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  1. Re:Why coffee is so hard to carry without slopping on Ig Nobels Feature Exploding Colonoscopies, Left Leaning Views of Eiffel Tower · · Score: 1

    I shall be moving my tea irregularly while walking. Also my investigation reveals gravity to be the root cause of all my problems. And for others. If we had no moon, woman wouldnt have such bad days each month.

  2. Re:git on Ask Slashdot: Taming a Wild, One-Man Codebase? · · Score: 1

    Smartgit I can recommend.

  3. Re:Simple answer on Ask Slashdot: Taming a Wild, One-Man Codebase? · · Score: 1

    Even using Git without merging or branching would be worthwhile.

  4. Git in production, version numbers are a nuance. on Ask Slashdot: Taming a Wild, One-Man Codebase? · · Score: 1

    Keep the files per project in whatever production directory you want and start a Git repository in it. Version numbers are irrelevant and only a nuance, you have every version of every file with any (commit) comment you want now! Then add scripted backup (such as FTP) to a central location of course to recover from disasters if your production files get damaged.

    Add version number if you start rolling out to multiple sites.

    It's possible to exchange files between git repositories, or merge back changes made in another production system.

  5. Re:I don't own a PS3 because of its opening price on Sony Announces 'Superslim' PS3 · · Score: 1

    Or alternatively, you could get it for... like... you know... the games?

    Well that all depends on who you are asking. If you ask me (i own a PS3) the only fun games are BackToTheFuture (also available on PC) and LittleBigPlanet1.
    I did not enjoy that game with the diver and little girl (i forgot the name) and Gran Turismo. I found both very boring and even cumbersome.

    I find Wii games more enjoyable and exciting. I use my PS3 exclusively with PS3MediaServer to browse my videos. I expect to buy an XBox for that in the next few years. For games, i expect to buy the Wii U.

  6. Re:Wow on Sony Announces 'Superslim' PS3 · · Score: 1

    Yea I fail to see why this a negative against Sony...
    It's not like they will brick all the larger PS3s out there and force people to buy this new smaller one.

    Unless the new smaller model also lacks the dropped feature. Thats what happened last time.

  7. Re:Most important question on Sony Announces 'Superslim' PS3 · · Score: 1

    I would mod you up if i could. You just said what i'd say.

  8. Re:Use it as a server on Ask Slashdot: Best Use For an Old Smartphone? · · Score: 1

    Some cheap tablets come with ethernet connector.

  9. GPS Logger + CarCam on Ask Slashdot: Best Use For an Old Smartphone? · · Score: 2

    I would like to put my old Android mobile/tablet into my Car, and use it as a GPS logger. It would charge from the car battery. I would be able to access it from the web if my car where to be stolen, and see where it is, and see who's in my car via a tiny camera. There also would be a camera facing outside front and back (or omni) to catch other events while parked.

    So basically, is there an app that turns my old android into a dedicated Car GPS logger + CarCam unit?

  10. Re:Look at the bright side on Earth's Corner of the Galaxy Just Got a Little Lonelier · · Score: 1

    Plus, the lack of existing planet means we get to create one, with our own design

    Thats what i was pondering.. i'd mod you up if i could.

  11. Re:Is that news? on How To Watch Internet TV Across International Borders · · Score: 1

    When your 1st world problems are solved, there still are 1st country problems to tend to. If you fix a problem, you'll see new ones. Also but OT, that is exactly why some things should never be fixed IMHO.

  12. Bad for them? Good for me! on Acer: Microsoft Surface 'Negative For The Whole PC Industry' · · Score: 1

    1) My first and only laptop is a Acer Travelmate 6000. It won't run Windows anymore due to some hardware failure, but Ubuntu works great.
    2) I don't care if Microsoft Surface Pro is bad for the pc industry. Its good for me and i will buy one!

  13. Re:6 reasons you should loathe this article. on Why Were So Many "Crazy" Higgs Boson Stories Published? · · Score: 1

    having the most sensational headline?

    Bingo!

    Of all people, samzenpus (Rob Rozenboom) should know.
    He's jumped to 3th place in most active authors: http://slashdot.org/hof.shtml but all i see is slashdot going down the drain. There is a /. community, but the /. news is no more.

  14. 6 reasons you should loathe this article. on Why Were So Many "Crazy" Higgs Boson Stories Published? · · Score: 1

    samzenpus (TFA) said:
    The presumed discovery of the Higgs boson may be one of the most important scientific discoveries ever, but it did bring out quite a bit of "strange" science reporting.

    It did?

    In addition to blogs, many mainstream news sites jumped on the crazy headline bandwagon. The ability to soon travel at the speed of light, the building of a Star Trek style transporter, and many stories of the particle proving God doesn't exist have made the rounds in the past week.

    Hilarious. To bad i have not read, seen (or previously heared about) any.

    Is the particle's discovery just on the fringe of common scientific knowledge

    Yes.

    and therefore prone to wild speculation,

    I don't quite follow.

    or does this all come down to

    Ok now it comes..

    having the most sensational headline?

    Bingo!

  15. Google on how they fixed that.. on Leap Second Bug Causes Crashes · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Google official blog: "Time, technology and leaping seconds" (sept 2011)
    http://googleblog.blogspot.in/2011/09/time-technology-and-leaping-seconds.html

    I wonder if the leap second has anything to do with the labs Chubby paper / site currently being offline..

  16. Re:gravety wave detector on How the Moon Affects LHC Operations · · Score: 1

    Doc this is 2012. You wasted another otherwise perfect timeline!
    You where not supposed to disclose that until EUTC 21120103T23:04:31:0#.

  17. I recorded one on When Antivirus Scammers Call the Wrong Guy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Three months ago i got a similar call, recorded the conversation (me playing the silly user and him trying to scam me) and forgot to put it online.

    So here it is slashdot, i created this page just for you:
    http://barrystaes.nl/scambait/

    (click the AMR file, its the original file my Android phone recorded and 10x smaller)

  18. Re:130000 feet ~= 10km (metric) on Amateur Rocketeer Derek Deville's Qu8k Rocket Flies to 120,000+ Feet (Video) · · Score: 1

    You are right. Also i should correct myself in that the /. title says 120000 which is 36576m. (and not 130000 feet)
    Sorry.

  19. 130000 feet ~= 10km (metric) on Amateur Rocketeer Derek Deville's Qu8k Rocket Flies to 120,000+ Feet (Video) · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I have never understood using feet for measuring vertical distances.

  20. Re:Servers may have melted but their supporter shi on Raspberry Pi Now Has Distributors -- and Will Soon Have Boards for All (Video) · · Score: 1

    Funny that you mention this, as i've just received email from Farnell that they will be firing support staff and ultimately migrate to a (multilanguage) support site in Polen.
    And i think of support as a knowledge tank, so i dont understand how you can "factory reset" it without damage being done to customers..

  21. Whats wrong with a MIRROR? on Rearview Car Cameras Likely Mandated By 2014 · · Score: 1

    Where is captain obvious when you need him?
    What good is a video camera and display in a car if you cant even use a mirror properly?

    Trucks of course are another story, in the EU lots of (if not all) trucks have a camera on their trailer end.
    I am the first with this post subject, so either i'm missing something or everyone ELSE here is missing something.

  22. Me gusta on Obayashi To Build Space Elevator By 2050 · · Score: 1

    I only now realize it says 96km. :/

    Earth moon distance is 392937km. ChatHaunt said it best: http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2685249&cid=39121887

  23. Re:English? on Obayashi To Build Space Elevator By 2050 · · Score: 0

    Its the metric system. Learn it.

  24. Thats old news. F5 F5 F5. on Get a Glimpse At the Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix · · Score: 0

    I don't need to read that news here, i already refresh the Raspberry Pi website every 42 minutes.
    (and on average, i open Slashdot once every 1337 minutes)

  25. Smart Mobile Studio on Ask Slashdot: Making JavaScript Tolerable For a Dyed-in-the-Wool C/C++/Java Guy? · · Score: 2

    AFAIK, this is a Object Pascal ~(Delphi, Free Pascal) to Javascript "compiler".
    http://op4js.optimalesystemer.no/about/

    Example of creating a custom GUI control:
    http://op4js.optimalesystemer.no/2011/10/05/your-first-op4js-custom-control/