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  1. Re:Back to Basic on What Makes a Programming Language Successful? · · Score: 1

    However, if you try to multiply an Int by a String, it'll throw the same type errors any other strongly type language will. Actually, Python does allow you to multiply an int and a string, but like you said, it assumes you know what you're doing and allows it for convenience.

    >>> 5 * "foobar"
    'foobarfoobarfoobarfoobarfoobar'
  2. Re:DDR2? on A First Look at AMD's M2 Platform · · Score: 3, Informative
    I know NVidia is already using [DDR3] on video cards...

    Not quite.

    The memory on the nVidia cards you are talking about is actually GDDR3, not DDR3. The name is similar, but the technology is not.

    From the Wikipedia DDR3 article:

    The GDDR3 memory, with a familiar name but an entirely dissimilar technology, has been in use for several years in high-end graphic cards such as ones from NVIDIA or ATI, and as main system memory on the Xbox 360. It is sometimes incorrectly referred to as "DDR3".
  3. Re:Slick... very slick on Google Desktop 2 Live · · Score: 2, Informative

    They have a plugin for searching Google Desktop from the Firefox search bar here.

  4. Maybe when... on Katrina Delays Shuttle · · Score: 1
    With NASA's reluctance to get back into space, and Hubble dying, We just wonder when private industry will put Nasa out of the game.

    That will probably happen about the same time that Slashdot editors start proofreading their stories.

  5. Re:Maybe in a thousand years . . . on The Feasibility of Star Wars Tech · · Score: 1
  6. great movies that no one wants to see on George Lucas Struggles to Reinvent Himself · · Score: 5, Funny
    From TFA:

    "I've earned the right to fail, which means making what I think are really great movies that no one wants to see."

    This is in contrast to his previous strategy of making really bad movies that everyone wants to see.

  7. Re:Well, since it rains 363 days of the year there on Oregon's Governor Backs Open Source Development · · Score: 1
    Actually, the average annual precipitation in Portland is less than that in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando and many others.

    Source: WeatherToday.net