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  1. Re:Strange names on Researchers Expanding Diff, Grep Unix Tools · · Score: 1

    The Run window has no problems with spaces. The problem is that you expect it to read your mind and figure out which part is the command, which is arguments, and which arguments are really one argument. If you quote, everything works just fine.

  2. Re:Facebook's position on Facebook Tells India It Won't Help Censor the Web · · Score: 1

    And all but one of them is tied to profit.

    If you think FB has ethics, you are deluded.

  3. Re:PR Giveaway on Facebook Tells India It Won't Help Censor the Web · · Score: 1

    FB's premise is that you can share your information with others. If they start censoring for political reasons, they risk violating that premise. Google has none of that.

  4. Re:It's because of those XP EOL users on Will Windows 8 Be Ready For Release In 2012? · · Score: 0

    Then they are idiots or they don't lease desktops.

  5. Re:Shut it down on US Launches Virtual Embassy For Iran · · Score: 1

    Jews in Iran do not publicize their Jewishness because they are afraid of being noticed. While Islam technically is tolerant of non-Muslims, in practice there is little tolerance. I do not know about Christians, but there are not 10s of thousands of (practicing) Jews.

    In Israel, private bus companies are listening to their customers and offering segregated buses. I think those customers are crazy, bat-shit insane, but you know what? Women voluntarily ride those buses. Nothing about this situation is State-sponsored or even endorsed. It is purely a private matter between a private corp and its customers. In the US, that's encouraged. Why is it evil in Israel?

  6. Re:Shut it down on US Launches Virtual Embassy For Iran · · Score: 1

    Nice troll.

    (The segregated buses exist at the request of ultra-right wing religious Jews, aka customers of the private bus company, who can't be bothered with sanity. The soldiers who left when females started to sing were simply following their religion. They were not imposing on anyone else. Last I heard, the US supported freedom of religion.)

  7. Goes to show... on India Moves To Censor Social Media · · Score: 1

    Apparently, all the smart Indians have already emigrated.

  8. Re:Android = trash on Dell Kills Streak 7, Bails On Android Tablets · · Score: 1

    There are fewer netbooks in existence than there are tablets sold. That you happen to have a netbook doesn't mean anything for the 99.99999999999 of the population that doesn't.

  9. Re:Outsourcing sucks on Does Outsourcing Programming Really Save Money? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    5 - Communication: communication is harder when people is spread all over the world. IMHO you need to compensate this difficulty by having some tool to help you keep in touch. In my current company, we use skype, and we keep in touch at all times with the client, which really helped solve this particular problem.

    6 - Planning: planning is much more difficult when delivering work to someone who is not right at your side.

    5 - Etc, etc.

    And with quality like this, is it any wonder out-sourcing doesn't work? ;)

  10. Re:Outsourced Programming Flaws on Does Outsourcing Programming Really Save Money? · · Score: 1

    This times about a gazillion.

  11. Re:Agree on Does Outsourcing Programming Really Save Money? · · Score: 1

    That's because these companies are hiring first year degree students (or rather, fresh graduates) who have never written code except for class assignments and projects. Companies won't hire local graduates with so little experience, but they will pay companies on other continents who do exactly that.

    I have personally dealt with an off-shored team that was so incompetent that in 6 months we didn't get a single usable bit of code from them. We had to let one guy go, as he was clearly the least capable, and it took a couple months before we even had a resume to look at for a replacement. This was Ford AP. They pay such crap, that even the bad coders were looking elsewhere.

    Off-shoring and/or out-sourcing works when you pay for what you want. As always, you get what you pay for.

  12. Re:Having both the Fire and iPad2 on Sub-$100 Android 4.0 Tablet Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    My iPad has hit pavement from 2-3 feet up without loss of functionality. Granted, the corner that hit is a bit roughed up, but luckily the cover I keep it in hides that and protects it from moisture (the seal between the screen and case is broken).

  13. Re:TV ain't broken? on TV Isn't Broken, So Why Fix It? · · Score: 1

    I don't own a TV or a DVR. I do have cable as my PHY layer, though. Streaming or nothing for me.

    IOW, your situation isn't everyone's. Neither is mine.

  14. Re:What? on USPS Ending Overnight First-Class Letter Service · · Score: 1

    What kind of messed up networking do you have where units are expressed in binary?

  15. Re:like linux needs more fragmentation on Red Hat's Linux Changes Raise New Questions · · Score: 1

    The difference is that the Macbook will last 5+ years and the HP will be replaced in one.

  16. Re:Sadly on Italian Court Rules Web Editors Not Responsible For Comments · · Score: 1

    You may be correct that it's not clear to the masses, but it should be. If you do or say something, you are responsible for it. Period. Outside of mental illnesses, there are no excuses.

  17. Re:Need on Why America Doesn't Need More Tech Giants Like Apple · · Score: 1

    Running a profitable business requires selling for more than costs, but that has nothing to do with competition. You don't magically lower your prices to below cost when there's no more competition. If anything, the inverse is true. (Both raising prices after zero competition exists and lowering to below costs while there is still competition)

    The purpose of competition is to win. What winning means may be up to individual competitors, but generally that's not the case.

  18. Re:That's a rather stupid "solution" on Facebook Denies Disputed Page To Both Mercks · · Score: 1

    Sort alphabetically by company name. That was easy.

  19. Re:Next mod... on Terahertz Wireless Chip Will Bring 30Gbps Networks · · Score: 1

    Did you even read the post you replied to? You certainly didn't understand it.

  20. Re:Good on Muslim Medical Students Boycott Darwin Lectures · · Score: 1

    Private individuals are free to refuse to do business with anyone they desire. (Some exceptions exist, such as in the housing industry.) If the pharmacist is an employee, he may face disciplinary action for refusing service, but that's completely separate to the idea that he must support the views of any particular customer.

  21. Re:I have problems with this on Muslim Medical Students Boycott Darwin Lectures · · Score: 1

    I'm going with the idea that he never had friends.

  22. Re:I have problems with this on Muslim Medical Students Boycott Darwin Lectures · · Score: 1

    Have you never had a friend move away, and gotten sad because of that? Perhaps not. But, can you understand why someone would be sad in such a situation? Death is just a more extreme version of "moving away".

  23. Re:Except England has Sharia courts on Muslim Medical Students Boycott Darwin Lectures · · Score: 1

    In Jewish law a woman cannot give the divorce, but she most certainly can insist upon one. Jewish courts (according to Jewish law) have the ability to literally beat a man into submission. There are also many, many laws to protect women, both fiscally, physically and emotionally.

    Also, Jewish courts in Western countries operate within the framework of the host country's laws. Thus, their jurisdiction in the case of marriage only affects religious marriages. When Jews marry in a religious ceremony, there is a stipulation that the marriage is being performed according to Jewish laws and traditions. This is what gives the court jurisdiction over the religious aspect of the marriage. Thus, if the court does not recognize the divorce has happened, the couple are still married. This is no different than a civil marriage. If the divorce didn't go through, neither party can remarry (in countries that outlaw polygamy).

  24. Re:Read a comment by a US naval commander on Muslim Medical Students Boycott Darwin Lectures · · Score: 2

    Jews are not secretive at all about their religion. You can walk into any book store and find dozens, if not, hundreds of books written in your native language (especially true for English, of course). Translations of Hebrew religious works, or books of philosophy. It's all open for anyone who cares to learn it. What Jews don't do is proselytize.

  25. Re:Read a comment by a US naval commander on Muslim Medical Students Boycott Darwin Lectures · · Score: 1

    Are you talking about the same Islam that sanctions honor-killings (1st degree murder) in Western countries?

    Islam is a law unto itself (according to Islam). I see nothing about it which indicates that Muslims have any regard for the laws of their host countries (unless those countries are based on Sharia law). There have been many documented instances of Muslims desiring Sharia courts with exclusive jurisdiction.

    On the other hand, it is a dictum of the Talmud that the "law of the King(dom) is the law". Jews who follow the Talmud believe that the laws of their host country must be obeyed, so long as they do not directly conflict with religious law.

    In short: you seem to have Judaism and Islam completely switched around.