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  1. Re:Fucking Slashdot ruined my post! on The Downside of Warp Drives: Annihilating Whole Star Systems When You Arrive · · Score: 1

    In preview none of that was there. The journal section is having the same problem. If I edit while previewing, the changes don't show up until after I save it.

    Basically, the preview is data stored temporarily in your browser. The saved data are served from a database column, with a defined maximum size.

  2. Re:Taking a break from all your worries on Apple Considering Switch Away From Intel For Macs · · Score: 1

    The answer to your last question is "mu." Look it up. And a helpful hint: if you don't want replies, stop asking questions; otherwise, mark them as rhetorical. HTH, HAND.

  3. Re:M$ on Microsoft's Hidden Windows 8 Feature: Ads · · Score: 1

    Übuntu (-ber alles)?

  4. Re:Taking a break from all your worries on Apple Considering Switch Away From Intel For Macs · · Score: 1

    The people that enjoy my sarcasm are rarely targets of it, and they are only a few; I like it this way. You being a guy on the internet or physically nearby is irrelevant for the sarcasm-worthiness of what you say.

    However, since you happen to be on the internet, I suggest you make an educational use of it, like looking up the validity of things you state before stating them. In the specific case of the Matrix (which is a fine action movie, not a gospel) a list of the sources behind its ideas, phrases etc is only a few clicks away. Good luck.

  5. Re:Taking a break from all your worries on Apple Considering Switch Away From Intel For Macs · · Score: 1

    Cypher from The Matrix put it very simply: "Ignorance is bliss". ### white noise ###

    I'm sorry. I couldn't keep on reading after the mental blow I suffered, leading to my very proper Zen enlightenment. Cypher, you said? From the Matrix? He must be a very wise fellow. This Matrix place seems like a meeting ground for many interesting people and original ideas.

    --

    (My God, the level of ignorance...)

  6. Re:MPG testing on Hyundai Overstated MPG On Over 1 Million Cars · · Score: 1

    I have noticed that the average fuel economy on the same trip computer (Chrysler Sebring) is ALWAYS overstated compared to the numbers I get when I calculate it based on miles driven and gallons pumped into the tank.

    I believe that trip computers report average over consumption while in motion (and probably above 30 km/h or 20 mph) and ignore fuel burnt while idling (although the car could report something like 1 l/hour), so reported mileage could be better than actual mileage without necessarily implying any cheating on the automaker's part.

  7. Re:Application and Screen on Different Machines on Wayland 1.0 Released, Not Yet Ready To Replace X11 · · Score: 1

    I have the impression that x86-Linux-GTK-Wayland and x86-Linux-GTK-X11 would actually be x86-Linux-GTK, just like today. You code using the toolkit; the toolkit decides (automagically and/or helped by run-time choices) which backend (X11 or Wayland). Likewise for Qt.

  8. Re:Hopefully another 25 years or more on Wayland 1.0 Released, Not Yet Ready To Replace X11 · · Score: 1

    At least for me, xterm with server-side fonts is fast; ctrl-middle-click and ticking "Enable Jump Scroll" helps too.

  9. Re:Default Interface on Ask Slashdot: Seamonkey vs. Firefox — Any Takers? · · Score: 1

    I have the menu, the basic buttons (back, forward, reload, home) and the address bar all on the same line. It works fine for me on my 1680x1050 laptop monitor (given that the tab bar is on the right using the Tree Style Tab extension).

  10. Re:I don't get it on At $250, New Chromebook Means Competition For Tablets, Netbooks, Ultrabooks · · Score: 1

    I never could figure out why Microsoft went with a .docx extension for something that is just a .zip file

    This is exactly what .odt (and the rest of the OpenOffice formats) are, too.

  11. It occurs elsewhere, too on NetFlix Caught Stealing DivX Subtitles From Finnish Pirates · · Score: 1

    This has happened on Greek television, too, 2-3 years ago (or maybe more; I'm getting old). They used amateur subtitles (quite often of better quality than the "professional" ones) on some series episode, and they forgot to remove the credits line with the site URL. AFAIR the subtitle-providing site still exists, but it doesn't provide subtitles anymore, after some legal hunting later on.

  12. Re:Dark side, really? on NASA Mulling Earth-Moon L2 Point for Mars Staging Station · · Score: 1
    Well, Pink Floyd aren't really at fault (unless one didn't listen to the lyrics, and only cared for album and song titles; even then, “Eclipse” should be enough).

    I believe that everyone would agree that a more correct term would be “the hidden side of the Moon”, but it's not as catchy, so let's say “the far side of the Moon” which is as catchy (rhyme-wise) and as literal as it can be for our Earth-centered POV.

  13. Re:I'm not saying it was aliens... on Spectacular Fireball Lights Up UK Sky · · Score: 1

    “Meatier Meteor”? What does Ubuntu 23.10 have to do with any of it?

  14. Re:Smell on Biodiesel From Sewage Sludge · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ah, shit.
    Oh, shit.

  15. Re:Maths on Solid State Quantum Computer Finds 15=3x5 — 48% of the Time · · Score: 1

    > "2 ought to be enough for anybody." --Bill Gates 1066

    That's another Bill Gates: the chairman of the witch burning society.

  16. Re:Geeks don't throw away junk ... they hoard it. on Why Junk Electronics Should Be Big Business · · Score: 1

    Amen to that. If this isn't one of the planet-wide fundamental truths, I don't know what is.

  17. Cloning athletes? No sir. on Cloned Horses Ok To Compete In Olympics · · Score: 1

    Where's the money in cloning athletes? Now, if you get some hair from celebrities (say, Marilyn Monroe or any other sex symbol), you clone the celebrity and raise the child in a very protected environment to be sold to a tycoon when s/he matures (although most of the capital would be given in advance, so the clone would be mostly pre-sold), now there's a *lot* of money. Of course, it's most unethical and illegal, but that never stopped supply and demand.

  18. Re:If ancient people taught us anything... on A Million-Year Hard Disk · · Score: 1

    Does anyone have MTBF numbers for stone tablets?

  19. Re:Sweet! on Candy Coating Inspires Lab-Grown Blood Vessels · · Score: 1

    The TFA had this title: "A sweet way to grow blood vessels", so I am not sure what you added to the mix.

  20. Re:2 major ways to ease traffic jam on Boston Using IBM Engineers To Solve Traffic Problems · · Score: 1

    THIS TRAFFIC LIGHT INTENTIONALLY LEFT RED

    (please ignore this obligatory lower case sentence to avoid the filter error)

  21. Re:Wait, Surface? on Microsoft Announces 'Surface' Tablet · · Score: 1

    You must be working at the set of the new "Hawaii 5-0".

  22. Re:Speed versus complexity on Intel Dismisses 'x86 Tax', Sees No Future For ARM · · Score: 1

    The x32 ABI would be most useful in phones. Hell, I can't wait till I can use x32 software on my computer.

  23. Re:No Electrophoreses? on World's Largest Biometric Database · · Score: 1

    > But what if you change your mind?

    Thank $deity I wasn't drinking anything at the time I read your answer.

  24. Re:12 billion finger prints? on World's Largest Biometric Database · · Score: 1

    > I'm guessing India is using all 10 digits and both palms to come up with that number.

    Which number they came up with? The 12 billion fingerprints? That is, the (1.2 billion Indians) x (10 fingerprints per person)? That number?

  25. Re:Light Table - Why it's Cool on Light Table IDE Finds Funding Success · · Score: 2

    > So far, no IDE will give you thinks like autocomplete for a language like Python
    Even "home-grown" IDLE has (semi)autocompletion.