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  1. Let's Replace Beta on Why Robot Trucks Could Be Headed To Afghanistan (And Everywhere Else) · · Score: 0

    http://www.altslashdot.org/wiki/index.php?title=AltSlashdot

    Check out ##AltSlashdot on Freenode IRC network for more discussion.

  2. Re:It may be a huge turnoff for you ... on Kernel Dev Tells Linus Torvalds To Stop Using Abusive Language · · Score: 1

    To be fair to Ramsay, they show a completely different image of him on American vs British television.

  3. Re:Prior art on Apple Files Patent For New Proprietary Port · · Score: 1

    The one on the bottom of the Gamecube was for the accessory that could play Gameboy games. The GBA itself had a special connector that went into a controller port

  4. Re:Good luck with that! on Ask Slashdot: Moving From Contract Developers To Hiring One In-House? · · Score: 1

    Being proficient in a language is much less about knowing syntax and the IDE and much more about knowing the idioms of the language.

  5. Re:Free trip to the hospital, more like on Do Developers Need Free Perks To Thrive? · · Score: 1

    Then why not offer healthy snacks? I certainly wouldn't say no.

  6. Re:You aren't refusing to change on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With a Fear of Technological Change? · · Score: 1

    Thanks! I'll admit I didn't do too much research into monitors, this was just based on me moving my head around with various monitor configurations over the years.

  7. Re:Um ... on Mozilla Delays Default Third-Party Cookie Blocking In Firefox · · Score: 0

    Why not?

  8. Re:You aren't refusing to change on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With a Fear of Technological Change? · · Score: 1

    I agree about the 9:16 monitor, but have had difficulty finding monitors that actually have a decent viewing angle when used that way

  9. Re:Real-work problem? on Interactive Raycaster For the Commodore 64 Under 256 Bytes · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Don't underestimate the productivity of being able to work on a hobby project you enjoy

  10. Re: what? on What Modern Militaries Can Learn From Battlestar Galactica · · Score: 2

    Or taking advantage of the simulation. I don't know the name of the exercise off the top of my head, but I remember the guy exploiting poorly modeled Jeeps(?) to move information.

  11. Re:Nothing new on Oslo Needs Your Garbage · · Score: 1

    In a local college town, I remember seeing ads not to toss your pizza boxes in with the rest of the cardboard recycling, because it will contaminate the whole batch. Sounds like you're doing it right!

  12. Re:WILL BE SAID, YOU CANNOT BE ZERO CENTS !! on iTunes Store Turns 10 · · Score: 1

    Off by one error as shown by the incorrect spelling of "it's"

    AC really meant "It's Higgs' Boson, mate."

  13. Scifi/Technical on Ask Slashdot: What Magazines Do You Still Read? · · Score: 1

    I had a subscription for Analog and Asimov on my Nook, but the terrible quality of the ebook edition (missing paragraphs, no logical separation between chapters, etc) made me drop the subscription months ago. Right now, I just have a couple of IEEE magazines coming in, good for reading when I'm stuck at the airport. I find it hard to get time to read magazine articles lately, because they fall between reading short summaries on Slashdot (preference at work) and reading a good book (preference at home).

  14. Re:I'll pass... on Resurrecting the Linux Game Tome · · Score: 2, Informative

    It still works, surprisingly. A decade of using Linux and today is the first day I've seen rm used like this. (Not just once, but TWICE).

  15. Re:Can it do... on Enlightenment Terminal Allows Video Playback, PDF Viewing · · Score: 1

    I often use gnome-open for that same purpose.

  16. Re:the truth... apk on BioShock: Infinite Released · · Score: 2
    Meh, it's an Anonymous Coward.

    FTFAQ:

    Concentrate more on promoting than on demoting.

    Promote the good comments so no one needs to browse at 0-.

  17. Re:I wish I had pirated it lol on In Wake of Poor Reviews, Amazon Yanks SimCity Download · · Score: 1

    That's ok, it's just pictures of text.

  18. Re:Trade-offs on Valve Sued In Germany Over Game Ownership · · Score: 1

    Hah, no. The point was that for a restaurant I can't imagine them not being able to cook up a large amount of soup from base ingredients. I'm not in the restaurant industry however, so I only have a feeling.

  19. Re:Trade-offs on Valve Sued In Germany Over Game Ownership · · Score: 1

    But why would they want to sell premade soup when they can get their own discounts by buying fresh materials at the grocery store?

  20. Re:X forwarding on Ask Slashdot: Open Source Remote Application Access? · · Score: 1

    Whoops, I replied to the wrong comment. I'm going to have to look into FreeNX in the future.

  21. Re:X forwarding on Ask Slashdot: Open Source Remote Application Access? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I must be doing something wrong or GUI toolkits these days aren't designed as well for X forwarding, but anything slower than a LAN connection (and even then!) and it's painful to watch the screen update. My last attempt was last semester using Matlab off of my college's Unix servers so I wouldn't need to buy my own copy for homework and it didn't take long for me to pony up the $100.

  22. Re:watermarked is not clean on WotC Releases Old Dungeons & Dragons Catalog As PDFs · · Score: 1

    How are watermarked PDFs hindering you?

  23. Re:Else ifs - yuck on Doom 3 Source Code: Beautiful · · Score: 1

    Ouch, and I thought my reply might have been a little harsh. Way to go Slashdot.

  24. Re:Else ifs - yuck on Doom 3 Source Code: Beautiful · · Score: 2

    Looking at the article, I see nothing that could have been a switch statement. The only else-ifs I see are in the Spacing section, and they need to check if a value is less than or greater than, something that can't be done with a switch.

  25. Re:Excercise and diet on Ask Slashdot: How To Stay Fit In the Office? · · Score: 1

    Why do you even need a gym?

    Exactly! For example: http://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Your-Own-Gym/dp/0345528581/ Not that I would necessarily recommend working out at the office, but spend 30 minutes after you get off work doing some pushups or crunches at home. Then you're energetic for the rest of the night.