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  1. Re:I dunno... on Ask Slashdot: Are Timed Coding Tests Valuable? · · Score: 1

    It's also a loop, some print statements and a couple of comparisons with booleans. A nice little package and one of the test pieces I do when I'm learning a new language.

  2. Re:"Increased safety in Chinese mines" damn commie on Worldwide Shortage of Barium · · Score: 1

    Yeah, when did they start caring about the workers?

  3. Re:What the what what? on Worldwide Shortage of Barium · · Score: 4, Informative

    Gastro-Intestinal aka the bit between the mouth and the anus. This stuff shows up (contrasts) on x-rays. Upper studies involve drinking it. Lower studies involve insertion from the other end. In other words, it's used for testing gut disorders and if you aren't swallowing it, you can shove it up your arse.

  4. A pint is ~570mL so a half litre is almost three tablespoons less, unless you're talking dodgy American pints.

  5. Re:US Metric System on Petition For Metric In US Halfway To Requiring Response From the White House · · Score: 1

    How hard is 1/48th of an inch to calculate?

  6. Re:US Metric System on Petition For Metric In US Halfway To Requiring Response From the White House · · Score: 1

    Fine, SI is a subset of metric using mks rather than cgs units.

  7. Re:A couple things that kept me from upgrading... on Windows 8 Even Less Popular Than Vista · · Score: 2

    Winodows OEMs could never be trusted. Most of the crapware is metro and that is dead simple to remove. Do you compile everything from scratch and do you audit all of the source?

  8. Re:A couple things that kept me from upgrading... on Windows 8 Even Less Popular Than Vista · · Score: 2

    I'm guessing you haven't actually logged into a Windows 8 machine. There's a skip option during setup. You only need the account for cloud services and app store, just like Apple and Google devices.

  9. Re:It's just a big scam to make Windows 9 look goo on Windows 8 Even Less Popular Than Vista · · Score: 1

    They could float Sharepoint and stick around for years. They're still selling Windows 7 (part of the problem) and XBox and servers and Office. Windows is an enabler for the rest but it will take a lot to lose those markets.

  10. Re:It's not dead. on Windows 8 Even Less Popular Than Vista · · Score: 3, Informative

    Just like they did for the Office ribbon? Microsoft rarely goes back. They'll tone it down, modify it or move on to something else.

  11. Re:A couple things that kept me from upgrading... on Windows 8 Even Less Popular Than Vista · · Score: -1

    Oh my god, they forced you to get a Hotmail account. How many did you already have? As for installed crapware, it's just a right-click to uninstall. No uninstaller prompt BS any more.

  12. Re:Obvious answer.. on Ask Slashdot: 2nd Spoken/Written Language For Software Developer? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe you can provide translations for "whoosh".

  13. Re:typical on Facebook Ordered To End Its Real Name Policy In Germany · · Score: 1

    I agree completely. AOL, AOL, karma to burn.

  14. Re:Do you heat your house? on Is It Worth Investing In a High-Efficiency Power Supply? · · Score: 1

    Of course, it's summer here now.

  15. Re:kill spammers on Text Message Spammer Wants FCC To Declare Spam Filters Illegal · · Score: 2

    He said shoot, not kill. This way we can prolong our therapy.

  16. Re:Imagine that... on Amazon and Google Barred From UK Government Cloud · · Score: 3, Informative

    16th century give or take.

  17. Re:Privacy/security/responsibility on Amazon and Google Barred From UK Government Cloud · · Score: 1

    The US government DCs are hosted in the US and subject only to US law. See how far they'd get running a US government DC in Europe or Singapore.

  18. Re:US Law Everywhere on Amazon and Google Barred From UK Government Cloud · · Score: 2

    US hosted or owned become subject to the Patriot act and friends as well. We're not allowed to use offshore hosting and we also exclude anything owned or run by US companies even if it's a local datacentre.

  19. Re:Austrailia != Free Country on Google Found Guilty of Libel For Search Results In Australia · · Score: 1

    They did sue the perpetrator. Several years ago. That site was taken down. Google still provides a link and an excerpt. That's why they were found liable.

  20. Re:I can assure you... on Hello, I'm a Mac. And I'm a $248 Win8 PC. · · Score: 5, Insightful

    At that price, toss it a year from now and buy another.

  21. Re:Please stop posting! on UW Imposes 20-Tweet Limit On Live Events · · Score: 1

    But I'm a football player. I can have 45-20=37 more.

  22. Re:With a name like Shumway... on The Shumway Open SWF Runtime Project · · Score: 2

    Someone's getting Lucky tonight.

  23. Re:Oh Streissand effect... how I love you... on $200,000 Judgement Against Google In Mokbel Shots Case · · Score: 1

    I thought 'blame the victim' was standard practice.

  24. Re:Oh Streissand effect... how I love you... on $200,000 Judgement Against Google In Mokbel Shots Case · · Score: 1

    Maybe you should sue Ozsoapbox for defamation. They've called you a thief. Maybe its an erroneous accusation.

  25. Re:Ridiculous on $200,000 Judgement Against Google In Mokbel Shots Case · · Score: 1

    The Google cache should have it.