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  1. Re:Meet the 4 stages on Microsoft Claims 'We Love Open Source' · · Score: 1

    Yeah but it also will *hurt* open source when it's in Microsoft's interest.

    Say Mono becomes very popular and starts cutting into .NET's revenues in some fashion.

    Bam! No more Mono.

    Similar to what Oracle is doing to Google and their open source Java alike.

  2. Re:JVM optimisations on Introducing JITB — a Flash Player Built On the JVM · · Score: 2, Informative

    "The JavaScript compiler translates JavaScript source into Java class files. The resulting Java class files can then be loaded and executed at another time, providing a convenient method for transfering JavaScript, and for avoiding translation cost."

    http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/jsc.html

  3. Re:Java in the Box? on Introducing JITB — a Flash Player Built On the JVM · · Score: 1

    Or perhaps I could recommend "Java Inside That Bitch"

  4. Re:Just what the world needs on Introducing JITB — a Flash Player Built On the JVM · · Score: 1

    Well JavaFX was stillborn for starters.

  5. Re:Innovation has been replaced by litigation on Why Software Patents Are a Joke — Literally · · Score: 1

    They have special bootcamp programs for fatties.

    China makes things.... poorly but cheaply. They suck at inventing/designing things.

  6. Re:Innovation has been replaced by litigation on Why Software Patents Are a Joke — Literally · · Score: 1

    Which means China would then get it's ass handed to it in a war?

    They're big because they have lots of nearly free labor, not because they're good at anything (other than procreating).

  7. Re:Not with Apple on Apple Manager Arrested In Kickback Scheme · · Score: 1

    You realize the police aren't a for profit organization right?

  8. Re:Opposition to trademark registration on Valve Trademarks 'DOTA' · · Score: 1

    yeah, but they'd have to have a valid reason for opposition.

    If the trademark isn't deemed too generic or previously registered, they're screwed even if they've been using the trademark for some time.

  9. Re:History of use on Valve Trademarks 'DOTA' · · Score: 1

    Common law trademarks (TM) only apply in the state your company is in. For federal (and limited international) coverage, you need to apply for a federal trademark.

    Federal trademarks are first come first serve, so whoever files first gets it. It doesn't matter who's using the trademark in the market already (unless they've filed).

    Valve is probably doing this as a defensive measure, so some scumbag doesn't register it and attempt to extort money from them. It's become a fairly generic term though, I wonder how much it'd hold up in court. I mean, if I trademarked "FPS" and sued every publisher on the planet, I doubt I'd make it very far.

  10. Re:I don't want to be an asshole... on Ted Stevens and Sean O'Keefe In Plane Crash · · Score: 1

    Not only that but they also had Ted Stevens, an active duty space cadet.

  11. Too much on Larry Ellison Rips HP Board a New One · · Score: 1

    I bet the guy was too successful and shook things up for too many of the other managers.

    The other guys being, you know, the rider/failure/moron type of management common at most companies.

    You can't get things done in a big company like HP without pissing on a few people's pet projects and interests.

  12. Re:I have a feeling... on Spinal-Fluid Test Confirmed To Predict Alzheimer's · · Score: 1

    This is about Alzheimer's, not retardation.

  13. Re:Spinal test fluid confirmed to ... umm what? on Spinal-Fluid Test Confirmed To Predict Alzheimer's · · Score: 0

    Don't worry, I remember perfectly.

    Apparently Spinal Tap is reforming and they're kicking off the new world tour in Alzheimer, Germany.

    It's going to be killer.

  14. Re:The Net is no Substitution for University on Forget University — Use the Web For Education, Says Gates · · Score: 1

    Good point.

    Someone needs to create some sort of handheld device that has this information inside of it. It doesn't need to be fancy, hell it could be written on some kind of lightweight, flexible medium. You could open this device up and review the contents anytime you want. The information would be written by someone with much experience in the subject matter. It could have information and even tests and glossaries for clarifying things.

    Imagine how amazing it would be, I should patent it.

  15. Re:Do not disturb... on 100-Sq.-Mile Ice Island Breaks Off Greenland Glacier · · Score: -1, Troll

    The global warming nuts have infested Slashdot pretty heavily.

    Best not to disturb them (although I enjoy it occasionally)

    Let the poor pointy headed bastards live in their tiny worlds.

  16. Re:Don't f* with the IT guy like at restaurant you on Child Porn As a Weapon · · Score: 1, Funny

    Stallman does resemble pedo bear a bit, doesn't he?

  17. Re:Good luck with that on Tech Specs Leaked For French Spyware · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe this is just a clever, french way to kill off Windows usage in France.

  18. Re:After almost 20 years on Android Outsells iPhone In Last 6 Months · · Score: 1

    The underlying VM in Android's case has almost nothing to do with Java or the JVM.

    It's a register-based vm, not a stack vm like the JVM is. Because of that it's bytecode is dramatically different.

    Google chose Java to compile into dalvik bytecodes is because Java is a sensible, easy to use language with a wide amount of developer and library support.

  19. Re:It's nice to see on Filmmakers Resisting Hollywood's 3-D Push · · Score: 2, Funny

    Agreed, worst meme attempt ever.

  20. Re:After almost 20 years on Android Outsells iPhone In Last 6 Months · · Score: 2, Funny

    How many people buy a windows computer and tell everyone "I bought an NT kernel based computing device!"?

  21. Re:After almost 20 years on Android Outsells iPhone In Last 6 Months · · Score: 1, Funny

    Nice job.

  22. Re:After almost 20 years on Android Outsells iPhone In Last 6 Months · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Google's ChromeOS is on the horizon.

  23. Re:C-sharp on How Can an Old-School Coder Regain His Chops? · · Score: 0, Troll

    C# is exactly like Java to program in, unless you need to do anything complicate like generate bytecode at runtime.

    Then C# is a clusterfuck.

    C#: It makes the easy things easy and the hard things impossible (like performance, scaling and security... LOL)

  24. Re:C-sharp on How Can an Old-School Coder Regain His Chops? · · Score: -1, Troll

    How so? Two microsoft platforms, two open source implementations that don't work.

  25. Re:C-sharp on How Can an Old-School Coder Regain His Chops? · · Score: 1

    What good are standards if the standards don't matter to any of the parties involved?