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  1. Re:OS X ? on Xen Hacker Interviewed · · Score: 1

    I was not aware of this fact, last i had checked for the ability to do so it still required changes to the guest OS, according to their fact though it is not yet completed for using hardware virtualization.

  2. Re:OS X ? on Xen Hacker Interviewed · · Score: 2, Interesting

    no, Xen requires changes be made to the kernel of the guest operating system, this can't be done with Windows, it could possibly be done with OSX though

  3. Re:It belongs to SCO! on Undisturbed Tomb found in the Valley of the Kings · · Score: 2, Funny

    i think you're mistaken it goes like this

    Bird
    Fish
    CamelShit
    CamelShit
    CamelShit
    Lawyer

  4. Re:OT: Your sig on Subtracting Horror With Project Zero · · Score: 1

    its the speed of light

  5. Re:And lose Internet access on Cutting the Cost of Household Bills? · · Score: 1

    where i live it ends up about $30 cheaper to get basic cable+internet than just the internet service, works for me.

  6. Re:Wow they finally released it! on Mother 3 Finished After 11 Years · · Score: 1

    I think you mean it'll take a hole int he space-time continuum to bring about the release of DNF

  7. Re:old news.... on Scientific Brain Linked to Autism · · Score: 1

    I saw it on Jeopardy. Definately on Jeopardy, its on at 7, 13 minutes to walkner.

  8. Re:And even if... on The Engineer Behind Microsoft's TV Strategy · · Score: 1

    its already implemented, by default its set to 3 and 9 on the remote/numberpad

  9. Re:Original article - Stargate? on Warp Engines In Development? · · Score: 1

    they've mentioned in several episodes that the gate itself is one giant superconductor, so this does seem to imply that either naquadah is or that it can be made into one

  10. Re:Free market on Fructose Linked to Obesity, Diabetes · · Score: 1

    i'd imagine they could have been what killed the industry, if they can't supply enough for the demand, price will go up, and the companies wanting it will probably look at something else (in this case fructose). This will cause the demand to spike down rapidly completely decimating the industry because all the sudden they have little to no demand. I have yet to find cookies that use real sugar in most supermarkets, its usually either a substitue sweeteneer (like Splenda, yuk), or fructose. the price supports probably destroyed any demand for sugar ruining the industry, if the price supports were set correctly (made to EQUAL the prices of the distributers) it would not have had this same effect (possibly, if the price is still too high it'll do the same thing)

  11. Re:My DVR doesn't read DVD-RAM discs anymore on Blu-ray Coming Out On Top? · · Score: 1

    watermarking and macrovision type things i understand, what i don't get is how they plan on making such a thing that all digital video cameras detect and turn off when they see it, as the ggp described.

  12. Re:My DVR doesn't read DVD-RAM discs anymore on Blu-ray Coming Out On Top? · · Score: 1

    I'd like to see some information about this, i'm curious as to how it could possibly be implemented.

  13. Re:In other news... on Game Scores Do Not Equate To Sales · · Score: 1

    I bought daikatana and enjoyed it. But not by playing it, i had some back yard skeet shooting with AOL cd's and a daikatana cd that won me 10,000 points

  14. Re: Lyric Site Shutdowns on Music Should Be Heard But Not Understood · · Score: 4, Funny

    oh please everyone knows the lyrics!

    bum bum bum bummmm
      BUM BUM BUM BUMMMM

  15. Re:Forget other players. Here's what I want. on What Kind Of Star Trek MMO Do You Want? · · Score: 1

    actually IIRC there were several, those not in starfleet didn't have a problem with it, e.g. freighters, and such

  16. Re:Didn't we just discuss this... on Cellphone Songs Overpriced? · · Score: 1, Informative

    its the same damn article too!

  17. lets Get Perpendicular! on Best of What's New 2005 · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/research/recording_h ead/pr/PerpendicularAnimation.html

    a very informative animation explaining how to do Perpendicular Magnetic Recording

  18. Re:Not interested...in sudoku on Java Puzzlers · · Score: 1

    Are you a liscensed mathamagician? i've got a birthday party coming up and we need some entertainment.

  19. Re:Total. Fucking. Chaos. on Google Developing Database Service · · Score: 1

    this was my first thought when reading the summary, http://www.lightover.com/epic/ols-master.html

  20. Re:hands off! on Designer on Slashdot Overhaul Plans · · Score: 1

    plus using flash for the text in the headlines! why could you not just use normal html? or render it to an image?

  21. Re:there is a difference... on Arrays vs Pointers in C? · · Score: 1

    well personally i'd suggest this
    <blockquote>*tail^=*str; *str^=*tail; *tail^=*str;</blockquote>
    for the swap, as this will be faster on many more architecures. and its more memory effecient.

  22. there is a difference... on Arrays vs Pointers in C? · · Score: 1
    The array function:
            mov bl,byte ptr [esi+edx]
            mov al,byte ptr [ecx+edx]
            mov byte ptr [ecx+edx],bl
            mov byte ptr [esi+edx],al

    The pointer function:
            mov bl,byte ptr [ecx]
            mov dl,byte ptr [eax]
            mov byte ptr [eax],bl
            mov byte ptr [ecx],dl

    if you look closely at these two portions of the assembly, the resulting code is not the same at all, what you in fact have is in the array 4 additional additions (between registers), which on some architecures can be a non-trivial amount of time (though typically not significant, the memory access is usually longer). in this case the pointer function should be at the least slightly faster than the array one. though as everyone else has said, make sure this is truely a bottleneck of your program before you go doing useless optimizations.

    P.S.
    Also on other architecures (non-x86) this could be a trivial amount of time if they were designed to handle this specifically (two registers added together as a base and offset basically) for memory access.
  23. Re:The reason why they want this on Federal Agencies To Collect Genetic Info · · Score: 1

    well obviously its not really him then, its someone else because his DNA was there.

  24. Re:Wireless? on Building an Open Source "Clicker"? · · Score: 1
    Of course, this could also be used as a mass weapon against a professor who insists on lecturing until the very last minute of class, and _then_ giving out the assignment for next class.


    a simple way to deal with this might be to use something like an IR laser and a screen that flouresces when being hit by the beams, though that'd make it hard to aim. and could still be dangerous
  25. Wireless? on Building an Open Source "Clicker"? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    My question is why does it HAVE to be wireless? why couldn't you add it on to the desks/tables/etc.? it'd be much simpler/cheaper to design it to work over wires (though it would still take alot of wires for a sufficiently large classroom). This would prevent any problems with range or interference from other students that IR or RF can have.