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  1. Re:The end of the line on Firefox 3 In Alpha · · Score: 0
    As much as I hate WinME, I'm not upgrading my computer until it dies.
    Do you not realize that you don't have to upgrade your computer to switch operating systems?

    It's a shame Firefox is abandoning support for computers that are perfectly capable
    I didn't know Windows 9x was a computer.

    Here's a crazy idea: switch to Linux.
  2. Re:"Unskilled"? on Unrefined "Musician" Gains a Global Audience · · Score: 0

    He's pretty skilled at fashion, too. Who woulda thunk that panty hose and shorts could go together so well?

  3. Re:Note: Fullscreen controller only in OSX. on VLC 0.8.6 Released · · Score: 1

    Thanks, that was frustrating me. It's strange that they only put it in for the Mac version though.

  4. Re:VLC is a packet-based player on VLC 0.8.6 Released · · Score: 1

    Is that why seeking sucks so much? MPlayer is great at seeking, but it uses FFmpeg too, so I don't know why it's so different.

  5. Re:Why is this under Linux? on VLC 0.8.6 Released · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Because /. readers are supposed to love Linux and do everything they can to make it look good. When a really terrible cross-platform program comes out that everybody hates, it'll probably be listed under Micro$oft Winblows.

  6. Re:Don't spend too much time on IT. on Advice For Programmers Right Out of School · · Score: 1

    If you came to /. and read this far down you must not hate it that much.

  7. Re:digg around on Advice For Programmers Right Out of School · · Score: 1
    How is that better?

    Try {
      While b {
        Try {
          b = errorInvokingCode()
        } Catch okError {
          setFlag()
        }
      }
    } Catch badError {
      tellUser()
    }
  8. Re:digg around on Advice For Programmers Right Out of School · · Score: 1

    What kind of crazy language is that?

  9. Re:Endless Submenus on A Close(r) Look At OLPC Human Interface Guidelines · · Score: 1

    Put the ribbon appears at the top of the window (at least by default) while the "Buttons Window" in Blender appears at the bottom by default. So it is like, sooooo totally different.

  10. Re:Const on Bjarne Stroustrups and More Problems With Programming · · Score: 1

    It makes perfect sense to me, but C++ was the first programming language I learned. How would this be confusing to newcomers? How was it confusing to you?

  11. Re:DIVX /= DivX on DivX CEO on Hackers, YouTube, Technology · · Score: 1

    Even my computer with a 3GHz Pentium 4 and 1GB of memory was still having problems with H.264/AVC video. Perhaps that was just due to earlier decoders, and maybe the situation is better now that AVC is starting to gain popularity, but it'll still probably be a while before the majority of computers can decently handle it. After all, quite a respectable percentage of people have computers that don't even handle MPEG-4 part 2 aka ASP aka DivX/Xvid too well. The progress of x264 is quite exciting though.

  12. Re:Lamest - Slashdot HTML parser on Bjarne Stroustrups and More Problems With Programming · · Score: 1

    If only there was some way to preview your message to see how it will appear before submitting it. Perhaps one of these days, far, far in the future...

  13. Re:DIVX /= DivX on DivX CEO on Hackers, YouTube, Technology · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Am I the only one that automatically wonders why people are still using DivX when Xvid has been shown to be much better? But then, I wonder the same thing about MP3.

  14. Re:Next Voyager mission? on A Terabyte of Data on a Regular DVD? · · Score: 1

    Movies on BluRay are often about 25GB. After trying to store a few of those things space will get tight pretty quickly.

  15. Re:Nothing to see here, please move along on RIAA Mischaracterizes Letter Received From AOL · · Score: 1

    Just give up, your loosing the battle. There's alot more important stuff than grammar and spelling.

  16. Re:Umm... NaN? on Professor Comes Up With a Way to Divide by Zero · · Score: 1

    No, there is one difference, at least according to Wikipedia. While NaN does not equal NaN, nullity equals nullity. Now whether that difference is beneficial or detrimental in some way...

  17. Re:Why is there a need to transport? on Solar Cell Achieves 40% Efficiency · · Score: 1

    Caught with its pants down when they run out? Fossil fuels aren't just suddenly going to be all gone one day. It's going to be a gradual decline as it gets harder and harder to get more. And if oil has already peaked, it's only just recently done so.

    That being said, I am very excited about this advancement and disappointed to people being so pessimistic about it. This is really great news.

  18. Re:You want Lisp. on Bjarne Stroustrup on the Problems With Programming · · Score: 1

    One of the biggest hurdles to using Lisp is its libraries. You know, all none of them. If Lispers really wanted people to use Lisp they'd push harder for support in Microsoft.NET or Mono. Tachy is working towards that, but I haven't seen much excitement about it.

  19. Re:not-so-strongly-typed variables on Bjarne Stroustrup on the Problems With Programming · · Score: 1
    I for one want to be able to write
    float x = 2.0 + 2;
    without the compiler throwing up it's hands in a panic not knowing what to do.
    When will we see the day that IDEs are smart enough to convert that "2" to "2f" or "2.0"? IDEs are way too damn stupid and lazy. There are lots of IDEs like NetBeans that do it badly, so you'd think eventually somebody would do it right.
  20. Re:Lossless audio file downloads? Hell no. on Does Portable Music Have to be Compressed? · · Score: 1
    People putting ".flac" as the extension doesn't help either, though.
    Actually, there is a container format that has a ".flac" extension. It's sometimes called "Native FLAC".

    The confusion comes from people saying ... "FLAC" when they mean "OGG FLAC".
    When a FLAC encoded audio stream is contained in a .flac file it's incorrect to call it Ogg FLAC.

    Ogg = container format
    Vorbis = lossy codec
    FLAC = lossless codec
    Ogg Vorbis = Vorbis encoded audio contained in an Ogg file
    Ogg FLAC = FLAC encoded audio contained in an Ogg file

    I personally hate the term "Ogg Vorbis".
  21. Re:GIGO -- Garbage In, Garbage Out on Does Portable Music Have to be Compressed? · · Score: 1

    No, it's "nigga". Kids don't want to listen to music with the -er variant.

  22. Re:And this is unusual how? on How the Chinese Wikipedia Differs from the English · · Score: 1

    There is not a 1-to-1 relationship between Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. It would require very sophisticated software to examine Simplified Chinese characters and determine what Traditional Chinese characters have identical meaning. In several cases multiple Traditional Chinese characters were merged into a single Simplified Chinese character.

  23. Re:It has to be said on Pyramid Stones Were Poured, Not Quarried · · Score: 1

    And why would they bother forming the concrete into cubish blocks? Why not build up the pyramid with small layers over large areas?

  24. Re:Wait, what? on Psiphon Now Available For Download · · Score: 1

    Some forms of "fake" child pornography is (or recently was) also illegal in the United States. Weird rules like drawings of dick in the mouth is perfectly fine, but drawings of dick in the ass will get you thrown in jail.

  25. Re:Can they figure out a way of manufacturing food on Apple Gene for Red Color Found · · Score: 1

    Have you never heard of those nations that are rejecting donations of golden rice because of fears about genetic engineering? Apparently it's better to let your citizens starve to death than to allow them to eat unnatural food.