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  1. Re:Why not Python? on Why Corporates Hate Perl · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Python's syntax pisses me off.

    I primarially program in Perl, PHP and C/C++ which all share virtually identical syntax.
    Makes it a lot easier mentally and you can still use the right tool for the job.

  2. Re:Flash on Adobe Flash Ads Launching Clipboard Hijack Attacks · · Score: 1

    Its more of a thing that n00bs use, rather than competent people.

  3. Re:Clicked on the flash area in NoScript in the de on Adobe Flash Ads Launching Clipboard Hijack Attacks · · Score: 1

    I dont hate flash because its insecure.
    I hate it because its abused and bloody slow.
    Its like Java in the 90s but worse.

    If i hit a site which uses a lot of flash, they dont get a second hit from me.

  4. Re:Not exactly surprised... on One Third of New PCs Downgraded To XP? · · Score: 1

    Uptime of two weeks, been using it constantly, Seamonkey is chewing 200mb of ram, 512mb total.
    8 windows open including two Dolphins (each split in half).
    Compositing effects are also turned on.

    Everything is very zippy.
    Switching windows is instant and there is no lag from any of the applications.

    You were saying?

  5. Re:Not exactly surprised... on One Third of New PCs Downgraded To XP? · · Score: 1

    *cough* KDE 4

  6. Re:Not exactly surprised... on One Third of New PCs Downgraded To XP? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So...why has compositing always been fairly straight forward with Linux then?

  7. Re:Not exactly surprised... on One Third of New PCs Downgraded To XP? · · Score: 1

    Seen KDE 4? It is bigger than Vista and more functional.

    It also uses *significantly* less resources.
    I honestly dont have a single desktop computer with more than 512mb ram and I dont need more than that.

    I did have a gig but one stick died in my main box.
    Found out that I wasnt really using it anyway and havent bothered replacing it.

    Yesterday I did a quick comparison between a brand new Vista laptop and a Pentium 3 laptop with KDE and 512mb ram.
    The old laptop was running circles around Vista.
    The owner of the Vista laptop wasnt pleased.

  8. Re:What regex problem? on Level of IPv6 Usage Is Vanishingly Small · · Score: 1

    Nope. The phpBB guys wrote a script to generate the IPv6 regex automatically. :)

  9. Re:Should have gone to A.B.C.D.E.F.G format. on Level of IPv6 Usage Is Vanishingly Small · · Score: 2, Informative

    And Slashdot chewed my url.

    It should have been [::1]:8080

  10. Re:Should have gone to A.B.C.D.E.F.G format. on Level of IPv6 Usage Is Vanishingly Small · · Score: 1

    IPv6 addresses have brackets around them.

    E.g. http://1:8080/

  11. Re:Is it just me, or... on id, Raven Developers Discuss New Wolfenstein · · Score: 1

    And yet I have Wolf3d installed on my computer and not Enemy Territory. :)

  12. Re:Is it just me, or... on id, Raven Developers Discuss New Wolfenstein · · Score: 1

    It had (and still has) a incredible atmosphere.
    Modern games cant replicate that.

  13. Re:Nobody is to blame on How Important Is Protecting Streaming Media? · · Score: 1

    If its encrypted, then it has to be decrypted to be viewed.
    There is the flaw.

    If your sending it to the video card to be decrypted there then you can just pull it from the video memory.
    Also the keys need to be stored unencrypted somewhere.

  14. Re:Wow! That's progress! on Using Photographs To Enhance Videos · · Score: 1

    Actually two bad quality images can be used to make a better quality image.

  15. Re:First Post on Game Developer's Response To Pirates · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The interesting question is whether you would have paid for it if you hadnt pirated it first.

  16. Re:well on BSOD Makes Appearance at Olympic Opening Ceremonies · · Score: 1

    For a BSOD to have been displayed, it would have had to been a normal monitor.

  17. Re:The Chicken and the Egg on OpenGL 3.0 Released, Developers Furious · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How do you get 20% out of 16.9%?

    On some of my sites (very generic, non-tech orientated) Linux is hitting a very respectable 5.6% of all traffic.
    So Vista is doing appallingly considering its on all new computers.

  18. Re:Same here. on Google's Streetview Seen As Culturally Insensitive In Japan · · Score: 1

    Google is infact working on face blurring technology.
    It was on Slashdot a couple of weeks ago.

    Happy now?

  19. Re:Same here. on Google's Streetview Seen As Culturally Insensitive In Japan · · Score: 1

    What if a cop drives by while buying your supply, or your wife comes outside and sees you chatting with a hottie?
    No difference. The sidewalk is not a private place.

    Anyway its not like the Google cars are hard to spot.

    The problem with automatically removing the movable objects is it takes quite a lot of frames with them in different positions.
    While the pics before and after a particular picture can help you'd still need about 30 seconds worth of photos to let the objects move.

  20. Re:Same here. on Google's Streetview Seen As Culturally Insensitive In Japan · · Score: 3, Insightful

    We recently got Street View in Australia and I honestly cant see what the privacy fuss is about.

    My house is on it. It looks pretty good.
    Nothing invading my privacy at all.

  21. Re:Getting the key picture, is the key to success on Shrinky Dinks As a Threat To National Security · · Score: 1

    Why not remove the radio component completely?

  22. Re:This just like how the mythbusters got past oth on Shrinky Dinks As a Threat To National Security · · Score: 1

    Actually it was a fluffy rug that was converted in to a bird suit. ;)

  23. Re:Getting the key picture, is the key to success on Shrinky Dinks As a Threat To National Security · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yep. Those little RFID tags are really good since you cant copy them. .....SHIT!!!!

  24. Re:the actual threath on Shrinky Dinks As a Threat To National Security · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shrinky dink of course!
    It must be banned to protect national security!
    Visa cards as well.

    Hmm a idea.

    I am a Visa card confiscator from the NSA. Can I please have your card?

  25. Re:olypics video tech on Did NBC Alter the Olympics' Opening Ceremony? · · Score: 1

    The IOC should mandate free open web feeds for 2012.