User: davebarnes

Re:I agree with California

On: University of California Boycotts Publishing Giant Elsevier Over Journal Costs and Open Access (sciencemag.org)

So, the "correct" charge per article would be 10 to $1 ?

Re:Cutting Netflix / Amazon Prime

On: Cord Cutting Accelerates as Pay TV Loses 1 Million Customers in Largest-Ever Quarterly Loss (usatoday.com)

Reading books. Mostly, paper ones.

Pixel 3?

On: Which Company Makes the Best Camera Phone in 2018? Not Apple

But, Tim Cook does not sell the Pixel 3.
So, what is the point of it?

Done before

On: Nikon Announces Development of Full Frame Mirrorless Camera (petapixel.com)

http://us.leica-camera.com/Pho...
who cares about Nikon?
Late to the party.

Agreed

On: Slashdot Asks: Which Is Your Favorite Email Client?

Used in both Windows and Mac OS.
Even supported the failed efforts to save it.
Still miss it.

All 3 customers?

On: Windows Phone 8.1 Users Are Having Trouble Downloading Apps From the Store (neowin.net)

Can't these 3 people just buy new phones?

The Elements of Programming Style

On: Ask Slashdot: How Would You Teach 'Best Practices' For Programmers?

https://www.amazon.com/Element...

Yes

On: Should The Government Pay For Veterans To Attend Code Schools? (backchannel.com)

"Should The Government Pay For Veterans To Attend Code Schools?"
Only if veterans of Russian Army.

English "losing"?

On: EU Leader Says English Is Losing Importance (politico.eu)

How many Chinese speak English compared with Français?
How many Indians speak English compared with Français?
How many Japanese speak English compared with Français?

C’est un homme stupide

FORTRAN

On: Slashdot Asks: What Was Your First Programming Language? (stanforddaily.com)

FORTRAN in high school.
Followed by multiple assembly languages during college summer jobs.
Then COBOL.

Have?

On: A New Programming Language Expands on Google's Go (infoworld.com)

I would named it GOTO.

Re:Factors That suggest Political Preference

On: Facebook Knows Your Political Preferences (businessinsider.com)

Greens have no dicks.

Proud to be

On: Study Says People Who Continually Point Out Typos Are 'Jerks'

Type-A asshole.
Such a compliment.

Useless without link

On: Hackers Leak DHS Staff Directory, Claim FBI Is Next (csoonline.com)

Where is the link to the list?

I own a desktop for a reason

On: Which do You Prefer: Mobile Web Apps or Mobile Websites? (Video)

Neither
I prefer using my small 27-inch desktop.
Now, if I could just get Apple to make a 40-inch iMac, I wold be happy.

Whither MSNBC?

On: AMA Calls For Ban On Direct-To-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs (ap.org)

If drug advertising is banned, then MSNBC will disappear from TV land.
And, if drug advertising is banned how will I know what new disease I have this week?

I was in favor

On: Obama Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline (washingtonpost.com)

"The only winner is Venezuela"
I wanted Keystone XL approved just to fuck with Maduro.

A great book

On: The Box That Built the Modern World

The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
by Marc Levinson

A really good read

Yes, indeed

On: How Facebook Sold You Krill Oil

A great idea.
I do like AdBlockPlus though. I did not even know that Facebook had ads.

I love FORTRAN

On: Why Scientists Are Still Using FORTRAN in 2014

I refuse to spell it Fortran.
It was FORTRAN when I learned it as my first computer language in 1965 in high school.

Good point

On: Why Scientists Are Still Using FORTRAN in 2014

Thanks

Skynet would not approve

On: The Struggle To Ban Killer Robots

I am pretty sure that Skynet will nip this ban effort in the bud.

Prices

On: One-a-Day-Compiles: Good Enough For Government Work In 1983

$2K for a DEC VT100 terminal.
A lot $ for an IBM 3270 terminal.

Exactly

On: New Mozilla Encoder Improves JPEG Compression

PNG 8 to replace GIFs
PNG 24 to replace JPEGs

Complimentary then

On: Psychologists: Internet Trolls Are Narcissistic, Psychopathic, and Sadistic

"Machiavellianism ... others)."
I will take that as a compliment.