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  1. The Reason for Removal Is Simple on Apple Removes Gay Cure App From App Store · · Score: 1

    And not even related to censorship or how destructive or bigotted the app is (both of which it is).

    The app is essentially a fraud, promising a "service" that is impossible to deliver, which would be plenty of reason to remove it I think.

    Of course it was removed on other grounds that maybe should have had less impact, but yeah.

  2. Re:must sell NBC shows via iTunes on Comcast-NBC Deal Accidentally Protects Internet? · · Score: 1

    If people regularly get free slightly older movies over the air, why bother with netflix?

    Because perhaps I want to get the movies when I actually want them? Also, being that there's a lot more than just movies on NetFlix...

  3. Well this is a huge surprise... on IT Graduates Not "Well-Trained, Ready-To-Go" · · Score: 1

    So maybe I'm a bit late to the party, but most people don't seem to want to pay for a decent wage for graduates or experienced people.

    I don't know how many people post ads for junior IT people with AS/400 experience when the last of those systems was produced ten years ago; or that they want junior people with reams of specialized technical certifications costing thousands of dollars -as well as- a diploma from a college or university and then only pay what a phone monkey makes.

    IT departments have been cheapened and hollowed out and as someone who's actively looking for another position I can tell you that the people replacing those that have left need constant hand-holding. Our place alone hired an indian kid who couldn't follow a dialogue to update Flash to display a website and a former university lecturer from the carribean that didn't know how to reset a tripped circuit breaker.

    But what do you expect when you pay peanuts and only offer part-time work, eh?

  4. Re:we need more tech / trade IT schools they can h on IT Graduates Not "Well-Trained, Ready-To-Go" · · Score: 1

    I can do that!

    No, seriously, I can. That's the majority of what my (useless) college degree taught me, and then when I got out everyone wanted web programmers and I was SOL so I got into IT... which has done just about as well. Maybe you just had bad luck with your particular colleges?

  5. Oh China... on Activists Seek Repeal of Ban On Incandescent Bulbs · · Score: 1

    "'...and most are manufactured overseas in places like China,' says Enzi."

    Oh what an excuse. Maybe if you hadn't given manufacturers tax cuts to ship manufacturing jobs overseas you might be making the new CFL bulbs domestically. And everything else for that matter. I also just checked the last batch of incandescent bulbs in our house; guess what, they were also made in China.

  6. Were I an ISP... on Australian Court Gives Green Light To Disconnect Pirates · · Score: 1

    Invoice to Time Warner for Disconnection of Joe User:

    25,000$ Labour and Investigation Charge
    10,000$ Lost Revenue Charge
    10,000$ Legal Fee Charge

    Subtotal, 45,000$

    Now, is that worth it for going after someone who downloaded the newest terrible action movie, watched five minutes, and deleted it?

  7. This sounds more like an assault on... on Google Launches New Assault On Microsoft Office · · Score: 1

    ...document management systems, like Hummingbird, than on Office itself. I suppose they're trying to get people used to "Cloud" document storage, though, so they can slide them into Google Docs.