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  1. Geez on Online Search Engines Lift Cover Of Privacy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If your information is "sensitive" or "private", do yourself a favor and don't put it on the web.

    Peeps nowadays...

  2. Re:This would be entirely unnecessary... on Radar For Safer Driving · · Score: 1

    The same tip also comes from the IAM. It's unfortunate no such organization exists in North America. It makes most American drivers *way* worse the average European driver.

  3. Re:Phi on The Golden Ratio · · Score: 1

    Really, is 1.6 (or 1.618) much more informative than 1? If you're going to do calculations with it, use the exact value.

    My real reason for complaining about decimals is that it feels wrong. 1.618 does not look like a profound number.

  4. Re:It is not the language, it is the paradigm. on Learning Computer Science via Assembly Language · · Score: 1

    Your classification is correct too - the reason I made my classification is that, it focuses on inside the mind of the programmer - while the imperative vs function focuses on the nature of the language itself.

  5. It is not the language, it is the paradigm. on Learning Computer Science via Assembly Language · · Score: 2, Informative

    It is not assembly language. It is the way we think - and in the world of computers there are 5 types of languages that will make you take on anything very easy.

    1. Procedural (Pascal/C/BASIC)
    2. Object-Oriented (Eiffel/Smalltalk/Java/C++)
    3. Functional (Scheme/Lisp/Logo)
    4. Declarative (Prolog/Forth)
    5. Assembly (x86 etc.)

  6. Re:Somewhere in the middle... on Learning Computer Science via Assembly Language · · Score: 1

    LOGO, being a relative to LISP, has some really useful applications dealing with expert systems.

    But again, 99.99% of the population don't have to know about it.

  7. Re:My ISP on SCO Offline · · Score: 1

    My ISP (Rogers, Canada) is attempting to save SCO today by directing sco.com to 127.0.0.1.

    Please check with nslookup and update your host file to undo the censors if you find any.

    sco.com 216.250.128.12

  8. Re:Misleading/slanderous headline on Microsoft Violates Human Rights in China · · Score: 1

    My ISP (Rogers, Canada) is attempting to save SCO today by directing sco.com to 127.0.0.1.

    Please check with nslookup and update your host file to undo the censors if you find any.

    sco.com 216.250.128.12

    Thanks!

  9. Re:Myer's-Briggs Test on Eric Sink on Starting Your Own Software Company · · Score: 1

    Shit. I'm an ENFJ too and I'm seeing myself in your path. Better make some changes to my lifestyle.

  10. I call BS on Scientists Create New Form of Matter · · Score: 0

    New form of matter.

    That only lasts for some billionth of a second at nearly absolute zero temperature.

    There probably is not any other form of matter at that condition.

    NEXT.

  11. Countermeasurement on Porn Rewards Users To Get Past Anti-Spam Captchas · · Score: 1

    How about spreading anti-spam propagandas in the captchas?

    Like "Visit www.spamassassin.org"

    I love to see spammers spreading advertisements about Spam Assassin on porn sites...

  12. Re:Easily countered on Porn Rewards Users To Get Past Anti-Spam Captchas · · Score: 1

    How about, you have to enter the solution in 20 seconds, otherwise the session expires?

  13. Re:DeCSS on DVD CCA Drops Case; DeCSS Not a Trade Secret · · Score: 1

    I believe you can also do this with Java! It shows what a god-aweful language it is...

  14. Re:It's True on 'Just Sleep On It' Solves Tricky Problems? · · Score: 1

    >So yeah, you have a few spare cycles you
    >wouldn't otherwise have. But don't mistake it
    >for "superiority".

    Let me say it is not just "a few". How about "the vast majority".

    This huge save in cycles can be is per se a "superior" quality.

  15. Re:Why the brake need? on Toyota Offers Automatic Parallel Parking Option · · Score: 1

    As long as it is a CVT and not a traditional slushbox it should work pretty well...

  16. Re:No thanks... on Toyota Offers Automatic Parallel Parking Option · · Score: 1

    Should just have pushed the clutch in and steer. You were really lucky the car straightened out when you downshift.

  17. Re:Why the brake need? on Toyota Offers Automatic Parallel Parking Option · · Score: 1

    Why is the brake needed? You should use the CLUTCH for reversing.

  18. Re:Good move on Yahoo and Unilateral Anti-Spam Technology? · · Score: 1

    A solution that works 50% of the time is pretty good.

    Think of it this way - if you have many solutions that works half the time, then when you apply the solutions in series the chance of a spam getting through is exponentially reduced.

  19. Enterprise-readiness questions on MySQL 5.0.0 (Alpha) Released · · Score: 1

    Can a single table hold at least 100GB of data, and still have fast read-write access, say, less than 30ms for both a SELECT with index and INSERT?

    How much time does it take to do a backup of a 100GB database?

    Failover support: when a slave takes over, how long does it take to restore the master and switch back for a 100GB database?

    Are views or foreign keys with constraints supported?

    Does stored procedure increase performance by precompilation?

  20. Re:When does this become a criminal case? on Linus Blasts SCO's Header Claims · · Score: 1

    Cool, is there any way we can get this in dict.org? ;)

  21. Knock if off balance midair on Sony Claims First Running Humanoid Robot · · Score: 1

    I wonder what its response is. I"d be impressed if it can rebalance itself, or if it can find a posture that minimizes damage during landing.

  22. Dude, it's about the context on Blockbuster Chief: End DVD Region Codes · · Score: 1

    We're talking about price of stuffs, not politics.

  23. Re:Well, obviously.......... on Blockbuster Chief: End DVD Region Codes · · Score: 2, Informative

    Even pirated movies in HK cost more than that. Believe it or not the price of movies are almost the same in Hong Kong as in US.

    If you said "Pakistan" or "China" or "Thailand" or "India" that would be more in context.

  24. Re:Kan't stand it on KDE 3.2-beta2 - Towards a Better KDE? · · Score: 1

    If they merely appends a "k" in front of an app I don't think anyone would complain.

    i.e. kConqueror is less annoying than Konqueror, kControl Center is less annoying than Kontrol Center, kContact is less annoying than Kontact.

    A small "k" would be less annoying than a big "K" too. So, KDevelop is inferior to kDevelop.

    It's the secret behind why so many people can live with "iPhoto", "iBook", "iMac" and "iTune".

  25. Re:Kan't stand it on KDE 3.2-beta2 - Towards a Better KDE? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's fundamentally different. The "K" apps are annoying because they *CHANGE* a legitimate English word, as opposed to, for example, "Winhelp", "WinAmp", which merely appends "win" in front of an intact English word.

    If WinAmp were "Wmp", Winhelp were "Welp", Winmine were "Wine", Winsock were "Wock", Winspool were "Wpool" then you might have a point.