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  1. WTC Borders on Borders Books, Dead At 40 · · Score: 1

    My favorite Borders was the Borders in the World Trade Center. I was working in the financial district as a programmer and I used to go there on my lunch breaks every few days to buy books on programming and finance. Borders had a better technical book selection than Barnes & Noble or Waldenbooks.

  2. Useless if it involves your phone on Google Adds Two-Factor Authentication To Gmail · · Score: 1

    Your smartphone has all of your email. You can reset the password on almost any website you visit just by having access to that email. Someone with access to your phone can reset the password for your online banking, facebook, twitter, etc. and basically take over your online identity.

    Few people set a password on their phone and even fewer set it to something besides a 4 digit pin with is either 1111, their birthdate or something equally "rememberable". Adding TWO factor authentication using the phone is really just a gimmick.

  3. Re:Performance is already pathetic on Virgin Mobile To Start Throttling Broadband2Go · · Score: 1

    Perhaps. My T-Mobile "3G" data stick works flawlessly... but it needs a USB port to operate... right now I'm checking into phones that let me run a mobile hotspot. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind paying for bandwidth, but it sure as heck better perform well.

  4. Re:Performance is already pathetic on Virgin Mobile To Start Throttling Broadband2Go · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I believe most people want to use the service for "spurts" of downloading when they are away from their primary internet connection. I don't think the general case is for people to remain connected 24 hrs/day for 2 weeks straight.

  5. Performance is already pathetic on Virgin Mobile To Start Throttling Broadband2Go · · Score: 1

    I bought one of their Broadband2Go MiFi devices and I have to say that the performance is already pathetic. I can't imagine them throttling it back! How can you throttle back 30kbps downloads?!?!

  6. Re:Yeah, right. on Verizon To Offer iPhone Users Unlimited Data · · Score: 1

    My T-Mobile "Unlimited" usb stick gets throttled back to snail mode after using 5 gig, so yeah, it's unlimited, but it's useless.

  7. Re:Merry Christmas on Record Set For World's Youngest Chess Champion · · Score: 1

    The computers have us beat anyway last time I checked. And, yes, Merry Christmas.

  8. Ban Cigarettes Instead on US May Disable All Car Phones, Says Trans. Secretary · · Score: 1

    Banning cigarettes would save more lives than banning cell phones!

  9. Re:Wrist Watches are Useful on Ten Things Mobile Phones Will Make Obsolete · · Score: 1

    "20 hours of overtime a week is "normal" for the position you're interviewing for", to which you reply "great... time and a half is normal for overtime" and smile smugly.

  10. Re:The main problem with cloud computing on Entropy Problems For Linux In the Cloud · · Score: 1

    AC, let me guess... you work for a cloud computing company, but not in marketing :-)

  11. Re:Break your project into manageable steps on How To Get Out of Developer's Block? · · Score: 1

    I like to create an outline of the user interface in something like Adobe Fireworks to get an idea of what the whole application will look like. I find this is a nice way to see how the user will view your application. I did this for a recent iPhone application I developed and it really helped me get a handle on where to begin. Also, languages get stale... I've been coding in Java for over 10 years and tackling Objective-C and Cocoa was actually fun... it was probably the first time I've called computer programming fun since I wrote my first applet in 1996.

  12. Re:Please not another minor browser on Google To Air Chrome Ads On TV · · Score: 1

    you said it all "... you pretty much inherently support chrome ...". That area not covered by "pretty much" is where all the work is involved...

  13. Please not another minor browser on Google To Air Chrome Ads On TV · · Score: 1

    as if supporting IE, Firefox, Safari and Opera isn't bad enough... Chrome is just not needed... please, for the love of web developers, Google, stop it.

  14. Re:And..... why should we care? on Klingons Cut From Final Star Trek XI Movie · · Score: 1

    this is obviously being done in preparation for the "Ultimate Director's Cut including all original Klingon Dialog" Blu-Ray Box Set. duh!

  15. tooth monitor on Body 2.0 — Continuous Monitoring of the Human Body · · Score: 1

    I've always thought that it would be "easy" to replace one of your teeth, probably a molar, with the electronics that could monitor numerous vitals.

  16. Re:Um, on Oracle's Take On Red Hat Linux · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Hey, this is open source... if Oracle is doing something permitted by the license agreement then what is the problem... if it's not "in the spirit" of open source then maybe it makes sense to update the license agreement.

  17. Consumer Credit Report on The Formula That Killed Wall Street · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "produced a single number to characterize risk" isn't this what Equifax, TransUnion, Experian and others have been doing for decades?

  18. Version 2 on Web-based IDEs Edge Closer To the Mainstream · · Score: 1

    The next release will feature "offline code editing"... just to bring things full circle.

  19. Apple adapter on EU Commissioner Wants Standard For Mobile Phone Connectors · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Apple will probably require the purchase of an adapter to make their device compatible with the standard.

  20. Re:Are they good for anything? on Miscalculation Invalidates LHC Safety Assurances · · Score: 1

    mod parent hilarious!

  21. Buy a ticket outta there on Home Generators (or How DTE Energy Ruined My Holidays) · · Score: 1

    Don't buy a generator, just buy a ticket and fly somewhere warm.

  22. Disable the Windows Key on Configuring a Windows PC For a Senior Citizen? · · Score: 1

    A big source of headaches for me, when setting up the computer for a similar situation, is the Windows key. Disable it here: http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsXP/tune-151.html

  23. Not as bad as social networking on "FOSS Business Model Broken" — Former OSDL CEO · · Score: 1

    The business strategy of "free software, pay for support" is almost as bad as the "ad supported social network" business model. Who comes up with these plans to make a buck?

  24. Re:Law is only way on DNS Inventor Tackles Flaw · · Score: 1

    you don't need electricity to survive either, but I wouldn't want to be without it.

  25. A useful vi Plugin for Eclipse on (Useful) Stupid Vim Tricks? · · Score: 1

    If you use Eclipse, then you have to checkout http://www.satokar.com/viplugin/ it's a vi editor plugin for Eclipse. I've been using it for a year and their most recent version is very, very stable.