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  1. PBS Nova on Finding Better Tech Broadcasts? · · Score: 1

    Nova, and you can watch the episodes online: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/

    Check out the episode on the secret space program... ..imagine what they're doing now.

  2. Re:Questions on More Interest In Parallel Programming Outside the US? · · Score: 1

    This is one of the few times I have literally laughed out load. Like people looking oddly at you, because you're laughing to yourself. Any programmer who's done multi-threading has seen this in one form or the other. It's perfect.

  3. Re:Pen Testing? - Penetration Testing on Microsoft Bracing for Worm Attack · · Score: 1

    Penetration Testing. It's where you stick that mont-blanc through the case wall and if it damages something you need to get a patch (for the case) from microsoft.

  4. wikipedia link on Next Generation Stack Computing · · Score: 5, Informative
  5. and an incompatible website on Lotus 'Agenda' Returns as Open-Source 'Chandler' · · Score: 2, Informative

    The layout is haywire with firefox...

    How unfortunate... The handy "View in IE" extension to the rescue...

  6. Re:Eclipse TPTP on Java Profilers - Which One Are You Using? · · Score: 1

    TPTP is awesome. It has some quirks (like depending on your working directory you sometimes have to manually fiddle with the config xml so it profiles correctly). However the new version has integration points with the Web Tool Project WTP, which means you can profile on your container. Obviously the biggest draw is that it's completely free.

  7. Higher limit on Yahoo Debuts Search APIs · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The web search limit is 5,000. Hopefully this will push google to increase theirs.
    http://developer.yahoo.net/web/V1/webSearch.html

  8. Re:Eclipse support on Java 5 RC Available, Gold Targeted for this Month · · Score: 1

    You have to get one of the stream builds and add a plugin. Check This guide for details.

  9. Re:Million Player MMORPGs on Broadband Is The Secret To South Korea's Success · · Score: 1

    During the time I lived in Asia there were two deaths in South Korea from over-gaming. People literally fell over due to dehydration and mild exposure from playing online games for a (massively) extended period of time...

  10. 72dpi Vs 300+dpi on What Will It Take For eBook Adoption? · · Score: 1

    Your eyes and brain have too much work to do when reading a computer screen trying to smooth everything out.
    Until pixel densities approach 300dpi and higher we'll be stuck straining against gaps which aren't perceptibly there but which our eyes are, nonetheless, straining against.

  11. Re:Dual-Link DVI for PC? on The New Nvidia 6800 Ultra DDL Graphics Card · · Score: 1

    There are quite a few Dual Link DVI's out there, but I don't know of any that can drive 2560 by 1600 through BOTH ports. The ones I have seen can only drive that kind of resolution ACROSS the ports...

  12. last post... on System Downtime, Maintenance · · Score: 1

    So I guess there'll be a new kind of race, that of last post...

  13. Re:No thanks on ViewSonic VP2290b Super High-Res Monitor · · Score: 1

    It's the pixel density. Higher pixel density means sharper clearer images. Most screens are only 72dpi, a nice photo is 600dpi or higher. More resolution packed into a smaller space means you can have "close to life like"(TM) images on your screen. Not to mention super sharp readable text.

    It's actually a pity that display's haven't really kept up in the "Moore" sense with the rest of our hardware, most of us are still chugging along with 72dpi...

  14. Re:Not sure why on Eclipse Reaches Version 3.0 · · Score: 1

    If anything Eclipse is far more resource hungry then NetBeans. I can run netbeans 3.6/Tomcat/MySQL for development concurrently on my 4 year old laptop, but Eclipse/Tomcat/MySQL just grinds the whole system to a halt.

    I personally like NetBeans better, however the CVS support included with Eclipse is fantastic, I still haven't managed to get it working properly in NetBeans.

  15. Why Such big emphasis on speed of delivery on Analysis of the Witty Worm · · Score: 1

    I keep reading that it was so surprising that the worm was released just one day after the vulnerability was announced.

    I think the more likely scenario was the virus writer was already aware of the vulnerability and had already written the worm, however as soon as eEye announced he/she hand was forced and they released before ISS had a chance to post any patches.

    This idea should further bolster the idea that we should have immeadiate disclosure of vulnerabilities. User's should stop using that particular product and switch to an alternate if there's no patch available, because there's a chance someone malicious has already prepared to exploit it.

    My two cents...

  16. Re:Protocol faster than DSL? on BIC-TCP 6,000 Times Quicker Than DSL · · Score: 1

    Yeah, wouldn't the new protocol be running on top of DSL... The comparison makes no sense.

  17. Nikon FM on Best 35mm SLR Camera for Beginners? · · Score: 1

    The first of the Nikon F series, I still use mine. Learning curve which is practically vertical, everything, I mean everything is manual, the only electronics are the light meter, which means batteries last at least a few years. Once you understand how to use it, then learn how to take good photos you'll be a pro with anything.

  18. Re:Required Comparison Question on GUI Designer For Eclipse · · Score: 1

    Interesting because I've used both and IBM's flagship web dev product, the websphere IDE is built on eclipse. I hated websphere in comparison to netbeans, slow, slow and slower... I run netbeans with tomcat and a mysql server as well as bunch of apps on my 733 fine when I'm doing development.

    I was using websphere on more powerful computers with more RAM and it still ran like molasses.

    Netbeans is very powerful and as long as you understand how the file system works, great for working with big projects.

    But I'm still going to test this new GUI editor out. Always a good idea to keep an open mind on these things.

  19. Re:Redsheriff is the one I find particularly annoy on Which Adware and Spyware are the Most Insidious? · · Score: 1

    Redsherrif is annoying, it wastes memory and slows the machine down as it starts up a Java process. I've found that you can stop it simply by blocking outgoing comms' to redsherrif on your firewall. Luckily they only have a few hostnames the data is sent to. This stops the tracking and the launch of the redsherrif applet.

  20. What happened!? on Third Anniversary of Bezos-Backed Patent Reform · · Score: 1

    What happened!?
    What always happens, fiscal interests overtake any possible *cough* moral/societal principles/obligations. It wasn't in the investors best interests to have prior art found.

  21. seen in a chat room: on Top 10 Ways To Lose Your Data · · Score: 1

    "I'm not worried about RIAA or anybody else raiding me, I've set up a batch script which automatically formats all my hard drives"
    errr, this leet haxor is going to be in for a rude surprise when all his files are miraculously rebuilt...

  22. Re:Stop traffic now on Computerized Navigation Systems to the Rescue · · Score: 1

    Exactly, why aren't we subsidising mass transit systems. More cars = more traffic, just spreading it around doesn't reduce the amount of pollution and it's only a short term measure, you build more road, you'll get more cars. We should be looking at better, more user friendly mass transit systems.

  23. possible to forge? on Another Whack at Spam · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't it be possible to forge the source address as the paid server? Once you've achieved this you can get into everybody's inbox, filtered or not.

  24. Who uses eiffel industrily? on Eiffel Programming Contest Deadline Nears · · Score: 1

    Just wondering who and what for?
    Why use it when the user/library base is so small?
    I had friends at another uni who used it as a teaching language(I had blue, which is similar, but clunkier), but once they understood OO moved onto Java (we moved to C++, some move)