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  1. Re:The most beautiful piece of code... on Where Can I Find Beautiful Code? · · Score: 2

    Ok, in my rush to post, I forgot to #include <stdlib.h> and add return EXIT_SUCCESS to the end.

    Mark Duell

  2. The most beautiful piece of code... on Where Can I Find Beautiful Code? · · Score: 1

    #include <stdio.h>

    int main( void )
    {
    printf( "Hello world!" );
    }


    Mark Duell

  3. Re:I've said it before... on Is Mac OS X Threatening Linux? · · Score: 2

    or reboot your plumbing system in order to access one or the other. in other words, changing operating systems from windows to linux is a pretty big leap

    Ever used VMware? I use it daily to run Linux and BSD on top of Windows 2000. Great product (althought it would give a newbie the impression that Linux requires windows to run...)

    Mark Duell

  4. Re:Not an issue at this scale. on Sun Picks Athlon For Cobalt Servers · · Score: 2

    Actually, the PC133 is even cheaper (direct from Crucial.com). 256MB PC133 is 135USDx4=540USD/GB.

    Mark Duell

  5. Re:Another advantage on Cool Cases: Armor or Arcade? · · Score: 2

    Magnesium is a terrible, amateurish way to light thermite, not to mention its high failure rate. Read chemists use glucose (avail at your local drug store [no, not _that_one]) and Potassium Permagnate (KMnO4). Works just abotu everytime and it looks cool to pour some "ooze" (the glucose) in a purplish-reddish-silver mizture and have it flame up.

    Mark Duell

  6. Re:buycrack.com on Crack for Sale · · Score: 2

    Not only does ti redirect to buy.com, but it redirects to their _comptuer_ homepage... Thats got to make you wonder...

    Mark Duell

  7. Re:Instead of a new search engine... on Slashback: Price-fixing, Borneo, Index · · Score: 2

    I spent (er, LOST) about 30 minutes of time before I found a place that would sell me one online.

    Thats funny, I went to pricewatch.com, searched for "k6-2 500" and came up with ~180 results. Most of them were CPU only (starting at 43USD), but some were complete systems.
    I dont think its the search engines that are the problem. I think it's the user in this case.

    Mark Duell

  8. Humph... on Send Some Mo' Zilla · · Score: 3

    I dont mean for this to sound like a troll, but...

    When I first heard of of Mozilla I was under the impression that it was trying to fix all of NS's mistakes (a big one being bloat) and to be open source. It seems to have missed the first goal by a large margin (I can get versions of IE 5 that are smaller than the windows version), but the second is still there. This begs and interesting question, are OSS projects always (or ever) better than their CSS counterparts? In this situation it seems to be that the answer is no, but in other cases (like web serving) it seems that the answer is yes. Any thoughts on this?

    Mark Duell

  9. Re:Ummm... well... on Intel Pushes Low-Power Crusoe Challenger · · Score: 5
  10. Ummm... well... on Intel Pushes Low-Power Crusoe Challenger · · Score: 2

    The link is useless and I can't find anything mentioning low power chips from Intel at lycos. Congrats to the /. editors for checking the links in stories...

    Mark Duell

  11. Re:I've never needed drugs, 'cept caffeine, Guinne on Techies Rampant on Drugs · · Score: 2

    Ummm... about your sig... I put it in MSVC, went to compile and i get this:

    Compiling...
    Cpp1.cpp
    c:\windows\desktop\hi\cpp1.cpp(1) : error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from 'char [15]' to 'unsigned char *'
    Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
    c:\windows\desktop\hi\cpp1.cpp(1) : error C2065: 'putchar' : undeclared identifier
    c:\windows\desktop\hi\cpp1.cpp(1) : warning C4508: 'main' : function should return a value; 'void' return type assumed
    Error executing cl.exe.

    Cpp1.exe - 2 error(s), 1 warning(s)


    So, what is it _supposed_ to do?

    Mark Duell

  12. Re:Corrections on How Good Of A Unix Is Mac OS X ? · · Score: 2

    Just think of it: the lack of ftpd and httpd
    Both come built-in. The former is Apache, btw.


    I think you meant to say the latter not the former. :)

    Mark Duell

  13. Re:How Aircraft Get Electrical Power on In-Flight Web Access Coming Soon? · · Score: 2

    You have the schematic for a B737? Where the hell did you get those?!

    Mark Duell

  14. Re:Bigger backbone on Are We Ready For Broadband Internet Access? · · Score: 2

    FYI, he lives 6540 feet (or so says the telco) from the CO.

    Mark Duell

  15. Re:Bigger backbone on Are We Ready For Broadband Internet Access? · · Score: 2

    (Moderators: this is _not_ meant to be a flame or troll, just my personal experience.)

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but having a 100Mbit link merely means that you *can* get that kind of bandwidth - not that you *will*. What's to keep the routers from just dividing the available bandwidth evenly among all users?

    It depends on which company you get your service from. I use the local cable companies @Home service. I pay 30USD/month (would be 40 if I didn't have CATV) for 3Mbit down, 256Kbit up (with compression it usually reaches in the 10Mbit/800Kbit range). A friend of mine pays 100USD/month for DSL from the local telco (line and ISP). His service is rated at 1500Kbit down, 750Kbit up. He's never seen downloads above 400kbit, and uploads above 300kbit for more than a few seconds. (I know, I know, where both HBW's).
    Anyway, my point is that if everyone has 100Mbit connections, the ISP's might give you some bandwidth (like the cable company), rather than screw you (like the telco).

    Mark Duell

  16. Re:Upgrade on Solar Powered TI-82? · · Score: 1

    No, th TI86 was a graphinc calc and no TI graphing calc has ever had solar cells built in... You are thinking of the TI-30x or TI-104x...

    Mark Duell

  17. Re:How rude... on AMD Ends Overclocking On Durons · · Score: 1

    "(I have experience in this arena, I used to work in the anti fraud group for a x86 mIcroprocessor maNufacTurer that will remain namELess)"

    Cute, but are you sure it wasnt "(I have experience in this arena, I used to work in the anti fraud group for a x86 microprocessor mAnufacturer that will remain naMeless to this Day)"?

    Mark Duell

  18. First thing to be installed... on Shuttle Mission Under Way · · Score: 2

    I was just listening to MSNBC on cable and they said that the first thing they would install on the ISS would be a toilet. Hrm...

    Mark Duell

  19. Re:RIAA isn't selling what people are stealing. on Information Doesn't Want To Be Free; People Want It · · Score: 2

    I think your being a little to literal. What they are selling and what is beign traded on the "black market" is content. Be it Redbook CD's, Mp3's on napster or anything else, they are selling the _content_ and people are stealing the _content_.

    Mark Duell

  20. Re:Higher prices for MS users on Amazon Charging Different Prices for Same Items? · · Score: 2

    It appears that someone at amazon.com reads /. Now when i go to click on the planet of the apes full DVD collection, in IE5.5, i get "Broweser Bug"... Same with mozilla...

    Mark Duell

  21. Re:Hmm... on Slashback: Titanium, Art, Israel · · Score: 2

    ; the Chinese Wall never worked.)

    I believe the term for what seperates the two divisions of Microsoft is "Glass wall".
    (Yes, im serious, its in one of the books i read about Microsoft.)

    Mark Duell

  22. Re:Ti-graphing calculaor on Palm M100 "Kaizo" Hack: 8 Megs On the Cheap · · Score: 1

    68k to be exact (Rev A was 10Mhz running at 8, RevB is 12Mhz running at 10)

    Mark Duell

  23. Re:Strange cuecat behavior on Slashback: Cats, Snaps, Pixels, Diagrams · · Score: 2

    The first set of numbers (24 after the period) is your CueCat Serial number. They appear to have begun distribution on the west coast, because as you move east, the numbers get larger ("verified" using 10 people, could be very wrong). The second 4 letter firld is the UPC type (UPC, ISBN, etc.) The last section (usually 16 letters, can be more/less) is the Product UPC.

    How did i discover this? Im doign a similar project at http://www.fleacircus.org/~mdu ell/cuecat/cuecat.html

    Mark Duell

  24. Another cuecat project on Slashback: Cats, Snaps, Pixels, Diagrams · · Score: 1

    http://www.fleacircus.org/~mdu ell/cuecat/cuecat.html is the project im working on. The current version is pretty basic, the next one (in a day or two) will have support for barcoded letters (which none of the other projects convert ATM).

    Mark Duell

  25. Re:Ooh the Atmosphere! on The End of The Line for Iridium · · Score: 1

    IIRC, Iridium calls routed via satellite cost just 1.75USD/min, no 20.

    Mark Duell