85471961 comment Comment Goto (Score 5, Insightful) 674 by jomegat on Monday August 15, 2016 @07:38PM (#52707933) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Bad Programming Ideas That Work? Goto. I use that (in C) for error handling all the time, and frankly, it is about the cleanest way to do it I have seen.
68641057 comment Comment Re:Not very original (Score 1) 67 by jomegat on Monday December 29, 2014 @11:30PM (#48693791) Attached to: Glowing Hobbit Sword Helps You Find Unsecured Wi-Fi Yes, but this one is better.
67436409 comment Comment 4896? (Score 1) 186 by jomegat on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @05:07PM (#48517505) Attached to: Pizza Hut Tests New "Subconscious Menu" That Reads Your Mind I bet 4896 combinations should have been 4096 combinations.
64377035 comment Comment Re:Head for the hills, or the coast, or... (Score 1) 151 by jomegat on Thursday September 11, 2014 @03:38PM (#47883339) Attached to: To prepare for a coronal mass ejection, I ... I usually check the weather forecast, and then check the aurora forecast. If those line up, I keep an eye on the sky.
58165287 comment Comment Tit for Tat (Score 1) 198 by jomegat on Thursday March 27, 2014 @01:55PM (#46594471) Attached to: Russian Officials Dump iPads For Samsung Tablets Over Spy Fears This has nothing to do with distrust of the Apple, or paranoia of the NSA. It has everything to do with the recently imposed sanctions.
58088113 comment Comment Re:They aren't ending anything (Score 1) 208 by jomegat on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @09:43AM (#46573237) Attached to: White House To Propose Ending NSA Phone Records Collection Not to mention if you call your voicemail.
52932567 comment Comment Gavin needs a beard (Score 1) 159 by jomegat on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @08:24PM (#45418711) Attached to: Red Hat Releases Ceylon Language 1.0.0 Unless Gavin King grows some serious facial hair, Ceylon is a doomed language.
44659277 comment Comment Miss Utility (Score 2) 43 by jomegat on Thursday March 28, 2013 @10:38PM (#43308847) Attached to: Ship Anchor, Not Sabotaging Divers, Possibly Responsible For Outage Somebody forgot to call Miss Utility! Again!
44509637 comment Comment Re:A Better Theory (Score 2) 219 by jomegat on Monday March 25, 2013 @02:55PM (#43274453) Attached to: Scientists Study Getting an Unwanted Tune Out of Your Head Oops - didn't mean to post that anonymously. That's my post. Really.
41555937 comment Comment Re:Basic Instructions (Score 1) 321 by jomegat on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @09:51PM (#42400455) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Was Your Favorite Web Comic of 2012? I have to second Basic Instructions. It is consistently hilarious.
41481223 comment Comment Inkjet Printer Ink (Score 2) 248 by jomegat on Monday December 24, 2012 @01:41AM (#42379645) Attached to: Bee Venom Has "Botox-Like Effect," Is Worth 7 Times As Much As Gold That must be what they use to make inkjet printer ink.
39842643 comment Comment Almost infinite? (Score 4, Funny) 107 by jomegat on Saturday November 10, 2012 @09:27PM (#41946813) Attached to: 'Treasure Trove' In Oceans May Bring Revolutions In Medicine and Industry What does "almost infinite" even mean?
39429581 comment Comment Re:10 years? (Score 1) 285 by jomegat on Tuesday October 30, 2012 @02:10PM (#41820399) Attached to: 48-Core Chips Could Redefine Mobile Devices It also comes with either a 16- or 64-core floating-point Epiphany chip.
37449905 comment Comment Re:Forensic liars (Score 1) 93 by jomegat on Tuesday September 11, 2012 @08:27PM (#41307433) Attached to: The Fight To Reform Forensic Science He hated it. He quit practicing and became a sysadmin, but still maintains his license.
37399597 comment Comment Re:Forensic liars (Score 4, Insightful) 93 by jomegat on Monday September 10, 2012 @06:37PM (#41294037) Attached to: The Fight To Reform Forensic Science An ex-attorney friend of mine once observed, "We do not have a justice system. We have a legal system." It's an important thing to remember.