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  1. book. on Seeking a Solid Java Textbook? · · Score: 1

    Programming Languages by Sebesta meets most of your requrements.

  2. no tools but... on Tools for Analyzing C++ Class Code Generation? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    For others learning the language I found these books helpful for C++:

    Effective C++ by Meyers
    Effective STL by Meyers
    and STL C++ Standard Library by Josuttis

  3. Re:Microsoft Attempts for decade,GNOME Does in mon on 'Storage' to Replace Traditional Filesystems? · · Score: 1

    So, I think this GNOME thing will also sizzle out after a while.
    Except that we're in a different time period now than we were then. Even 4 years ago, disk sizes were small and a filesystem was all that was needed.

    Now, With 500GB drives and storage increasing at even more phenomenal rates we are using it for more and more data and that requires a different paradigm.

    It all depends on the timing of the technology.

  4. Re:so is everyone copying BeOS on 'Storage' to Replace Traditional Filesystems? · · Score: 1

    Well, if I took the time to care about MS, I'd probably be anti-MS. But it really has no effect on my life, so maybe you're right. Oh, Wait, there is the news that I can't avoid hearing about another microsoft virus/trojan/worm/flaw terrorizing people and threatening to bring down the world's infrastructure, but I just shake my head and wonder what the fuss is about.

    Being keen on databases, this SQL filesystem is interesting to me, though.

  5. Jedi on Hate... on Taiwan Under Cyber Attack from China · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Fear is the path to the dark side.....fear leads to anger.....anger leads to hate.....hate leads to suffering

    And the Jedi were the greatest warriors of all time!

  6. Re:Bit of info.... on 41 Million Sign Up for National Do-Not-Call List · · Score: 1

    The poor man doesn't pay for my protection, I pay for his.
    If only this was true, I'd be a happier citizen. The reason the police are locally funded (and state police stay out of the cities) is so that people in wealthy neighborhoods don't have to support their fellow citizen, only exploit them.

    I'm not trolling, you stated that you were wealthy and the fact that you were posting demonstrated your greed in your need to protect the status quo by convincing people that they too could have the "American dream" and by your denigration of my character (still unknown to you). "I have meat, you want to take my meat and give it to others, I fight you is a natural if short-sighted sequence of thought. Sequitor.

    I don't aim to counter achievement, only foster a more balanced and socially responsible payout system. The majority of people in your position are not there through personal achievement and the minority who are will continue to prosper through strength of personal attributes despite the higher tax.

    My goal is better lives for a greater % of people. Peace and prosperity for everyone. If you have to wait another year before buying another piece of property in order for 1,000 scared pregnant teenage crack addicts to get treatment (including abortion) and counselling I'll vote to tax you every time. The same goes for law enforcement, prevention programs, public education, and a national health system.

  7. beowulf... on New AIBO - Meet the ERS-7 · · Score: 1

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of these!

  8. they took the backup too... on Is it Just Me, Or Is Our Mainframe Missing? · · Score: 1

    Thats why they took both mainframes...they wanted the backup in case the first one broke...

  9. Re:Bit of info.... on 41 Million Sign Up for National Do-Not-Call List · · Score: 1

    I'm one of the top 5%
    I'm sorry that you are, and your post is the perfect example of the kind of person I don't mind taxing a whole lot more.

    You probably have a lot of property that needs to be protected by the state if you make over 1 million $ in income per year. If not by our underpaid military, then by local police forces and crime prevention measures such as education. I see no reason why a poor man in the inner city should have to pay for your protection, he has no stake in society. You, however are vulnerable and are the minority.

    For the future: a personal attack is a logical fallacy (non sequitur - ad hominem). You have no clue as to who I am or what my motivations are. You, on the other hand, are motivated by greed and wish to protect your "hard earned" assets which is understandable but against the interest of our society.

  10. didn't know that. on How Everyday Things Are Made · · Score: 1

    I didn't know that. Thank you for your post. I'd still rather use a machine put together by a machine than by a person. Once something is automated correctly I'd rather trust the machine than the human.

  11. prostitute on A Galaxy of Possibility: Mandrake 9.1 ProSuite · · Score: 2, Funny

    am I the only one that thinks "Prosuite" looks way too much like "Prostitute"?

  12. Re:Internet, power, water... it is all good on MIT Roofnet · · Score: 1

    are you sure it wasn't his cousin's brother's sister's uncle?

  13. Re:Taking a step backwards... on How Everyday Things Are Made · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not too many people thing about the work that goes into making a chair (for example) fit properly, but it's a complex process and one that requires a lot more engineering than people realise.

    With 10,000 years of prior art, forgive me if I thought that chair design was something we as a society had already perfected...

  14. Re:Hate to say it, but it's a good thing on How Everyday Things Are Made · · Score: 2, Insightful

    very good post. While I'm for redistribution of wealth from people who don't contribute through some kind of labor, the comment I had is that the reduction in food pricing and clothing pricing is wonderful until there is price fixing in Cereals that cost 4$ a pop or clothing that costs 30 cents to make,transport,etc and 50$ on the shelf.

  15. still need to replace more people with machines on How Everyday Things Are Made · · Score: 1

    I watched the harly davidson motorcycle manufacture and immediately saw ways for them to reduce up to 100 people in their manufacturing process through automation. I thought this was all done in the 1980s and 90s.

  16. Re:Help the elderly! on 41 Million Sign Up for National Do-Not-Call List · · Score: 1

    Why not just go through the phone book and sign everyone in it up? That would be the greatest present to give to a complete stranger.

  17. Re:Bit of info.... on 41 Million Sign Up for National Do-Not-Call List · · Score: 1

    good point, but maybe if you were willing to pay higher taxes, the fraternal order of extortionists wouldn't be so short on cash... Better Idea, lets tax the top 5% and additional 100% more than they are paying now. They have more to lose, they should pay more to protect it.

  18. Re:of COURSE they're not suing companies... on SCO Says It Has No Plan To Sue Linux Companies · · Score: 1

    if only that held true for the RIAA....

  19. submit them on Guessing Linux 2.6.0 Release Date · · Score: 1

    follow the documentation in the kernel source on how to submit bug reports.

  20. make it stop! on Cindy Smart Knows Better Than To Say Naughty Words · · Score: 1

    no! no more!

  21. Re:I = Newb ... find RPM = Good .... usually on Perl Modules as RPM Packages · · Score: 1

    Well, Linux has a great deal of separate functionality that you need to learn the ins and out of. Perl's CPAN is just another one to learn. The process of constantly learning is training that is invaluable. Once you've used apt, or emerge, or portage you end up scratching your head anytime someone mentions using rpm. Perl's CPAN isn't difficult but I imagine the fact that these RPMS are binary versions are what make them good...less waiting for the IT professional with a Job to do.

  22. Creator? on Japan's Proposed 30-Year Robot Program · · Score: 2, Informative

    Evolution created me out a pool of chemicals.

  23. nothing is impossible on Japan's Proposed 30-Year Robot Program · · Score: 1

    Nothing is Impossible.