In Workers · · Score: 1

    I was going to say, "The old fashioned way."

  13. Re:Privacy is dead? on FBI's Unknown Eavesdropping Network · · Score: 1

    Just because the switch is there doesn't mean it will always be thrown without FISA authorization. It's that way now, but politicians could roll back the warrantless wiretapping. Yeah, yeah. See the sig.

  14. Re:Hello World on Any "Pretty" Code Out There? · · Score: 1

    Jim? Is that you? Or did someone steal your style? :)

  15. Well... on Firstborn Get the Brains · · Score: 1

    Averages. Phht. My IQ is a full standard deviation above my older brother (I'm second). And no, I don't think 2 or 3 points is significant in any case.

  16. Good news for Dell on Dell Releases Flash-Based Laptops · · Score: 1

    Every Dell laptop my brother purchased has had its HD replaced. That's four out of four.

  17. Re:2.25 G on Earthlike Planet Orbiting Nearby Star · · Score: 1

    In all these discussions of gravity, I've read no comments related to the mitigating effects of rotation. If the planet spins faster than ours, the equator might be closer to what we would presumably prefer. Of course, first things first... we need to see the thing from a shorter distance. Heh.

  18. Re:Be sure to watch Firefly THEN Serenity! on Serenity Trounces Star Wars · · Score: 1

    I saw Serenity first and thought it was excellent. About 2 weeks later the Firefly marathon happened, and I watched them all, entranced. I don't think knowing how the story starts/ends ruined the series for me, either. But then, I enjoyed Memento the second time, too.

  19. Print loses the impact on Microsoft Responds to DOT Ban on Vista, Office, IE · · Score: 1

    If any of you have seen Microsoft representatives, you'd know that it doesn't matter what they say. You'll buy at least something from them when they show up. A picture should have been sent with that email. And posted with each reprint of the quote.

  20. Bad assumptions. on Extraterrestrials Probably Haven't Found Us - Yet · · Score: 1

    Look, just because WE haven't figured out how to travel faster than light doesn't mean it's impossible, or that we never will. FTL travel would greatly reduce the time required to explore over vast distances. I think it's fair to say, though, that if we ARE being visited, the extraterrestrials would almost have to have discovered a way to beat "the speed limit."

  21. Please on ESR's Desktop Linux 2008 Deadline · · Score: 1

    What we really need to do is eliminate greed.

    Thank you, I'll be here all week. Please tip your waitress.

  22. Well... on No More Coding From Scratch? · · Score: 1

    I can't think of a single project I've worked on that didn't include at least one major piece of FOSS.

  23. Re:Exercise... on Ever-Happy Mouse Sheds Light on Depression · · Score: 1

    Why does some idiot who isn't clinically depressed always think they know what it is? And the fact that it's modded informative just shows how very little the efforts at education have accomplished.

  24. Don't be ridiculous on Tech Replaces Diamonds As Girl's Best Friend · · Score: 1

    Diamonds are still a girl's best friend because they're a pointless waste of resources.

    Tech is too useful to fill the same role.

  25. Re:Nonsense by Democrats who can't win elections on Worst Ever Security Flaw in Diebold Voting Machine · · Score: 1

    It's easy to see why this was posted anonymously. COWARD!