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  1. Re:Why Go? on The Coming War Over the Future of Java · · Score: 3, Funny

    --> Java (at least modern Java) is a compiled language, it's just that it's compiled in two stages; once when the java compiler converts the source code to byte code and then when the JVM converts the bytecode to native code during runtime (JIT).

    Your description points out that it is not compiled by saying that it is compiled twice? So using your description, Java is a language that has to be compiled by the writer and again by the user. I say compiling scripts so the outcome can be compiled every time they are used is just annoying. I think the only reason for it was because some Java programmers wanted the contents of their code hidden. Everyone knows that if you don't want someone reading your code you write it in Erlang and Perl.

  2. Perl, Python, and Ruby unable to match Java's... on The Coming War Over the Future of Java · · Score: 2, Informative

    that was meant to be a joke right? i've written wxPython scripts, and even perl with wxWidget extensions, specifically to replace sluggish memory guzzling java "gui applications". an example of java app actually outperforming perl, python, and ruby (like google apps for java vs. google apps for python) should be a standard link on such claims.

  3. they don't diferentiate it from stupidity so.. on Dissecting the Neural Circuitry of Fear · · Score: 1
  4. Re:Tampering on $2,000 Bounty For Open Source Xbox Kinect Drivers · · Score: 1

    oh please. everyone knows that you don't own anything that is made by microsoft if YOU buy it. now owning something made by microsoft that someone else paid for; well, that is a different story. :P

  5. would it work in reverse? on Skin-Tight Bodysuits Could Protect Astronauts From Bone Loss · · Score: 2, Funny

    or should us "big boned" people just become astronauts?

  6. Re:Ewwww, imagine "can't skip" technology? on Free E-Books, With a Catch — Advertising · · Score: 1

    I was thinking it would be better to have a page, or pages, at the beginning and/or end. My fear was the thimble effect like sites that have a small square in the middle with the content your wanting surrounded by blinking flashing and rolling ads. I guess interruptive ads every so many pages would be the eventual goal of advertisers wouldn't it. Oh well, even if the books and device were free l'd say no thanks.

  7. devide by zero error on Who Invented the Linux-Based Wireless Router? · · Score: 1

    was this story designed to create an infinite loop in readers brains or what?

  8. crunchy outside gooey inside on Are Desktop Firewalls Overkill? · · Score: 1

    between the dos/os2 to windows95/os2 warp days network security environments were referred to as "crunchy on the outside gooey on the inside". i don't want to go back.

  9. recycle recycle recycle... on 9 Ideas For Coping With Space Junk · · Score: 1

    well, ok. some of it http://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/08/31/1713210/Whisky-Made-From-Diabetics-Urine isn't completely recyclable but...

  10. Re:In a Volvo? on Building the Zero-Fatality Car · · Score: 1

    death race 2020!

  11. Re:Not good enough on Building the Zero-Fatality Car · · Score: 1

    uh huh huh. that sounded funny. so. what does it mean?

  12. when is the post mortum on Hands On With the BlackBerry Torch 9800 · · Score: 1

    Does anything other than WebKit on this phone not scream lock in? Unless I fell into a time loop, it requires either a slew of Microsoft only software and their own expensive proprietary daemon or administrators to do go through a bunch of bs to send internal information back out to some service to be functional.
    So a blackberry with expensive server software or reduced security and pain for your admin vs. iPhone or any Android based phone.

    I hope the death of RIM is nearing.

  13. Re:So those nasty things might be useful? on Fly Eyes Used For Solar Cells · · Score: 1

    you mean like the mosquito? to harbinger death and disease, of course.

  14. /dev/null vms and darknet on FBI May Get Easier Access To Internet Activity · · Score: 2, Informative

    they wouldn't get much from my isp. i run linux from scratch on a vm with darknet because i don't like how my isp tries to dictate the dns server i use. a clear and obvious sign they glean info from user habits to sell to marketing firms. as far as data security goes the file system is loop-aes. i guess if i wanted to be paranoid i could point my cache to /dev/null. there is a howto for a tor based vm on encrypted file system that is a lot like my environment here: https://svn.torproject.org/svn/torvm/trunk/doc/design.html

  15. no real light sabers allowed either? on George Lucas C&Ds 'Lightsaber Laser' · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What if someone build a real light saber? Would the IP of a non existing object restrict someone from selling a real one?

  16. openvpn over port 53 on Tunneling Under the Great Firewall? · · Score: 1

    set up openvpn on a machine at home. use xinit.d to enable two listen ports one on port 53 and another on port 443. be sure to reroute all of your traffic over the tunnel. you will need a dns server internal to your network at home.

    this is an example of an xinit.d/ovpn-file to listen on port 53

    service anon-reader53
    {
                    type = UNLISTED
                    port = 53
                    socket_type = dgram
                    protocol = udp
                    wait = yes
                    user = root
                    server = /usr/sbin/openvpn
                    server_args = --inetd --disable-occ --dev tap2 --secret /etc/openvpn/keys/anon-reader.key --redirect-gateway --replay-persist /etc/openvpn/persist-files/anon-reader --inactive 60 --user nobody
    }

    use the following for your ovpn config for the port 53 connection

    openvpn --disable-occ --dev tap --remote ip.of.your.server --port 53 --ifconfig an.ip.on.remote.network remote.network.netmask --redirect-gateway --route-gateway gateway.ip.of.remote.network --dhcp-option DNS remote.network.dns.ip --secret shared-key-if-you-use-one.key --inactive 60000 --verb 4

    an example with ips
    openvpn --disable-occ --dev tap --remote 63.97.226.206 --port 53 --ifconfig 10.10.10.20 255.255.255.0 --redirect-gateway --route-gateway 10.10.10.1 --dhcp-option DNS 10.10.10.2 --secret anon-reader.key --inactive 60000 --verb 4

  17. Re:Yeah - but does the reasoning make sense? on Louisiana Federal Judge Blocks Drilling Moratorium · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I've been waiting for someone to bring up this argument. It is completely flawed. If someone doesn't drill a well the oil doesn't magically disappear. If someone doesn't know how to drill a well without flooding the gulf with it they need to get the fuck out of the business. Another rig will be right behind them. If not, the oil isn't going anywhere.

  18. Re:So? on Louisiana Federal Judge Blocks Drilling Moratorium · · Score: 1

    if information was as poorly relayed as it was back in the judges day he would have gotten away with it. i think he is just so out of touch with society, like most judges, that he thought nobody would notice.

  19. scooooore! on Why Mobile Innovation Outpaces PC Innovation · · Score: 1

    Do you think Intel does this for Dell?"

    +10 ROFLMAO

  20. Re:OK, so when can we buy one? on New Air Conditioner Process Cuts Energy Use 50-90% · · Score: 1

    Where do you get a 20 SEER AC unit that doesn't cost half again the cost of the house? It would be nice if everyone could afford to install geothermal heat pumps in their yards too. Nice isnt exactly in every ones budget.

  21. Re:Survived? on Ozzy Osbourne To Be Genetically Decoded · · Score: 1

    Don't just hate on the opium. I'm pretty sure Cocaine, being a border drug, was more popular. However, the majority of the distribution was by embedding it in popular products like drinks and salves purchased off the shelf. Mandatory labeling is responsible for killing them.

  22. obligatory m$ related insult on The Status of Routing Reform — How Fragile is the Internet? · · Score: 1

    'It amazes me every day when I get into work and find it's working.'"

    Sounds like he is ready to start administrating an exchange server.

  23. lolcat thesus on Obama Calls Today's Ubiquitous Gadgets and Information "a Distraction" · · Score: 1

    Maybe he is just concerned about the up coming trend to writing doctorate theses in lolcat.

  24. open for contributions on Microsoft .Net Libraries Not Acting "Open Source" · · Score: 1

    I thought the point of announcing open source bits of this and that was to prompt contributions by the open source community. Why contribute to something you've solely provided for the purpose of consumption?

  25. Kermit on Spam Causes Microsoft To Kill Newsgroups · · Score: 1

    Ha! Now you guys know how us kermit users felt :p