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  1. Re:iPhone and OS X on Which Phone To Develop For? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Or web based and go for everything rather than just two things.

  2. Re:I'd go iPhone: on Which Phone To Develop For? · · Score: 1

    I think he's being sarcastic but hey that's just the way I took it.

  3. web based on Which Phone To Develop For? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That way you can control things with or without the phone. Give it a simple interface and then you can use any phone or device with the web page.

  4. Re:Stupid Guns on ACLU Creates Map of US "Constitution-Free Zone" · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure what a country, like Iraq has to do with US gun law and if you want to bring up other countries then you might as well bring up Switzerland where they issue guns to their citizens.

    In fact I dare say that western nations with more free gun ownership tend to also be the ones with a better living standards.

    Saying that armed citizens are still defenceless is down right absurd. If one person can cause terror and panic amongst DC with athrax scares, if a small band of men can take control of 4 aircraft and cause one of the biggest terrorism events of this nation's life and if two guys can bomb a building in Oklahoma then yes rounding up most of the nation would create a very formatible army.

    However most people are just concerned about TV and eating junk food. As long as they can do that then screw everything else. Let someone else deal with it.

  5. I'm glad it's affordable for everyone on ICANN Releases Draft For New TLDs · · Score: 1

    Yet another way to screw the little guy and help businesses while profiting.

    Spammers and criminals will be able to afford it so they can come up with a load of TLDs to try to confuse people, businesses will be able to have their own TLD and guess what the only person screwed is the small guy who may want to start his own business and attempt to have his own TLD but chances are any good TLD will have already been bought up by a spammer or business.

  6. Limited unlimited should be illegal on In UK, Broadband Limits Confuse Nine In Ten Users · · Score: 1

    There is absolutely no reason why the practice of placing limits on advertised unlimited broadband should be legal.

    It should be banned now and anyone currently in a contract with a company advertising unlimited broadband should be given what the company advertised until their contract is up.

  7. This only matters to those who know it. on Cobol Job Market Heating Up · · Score: 1

    Seriously, at this stage no one wants a beginner COBOL programmer and by the time I learn COBOL (which will probably take forever since I have zero care about it) it's little surge will probably be long gone.

  8. Re:How do people learn it? on Cobol Job Market Heating Up · · Score: 1
  9. What a load of crap on A Look At Successful Game Mods · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It states:
    "This Gameplayer article highlights the programmers who are doing it best, and what mods have made biggest and most enjoyable impact on gaming."

    The biggest impact on gaming when, in the last 6 months? Seriously most of those mods can't even begin to call themselves the best when compared to some of the originals done in Quake, Quake 2, Half-Life, etc.

    My guess is the author is like 12 years old or something like that.

  10. Re:flamebait on Practical Reasons To Choose Git Or Subversion? · · Score: 1

    Well if you use a broken browser you get a broken site.

  11. Re:Even pirates don't want Vista on Microsoft Calls Today Global Anti-Piracy Day · · Score: 1

    Then no one would pirate it but some do which means it's possible so it's a case of what people want. Just fewer people pirate Paint shop pro compared to photoshop.

  12. Re:Well, someone paid a tax on Doing the Math On the New MacBook · · Score: 1

    No real geek would live in his parent's basement. That limits where you can masturbate without it being creepy.

  13. My page hasn't changed at all on iGoogle Users Irate About Portal's Changes · · Score: 1

    Am I missing something because my Google ig page looks the same as it always has or is that because I'm using google.co.uk?

  14. Re:Lords will overrule on UK Court Rejects Encryption Key Disclosure Defense · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's amazing how many of the draconian, rights-reducing laws drawn up by democratically elected representatives get knocked back by the House of Lords, an un-elected body.

    The reason the elected people are more problem is because quite frankly most people aren't educated enough to vote properly. The house of Lords don't have to answer to half-wits who believe in the "if you have nothing to hide" ideology.

    Sure they could abuse that power but luckily they've proven to generally be a sensible bunch and I think that's why the government has been trying to destroy the house of Lords and make their positions electable by the public as well.

  15. Re:I wish the US Supreme Court was that smart. on UK Court Rejects Encryption Key Disclosure Defense · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Shame most Americans are ok with their government crapping all over the Bill of Rights and they're left with less rights than they started out with.

  16. This is very unfortunate on Every Email In UK To Be Monitored · · Score: 1

    And I'm totally unimpressed that many people aren't upset over this.

    Time to move over to https://www.hushmail.com/ I guess.

  17. Re:99.8% of what gamers? on 99.8% of Gamers Don't Care About DRM, Says EA · · Score: 1

    People's ignorance about what something is doing doesn't mean they're ok with it. It means they don't know about it now but may be quite pissed off later.

  18. Re:So they let MS have a monopoly.... on Google Negotiating With Justice Department · · Score: 1

    Yeah because it's not like MS hasn't been complaining about Google's rise at all. In fact they don't care because they're an OS company and only want to make OSes along with maybe the occasional office suite.

    They certainly have no reason to be threatened by Google or want to dominate search themselves.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2008/jul/16/microsoftcomplainsaboutgoog

    From that article:
    Microsoft's general counsel told a congressional committee yesterday that "never before in the history of advertising has one company been in a position to control prices on up to 90% of advertising in a single medium."

  19. 99.8% of what gamers? on 99.8% of Gamers Don't Care About DRM, Says EA · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That's a load of rubbish. If gamers didn't care then game crack sites wouldn't be so popular. Fewer people would be pirating games and let's face it torrent users aren't some niche market.

    I think someone's study was pulled out of their backside.

  20. Re:Cuil on Google Negotiating With Justice Department · · Score: 1

    TBH, I find Cuil to be a bit rubbish. In theory it's nice but in practice, when searching for anything that isn't quite popular it seems to return some really worthless results.

  21. So they let MS have a monopoly.... on Google Negotiating With Justice Department · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But they'll investigate Google after MS cries about fairness?

  22. Re:I don't want any H-1B Visas issued period on Report Indicates Widespread H-1B Visa Fraud · · Score: 1

    Um maybe because Americans (and in western nations as a whole) are too spoiled because life is actually very good in the US so no one wants to learn things like Calc, trig and programming. It's much easier to be a celeb or a sport star.

  23. Re:Working in America rant on Report Indicates Widespread H-1B Visa Fraud · · Score: 1

    He's right. I don't know why people think they can earn higher wages and that won't some how affect the cost of products and services.

    There will always be a poor, middle and rich class unless you want to live the communist dream then you may be able to cut that down to two classes. the "normal" and rich class.

    Rich people aren't just going to let people below them have higher wages and devalue their wealth. They will let you have a higher wage but bump up the price of everything else to keep their gap between your wealth and theirs.

  24. Re:It's not so blasted difficult... on Report Indicates Widespread H-1B Visa Fraud · · Score: 1

    Retard

  25. Re:It's not so blasted difficult... on Report Indicates Widespread H-1B Visa Fraud · · Score: 1

    Well there is a reason they should get paid more when the cost of living is higher and the fact it's easier to speak them so things *should* be getting done quicker.

    My experience of OSD is that the developers are good but time differences and language differences are enough to complicate and slow things down but everyone learns English...so that barrier may go away too.