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  1. Re:bad programming on Gridwars Parallel Programming Challenge · · Score: 1

    It is possible to calculate the jump offset from the value you are "switching" on.. Of course this might not always be the case, but it is possible :-)

  2. Who cares? on Record Labels Looking for a Cut of Tour Revenues · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No one is forcing the artists to sign a contract with record label X-- if they dont like the terms, find another record label who has terms you agree with. If none exist, well you are up the river without a paddle, but Juicy cranberries grandma!

  3. Re:Useful for structs/unions on Latest Proposals for C++0x · · Score: 2, Informative

    My C++ compiler (g++ 3.1 20020420 (prerelease)) allows this (it is called anonymous unions, structures), etc.

    Thus I can do this:

    class Foo {
    union {
    char bob;
    struct {
    unsigned frank : 4;
    unsigned jim : 4;
    }
    };
    Foo bar;
    and access bob, frank and jim via: bar.bob, bar.frank and bar.jim. :-)

  4. Re:Reminds me of this old tech suppor story- on Sony Recalls 18,000 VAIO Laptops · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, I can confirm. You see, I was, in fact, said dog. My balls are still tingling.

  5. Re:A bit weak for me. on Tanya Grotter and the Magic Double Bass · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    From what I read, he was saying that the quality of writing of the original was better, NOT how much some little grenade launching Belarussian likes it.

  6. Re:Vib Ribbon on R-Type Final Gets Fresh For U.S.? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    yes, but your women have hairy armpits

  7. My Review on P4 3.2GHz Reviews · · Score: 5, Funny

    Compared to the older pentiums the new pentium IV performs all the same instructions in exactly the same way. You may sense a small speed increase; however you are not likely to notice it (unless you are upgrading from a 486DX2-66).

    Integer performance has increased by (New Speed-OldSpeed)/OldSpeed * (OldBenchmark Score) - OldBenchMarkScore, as has floating point. However, the electricity bill also rose by the same percentage.

    Pros: No one ever got fired for buying Intel!
    Cons: It costs more than a used car!

  8. Re:Mac attack on Building A Homemade Chess Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    You may all laugh now, but when the PPC970s come out, Macs will be THE CHESS platform!! Nearly all chess programs use 64 bits to represent the board and pieces.

  9. Re:Pssst. on Sen Hatch Would Like To Destroy Filetraders' PCs · · Score: 1

    !dolc evitisnesni uoy, t'nod I oN

  10. Re:Help me out here. on Apple to Announce the Power Mac G5 at WWDC? · · Score: 0

    No, you 100k+ fool! Go back to elementary school and eat crayons!

  11. Re:Yay! on OrbiTouch Keyless Keyboard Review · · Score: 1

    I am using a PS2 keyboard (a Kinesis actually) on my Mac right now with the help of Radio's Shacks PS2/USB adapter (it was designed for the cue:cat I believe).

    The only problem with doing it this cheap-o way is that the Mac sees my keyboard as "cue:cat" adapter and I actually can't type after a power cycle (or something refreshes the USB memory stuff) until I put the machine to sleep and then wake it up with the mouse.

    Since I only have to do this once in a blue moon, the $6.95 or whatever I paid for it sure beats the $59.95 adapter Kinesis wants to sell me.

  12. Re:Programming on Mastering Mac OS X (2nd Ed.) · · Score: 1

    If you've read one "Cocoa" programming book, you've read them all. (I have, or at least it seems like it when browsing the new ones at Barnes and Nobles)... Anywho, here is your guide to writing a Guide To Cocoa programming:

    1. Talk about MVC design philosophy.
    2. Project Builder chapter.
    2.A. How to create a new project
    2.B. How to save your project
    2.C. How to compile your project
    2.D. How to close your project
    3. Interface Builder
    3.A. Do a bunch of stuff with the nifty controls
    3.B. Use the term "first responder" ten million times in this chapter and the remaining ones without describing what it means
    3.C. Initiate your classes and add files to project builder
    3.D. Add a bunch of ObjC code to your file
    3.E. Compile and WAHALA
    4. Advanced
    4.A. More of Chapter 3 but with different controls
    4.B. Appendix with crappy websites

  13. Re:good thing on TopCoder, Math, and Game Programming · · Score: 5, Insightful

    hehe you must have scored REALLY bad on the competitions to have this kind of attitude. From my experience, I have a relatively average score (~1400) and have nothing but the utmost respect for the true "top coders". Being fast is just one part of it, algorithm knoweldge and language mastery is a must-have to be competitive like these guys are.

  14. two words on SCO DOS'ed · · Score: -1, Troll

    fucking dumb asses.

  15. Re:Harry potter reference explained on Harry Potter with Guns · · Score: 1

    Did you miss the part where he commited virtually every computer crime they have a law for? Or, more importantly, how he was late to work and got chewed out for it?

  16. Re:old program on Searching for the Oldest Running Application · · Score: 2, Funny

    wtf.... why do you associate someone's death with dukes of hazzard reruns??

    I hope when I die, someone says....

    "SamBeckett died right after the 30 year aniversery of Futurama rerun on Tuesday night right after Geriatric Friends"

  17. Re:Wow... on Land Speed Record Broken: 0-6,400 in Six Seconds · · Score: 1, Funny

    You mean like... a plane?

    Michigan rules anyway... Why would you ever want to leave?

  18. Re:Sex it up! on Enterprise Getting New Aliens, Hairdos, Weapons · · Score: 1

    Oh Boy!

  19. Take Karate on Starting an After-School Computer Club? · · Score: 1

    As a Karate Ka (student) you will be able to defend yourself from all of the ass beatings you are inviting by creating such a club. Unfortunately this is the way the world works.

    Alternatively, to avoid said ass kickings, have parents leave house every weekend and drink lots of beer. Word will spread that drunk nerds are people too and you will get laid.

  20. Re:How do you think the court system would handle. on Reading Lips In Software · · Score: 1

    If you beat a dead horse, will it die some more?

  21. Re:Why? on FoxPro On Linux, Drama Ensues · · Score: 1

    What is the name of the Linux software that does what FoxPro does?

  22. Re:Other Tivo benefits on Rabid TiVo Fanaticism · · Score: 1

    I stopped watching TV when I moved and never bothered to get cable again. I do have a Tivo by the way with a lifetime subscription. I don't feel the 5 minutes it would take me to hook it up would be worth recording 49 channels of static and three other channels (NBC/CBS and PBS).

  23. Re:Where's my 150-in-one? on Old-school Nerdy Comics · · Score: 1

    I know where to get them!! I found them after many years of searching in a "Hobby USA" or somesuch in the new in Peoria, IL. They have the 60, 120, 200, 300 models etc.

  24. Re:Note to BSA: go fuck yourselves on BSA IDC FUD · · Score: 1

    .... and what happened next?

  25. uhhh.. huh? on GZipping Life Forms: Deflate Reveals Bare-Bones · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Doesn't gzip only look for patterns in one dimension? Assuming they are using these for pictures, they are missing the boat on at least one more area of complexity!