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  1. Yes, if you compare it to active original iPhones. on WP7 Predicted To Beat iPhone By 2015 · · Score: 1

    There will still be a few of those things floating around out there, and there _might_ be more active WP7 handsets than active iPhone 1's. Maybe. Of course, the number of both will be dwarfed by the number of active iPhone X's.

  2. Ask your local firearms dealer... on Are the Days of Individual Security Over? · · Score: 1

    He'll tell you it's alive and well.

  3. Re:Which one does the President really believe in? on Obama Calls For New Privacy Bill of Rights · · Score: 1

    ding ding ding. Thanks for saving me a post.

  4. Lost? The title sencha to the wrong place... on Book Review: Learning ExtJS 3.2 · · Score: 1

    It ain't Ext any more, and Slocum is long gone.

    Ext is now Sencha:
    http://www.sencha.com

    Rob

  5. Re:vs. jQuery? on Book Review: Learning ExtJS 3.2 · · Score: 1

    I use 'em both all the time. If I'm coding a web app (or even a new page in an existing web app) from scratch, I'll use Ext. Once you wrap your head around OOJS and Ext's API, it's widget set is far easier to use and more consistent than jQuery. OTOH, if you are enhancing and existing page, then jQuery is tops. There are even times when *gasp* I use 'em both on the same page. No, you don't want to be loading lots & lots of library code, but for apps that don't go over the internet, and are used within an enterprise that has a decent network, there isn't a big penalty for using both and there can be a huge productivity boost.

    Writing applications anymore doesn't have to be an "either/or" proposition.

  6. How is this jackass different from the previous... on White House Wants New Copyright Law Crackdown · · Score: 2

    jackass?
    Wars without end: Check
    Spending us into default: Check
    Harsh punishments for minor crimes: Check

    Bush sucked. Obama sucks. To be fair, pretty much all politicians are egomaniac control freaks with a certain amount of charisma.

    At least it's a bipartisan trait :/

  7. Composite Video Out Screen Mirroring for all apps on IOS 4.3 Now Available For Download · · Score: 1

    That's all I want. If The Steve grants me that, I'll unjailbreak my iPad and upgrade. What do you say, The Steve? Can I have composite video out screen mirroring for all apps? C'mon, buddy, my ][+ did it with an RF Modulator. I don't believe that you've somehow lost the technology between 1984 and now. If you have, though, call the other Steve. Woz will help you out.

    Your humble supplicant (er, customer)
    Pinchduck

  8. You know it's an old Sun workstation... on Timezone Maintainer Retiring · · Score: 5, Interesting

    under his desk, with a note taped to it that says "DO NOT TURN OFF".

    That time in 1994 when some clod spilled coke on his desk almost brought it down, but TZ Guy was able to dive under his desk with his shirt off to soak up the spill before it started screwing things up...

  9. Re:That's it, I quit humanity on Blade Runner Sequels and Prequels Happening · · Score: 2

    C'mon, it doesn't have to suck. If they can be respectful to the vision of the original, as well as add in a wacky next-door-neighbor and a girl's vollyball team shower scene, it should be fine. Our target market is a group of 17 year-old boys. Maybe we'll add in some groin kick shots, too, to pull in the "jackass" crowd. Honestly, you really don't have anything to worry about.

  10. I love the spread here on Bradley Manning Charged With Aiding the Enemy · · Score: 1

    Some people think that he's guilty because he was charged. Some people think he's innocent because he was charged. I think I'll let the due process play out.

  11. Front & Rear cameras, HDMI out. Jobs announced on IPad 2 33% Thinner, 2x Faster, iOS 4.3 · · Score: 1

    The HTC Evo!

  12. Most expensive Tamagotchi ever. on Man Pays $200,000 To Save Fake Online Girlfriend · · Score: 1

    Ouch.

  13. "essential skills required to run IT departments" on IT Graduates Not "Well-Trained, Ready-To-Go" · · Score: 1

    IBM expects programmers coming out of college to act like experienced managers? That sounds pretty silly to me. As for having the skills "ready to go", you come out of university with a degree. You still need experience and seasoning. This whole thing is nonsense.

  14. Do they have Quad Core? Do they have Thunderbolt? on Iran Claims Two New Supercomputers · · Score: 2

    The Steve is not impressed.

  15. Re:I guess the newly perceived freedoms on Egyptian Father Names His Daughter "Facebook" · · Score: 1

    lol awesome.

  16. From 0 to Market Leader in the phone industry... on Are Google's Best Days In the Past? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    in 2 years. Yeah, they're moribund.
    Whatever.

  17. WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY on Obama Calling For $53B For High Speed Rail · · Score: 2

    We're staring down default in 20 years and the government wants to play with choo-choo's. great.

    Are high speed trains good? Yes.
    Would it be bad to not have a high speed train? It would be inconvenient.
    Which is more important, having a high speed train, or making sure that the U.S. doesn't default and cause a world wide depression?

    ALL government funding now has to be justified in terms of:
    Do the benefits of X project outweigh the massive problems that would be caused by a U.S. Default and world wide depression?
    If the answer is no, then the project doesn't get funded.

    And since we're running a 1.4 TRILLION dollar deficit (that's per year, kids), we have to ask that question about all existing projects.

    Until the budget is balanced, we don't need shit like this.

  18. Split the curriculum... on New Mexico Bill To Protect Anti-Science Education · · Score: 1

    into "Science" and "Wishful Thinking Explanations of Physical Phenomenon".

    Students who wish to go to real universities to become scientists will sort themselves out from the politicians and religious types automatically.

  19. I don't even understand the premise... on Is Setting Up an Offshore IT Help Desk Ethical? · · Score: 1

    What would be unethical about it? If you need work, find a job. If others are displaced by your actions, then they need to...wait for it...find a job. Yes, the rules are brutal, but they are clear. You cannot be responsible for everyone else on the planet, and it's amazingly condescending to think that you are. I assume that my neighbors can fend for themselves. If they ask for help, I willingly give it. If they ask for work, I help them find it, or I hire them if I need something done. When I look for work (many times in the past two decades), I've also asked my friends for help. When I've been laid off, I never even thought to ask if it was "ethical". My services were no longer needed, so I took my talents elsewhere. Trying to look at a free and open job market through the prism of ethics is farcical. When times are good and you have your choice of jobs, is that ethical? When times are poor and you have to hunt far and wide, is that ethical? No, in the first case, you benefit by being able to ask for a higher wage, and in the second case, you have to work much harder to find a job. I've been through both scenarios in my life. The situation is amoral, it is neither "good" nor "bad". It just is.

  20. Re:Ex-Microsoftie on The Microsoft High-Profile Exodus Continues · · Score: 1

    You know the economy is healing when conversations turn from "Grab any job available" to "Never work at THAT place".

  21. Does it capture all the engine's energy at once... on How Chrysler's Battery-Less Hybrid Minivan Works · · Score: 0

    When the head gasket blows? Yeah, Chrysler, HANG YOUR HEAD IN SHAME.

  22. Assholes. on Terrorists Bomb Moscow Airport · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Slaughtering innocent people who are just trying to get from point A to point B won't further your aims, won't garner any sympathy, and certainly won't win you the hearts and minds of the rest of the world. You aren't freedom fighters, heroes, or martyrs, you're just assholes killing innocent people.

  23. If they meet up with the Jets... on Sharks Seen Swimming Down Australian Streets · · Score: 1

    there's going to be a rumble

  24. Re:Any need for this? on Cosmological Constant Not Fine Tuned For Life · · Score: 1

    "put us in a hostile environment where we are considered abominations and have no reason to exist"
    Holy crap. I'm no creationist, but I have to ask:did your mommy not love you enough when you were growing up?

  25. I wonder if M&M/Marrs... on Milky Way May Have Dark Matter Satellite Galaxies · · Score: 1

    will sue the astronomers who found it over copyright violations. They've had "Mikey Way Dark' out for years.