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  1. Messy, Messy, Messy. on Ask Slashdot: Making JavaScript Tolerable For a Dyed-in-the-Wool C/C++/Java Guy? · · Score: 1

    Javascript is just messy. When you intersperse it with html, it is just like the bad old days of interspersing your layout with the html. CSS was created to separate the layout from the html. Javascript libraries do the same thing. Look into JQuery. The separation of the Javascript from the html makes it a lot easier to see what is going on. Also, use debugging tools like Firebug and Firequery to track down what is going on in the code. Good luck.

  2. Re:recycle the plutonium to NASA on US's Most Powerful Nuclear Bomb Being Dismantled · · Score: 1

    RTGs for science missions require P238 which is manufactured in a completely different process. The major recycling use for weapons grade plutonium is to blend it down as fuel for nuclear plants so less uranium needs to be mined.

  3. Re:Severe weather in Virginia likely the culprit on Major Outage At the Amazon Web Services · · Score: 4, Informative

    I am in Northern Virginia. There is no power outage or severe weather here.

  4. Interesting Book on the Subject on Computer Failure Causes Gridlock In MD County · · Score: 1

    "Intelligent Transport Systems: Cases and Poliies" by Roger Stough on Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=fs-SYjIS88oC&lpg=PA110&ots=HcpCMSKdgw&pg=PA110#v=onepage&q=&f=false

  5. Re:I live there on Computer Failure Causes Gridlock In MD County · · Score: 1

    Rockville Pike can be faster to travel on in morning and evening rush hour than nearby 12 lane Interstate 270. When the synchronization is working it works very well. Of course, during the day, all the shoppers driving on the Rockville Pike just turn it into an extended parking lot no matter what the traffic signals are doing.

  6. Re:Not the worst idea ever on Slashdot Launches User Achievements · · Score: 1

    I didn't realize I tagged anything. I think I got the achievement just for fumbling around with the interface.

  7. Re:Dirk Fuchs? on 95M-Year-Old Octopus Fossils Discovered · · Score: 1

    Yea, but that Fokker was a Messerschmitt

  8. Re:Windows Users Beware... on Norton Users Worried By PIFTS.exe, Stonewalling By Symantec · · Score: 3, Informative
  9. Re:Well then... on Miyamoto 'Banned' From Talking About Hobbies · · Score: 1

    "All comments are scored on an absolute scale from -1 to 5. Logged-in users start at 1 (although this can vary from 0 to 2 based on their karma) and anonymous users start at 0." http://slashdot.org/faq/com-mod.shtml i.e. rtfm :-)

  10. Re:Starcraft on Gamers Grapple With VA Tech Shooting · · Score: 1

    While I understand this comment is meant to be funny, I would like to point out that linking this tragedy to Korea is just as senseless as linking other killings to video games. I already know Koreans who have been harassed and intimidated as a result of what occurred. If you do in fact know anyone from Korea, please try to sympathize with them as many in Korea have sympathized with the victims of the shootings.

  11. Re:Lotus Notes on A Database for the Office? · · Score: 1

    Just curious... After having worked with a fairly large organization for a number of years it seemed like any applications using Notes needed a certified notes developer to create anything useful. Since they were in short supply on the IT staff, Notes applications seemed to take quite a while to get rolled out. Even for using directly as just an email application, I have found Outlook far easier to set up simple filters and mailboxes than with Notes.

  12. Re:Check the Neutral To Ground on PC Not Booting Until a Different Phase is Used? · · Score: 1

    You are absolutely correct. I went to home depot, got the cheapy yellow tester with the 3 leds and plugged it in. It indicated everything was fine. But the 3kv ups still had its wiring fault light on. So I take that to mean that the little testers will find really bad faults but not more subtle ones. The building I am in is over 100 years old and used to be used for manufacturing. The transformers may have been wired a bit differently to supply power to the three phase motors and thus, were not wired 100% correctly for modern day office use. Also, I cannot imagine that the phase would have anything to do with a power supply or computer getting "stuck" It would seem much more likely to be a grounding or voltage issue. For example if the voltages on the phases were floating relative to ground, the neutral on one circuit might be much closer to ground voltage than the others. But then again I Am Not A Licensed Electrician. Really, it is worth it to bug your management/building owner/HMFIC to get someone competent out to look at it. Also, if you have any UPS's (ours is APC) check all the indicators and diagnostics on it. If it is indicating a wiring fault, you will have concrete data about the problem. If you point out to management the replacement cost of all the hardware along with data recovery expenses if and when the systems fry, they might be more willing to pay for an electrician.

  13. Check the Neutral To Ground on PC Not Booting Until a Different Phase is Used? · · Score: 4, Informative

    We just got a 30 amp circuit installed for a 3kv ups. The UPS once powered up had a "check building wiring" light on the back that came on and stayed on. The cheapy circuit tester indicated that the wiring was fine along with an electrician verifying that all the wiring from the panel to the outlet was correct. One more symptom of this area is that light bulbs blow out much more than normal, although the PCs have not had anything unusual happening.

    We had the original electrician who installed the line back out to test. His voltmeter was showing about 20-30V between the neutral and ground. According to code (IANALE), these lines are supposed to be connected at the panel. Apparently without this connection, the two sides coming off the transformer can float in the voltage which may have been responsible for the light bulbs blowing. Once the neutral and ground were connected, the wiring fault light went out on the ups and everthing has since been fine.

    SHORT RESPONSE: Have a licensed electrician check out your circuits.

  14. Re:McFly? on Video Projector for Home Theater? · · Score: 1

    It seems to me that Geocities and Yahoo survive on advertising revenue. Having a site on Geocities linked by Slashdot ought to bring in huge numbers of page hits and thus more revenue. You would think Yahoo would also have the bandwith and server capacity to handle being Slashdotted. So why would they cut off access to the page?

  15. MIKE MUUSS on Top Ten Software Innovators? · · Score: 2

    Mike Muuss was the author of PING which is found on nearly every system on the internet. PING is an excellent example of an open source contribution. From the website:

    Sadly, Mike Muuss was killed in an automobile accident on November 20, 2000. His work lives on in testament to his intellect and indomitable spirit -- Lee A. Butler

  16. Re:It's a gas ball on New Transiting Extrasolar Planet · · Score: 2

    CLASS J - GAS GIANT
    found with a quick Google search.

  17. CDs - Obvous choice on Costs Associated with the Storage of Terabytes? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ok, Lets see. 50 Terabytes divided by 600 megs per CD means you will need 83334 CDs (rounded up.) At about 20 cents each (retail) that should only set you back about $17k. Add in $100 for some of those heavy duty shelving units from Home Depot and a wintel box to read and write them, and you are looking at well under 20k for total hardware cost. At this point, just go hire someone away from their McJob for a reasonable amount to swap the CDs and you are in business.

  18. Re:70mm vs 35mm on IMAX Develops Movie Transfer Technology · · Score: 2

    IMAX negatives use a rotated orientation compared to normal movie film. The images are horizontal along the length of the film rather than running across the width of the film. This results in the image size being 10 times larger than the image on a standard 35mm film according to the IMAX website

  19. Oh Man!!! on IMAX Develops Movie Transfer Technology · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just upgraded to HDTV. Now I have to go out and buy an IMAX projector for my home theater system? Where will it end???

  20. Re:Das Blinkenlights on LED Lights: Friend or Foe? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Here is the babelfish translation:

    NOTE! All tourist and non technical peepers! The machine control is not fur gerfinger poken and mittengrabben. Oderwise is easy snatch that branching factory, blowen fuse, and poppencorken with sharpen-deactivate. The machine is by experts diggen only. Is fur do not geverken by the dummkopfen. Rubbernecken sightseenen keepen the that cotten picken hands in pockets, then relaxen and watchen blinkenlights.

  21. Re:What for? on Fast Track to a CS Degree? · · Score: 1

    After getting fired from their .gov jobs, since they obviously had ability based on real world experience, and not just the piece of paper that the .gov seems to recognize, they most likely became consultants and tripled their salaries.

  22. Prior art? on Books on Demand · · Score: 1
    But his former partner, Ross, has a catch-all process patent-as yet untested-on the concept of a "one book at a time" machine.

    I cannot imagine Xerox letting a patent like this going unchallenged, when they have had their Docutech system out for years. True, their system does not do the custom cutting, and thus has a more limited range of paper sizes, but this does seem more evolutionary than revolutionary.

  23. Wireless Phone Recording on Forget the Palm - Give Me The Finger · · Score: 1

    It seems like a device with a cell phone built in should be able to just call back to your desktop computer and transmit the audio for recording and deciphering. It would then have (with compression) a virtually unlimited recording capability, and could be further used for grabbing voice clips or doing speech to text.

  24. Asphyxiation Danger on Superconducting Cables To Carry Power In Detroit · · Score: 1


    I hope they have considered the risk of nitrogen leaks in the confined spaces of the tunnels. Even a relatively small leak could quickly push out the oxygen and result in the death of anyone who happens to be nearby.

  25. How do you kill spam? on Suing the Spammers · · Score: 1

    I can think of three ways of dealing with the spam problem. 1) Utilize the existing laws as was done in the AOL case. 2) Pass laws making it illegal. 3) Find a technical solution to cut it out at the source.

    AOL with its sizable legal resources has chosen to persue the first option. I think they need to be congratulated for helping to set legal precedents that will slow the spam. This seems like it will be the most effective short term spam solution.

    I am not holding my breath waiting for effective laws to be passed dealing with the spam issue. It seems that every time a useful bill comes up, it is gutted to allow businesses to have free reign in advertizing to the maximum extent allowed.

    So far, I have not seen a good technical solution to the spam problem. Requiring each e-mail recipient to set up mail filters or to track down the spammers and report the abuse is a tremendous waste of time to the people being spammed in the first place. Until antispam technology is built into the mail server software and the mail clients, I really don't think the spam problem will go away.

    It seems to me that creating a spam killer application would be a valuable use of the open source community's time.