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  1. Re:Wow! on C Alive and Well Thanks to Portable.NET · · Score: 1

    Ah, but Java bytecode isn't purely interpreted, at least not by Sun's current VMs. And HotSpot can probably do a better job of optimising than you can, so it might actually speed up your hand-crafted assembly code.

  2. Re:So... on C Alive and Well Thanks to Portable.NET · · Score: 1

    Java doesn't piggy-back on a VM. The Java platform was designed for the Java language. Likewise C# - the VM was designed for the language. It's all .NET languages other than C# which piggy-back on its VM.

  3. It's not just the US on World's First Warez Extradition Decided Soon · · Score: 1

    In the UK, copyright infringement can be a criminal as well as a civil offence. If you're making profit, it probably is. For the details, see paras 107ff of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

  4. They _are_ on U.S. Plans Targeted Draft for Computer Personnel · · Score: 1

    Dubya's descended from King Edward I. (And, frankly, I'd prefer Elizabeth II to Dubya any day).

  5. Withdrawn on Fifteen Teams Selected for DARPA Grand Challenge · · Score: 1

    Anyone know why they withdrew?

  6. I just failed on Spam Bits · · Score: 1

    Case in point: I just made a single attempt, thought the word was "fruit", and no, it was "apple". I'm not convinced there are any apples in the first picture. Peppers, tomatoes and cauliflowers, yes, but...

  7. GPS? on CMU First To Qualify For DARPA Grand Challenge · · Score: 1
    Even if the route were totally pre-programmed, the problem of following that route would still be pretty hard over hundreds of miles. You can't just do "dead reckoning."
    Dead reckoning? Last I heard, GPS was accurate to a few metres.
  8. Quote actually "_Nor_ do I see..." on EU Passes Nasty IP Law · · Score: 0

    As subject.

  9. How many times on EU Passes Nasty IP Law · · Score: 1

    Just because the British constitution isn't contained in a single document doesn't mean there isn't one.

  10. Wrong country on Orange County: More E-Ballots Cast Than Voters · · Score: 1
    Why can't the torch-bearer of democracy even remotely get this right?
    If you want democracy, look at Switzerland, not the US. In Switzerland, the people can overturn any act passed by the government, and they can also originate acts themselves.
  11. Which rebellion? on Orange County: More E-Ballots Cast Than Voters · · Score: 1

    The recent rebellion? That began with the government refusing to hold election to replace members whose terms had expired.

  12. How do they define "copying" on Ripping DVDs to Handhelds = Fair Use? · · Score: 1

    You have to decrypt the DVD to watch it in an ordinary DVD player, and that creates a temporary copy in the memory of the DVD player. Does that count as copying under US law? (It does under UK law). If so, you can't even watch a DVD legally.

  13. News on TV Losing to Video Games · · Score: 1

    I think I'm in that category (does age 22 count as "younger generation" - I haven't RTFA) and I watch TV almost solely for news - half an hour of BBC News 24 and half an hour of BBC Parliament most evenings. (I don't play computer games much, though - I play board and card games, instead. Mainly Magic: the Gathering (and yes, I know one can play it online, but I don't)).

  14. You missed a bit! on The Command Line - Best Newbie Interface? · · Score: 1

    You forgot to tell us how its much easier to chain a series of tasks together using drag-and-drop than to type a pipe symbol.

  15. Variable on The Command Line - Best Newbie Interface? · · Score: 1

    Some man pages are very good at explaining what the program does - man gzip, for example. Some are awful - man rpm comes to mind as one I find useless, although I suppose people who've been using rpm for a couple of years might find it a helpful reference.

  16. Re:Price != Quality on Five Free Calculus Textbooks · · Score: 1
    You need to have a textbook anyway
    Every single one of my lecturers wrote their own notes. In one case, they were extracted from a textbook the lecturer had written, but otherwise they were custom-made. An investment of time, sure, but it let them handle things the way they wanted to, they could fix errors from year to year, but not be subject to the re-ordering whims of another, and students just had to turn up to a lecture to pick up some notes rather than try to find somewhere selling a textbook for a reasonable price.
  17. Or has a tea-break on Navy Unveils Polyglot Chat For Iraq · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "Time for a brew". (Apparently "brew" is an American synonym for "beer". In English, and certainly in the context of the army, it would refer to a cuppa tea.)

  18. Re:Price != Quality on Five Free Calculus Textbooks · · Score: 1

    Do all your lecturers do that, or are some good enough at the subject they lecture to write their own problems?

  19. Re:Now you tell me! on Return of the King Coming Sooner to DVD · · Score: 4, Funny

    You managed to have three kids while watching TTT?

  20. Attention all hypochondriacs on 'They Can Sue, But They Can't Hide' · · Score: 1

    If you ask nicely, the parent poster might give details of this rare zebra cancer...

  21. Re:Sounds like a Shyster line on 'They Can Sue, But They Can't Hide' · · Score: 1

    Do you ever make coffee? If so, how hot's the water you use?

  22. Well, I'm impressed on A Peek At Script Kiddie Culture · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't be able to dance the Charleston on a dance floor for 12 hours.

  23. Re:One suggestion... on Cooking with the Internet? · · Score: 0

    You mean if I give up meat people will stop complaining that I don't shower? Wow, how can I ever thank you enough?

  24. Re:Probably more useful on British School Offers Elvish Lessons · · Score: 1

    On the off-chance that you were serious: that's an irregular past participle. See learnt, learned.

  25. Probably more useful on British School Offers Elvish Lessons · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I doubt you'd count Latin as a "real" language, but I learnt more English grammar in my Latin lessons than in my English, French and Spanish lessons put together.