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  1. Re:Hazard on Volvo Developing Nano-Battery Tech Built Into Car Body Panels · · Score: 1

    More like good bye after market vendors.

  2. Re:What are the current options? on VirtualBox 4.3 Comes With New Multi-Touch Support, Virtual Cam and More · · Score: 4, Funny

    What's wrong with being a drunk homosexual?

    I know right? Unless he is making the comment that Larry Ellison is a drunk homosexual, which is probably more offensive to drunk homosexuals.

  3. Re:The enemy of my enemy... on Microsoft Office Finally Gets iOS App · · Score: 2

    I kind of wish they went with Ask Jeeves instead.

  4. Re:Fundamentally Flawed on Chrome, Firefox, IE 10, Java, Win 8 All Hacked At Pwn2Own · · Score: 1

    When software stops being made for end users.

  5. Re:And people wonder why the US is going broke... on For Businesses, the College Degree Is the New High School Diploma · · Score: 1

    After you're done reading a book, you put it down, and maybe never even read it again. After you read 100 resumes, and pick a couple to talk to the people you have to hire someone. That someone will be in your life for the forseable future. It makes the consequence of picking a bad or--even worse--a mediocre candidate a serious decision. Its much worse to hire a mediocre employee because it will take you longer to figure out they are no good, and even longer to get rid of them.

  6. Re:and they wonder why they dont make money... on USPS To Launch Line of Smart Clothing · · Score: 2

    Not true. If there are no buyers at your price point you will not be profitable.

  7. Re:This is the year of Linus on the Desktop! on KDE 4.10 Released, the Fastest KDE Ever · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh man, I think that is almost not work safe.

  8. Re:Analysts saying the obvious? on RIM's BB10 Campaign Requires Some Serious Work · · Score: 1

    They already did this:

    https://developer.blackberry.com/builtforblackberry/documentation/10kcommitment.html

    They even sent me a free tablet on the hopes I'd build an app for them.

    http://www.madewithmarmalade.com/press/rim-and-marmalade-offer-developers-free-sdk-licences-and-blackberry-playbook-tablet

    It was a pretty sweet deal I have to admit.

  9. Re:Finally on WotC Releases Old Dungeons & Dragons Catalog As PDFs · · Score: 1

    My bad, PM's dont exist. You can use this form: http://perfectresolution.com/?page_id=565

    I'll have to dig them out of the box in storage to figure out what I have. probably around 10-15 class and race books, and a binder of monsters.

  10. Re:Finally on WotC Releases Old Dungeons & Dragons Catalog As PDFs · · Score: 1

    My bad, PM's dont exist. You can use this form: http://perfectresolution.com/?page_id=565

    I'll have to dig them out of the box in storage to figure out what I have. probably around 10-15 class and race books, and a binder of monsters.

  11. Re:Finally on WotC Releases Old Dungeons & Dragons Catalog As PDFs · · Score: 1

    My bad, PM's dont exist. You can use this form: http://perfectresolution.com/?page_id=565

  12. Re:Finally on WotC Releases Old Dungeons & Dragons Catalog As PDFs · · Score: 1

    I have many AD&D books I am looking to sell. Please PM me if you are interested.

  13. Re:This is true on VPN Providers Say China Blocks Encryption Using Machine Learning Algorithms · · Score: 1

    Oh man you just made my day.

  14. Re:Platform == racketeering on Microsoft To Apple: Don't Take Your Normal 30% Cut of Office For iOS · · Score: 1

    Yes, but side loading is installing another piece of software. My point was just because you can do something--such as install an app from a different repo, or install a different web browser on an OS--doesn't mean that you don't have a monopoly.

  15. Re:Platform == racketeering on Microsoft To Apple: Don't Take Your Normal 30% Cut of Office For iOS · · Score: 1

    I agree. These people have also never tried to sell art through a gallery. 30% would be lauded as a tiny cut of the profit in that industry...

  16. Re:Platform == racketeering on Microsoft To Apple: Don't Take Your Normal 30% Cut of Office For iOS · · Score: 2

    Please note, you could install a different browser then IE6 on windows 95/98, but that did not stop the anti-trust law suit from happening against M$ in the 90s.

  17. Re:Hey, guys, at least... on Cloud Version of OpenOffice In the Works · · Score: 2

    Open Office on the cloud would allow you to run it on a device that supports web browsing, but does not have precompiled binaries. A good example would be a tablet, or smart phone.

  18. Re:Al Bundy on Reiser4 File System Still In Development · · Score: 1

    Thought of Al here. Either scenario is funny--though ones a comedy and the others a tragedy.

  19. Re:Practical? on A Honda Civic With no Gas Tank (Video) · · Score: 1

    Interestingly enough, the dark green states in that map seem to roughly correlate to how much nuclear power is produced in the state. Go figure.

    Though I question the numbers.

    In Maryland, I can buy all Wind Powered energy from Ohio (which is actually cheaper then the mostly coal mix that I get by default). I have to imagine that that would lessen the impact.

  20. I recently learned that ORACLE is an Acryonym. on Oracle Open World: Ellison Preaches Cloud Religion · · Score: 4, Funny

    I recently learned that ORACLE is an Acryonym. It stands for One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison.

  21. Re:Give me a break! on Salesforce CEO Benioff: Future Software Will Look Like Facebook · · Score: 1

    If it's at the bottom of the pack, who is at the top?

  22. Re:What is openstack? on OpenStack Board Member Says Adding VMware Was a Mistake · · Score: 1

    OpenStack is a cloud infrastructure built by rackspace to replace the VMWare option--cause they didn't want to pay the licensing fees any more.

  23. Re:Nokia destroyed low end for others. on Motorola To Cut 4,000 Jobs, Focus On High-End Devices · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What I want is not a dock for my phone, but to have its screen be stretchable to adjust the resolution. Extend the canvas out for when you want that extra real estate, but collapse it back down when you want it to fit in your pocket.

  24. Re:Simple solution on Secret Security Questions Are a Joke · · Score: 5, Funny

    I had a friend who built an entire fake persona that she used to answer her security questions. Address, parents, pets, you name it.

    In hind site she was probably a little schizophrenic.

  25. Re:In real jobs or fake ones? on Report Cites Highest IT Job Growth In 4 Years · · Score: 1

    I'm having trouble finding qualified people in general it seems like. People want oodles of money, but don't know anything about databases, and have never worked with an external API. Tons of PHP developers are script kiddies who want to pump out Drupal sites, but know little to nothing about real programming (What's Big O? I don't know). When you tell these people that we want real programming, and not some front end development, a lot of them seem to loose interest beyond being downright unqualified. Beyond that, I don't really understand how someone crapping out Drupal sites can expect to ask 80-100k.

    The bigger problem seems to be a lack of CS students. I don't particularly think that DC is stealing our talent (We are not particularly looking to make anyone do that hour commute--it is pretty brutal). I have personally seen more (entry level) people decline because they talked with Google, who wanted them to move to NY/Cali to make 60-70k--and Google has that epic reputation like cocaine to rats.