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  1. Re:dmr on Dennis Ritchie, Creator of C Programming Language, Passed Away · · Score: 1

    ALL OF MY MOD POINTS FOREVER

  2. Re:Interesting on Scientists Afflict Computers With Schizophrenia · · Score: 0

    Lol, yeah, except now it's giving me all the fortunes at once. Talk about schizophrenic!

    Try the Moo Shu Pork. It is especially good today. % Try to get all of your posthumous medals in advance. % Try to have as good a life as you can under the circumstances. % Try to relax and enjoy the crisis. -- Ashleigh Brilliant % Try to value useful qualities in one who loves you. % Tuesday After Lunch is the cosmic time of the week. % Tuesday is the Wednesday of the rest of your life. % What happened last night can happen again. % While you recently had your problems on the run, they've regrouped and are making another attack. % Write yourself a threatening letter and pen a defiant reply. % You are a bundle of energy, always on the go. % You are a fluke of the universe; you have no right to be here. % You are a very redundant person, that's what kind of person you are. % You are always busy. % You are as I am with You. % You are capable of planning your future. % You are confused; but this is your normal state. % You are deeply attached to your friends and acquaintances. % You are destined to become the commandant of the fighting men of the department of transportation. % You are dishonest, but never to the point of hurting a friend. % You are fairminded, just and loving. % You are farsighted, a good planner, an ardent lover, and a faithful friend. % You are fighting for survival in your own sweet and gentle way. % You are going to have a new love affair. % You are magnetic in your bearing. % You are not dead yet. But watch for further reports. % You are number 6! Who is number one? % You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. % You are scrupulously honest, frank, and straightforward. Therefore you have few friends. % You are sick, twisted and perverted. I like that in a person. % You are so boring that when I see you my feet go to sleep. % You are standing on my toes. % You are taking yourself far too seriously. % You are the only person to ever get this message. % You are wise, witty, and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort of trash. % You attempt things that you do not even plan because of your extreme stupidity. % You can create your own opportunities this week. Blackmail a senior executive. % You can do very well in speculation where land or anything to do with dirt is concerned. % You can rent this space for only $5 a week. % You could live a better life, if you had a better mind and a better body. % You definitely intend to start living sometime soon. % You dialed 5483. % You display the wonderful traits of charm and courtesy. % You don't become a failure until you're satisfied with being one. % You enjoy the company of other people. % You feel a whole lot more like you do now than you did when you used to. % You fill a much-needed gap. % You get along very well with everyone except animals and people. % You had some happiness once, but your parents moved away, and you had to leave it behind. % You have a deep appreciation of the arts and music. % You have a deep interest in all that is artistic. % You have a reputation for being thoroughly reliable and trustworthy. A pity that it's totally undeserved. % You have a strong appeal for members of the opposite sex. % You have a strong appeal for members of your own sex. % You have a strong desire for a home and your family interests come first. % You have a truly strong individuality. % You have a will that can be influenced by all with whom you come in contact. % You have an ability to sense and know higher truth. % You have an ambitious nature and may make a name for yourself. % You have an unusual equipment for success. Be sure to use it properly. % You have an unusual magnetic personality. Don't walk too close to metal objects which are not fastened down. % You have an unusual understanding of the problems of human relationships. % You have been selected for a secret mission. % You have Egyptian flu: you're going to be a mummy. % You have had a long-term stimulation relative to business. % You have literary talent that y

  3. Solr is great on Book Review: Solr 1.4 Enterprise Search Server · · Score: 1

    I've used it at work with the acts_as_solr plugin for Rails. Simply define in your models which fields in the database you'd like solr to index and it just does it, allowing you to build a nice, robust search capability into your website with not a lot of work. And I'm sure I'm only using about 10% of what Solr actually provides. Look forward to checking out this book and seeing what other tricks it's got.

  4. Re:XML on Horizontal Scaling of SQL Databases? · · Score: 1

    Sounds like someone's been watching my screencasts.

  5. Re:Good to hear on WordPress 3.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

  6. Re:Social networks are for sharing information. on Free Software To Save Us From Social Networks · · Score: 1

    The entire idea of privacy on the fucking Internet is moronic - that's not what it was designed for.

  7. Re:Linux needs a "Zone Alarm" like program on Malware Found Hidden In Screensaver On Gnome-Look · · Score: 1

    Linux already has one - it's called Firestarter and it's great. Integrates with the gnome desktop and let's you specifiy a per-process inbound and outbound access policy. It's in the main ubuntu repos last time I checked, but that was Hoary... Check out it here.

  8. Re:Cheating on my first love - Firefox on Google Betas Chrome 4, Touts 30% Speed Boost · · Score: 1

    Heh.

    "Google Chrome: Do Less. Faster."

  9. Re:StatCounter etc on Firefox Passes IE6 In Browser Share · · Score: 1

    And tell me again why we're molly-coddling this people? Folks see enough of their favorite parts of the internet go dark due to having legacy browsers that can't properly render the pages and they WILL upgrade, just like people upgraded from analog to digital over-the-air television. Good news is you don't even need a fourty-dollar mail-in coupon to get a new web browser.

  10. Re:C++ 2010 is a great leap forward. on Stroustrup Says New C++ Standard Delayed Until 2010 Or Later · · Score: 1

    I dunno how many other folks will get this as you're catering to a niche within a niche, but I laughed. Thanks.

  11. Re:Works well as workstation on Windows Server 2008 One Year On — Hit Or Miss? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I gotta say Win2k8 is easily the best version of Windows I've seen in eight years for a workstation.

  12. Re:Many stations switchin anyway... on US Digital TV Switchover Delayed Until June · · Score: 1

    Electricity for those analog towers isn't cheap...

    Yeah, it's funny actually but it's the recent economic hiccup we've had that has the station I work for comitted to turning off analog in February. It's gonna save us about 20,000 bucks a month just in electricty.

  13. A member of the turnip family on Why Do We Name Servers the Way We Do? · · Score: 1

    I named my first Linux box 'baga' because it made me smile at the bash prompt:


    root@baga


    A member of the turnip family...

  14. Re:"Superbar"? Who wants to kill marketroids? on Windows 7 Taskbar Not So Similar To OS X Dock After All · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Okay, the Internet-face-stab machine is quickly becoming a meme around here. Is there a Wikipedia page in place yet? Because if not, there should be. I look forward to tracking the spread of this meme, especially if it should become a reality :)

  15. Don't bother on Most Hackable Coupon-Eligible DTV Converter? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, the government program-approved DTV boxes are super bare-bones and not really something worth hacking on. The most featureful one available at this time is made by Scientific Atlantic. I saw a very nice feature comparison of all the available coupon-redeemable boxes on AVSForum not too long ago. Might wanna have a look over there. Secondly, don't count on your coupons actually working. That program's outta money and the last couple of folks I've seen try to redeem their coupons at stores were SOL.

  16. Re:Watch the video on The Technology Behind the Magic Yellow Line · · Score: 1

    "Chyron" and "well made interface" should never appear in the same sentence.

  17. Re:That's awesome but... on 10 Years of Half-Life · · Score: 1

    I hadn't played it at all until about 3 weeks ago.

    Built a new computer for the express purpose of playing games, having confined done my gaming to consoles previously (and that not since the Dreamcast), and the first thing I checked out was the Orange Box.

    Loved me some Portal and Team Fortess 2. Tried out HL2 and felt like I was missing the story, so got the original Half Life from Steam (paid USD9.99 tho. Shoulda waited a week). Playing through it now.

  18. Pet Peeve on (Useful) Stupid Unix Tricks? · · Score: 1

    People that can't use grep properly: cat'ing a file and piping it to grep is completely unnecessary. Ditto grep'ing a file for a particular string then piping that to wc for a line count. Grep does both, and can save you a ton of typing.

  19. Re:Screen on (Useful) Stupid Unix Tricks? · · Score: 1

    I've had good luck with the following couple of lines in my .screenrc: defscrollback 2000 termcapinfo xterm ti@:te@

  20. Bit like EA on Virginia High Court Wrong About IP Addresses · · Score: 1

    Virginia law is definitely of the "release it now and patch it later" variety. We're a bit like EA that way....

  21. Read a book! on Server Optimization For Newbies? · · Score: 1

    The Practice of System and Network Administration - Limoncelli & Hogan

    Unix System Administration Handbook - Nemeth, Snyder, Seebass, Hein

    These are the two most important books to have on your reference shelf. I've been doing sysadmin for years and still have yet to outgrow these two. If you're working with Centos then I recommend Red Hat's Deployment Guide as a fantastic resource for learning how to set up and configure a server "the Red Hat way".

  22. Silver Sensor on Best Terrestrial/OTA HDTV Setup For an Apartment? · · Score: 1

    I've had really good luck with the Phillips (formerly Zenith) log periodic antenna. You can usually pick one up online for less than 20 dollars. Link: http://www.amazon.com/Philips-PHDTV1-Silver-Digital-Antenna/dp/B0007XDI54 I'm in a wooded, hilly area about 15 air miles from the transmitter nest, but this antenna provided a huge boost in the number of stations I was able to pick up reliably. Ultimately, though, the biggest factor in reception is the sensitivity of your receiver.

  23. Ditto library on Decent Book Clubs for Sci-Fi Fans? · · Score: 1

    So, I realize this article is getting a little long in the tooth, but I did just want to echo the sentiments of everyone who suggested the local library. This really is a great resource. When paired with John Udell's Library Bookmarklet http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/stories/2002/12/11/librarylookup.html and the Interlibrary Loan program I've saved a ton of money over the past couple of years and read a lot of great books.

  24. Re:Possible? on Stolen Cell Phone Shares Thieves' Photos? · · Score: 1

    Thank you for that!

    Had the article summary been slightly clearer than mud I may have been able to deduce what the hell Shozu was on my own.

  25. Re:Why I hate gaim. on Google Hires Gaim's Main Developer · · Score: 2, Informative

    So install Gaim Extended Prefs (you old fogey :-) )and turn that behavior off. One shouldn't have to endure an antagonistic relationship with one's IM client. Mine is just a happy little icon on the task bar that blinks when I have a message and has been for a while.