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  1. Yes, we lost a lot! was:But are we missing much? on The Shutting Down of FilmStruck and the False Promise of Streaming Classics (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    As an old white guy I can say I enjoyed watching movies from around the world and that spanned the generations. I had at least 1 more year of serious mining of their collection, maybe longer as they kept adding new stuff.

    As for buying watching movies, I found I don't watch many movies more than one or twice. Some I do, but those are definitely the minority. FilmStruck was a great resource. I hope someone else will pick up the banner once they are gone!

  2. Opinions... on Is C++ a 'Really Terrible Language'? (gamesindustry.biz) · · Score: 1

    Opinions are like assholes, we all have one and they all stink. Who gives a rat's ass about what this guy thinks, unless you want to make C++ better, or you think like him and have your favorite language that is not C++ you wish everything is written in.

  3. I see I'm not the only one to think this way.

  4. Reduced disease and overall made our communities (at least those that have them) much better places to live. Not to mention, I can poop in the comfort and warmth of my home without is smelling!

    -joe

  5. Just installed it on a VM on OpenSUSE 13.2 Released · · Score: 1

    Of course it looks sweet, just like all SuSE's of the past. YaST is getting better and better, one stop shopping for system administration. Either by gui or console. Sweet!!!

    -joe

  6. As a programmer of more than 30 years on Ask Slashdot: How To Avoid Becoming a Complacent Software Developer? · · Score: 2

    The true trick to keep this from happening is for you to remain a geek, don't get a wife kids or a life. Just wrap your world around computers, processors and the love of programming. You will always find your career rewarding! BWAAAHAAAHAAA!

  7. Plant, Rise up... on Observed Atmospheric CO2 Hits 400 Parts Per Million · · Score: 1

    And breath that breath of fresh air and CO2 you have been long for!

  8. Re:Mixed Footprints on Ask Dr. Robert Bakker About Dinosaurs and Merging Science and Religion · · Score: 1

    In either case it's evidence, whether or not it is true... well, that is left to greater minds than mine. That is why I asked the question in the first place.

  9. Re:Mixed Footprints on Ask Dr. Robert Bakker About Dinosaurs and Merging Science and Religion · · Score: 1

    Well, look at it this way, if a dinosaur stepped in mud and left a print, then a man came along and stepped in the same mud and left a print, it's hard to believe there were millions of years between the two incidents. If what you say is true than the science of determining the passage of time through stratification is just plain false. Even a thousand years or so leaves things buried, that is why we have archaeological digs. I know there are exceptions, but I find it hard to believe that the mud the dinosaur stepped in was uncovered by an earthquake or whatever and still fresh enough that some human could leave a print in it a million years later.

  10. Re:Mixed Footprints on Ask Dr. Robert Bakker About Dinosaurs and Merging Science and Religion · · Score: 1

    No, and I hope that you are not so stupid just to assume that it is fake just because you don't think it's real. I trust the dude by the Paluxy River more than I trust your sage insight, though not enough to believe it without some form of verification. Hence, I figured this was a great time to get the opinion of a guy who has probably studied the evidence.

  11. Mixed Footprints on Ask Dr. Robert Bakker About Dinosaurs and Merging Science and Religion · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So what is your take on the human footprint inside of the dinosaur footprint in the one creation museum near the Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas?

  12. Re:....someone get that link... on With Euro Zone Problems, Bitcoin Experiencing Boost In Legitimacy · · Score: 1

    and it's all free free free... only the banks pay, tax payers don't pay, bank customers don't pay, the bankers pay and we all know they would never pass their costs on to us!

    In the end, nothing is free. It all costs us something. We may not see it (such as corporate taxes) but in the end we all do pay for it.

  13. Re:....someone get that link... on With Euro Zone Problems, Bitcoin Experiencing Boost In Legitimacy · · Score: 1

    When a bank is robbed, its customers don't lose money. When a bitcoin repository is robbed... ?

    When a bank gets robbed, us citizens pay for the loss either through bank fees and such or through the (in the case of the us) fdic. In either case, the money is gone. Before fdic came along, if a bank was robbed of enough, it went under and everyone lost their money.

  14. As a fellow self taught CS type person on How Does a Self-Taught Computer Geek Get Hired? · · Score: 2

    Go to school!! That or get ready for many years of having to work harder just to prove yourself over and over again! Another alternative is contract to hire. That may work as well.

    On another note,hopefully you have learned about the necessity of Version control. You also hopefully have been learning good CS practices such as only having one source for information (code functionality is information) abstraction etc. There are good reasons for these practices and the sooner you learn them the more valuable you will be.

    Also, don't be a information hoarder or a primadona! Be willing to talk and work withouther sharing ideas and concepts. Sometimes the idiot next to you will surprise you with just all that he does really know.

    Good luck!
        Joe

  15. Re:So Anthropogenic Global Warming causes cooling? on China's Coal Power Plants Mask Climate Change · · Score: 1

    it's only temporary if they quit dumping it into the atmosphere, like CO2, if we quit dumping it in the atmosphere, it too will be reduced over time, granted, maybe not as quickly.

  16. Pay Less.... Live Better on China's Coal Power Plants Mask Climate Change · · Score: 1

    Who would've ever thought that Walmart's slogan could be taken so literally!

  17. This is only a valid measure of how busy you are.. on New Tool Shows Would-Be Emailers If You're Swamped · · Score: 2

    If your job is answering emails!!! If you are swamped with work, you might just have 1 unread email in your inbox. Then again, it just might be a spam that slipped past the spam filter (i hear it even happens with google).

    Still, I hope to God that my inbox stats are never used as the measure of my work load!

  18. News flash 1 out of every 100 shlashdot readers... on Desktop Linux Is Dead · · Score: 1

    report that the Linux Desktop is not dead on their desktop!!!!

    I am one of those few as well :).

  19. Re:medical practice on PostgreSQL 9.0 Released · · Score: 1

    While we're making silly requests, please email me a big bucket of money along with your requirements.

  20. Re:Waiting for a capable PostgreSQL front-end on PostgreSQL 9.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Personally, I find that Qt (C++ api from Nokia) has a nice sql api which will were with several database engines. Maybe not as mind numbingly simple as VB, but very versatile and easy to use.

  21. Sadly... on Can NetBooks & Tablets Co-Exist? · · Score: 1

    It is just the nature of Tablets to kill NetBooks. Typically it is done through choking but there have been a few cases of stabbings and drownings as well.

  22. Re:More bugs on How Can I Make Testing Software More Stimulating? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let me guess, you can do that by writing your code in java or C#

  23. Write more software on How Can I Make Testing Software More Stimulating? · · Score: 1

    I found that some of my best fun is to write software to test my software. Fortunately, I have written server code for a long time so I either get to write clients to exercise it or hardware device simulators to emulate devices the server talks to.

    Loads of fun! Quite often, more fun than the SW I'm supposed to be writing.

  24. His mom warned him for years... on Man Takes Up Internal Farming · · Score: 1

    to not inhale his supper!

  25. Where's "Kill Bill" and TuxRacer? on The Great Operating System Games · · Score: 1

    The content and descriptions were certainly not worth the 21 pages of ads I had to step through.