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  1. Re:0.1 the speed of light? on Fewer Than 10 ET Civilizations In Our Galaxy? · · Score: 1

    Well, the obvious solution to that - the deflector array!

  2. Re:Different/Better/Worse? on NZ Outfit Dumps Open Office For MS Office · · Score: 1

    Actually, I use OO quite a bit for smaller, plainer stuff. However, if I need to do something big and pretty (think senior project deliverable [printed, so file format non-issue]), I could not get OO to do what I wanted. Not because I was used to MSO (because I'm not, really), but because I still don't think that OO can do it. (I was specifically looking for TOC generation, overall and for each chapter). I tried it in MSO, and I had it done in an afternoon.

    NB: I'm *not* fond of Microsoft usually, but I use what works for me, regardless.

  3. Re:All directions at once on Microsoft to Sell PCs, Starting in India · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Microsoft is simultaneously going in all directions, which is identical to going nowhere fast. I believe that's called "growing".
  4. Re:Super Simple on A Whitelist for Phone Calls? · · Score: 1

    After the person has called. You just setup that # not to ring, to o directly to voicemail or if the phone supports it, it'll just hang up.

    Except that's called a blacklist, not a whitelist. He wants something to block all calls except for a few that he specifies, not the other way around.
  5. Re:In my experience... on Using Two Monitors Makes You More Productive? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Also, on a related note, I found synergy to be an amazing tool when using multiple computers at the same time. It allows you to share the same mouse and keyboard between multiple computers by sending the signal over the network and it behaves just as if you had multiple screens on 1 computer (move between screens by going to the side of the screen). I haven't used it for a while though because I didn't have to work on multiple computers at the same time. But if you are, definitely check it out!
    Amen! I'm currently working on-campus at my college's computer science lab, and I was asked to "see if we want Vista" (that's a whole other topic - not even going to touch that) when they get new boxes this summer. So, they built me a "Vista" box (riiight - 2.4GHz P4, *512MB* RAM, onboard video). I put it right next to my normal work box (WinXPPro) and run synergy on both. Makes life a lot easier - when I want to kill myself, I just move the mouse back onto the XP computer. Then I'm just depressed, not suicidal. ;-)
  6. Re:A tragic and pathetic end for NASA on NASA May Have to Buy Trips to Space · · Score: 1

    Actually, they still have plans for those moonbases: http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/0 3/0911232

  7. Obviously, the thing to do... on Combating Harassing Use of Mosquito Noise Device? · · Score: 1

    ... is to cast Silence on the device. Granted, it may only last a day or two, but since you've slept, just cast it again. That should take care of it. ;-)

  8. Re:My statistical sampling of "one" matches theirs on Law of Unintended Consequences Strikes Grocers · · Score: 1
    If you are filling up the bagging area then.... YOU ARE TRYING TO BUY TOO MUCH STUFF USING SELF CHECKOUT!

    Not in my experience.... I've used those things at my local Wal-mart, and it's impossible to put more than 2 gallons of milk or other beverage on those things. 2 gallons of something is too much stuff?
  9. ConTEXT on Source Code Browsing Tools? · · Score: 1

    On Windows, I use ConTEXT (http://www.context.cx/) extensively. It has built-in syntax highlighting for several languages, and you can download highlighters for hundreds more. Also, it usually takes well under a second for it to startup (uncached).
    Plus it's free, which you can't beat (OK, OK, maybe with open source...).

  10. Re:I haven't worked with both, but.... on JSF vs ASP.net · · Score: 1
    BTW, it will be a free download for only a year then will be sold for a price..


    Yes, but as long as you get it in the "free download" period, it will be free to use as long as you want, even after the year has expired.
  11. Re:I haven't worked with both, but.... on JSF vs ASP.net · · Score: 2, Informative
    If I want a .net IDE I have to buy VS.net or Delphi, or download the open source sharpDevelop. If I want to develop for Java, I have a much broader choice: netbeans, eclipse, IDEA, JBuilder and complete product families from IBM,Oracle or BEA.
    Actually, you can download MS Visual Web Developer 2005 Express for free here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vwd/ I've used it pretty extensively, and it seems pretty full-featured. Of course, it's Windows only, so if you want cross-platform, something else would be in order.