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  1. see http://stevepavlina.com/ on Are Alternative Sleeping Patterns Effective? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    see subject.

  2. You can't on How Can a Programmer Make Everyone Happy? · · Score: 1

    You can't make everyone happy.

    Use hierarchy to your benefit: If upper people make decisions, they are responsible. Make a written document detailling why you cannot reach all three goals. Make THEM decide what to do. If something fails and they want to blame you, pull out your document.

    This is called "Cover Your Ass".

  3. Re:Program Installation Locations on What's Wrong with Unix? · · Score: 5, Informative
    ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/stow/foo-1.2
    make
    sudo make install
    sudo stow /usr/local/stow/foo-1.2
    Done.
  4. I'm happy on Live to be 1000 Years Old? · · Score: 1

    ... that most of the people promising eternal life are older thatn me, such that they have to work real hard to give themselves and me the proof.

  5. install cheap PC with Linux on it on Bugzilla on Windows? · · Score: 1

    Hi,

    why don't you just install a chap ($20) old PC with Linux and run bugzilla on it?

  6. I'm using this on 3G Internet Access Via PCMCIA Card · · Score: 1

    I use the Vodafone UMTS card in my laptop for about three months now. It works really fine. Download speed is ok, but round trip times are a bit high which makes ssh sessions sluggish.

    I guess we in Europe have the advantage that we have GSM/GPRS networks europe-wide with very good coverage almost everywhere you'd want it. Now, they start covering the hot spots with UMTS/3G and will expand it from there.

    It's great!

  7. Subversion on Windows Source Control for the Lone Developer? · · Score: 1

    Why is subversion overkill? It's easy to install and run. Use it!

  8. Re:I want to play the old Sam and Max NOW... how? on Sam & Max Sequel Canceled · · Score: 1

    That is a great tip! I wasn't aware of scummwm, so thank you. Will try it out. Ebay.de has some Sam&Max CD to offer, so I think I will go for that.

  9. http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/digital-imprimat on Guilty By Association · · Score: 1

    http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/digital-imprimat ur/

  10. I want to play the old Sam and Max NOW... how? on Sam & Max Sequel Canceled · · Score: 1

    Is there a way to play Sam&Max under Linux, say with DosEmu and FreeDOS? Do they sell the old Sam&Max still? Where would I have to search for answers? Thanks.

  11. Re:The realities of mobile (cell) data rates on Comparing Wireless Internet Services · · Score: 1

    In GPRS and EGPRS (the GPRS extension in EDGE), you almost never get the slots exclusively. I.e., you may get 4 slots on the downlink, but you share them with other connections, so called TPFs or temporary block flows. Thus, the maximum throughput not only depends on your CIR (carrier to interference ratio, which determines the modulation and coding scheme (MCS) used and sets your maximum data rate on the air interface) and the number of PDCHs ('slots') you get allocated, but also on how many others in the cell multiplex on these PDCHs together with you.

    Besides, in MCS-9, the fastest MCS, you have no coding really, which means that your data stream goes unprotected over the air interface, and you need retransmissions if there's an error with that.

  12. text browsers on Retooling Slashdot with Web Standards · · Score: 1

    This new slashdot looks ugly in text mode browsers like 'w3m' and 'links'. There should be a 'skin' that I can set to exclude all the crappy columns and just give me the stories.

  13. OGG on Portable MP3 Player w/ Unix Support? · · Score: 1

    All my music is in .ogg format now. Is there a portable player for that? For my car, I could build one myself (PC104 etc).

  14. Cute Cats with Big Eyes on Diamonds - Are They Really Worth the Cost? · · Score: 1

    Would she want one if the ones suffering were not some distant Africans (there's always trouble anyway) but cute little cats with big eyes? Very many, very cute, very young, very big eyes.

    Second, do you want to get engaged with a girl who insists on diamonds? Who does not understand that YOU don't want to buy such a thing?

    Be a man! Stand up for the things you believe in! Would she want to marry a loser with no backbone who does stuff he is opposed to?

    Just my thoughts.