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Comment Re:! hyperdrive (Score 1) 322

by thedrx on Thursday October 08, 2009 @09:45AM (#29681121) Attached to: Hyperdrive Propulsion Could Be Tested At the LHC

Hundreds of orders magnitude higher? Are you sure you're not high?

Comment Re:Compared to Lucas (Score 1) 705

by thedrx on Monday August 17, 2009 @10:42AM (#29092729) Attached to: "District 9" Best Sci-fi Movie of 09?

V for Vendetta?

Comment Re:Actually.. (Score 1) 86

by thedrx on Sunday August 16, 2009 @09:49AM (#29083307) Attached to: Gene Therapy Causes Blind Woman To Grow New Fovea

Good post. And I don't have any mod points (as to preemptively answer the 'this is what the mod system is for' cries)

Comment Re:Or maybe... (Score 1) 487

by thedrx on Monday August 03, 2009 @06:52AM (#28925259) Attached to: A Hypothesis On Segway Hate

This is the kind of insightful comment that makes me come back to Slashdot every day. It's much like interacting with smart people during software development or the like -- even if you're smart, you might not think of a particular idea.

Comment Re:Summary is overrated (Score 1) 135

by thedrx on Sunday July 26, 2009 @05:02AM (#28825645) Attached to: Bacterial Computer Solves Hamiltonian Path Problem

*postscriptum

Comment Re:Summary is overrated (Score 1) 135

by thedrx on Sunday July 26, 2009 @05:02AM (#28825641) Attached to: Bacterial Computer Solves Hamiltonian Path Problem

Your poststriptum is nicely put.

Comment Re:The World's Greatest Spectator Sport (Score 1) 73

by thedrx on Sunday May 17, 2009 @10:19AM (#27986657) Attached to: Computer Chess Programs Vie "Live" For World Championship

Eh? A post about Sarah Connor Chronicles without a mention of Summer Glau?

Comment Re:its not about money (Score 1) 834

by thedrx on Monday May 11, 2009 @05:43AM (#27904171) Attached to: Go For a Masters, Or Not?

Yeah, haha. I chose my degree and path based on what would be more enjoyable for me. I tend to choose most activities this way, and I can't complain.

Especially funny when you consider GP's sig and P's nick :D

Comment Double talk, you say? (Score 0, Troll) 79

by thedrx on Friday May 08, 2009 @10:40PM (#27885149) Attached to: Google Urges National Inventory of Radio Spectrum

Double post, much? Ah right, Big Business rage. Definitely warrants posting about it over and over again.

Comment Re:-a 100 (Score 1) 240

by thedrx on Friday May 08, 2009 @03:47PM (#27881831) Attached to: R.I.P. MS-DEBUG 1981 - 2009

It's either :wq or :q!, definitely not :qw! :P

Comment Re:Ditto (Score 1) 100

by thedrx on Sunday May 03, 2009 @10:43PM (#27812149) Attached to: Speaking With the Devs Behind a 7-Year Game Mod Project

Oh yes, definitely. Nothing worse than having complex project and some guy who sits down and has the brilliant idea of rewriting the whole thing every so often.

Then again, really good code (even better if it's based on really good planning) tends to look good even after decades.

Comment Ditto (Score 5, Interesting) 100

by thedrx on Sunday May 03, 2009 @10:01PM (#27811923) Attached to: Speaking With the Devs Behind a 7-Year Game Mod Project

Also, I don't know if you ever go back and read what you wrote 6-7 years ago, but in my experience that's a great way to embarrass yourself â" I spent a lot of time rewriting old dialogue to be less embarrassing

This is very true for me. Whenever I come back to very old code, writings, forum/newsgroup posts, emails or the like, I always can't help but feel bad. Sometimes I'll happen upon a piece of code, think to myself 'what was this idiot thinking' and then discovering it's my own code :P

It's good I guess, means I'm changing over time (here's hoping it's change for the better).

Comment Re:new book (Score 1) 23

by thedrx on Friday May 01, 2009 @02:29AM (#27784155) Attached to: Console Port of <em>The Witcher</em> On Hold

Teehee, one of the few benefits of knowing the Polish language -- being able to read the whole septology.

Comment Re:And...? (Score 1) 21

by thedrx on Thursday April 09, 2009 @09:14AM (#27517847) Attached to: Dead Birds Do Tell Tales

Archival of animal tissue could be useful. As an example, a few years ago, some researchers have attempted to clone the extinct Tasmanian Tiger, but the attempt failed due to the DNA samples being too degraded. Had they been better stored, they wouldn't have degraded so much. The animals that we can see today might be extinct tomorrow, hence the importance of archival.

Boxee Launches New API 69

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday April 08, 2009 @10:48AM from the take-that-hulu dept.

A recent post on the boxee blog announces the release of a new, fully documented API that will allow developers to create and share new apps and plugins. "The new boxee API enables developers to build sophisticated applications (such as the Pandora and RadioTime apps) using a set of API calls in Python and writing the GUI using XML. ... Users can install new applications via the boxee App Box, the beginnings of our app store. Unlike other app stores, boxee does not want to be a gate keeper (or bottleneck) in deciding which applications are published so anyone can become a publisher." A complete description is available at their developers page. I'm sure this will help in their ongoing battle with Hulu.

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