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  1. Re:Update on ISS Orbit-Raising Attempt Fails · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe this is just another marketing ploy for the Disney movie "Chicken Little".

  2. Atari ST on Wikipedia Founder Sees Serious Quality Problems · · Score: 1

    Apple, Amiga, Mozilla or OS/2 fans were er

    I'm an Atari ST fan you insensitive clod!

  3. Make it available first on The Problems with Broadband in America · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I would gladly pay $45 a month for a high speed connection if they WOULD JUST MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO ME!

    Want the price to go down? The company needs more customers. How does the company get more customers? Make it available to more people!

  4. Re:to quote Dave Letterman: What is WRONG with you on ABC Affiliates Grapple With TV-Show Downloads · · Score: 1

    I think that we're actually looking at two different audiences here. The first is the people who would download a low res version to watch on their commute to work. These are the people who where not able to watch it when it aired on ABC. So the local stations aren't really losing any viewers. The show is getting viewers it would not otherwise have.

  5. Re:Why do you care? on Arrays vs Pointers in C? · · Score: 1

    There's no sense in trying to make your program 0.3% faster when you could be finding a way to make it 20% faster instead

    The orginal question was based on arrays vs pointers. I don't think he was concerned with speeding up his program. He was just asking if using arrays would be as fast as using pointers. If so, he was going to use the easier one.

    And even if that wasn't his question, pointers and arrays are widely used. If he (in future development) uses the fastest one then his code will run .3% faster in several places, not just the one.

  6. Note to self on Holding Developers Liable For Bugs · · Score: 1


    Put someone else's name in all the code I wright.

  7. So... on EBay Acquiring VeriSign Processing for $370 Million · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "estimated to generate a 20 percent operating margin which eBay hopes to help offset the recently reported high purchase price of Skype."

    Let me see if I understand this. They buy Skype. Then, to help pay for it, they buy something else?

  8. Re:Audio on Top 5 Software Development Magazines? · · Score: 1

    Try techpodcasts.com. They have some programming related stuff, but I haven't had time to check into it so I'm not sure of the quailty.

  9. Re:charity fund on Apple Upgrades Mac mini, Doesn't Tell Anybody · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe this was suppose to be the dupe and the orginal post didn't get put up for some reason.

  10. Region coding on China To Develop Its Own DVD Format · · Score: 1

    Well. This would be one agruement against region-coding. There's one less region to try to keep seperate.

  11. Audio on Top 5 Software Development Magazines? · · Score: 1

    You might also want to consider some audio magazines (ie podcasts). ITconverstions is a good place to start.

  12. Re:it's all just rumor... on Video iPod Oct 12? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, let's just see which one Apple sues and then we'll know who's right!

  13. PC Plus on Top 5 Software Development Magazines? · · Score: 1

    They're not a "programming magazine", but every month they do have programming related columns. It's a UK magazine, but it's available in the US at places like Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million. http://www.pcplus.co.uk/

  14. Yes, but... on Peter Jackson to Executive Produce Halo Movie · · Score: 1

    ...will it be as good as the book? :-)

  15. I hope that... on id Turns Down Activision, Gets Sued · · Score: 1

    ...he saved some of that 17.5 million from the last five years so he'll have something to live on until he can find work....

  16. Rumors on Ask The Civ IV Dev Team · · Score: 1

    You guys are in the game industry. Have you heard any rumors about when Duke Nukem Forever is going to be released?

  17. Not the same thing on NASA Admin Says Shuttle and ISS are Mistakes · · Score: 4, Interesting

    NASA Admin Says Shuttle and ISS are Mistakes

    is not the same thing as

    he suggested that the past three decades have been a huge mistake and a waste of resources

    which is not the same as

    "It was a design which was extremely aggressive and just barely possible....we would not have built the space station we're building in the orbit we're building it in"

  18. Re:Finally! on PSP Firmware Downgrader Released · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Don't forget that games whose source have been released (like Quake) can also be ported too. These people wrote a commerical game for the Dreamcast using homebrew tools. (See Question #10 of their faq for more details.)

  19. Why not 2 standards? on Microsoft, Intel back HD DVD over Blu-ray · · Score: 1

    Hmmm....

    Microsoft and Intel -- computer companies.

    Sony -- entertainment company.

    How about this: Hollywood can release movies on Blu-ray. The computer industry can use HD DVD for its data format. Then they can't make us pay those stupid taxes on blank media by claiming that we're pirating their stuff.

  20. Define blog on Blog Binging Gorges the Net · · Score: 1

    Hmmm....blog....a place where someone (sometimes several people) make entries about subjects that interest them.....and people usually make comments about the entries....I just realized something....Slashdot is a blog!!!

  21. But that's the point on Blog Binging Gorges the Net · · Score: 2, Insightful

    often about something you don't care about

    But that's the point. You ignore those, I read the ones that talk about things you are interested in.

  22. Re:Don't get overexcited on Buffer Overflow Found in PSP Firmware v2.0 · · Score: 1

    You crazy kids.
    I remember back when 64KB was A LOT of memory.

  23. Re:http://operalover.tntluoma.com/8/ on Opera Free as in Beer · · Score: 1

    I linked to version 7 because version 8 isn't finished yet.

  24. I think that.. on The Digital Dark Age · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ..a more likey outcome is that patents and DRM will lead to a digital dark age.

  25. Re:features? on Dell Launches Flash Music Player · · Score: 1

    By thumb drive I mean has the usb connector built on. Some others have this, but some you have to use a cable.