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  1. Please, please, please! on Ultra HDTV on Display for the First Time · · Score: 1

    Do not make another interlaced standard!

  2. Good one on Finding a Disappearing Application in Windows? · · Score: 1

    Yep, I have the problem too and have an HP deskjet (probably with the huge stinking driver instead of the cut-down one).

  3. Same here. on Finding a Disappearing Application in Windows? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Same thing! Be interesting to see if anyone tracks this down. My solution was to buy a new computer (old one severely needed an upgrade anyway). I looked through my processes and didn't see anything. Tried windows live antivirus too. Happens every few minutes here. Try killing your processes or using msconfig to kill startup stuff. There's several sites that list known windows processes.

    Nuking windows and/or wiping drives or partitions will of course work as well.

  4. h.264 is excellent for QVGA on Microsoft Launches the Zune · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The idea behind h.264 is to use more computing power (or more likely in this case dedicated ASIC) to give a better picture for your size bitsream--at any resolution. QVGA is nice because it is 4:3, and is thus more compatible than the huge array of widescreen ratios. 320x240 is a pretty well recognized standard--you'll see a lot of video recorded natively at this resolution.

  5. Re:so, since it supports mp3.... on Microsoft Launches the Zune · · Score: 1

    VBR came about a lot later in the mp3 game. OGG, of course, supports it natively (not sure if you can even disabled it). If you have a really old player (as in, serial-port), you'll probably just get gibberish or it will choke on the headers.

    Now, why we are still discussing "mp3" is a huge flame for another thread.

  6. Reality of "wireless sharing" on Microsoft Launches the Zune · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Here's a hint on all these ad-hoc wireless networks. We also have another ad-hoc wireless network. We call it air, and it can transmit vibrations from one person to another! Seriously, I've had my DS for awhile, and I've never suddenly found a person to play wireless with. Unless you have bells and whistles going off to indicate another person is around (and I'm not going to sit around at a "looking for" screen), it's a solitary thing.

    And slapping on the usual DRM shackles won't change this. Most likely, make it much worse and harder to stick to the general public.

  7. Balanced ternary! on Will the Solve-the-Riddle Hiring Trend Affect IT? · · Score: 1

    Dang, I was just thinking that! I hereby turn in my nerd card until I've studied properly!

  8. There are reasons. on Mastering Regular Expressions · · Score: 1

    Consider trying to nuke all CR characters. There's no straightforward way to do this--while a binary regexp would be quite easy.

  9. Re:RET? on Will the Solve-the-Riddle Hiring Trend Affect IT? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, registers work until you get recursion. And the branch predictors are pretty good now (unconditional branches are nearly perfect--if it weren't for aliasing due to bit restrictions). But, you also have bunches more cache.

    I'd rather see nice clean source (yeah, uninlined) than trying to guess the latest microarchitecture fad.

  10. Different markets on IBM's Cell Processor — Not Just for PS3 Anymore · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do you want your nuclear test performed with the same chip that's used to play Spiderman X? There are a lot of decisions with regards to redundancies, ECC, and so on that go into a design. If it was concieved as a chip for the playstation, you could end up with problems later.

    But I do hope it works. This kind of thing would be great for neural implants on the way to the singularity.

  11. The prize? on ESA Pushing for Gamers to Vote · · Score: 1

    Well that's the singularity. No questions asked.

  12. 320x240. on Apple Announces iTunes 7, Movies, Set-Top Box · · Score: 1

    Please turn in your nerd card now.

  13. Must.keep,meme.there on Will the Solve-the-Riddle Hiring Trend Affect IT? · · Score: 1

    Discouraging competition is a pretty lame way to conduct a job hunt.

  14. 1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128 on Will the Solve-the-Riddle Hiring Trend Affect IT? · · Score: 1

    Probably the obvious but wrong answer. Oh well. I don't get the job.

  15. Check with me in a few years. on Will the Solve-the-Riddle Hiring Trend Affect IT? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'll convert you into a jupiter brain. Cool prize!

  16. No on Mastering Regular Expressions · · Score: 1

    Sometimes I'd like to use the power of regexps while still thinking of the file as a binary.

  17. For binaries? on Mastering Regular Expressions · · Score: 1

    Anybody try doing regexes on binaries? They invariable muck up linefeed characters, no matter how I try to tell it not to.

  18. No on Will the Solve-the-Riddle Hiring Trend Affect IT? · · Score: 1

    I was saying that I could explain to an applicant what an irrational number is (and maybe help with the odd*odd=odd thing).

  19. Volunteer! on Will the Solve-the-Riddle Hiring Trend Affect IT? · · Score: 1

    Do some open source, or do your own project. Make sure to network a lot at conventions or job fairs (even with other applicants).

  20. Don't take it personally on Will the Solve-the-Riddle Hiring Trend Affect IT? · · Score: 1

    I meant I can explain it to the applicant. Explain what irrational number are.

  21. Re:I've used them on Will the Solve-the-Riddle Hiring Trend Affect IT? · · Score: 1

    You did poorly in math, didn't you? "Irrational" is a lot different from "touchdown", or "birdie". I can explain it if needed.

  22. Wrong on Will the Solve-the-Riddle Hiring Trend Affect IT? · · Score: 1

    Say you can eat at an infinite pace. You want to cut it into as many slices as possible then, right? That alone says that your answer is wrong. I don't have the right answer, but I can say this.

  23. Where are you working? on Will the Solve-the-Riddle Hiring Trend Affect IT? · · Score: 1

    Consider that somewhere else, a company that doesn't have such procedures is your competitor. Sure, there's a lot of crap to make the most wide-eyed transhumanist jaded. But we supposedly have a capitalistic system that should encourage efficiency.

  24. OK, you got me. on Will the Solve-the-Riddle Hiring Trend Affect IT? · · Score: 1

    I should really provide the formula (the end formula--no instructions at all). It's been awhile--don't remember if I did.

  25. Intellectual property? on ESA Pushing for Gamers to Vote · · Score: 1

    I imagine they are going to shy away from copyright (and even patent) issues. This is the number one problem with respect to laws. Restriction rules pale in comparison.