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  1. Re:Thou shalt not ignore warnings on Linux System Programming · · Score: 1

    And they make your code more portable. But if you don't understand, why a warning is generated — ask around. Don't just "shut it up". For example, initializing a variable at declaration is usually a no-no. If the compiler thinks, the variable may be used before being initialized, scrutinize your program's flow. If you can't figure out, it may some times be better to disable this one warning temporarily with -Wno-uninitialized to move on, instead of shutting it up for ever by a bogus "= 0" or some such...

    So, what you are saying is that you'd rather see the program fail with a completely bogus value you have no idea where it is coming from (which is whatever was on the stack at the time the variable was pushed) than a known invalid initialization value (e.g. -1) you pick and you set your variable to ?

    This has long debugging session written all over it...

  2. Re:And this is why Linux is still laughed at... on The REAL Reason We Use Linux · · Score: 1

    There is a root user, you just don't have the password. Maybe there is another way of doing this, but what I do is simply a 'sudo passwd root', changing the password to whatever I want, and voila! you've got root.

    Sometimes I prefer being root rather than sudoing.

  3. Re:Another case of academia vs. thereal wrld - YES on Is Daylight Saving Shift Really Worth It? · · Score: 1

    Personally, I don't understand why humans are so clock oriented vs sun oriented. It kills me that houses in the US are built in random directions (unless there is a nice view) instead of oriented around the Sun. You're telling me: the master bedroom in my house is facing north! WTH?
  4. Re:Even more expensive than 360 on PS3 Launch Details Announced · · Score: 1

    Backward compatibility is important if you still want to play your old collection but doesn't want three machines hooked to your TV instead of one. My PS1 games got some mileage on my PS2 console.

  5. Re:Blizzard is right on Gay Guild Recruitment Disallowed From WoW? · · Score: 1

    But I can /flirt! Does that mean that you can't get lucky how often you try? Aww, man, all those wasted hours...

  6. Re:Anecdote time on Five Reasons Not to Use Linux · · Score: 1

    You could have used the Bugzilla installer (third-party tool but works really well):

    http://www.softwaretesting.de/article/view/33/1/8/

    The only problem I had was that I already had mysql running on my system: be sure to disable it first before installing. Needs to compile everything as well, and it was kinda slow on the PII-300 I used as a server :P