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  1. Re:Just another extension on Objective-C Comes of Age · · Score: 1

    python but that's probably not what you mean. If that's the case, any scripting language outside of php would count. If only scripting languages could come with a GUI package better than TK

  2. Re:Method Syntax on Objective-C Comes of Age · · Score: 1

    think of it like an accessor that you call as a member variable. read method calls out loud, you'll see why named parameters are nice.

  3. Re:Method Syntax on Objective-C Comes of Age · · Score: 1

    I agree, this is best duplicated with named arguments which C and C++ still don't have.

  4. Re:Baloney on Magical Thinking Is Good For You · · Score: 1

    or you have The Knack ^_^

  5. Re:Not the big one on DragonFly BSD 3.0 Released · · Score: 1

    thats like making a blanket statement about Anonymous, there's no unified culture to dominate the community so people do what they want, like use their own scheduler (CFQ,BFK ... )or security model implementation ( see APPArmor,PAX etc)

  6. Re:It's the right move, unfortuntately on KDE KWin May Drop Support For AMD Catalyst Drivers · · Score: 1

    Duh, thanks I forgot they were only talking about Catalyst not the open source ones. I'll see if that also makes a certain java game work better

  7. Re:It's the right move, unfortuntately on KDE KWin May Drop Support For AMD Catalyst Drivers · · Score: 1

    in the mean time , i have a radion 300 chipset, looks like I'm switching to Awesome window manager.

  8. Re:MLK Jr. himself sued to prevent use of his spee on A Copyright Nightmare · · Score: 1

    I think i remember that but it seemed that the idea was also to prevent people from charging for the video of the speech or charging admission to see recordings of it. Am I right it's been a while sense I heard that.

  9. Re:Code Cleanup Culls LibreOffice Cruft on Code Cleanup Culls LibreOffice Cruft · · Score: 2

    one man's trash ...

  10. Re:Dear Hackers: Thank You! on US Chamber of Commerce Infiltrated By Chinese Hackers · · Score: 1

    are you aware of the Corn lobby keeping Pepsi buying high fructose corn syrup because they keep the tax on cain sugar high? We could be drinking Pepsi throwback with out the high price and low supply if it weren't for them. Its not the corporations you see that have all the power. Who needs conservative or liberal bias when we have lobbyists like these controlling our trade policy and how easy it is for me to eat healthier junkfood (I can't believe just wrote that un-ironically) or a healthier hamburger. I think they feed cows corn because it makes them fatter but its still not good for them. also, the informant is a funny movie but also raises awareness of this issue, I heard the book Corn Economy is too science light but that was my professor's opinion

  11. Re:Murders and drug trafficking aside. on Mexican Gov't Shuts Down Zetas' Secret Cell Network · · Score: 1

    YES!

  12. Re:It's not just GNOME 3. on GNOME Shell Extensions Are Live · · Score: 2

    Task oriented ... you have no idea how right you are

  13. Re:It's not just GNOME 3. on GNOME Shell Extensions Are Live · · Score: 1

    Thanks, I'm not a gnome user so I've been curious. Well, while gnome2 is still stable, unless the gnome people are extremely incompetent or the KDE people are gods I really think you gnome people are over reacting. I was no long time user of kde3 but I think kde4 has replicated 100% of the functionality and behavior of kde3 (and am curious if there are any objections to this). In the mean time, get these fixes to the MATE devs some how. I call your list of differences fixes because of the project goals of MATE. Also, see here if that previous link didn't make their intentions clear. I really think they're trying, you all would just give them a chance.

  14. Re:I don't know... on Secure Syslog Replacement Proposed · · Score: 1

    I don't think you got my comment. I didn't mean to ask them about recovering InnoDB, I meant (figuratively) to ask them about how to make a binary format that can tolerate a little corruption. Funny we're talking about databases however, databases sometimes blur that line between the filesystem and the data on it so they sometimes take that decision of where the bits are supposed to go on disk into their own hands. So if they do it wrong, I think it would be harder (or at least different) to try and recover them. I'm not about to say that a[n] sql database would have absolutely no problem handling something people normally feel comfortable leaving in flat text files (thats what zed shaw thinks) I'm saying that there's probably some science done on creating fault tolerant binary formats. (I'll look that up later)

  15. Re:I don't know... on Secure Syslog Replacement Proposed · · Score: 1

    Lets ask some Oracle guys how they recovered the filesystem for the Danger guys (the ones responsible for the Sidekick dataloss ) after they threw in the towel.

  16. Re:It's not just GNOME 3. on GNOME Shell Extensions Are Live · · Score: 1

    What else is different between gnome2 and gnome 3 other than the use of metacity being replaced by clutter with the gnome_shell plugin? The Mint guy's are trying their best to please the gnome_shell detractors, give them a chance. What does gnome 2 do that XFCE doesn't exactly? KDE4 kind of did this thing where they broke everything by moving to the new libraries and then ported the old functionality and behavior to the new libraries. The new libraries improved functionality, portability, and (theoretically) stability. This strategy seems to be what MATE is. Now, if you really don't like the changes I would bet money that the BSD people are probably maintaining a Gnome2 that will remain static, stable and functional (considering the gnome linux people have already given bsd the finger already) . Please explain what you want here, what would make you happy?

  17. Re:It's not just GNOME 3. on GNOME Shell Extensions Are Live · · Score: 2, Informative

    thats why linux values freedom of choice most of all. If you don't like it, switch and quit your bitchen. try fluxbox or Awsome. The gnome expatriate DE of choice has been XFCE but i think theres a branch of metacity being mantained like there's a kde3 branch being maintained

  18. Re:I don't know... on Secure Syslog Replacement Proposed · · Score: 1

    I think we can make a binary format that can tollerate a little corruption

  19. Re:How is this News for Nerds? on HPV Vaccine Recommended For Boys · · Score: 3, Funny

    from the article: "More than one in five boys and girls have had vaginal sex by the age of 15, surveys show." by 15! holy ....! im 23, where was I when this was happening? oh right, im a nerd :-( Its funny, when the doctor asks me if I'm sexually active sometimes I give a sad sigh when I answer "No", Now I just snicker the same answer. *forever alone face*

  20. Re:What would be funny? on Siri Envy? Iris Brings Some Voice-Assistant Features to Android · · Score: 1

    uh what? that was hypothetical. He says "what if" android had the whole combination of voice recognition and lingual interpretation that Siri is, and had it first.

  21. Re:Brain explode on Anonymous Hackers Take Down Child Porn Websites · · Score: 1

    also, if they rooted the servers, why cant the feds just use white hats to root them again and get enough info to turn in the perps

  22. Re:The REAL brain explode will be... on Anonymous Hackers Take Down Child Porn Websites · · Score: 1

    that logic reminds me of this skit comparing glen becks Libertarianism to Sudan, Hilarious yet frighteningly accurate. free markets aren't quite the opposite of democracy but whatever the financial equivalent of a dictatorship would be would be a likely result. They say that choice would prevent monopolies but lobbyists could easily skew that choice

  23. Re:Ha ha haa... Linux. on Linux Mint Will Adopt Gnome 3 · · Score: 1

    this is my new favorite comment on Slashdot. my previous one was this one http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=194281&threshold=1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&cid=15927703

  24. Re:Penis vagina on Is Apple Pushing Away Professionals? · · Score: 1
  25. Re:Define professionals? on Is Apple Pushing Away Professionals? · · Score: 1

    thanks for giving me a place to put this. This exemplifies your argument. professional-video-editors-weigh-in-on-final-cut-pro-x