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  1. Re:You lost me at vim on Ask Slashdot: What Software Can You Not Live Without? · · Score: 1

    And you're not paying attention: emacs isn't garbage.

  2. Re:vim on Ask Slashdot: What Software Can You Not Live Without? · · Score: 1

    Except that modal text editors are annoying.

  3. Re:Just take the DRM out... on Free (Gratis) Version of Windows Could Be a Reality Soon · · Score: 1

    I had to work a lot with RedHat 5.0. Ubuntu 13.10, not so much.

  4. Re:What can be done? on How Mobile Apps Are Reinventing the Worst of the Software Industry · · Score: 1

    breaking down the site into smaller bytes

    So, seven bits instead of eight?

  5. Re:Having used both on Ford Dumping Windows For QNX In New Vehicles · · Score: 1

    But wouldn't those lead to lower variation? Of course, your mileage may differ. Your gas mileage may also vary, as you get better mileage on the highway than in the city.

  6. Pedant point on Does Relying On an IDE Make You a Bad Programmer? · · Score: 1

    from a /bin folder

    Wouldn't that be a \bin folder?

  7. Re:Still my hero on Ghostwriter Reveals the Secret Life of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange · · Score: 1

    There are lots of reactions from governments from around the world, but I'm curious to what extent this is simply a case of: "I am shocked, SHOCKED to find espionage going on here!"

    Here are your intelligence briefings, sir.

  8. Re:Boo Fu*king Hoo on Indian Hustle: How Fraudsters Prey On Would-be US Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    What happens if your internet connection goes out?

  9. Re:How much this should matter to the non-braindea on Ghostwriter Reveals the Secret Life of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange · · Score: 1

    Can you imagine Assange doing the NY morning show circuit?

    Only if they do them from Quantico.

  10. Re: "Rape charges" is bullshit, frankly. on Ghostwriter Reveals the Secret Life of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange · · Score: 1

    Sorry to break your David vs. Goliath outlook, but despite the crap that comes out of a few loud-mouthed Congressmen, the US sure as shit doesn't want him.

    http://online.wsj.com/news/art...

    Senator Feinstein is the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee (What? there's intelligence in the US Senate?). Hardly a loudmouth.

  11. Re:Boo Fu*king Hoo on Indian Hustle: How Fraudsters Prey On Would-be US Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    However, am sitting on the other side, where my company has moved all Sys Admin and Database Admin overseas.

    Who swaps out a bad hard drive?

  12. Re:Moving jobs to foreign country = treason on Indian Hustle: How Fraudsters Prey On Would-be US Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    In the US, the Constitution says that treason consists of waging war against the US, or aiding and abetting its enemies. How does moving a factory apply?

  13. Re:If Comcast were Exxon on Netflix Blinks, Will Pay Comcast For Network Access · · Score: 1

    in an anarchy, there are no corporations

    There probably wouldn't be an internet, either.

  14. Re:Death Penalty? on Stack Overflow Could Explain Toyota Vehicles' Unintended Acceleration · · Score: 2

    The death penalty for programmers that write such code will bring an end to software !

    FTFY

  15. Re:The US has nothing to worry about but... on Whatever Happened To the IPv4 Address Crisis? · · Score: 1

    Hitler wanted two internets?

  16. Re:IPv6 has this tiny problem on Whatever Happened To the IPv4 Address Crisis? · · Score: 1

    Don't you need another hex digit with the "200"?

  17. Re:There are many reasons to pull 60 hour week. on Your 60-Hour Work Week Is Not a Badge of Honor · · Score: 1

    Many people find refuge in work. Else they endure a constant stream of "load/unload the dishwasher", "take out the garbage", "fold the laundry", "walk the dog", "do the taxes", "get some exercise", ...

    You forgot "read slashdot".

  18. Re:Definitely not from the US. on Your 60-Hour Work Week Is Not a Badge of Honor · · Score: 1

    To quote Col. Jessup "I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide, then questions the manner in which I provide it! I'd rather you just said thank you and went on your way."

    Right, because the Cubans were going to attack US forces at Guantanamo. Exactly what freedom did he (Jessup) provide?

    Also, that quote seems to deny civilian control over the military, as the President also rises and sleeps under that blanket.

  19. Re:When I hear "I work 60 hours a week"... on Your 60-Hour Work Week Is Not a Badge of Honor · · Score: 1

    And what industry is this? Anyone can post stuff on slashdot as Anonymous Coward. Why should we believe you?

  20. Re:Your Boss on Your 60-Hour Work Week Is Not a Badge of Honor · · Score: 1

    The rest of the world doesn't have Sen. Bob Corker.

    http://www.salon.com/2014/02/1...

  21. Re:American poor on Your 60-Hour Work Week Is Not a Badge of Honor · · Score: 1

    Only spending negative 12 hours a week not working would be a problem.

    FTFY

  22. Re:Reminds me of the Bible Code controversy on Why P-values Cannot Tell You If a Hypothesis Is Correct · · Score: 1

    The result might be a mistake, but that doesn't mean it will be called a mistake. Also, how well do introductory statistics texts explain this?.

  23. Re:Reminds me of the Bible Code controversy on Why P-values Cannot Tell You If a Hypothesis Is Correct · · Score: 1

    But the standard tests for correlation only supply the correct P-value if the data satisfy certain conditions, such as normally distributed errors, no errors in the independent variable, constant standard deviation of errors, and so on.

  24. Re:So what if Congress doesn't reauthorize it? on Lawmakers Threaten Legal Basis of NSA Surveillance · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And if Congress decides that the NSA gets a budget of $0?

  25. Re:IIS better in almost every way. on Will Microsoft IIS Overtake Apache? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Is IIS easier than Apache to configure in Linux?