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  1. Re:Style != formatting on Does Coding Style Matter? · · Score: 2

    Max number of lines in method.
    Max number of lines in file.
    Cyclomatic complexity.
    Use of standard design patterns. (factory, singleton, adapter, and iterator)
    What subset of the languages commands are not allowed.

  2. Code Style is not about then indents on Does Coding Style Matter? · · Score: 1

    When I think of coding style I think of the following: Methods shall not be over 40 lines long. Files may not over 1000 lines long. If blocks must not be nested more than twice in same method. Do not use the else command. Do not use Ternary operator "?:" Do not nest loops more than twice in the same method.

  3. Re:It depends on whatcha mean when you say style on Does Coding Style Matter? · · Score: 1

    Your assuming that reformatting the code is reversible. Semantic information can be lost in the first change that can not be recreated on commit from the source document. There would still be plenty of risk for fake difs.

  4. Re:It doesn't matter on Does Coding Style Matter? · · Score: 1
    No that may still produce changes. Style changes might not be reversible.

    styleA(styleB(document)) != styleB(styleA(document))

  5. Re:Don't Care on Apple Posts Non-Apology To Samsung · · Score: 1

    As a practical matter Apologies do not write themselves. A corporation can't write an apology and then post it to its website. An employee does that with permission from management. If Apple is held in contempt of court it's management might be imprisoned. Or the company may be fined. If fined then property will be taken from Apples shareholders. Looking at the actual ruling it doesn't look like the Judge ordered an apology. Instead it looks like he just ordered Apple to post that they lost the case. Apples management can't argue that they didn't lose the case. So "Freedom of Conscience" doesn't apply.

  6. Re:could mean the death of us manufacturing on Supreme Court To Hear First Sale Doctrine Case · · Score: 1

    The doctrine was first recognized by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1908 (see Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus) and subsequently codified in the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. 109. In the Bobbs-Merrill case, the publisher, Bobbs-Merrill, had inserted a notice in its books that any retail sale at a price under $1.00 would constitute an infringement of its copyright. The defendants, who owned Macy's department store, disregarded the notice and sold the books at a lower price without Bobbs-Merrill's consent. The Supreme Court held that the exclusive statutory right to "vend" applied only to the first sale of the copyrighted work.

    Shrink wrap licenses are the whole point of First Sale. Once an object is sold to you the owner loses all rights to it. Any papers included with the object become void.

  7. Hackers Please Buy Open on Nintendo's Wii U Will Be Sold At a Loss · · Score: 1

    Please do not purchase a Wii U as something to hack. Buy standard hardware and duplicate the functionality. Open Source your solution. You don't make the world more open by buying closed systems and then hacking them open. Buy open stuff to begin with and then spend your time making those open system awesome.

  8. Moves Supply on Cringley: H-1B Visa Abuse Limits Wages and Steals US Jobs · · Score: 2

    H-1B doesn't change supply at all. It just moves the supply into the USA. Those Indians with 10 to 15 years experiance and master degrees are not going to retire if the USA gets rid of H-1B visas. They will just work for less money out of India. Or work out of Mexico, Canada, Europe, or China.

  9. H-1Bs create jobs on Cringley: H-1B Visa Abuse Limits Wages and Steals US Jobs · · Score: 1

    An unemployed person can flip burgers for the H1-B visa holder when they shop at our stores and use ours services.

  10. Re:Don't Care on Apple Posts Non-Apology To Samsung · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It is never good to have a goverment ordering people to say or write things they don't actually believe. This is called "Freedom of Conscience." If Apple slandered or libeled Samsung the court can issue a fine. Or the court can write a press release that identifies the court as the author and force Apple to dsiplay it.

  11. Re:I just searched airline reservations on What an Anti-Google Antitrust Case By the FTC May Look Like · · Score: 1

    It is not about the search results. Instead search for "Flights Toronto to Montreal". A google widget shows up at the top above the search results showing todays flights.

  12. Don't Care on Apple Posts Non-Apology To Samsung · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Court ordered apologies are stupid. Good for Apple to show contempt for them. Doesn't make their patent good. Their patents are still stupid.

  13. Not about Search Results on What an Anti-Google Antitrust Case By the FTC May Look Like · · Score: 1

    What these companies are complaining about are not the search results. The search results are the blocks of links and text with 10 entries to a page. Above the search results Google sometimes displays a Web 2.0 data. It will show a Google maps if it thinks your looking for directions. It will show Google shopping if it thinks your shopping. It will show flight times if it thinks your searching for flights. This contextual data Google pulls from its own services. Google is limited by copyright law what it can do with Expedia and Yelps data. They always show this at the top. It never is shown below a competotors service.

  14. Air Strikes on 72% of Xbox 360 Gamers Approve of "More Military Drone Strikes" · · Score: 1

    All air strikes can cause civilian deaths. Doesn't matter if it is a pilot in jet, helicopter, or drone.

  15. Re:Sure sounds like it on Michael E. Mann Sues For Defamation Over Comparison To Jerry Sandusky · · Score: 1

    Any intentional false communication

    I don't see an intentional false communication here. No one is saying Mann is a rapist.

  16. Motivation on PS3 Encryption Keys Leaked · · Score: 1

    The mod community is not motivated by Justice. They did not "spring up" to right some wrong. Modders are motivated by boredom. The same people move from device to device doing the same things. Goehot was hacking Iphones and other hardware. He starting hacking the PS3 because someone sent him one as a gift. Later on the group hacking the PS3 were the people who a year before were hacking the Wii. They started with the Wii first because it was more popular. Look at android phones. Citation needed on your half a million people upset. If you purchased a PS3 with the intention of hacking it your a moron and a traitor. You came into a system that was making people happy and pissed all over it.

  17. No cool stuff on PS3 Encryption Keys Leaked · · Score: 1

    I don't remember any cool stuff.

    Sony was selling the machines at a loss when the first exploit came out. Sony isn't subsidizing the hardware anymore. There are probably cheaper ways to make clusters. Also I think the main cluster builder was the US Navy. Probably used for controlling drones.

    I predict the same emulators I have available on my PC will be ported. People will find a way to pirate games on the PS3. No one will care because those same games have been pirated for years on the PC. PC drm will be ported to the PS3. Only the really obnoxious stuff will work.

  18. Move to new Hardware on PS3 Encryption Keys Leaked · · Score: 1

    Sony can just ditch the PS3. No money for exclusives. No money for marketing. No new features. They shut off servers for games early. Then release the new console.

  19. Tax Breaks on PS3 Encryption Keys Leaked · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Tax breaks in Europe is why they offered it in the first place. But Europe decided a PS3 with Linux on it was not a PC so they lost the tax breaks. So they stopped supporting Linux.

  20. Re:Legal? on Google Threatens French Media Ban · · Score: 1

    The standard was created by the people who created the html standard. The same standards that allow you to view slashdot without written permision. Under your definition all users are copyright theives because they don't have permission to view the sites they navigate too. Your a copyright theif because you don't have my permission to read this comment. Where is your legally binding contract saying you can read this comment? Robot.txt is not opt out because most people want to be indexed by search engines. Why make things more difficult for 99.99% of the people publishing to the web. For those who need it Robot.txt is an easy solution.

  21. Nationalize Web Search on Google Threatens French Media Ban · · Score: 1

    France could nationaize web search. They could create their own web crawler. Then they could pass a law making it illegal for any other web crawler to index content located on servers in France. They could then license the index out to search engines. Note this is a terrible idea. Socialism is bad bad thing.

  22. Re:Legal? on Google Threatens French Media Ban · · Score: 1

    The internet has dealt with this issue. There is a standard called robot.txt This file tells rotots that crawl the web what they are permitted to do. Google's web crawling robot respects robot.txt You can tell google to not include your content at all, or just not include it in news. Bing and Yahoo also respect this file. Being in Google news is totally voluntary.

  23. Re:Google's Biz Model on Google Threatens French Media Ban · · Score: 1

    Google has the right to make the money because it is completely in the control of content creators if their content shows up in google search. You can include a file on your website called robot.txt that can tell Google not to include your site. Google isn't taking anything. People are giving Google this content of their own free will.

  24. The problems on Brazilian Newspapers Leave Google News En Masse · · Score: 1

    Problem 1) There are too many newspapers competing with the same story for the same eyeballs. You wind up with 50 stories being written about the same event. Google shows the best headline and blurb and then 5 links below it. Many of the clicks go to blogs and not newspapers.
    Problem 2) An ad shown in search results is worth more than an ad shown on a newspaper's home page. If I search for cars in google news then I may be interested in buying a car. If I click through to a newpaper article about cars then I am probably not in the market for a car. I am likely looking for news. So Google gets more money out of its ads than the newspapers do.

  25. Re:Regulating Interstate Trade on Free Online Education Unwelcome In Minnesota · · Score: 1

    But the service isn't offered in their state. Cousera doesn't exist in Minnesota. Lawyers, plumbers, and electricians are normally physically operating in the state. Coursera likely exists on servers in California. A user communicates with those servers by requesting and sending packets. Those packets cross state lines.