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  1. Not a fair comparison on Downsides to the C++ STL? · · Score: 2

    qsort uses the quick sort algorithm, C++ sort uses merge sort, which has better worst case perfomance. And the compare() function in C should return the difference, not a boolean, but I don't know how that will affect the outcome.

  2. is mars a green planet? on Is Mars A Green Planet? · · Score: 1

    No, it's not, it's a very polluting power inefficient planet, and it doesn't have the "green" logo.

  3. Re:Brooks' Law on A Unified Theory of Software Evolution · · Score: 1

    Hey, any computer dummy can tell you that computer programs just appear out of thin air!

  4. Re:whatcha gonna do on Deflecting Asteroids with Paint · · Score: 1

    Simple, paint it black

  5. from the tick-tock-tick-tick-tock dept. on Huygens' Clock Puzzle Solved · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's a weird clock you have:)

  6. In other news... on California City Issues Internet Cafe Moratorium · · Score: 1

    It has been forbidden to read fairy tales to children because of an incident where children have put an elderly woman in an oven.

  7. I'm not a US citizen on Respond To The Tunney Act · · Score: 1, Informative

    Does it make sense for me to send an email aswell?

  8. WinCE according to webster on Next Generation Xybernaut Wearable · · Score: 1

    One entry found for wince.
    Main Entry: wince
    Pronunciation: 'win(t)s
    Function: intransitive verb
    Inflected Form(s): winced; wincing
    Etymology: Middle English wynsen to kick impatiently, from (assumed) Old North French wincier to turn aside, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wankOn to totter -- more at WENCH
    Date: circa 1748
    : to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : FLINCH
    synonym see RECOIL
    - wince noun


    good name for a MS product, ej?

  9. not just compilers on Mono C# Compiler Compiles Itself · · Score: 1

    This kind of thing holds for a lot of generators, eg. if you cannot design the UI of a UI designer using itself, you've got a bad UI designer.

  10. Well... on KDE Wins 3 awards · · Score: 1

    I haven't used Windows for a long time, and I'm liking it a lot!

  11. And don't forget... on Using Radiators to Cool CPUs · · Score: 1

    And don't forget to water your computer every now and then. Also, they say talking to your computer will make it go faster.

  12. Re:what is emacs on GNU Emacs 21 · · Score: 1

    If you're being philosophical anyway, we could also ask "How did emacs begin?". Currently there are two popular theories. 1) God created it. 2) The Big Bang theory.

    As to what emacs is... I think Einstein described it quite accurately with his relativity theory.

  13. I will use J# iff on J# · · Score: 1

    it complies with the ANSI C89 specification

  14. hmmm on Man-Made Black Holes Looming? · · Score: 5, Funny

    The ultimate Darwin Award

  15. old stuff on New Joystick Style Ergo Mouse · · Score: 1

    A few colleagues (sp?) of mine have this thing, some love it, some loath it, what you miss most is the third mouse button.

  16. Pun for Michael on The FSF's Bradley Kuhn Responds · · Score: 1

    My M stands for "Michael," which sadly has no pun variant that I can think of

    How about "My Call"

  17. Re:If Donald Knuth believed in software patents... on EU & US Patent "Syncing" · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hell, he might have even had a patent on the concept of good programming.
    Well, _that_ will stop microsoft.

  18. prompts in zsh on What Does Your Command Prompt Look Like? · · Score: 1

    does anyone know how to do a 2 line prompt in zsh?

  19. Re:Hmmmm... on Melbourne Man Patents ... The Wheel · · Score: 1

    Go right ahead, it won't do you much good if I get the patent for walking upright.

  20. Re:So what... on Early Man: The Cause of Mass Extinction? · · Score: 3

    Since when did we stop being part of natural selection?

  21. A very very big mushroom.. on Building a Plutonium Memorial · · Score: 4

    what else?

  22. migrating birds? on Sun Flips Its Polarity · · Score: 1

    The birds on the sun don't migrate, there are no season.
    And it would be pretty embaressing if our sun turned white with snow every christmas.

  23. Re:Java? on Sun To MS: You Don't Get It · · Score: 1

    Consider:

    char s[]="abc", t[]="def";
    int i=2;

    if(s[i]==t[i]) {
    /* do anything */
    }

    From this I can assume C is better than Java?

  24. Re:Its about damned time. on Kernel 2.4.1 Released · · Score: 1

    Indeed! I vote for a new release every day! (and a -testN version every hour or so:)

  25. purify on What Memory Leak Detector Do People Use? · · Score: 1

    well purify is, afaik, _the_ best tool for this (and more) but unfortunately it's not free and the people of rational are too stupid to support linux:/