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  1. Re:Still try to do proprietary email? on Google Announces Inbox, a New Take On Email Organization · · Score: 1

    Or newsgroups. Sell them as government-proof decentralised forums for a new age twist.

  2. Still try to do proprietary email? on Google Announces Inbox, a New Take On Email Organization · · Score: 2

    Just leave email alone. It works just fine which is why no company has been able to replace it with a proprietary alternative. I know googke is desperate to control email but it won't happen.

  3. Re: Why? on China Staging a Nationwide Attack On iCloud and Microsoft Accounts · · Score: 1

    You're only allowed to speak out because they allow it. Huge chunks of the population technically don't have constitutional rights thanks to the constitution free zone around the border. Technically no one in Florida is covered by the constitution. The U.S. government just does a better job at making people think they're free.

  4. Re:Browser Apps are NOT desktop apps on JavaScript and the Netflix User Interface · · Score: 1

    Agreed. They're very basic and don't work offline. The only reason I could see that someone would prefer web apps is because they want the NSA to have their data.

  5. Re:Using a Java plugin to play audio files... on New Music Discovered In Donkey Kong For Arcade · · Score: 1

    It doesn't use Java for me (no Java but I can play the sounds). Maybe you've done something to cause that.

  6. Aquaman isn't really even a superhero on Warner Brothers Announces 10 New DC Comics Movies · · Score: 1

    He's a weird guy with a creepy fish fetish. Talking to the fish isn't a super power. I thought superhero films would have been dead by now.

  7. I hate Peta but why not use a jeep? on PETA Is Not Happy That Google Used a Camel To Get a Desert "StreetView" · · Score: 1

    A camel seems really inefficient. I'd say eat camel for lunch while riding your jeep around the desert.

  8. Re:Perl and VBA will live for a long while yet on Goodbye, World? 5 Languages That Might Not Be Long For This World · · Score: 1

    Yeah, most popularity contests seem to be based on what start-ups use like the only programming done is making novelty shit for middle class westerners and their 1st world problems. But once you get into something a bit more intelligent and long lasting then you find these people stick with what works because their company can't afford to spend all its time converting to the new shiny thing nor are they some short lived dumb start-up that can ignore the long-term implications of their decisions.

  9. Re:Ruby? on Goodbye, World? 5 Languages That Might Not Be Long For This World · · Score: 1

    Ruby never fully took off like PHP or Perl. It gained popularity but then was quickly replaced by node / JS. Now about the only people I see advertising Ruby jobs are Yammer in London or the odd company that was horribly stuck in the past and decided to move forward to 2007.

  10. Re:Population Density centers on Why America Won't Match Sweden's Cheap, Fast, Competitive Internet Services · · Score: 1

    That's BS because most people live closer together on the coasts and Pennsylvania broadband options don't get chosen based on the population of South Dakota. The whole of the U.S. density would only matter if one company was tasked with doing the whole US and that's not the case but even if it were why would most people being smart enough not to live in Kansas affect East Coast choices?

  11. Re:To head of "density arguments"... on Why America Won't Match Sweden's Cheap, Fast, Competitive Internet Services · · Score: 1

    Sure if you pick one of the most extreme examples but no European country is like Australia because they're not hot desert areas with loads of deadly animals to cause people not to spread out.

  12. Re:To head of "density arguments"... on Why America Won't Match Sweden's Cheap, Fast, Competitive Internet Services · · Score: 1

    Most of the U.S. East Coast has similar or more densely populated states when compared to European countries which is why I think it's always been BS. I lived in rural UK territory and had 10 meg broadband. I also lived in a very similar if no more dense area in the U.S. and my old neighbourhood still only had dial-up 2 years ago.

  13. Samsung still copying apple? on Will Apple Lose Siri's Core Tech To Samsung? · · Score: 1

    Try doing something original samdung

  14. Re:To the hecklers... on New OS X Backdoor Malware Roping Macs Into Botnet · · Score: 1

    Shellshock, the "bash bug" won't affect the majority of Mac users and Linux users. It requires you to be running a CGI server or have SSH access. Two things that, by default, certainly won't happen on a mac and unlikely to be the case on many average user Linux machines especially if their main machine is a laptop. It's more of a concern because it could mean your data on websites like your bank could be in trouble rather than someone getting into your own machine.

  15. Re:Quite useless article on New OS X Backdoor Malware Roping Macs Into Botnet · · Score: 1

    anyone who isn't a little aspy knew what he was saying and doesn't care.

  16. Re:Quite useless article on New OS X Backdoor Malware Roping Macs Into Botnet · · Score: -1, Troll

    Anyone using Windows *is* IQ challenged. Trying to do anyone real work on Windows is painful.

  17. hardware has hit a wall so leave it as is on Lost Opportunity? Windows 10 Has the Same Minimum PC Requirements As Vista · · Score: 2

    In case you haven't noticed processors aren't getting any faster and haven't been for ages. Why would you want Windows using even more of the processor rather than letting applications use the rest?

    And because of that there are still a bunch of low-end PCs being sold and people simply not upgrading because really there's no point. Microsoft upping the requirements would just cut down their market. There are too many options for them to bully people like they used to do.

  18. Re: In other words... on Consumer Reports: New iPhones Not As Bendy As Believed · · Score: 1, Insightful

    2. That must be why Apple's profits, stock price, and volume have been down since Cook took over....

    That's not true and easily proven false with a quick search. You're not even good at being a fanboy.

  19. Re:In other words... on Consumer Reports: New iPhones Not As Bendy As Believed · · Score: 1

    Not everyone else. He's correct and you don't even have to read the article, just look at the chart.

  20. Re:In other words... on Consumer Reports: New iPhones Not As Bendy As Believed · · Score: 0

    The problem is more that it doesn't bend back into its original shape but you'd expect that from a phone made of metal instead of plastic.

  21. America doesn't own space. on Congress Can't Make Asteroid Mining Legal (But It's Trying, Anyway) · · Score: 1

    No one has to pay any attention to US law in space because the US is on earth and not space. The US should focus on things it knows like killing brown people and torture.

  22. Re:I just want the new Nexus. on iPhone 6 Sales Crush Means Late-Night Waits For Some Early Adopters · · Score: 1

    NFC isn't new technology like the internet wasn't new technology in the late 90's. It doesn't matter if most people aren't using it. NFC still isn't common enough for my liking. Oddly enough it'll probably be apple that drives NFC to mainstream usage.

  23. Re:I just want the new Nexus. on iPhone 6 Sales Crush Means Late-Night Waits For Some Early Adopters · · Score: 1

    Given the rumours google us killing the nexus line your wait might take awhile. Seems google can't compete in Samsung's market.

  24. Re: Bullcrap on Unpopular Programming Languages That Are Still Lucrative · · Score: 1

    Since it's about making money obviously they're not talking about what academics use to make themselves feel special.

  25. Re:Probably not. on Does Learning To Code Outweigh a Degree In Computer Science? · · Score: 1

    I would agree and if people think they'll complete a Learn PHP book and then get loads of job offers that's simply not going to happen. You'll still have to put work in to build something that proves you know what you're doing. I don't have a degree but that certainly hasn't stopped me and the bulk of the jobs I've applied for over the last 7 years or so claimed to require a degree. But I've also got over about 12 years of experience and really that's what companies want. They want to know you can do what you claim (and ideally you're not an asshole). A degree is certainly a short cut in the eyes of many to proving you know what you're doing. It is still worth considering getting one but I think only if you're still going to something extra into like have at least one or two side projects that show you're not just going through the academic steps or better yet do some side job freelancing. I think even if you're making shitty little static html sites for people if you're proving you can manage customer relations that will matter a whole lot more than you think. Anti-social competent programmers are a dime a dozen.