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  1. Re:I don't want to be "that guy", however on Java API and Microsoft's .NET API: a Comparison · · Score: 1

    When did C# get faster than Java? That's news to me. Last I checked, Java was ranked 3rd behind C and C++.

  2. Re:I don't want to be "that guy", however on Java API and Microsoft's .NET API: a Comparison · · Score: 1

    No, Java security is only an issue for the browser plugin. These broad statements about how the runtime environment is a POS are flat out false. I also challenge you to run your .Net 4 app on linux or OSX with support from Microsoft. This is something the Java runtime has been able to do from the beginning.

  3. 3D Printer Version on Texas Physicists Create Tabletop Particle Accelerator · · Score: 1

    I won't be impressed until I can crank one out with my makerbot. I'd place it right next to my 3D printed M16.

  4. Re:This is actually a very bad idea, if true on 21 Financial Sites Found To Store Sensitive Data In Browser Disk Cache · · Score: 1

    Given that disk caching is the real concern, I don't see your point.

  5. Re:Typical Oracle - Enterprise sheds tear on Java 6 EOL'd By Oracle · · Score: 1

    You need to work on your trolling skills, bro.

  6. Re:Programming on Fixing Over a Decade of Missing Computer Programming Education In the UK · · Score: 1

    Please enlighten us.

  7. Re:Great on Java 6 EOL'd By Oracle · · Score: 2

    They should let Kronos know that it's unacceptable that they don't update their software to be compatible with the latest JVMs. If enough people bitch, they'll fix it.

  8. Re:Typical Oracle - Enterprise sheds tear on Java 6 EOL'd By Oracle · · Score: 1

    And you expect them to support that?

  9. Re:If it ain't broke... on PDP-11 Still Working In Nuclear Plants - For 37 More Years · · Score: 1

    A PDP-11 isn't much more reliable than any other system.

    lol...lets see if your $400 Acer laptop is still working 30 years from now.

  10. Re:Both Have Their Purposes on Subversion 1.8 Released But Will You Still Use Git? · · Score: 1

    It's only an issue for VCSs that don't track transitions. In short, it's a simple design failure. It presumes that such things don't happen, so when they do it craps all over itself. It's really not that complicated of an issue to solve if you actually want to solve it. Sadly, VCSs have tended to ignore the problem. It's really a statement on how barbaric VCSs still are. It's understandable though...there's no money in developing VCSs.

  11. Re:Both Have Their Purposes on Subversion 1.8 Released But Will You Still Use Git? · · Score: 1

    Do you also like the tree conflicts you get when moving directories around in your project? Those are my favorite thing in SVN. In theory, they've made this better in the new version but I'll believe it when I see it myself. That's something about SVN that just really pisses me off.

  12. Re:GIT sucks on windows on Subversion 1.8 Released But Will You Still Use Git? · · Score: 1

    What's so difficult about doing these things on Windows? It's the same process as OSX or Linux. And why do you need to rebase so much?

  13. Re:faint reassurance on Google Loves The Internship; Critics Not So Much · · Score: 1

    You suck at math if you think you'll be able to retire at 45 given your current income level. In fact you're not even close. Of course that presumes you a lifespan of about 80 years and you not wanting to eat Alpo into your senior years.

  14. Re:Nice objective summary on A Serious Proposal To Fix Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    Yeah, they would have made me somewhat happy if they would have made it so you could at least quick search to various control panel settings. That would have been a big win in my book.

  15. Re:Nice objective summary on A Serious Proposal To Fix Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I can do the app search just as fast in Windows 7 as you can in Windows 8. Also, I giant grid of a zillion icons is not really useful. They've also made the interface completely modal in the zeal to appeal to mobile devices. I don't want or need metro at all. It literally just gets in the way. I work on a desktop computer so why am I seeing a mobile interface? In short, they changed a bunch of shit without making me more productive AT ALL while simultaneously annoying the shit out of me. That's called bad design and is arguably "objectively horrible".

  16. Re:The 60s? on Should the Power of Corporate Innovation Shift Away From Executives? · · Score: 1

    That's because GenXers were considered the apathetic slacker generation. Of course the apathetic part was largely true but the slacker part turned out to be quite wrong.

  17. Re:Agile is not a golden bullet on Why Your Users Hate Agile · · Score: 1

    The main problem with agile is that people use it as an excuse to do whatever the hell they want. They think that because they have no methodology, that they're "agile". It's complete bullshit.

  18. Re:doesn't work on Why Your Users Hate Agile · · Score: 1

    Companies don't want to wait for "systems engineering". It's why nobody does it in IT. You are seriously clueless.

  19. Re:Agile summed up on Why Your Users Hate Agile · · Score: 1

    You're an idiot. There is no such thing as "software engineering", at least not in the original sense of the word. Nobody has time for engineering. It's a red herring so stfu about it.

  20. Re:What do you expect? on American Targeted By Digital Spy Tool Sold To Foreign Governments · · Score: 1

    You do realize that the US's allies spy on the US as well. It's not a new phenomenon either. It's been going on for a very long time. I hate to break it to you but the US didn't invent all of this evil shit.

  21. Re:Coding Architecture Models on When Smart Developers Generate Crappy Code · · Score: 1

    Perhaps but if you have low expectations then don't be surprised if your expectations are met.

  22. Re:Coding Architecture Models on When Smart Developers Generate Crappy Code · · Score: 1

    Yes but knowing when to use an interface is very basic. I would expect any programmer with >1 yr of experience to pretty much have that down.

  23. Re:sounds more like a poor hire? on When Smart Developers Generate Crappy Code · · Score: 1

    Maybe age shouldn't come into it but reality dictates otherwise.

  24. Re:depends on what you're going into on Ask Slashdot: How Important Is Advanced Math In a CS Degree? · · Score: 1

    I don't know where you get this shit from but you don't need a lot of math to make a lot of money. I make more (and usually a lot more) than the vast majority of programmers I know and I'm well above the $100k mark. I live in the Midwest, not Silicon Valley. I have never needed anything more than basic algebra and I've been doing this shit for over 20 years. In short, there are plenty of high paying jobs where little math is required. Your salary is dictated by the demand of your skills and your ability to negotiate and there are a lot of high value skills that have nothing to do with math.

  25. Re:EGO, more than communication. on When Smart Developers Generate Crappy Code · · Score: 1

    I'm dealing with this ego shit right now. There's this developer who is highly regarded by his boss so he gives him complete free reign to do what he likes and rarely ever confers with his colleagues because he thinks he's smarter. He may actually be smarter but it doesn't mean he's a better coder. He makes common coding process and design errors all the time. He's fairly young so it's not unexpected but it's still irritating as hell because his decisions often effect the rest of us.