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  1. Re:Perhaps on Avoiding Mistakes Can Be a Huge Mistake · · Score: 1

    . . . nice. I just wish that I had been through A SINGLE code review in my entire career, where everyone didn't fall asleep. Just ONE!

    Oh, wait... maybe that was a dream I had while sleeping through a code review. :-)

  2. Re:Perhaps on Avoiding Mistakes Can Be a Huge Mistake · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Code reviews teach the reviewers as much as they check on the author. Why would you deny the lesser programmers the joy and experience of looking at good code?

    I completely agree with this. Also, reviewers get to see code they may not be familiar with, and the author gets alternative views on implementation and design.

    As long as everyone remains objective and professional, reviews can be very informative.

  3. Re:= and * on (Useful) Stupid Vim Tricks? · · Score: 1
    I use * and # all the time with 'hls' (highlight search). This highlights all the occurrences of the search item that are visible on the screen, so, for instance, you can see all the places a variable is used easily.

    gVim Rocks!

  4. Like TeX on Do Software Versions Really Matter? · · Score: 1

    You could use a number scheme like TeX. I'm sure that will fly with the PHB.

  5. Re:Why is anyone surprised? on Millions of Internet Addresses Are Lying Idle · · Score: 1

    I was merely pointing out that the default 192.168.1.* probably isn't the best, since it's everyone's default. At the very least, if I'm going to use 192.168 I set it to a different one than .1.*.

    I prefer the 172.16/12 addresses for my home network. They're rarely used. I was using 192.168/16 addresses at home and couldn't connect with the VPN at my office, since it was using the same address range.

  6. Re:Precisely on iPhone Antitrust and Computer Fraud Claims Upheld · · Score: 2, Insightful

    T-mobile will let you can unlock a Sidekick.

    You'll be able to use your Sidekick as a phone, but will lose alot of the Sidekick functionality. T-Mobile uses Danger's servers for that functionality and those servers won't be accessible from the AT&T network.

  7. IM on Managing Personal Electronics and Software In the Workplace · · Score: 1
    I work for a company that has support folks in England, China, Calif and other foreign countries ;-)

    With IM (Skype or Yahoo on computer or phone) dev engineering and support engineering can be in touch instantly. I think that makes our company more responsive to our customers.

    Our IT head said that we shouldn't use Skype or Yahoo because they weren't 'Enterprise Ready' but didn't suggest anything that was 'Enterprise Ready'. Finally, when pressed, he came up with a couple, but so far we haven't changed to them.

  8. How many suns? on New Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record · · Score: 1

    The 40.8 percent efficiency was measured under concentrated light of 326 suns.

    So, as soon as we move to a solar system with 326 suns, this will be useful?

  9. Re:I don't want this... on Researchers Test Drive Bus With Automated Steering · · Score: 1
    Dave: Hal, open the bus doors.

    Hal: I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that.

  10. processing capability on Researchers Test Drive Bus With Automated Steering · · Score: 1

    For a vehicle traveling 60 miles per hour, data from 27 meters (88 feet) of roadway can be read and processed in 1 second.

    Well I would hope so, since 88 feet is the distance it travels in 1 second at 60 MPH. Otherwise it would be processing the roadway behind it. Perhaps they should say ... data from 27 meters (88 feet) of roadway must be read and processed in 1 second.

  11. speed, system capacity, reliability... on The London Stock Exchange Goes Down For Whole Day · · Score: 1

    Pick any two.

  12. Re:Good luck... on DHS Allowed To Take Laptops Indefinitely · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why not just use your wife's name + her birthday?

    That's no good, I need something that I can remember.

  13. Hot metal on Modern LaTeX Replacement? · · Score: 1
    No, not the program, the Linotype.

    Of course, you have to like the smell of molten lead.

  14. I propose a shorter list... on The Very Worst Uses of Windows · · Score: 1

    The good places to use Windows!

  15. Secure... on the internet? on Google Browser Sync To Be Discontinued · · Score: 1

    While it was undoubtedly a useful utility, the argument can also be made that it wasn't the most secure extension in the world, what with having your personal data kept on Google's servers and shot around the internet.

    As opposed to something like gMail, where all your data is keep on your personal system and never shot around the internet... oh wait.

  16. Korea on OS X Snow Leopard Details · · Score: 2, Funny

    In Korea, isn't Natalie Portman only for old people?

    That settles it, I'm moving to Korea!

  17. Or maybe... on Study Hints At Time Before Big Bang · · Score: 1

    Lets now call pre-big bang time "foreplay".

    How about Dinner and a Movie?

  18. Carterfone on Apple Cracks Down On iPhone Unlockers · · Score: 1

    It was not until deregulation (carter era?? I cant quite recall when it happened now) that you could buy any old phone and attach it.

    Close but no cigar. You're thinking of the Carterfone ruling.

  19. Re:Router Trouble. on Windows XP SP3 Causing Router Crashes · · Score: 1

    Unless you are applying 10KV or something miswiring should not crash a router. Like this?

    Well, OK, it's not 10KV but I think it would do the job.

  20. Re:hmmmmm Vista... powershell ... winfs..... etc on Windows 7 Won't Have Compact "MinWin" Kernel · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why would a kernel chase a chicken?

    Colonel Sanders?

  21. Re:I live in Dallas on To Curb Truancy, Dallas Tries Electronic Monitoring · · Score: 1

    You voted them into office. It is your fault. No, the way the school districts are set up in Dallas, living in the City of Dallas doesn't mean you are in the Dallas ISD. Conversely, not living in Dallas doesn't mean you're not in the DISD. Fortunately (for my kids), I never lived in the Dallas School District.
  22. Re:I live in Dallas on To Curb Truancy, Dallas Tries Electronic Monitoring · · Score: 3, Informative

    I have _never_ been more ashamed of this city than I am now.

    I live in the Dallas area, although I wasn't born or raised here. I don't think this is a reason to be ashamed of Dallas, just the Dallas ISD. The crap that the DISD board and administration pulls never ceases to amaze me.

  23. Re:Stop turning food into fuel on Consumer Ethanol Appliance Promised By Year's End · · Score: 3, Funny

    A bottle of tequila will sit indefinitely in a glass bottle

    Not in my house!

  24. Re:Nearing implementation? on Finnish Electric Solar Sail Nears Implementation · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, it's not Finnished yet??

    If it's nearly Finnished, does that make it Swedish?

  25. Dallas yellow light rule on Cities Tampering With Traffic Lights To Generate Revenue · · Score: 1
    Based on living in Dallas for 20+ years, the rule for yellow lights in Dallas appears to be:

    If the car ahead of you goes thru the intersection, you can go, too.

    So basically, the traffic only stops when someone doesn't know this rule. :-)