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  1. Re:BOOST::Python, but you haven't seen the source? on Any "Pretty" Code Out There? · · Score: 2, Informative

    However, the thread issues are with Python, not Boost. There's a more detailed description in the Python docs, but basically the Python interpreter isn't designed to run more than once in the same process.

  2. Re:Urban sprawl == mess on Any "Pretty" Code Out There? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm pretty sure that by posting perl code any claim of legibility is out the window. ;)

  3. Re:That means ... on Real Life DirectX 10 Performance · · Score: 1

    there isnt a whole bunch of GL_EXT_OBS_ASS_HATTERY_BUF_GAY_PRIMITIVE extensions to make things work
    Actually, most extensions to OpenGL 1.x are now core features in 2.x. Upcoming revisions of the API (codenamed Mt. Evans and Longs Peak) will move to a more D3D10-like model.
  4. WebKit is partially LGPL... on FSF Rattles Tivo Saber At Apple · · Score: 1

    ...and assuming that the iPhone uses WebKit, isn't the WebKit developer site sufficient?

  5. Re:The Scarlet Letter on Fighting Online Game Cheating in Hardware · · Score: 1

    Or give the server admin tools to play with. Make the player look silly, send them false information, etc. Spawn a campfire if they're camping.

    Real-time public humiliation is even better. :D

  6. Re:Would the OS benefit from using this? on Intel Updates Compilers For Multicore CPUs · · Score: 1

    Why would Microsoft use icl? They have their own x86/x64-targeted optimizing compiler you know...

  7. Re:Maybe KDE & Gnome Folk Will Read... on Independent Human Interface Guidelines · · Score: 1

    Did you even read my second point? As noted elsewhere in this thread, the WIMP theme draws the entire UI through Windows, giving it - surprise! - a native look and feel.

  8. Re:Maybe KDE & Gnome Folk Will Read... on Independent Human Interface Guidelines · · Score: 1

    1) Windows is not Gaim's native platform.

    2) There's a theme (included with Gaim) that draws the UI through Windows.

  9. zlib on Selecting a Software Licence? · · Score: 1

    IMO the zlib/libpng license is the best. It's functionally equivalent to BSD, but you don't need an army of lawyers, university presidents, or OMINOUS ALL CAPS DISCLAIMERS. In English, it says the following:

    - Use the code however you want, but don't claim you're the author.
    - You can modify the code, but don't claim the modified code is the original.

    About as simple as it gets.

  10. Re:Fast mirror at Indiana University on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn Released · · Score: 5, Informative

    Technically speaking, it's just the package updater (like Windows Update but less evil), which also is capable of updating the entire distro.

  11. Re:Bah, on Define - /etc? · · Score: 1

    Actually, /Applications is just for installed applications, rather like 'Program Files' on Windows. Everything in /usr belongs to the system. (except maybe unix apps that a braindead 'make install' script put there)

  12. Re:Kidnap? on Kidnap Victim Visible Via Xbox Community Site · · Score: 3, Funny

    National Association of Marlon Brando Look-Alikes?

  13. Re:Video of Troy's Suits on Inventor Slims Down Exoskeletal Body Armor · · Score: 1
    can it protect you from a toilet thrown off a roof?
    How about a serial crusher?
  14. Re:FreeBSD from scratch? on FreeBSD 6.2 Released To Mirrors · · Score: 1

    No. FreeBSD comes from a single source. Linux distributions pull together software from many sources.

  15. Re:Martian South Park on NASA May Have Killed The Martians · · Score: 1

    You marklar marklar! Marklars!

  16. Re:To be fair to Boston Legal on Servers, Hackers, and Code In the Movies · · Score: 1

    Yes, but that was intentional.

  17. Re:Best security practices on Experts Say Ajax Not Inherently Insecure · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you were testing on SpiderMonkey (Gecko's engine)? SM specifically is known to be a very slow JS engine.

  18. Re:It's a design decision... on Code Execution Bug In Broadcom Wi-Fi Driver · · Score: 1

    x86 basically has 8 general-purpose registers (though it probably isn't possible to use all of them at once). AMD had the brilliant foresight, however, to add 8 more registers for long mode.

  19. Re:Say What? on Implications of the Mozilla/Adobe Partnership · · Score: 1
    Tamarin has a JIT compiler for faster execution of a lot of Javascript code.
    That's one of the reasons there's no 64-bit Flash. Who wants to bet on Mozilla having an amd64 JIT first?
  20. Re:WHY XHTML are going unnoticed ? on HTML to be 'Incrementally Evolved' · · Score: 1
    A restaurant owner who didn't want to install a ramp would (by definition) be OK with the loss of business from people who couldn't enter their establishement (because if they *weren't* OK with it, they would build the ramp.
    Actually, that's exactly what I'm getting at.
  21. Re:Why reinvent the wheel? on Want To Know About the New Apple MacBook Pro? · · Score: 1

    It doesn't have real-world performance data.

  22. Re:WHY XHTML are going unnoticed ? on HTML to be 'Incrementally Evolved' · · Score: 1

    Try telling that to someone like my father, who has been confined to a wheelchair for the past 11 years. Suppose you were the owner of a restaurant. How would you like to lose business because of your adamant refusal to install a ramp? I cannot even begin to count the number of times he's been in that kind of situation, of whether or not he's going to go somewhere purely on the basis of whether or not he can get inside. Restaurants, stores, theaters, you name it - for every 1 that's accessible, there's probably 2 that aren't.

  23. Re:Sony Batteries on Laptops Searched and Confiscated at U.S. Border · · Score: 1

    Any operating system can cause mishandling of data and data loss.

  24. Re:'Ever' seems a bit optimistic on Will the iPod Ever Die? · · Score: 1

    Zune eh? I'd love to see an as-of-yet-unreleased product beat one that's been going strong for 5 years.

  25. Re:How to turn it off.. on Vista Startup Sound to be Mandatory? · · Score: 1, Funny

    Insightful?

    What the fuck?

    Mods: Don't mod up people that are making stuff up. He was apparently attempting to use humor, a concept that is not fully understood across the /. moderating community.