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  1. Relative on Bjarne Stroustrup Reflects On 25 Years of C++ · · Score: 1

    C++ seems kinda kludgy. Until you start writing programs in assembly. After that C++ looks elegant.

  2. Gogol Bordello on Hawking: No 'Theory of Everything' · · Score: 1

    Gogol Bordello has the good doctor beat then: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFBTmclJrto

  3. Oh Noes! The Interwebs are Getting Full on This Is a News Website Article About a Scientific Paper · · Score: 1

    "This paragraph contained useful information or context, but was removed by the sub-editor to keep the article within an arbitrary word limit in case the internet runs out of space." The snark is strong with this one.

  4. The Culprit on Copyright License Fees Drive Pandora Out of Canada · · Score: 1

    This is because of all those moose pirates up in Canuck territory. You would download music too if all you had were Alanis Morriset and Bryan Addams.

  5. No Thanks on iPads On American Campuses? Maybe Next Year · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I can get a really decent laptop for what the iPad runs. I'm lugging around a pretty but huge Dell Vostro laptop to class, which makes me drool over the tiny netbooks. They fit on the desks easily and can run more then 2.5 hours without hunting for a power outlet.

  6. Desktop Firewalls are Useless on Are Desktop Firewalls Overkill? · · Score: 1

    I have yet to actually find an instance where a desktop firewall helped in any way. Mostly they just get in the way of things and create another piece of software that has to be naggingly trained and updated.

  7. Tell That to James Cameron on Xbox Head Proclaims Blu-ray Dead · · Score: 1

    Avatar sold 2.7 million blu-ray disks in four days.

  8. Next Publication on Police Publish 'An Introduction To PEDO BEAR' · · Score: 1

    Next on the reading list is Goat.se 101 and The Beginner's Guide to Rick Rolling.

  9. Leave Android Alone! on Will Android Flavors Spoil the Platform? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The customizations many vendors tack on to Android suck (for the most part). Just leave Android alone and it works fine.

  10. The Same Old Arguments on Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 10.04 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I did a write up like this back in 1997 with Win95 and some flavor of Red Hat. It has been thirteen years and the basic arguments still haven't changed.

  11. Facebook Sucks on Google CEO Confirms Social Integration · · Score: 1, Troll

    Seriously, Google, don't do it. Facebook sucks. It is a pit of wasted time, shitty Zanga apps, and pictures of people's cats. Let Facebook (or someone else) be Facebook and let Google stay Google.

  12. Waste of Time on Simulating Galaxies With Supercomputers · · Score: 1, Informative

    Let me save those guys some time: 42

  13. What If on Mega-Volcanoes Might Be Detectable On Exoplanets · · Score: 1

    It would be cooler to find a mega-shark in a mega-volcano on an exoplanet.

  14. TW is Already Gone on GoogleTV, AppleTV and the Battle For The Living Room · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I canceled my cable TV service a few months ago. My living room TV gets by with an antenna (whose picture is better then cable), PS3, PlayOn, Netflix, and uTorrent.

  15. Acrobat, Java, and Microsoft on DHS CyberSecurity Misses 1085 Holes On Own Network · · Score: 2, Informative

    The article says most of the flaws were unpatched installations of Java, Acrobat, and Windows. When new patches for those come out every week it is easy to let that slip without some sort of patch management tool. I wonder what they used other then WSUS.

  16. Now All We Need on Robot Snake Can Climb Trees · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now we need a robot Samuel L. Jackson to complain about them being on a MFing plane.

  17. Heh on The Gaping Holes In the UAE's Net Firewall · · Score: 1

    Heh. There are more then five posts with a "gaping hole" headline and no one has made the obvious reference. What is /. coming to?

  18. iTunes is Th Suck on Flawed iTunes Stands Out Among Apple's Products · · Score: 1

    I was very happy when I turned in my iPhone for a Droid and could remove that POS iTunes from my machine. I would block it by group policy on every network I run if I could.

  19. Assembly on 'Retro Programming' Teaches Using 1980s Machines · · Score: 1

    It is a neat idea, but you could get the same kind of benefits from writing assembly for Pentiums or modern micro-controllers. Easier to find equipment and more relevant and interesting.

  20. A Problem on Collage, and the Challenge of "Deniability" · · Score: 2, Informative

    The problem with steno is that the program has to leave footprints in the image file so it can extract the encoded text. If the BBG (Big Bad Government) knows what those footprints look like they can search the web for images that contain them. After 9/11 there was a lot of interest in terrorists using steno to communicate, so someone decided to search the whole Internet for images with known steno identifiers. Now where did I read about that...oh yeah: http://slashdot.org/yro/01/09/26/1418252.shtml

  21. They heard on Nuns Donate Their Brains to Alzheimer's Research · · Score: 5, Funny

    The nuns heard that helping science was a good habit to get into.

  22. Need More Boxes on Apple Exec Stashed $150,000 In Shoe Boxes · · Score: 1

    Since the total he stole was $1 million, he would still need a lot more shoe boxes.

  23. Why? on First Review of Avatar Special Edition · · Score: 1

    I'm curious about the timing here. The movie came out, had a long run, came out on BR, and now back in theaters just when kids (and some adults) are going back to school. Too soon. If they had waited a year or so I might be tempted to see it again on the big screen. As it is, I'm kind of tired of the movie. The cynic in me says they just threw it out now so the new BR could be out in time for Xmas shopping season.

  24. Re:Public Domain on Windows 95 Turns 15 · · Score: 1

    Because someone might use it?

  25. People Skills on Skills Needed For a Future In IT · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "Well look, I already told you! I deal with the goddamn customers so the engineers don't have to! I have people skills! I am good at dealing with people! Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?"