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  1. Re:Blockbuster died... on How Blockbuster Could Have Owned Netflix · · Score: 1

    Except now Blockbuster is gone, so not like stomping on a McRib. The difference being that everyone loves McRibs. No one misses BB, except the people that lost their livelihood. So, I guess if they were still around, they could give a shit?

  2. Re:who gives a fuck on Firefox Notably Improved In Tom's Hardware's Latest Browser Showdown · · Score: 1

    Which looks like it confirms the original poster's statement: Mozilla doesn't ship Firefox as an .msi, just an exe. You can script the exe, but still not an .msi.

  3. Re:EULA on Facebook Goes After Greasemonkey Script Developer · · Score: 1

    Will it fit in the margin?

  4. Re:Typo in summary. on A Visual Expedition Inside the Linux File Systems · · Score: 1

    Devito: "You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little fucked up maybe, but I'm informative how, I mean informative like I'm a philosopher, I enlighten you? I make you think, I'm here to enlighten you? What do you mean informative, informative how? How am I informative?"

  5. Re:ID what? on What Free IDE Do You Use? · · Score: 1

    I use interactive debugging, but I try not to be in such a rush to hit f5, f8, f10 or whatever. I read the error message that was generated and think about it and the code for a few moments. I may not have to fire up the debugger at all. Maybe there are assertions that help identify the bug. This may be the only option in some environments where interactive debugging is verboten. Nothing wrong with the interactive debugger. I've used it to brute-force my way through some ugly and unfamiliar stuff. It may not be the most efficient debugging tool for every occassion.

  6. Re:We have to take an deep breath... on Confirmed Gmail / Google App Outage · · Score: 1

    ...and the lag sucks. I swear the publisher just rushed it out the door bugs and all to make a quick buck. Blizzard would never have let that happen.

  7. Re:Convert? on Time Warner Cable Won't Compete, Seeks Legislation · · Score: 1

    Taxes if they are general obligation bonds. If they are general revenue bonds, the money would hopefully be generated the project they are funding (toll roads, stadiums, utility fees).

  8. Re:Too "Colbert".. on NASA To Announce Module Name On Colbert Show · · Score: 1

    I think you meant Browncoat.
    Brownshirts have a completely different initiation ceremony...

  9. Re:The project that will end in a few years! on Google Summer of Code Announces Mentor Projects · · Score: 1

    My computer. It...

  10. Re:Nothing wrong with models. on The Formula That Killed Wall Street · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes. And he cannot lie, apparently.

  11. Waterfall was never valid on More Than Coding Errors Behind Bad Software · · Score: 2

    Dr. Royce used it as an example of a methodology that doesn't work, but what he described was easy to understand so it gained traction with management types. It's like the joke where the guy says he's looking for a lost quarter under a streetlamp because the light is better than where he lost it.
    http://www.cs.umd.edu/class/spring2003/cmsc838p/Process/waterfall.pdf
    I think his suggestion was to 'build it twice' via prototyping to discover what was missed in the requirements gathering and design phases.

  12. Re:Woz is The Phantom with the Glowing Eyes on Apple Believes Someone Is Behind Psystar · · Score: 1

    Who was played by Jonathan Winters or Tim Conway.

  13. Re:Meh on Model-View-Controller — Misunderstood and Misused · · Score: 1

    Sounds fair enough. More power to him, then. The post was a confusing read. FWIW, there's an anti-pattern called "The Golden Hammer" where once someone has a tool in their toolbox, they try to apply to everything: I've got a hammer and everything I see is a nail. MVC being the latest and greatest hammer.

  14. Re:Meh on Model-View-Controller — Misunderstood and Misused · · Score: 1

    I stand corrected. But doesn't that make the rant completely pointless? Kinda like Chip Diller screaming "Remain calm!!! All is well!!!"

  15. Meh on Model-View-Controller — Misunderstood and Misused · · Score: 2, Informative
    I don't think the people behind Django would hold it up as a paragon of pure MVC either.
    I'm assuming he pulled the uncited quote from the django book: http://www.djangobook.com/en/1.0/chapter05/
    Here's another:

    Taken together, these pieces loosely follow the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern.

    They don't seem to be too hung up on design pattern purity. Maybe it is different in IRC or the forums.

  16. Re:The article is incorrect with respect to ext4.. on On the State of Linux File Systems · · Score: 1

    Not exactly Object-Oriented Programming, but IBM had this concept on the Series i (AKA AS/400) for some time now :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AS/400_object. Best command line interface ever...

  17. Strange Magic on IBM Leapfrogs Intel With 22nm Chips · · Score: 1

    I get a strange magic,
    oh, what a strange magic,
    oh, it's a strange magic.
    Got a strange magic,
    got a strange magic.

  18. Re:Thats ok... on US Broadband Won't Catch Up With Japan's For 101 Years · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I thought about doing that too, but Mars ain't a place to raise your kids.

  19. Re:Save the Franchise? on LucasArts Embargoes "Clone Wars" Reviews · · Score: 1
    I don't think he could have done Kashyyyk in Return.

    Lucas' original concept of the battle featured hundreds of Wookiees. Due to costs, this idea was scrapped and replaced by a battle featuring relatively few diminutive Ewoks. A large-scale battle with hundreds of characters was eventually realized in The Phantom Menace. The Battle of Kashyyyk in Revenge of the Sith finally brings this concept to the screen.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kashyyyk

  20. Re:Save the Franchise? on LucasArts Embargoes "Clone Wars" Reviews · · Score: 1

    I have the same recollection but I probably read it in Starlog. Another reason for the switch was also driven by the logistics of the time. Lucas wanted a planet of Wookies, but they couldn't pull it off. Later I heard someone use it as a way to describe what a director does vs. a producer. A director is someone who wants a planet full of Wookies. A producer is the guy who tells him it is not in the budget. Of course Lucas was the producer so it doesn't make sense...

  21. Re:No views?! on Slimmed Down MySQL Offshoot Drizzle is Built For the Web · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to compile a SQL statement is insignificant next to the power of the Force.

  22. Re:Still could be innocent on Hans Reiser Leads Police To Nina's Body · · Score: 1

    Nah...still not doing it for me.
    Let's have the first guy have a fake arm. The second guy, he's got an eye-patch and armored polar bears for guards.
    And fit a giant spider in the end. Nature's fiercest killers.
    - Jon Peters

  23. Re:Oh great... on Supreme Court Holds Right to Bear Arms Applies to Individuals · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Prosperity and education?

  24. Re:Then STOP releasing the product! on Bill Gates Chews Out Microsoft · · Score: 5, Informative

    Depending on you situation, you don't have to search the web. Open Adept Manager in KDE and you can drag and drop key words to narrow down the list. You can search as well. Synaptic is similar. If I recall correctly, SUSE had a nifty hierarchical organization.

  25. Re:Who said Reiser doesn't support robust recovery on Hans Reiser To Reveal Location of Wife's Body · · Score: 1

    Thanks, V.I.N.CENT...