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  1. Don't discount Perl on Ask Slashdot: Best Rapid Development Language To Learn Today? · · Score: 1
    Yeah, Perl is old (but... not really) and considered clunky (but... not really).

    And a novice can write some really ugly code in Perl... which gets stuff done and pronto.

    There are gazillion of Perl modules on CPAN so there's usually you can find that is similar to what you're trying to do, or can be easily tweaked what you want to do.

    And (GASP!!), you can write enterprise worthy code in Perl. (.. no, it's true, I've actually seen it, and currently do it).

    A decent code editor (aka Komodo) will make the job much easier but even the lowly notepad++, kate/gedit, vim/emacs, ultraedit/uex will yell at your syntax errors in a supportive yet loving way.

  2. Re:/sigh on Introducing a Calendar System For the Information Age · · Score: 1

    Even the creators of this system are having problems counting months in a 0 based system.

    "MONTH NAMES It may be easiest to name each month by its month number. By doing so, we end up with Month 0, Month 1, Month 2, Month 3, Month 4, Month 5, Month 6, Month 7, Month 8, Month 9, Month 10, Month 11, Month 12, and Month 13. In order for this calendar to remain neutral, the use of actual names for months is highly discouraged. "

    If the months are zero based, and there are 13 identical months, there should only be months numbered 0-12. Month 13 would actually be the 14th month.

    Fer cryin' out loud.

  3. Too "vertical" on Slashdot Tries Something New; Audience Responds! · · Score: 2

    While I do like the added imagery of the new beta, I don't like home much vertical real estate it takes. The classic slashdot fits a whole lotta information in one vertical screen; the new beta design has so much vertical whitespace that I need to scroll down constantly, about twice as much as classic.

    Dense is good (... sometimes). I vote for dense (... sometimes).

  4. Re:Clouds that can use the Hubble telescope??? on Researchers Confirm Exoplanet Has Clouds Using Hubble Telescope · · Score: 1

    That's some extremely advanced water vapor there, I'm telling you. Usurping our prized telescope, and now confirmed by researchers. I used to fantasize that clouds looked like aliens... I had no idea they really WERE aliens.

  5. Any chance this is a ploy? on Thieves Who Stole Cobalt-60 Will Soon Be Dead · · Score: 1

    Two guys showing up at a hospital asking for radiation treatments are pretty easy to find.

  6. Re:That's going to make for... on An Interplanetary Laser Communications System · · Score: 1

    The UT2009 quantum compensation mod will fix it.

  7. Voting with dollars on Cherry Announces Linux keyboard · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Heck, I'd pay $50 just for SuSE.

    Throw in a keyboard AND an opportunity to demonstrate that consumers will purchase hardware designed for non-Windows systems... I'm there!

    Perhaps even twice!