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  1. Re: on Uniforms For the Help Desk? · · Score: -1

    There are two other groups in his office wearing uniforms. a) the cleaners b) the security guards.

  2. Re: on Anti-Technology Themes in James Cameron's Avatar · · Score: -1

    Except of course that the Native Americans were nomadic, had no notion of property rights (unlike the Na'vi and their Hometree), and rejected the idea of owning land.

  3. Fern Gully in Space on Anti-Technology Themes in James Cameron's Avatar · · Score: -1

    We have been genetically modifying food since we first stopped just gathering it and began cultivating it. Get over it folks we are constantly modifying our environment and our food stuffs through genetic selection. Why rail at the fact that we have found a faster way to change what we eat? Oooh the unknown very scary. Grow up humans.

  4. Re: on A Brief History of Modems · · Score: -1

    Sadly, your comment contains more actual information, and is better written, than the 'article.'

  5. Re: on Preventing My Hosting Provider From Rooting My Server? · · Score: -1

    I like your screen option, but there are legitimate reasons for a provider to have *some* access, unless you appreciate being down for additional time. Then possibly being charged for what would normally be included as part of the service due to making it difficult on the provider to assist you when something does go wrong. Personally if your going to go that paranoid your better off coloing with a local provider that you can physically visit 24/7 unescorted and secure your server behind a locked cabinet

  6. Re:If they do this.. on Preventing My Hosting Provider From Rooting My Server? · · Score: -1

    "Highly intelligent people tend towards a sometimes unreasonable paranoia and sometimes make conclusions (i.e. my server was rooted to look at the logs) that are not exactly true."Shoot, even people of normal intelligence, or, equally surprising, people of limited intelligence, jump to idiotic conclusions.Either way, you're correct - if you ain't happy with the service, find another service...

  7. "Innocent until proven guilty" on Texas County Will Use Twitter To Publish Drunk Drivers' Names · · Score: -1

    And how will they compensate anyone wrongfully put on that feed for the damage to their reputation? The Court of Public Opinion can be brutal about these things, especially when they work in HR somewhere..

  8. Re:nothing new here on More on the Waterworld Goldilocks Planet · · Score: -1

    (thud)

  9. Re:there are Programmers then here are PROGRAMMERS on Why Coder Pay Isn't Proportional To Productivity · · Score: -1

    Writing a new routine for an accounts payable system is one thing but.. there are just so many Gary Kildalls, Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Woz and Jobs, or John Carmacks in the world and these are paid by the universe accordingly. Of course there are also many Phil Katz out there too..

  10. Re: on Why Coder Pay Isn't Proportional To Productivity · · Score: 0

    I actually like a lot of the .Net framework and related architectures myself. It is a bit bloated, but not too much more so than other frameworks, and does offer a lot to productivity over lower-level constructs.

  11. Re:Her Constituent Status Is Only Part of It on Florida Congressman Wants Blogging Critic Fined, Jailed · · Score: -1

    Alan Grayson is Nuts Name calling is uncivilized and indicates that the person doing the name calling has no case and probably should not be listened to on any substantived matter. It, however, a matter of free speech. It should be perfectly legal for me to say that Kay Bailey Hutchenson has all the attributes of a drug smuggler, if in fact she is not one. That Bush and Limbaugh are terrorists because they were,and probably continue to be part of the illegal drug trade(trade in prescription drugs without

  12. What? on Android's Success a Threat To Free Software? · · Score: -1

    Am I the only one that is completely confused?

  13. Re:Assumes PHP Dev Effort = C++ Dev Effort on The Environmental Impact of PHP Compared To C++ On Facebook · · Score: -1

    In general code written in a dynamically typed language like PHP is harder to test than code written in a statically typed language like C++. The reason why is that statically typed language compilers catch hundreds of problems at compile time that dynamic languages typically cannot catch until run time, and with complete code coverage at that. Misspelled variables and other minor typos anyone?In a sufficiently large project, all the time one might save not going through an extended compile cycle quickly ge

  14. Re: on The Environmental Impact of PHP Compared To C++ On Facebook · · Score: -1

    "Faced with this piece of information, someone thought the logical thing to do was to, er, write an entirely new language?"by my understanding, the whole new language slant is because of the nightmare of c++ code out there to reuse, with unintended consequences. php is very web centric and java the last attempt at a 'universal' coding setup. python is an example of new language and how more complicated new language implementation is.

  15. What? on Verizon Defends Doubling of Early Termination Fee · · Score: -1

    Take a look at Wallyworld now. If you check the Verizon rack on the pre-paid phones and then look at the phones for contracts, you'll see that getting a basic phone locks you into a $350 ETF for a $45 phone. And yes, you can buy the $45 phone and then put it on a monthly account without an ETF.

  16. Re:*cough* HIPAA on Microsoft Seeks Patent On Shaming Fat Gamers · · Score: -1

    Well, I used Wii Fit to level up my rig

  17. Re: on Has a Decade of .NET Delivered On Microsoft's Promises? · · Score: -1

    The article says that demand for c# is around 32%, but it should also add in the demand for vb.net, which is less but should be added to the total, as it is in use. In my view, the language features, excellent development environment and comprehensive libraries make .NET a win for most LOB applications - which is the vast majority of all PC applications in use at the moment.

  18. Re:Focus group... on BBC Lowers HDTV Bitrate; Users Notice · · Score: -1

    What a weird post. Would you find it less offensive if you weren't a C programmer? It may be a stereotype, but it is there for a reason. This hits home with my mom who says she can't tell the difference between standard def and high def television. Does that mean all women can't? Nope. But it was an amusing quote...loosen up. Stop looking for things to be offended about.

  19. Re: on BBC Lowers HDTV Bitrate; Users Notice · · Score: -1

    Mostly because it's the difference between singular and plural. While I might shorten Pointy-Haired Boss to PHB, I would also shorten Pointy-Haired Bosses to PHBs, and there is a fundamental difference between one PHB and many PHBs

  20. What? on ASCAP Seeks Licensing Fees For Guitar Hero Arcade · · Score: -1

    I say send it back to the publisher, which I think is Activision. Let them know that it wasn't part of the deal to pay the ASCAP rate and it should have been mentioned to them before they purchased the machine. Let Activision deal with that relationship.

  21. Re: on ASCAP Seeks Licensing Fees For Guitar Hero Arcade · · Score: -1

    Am I the only one that is completely confused?

  22. Re: on SFLC Sues 14 Companies For BusyBox GPL Violations · · Score: -1

    You can charge whatever you want, that's your freedom. Depending on the actual worth of the software and its demand, one of two things will happen: If the total worth of your software (value to each user * total users in the market) is less than $2,000,000, then obviously no one will buy it and you will earn a total of $0. If the total worth of your software is greater than $2,000,000, then someone will pay you $2,000,000 to obtain your binary and source and re-distribute both under GPL at a reasonab

  23. Re: on SFLC Sues 14 Companies For BusyBox GPL Violations · · Score: -1

    What am I missing? I must be missing something for all the complaints I read.

  24. Re: on The DIY Book Scanner · · Score: -1

    Or, what will really happen is that the government will make devices capable of creating images of pages illegal, with an over-the-top prison sentence for those who use them.

  25. Re: on The DIY Book Scanner · · Score: -1

    Right. After all, scanners have only been around for about fifty years: the publishers just haven't noticed yet. This homebrew effort is sure to bring the matter to their attention.