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  1. Tried python on TIOBE Declares Python the Programming Language of 2007 · · Score: 1

    OPED:
    Wouldn't call it the year of Python since there's nothing special that's happened with Python this year. Heard a LOT more hype about Ruby (f that).
    Tried the twisted framework. Garbage.
    Frameworks can't be written successfully in a baby language like PHP, Python frameworks aren't gonna magically appear.

    I'll take PHP, Java for backend and Flex/Actionscript for frontend.

  2. Re:Um. The guy with the storage? on Who Owns Your Social Data? You Do, Sort of · · Score: 1

    There is no basis in law, I agree, unless you count history. When you need to litigate and there is discretion because there is no definitive legal precedent, it applies. So ya, it has a basis in PRACTICE. In theory there's no point to fighting every ticket, in practice, it's a good strategy.

  3. Re:Things I would love to see gone... on Games Industry Things We Should Leave Behind in '07 · · Score: 1

    Non-interactive, long, drawn out, cinematic cut scenes. Just let me play the fucking game.

    Final Fantasy is BASED on this nowadays. There's no reason to throw out something there's a healthy market for. People like to watch.
  4. Re:Dystopia on Shadowrun FPS Forums Retired · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Personal Experience:
    God did I want Dystopia to be a game I could enjoy, but it just seems like Tribes2 without the maneuverability, flexibility of gear, or effective counters. Some of the gear is plain useless and the cyberspace looks like it should be it's own game (beautiful, original, fun) since it has very little impact on the game (obvious from the number of ppl in cyberspace at any given time, it's usually a simple jack in->rush in->kill someone->do something affair). Might as well be a psychadelic underground tunnel system.

    I played for about 2 days and uninstalled.

  5. Re:1637 called, they want their idea back. on Scientist Suggests We Explore 'Universe is a VR Simulation' Theory · · Score: 1

    There is nothing that lies beyond its control, and against it you are utterly powerless.

    This would be predicated on an assumption:

    Further, any flaw exposed in the VR simulation could be corrected without our knowing, because our experiences, including our memories and even the flow of time, are also wholly within the realm of control of the VR simulation.

    That condition is not assumed to exist, but merely a possibility.
  6. Re:What a moronic story. on Sperm Could Power Nanobots · · Score: 1

    Escherichia coli would have something to say about that. Why do sperm get all the glory when they are horribly inefficient and dumb to boot?

  7. Information Overload. Wrong direction. on Information Overload Predicted Problem of the Year for 2008 · · Score: 1

    The information overload is coming to the managers who can now see how much time is wasted, more effectively than ever. Turns out, humans aren't 100% focused all the time. This is not news. The challenge is not crushing the inefficiency with picking the most attentive, focused, dedicated workers (since most companies rather not afford, TRAINED and SKILLED, workers) but how to best reduce inefficiency with management techniques, including realistically managing workflow.

  8. We didn't know that many people cared. on China Anti-Corruption Web Site Crashes On First Day · · Score: 5, Funny

    "We didn't expect too many people to know about the corruption, or the website. Damn."

  9. Re:Proprietary, huh? on Flash Vulnerabilities Affect Thousands of Sites · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Even open source implementations are vulnerable to XSS.

    Attack scenarios work something like this: A bank website hosts marketing graphics in the form of a vulnerable Flash applet. Attackers who trick a customer into clicking on a malicious link are able to execute the SWF file but inject malicious code variables that cause the customer's authentication cookies or login credentials to be sent to the attacker.

    In summary, "Phishing can work against Flash apps." Specifically, the article says someone at Google documented something about XSS working against Flash apps...being really light on the details. This could apply to Google's stock market Flex charting, for example. Adobe hasn't done anything about it and didnt respond to EMAIL inquiries about it.
    My question is who asked The Register, to troll against Adobe? AND how did it get posted on /. /Lemme know if I missed something.
  10. Re:Something to note about other people's opinions on Are You Proud of Your Code? · · Score: 1

    I think part of the problem is that programmers lack the courage to just think.

    It's more intuitive to find that programmers lack the TIME to just think. Courage has nothing to do with it.
    The longer ANY programmer spends on the same code, the better it gets designed (if not written).
    Really good programmers criticize themselves as they write and are almost never happy with a refactor.

    A second advice would be to keep abstractions as simple as possible.

    I'm not sure how that is helpful advice. You can't know how simple you can make something without usage. We come back to spending time reworking something you've already written. Once you see how other people (or just yourself) need to use it in the real world, you know how complex it *NEEDS* to be. Programmers are generally lazy and do not write things more complicated than necessary. When you start out sometimes it can get out of hand, but you come back to reality or dont ever come back. /For who, exactly, was that advice...insightful?

  11. In '94 on Online Nicknames Google better than Real? · · Score: 1

    All we thought about was being known by our clever nick name.

  12. Re:"Fundamentally different" on US Official Urges Americans To Reconsider Privacy · · Score: 1

    The government is a private party. Both legally and practically...or is it 2 parties. Nah, it's one private party.

  13. Re:Quit Warcraft on World of Warcraft Patch 2.3 Coming Next Week · · Score: 1

    Not worth the front page because it's not news. It's an incremental content patch they've been doing since Dire Maul? So what.

  14. Re:Two cents worth... on Chefs As Chemists · · Score: 1

    Complete understanding is not necessary to garner the label "student of ". Chefs are pragmatic chemists. What has your lengthy post added to that? Is it that you're more picky?

  15. Re:Where's the NON-STORY tagging? on The Implications of a Facebook Society · · Score: 1

    There's no need to back up an assertion that's baseless. RTFA. That short enough?

  16. Re:Where's the NON-STORY tagging? on The Implications of a Facebook Society · · Score: 1

    The implication that posting unsubstantiated information affects privacy in any way is just as fallacious.

  17. Where's the NON-STORY tagging? on The Implications of a Facebook Society · · Score: 0, Troll

    taking a look at the slow death of privacy at the hands of social media sites

    Social Media sites have no influence over privacy. Marked lame.
  18. Re:Pretty bold. on Mandriva's Open Letter To Steve Ballmer · · Score: 1

    It's not an argument, it's an analogy.

    There is no point to argue upon.

  19. Re:Still never been to Facebook. on Microsoft to Pay $240 Million for Stake in Facebook · · Score: 1

    A makeup bottling company? Wow, I guess social networking isn't the only industry you know nothing about.

    I happen to know a bad analogy when I see one. You'll catch on eventually.

    On the other hand I've already described that there's no money IN social networking, it's in advertising. Hell, there's no money in almost ANY internet site that doesnt have a shopping cart without the words AD REVENUE. But then again, I'm talking to an idiot mortal.

    Yes, but Microsoft hires very smart people to make decisions like this.

    If you would make an issue of studying the Microsoft (we'll call it "culture" since everyone else does) "culture", you'd know this just isn't true.
  20. Re:Still never been to Facebook. on Microsoft to Pay $240 Million for Stake in Facebook · · Score: 1

    If you actually had the money to invest you wouldnt waste it on the makeup company when you could invest in the bottling company.

    Microsoft should be buying up the adserver or just the inventory instead of a paltry investment into the company equity which is basically worthless. The users are worthless except as traffic (potential ad revenue). Welcome to the real world.

  21. Re:Still never been to Facebook. on Microsoft to Pay $240 Million for Stake in Facebook · · Score: 1

    You must be itching to work for such brilliant people. Next up, why IRC makes so much money with all its new users!

  22. Still never been to Facebook. on Microsoft to Pay $240 Million for Stake in Facebook · · Score: 0, Troll

    I've said this before. No reason to go there. Never been, never will (unless I come across a link which I click and I end up there).
    This "investment" is ridiculous, so I'll start with the appropriate ridicule...

    Microsoft again shows that it is composed of ignorant idiots.

  23. Re:LFG on First Look at World of Warcraft Comic · · Score: 1

    Its a humorous comic called Looking For Group. Its pretty damn good. It gets its characters from WoW more than it does the world or plotline. I suggest reading it from the beginning, the story arcs are pretty damn good.

    Plug? This is the type of "only funny to wow addicts of a certain bent" that the comic is hoping to avoid AFAIK.

  24. Re:Final? on Blade Runner, The Final Cut · · Score: 1

    I rent and watch DVDs a lot. If I like the movie enough (rare), I will usually listen to the director's/actor's commentary.
    These commentaries often add a lot to the movie itself, and my understanding.

    There's Nothing Out There - Good
    Donnie Darko - Good
    Brick - Not good (only actor commentary)
    Anchorman - HORRIBLE (what a waste)

  25. Like most MMORPGs on Gods and Heroes Canceled · · Score: 1

    This game had no niche or originality, into which it could land successfully.
    Next on the chopping block, Conan.