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  1. Re:Surprise, surprise on iPad Owners Are 'Selfish Elites' · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Good for you then that you're part of the elite and not an ordinary American.

  2. Grid on Tattoos For the Math and Science Geek? · · Score: 1

    I suggest having a large, perfectly spaced grid tattooed on your back. That way you can track the deformation of your skin over the years. Pretty sweet as a science project.

  3. Re:Hardly premature. on Nokia Trades Symbian For MeeGo In N-Series Smartphones · · Score: 1

    If my fart and booth apps work, I'm happy

    Sent from my iPhone.

  4. Re:Let me get this straight on Is the CodePlex Foundation Truly Independent Now? · · Score: 1

    Just one example of where the documents is wrong: SQL Server accepts stored procedures written in C#.

    More importantly, what do you have to say about this: http://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/default.aspx?page=1&sortby=6&orderby=0&q=&id=900&lid=2618

  5. Re:Let me get this straight on Is the CodePlex Foundation Truly Independent Now? · · Score: 1

    101 Reasons why Java is better than .NET - http://helpdesk-software.ws/it/29-04-2004.htm

    This article is completely outdated. A signature like this makes it hard to take you seriously.

  6. Re:Not just Google on At Google, You're Old and Gray At 40 · · Score: 1

    Of course. My point is that just understanding multi-tier systems is not enough to know how to develop stuff like Web services with ajax on the client-side, etc. For example, one not only has to master technologies like CSS and JavaScript, but also know how they behave differently between different browsers. All this as hoc knowledge takes time to learn. Is you're on a tight deadline, you just cannot afford to hire somebody who's not worked on the stuff already, no matter how experienced and bright he/she is.

  7. Re:Not just Google on At Google, You're Old and Gray At 40 · · Score: 1

    Using only knowledge from the Eighties, you'd be facing a steep learning curve getting into serious Web programming. Just understanding the nature of a multi-tier system is not going to get you very far.

  8. Re:Why did music rental never catch on in the US? on LimeWire Sued Again, Publishers Seek $150,000 Per Song · · Score: 1

    Yes, but those CDs had rootkits on them.

  9. Re:Dear Microsoft on Miscreants Exploit Google-Outed Windows XP Zero-Day · · Score: 2, Insightful

    When done correctly you are 100% guaranteed that the program does exactly what it is supposed to do, nothing more, nothing less. Every bounds is checked, every possible input is tested, every loop, every condition.

    You're being sarcastic, no? Even if the input consists of nothing more that a couple of integers, you cannot test all possible combinations. Besides, even if you had unlimited resources, you cannot get around the halting problem.

  10. Re:Crank it to 11 on Knuth Got It Wrong · · Score: 1

    1010 = 10 in binary

    But 10 in binary is 2 !

  11. Re:NO NO NO! BAD TABLET, BAD! on Computex 2010 Tablet PC Round-Up With Video · · Score: 1

    a couple ads a day, for a week or two

    2 * 7 * 2 = 28

  12. Re:NO NO NO! BAD TABLET, BAD! on Computex 2010 Tablet PC Round-Up With Video · · Score: 1

    In New Zealand, we essentially get ZERO Apple ads...if you hate Apple, move here :) Perhaps when the new iPhone is released, we get a couple ads a day, for a week or two, but thats it. All our Apple ads, for a whole year!

    In New Zealand, 'essentially ZERO' is 28.

  13. Re:iPad has USB and video out in its iPod connecto on Computex 2010 Tablet PC Round-Up With Video · · Score: 1

    30 pins should be enough for everybody.

  14. Re:Interesting quote from the summary on Computex 2010 Tablet PC Round-Up With Video · · Score: 1

    When rumours of the the Apple iPhone surfaced around the world, it was pre-selected as one of the biggest must-haves of 2007. When it became a reality, as soon as Apple set a release date, it was already sold-out. The first shipment of iPhones were gone before anyone had the chance to discern or decide whether it was worth the hundreds of dollars or not.

  15. Re:And? on German Publishers Want Censorship Talks With Apple · · Score: 1
  16. Does it run Linux? on Hands-On Demo Shows Asus E-Reader Tablet In Action · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Does it?

  17. Re:Choices, choices on GCC Moving To Use C++ Instead of C · · Score: 1

    I don't oppose C++, but You Have To Know What You Are Doing (TM).

    Actually, that's why I like C so much: you don't have to know what you're doing!

  18. Re:Flamebait on Google Reportedly Ditching Windows · · Score: 1

    I find it very hard to mix without good porn.

  19. Re:Flamebait on Google Reportedly Ditching Windows · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Female employees should have priority.

  20. Re:Thanks you... on Why Windows 7 "Slate" Tablets Won't Happen · · Score: 1
    Make that status symbol.

    What do you make of the text below?

    When rumours of the the Apple iPhone surfaced around the world, it was pre-selected as one of the biggest must-haves of 2007. When it became a reality, as soon as Apple set a release date, it was already sold-out. The first shipment of iPhones were gone before anyone had the chance to discern or decide whether it was worth the hundreds of dollars or not.

  21. Re:Thanks you... on Why Windows 7 "Slate" Tablets Won't Happen · · Score: 1

    So, you do agree that most people do waste their time and money?

    I suppose we then just disagree on the extent to which people buy stuff, not because the need it, but because they feel the need to have it.

    Come to think of it, much of Apple's stuff serves as status object. Hey, have you seen my iPod / iPhone / iPad? A bit like jewelry, except that it looses its value really quickly.

  22. Re:Thanks you... on Why Windows 7 "Slate" Tablets Won't Happen · · Score: 1

    Millions of people spend their time (which is valuable) being obsessed with Lindsay Lohan. Because it is good value?

    Take the app store, one of the main selling points for the iPhone. What is currently the most popular paid app in Belgium, Italy, Norway and Sweden: FatBooth. This illustrates well what the iPhone and the iPad is all about: air for airheads.

  23. Re:Thanks you... on Why Windows 7 "Slate" Tablets Won't Happen · · Score: 1

    Yes, maybe you're right and most people don't waste their time or money. Well, I have to go now. FarmVille is waiting!

  24. Re:Thanks you... on Why Windows 7 "Slate" Tablets Won't Happen · · Score: 1
    It refutes your claim that people don't spend (a lot of) money on air.

    iPad is a huge success.

    So is Lindsay Lohan (and has been for a long time).

  25. Re:Thanks you... on Why Windows 7 "Slate" Tablets Won't Happen · · Score: 1

    People don't spend $499+ merely on hype.

    Some Apple customers have spent 1000 USD on an app that shows a stone...