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Comment Re:"Jif", like the peanut butter (Score 1) 453

If a hard g is the way it is commonly pronounced, that's the correct way.

That is incorrect. Both pronunciations are correct. Both are in common use, and every dictionary I sampled showed both ways as "the" way to pronounce it.

The "correct" way is whichever of the two you choose. Any other way would be wrong, of course, since only the two being discussed are in common usage. Say it in some other way and people won't even recognize the word.

In summary, the correct way is with a soft "g". Or a hard "g". But really, it's a soft "g".

Comment Re:What about reStructuredText? (Score 1) 68

Thanks for the tip, AsciiDoc looks really good, too.

I don't need all the features of DocBook, as my writing is internal documentation of software operation, api docs and various processes, and usually viewed onscreen. Not books or anything significantly complex.

Science

The Proton Just Got Smaller 289

inflame writes "A new paper published in Nature has said that the proton may be smaller than we previously thought. The article states 'The difference is so infinitesimal that it might defy belief that anyone, even physicists, would care. But the new measurements could mean that there is a gap in existing theories of quantum mechanics. "It's a very serious discrepancy," says Ingo Sick, a physicist at the University of Basel in Switzerland, who has tried to reconcile the finding with four decades of previous measurements. "There is really something seriously wrong someplace."' Would this indicate new physics if proven?"

Comment Re:more importantly (Score 1) 366

Firefox rarely crashes on me, but, it does have quite the appetite for memory (though, to be fair, I rarely notice or care).

I'm running a fairly fresh instance of FF 3.6.6 on Win7, only one other tab open, and it's averaging about 145MB (it keeps fluctuating from 143 to 148, but spends most of its time at 144MB).

What I find amusing is that I'm also running Ubuntu 10.4 in a VirtualBox VM, running a couple terminals, hi-res wallpaper, compiz enabled with 3d cube rotation, and Chrome with the same two tabs open, and the entire VM w/the OS + Chrome is only consuming 114MB.

I'd bet VirtualBox is using using some more memory that isn't showing up in task manager, such as drivers and the like, but I still find it amusing.

Comment Re:Not just women (Score 1) 706

Nope, it's just you ;)

But seriously, 70-80K sound about right, depending on what branch of IT you're in and where you are located. For a helpdesk worker, ya, probably not. But, for a sysadmin, experienced programmer, DBA, or network admin, 70-80K is common, with many earning more. Even in the midwest that number sounds about right.

Comment Re:if you're in the intersection and it's red (Score 1) 976

In the majority of states it's perfectly legal to be in the intersection when the light turns red, as long as you entered the intersection beforehand, with a reasonable expectation of being able to clear the intersection.

With the most common example being a left hand turn. Most states teach their drivers that when making a left hand turn at a light, when the light turns green you should pull forward into the intersection and await a safe gap in through-traffic before turning. If the light turns red while you are still waiting for the last straggler to go by, you still haven't "run the red". You complete your turn as soon as possible. In fact, if the drivers to your left and right enter the intersection before you complete your turn, they are typically guilty of a moving violation for entering an uncleared intersection. As I read from someone else, in every state it's illegal to accelerate into a stationary object :)

Comment Re:If I could do it, I would! (Score -1, Troll) 658

Oh, poor baby. Maybe you suffer alone because no one wants to be around someone whom obviously has a significant chip on his shoulder.

Ya, it sucks that you have diabetes. And, I see no reason why you or I shouldn't have to pay higher insurance premiums when our cost of care is going to be higher than average. That's life, it doesn't have to be fair.

Comment Re:Was it just me? (Score 1) 160

lol, nope, you weren't the only one. I seriously thought it said "Herpes without capes" and just assumed I didn't "get" something, but it was still amusing because it made so little sense. Never occurred to me that it might have said something else until I read your comment and re-watched the video. "Heroes without capes" makes SOO much more sense.

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