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  1. Re:Complex? on English Court Allows Patents For "Complex" Software · · Score: -1

    Here is a handy Euler diagram.

  2. What? on Man Paddles Down River In Pumpkin Boat · · Score: -1, Redundant

    The 1980's called, they'd like their haircut and sunglasses back.

  3. Re: on Choosing a Replacement Email System For a University? · · Score: -1

    It sure is! And its tech support only costs 0.02 cents a minute!

  4. Misleading Subject on Tapping the IPhone, Courtesy of Yahoo! · · Score: -1

    E-mail being insecure isn't news. Defaulting to plaintext auth almost is.

  5. Ah but... on Brainwave Controlled Game From Square Enix · · Score: -1

    That's why you mount a scratch monkey* first. *any average Windows user will do

  6. Re: on EU Wants Removable Batteries In iPhones · · Score: -1

    It's why I'll never buy an ipod, or an iphone for that matter. In any case, I still fail to see why I should pay a premium for an mp3 player and a phone....

  7. Just ovveride? on Recovering Blurred Text Using Photoshop and JavaScript · · Score: -1, Redundant

    drawing a big black rectangle is 10x faster and there is no way you can de-obfuscate that

  8. What? on Ask Blizzard Employees About Things That Matter · · Score: -1

    This is extremely relative. I was planning on answer the OP, but this one opens a nicer avenue.I was in change of balancing classes/races for about a year on another game. There are so many factor to take into account I never want to do that kind of thing again. But just a rough sketch:- Across the board balance issues: This are easier to detect, and spreadsheets are great for it- Situational balance issues: And WoW example would be horde classes on PvP- Perception balance issues: This are balance issues that players think exist, but don't. Usually they think of it as unfair or unbalanced by analyzing isolated facts, like your example. The 1% extra dodge for night elves is EXTREMELY beneficial if you are a raiding bear tank. You have no idea how much difference that 1% can make.As a player and former developer (again, from another game), I think Blizzard does the only thing that can be done: keep the imbalances balanced. Meaning: give each race, class etc something they excel at. Some are better for pvp, some are better for PvE, some for gold farming and gathering professions. After leveling my 4rd character, I have to say that all classes, if played correctly, are equally overpowered (so to speak).I can't vouch for the WotLK expansion. I have no beta access. But, in any case, I expect more of the same. Balancing, rebalancing, adjusts, and lots of QQ about a give class being OP.Players will be players.

  9. Re: on Using Money As Incentive For Competition On Consoles? · · Score: -1

    It's not a handout. It's more an A grade league for the top end, and a "Little League" for the kiddies with some small cash prizes derived off entry fees.

  10. Java Concurrency in Practice on Good Books On Programming With Threads? · · Score: -1

    for the morbidly curious, there's even a pthreads library for windows. LGPLedhttp://sourceware.org/pthreads-win32/

  11. Re: on Ask Blizzard Employees About Things That Matter · · Score: -1

    You have no idea how much difference that 1% can make.

  12. Too bad on Commerce Department Pushing For New "Copyright Czar" · · Score: -1

    He might be stuck in the house because of some disability y'know.Note: "Too fat to walk" although it appears to be enough to get yourself a "free" scooter at the expense of the SSA, is not a particularly sympathy inducing 'disability'.

  13. Re: on Getting Paid To Abandon an Open Source Project? · · Score: -1

    The big problem with the non-compete is that it's permanent, and includes his previous (unreleased?) work. There are possible problems with the non-compete like: What if the job doesn't work out, and he's left on the streets 3 months later?

  14. What? on Getting Paid To Abandon an Open Source Project? · · Score: -1

    You my friend, should do some reading of Richerd Stallman's essays. The whole point of free software is that information should be free and when you code something you'll want your code to be reused again an again - multiplying it's usefulness many times fold. If you really believe in FOSS than you should decline this offer as it completely opposed to the FOSS ideals, unless you are starving and have no other choice other then accepting the offer. If I were you I would think whether I'll be contended by t

  15. Re: on Easy, Reliable Distributed Storage and Backup? · · Score: -1

    JungleDisk looks good. I have no idea what type of cost that's going to incur after a while though. It's probably going to be like an additional cell phone bill per month, which I don't know is feasible. Another option I kind of thought of

  16. Re: on Be Part of the 2008 Presidential Youth Debate · · Score: -1

    While I agree with your conclusion, ...you should have other reasons for making things illegal, other than " its in the Bible ",but just because some things are considered Sins in the Bible doesn't mean they can't be legislated.

  17. Appeal? on Oregon Judge Says RIAA Made 'Honest Mistake,' Allows Subpoena · · Score: -1

    The words "honest" and "RIAA" don't even belong in the same sentence. /sigh

  18. No further comments needed on Star Trek As The A-Team · · Score: -1

    Allow me to summarize:Freakin' Awesome.That will be all. Thank you.

  19. Re: on Star Trek As The A-Team · · Score: -1

    are you crazy... idle is crap, rid us of this abomination now.

  20. Re: on Africa Leads In IPv6 Adoption · · Score: -1

    No benefit? You can get free porn via turning on ipv6. See more here .

  21. Re: on How Big Should My Swap Partition Be? · · Score: -1

    on windows swap file always gets used but in terms of the general rule of 2x the ram you have, now days you don't, i have 4gb ram and i been using 2gb swap for years with 0 problems

  22. Re: on Be Part of the 2008 Presidential Youth Debate · · Score: -1

    Absolutely correct. But I think at least he/she understands that it's not the government's place, nor the place of those acting in public office, to advocate any particular religous position.

  23. Re: on "Back Door" Cheating Scandal Rocks Online Poker · · Score: -1

    This is not the case if those people have wisely continuously shifted their investments to less risky portfolio allocations as retirement approaches. You might still lose a significant chunk of money, as you probably aren't completely out of equities, but the majority that is invested conservatively will keep you going while the market recovers. If you retire at 60 and live until 85 you still have a very long time horizon to recover losses.

  24. Re: on New Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record · · Score: -1

    Please choose a doctor:A. Doctor McCoy, who's going to make you take some magical pills and ask you to get a good night sleep.B. Doctor Crusher, who'll treat you and then send you to counselor Troy to deal with any emotional damage.C. Doctor Bashir, who'll invent a whole new treatment because he can't be bothered by "ancient techniques" created by normal humans.D. The Doctor, who'll simply laugh at you while mentioning something along the lines of "hologram can't be harmed by such trivial things".E. Doctor Phlox, who probably has some kind of alien leeches he can put on you to drain out the toxins.F. The Doctor. He's not a real doctor, but I guess he could send you back in time to warn yourself not to do that in the first place.

  25. Re: on Be Part of the 2008 Presidential Youth Debate · · Score: -1

    No, but his father died at age 46, his mother at age 52, and is an admitted cocaine and marijuana user and decades-long smoker. All of which should raise serious concerns about his own health.