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  1. Re:Here's One for Slashdot Stories! on (Useful) Stupid Regex Tricks? · · Score: 1
    don't you mean

    \(Useful\) Stupid \S+ Tricks

    \s == whitespace character
    \S == non Whitespace character

  2. Re:This just in... on NSA and Army On Quest For Quantum Physics Jackpot · · Score: 1

    next time google it first
    Lefty Frizzell

  3. Re: The reason for the disdain of Conservatism on Discuss the US Presidential Election & the Economy · · Score: 1

    Here in the US, the reason we have the right to bear arms is because the founders of the Constitution essentially said "If we fuck up, take us out."

    Tell me how that works out for you when your Dem friends get through with that.
    and No I don't think the're going to "Take Away My Guns"
    How about 800% Sin tax on guns and ammunition
    No Sales or possession of guns within 5 miles of a school or park (guess what my house backs a public park, darn)
    No Gun shows
    No Private Sales of firearms/ must go through a FFL dealer to be legal

  4. Re:More Cases Than Just This on WV Voters Say Machines Are Switching Votes · · Score: 1

    Index finger? which one is that

  5. Re:What the fuck on Mirror's Edge Planned As a Trilogy · · Score: 1

    Yeah they all cant be Half Life 2

  6. Re:What's the crisis? on The Web Development Skills Crisis · · Score: 1

    butterfly wings FTW http://xkcd.com/378/

  7. and 640k should be enough for everyone on Discovery of a "Flat" Atom Hailed as Quantum Computing Breakthrough · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Delft's Rogge, the first of the discoverers stated, "Our experiment made us realize that industrial electronic devices have now reached the level where we can study and manipulate the state of a single atom. This is the ultimate limit, you cannot get smaller than that."

  8. Re:you might be getting ripped off if... on Open Source Graphics Card Available For Advance Orders · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up! This is exactly the kind of post that keeps me coming back to /.

  9. Re:How should I know? on Bill Prohibiting Genetic Discrimination Moves Forward · · Score: 1

    Sometimes parents aren't willing to risk waiting to see if it will pass.
    I only meant that I wait until the next morning(sunday not withstanding) to take them into the doctor. For the $25 USD Co-Pay, I cannot afford to not take them.
  10. Re:what? on Bill Prohibiting Genetic Discrimination Moves Forward · · Score: 1

    Who marked this informative?, First off, what exactly is an emergency room going to give you? I there a pharmacy who will distribute .60c worth of amoxicillin( Ceclor, Zitromax etc YMMV) at 1 am? Do what I do, give them a dose of motrin, and a few drops of topical ear pain medication (you have 5 bottles from the last 20 times you've been in for this right?)

  11. Re:Phone? on Best Way To Avoid Keyloggers On Public Terminals? · · Score: 1

    I have to chime in about Semiconductor Fabs, they commonly restrict Phones, and even look for USB Fobs, media, Search Laptops etc. I've only really been hassled in a few Fabs, they're more anal about clean protocols than anything.

  12. Think dremmel tool with circuit board blanks on 3D Self-Replicating Printer to be Released Under GNU License · · Score: 1

    I think you need to think of this as a xy plotter, use a dremel tool(replace plastic extruder) and remove copper from a standard circuit board blanks. The resolution is good enough to do a power circuit, probably wont be routing out a BGA pad anytime soon

  13. FarCry on An Older Demographic May Soon Dominate Gaming · · Score: 1

    FarCry there's only so much eye orgy a gamer can take while you're bored out of your mind while you're sniping the 305th stupid enemy.

  14. See TF2 on Level Design For Games · · Score: 1

    You need to try out this Orange Box thing, all the cool kids are talking about. Specifically listen to the developer commentary and play a few games on Hydro.

  15. Re:What is this crazy tags thing? on Ask Rob Malda · · Score: 1

    Exactly, I believe that a free(beer)/open system adds to the experience, and I find the tags fairly meaningful/funny most of the time

  16. Re:Meh. on The Zen of Online Game Design · · Score: 1

    It's like comparing pocky to tuna fish
    Have you been to Japan? They have a tuna(fish) flavor for Everything
  17. Re:Perl on Name Your Favorite Bloat-Free Software · · Score: 1

    any good optimizer would throw out that operation.

  18. Re:No free lunches on Free Tuition for Math, Science, and Engineering? · · Score: 1

    The article says Math and Science, i.e. a course load that requires Calculus, no free-lunch programmer will put up with real work.

  19. Re:Is the plan short-sighted? on Free Tuition for Math, Science, and Engineering? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    He only has to forgive student loans after the student has been a resident in the state for 5 years. They have been doing this for teachers/doctors for a long time, haven't you guys ever seen Northern Exposure

    My only issue is that this is nearly 10 years too late for me. Of my Engineering graduating class I know less than 5 people who stayed in the state.

  20. Old News Its called RFID on MIT Wirelessly Powers a Lightbulb · · Score: 1

    This is the exact same principle used in RFID, scaled appropriately, and used to power a bulb instead of a chip. How is this new?

  21. Yawn!! on Moore's Law for Motherboards · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Wake me when they have an equivalent System on a chip.

  22. Also works to treat some types of Broken Bones on Electrical Field Treats Brain Cancer · · Score: 1

    My EE professor was using a similar technique to treat certain types of broken bones http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonunion. and there were some rumblings of using this to treat plaque and other bio-films on teeth

  23. Microwave on What's the Worst Technical Feature You've Used? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I have a microwave that refuses to start cooking until it scrolls a 30 second message on a 1 line display.

    I SO want to get out my jtag programmer

  24. MOD Parent UP! on Call of Duty 4 Announced · · Score: 1

    That Summary was a total TROLL

  25. Re:he's right on Getting Accurate Specifications for Software? · · Score: 1

    (even the ones that worked so hard not to pay for water damage that was caused by floods, the jerks) Unfortunately that is outside of the scope of normal homeowners insurance. It is paid by Flood insurance which is a federally backed program run by http://www.fema.gov/hazard/flood/index.shtm