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  1. Because it's much easier to boycott Godaddy on Go Daddy Loses Over 21,000 Domains In One Day · · Score: 2

    Boycotting godaddy will cost you nothing, it might even save you money.

    And, for the most part, it's no more difficult to host with namecheap, or whatever.

    Whereas, moving from your chosen OS platform can be a lot trouble, and expense.

  2. Google "godaddy loses 72000 domains" on Go Daddy Loses Over 21,000 Domains In One Day · · Score: 2

    Without quotes.

    I think that the generally accepted number, is a little over 72,000.

    Although, considering the millions of domains that godaddy is hosting, even72,000 is not that much.

  3. Or did Godaddy lose over 72000 domains? on Go Daddy Loses Over 21,000 Domains In One Day · · Score: 1

    GoDaddy lost 72,354 domains this week. It's not enough.
    http://www.techi.com/2011/12/godaddy-lost-72354-domains-this-week-its-not-enough/

    BTW: I very seriously doubt that godaddy only lost 1000 domain. I find it unlikely that godaddy would change it's stance on SOPA over 1k domains.

  4. Just propaganda and "shortage shouting" on East Coast vs. West Coast In the Quest For Young Programming Talent · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I remember reading that Google was getting as many 75,000 job applicants in a
    week. And yet Google is struggling to candidates?

    I have been in IT over 30 years, and in my experience, employers are always shortage shouting. They
    are shortage shouting while they are laying off thousands of US workers, they are shortage shouting as wages stagnate. They are shortage shouting when doing so completely defies all logic, and evidence. Asking employers if there is a
    shortage is like asking a ReMax agent if you should buy a house, the agenda should be obvious.

    Worth nothing, objective studies never determine that there is any great shortages.

  5. Still, what a sick thing to do on GoDaddy Backs SOPA · · Score: 1

    There is no sport in it. It is not "hunting" in the true sense of the word.

    These elephant killing sickos just get off on pulling the trigger and killing a helpless animal. Yeah, real manly. Why not torture puppies also? That might be fun.

  6. Lifehacker lists cheaper alternatives to Godaddy on GoDaddy Backs SOPA · · Score: 2

    http://lifehacker.com/5870649/ditch-godaddys-sopa+loving-butt-and-get-a-better-web-host-at-a-discount

    Lifehacker explains how to save money, and stop supporting SOPA, by ditching GoDaddy. Lifehacker also lists other reasons to ditch godaddy, such as poor customer support, and elephant killing CEO. Surprisingly, Lifehacker forget to mention godaddy's sexist advertisements.

  7. Re:GoDaddy on GoDaddy Backs SOPA · · Score: 1

    You are not stuck. At best, godaddy is nothing special. It's easy to move. Read this:

    http://lifehacker.com/5870649/ditch-godaddys-sopa+loving-butt-and-get-a-better-web-host-at-a-discount

  8. Lifehacker is listing cheaper alternatives on GoDaddy Backs SOPA · · Score: 1

    Godaddy's prices are easy to beat. Don't get suckered by the intro prices that lock you in, then go way up.

    http://lifehacker.com/5870649/ditch-godaddys-sopa+loving-butt-and-get-a-better-web-host-at-a-discount

  9. Lifehacker lists cheaper alternatives on GoDaddy Backs SOPA · · Score: 1

    Lifehacker explains how to save money, and stop supporting SOPA, by ditching GoDaddy. Lifehacker also lists other reasons to ditch godaddy, such as poor customer support, and elephant killing CEO. Surprisingly, Lifehacker forget to mention godaddy's sexist advertisements.

    http://lifehacker.com/5870649/ditch-godaddys-sopa+loving-butt-and-get-a-better-web-host-at-a-discount

  10. Another simple solution on ITC Judge: Motorola Mobility Infringed Microsoft Patent · · Score: 1

    File thousands of silly patents, and sue MS right back. For major companies, like Motorola, that should not be a problem. Maybe several companies could sue MS at the same time - sort of MS, Apple, and Oracle, and suing Android companies at the same time.

    Maybe, when the court are completely clogged with silly patent lawsuits, the government will fix the broken system. But, frankly, that is unlikely. For US politicians, campaign contributions from MNCs are their life's blood.

  11. Microsoft == East Texas on ITC Judge: Motorola Mobility Infringed Microsoft Patent · · Score: 1

    I say MS is a patent troll, along with Apple, and a lot of other companies. They aren't quite as repulsive as some of those east Texas companies that have never marketed a damned thing in their history, but they are still patent trolls.

    I think that several of those east Texas companies work for MS, like Acacia.

  12. And Apple gets counter-sued out of existance on ITC Judge: Motorola Mobility Infringed Microsoft Patent · · Score: 2

    Best Christmas present ever.

  13. Why doesn't Gnome get it? on Linux Mint Developer Forks Gnome 3 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The community has beating Gnome over the head for months now. But Gnome stubbornly refuses to go back to their less FUBAR interface.

    What the hell is wrong with them?

    Oh well, at least there's forking.

  14. Re:Get a tablet - not an LCD eReader on Kindle Fire and Nook Upgrades Kill Root Access · · Score: 1

    There are people, and a lot of them, who want more than an e-reader, but less than a tablet

    Why would you want less than a tablet? The extra features in tablet do you no harm. Why be vendor locked? Why be locked into one format? What good does that do you?

    Tablets are faster, cheaper, have far more features, and are no more difficult to use. Why bother with the walled gardens?

  15. Re:OT, but comparison of LibreOffice to OpenOffice on ASF Lays Out Its Plan For OpenOffice.org · · Score: 1

    From what I have seen: OpenOffice is faster, but LibreOffice has more features.

  16. Re:One (Open)Office to rule them all on ASF Lays Out Its Plan For OpenOffice.org · · Score: 1

    I don't think this can happen because of incompatible licenses.

  17. Get a tablet - not an LCD eReader on Kindle Fire and Nook Upgrades Kill Root Access · · Score: 1

    If you want an eInk reader, then fine get a dedicated eReader. Otherwise get an Adroid tablet, not an LCD eReader.

    A year ago, getting something that you could convert to a decent $250 Android tablet was a BFD. Today, not so much.

    There were all kinds of great Black Friday deals: Acer Iconia for $200 and so on. You can still get a Vizio 8 at Costco for $189, or a Lenovo Idiapad A1 at Amazon for $199.

    Get a real tablet and you are not vendor-locked. You can read any format you want, without excessive hacking. Plus tablets have way more features, like GPS, and cameras.

  18. Re:is there a last straw? on Apple Patents Using Apps During Calls · · Score: 1

    Um hell yes. And Duh nobody cares whats going on if Apple's not involved. The lawsuit craze started well before Apple came to the party. Just ask Jeff "one click" Bezeos.

    Um no.

    1) What frivilous IP lawsuits have been initiated from Google, HTC, Samsung, Motorola? Do we see those companies filing frivilous, BS, patents at rate of about one per week? Do we see those companies filing dozens of BS lawsuits in an effort to restrain free trade? And even if they did, would that excuse Apple?

    2) The one thing that Apple really did invent was the frivilous IP lawsuit. Apple was filing these frivilous "look and feel" IP lawsuits back in the early 1990s - way before Amazon existed. Apple even beat MS to this shameful practice

  19. No, companies would have to change on Apple Patents Using Apps During Calls · · Score: 1

    If consumers rejected this sort of brazen corruption, the companies themselves would change their behavior - they would have to do so.

  20. Wish I had mod points on Apple Patents Using Apps During Calls · · Score: 1

    This post deserves to be modded up.

  21. Re:Treo 650 on Apple Patents Using Apps During Calls · · Score: 1

    and you did all that without using a hardware button right. Cause This is a patent for an interface/process that is on a touchscreen only and allows you to go directly back to the call from any app.

    Isn't that like patenting a "blue" car?

  22. Re:Evil enough yet? on Apple Patents Using Apps During Calls · · Score: 1

    Nobody said they were the same. It was simply claimed that Apple uses a lot of FOSS technology.

    Nice straw man argument.

  23. Re:Evil enough yet? on Apple Patents Using Apps During Calls · · Score: 1

    That does not change the fact that Apple routinely files frivilous patents, and patents the prior art of other companies; and then files dozens of lawsuits in clear attempt to restrain free trade.

    Apple is just plain evil. We all know it. Who are you kidding?

  24. Re:Score: 6, Knee-jerk on Apple Patents Using Apps During Calls · · Score: 1

    You do realize Google is far more evil, by profiting indirectly off your personal information* from

    What do you call "personal information?" Social Security number? Medical records?

    Unlike Apple, Google does not try to restrain free trade by filing dozens of frivilous lawsuits.

    I see a stunning lack of creativity in the Android crowd

    What creativity is Apple suing about? This is yet another example of Apple patenting another companies invention. How often has Apple done that? Look up the JooJoo/Crunchpad, or the Sun7.

    not to mention Google's scofflaw approach to just about everything it does, including redistributing millions of works of art without the author's permission.

    By that you mean orphaned works, right? So what you are saying is that Google acted in the public good, and hurt absolutely nobody. Yeah, that seems real evil doesn't it?

    You are spinning like mad in a pathetic attempt to smear Google. Nice try.

  25. No, Apple is the aggressor on Apple Patents Using Apps During Calls · · Score: 1

    Apple is not fighting to survive. I think Apple is the biggest software company in the world, they overtook MS some time ago.

    Apple has been extremely profitable, and they have carved an extremely loyal segment of the market.

    Apple is just plain evil, that's all there is to it.

    And I am being perfectly civil.