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  1. Re:Wise choice on White House Ditches YouTube · · Score: 1

    As an American who files his US taxes (as required by the government) despite living overseas, I'd say that the government can't do that and what a bout the non tax payers within the US?

    Unless of course you want them to waste even more money to develop a system that determines if someone is a tax payer and allow them to view the video no matter where they live.

  2. Re:Just don't on Securing PHP Web Applications · · Score: 1

    I've taken courses run by security firms and take a general interest in security so yes I would feel confident enough to put it on my CV knowing I don't get it wrong.

  3. Re:Just don't on Securing PHP Web Applications · · Score: 1

    That's web development though. In a lo of instances there are programmers that are interested in making something but not making it properly so they haven't learned the finer points of programming because that'll take time and get in the way of making the next great web 2.0 app.

  4. Re:Just don't on Securing PHP Web Applications · · Score: 1

    It's always best to write your own sanitizers than to rely on what PHP provides. PHP, in general, is a bit of a shit language in the sense it feels like a hobby project. So, in my opinion, you should always write your own sanitizers.

  5. Re:Just don't on Securing PHP Web Applications · · Score: 1

    His idea is sound and in use on numerous sites in different ways. The idea is to warn the user when they're leaving the site. That doesn't necessarily require a extra page but if you do it then you can have it automatically move onto the link after a short period and it's still only make you click once.

  6. Re:Just don't on Securing PHP Web Applications · · Score: 1

    A good programmer writes secure code (otherwise what's the point of the code?) so if you need to hire a security specialist then something has gone wrong.

    Sure someone should test it once it's complete but that doesn't mean the programmer doesn't know what he's doing in regards to security.

  7. Re:God Hates Fags! on Securing PHP Web Applications · · Score: 1

    Purely replying to a troll does not automatically mean you've been trolled.

  8. Re:Just don't on Securing PHP Web Applications · · Score: 1

    I take it you're an out of work security specialist looking to promote yourself, correct?

  9. Re:Hey, if you can hijack Netbook as a name... on New Netbook Offers Detachable Tablet · · Score: 1

    Because I want my URL to match the name, I've opted not to copy the name outright but tweak it slightly so I'm working on dashslot.org.

  10. Silverlight is rubbish on Uproar Over Netflix's New Instant Viewer · · Score: 1, Insightful

    It's not platform independent and it's performance, for me, has been a bit shit compared to the alternatives (including Java) and it supports a company that abuses its monopoly.

    I can't think of one good reason to support a company that forces something like that on people.

  11. Re:Smart move on French President Busted For Copyright Violation · · Score: 1

    So if I get done for downloading music then I'll only get charged 1 euro per song too?

  12. Re:Nobody should be able to issue a "takedown noti on The CDA Is Dead, But States Are Trying To Revive It · · Score: 1

    Everyone has a right to keep defamatory content out of the first 30 or so Google hits on their name. This is just basic.

    No they don't and no one would dare dream about giving the president, for example, this benefit.

    People don't get to decide what the results are of googling their name. Yes unfortunately things may come up but if a defamatory comment is true or holds some truth then why should that be hidden away? If it's false then yes you should be able to have it taken down (rather than shoved to the back of your search hits but you should be required to prove it's not true before it's taken down.

  13. Re:It may not be correct to say it but... on How To Be A Geek Goddess · · Score: 1

    Wrong on both accounts. Now time for for another huge assumption and I'll assume you're a menstruating old sea hag. ;)

  14. Re:It may not be correct to say it but... on How To Be A Geek Goddess · · Score: 1

    That's true to an extend but it's not female oppression.

    Women are paid less than men because of how human society has always worked. Men are the hunters and providers so men build up society around this and to make them more attractive to women by having larger sums of money.

    Secondly women, until recently quite often would not commit as much to the job. Men would put in more hours and, more importantly, not get pregnant and leave work. Humans do need to reproduce but don't expect to be on the same wage once you come back form your year of maternity leave when your knowledge and skills have fallen behind your colleagues. The same would happen if a male employee had off for a year for some reason.

    There is no self respecting company left these days that won't pay women the same wage when they show the same commitment. A good employee is a good employee no matter what. No one would want to lose one either.

    I'm all for women having an equals chance at "male" jobs. In fact, when it comes to war, I say let all the women fight the next one and we'll stay back. :P

  15. Re:It may not be correct to say it but... on How To Be A Geek Goddess · · Score: 1

    No doubt male gold diggers exist(Kato Kaelin) but I'd definitely wager the ratio of female gold diggers to male is easily 20 to 1 if not higher.

    The reason being isn't so much that women are greedy but because that's what kept the human race alive for so long. It's ingrained into them and it won't just go away over night if ever.

  16. Re:It isn't correct to say this because it's a lie on How To Be A Geek Goddess · · Score: 1

    Not likely when I don't care either way and even if I would I'd have the sense to keep my opinion to myself as risking my job over such an opinion like that would be dumb.

    Instead my opinion is based on pretty much every woman I've met, including those with PHDs stating that they don't really care for maths.

    My teams best Java programmer is female and I would never want to see her go but she decided to have a child and it sounds like she may not come back. So despite being rather geeky even she quickly fell out of it when having a child.

    The genders are different and arguably it is for the best but even if that's not the case it's been drilled into humans for centuries. Pretending the differences don't exist certainly won't help us over come them. Just as no one has cured alcoholism by pretending they don't have a problem.

  17. Re:I disagree on The Future of Google Chrome · · Score: 1

    So how does having to do this http://www.w3schools.com/Ajax/ajax_browsers.asp involve DOM and CSS incompatibilities?

  18. Re: on The Future of Google Chrome · · Score: 1

    Java doesn't want to be Javascript which is still a hack of a language where you can't even do basic things like simple AJAX calls without writing a load of code to compensate for the fact browser developers (well one developer in particular) are too petty to agree and make things work one way and as far as security goes it's all or nothing with Javascript unless you install some third party add-on (which should be unnecessary) to manage your per script settings.

  19. Re:The whole point of Chrome on The Future of Google Chrome · · Score: 1

    Truth.

    It's a bit of overkill just for JS but it does a great job and its new PHP support is quite good too and it runs better than Eclipse, imo.

  20. Re:annoyed on The Future of Google Chrome · · Score: 1

    Actually they aren't called under pants because they go under the pants. It is because they are pants that go underneath. Pants comes from the term pantaloons which originates from Patanlone (trousers in Italy) you would certainly not wear underneath another form of clothing.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trousers

    It's all well in good that Americans (including myself) have evolved the language but it's embarrassing that the country doesn't teach people more about why we use certain terms and where they originate from.

    Just as most people don't know that Aluminum and Aluminium are both technically British as the US version was the original term for the metal but it was then decided to change it so it has the same sound as other elements on the periodic table.

  21. Re:Duh on Microsoft Sees Linux As Bigger Competitor Than Apple · · Score: 1

    Most people need to buy the over priced hardware, from one manufacture, to run OSX unlike Vista or Linux.

    A lot of Mac users don't care because it's about the style not the cost but I can't ever see Apple ever having a monopoly, like MS, with their current practices because most people rather not (or can't) pay extra for a Mac.

    That's not necessarily a bad thing. After all there's enough room in other markets for high-end and low-end products. Computing shouldn't be any different.

  22. Re:Duh on Microsoft Sees Linux As Bigger Competitor Than Apple · · Score: 1

    Yeah when I can install netbeans on it.

  23. Fair enough but... on Gamer Claims Identifying As a Lesbian Led To Xbox Live Ban · · Score: 1

    If MS wants to stop people from mentioning their sexuality then I'm fine with that. I think freedom of expression is paramount but activist "victims" really annoy the hell out of me.

    But that also means they should stop kids from playing games that are for adults as they shouldn't be doing that and it really annoys the hell out of adults to have some squeaky voice spacker ruining the game.

    Which brings me to my next point. If sexuality is a no-no then MS needs to do a a lot more to stop the constant use of terms like fag and gay by the drooling dim-witted children on live.

    Surely it'd just be easier to let people have their freedom of speech and make live an adult area or have an adult section & kids section with the adult section having more freedom and accounts used by children banned from accessing it.

  24. Duh on Microsoft Sees Linux As Bigger Competitor Than Apple · · Score: 5, Insightful

    OSX can only realistically come from one over priced manufactuer where as Linux is free and can be installed on any machine.

    The economy is in the dumps. Would you be worried about the over priced guy with no net book or the guy that's infiltrating the netbook space quite well when that's a fast growing sector?

  25. It may not be correct to say it but... on How To Be A Geek Goddess · · Score: 1

    Women generally aren't into logical things like math, computers and saving money.

    It's easier to focus on being pretty and catching the guy who'll do all the grunt work for you to earn that pile of money.

    It's just too ingrained into humans which is why, for instance, female gold diggers are a dime a dozen but male gold diggers are much more rare.

    Naturally I'd very much prefer to find a woman who is a geek but realistically I know I'd get luckier by looking for a woman who thinks she's a geek because she plays video games.