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  1. Re:Nothing Deplorable about Betas on Why Does Beta Last So Long? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The acceptance of 'beta' as 'final' by many consumers is a programmer's dream. The need for a product is diminished, as consumers will forgive anything from lack of polish to lack of functionality and lack of coherence. All those things you're too lazy to fix can be swept away since it's still in beta!

  2. Re:Site's dead - who's McG? on Superman V: The Sordid Story · · Score: 2, Interesting

    McG is a director of music and skating videos who somehow ended up directing theatrical films, the likes of which include the two Charlie's Angels movies.

  3. Re:"the SQL programming language" on Sneak Peek at IBM 'Viper' DB2 Release · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Most database vendors have extended SQL so that it is a full procedural language. Oracle has PL/SQL. MS and Sybase have TSQL. Postgres has plpgsql.

  4. Re:"the SQL programming language" on Sneak Peek at IBM 'Viper' DB2 Release · · Score: 2, Informative

    From an intro on stored procedures:

    "What is a Stored Procedure?
    If a procedure is encapsulated logic that can be invoked from within your application, then a stored procedure is simply a procedure that is stored on the database server. Usually written in SQL, the stored procedure benefits from the power and proximity of the database from which it is managed."

  5. Re:The "Flexible" Elevator - Going Up? on Apple iTunes to End Flat Fee Pricing? · · Score: 1

    I've never heard of Porcupine Tree, so that doesn't say much for their word of mouth press.

    It DOES take large amounts of venture capital to market anything. Magazine ads and PR firms aren't cheap.

    Of course, if you can make a comfortable selling not quite so many songs at .25 a pop, and all that money goes to you, I suppose it's not a big deal.

  6. Re:Am I just olde? on First Xbox 360 Reviews Hitting the Web · · Score: 1

    Gameboy original release was in 1989, 16 years ago.

  7. Re:Am I just olde? on First Xbox 360 Reviews Hitting the Web · · Score: 1

    F-Zero (for SNES)
    Red Alarm (Virtual Boy)

  8. Re:"Smackdown" on Blog Software Smackdown · · Score: 1

    Why develop new software if mature FOSS can be used instead?

    To keep your skills sharp. Why does this even NEED to be asked?

  9. Re:Schnikeys we slashdotted google on Google Launches Web Traffic Analysis Service · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yeah, it's been like that for an hour. I'm thinking I'll just stick with SiteMeter.

  10. Re:Vast government powers on Research Group Pushes to Ban Skype · · Score: 1

    It looks like China and South Africa aren't terribly happy with it. Just Google "illegal skype"

  11. Re:Vast government powers on Research Group Pushes to Ban Skype · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Countries don't ban Skype because of security issues; they ban it to prevent competition with the phone monopoly.

  12. Re:They're doing something right on A Tool to Tally Podcast Listeners · · Score: 1

    A telephone voice channel only has a bandwidth of 32kbps. The frequency response of telephone signals tops out at 8kHz.

  13. Re:US Government dependence - MOD Parent DOWN on Feds Enter Blackberry Fray · · Score: 1

    What? and admit error?

  14. Re:US Government dependence of foreign corporation on Feds Enter Blackberry Fray · · Score: 1

    He's not talking about national disaster. He's talking about willful disconnection of service by a hostile nation. If we ever got THAT pissed off at Canada anyway

  15. Re:US Government dependence - MOD Parent DOWN on Feds Enter Blackberry Fray · · Score: 3, Informative

    How can you claim that 10% of government users having Blackberries constitute essential infrastructure? Are you trying to claim that the Blackberries are their only source of email service?

    Re-read the summary. 10% of Blackberry users are in the US government.

  16. Re:That's Friggin Brilliant... on RISK The Game On Google Maps · · Score: 1

    I always have the best results when I:
    1.) Take Australia and use the bonus to either beef up rogue forces in South America, or to break across India into Africa.
    2.) Take South America and work my way up into Mexico and beyond.

    Europe is vulnerable but nowhere near as hard to hold as Asia.

  17. Re:Apple treats users like babies on Can Open Source Outdo the IPod? · · Score: 1

    i'm not sure what you mean here. all my various artists compilations have the artist name in the artist field and the compilation flag set. no artist field cluttering necessary

  18. Re:Propriatory on Can Open Source Outdo the IPod? · · Score: 1

    which part of tiger runs without hacking on non-apple machines again?

  19. Re:Buy the Game and Pay Again to Play It - NOT!!!! on Blizzcon Writeup · · Score: 1

    the $50 is so retailers make money on it. if retailers don't make money, they won't sell a product. if they don't sell a product, you're only sucking money out of the pockets of people who shop on the internet. why limit your market?

  20. Re:Cue Sam Watterson on Defend Yourself in the Imminent Robot Rebellion · · Score: 1

    he name-checked sam waterston. i think he knows what you're talking about.

    Watch the clip

    for when the metal ones come for you. and they will.

  21. Re:At the risk of a rantfest: IP's the problem on Is There Such A Thing As A Final Cut? · · Score: 4, Informative

    I can't be the only person who remembers the opening song's lyric containing a line about cutting off your hand for stealing a loaf of bread.

    Actually, the line was "Where the cut off your hand if they don't like your face" changed to "where the land is immense and the heat is intense".

  22. Re:WOOWHOO! on Microsoft Takes Aim At Google · · Score: 1

    The human doesn't get his results in 0.2s if the search box is backlogged!

  23. Re:WOOWHOO! on Microsoft Takes Aim At Google · · Score: 1

    This has gone beyond clarification into deliberate lack of imagination. Anyway:
    Let's say you have a large enterprise with a whole pile of information that needs to readily accessible. It's disorganized, and making a hierarchical directory is not possible for whatever reason. Currently Google has an appliance that does all its own indexing. What happens when an organization outgrows a single one of those boxes? You can maintain your own cluster, but if Google were to offer its own clusters which the box forwards queries to, then a 100x decrease in throughput would be noticeable, as the box would be doing a lot more queries than any particular person.

  24. Re:WOOWHOO! on Microsoft Takes Aim At Google · · Score: 1

    I could easily see them coming up with a high developed useful api to their search system/appliances.

    You've never worked with Microsoft APIs, I take it.

  25. Re:WOOWHOO! on Microsoft Takes Aim At Google · · Score: 1

    If the search box searches an idnex that resides on Google's servers, then a 1000x speed increase could very well affect search throughput for the appliance.