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  1. You'd start by leaving out all comments, ... on Making Your Code OSS-Appealing? · · Score: 1

    ...and any design info, then add in tons of #defines (or whatever language-appropriate construction) to allow for every conceivable platform, have a bizarre source-installation scheme, give Windows short shrift, etc.

    I learned all that from Apache. HTH.

    Seriously, just post it.

  2. OS overhead may well defeat any gains. on Is Video RAM a Good Swap Device? · · Score: 1

    OS overhead may well overshadow any gains from nanoseconds saved in the video RAM.

  3. Duh, lawsuit, duh.... on A Google Blunder- the Sad Story of Urchin · · Score: 1

    Soooo obvious....

  4. Yo, bloggers: Ever heard of Tor? on Hospital Wants Critical Blogger's Anonymity Ended · · Score: 1

    You need to become familiar with it, if you're going to blow the whistle.

  5. Cogent analysis... on AT&T Silences Criticism in New Terms of Service · · Score: 1

    ...and thanks for taking the time to write that.

    It pretty much sums up why we have such incredibly bad prez candidates on both sides (Ron Paul excepted).

  6. Back to your Legos, kids.... on Knight Rider To Ride Again · · Score: 1

    ...nothing to see here.

  7. NO problem... on Journalist Test Drives The Pain Ray Gun · · Score: 1

    ...just wear shielding (can be light and flexible because microwaves are short wavelength).

    It could even be a cream, like zinc oxide sunscreen.

    Done.

  8. Hopefully .... more affordable [solar cells] on Dell, Lenovo Adding Solar Option for PCs · · Score: 1

    Doubt it. The demand for solar cells is sky-high.

    Try finding an 80-watt panel... they've been scarce at times.

  9. 3 U.S. million dollars on Robotic Scout To Survey Arctic Ice · · Score: 1

    Is that more or less than a metric million?

  10. How can you live there? on What's the Right Amount of Copy Protection? · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Well, very nicely, thank you.

    Don't bother coming here.

    That is, if it bothers you.

    We're doing just great without you.

    Thanks.

  11. Excellent analysis..... on Believe the Occupational Outlook Handbook? · · Score: 1

    ...and says it like it is.

    Thank you.

    Thank you.

  12. Not theft, we're just smarter... on The Morality of Web Advertisement Blocking · · Score: 1

    ...as opposed to being STUPID consumers of ads.

  13. Yeah, yeah... liberals smart, cons stupid... on Brain Differences In Liberals and Conservatives · · Score: 1

    ...I get it.

    Jeez. Enough already with the "studies".

  14. Re:"there communications"? on Storm Worm Evolves To Use Tor · · Score: 1

    I pity you.

    You are handicapped if you really believe what you say.

    Seriously.

  15. "there communications"? on Storm Worm Evolves To Use Tor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's "their", you idiot.

  16. Integrated PORK environment, actually.... on FAA Gets a Big-Screen Touch Table · · Score: 1

    ... MORE waste, fraud, abuse, delay, intransigence, indifference....

    Whoopeeee!

  17. Wooooo.. that'll help the FAA... on FAA Gets a Big-Screen Touch Table · · Score: 1

    ...they're not fscked up or anything, they'll be able to use that RIGHT AWAY.

    What a *miserable* department... at Oshkosh, I heard the outgoing administrator say, after a flight in a single-engine plane: "Wow!!! People look just like ants when you're up there". An inadvertent window in to an empty mind.

  18. EUDORA??? Yuck... on Mozilla Quietly Resurrects Eudora · · Score: 1

    ...talk about non-intuitive interface.

    Ugh.

  19. "Illegal"???? Well, quote me the law... on Green Cars You Can't Buy · · Score: 1

    ...and don't just assert that "the government says it's currently illegal for automakers to sell these green cars outside of the special states".

    Which government? (state, fed, local) What's the code title, section, paragraph?

    Is that so hard?

    The article is soooo messed up.

  20. One reason: Intelligence... on Why Are So Many Nerds Libertarians? · · Score: 1

    ...combined with the "use what is known to work" philosophy.

    (as opposed to what one WISHES would work)

  21. AFTER he moved? on The US Rural Broadband Crisis · · Score: 1

    "Soon after moving to Gilsum, Rossey learned that he couldn't get broadband"

    Hmmm... wrong order. Check first, then move.

    Also: Why didn't he simply use satellite (Hughes)?

    It works OK....

  22. Re:You coulnd not be more wrong... on The $200 Billion Broadband Rip-Off · · Score: 1

    You're still wrong, but I'll go you one better:

    What we have with the gov't / FCC deal was more like fascism (gov't control of private resources), or oligarchy (not one central source of control, but several).

    Take your pick. They're both ugly.

  23. "Where should I go to find the music?" Pandora. on Does Going Digital Mean Missing Music? · · Score: 1

    Truly remarkable, plenty of new stuff there.

    Pandora.com, it's free too.

    Surely you already knew about it....

  24. 10%??? By what measure? on Does Going Digital Mean Missing Music? · · Score: 1

    10% of the music, measured by what? Weight?

    More likely by bits, of course, but how is this determined?

    Compression is all about removing redundant or unheard bits.

    The bit-comparison is fairly meaningless... a .WAV file of silence is just the same size as music.

  25. Why is this on Slashdot??? on Karl Rove Resigning Aug 31 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Certainly covered better elsewhere.... LIKE ON EVERY NEWS CHANNEL.