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  1. Abstract on IBM Discovers New Class of Polymers · · Score: 2
  2. Re:offer on Comcast Offers To Shed 3.9 Million Subscribers To Ease Cable Deal · · Score: 2

    I would have modded you up, but just wanted to add that not only is it crappier service, it's more expensive

  3. Re:Well. on How Apple's Billion Dollar Sapphire Bet Will Pay Off · · Score: 1

    and the only substance harder is natural and synthetic diamond.

    I hate to be the one to break the news to you, but there are substances haeder than corundum yet softer than diamond. SiC and BN come to mind

  4. Re:Source code for 3.3 was out there long ago.... on Microsoft Posts Source Code For MS-DOS and Word For Windows · · Score: 1

    I got rid of my LT 1400 long, long ago. Don't know if I still have any early 90s vintage floppies lying in a box somewhere in my basement.

  5. Much better than Watson's previous job on IBM's Watson To Be Used For Cancer Treatment · · Score: 2

    Much better than developing recipes for a food truck

  6. Re:Hmmm... on How Do You Backup 20TB of Data? · · Score: 1

    As I recall, those 8" floppies really didn't hold much data (I'm too old to recall how much they did hold)

  7. Re:No matter, GNOME, no thank you on Official Wayland Support Postponed From GNOME 3.12 · · Score: 1

    I agree - give cinnamon a try

  8. Re:meh on Massive Storm Buries US East Coast In Snow and Ice · · Score: 1

    Not the same as down south. Been there, done that, glad to be away from it. Here in Minnesota, we get the snow, the ass-freezing cold, and the biting wind chill, but typically avoid most of the ice.

  9. That evil program, wget on Snowden Used Software Scraper, Say NSA Officials · · Score: 1

    Hey, NSA: ~$ rpm -q wget wget-1.15-1.fc21.x86_64

  10. One word... on Website Checkout Glitches: Two Very Different Corporate Responses · · Score: 1

    Yes

  11. Re:COBOL on Google Doodle Remembers Computing Pioneer Grace Hopper · · Score: 1

    PL/1 was the language taught in the only programming class I ever took. I wonder if I still have the textbooks for that class buried somewhere in the basement.

  12. Properly or improperly? on EU Plastic Bag Debate Highlights a Wider Global Problem · · Score: 1

    Some Southeast Asian countries don't even have the proper infrastructure in place to dispose of the bags properly.

    Do they have the proper infrastructure in place to dispose of the bags improperly?

  13. Re:Horse already left the barn on Is a Postdoc Worth it? · · Score: 2

    If it's taken you 12 continuous years, you're either doing something you really love with no strong desire to move on, or you've done something very, very wrong.

  14. Re:A problem on MATE To Make It Into Debian Repositories · · Score: 1

    I used a floppy disk just last month. Now get off my lawn!

  15. Re:Cheeseburgers on Cute Cat Photos Are Data-Driven Science Behind Cunning New Language Learning App · · Score: 1

    Or, perhaps ÂYo puedo tengo hamburgueza con quezo? Surely there's someone on Slashdot thqat can do a proper translation for us

  16. Re:The interesting question on Mir Won't Ship Even In Ubuntu 14.04 · · Score: 1

    I installed it, ran the server (which gave me only 1024x768 on my 1680x1050 monitor) and the demos. My monitor doesn't return a valid EDID - no problem with X, I just create xorg.conf with an appropriate modeline, and I'm good to go. The demos, such as they are, appear to run properly without crashing, but I want to write my graphical apps in Python, rather than C++. Bottom line - I won't be switching to Mir in the immediate future.

  17. Re:Cheeseburgers on Cute Cat Photos Are Data-Driven Science Behind Cunning New Language Learning App · · Score: 2

    Do you really mean ÂYo puedo tener hamburguesa con queso?

  18. Re:This is why... on Canonical Developer Warns About Banking With Linux Mint · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Fedora, Mint, Ubuntu. I run all three. Mint for Cinnamon, the other two (with LXDE desktops) because sometimes one just works better than the other. Pissing matches are those who've been drinking too much beer.

  19. Re:BAD TIM! BAD! on Ask Slashdot: Best Language To Learn For Scientific Computing? · · Score: 1

    Actually, using the programming language you know best may indeed be the most efficient way to go - depends on the problem

  20. Re:There's hope yet on Ubuntu 13.10 Will Not Ship Mir By Default · · Score: 1

    Compton also works nicely with Lubuntu and the Fedora LXDE spin

  21. Re: Spread Awareness on Fake "Speed Enforced By Drones" Signs On California Freeways · · Score: 1

    But we now have commercials and signs to do the zipper merge!

  22. Re:Acmeism.org quote.. on Ingy döt Net Tells How Acmeism Bridges Gaps in the Software World (Video) · · Score: 1

    Even I know more than one programming language, and I'm not even sure I qualify as a good programmer (my first professional research publication included a horrible piece of spaghetti code written in HP BASIC for the HP 9845).

  23. Re:AltaVista on Yahoo Puts AltaVista To Death · · Score: 2

    It does. AltaVista ROCKED in its day. Of course the same could be said about Wordperfect and Lotus 123 too, but who remembers those anymore.

    Alas, I knew them all so well. I even remember Wordstar and Visicalc. I must be old.

  24. Re:Nothing does on Join COBOL's Next Generation · · Score: 1

    plus the programmers learned by example from the boss, who learned by example from the boss, who learned by example...

    This does not go on ad-infinitum. COBOL is younger than I am. Now, get off my lawn!

  25. Re:people asking why bother on The Turbo Entabulator: A 3D-printed Mechanical Computer · · Score: 1

    Kind of like writing HelloWorld! in umpeen different programming languages