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  • Re: Another television show screwing up an IP address. [LAW & ORDER]

    [quote user="Quinnum"]Problem is, if they did use non-routable addresses, some pedantic prick would end up on this forum posting "OMG LOLZ THEY USED NON-ROUTABLE ADDRESSES, WOT A BUNCH OF LOOSERS!!!!111ONE'[/quote]How about some of the other reserved ranges (such as 192.0.2.0/24 "Example...
    Posted to Forum by ender on 07-17-2008
  • Re: When Non-Technical Folks Enforce Rules for Technology

    [quote user="Carnildo"]If an MP3 player doesn't need a driver, that means it's announcing itself to the computer as a USB mass-storage device. Consequently, the OS will treat it just like a USB hard drive. The IPod, on the other hand, announces itself as something else. The downside...
    Posted to Forum by ender on 07-14-2008
  • Re: Manic Depression is a frustrating mess

    Heh, I still have soemthing similar on my server , although it's not linked to 404 error anymore.
    Posted to Forum by ender on 07-08-2008
  • Re: Recursive javascript security

    [quote user="Vempele"]OTOH Opera spontaneously (and consistently) breaks middle-click if you don't restart it often enough.[/quote]What's "often enough"? This instance of Opera has been running since 15:18:32 11.6.2008 (according to Process Explorer), and I have no problems...
    Posted to Forum by ender on 07-08-2008
  • Re: There's testers and there's... testers

    [quote user="barfoo"]Or -1 indexing. I just stayed in an apartment on the "3rd" floor in Barcelona that would be the 5th in the US: the street level of the building was shops, so you go up a flight of stairs to the "main" floor, then up another flight to the "first"...
    Posted to Forum by ender on 06-30-2008
  • Re: Cafeteria Drone WTF

    [quote user="pitchingchris"]The speed limit was 31 mph. Unless if you have a digital speedometer, what good is this ?[/quote] You can go 30 without hitting the limit. Limits aren't "required" speeds. So, if there wasn't a "minimum" speed sign, you'd be legal...
    Posted to Forum by AbbydonKrafts on 06-20-2008
  • Re: HR and Vacation

    [quote user="dhromed"]I get 27 days. Seriously, isn't max 10 days off per year illegal or something? Or do you live in China?[/quote] I can't speak for the OP, but in the US, 10 days is typical. My current employer gives 2 weeks for 1-3 years of employment, 3 weeks for 3-5 years, and...
    Posted to Forum by AbbydonKrafts on 06-19-2008
  • Re: Please send me the appropriate VM

    [quote user="ounos"] http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4957990 [quote] Hi, My name is Varun Gupta (gvarun@gmail.com) and I am a Java developer. I am interested in obtaining the "VM with a prototype for the inline cache oops" as I believe it may related to a problem...
    Posted to Forum by AbbydonKrafts on 06-19-2008
  • Re: Energy

    [quote user="Physics Phil"]A couple of months ago, I noticed I was too tolerant, so I cut back my intake slowly, so that I can now get the effects again for use during exams.[/quote] That and the crashing are the main drawbacks. I always sleep for an hour or two as soon as I get home.
    Posted to Forum by AbbydonKrafts on 06-18-2008
  • Re: Energy

    [quote user="DOA"]What is the most efficient way/dosage to stay high on large amounts of caffeine/your tonic of preference when coding?[/quote] Straight caffiene pills -- 200mg. One every 2 hours.
    Posted to Forum by AbbydonKrafts on 06-17-2008
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