Oh yeah? In my day when we wanted to send a message to a friend we took a piece of parchment and scripted out a letter. It made us put a lot of thought into the letter because we used elaborate handwriting. After the ink dried, we rolled it up and attached it to a pigeon.

I for one applaud the editor for using the print link. It saves me from having to click through probably 5-10 pages. I wish all editors would follow suit.

Failing at having fun. 50G

Have you ever been on a 0day site? Even the crappiest games get cracked. Sure the big scene groups may not bother with them, but smaller groups still crack them. The only copy protection that works is games with amazing online multiplayer.

I took an Intro to Engineering class a few years back and they teach you to write in all caps. This is because it is easier to read illegible handwriting this way. IMO, doctors should be forced to write this way.

If you need to stay cutting edge, why not use a rolling distrobution such as Arch or Gentoo? You could also set up your own repository where you build the Suse packages once and then push them out to all systems.

I did something similar to replace my HP laptop power brick. I simply mentioned that I almost burned myself on it and a new one was shipped out immediately. Granted I don't think I could burn myself, but the power brick was running a lot hotter than it should have so I just exaggerated a little bit. Whenever something is malfunctioning, simply mention almost being injured by it and companies will most likely send you a replacement item (within reason). It's cheaper to send a $20 power brick then pay a lawyer to just read a lawsuit being brought against them for negligence.

There is no one technique to ski. People learn different ways. For example Bode Miller has a sort of homegrown technique that is very different than other racers. The reason why there is no one technique is because it differs based on weight distribution, equipment (skis, bindings, boots, etc..), and snow conditions. You ski very different on ice then you do on powder.

The headline is misinformative. Based upon the headline I would have expected to read about a company hiring a bunch of developers for a lot of money to code something cool in javascript. Perhaps a more appropriate headline is "Javascript locked out Opera, Opera locked out the company."

This is the most logical comment. I wish it were higher up.

I can't believe this post is on Slashdot. First of all, the iPod is just a mass storage device so virii and malware can infect it. Infact Apple even decided to infect Windows with their iPod. McAffee felt the need to create an iPod malware removal tool. And how long are people going to perpetuate the myth of OSX being 100% secure. Security through obscurity does not count. Granted most current virii for OSX requires a user giving root access to the program, but let's face it a lof of OSX users aren't technical savy. I would venture out to say most don't even know why they occasionally have to type their password in.

Maybe if Google partners with Adobe we will finally get decent flash support on Linux, especially since Google owns Youtube. The current flash plugin is horribly inefficient for Linux.

Looks fine in lynx. Have you tried that?

I hate to inform you, but the days of memorizing periodic tables are gone. I have recently taken some college chemistry classes and the high numbered elements are never mentioned outside of general properties they all have in common.

The reason why universities teach fortran still is because it is very simple to learn. My roommates were taught it and they had trouble with the language. I couldn't imagine trying to teach them a more complex language. The most important thing about learning your first language is not the actual syntax, it is learning how to think.