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  1. Re:Who owes who? on Music Decoded From 600-Year-Old Carvings · · Score: 1

    He may just correct your spelling.

  2. Re:Spoken Like a True Self-Deluded CEO on Microsoft CEO Claims iPhone Will Be Bust · · Score: 1

    EVERY person, and I MEAN EVERY person I know who has an iPod has seen the internal HDD, supposedly the best "hardware" fail after 6 - 14 months.

    EVERY person, and I MEAN EVERY person I know who has an iPod has never had the internal HDD fail.

    So where does that leave us? Anecdote City?

    Certainly not Dataville, anyway.

  3. Re:My tips on Google penalties on Businesses Scramble To Stay Out of Google Hell · · Score: 1

    It's not cheating, everyone on the first page of every google search you do that could possibly lead to a sale of any kind has paid a consultant to be there.

    Just to add another "No, sorry" to the list. I built a website for my parents' business. If you search Google for what they sell, they're the #1 result.

    I have never paid any kind of consultant or done any kind of SEO work.

  4. Re:253 or 352? on Lone Programmer Writes 352 Webcam Drivers For Linux · · Score: 1

    Somewhere you are missing a dimension.

    And that's the way he likes it!

  5. Re:Object oriented? on Lone Programmer Writes 352 Webcam Drivers For Linux · · Score: 1

    Yes, because only with object-oriented code can you share common functionality.

  6. Re:"Fit Factor" on Want To Work At Google? · · Score: 1

    They asked me during my phone interview what file extension a Outlook email archive file had. WTF!

    No, while you might be forgiven for thinking that they are .wtf files, they are actually .pst files.

  7. Re:"Fit Factor" on Want To Work At Google? · · Score: 1

    I prefer despair.com's factory poster:

    "We can't spell FAILURE without U R A."
  8. Re:mod parent up on Jack Valenti, Dead at 85 · · Score: 1

    It's been ages since I've been to a movie because of him.

    It's all anime for me now.

    No wonder you're pissed.

  9. Re:Expensive! on Kodak Challenges HP's Printer Sales Model · · Score: 1

    So: $0.02/page for monochrome, and $0.04/page for color. That's much more economical than an inkjet.

    And you only have to print 7,500 pages in colour before you break even on the fact that you spent $450 on a laser printer instead of $150 on an inkjet!

  10. Re:Special Interests on Kodak Challenges HP's Printer Sales Model · · Score: 3, Informative

    Answer:

    • Colour inkjet printers are cheap.
    • Until pretty recently, colour laser printers were not.
    • Many people want to print in colour (note I said want, not need).

    HTH

  11. Re:Will People Still Seek Cheaper Alternatives? on Kodak Challenges HP's Printer Sales Model · · Score: 2, Funny

    And this is commng from someone who self fills.

    Well, this is slashdot, after all.

  12. Re:Makes quite a bit of sense to me on IBM Adds Videogame Console Chips to Mainframes · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just what I remember though, I didn't devote much memory to it.

    That's ok - the PS3 designers didn't devote much memory to the Cell processors either.

  13. Re:except the format in question... on QuickTime .MOV + Toshiba + Vista = BSOD · · Score: 1

    Or by that logic it could be the driver for the GMA945 chipset, as nothing else seems to do it.

    Also, I have written more than my share of legal code that causes a small number of drivers (or one) to crash and burn, so I wouldn't be so quick to blame QuickTime (HP Deskjet printer drivers, I'm looking at you).

    On the other hand, it is QuickTime we're talking about, so I'd say it's the favourite too. It's just not the only runner.

  14. Sounds familiar... on Is Your GPS Naive? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...I still think this is funnier.

  15. Re:I'd like to propose a tag on Apple Issues Patches For 25 Security Holes · · Score: 1

    Er, neither of which means that the original system is not defective by design.

    To simplify:

    "System A is crap!"
    "No it's not! You just use System B instead!"
    "Er, how does that mean that System A is not crap?"
  16. Re:To the flamebait moderators: on Gamers Grapple With VA Tech Shooting · · Score: 1

    no need to be a condescending jackass.

    You must be new here.

  17. Re:I'd like to propose a tag on Apple Issues Patches For 25 Security Holes · · Score: 1

    How does the availability (or not) of other Quicktime players that aren't defective by design negate the point that Apple's QuickTime Player is defective by design? Ohh, wait, it doesn't - tough luck.

  18. Re:maximum readability??? on The Math of Text Readability · · Score: 1

    Wired: Making stuff up

    Tired: Science and fact-checking

  19. Re:It's Maths on The Math of Text Readability · · Score: 1

    written by US citizens

    Darn it, I never realised submitters and commenters had to be from the US.

    Wait, am I allowed to be here?

    Unless your contention is that the slashdot editors write the site. In which case, allow me to stop laughing to pause for breath :-)

  20. Re:Um, no. on The Math of Text Readability · · Score: 1

    I'm not incredibly versed in typography, but I certainly know more than the average bear on the subject, and I'm disturbed by how many of the posts here have been modded up when it's clear that the authors have no idea what they're talking about.

    Yeah, they probably pronounce leading as 'leeding', too. And when they say 'kerning' they probably actually mean tracking half the time.

    Snicker :-)

  21. Re:Alexa on Amazon Sues Alexaholic · · Score: 1

    And Alexa's TOS tells you up front what they're doing; Google calls it "advanced features."

    I've only installed Google toolbar once (didn't do much for me), but the installer was very clear that if I enabled the page rank indicator and certain other features, that it would send usage data back to Google to help them rank pages and do other data-mining. I'm not sure how it was possible to miss it unless you're one of those Skinner monkeys that just hits Ok on every dialog that appears without reading it.

    Of course, maybe the installer has changed.

  22. Good one Ploppy on MySQL Stored Procedure Programming · · Score: 2, Funny

    it was nice to see him poke some fun at the database heavyweight, in his choice of sample code to demonstrate the my_replace() function:
    my_replace( 'We love the Oracle server', 'Oracle', 'MySQL').

    The long Winter evenings must just fly by.

  23. Re:Stored procedures BAD... story on MySQL Stored Procedure Programming · · Score: 1

    This is beside the fact that many, many states are "right to work" states now.

    Also, I hear tell that some people work in places that are not 'states' at all!

    (And I'm not talking about D.C.)

  24. Re:Flashback on Return of the Vinyl Album · · Score: 1

    I just remember 5 or 6 years ago, all of my DJ friends would balk at DJs using anything other than tech 12's. Clearly, the industry has come a long way, and while it may become more accepted to use digital formats, I still doubt that it will ever dissapear completely from this scene.

    Ooh, you'll love this then :-)

  25. Re:Works For Me on New Sony DVDs Not Working In Some Players · · Score: 1

    YHBT. HAND.