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Re:'W' Considered Harmful on Tuesday March 01, 2011 @07:37PM (#2277961)
I prefer wub wub wub. Actually, I prefer removing it from URLs :-)
Re:Mac OS X 10.7, still no DHCPv6 on Sunday February 27, 2011 @06:15PM (#2269296)
Depending on DHCP to audit trail is flawed, because it is easy to spoof addresses.

Unless, of course, you're restricting traffic to prevent spoofing: in which case you could be doing the same for addresses assigned by SLAAC just as easily.

SLAAC also has a lot to offer for faster configuration of mobile devices roaming between networks.

Re:Quora To Oddly-Named Users: Papers Please on Monday February 14, 2011 @09:30PM (#2219831)
The uni department I worked at once had a student called "Daniel". He was on a engineering scholarship from somewhere in remote Africa and had never needed another name. He was rather rueful that nobody had told him to make one up when he applied for his passport, because it caused him all kinds of difficulty. He was all kinds of things on different bits of paper: "Daniel Daniel", "Daniel -" and, memorably, "Daniel Dash".
Re:Ask HN: What Python IDE do you use? on Sunday January 16, 2011 @06:59PM (#2110689)
Been using Wing IDE for a couple of years now, just upgraded to the new one. It works well for me ...
Re:Melbourne Hackernews Meetup, Wed 3 Nov on Friday October 29, 2010 @02:36AM (#1846401)
+1, all going well.
Re:Ask HN: How does having a baby change your life? on Thursday October 28, 2010 @07:37PM (#1845436)
I didn't notice the [deleted] and it made sense to me :-) Obviously, I haven't got any wiser.

(I do think I try harder not to be unwise, though ...)

Re:Ask HN: How does having a baby change your life? on Thursday October 28, 2010 @07:34PM (#1845427)
How easy it is to keep in touch with non-parent friends depends largely on their tolerance for sleep-deprived conversations about poo :-).
Re:Novell: Why we don't need a third Linux distro on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @06:46PM (#1785297)
Yeah, Novell probably needs to ask itself if we really need a _second_ "enterprise" Linux distro.

The way Ubuntu is growing, RedHat had probably better start worrying about the same ...

Re:Ask HN: How do you prevent slouching at your desk? on Monday October 11, 2010 @06:13PM (#1781500)
Anyone had any good experiences with those saddle and/or kneeling chairs? I find it odd that I get less backpain riding a motorcycle all day than sitting at a desk ...
"I never feel that I'm prepared and in fact, out of my fear I don't even attempt to prepare much."

Well, try preparing then. Try doing a "mock interview" with a couple of friends. Practice answers to the typical dumb interview questions ("What is your greatest strength?"). Bring along a nice looking "portfolio" folder with your resume, samples of work, that kind of thing, that way you have something to talk about and visually distract yourself from being nervous.

Re:Notepad++ leaves SourceForge on Wednesday June 09, 2010 @02:18AM (#1416332)
So is "Vi" ... well, it's short for Violet. Can't imagine calling a girl "Emacs" though ...
Re:How the design of a BMW Motorcycle affects your App on Monday August 17, 2009 @07:52PM (#769409)
BEEP! Oh, sorry, just trying to readjust to Honda controls ...

Anyway, I never found 3. to be a problem on my R100GS (w/ early K-style controls) but I think there's another really important point here: supporting those three buttons requires a whole mess of relays, latches and so on, in a black box the size of a couple of packs of cigs, hidden away under the tank. If it fails, like mine did, there's no way to do a roadside repair. It's a black box, literally.

Whereas the standard setup has one simple mechanical switch and one flasher can and not many wires. Its very simple to diagnose and you can get a new flasher can anywhere for $5.

The appropriate BMW slogan: "Why simple, when complicated works?"