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  1. Array indexing in C behaves like pointer math on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Strangest Features of Various Programming Languages? · · Score: 1

    "I don't see it as a feature - so much as exposing the core of what C is about. Its all about pointers and getting to the memory directly with as little indirection as possible. Kind of beautiful, really." Michael Neale

    You could replace "Michael Neale" with NSA or credit card black hats, and make the quote even better.

  2. Re:105 megabits per second on Comcast Customer Service Rep Just Won't Take No For an Answer · · Score: 1

    Netflix is a direct competitor to comcast. You need pay for 105 megabits/second just to keep the low def buffering to a minimum.

  3. Re:funny how everyone 'wants' your phone # on Facebook Lets You Harvest Account Phone Numbers · · Score: 1

    I've been getting a lot more requests from merchants for a phone number. But I've also noticed that when I politely say "no thank you", the clerks are happy to hear that. Not having to type your phone number in makes their life just a little easier.

  4. Re:Pointless? on Sun's Twin Discovered — the Perfect SETI Target? · · Score: 1

    Will we ever intentionally send out a beacon advertising our existence, knowing that it would likely take 100 years or more before any potentially inhabited planet would receive it? And if we do think there's other life out there, do we really trust it enough to tell it where we are?

    Every time we fire up a powerful military radar we intentionally send out a beacon advertising our existence.

  5. Re:Don’t get it on The Great Linux World Map · · Score: 1

    I think you summed it very well. The map is pretty, but devoid of content.

  6. Re:Really?!?! on Software Firm Looking To Hire Naked Coders · · Score: 4, Funny

    I respectfully decline your offer to smell the crotch of my pants.

  7. Re:Sounds like on Nokia Has a Billion Reasons To Love WP7 · · Score: 1

    At first I thought "another Novel", like "this will be an interesting story". Then I saw "tits up just like Novel", and thought "disappear the way E-Readers may make the printed page disappear?" It took me a second, but I think you’re missing a letter - Novell.

  8. Re:Refreshing! on Texas Textbooks Battle Is Actually an American War · · Score: 1

    Re-writing history to inure a political viewpoint? This is nothing new. At least these folks are being honest about their goals; that's a refreshing approach for narrow-minded zealots.

    fixed that for ya

  9. Re:NO!! on Three Lawmakers Ask For Enforcement Against Leak Sites · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sounds like something a Socialist regime would do.

  10. Re:May I Suggest... on US Colleges Say Hiring US Students a Bad Deal · · Score: 1

    Because your comments appeared to be based on the inflammatory summary, and not the linked article itself. The summary was only vaguely similar to the article, and the apparent quote

    In fact, a company may save money by hiring international students because the majority of them are exempt from Social Security (FICA) and Medicare tax requirements,

    was simply fabricated.

  11. Re:Limited real-world relevance on Speedcabling - Untangling For Fun and Profit · · Score: 1

    The CCIE exam would be to create the tangled mess!

  12. Re:DRM = Digitally Restricted Media on HBO Exec Proposes DRM Name Change · · Score: 1

    They should change the name to DPG = Double Plus Good