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  1. Re:C++? on GCC Moving To Use C++ Instead of C · · Score: 1

    Why not simply overload the new operator to handle garbage collection (keeping it's normal use intact)?

  2. Re:C++? on GCC Moving To Use C++ Instead of C · · Score: 1

    Garbage collection *should* be a part of any decent language.

    I don't understand your reasoning for this. Why force garbage collection on a program that doesn't need it?

  3. Re:C++? on GCC Moving To Use C++ Instead of C · · Score: 1

    A reference always "points" to a variable. This is useful because you don't need to account for null pointers when they aren't required, and function parameters are more exact.

  4. Re:Here's my take: on Steam Client for Mac Launches, Linux Client On the Way · · Score: 1

    2. They do the right thing by having cheap prices on downloadable games--including $2.99 special offers.

    Unfortunately the games that aren't on special offer are significantly more expensive than they are in online shops and even in highstreet stores. The last couple of games I've bought I've not gotten on Steam because of the £10 or so I've saved by getting it from Amazon. Buying the game from a supermarket, like Asda (Walmart), would also have been cheaper. Valve need to look at setting their prices at a competitive level.

  5. Re:Optical light? on Intel Shows Off First Light Peak Laptop · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I guess it just means it uses visible light, as opposed to, infrared or ultraviolet for example.

  6. Re:Why C? on C Programming Language Back At Number 1 · · Score: 1

    The postfix ++ was deprecated in the standard I think, although it's very unlikely it'll ever be removed from the language.

  7. Re:Actually it is... on C Programming Language Back At Number 1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    If it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duckX_$3[0#GENERAL PROTECTION FAULT

  8. Re:Cost on Thorium, the Next Nuclear Fuel? · · Score: 1

    Fairly sure it was the other way round: Fat Man was the gun-type Uranium and Little Boy was the, smaller, Plutonium device.

  9. Re:real life would be boring on Graphic Novelist Calls For Better Game Violence · · Score: 1

    Just look at how unpopular Counter-Strike was...

  10. Re:That's pretty evil. on Scientology Charged With Slavery, Human Trafficking · · Score: 1

    I believe your definition of reality differs significantly from the obvious one.

  11. Re:Starting to get afordable on Gigantic Air Gun To Blast Cargo Into Orbit · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only if you want them to arrive on orbit as people paste. The G-forces in a cannon launch would be very high.

    I'll make a list...

  12. Re:Linus on Alan Cox Quits As Linux TTY Maintainer — "I've Had Enough" · · Score: 1

    Me too. Simple mechanical tasks require so much less attention than actually reading what's on the door.

  13. Re:It's so very odd..... on Ireland Criminalizes Blasphemy · · Score: 1

    By that definition, everyone's an atheist.

  14. Re:Not to be confused with on Revisiting the Five-Minute Rule · · Score: 1

    That's how long it takes the mouse to spot the potato chip, scurry across the floor, and then to sit on the potato chip and nibble away at the edges.

  15. Re:Repeat file sharers get bandwidth restriction? on UK Government Announces Broadband Tax · · Score: 1

    I'm just looking forward to double my current bandwidth. Although I suspect that BT's "upgrade" will be 2Mb/s and an unstable connection.

  16. Re:Worst Mistake That Still Needs Fixing on Fifteen Classic PC Design Mistakes · · Score: 1

    Something like this Logitech device? I've never tried one myself, but they look interesting. Although the backlights on that particular device that "let you easily locate the right key in low-light conditions or lights-out play" raises a warning flag for me.

  17. Re:Worst Mistake That Still Needs Fixing on Fifteen Classic PC Design Mistakes · · Score: 1

    The Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 is the only keyboard Microsoft have made that I consider to be a successor to the original Natural Keyboard. The others have glaring ergonomic flaws. The principle ones being dumb positioning of keys (Natural Keyboard Elite), sloping the keyboard the wrong way and poor "wrist-rests" that encourage or force your wrists to be more stressed than on a normal keyboard (Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro, Optical Desktop Pro).

  18. Re:Not too bad.. on Apple Patent To Safeguard 911 Cellphone Calls · · Score: 1

    Unless there's a bug in the system. In which case, your phone stops working when you need it the most. I can't help thinking that better power saving in normal operation might be a better solution. Easier to find bugs in normal operation too.

  19. Re:Roving black hole on Black Hole Swallows Star · · Score: 1

    Everything creates enough gravitational force to accelerate a black hole. Although those things with a comparable mass (or energy), close to the black hole, should be more noticeable.

  20. Re:I love slashdot, but... on SourceForge To Acquire Development Portal Ohloh.net · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I block adverts where and because they're a vector for various types of malware. Flash adverts don't show because I block Flash.

  21. Re:spy.. oh dear on Team Fortress 2 Update To Bring Maps, Sniper and Spy Upgrades · · Score: 1

    Completely agree. At least one team member should switch to Pyro, sneak around behind anyone trying to kill a sentry gun from a corner, and air-blast them out in front of it. Then, after they've finished laughing, find another victim.

  22. Re:*coff* on Austria To Pull Out of CERN · · Score: 1

    By following b) you're looking towards the stagnation of future technologies. b) is good for the short term only. Limiting fundamental research always end up costing a lot more in the long term.

  23. Re:In all seriousness... on PG&E Makes Deal For Solar Power From Space · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's just a bonus.

  24. Re:Ja on Shouldn't Every Developer Understand English? · · Score: 1

    lol your mum.

  25. Re:Agreed, TANSTAAFL on 20 Years After Cold Fusion Debut, Another Team Claims Success · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, he's getting it confused with Coldsuckers, which are used to keep rooms warm.