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  1. Re:Developers hate Agile too on Why Your Users Hate Agile · · Score: 1

    If you truly couldn't care less about what your team is doing, then they aren't your team and/or you're not a team player.

    Or your company's definition of "team" is simply a collection of people working under the same manager, where each person might be working on completely unrelated systems. For instance, although I'm very social at work, I am the sole developer of one particular system. My system interacts with dozen of other systems, but no one working on those other systems in on my team. Do I think my team is "agile"? Hell no! But upper management seems to throw that word around a lot.

  2. Re:Fun stuff in the China Desert on China Building Gigantic Structures In the Desert · · Score: 1

    I just found a town (or camp?) in the middle of nowhere: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=74.668035,112.940269

  3. Maybe this will promote RESTful web development? on Confusion Surrounds UK Cookie Guidelines · · Score: 1

    Switching to a RESTful design usually reduces the need for cookies (and completely eliminates session state cookies). Perhaps more developers will make their sites RESTful in order to comply with this retarded law.

  4. Re:yes, but... on Google Introduces Command-Line Tool For Linux · · Score: 1

    Is there something people want to run besides Emacs?

    Vim.
    Also, google docs edit --title "Shopping list" --editor vim is pretty slick :)

  5. Re:Mod parent up on Rest In Peas — the Death of Speech Recognition · · Score: 1

    There is actually a resurgence right now in deep neural network though.

    Here's a Google Tech Talk on the subject of deep belief nets: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyzOUbkUf3M
    The same prof (Geoffrey Hinton) also has a video tutorial here: http://videolectures.net/mlss09uk_hinton_dbn/

  6. Re:Only scratching the surface on What Every Programmer Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic · · Score: 1

    Yes, Kahan summation helps (as long as the compiler doesn't break it), but it doesn't completely eliminate the problem. Shewchuk summation, on the other hand, does: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/393090-binary-floating-point-summation-accurate-to-full-p/

  7. Re:And What Will It Do? on Japanese Consortium Projects a Humanoid Robot On the Moon By 2015 · · Score: 1

    That was truly horrifying.

  8. emotions are hazardous to your health on Hearts Actually Can Break · · Score: 1

    It's best just not to feel anything.

  9. Re:Physics novice, here: on Skydiver To Break Sound Barrier During Free-Fall · · Score: 1

    Some body armor, perhaps a viscous gel embedded with carbon fiber, seems wise! Maybe a helmet to keep facial features from being torn removed.. Frost burn, too.

    He should also wear ear plugs ;)

  10. Re:Article is doomed to failure, but PulseAudio is on PulseAudio Creator Responds To Critics · · Score: 1

    It's structured the same way the audio systems on Windows and OS X are.

    I highly doubt that: Windows and OS X have completely different audio architectures.

  11. Re:Let me be the first critic on Linux Needs Critics · · Score: 1

    Don't act like "the mods" are some separate elite group: they're regular users like you and I.

  12. Actually, I do encrypt my Gmail on Gmail Vulnerability May Expose User Information · · Score: 1

    Whenever I want to store something securely on Gmail (e.g. a text file containing a list of passwords), I encrypt it with 256-bit AES, then include it as an attachment in an email to myself.

  13. Re:This happened to my iBook on Apple iBook G4 Design Flaw Proven · · Score: 1

    Thanks! I'll check it out :)

  14. Re:This happened to my iBook on Apple iBook G4 Design Flaw Proven · · Score: 1

    It happened to me as well back in August. My 12.1" iBook would turn on, but the screen would stay black and the fan would spin full blast. Other times, it would turn on for about a second or two, then power off. It was just out of warrantee, so I paid my local Apple retailer to have the repair guy establish whether the problem was due to a broken logic board. Indeed, the logic board was culprit. The repair guy said that, given the price of a replacement logic board, my best option was just to sell off my iBook for parts... so he left it in pieces. I still haven't got around to selling any of its parts. It's currently sitting in a box in my closet. :(

    Luckily, only two weeks prior to my iBook dying, a friend of mine sold me his 12" Powerbook for $500 CAN. Talk about great timing!

  15. Widgets only (at least initially) on iPhone, Apple TV Headline MacWorld Keynote · · Score: 1

    My guess is that Apple will only allow third-party developers to create widgets. That said, a widget written in Cocoa can be VERY powerful.

  16. Hi Andrew! on Month of Apple Fixes · · Score: 1

    You know, I think this is the first I've run into someone I know on Slashdot! I had Tyson over for turkey soup a couple of weeks ago, and he also complained about how I'm never on MSN. I'll see what I can do. ;)

  17. Thanks Landon! on Month of Apple Fixes · · Score: 1

    I really appreciate what you're doing.

  18. Re:Russia is still independent on RIAA Goes for the Max Against AllofMP3 · · Score: 1

    Go listen to these albums:

    BT - "Binary Universe"
    Tipper - "Surrounded"
    Hybrid - pretty much anything by Hybrid

  19. Re:Define "drink" on Drinking Alcohol May Extend Your Life · · Score: 1

    If you think it's okay to drive after having 2 drinks, you're an irresponsible bastard IMO.

  20. Is it illegal to sell a zero-day exploit? on Vista Zero-Day Exploit For Sale · · Score: 1

    Hypothetically, let's say you've discovered a vulnerability in a major vendor's software. You reported the vulnerability to them almost a year ago, and they assure you that they're still working on a fix. Would it be illegal in Canada or the US to sell code which shows how to exploit the vulnerability (say on eBay)? How about just going public with it (giving it away... say on Slashdot)?

  21. Re:Emotiflags sound awfully similar to... on Microsoft Deems Emotiflags Patent-Worthy · · Score: 1

    Here's a site that's already using the term "emotiflags" to mean "emoticons holding flags":
    http://dingo.care2.com/c2c/emoticons/emotiflags/sc otland.gif

  22. Re:Easy way of generating password from passphrase on MySpace Users Have Stronger Passwords Than Employees · · Score: 1

    You'd probably be better off with a random string generator and a keychain. Here's a simple generator:

    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <stdio.h>

    int main()
    {
        unsigned short i;
        srandomdev();
        for (i = 0; i < 24; i++) {
            putchar(random() % 94 + 33);
        }
        putchar('\n');
        return 0;
    }

  23. typo on Microsoft Deems Emotiflags Patent-Worthy · · Score: 1

    I'm NOT implying that MySpace created the concept

  24. Emotiflags sound awfully similar to... on Microsoft Deems Emotiflags Patent-Worthy · · Score: 1

    This "emotiflags" concept sounds awfully similar to the "current mood" flags MySpace uses for its blogging interface. I'm implying that MySpace created the concept; it's just one example of prior art.

  25. Re:Not just looks on 15 Things Apple Should Change in Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    By the way, here's one of the most common causes of spinning beach ball syndrome. An application tries to communicate with a server, but the developer just assumes that the communication will succeed and doesn't bother to start another thread. Sure, eventually NSConnection will time out. But until then, the frustrated user is stuck with a spinning beach ball.