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  1. Pseudo code it. on Ask Slashdot: How To Start Reading Other's Code? · · Score: 1

    Pseudo code it.

    Read the major blocks of the application in what ever editor makes you happy, with a text editor next to it ( preferably one that does arbitrary text folding ) and just psuedo code the hell out of it. The more of this you do, the more you'll be able to look back at your own pseudocode for a definition of some obscure thing, and the more a pattern will appear as you notice yourself typing the same things over and over again.

    Also works as sl/hack documentation when you're done.

  2. Re:But people getting tasered aren't usually tranq on Testing the Safety of Tasers On Meth-Addled Sheep · · Score: 1

    Win. Total Win.

  3. the first question on Jazz Technical Lead Erich Gamma Answers Your Questions · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The first question, was the best question, and the rest is pretty fluffy.

    "Free for up to three users" means "useless for all intents and purposes, unless you pay up."

    It's a neat space, and it's neat to see people interested in it, and i'm sure someone will learn some valuable lessons from jazz.

    It'll probably only get used exclusively by IBM though.

  4. Re:John Allen Paulos books on Mathematics Reading List For High School Students? · · Score: 1

    This is probably the best recommendation anyone could give -- particularly for the age range of students that you have described.

    I can't second it enough!

     

  5. Re:This is more or less what I do on How To Track the Bug-Trackers? · · Score: 1

    Let's get dangerous!

  6. Re:Tons of prior art on Intel Patents the "Digital Browser Phone" · · Score: 1

    Dialpad.com ( which is now a yahoo company ) was registered on Tue, Feb 16, 1999 -- and i'm pretty sure I remember using it back then for well, pretty much everything that's described in the patent. I'm also fairly certain that the tech wasn't particularly new.

  7. Re:Some answers that worked for me on Different Ways to Conceptualize Math? · · Score: 1

    Yes.

    But _you_ are trolling.

    -blink- -blink-

  8. Re:hard to tell on Mathematician Claims New Yorker Defamed Him · · Score: 1

    Well, it was the first complete proof, but in the title, it's the first complete proof of the "Hamilton-Perelman theory of the Ricci Flow."

    I really don't think that that is too confusing.

  9. Re:Perfect for Slashdot on Harvard Phd Vs. About.com over Gaming · · Score: 1

    Hardly an accurate assessment, which is also part of the point of the good journalist. It's that very assessment itself that lead to research that was perfectly valid being used for a purpose it was totally unsuibtable for ( ie. challenging the credibility/effectiveness of the ESRB ratings board/system before congress ).

  10. Re:hrm... on What Do You Think of the 'Hitman' Ad? · · Score: 1

    Seen ambercrombie add lately?

    You couldn't put a man in the _same_ clothes, but you could create an image with the same impact, in the same pun. The catch 22 to "sexist" ( which usually just means mysogynist ) is that men are constatly objectified, which is A-OK, apparently.

  11. Re:Huh? on SWT, Swing, or AWT - Which Is Right For You? · · Score: 1

    Netbeans Matisse project is pretty much exactly what you're talking about -- it's all like "ooh ooh, i want to be interface builder!!!"

    You're right though, about the tookits. The reason why no one likes java gui development is because all of the libraries are pretty bad. AWT is way to light, Swing is not well- anything ( engineered or otherwise ), and SWT, while sort of interesting, is basically a hack to build eclipse.

    There are a lot of well engineered tookits out there, with sensical API's. SUN should take some time and study both QT and SWF( .net gui api ) and do it right, rather then continuing to try to "fix" swing.

  12. Visual studio... on Simple Windows Development Tools? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's sad. Very sad. But if your tied to windows, then Visual Basic is the way to go. If you've got access to vs.net, c#'s gui builder is also pretty slick and the language is far less braindead to use.

  13. Re:ugh... on How Would You Improve SQL? · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's cute.

    Now start inserting and updating.

    maybe joining.

    yeah -- sql is stupid, sure. But you're proposal here really isn't any brighter.

  14. Re:The modern political spectrum. on Chief Justice Rehnquist Dies at 80 · · Score: 1

    I would like to note that the republican party did not start until well into the 19th century....

  15. Re:Are you sure you want what you're asking for? on Monthly Serial Novel Magazines? · · Score: 1

    DJ you say!!!

    You bet!!!

    He's one hella DOPE MC!

  16. Re:Pot/Kettle on Linux For Losers According To De Raadt · · Score: 1

    Hey, i'm an OS X guy too...

    Technically, we're sort of BSD people....

    go figure.

  17. Re:Here's a suggestion... on How Do You Handle Portscanning Attacks? · · Score: 2, Funny

    All Right!!!

    I'm going to so end that sucker right now, i've got it all loaded up and i'm about to hit the ent

  18. Re:Beautiful on Could Apple's Intel Desktop Threaten Linux? · · Score: 1

    Assuming one of your six layers of abstractions doesn't smash itself into oblivion.

    Synaptic and apt is _not_ comparible to app bundles, be they NeXT bundles, osx, etc. etc. etc.

    and then -- ask a user to set it up!?

    *boggle*

    "catch up".

    Nice.

  19. Re:Layer 3 Switch? on Is the Distribution Layer Still Needed? · · Score: 1

    Dual speed hubs are sort of a lie.

    The operate at the speed of the slowest connected device.

    So, let's say ( for some bizzare reason ) you have a 10/100/1000 multi-speed hub.

    If you plug a 10mb device in, all ports run at 10mb.

    Since it's rebroadcast across all channels, there is no way to do "buffering" of a 10mb port usually.... which is what a multi-speed switch will "usually" do.

    buffer, or slow connections across any set of ports talking slower.

  20. Re:Are you mad? on Going Beyond the 2 Week Notice? · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Being a dick, and being a vertebrate, are not equitable.

    It's a shame more people don't realize that.

    It's a shame that people who don't realize that try to advise others to be a dick in the and call it "having backbone".

    It is mildly amusing though.

  21. Re:You just want an RDP Client, right? on Windows Terminal Server Replacement? · · Score: 1

    With Terminal Services, each user who logs in gets a new and seperate session.

    With VNC, you only get 1 per launched server.

    So you'd need to do something that would grab the connection start a new VNC server and hand the display to that client.

  22. Re:Easy. on In Which OS Do You Feel More Productive? · · Score: 1

    It's called a control key. It ain't that difficult. As a matter of fact, you get used to it real quick.

    ctrl-click.

  23. Re:Stephen Hawking on Subatomic Darwinism · · Score: 1

    No, all that's needed is for you, the decision maker, to be unaware of the outcome of your decision before it's made.

  24. nimble spreadsheet on Nimble, Excel-Compatible Spreadsheets for *nix? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Gnumeric is about as close as you're going to get.

    It's really quite nice...

    I'm not sure if it still has any gnome dependencies or not.

    But really
    abiWord:word::gnumeric:excel

  25. Re:In The Mysterious Future! on Pioneer Ultraviolet Laser Promises 500GB Discs · · Score: 1

    course the syllable count assumes you're not a spoutin of words like nu-cu-lar, besides dubya-dubya-2 is just more fun >-p