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  1. Re:Useful to who? on AMD / Intel Hybrid Motherboard · · Score: 1

    The SiS 735 was quite a heavyweight for its time..

  2. Recent Merger?? on AMD / Intel Hybrid Motherboard · · Score: 2, Informative
    ECS has taken advantage of their recent merger with PC Chips
    ECS merged with PC Chips in the late 1990s (http://www.redhill.net.au/b/b-02.html).
  3. Re:Phew! on Insect Substance Synthesized For Science · · Score: 1
    For a moment I read that as "Dr Evil"
    Your suspicions are correct.

    "Elvin" is an anagram of "Evil N" commonly pronounced as "Evil One".

    Fire up the Jeff "BrundleFly" Goldblum jokes!

  4. Re:I call bull hockey! on Microsoft Rep To Keynote Unix Conference · · Score: 1
    And here I thought NT (at least 4) only implemented a subset of POSIX (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posix) with some 3rd party software (cygwin/posix utils).

    The rep will attend with the purpose of interoperability of Windows with Unices, but I highly doubt the interoperability will be positive considering the stories and history of Samba.

  5. Re:Answer on Bill Gates Is Coming To A College Near You · · Score: 1
    The rest of the post seems to be correct.
    With the added rumour that Clippy seems to be based on Bill's character.
  6. Re:True in General, not true in reality on Arrays vs Pointers in C? · · Score: 1
    In embedded programming it is not safe to assume that a compiler will contain any optimization and to write C code that is known to produce faster assembly code.
    Size matters.
  7. Re:Being pedantic perhaps... on Arrays vs Pointers in C? · · Score: 1
    I wouldn't replace in-situ either. You're bound to forget you reversed the string later in the flow of your program.

    If it's hidden deep in your code, it might prove a real headache why string XXX suddenly reverses. The overhead is pretty low, though the extra malloc might consume some constant time (which is the topic here, decreasing constant time).

  8. Re:Won't somebody think of the children? on Yahoo Closes Chat Rooms to Anyone Under 18 · · Score: 1
    Where are they going to chat now?

    #teens at undernet, obviously.

  9. 2005 GUS on Creative's X-Fi Audio Chip Reviewed · · Score: 1
    Always regretted I didn't buy the Gravis Ultrasound, and now I don't have any ISA slots..

    Got a SB16 Vibra16 (no, nothing 16bit about it) which I ditched for a cheapo Trident4Dwave DX (most excellent).

    If wanted to make a switch or my 4Dwave craps out (which I expected the day after I bought it and actually saw it but never happened), what would you recommend for best quality/price (~$50-$100)?

  10. Style vs. Content on Tango Project to Make Open Source Beautiful? · · Score: 2, Funny

    All slashdotters know, it's not the style that is sexy, but the content.

  11. motives on Microsoft Adopts Virtual Licenses · · Score: 1
    I've seen quite some multi cpu systems, but I rarely see Windows-based 4 cpu systems, let alone 16 cpu systems.

    I'd guess there's a lot more 1-cpu servers running virtual machines than 2+-cpu servers, am i right?

  12. perhaps some more tips on What Makes an OSS Class Work? · · Score: 1


  13. Re:In zee interest ooff oooor Svedeesh freeends: on The Firemonger Project · · Score: 1
    Wrong browser for that joke.
    Check http://www.snert.org/downloads/bork-current.xpi.
  14. In zee interest ooff oooor Svedeesh freeends: on The Firemonger Project · · Score: 4, Funny
    IZ Relueded vreetes "Zee Furemunger Pruject is un ettempt tu creete-a a mooltileengooel iesy-tu-use-a cumpeeleshun CD veet Fureffux, Thoonderburd und un ixcellent selecshun ooff ploogeens (Mecrumedeea Flesh, Mecrumedeea Shuckvefe-a und Soon Jefa), ixtenseeuns (Edbluck, Guugleber, Hutmeeel tebs, SesseeunSefer, ScrepBouk und mure-a Bork Bork), Fureffux und Thoonderburd zeemes, releted prugrems (Furetoone-a und Beckoopffux) und a cumprehenseefe-a begeenner's gooeede-a. Iferytheeng yuoo need tu stert up veet und get zee must oooot ooff Fureffux und Thoonderburd. Zeere's elsu a leete-a ferseeun fur doonlued."

    Use-a zee Prefeeoo Boottun! Check thuse-a URLs! Bork Bork Bork!

  15. Re:Robomaid on Java Urban Performance Legends · · Score: 4, Funny
    The fact is that Java programs include more intelligence about programming from the compiler and the JVM.
    It is particularly sad the Visual PnP-generation of today cannot identify the merits of GOTO's and self-modifying code.

    I have never had any memory leaks, just by including the following code snippet:

    /* Distributed under GPL */
    #include <stdlib.h>

    static void* repo = malloc(100000000);

    int main(int argc, char** argv)
    {
    /* do stuff, just increment & cast *repo when I need to utilize free memory. */
    free(repo);
    }
  16. Re:Ah, Memories on How the Lisa Changed Everything · · Score: 1

    Darn, 32bit in 19-miami-vice..

  17. Re:Build it yourself? on Dell's Open PC Costs More Than Windows Box · · Score: 1
    "We just don't have time for anything else."
    Today it isn't commercially attractive to do repairs. E.g., HP is letting off people for repairs and moving to replacement.

    So, if I were his boss, I would fire him for replacing current faulty hardware with the same crap, I don't try to fix people anymore.

  18. Re:Instead of protection, how about a better OS? on Microsoft to Ship New Malware Protection Utility · · Score: 1
    This comment, and others like it, are completely lame. It is possible to use Windows securely, but most people don't. This isn't Microsoft's fault. You can just keep repeating an argument made by people 10 years ago as if it still applies to today.
    But it does.

    Microsoft promised security is high on their list, yet have offered no adequate solution.

    Besides, your argument that most people don't copulate with Microsoft safely is weak; many MS products are targetted at common end-users with no intricate knowledge at all (proof: read any Ballmer statement).

  19. Re:New Market on First PSP Trojan Reported · · Score: 1
    Does this mean that Symantec is going to begin marketing antivirus software for the PSP?
    No way. Considering current Norton Antivirus deployments (PC), a PS1 would easily outperform Symantec-infected PSPs.
  20. Re:Back when hackers ruled the net on HBO Attacking BitTorrent · · Score: 1
    Pff. Righteous or not, smells like uranus.

    Better find something unselfishly constructive rather than wasting bandwidth.

  21. Abstraction on Protothreads and Other Wicked C Tricks · · Score: 1

    Any modern high-level should have ... oh wait, never mind.

  22. Re:Hasn't the time limit expired? on No Office For Linux, MS Patents Rejected · · Score: 1
    All of these patents appear to be related to VFAT, i.e. mapping long filenames and the original 8+3 short filenames into a common name-space.
    How can you patent hashing (and a bad implementation at that)
  23. FS2 on Taito Men Talk Legendary Games · · Score: 1
    Laser mouses do help a lot (logitech gaming) :)

    Overall quality of FS2 is very high (requires DirectX3 :-) Don't know too much games that still work without problems.

    Good plot, good graphics (though age is starting to show, especially "harsh"-grained models), good playability, assisted learning curve (though it takes practice to become skilled).

    Too bad the Sim-scene has become surpassed by FPS (except for a few titles).

  24. Extinction on Researchers Reconstruct 1918 Flu Virus · · Score: 1
    Using a technique called reverse genetics,...
    Surely another proof EULA's cannot be upheld infinitely.
  25. Re:Don't feed the trolls.... on Taito Men Talk Legendary Games · · Score: 1
    Anyone else here want a sensible discussion about these stone cold classics?
    I doubt whether it is sensible, but I have fond memories of classic games. Sopwith running on an CGA-emulator for Hercules cards, Microprose games..

    More recent "classics", just bought FreeSpace 2 again..I finally have the hardware to run it 1024x768 :-)