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  1. Re:English? on Facebook Introduces Hack: Statically Typed PHP · · Score: 1

    Also, you must have spent no time using C. In C you know exactly what you're working with. It's a simple model where you're working closer to physical memory. PHP likes to "magic" everything. The only thing C like about it is how you call functions, and even with that, you had to add headers to get any functionality, so you still knew where things were coming from. With PHP you have a vast library of functions on the global scope.

  2. Re:English? on Facebook Introduces Hack: Statically Typed PHP · · Score: 1

    Yes, your correct. PHP is the only language anyone written anything worth while in and programmers that think about what they write before they write it are worthless. Thanks for your insight. BTW, I'm sure Zuck and gang cursed PHP and its authors a million times while writing code.

  3. Re:English? on Facebook Introduces Hack: Statically Typed PHP · · Score: 1

    Php (Personal Home Pages) is already something it was never intended to be. It's the "hey thats a nice feature, let me add a crappy implementation of it" language. If you mean "turn PHP into something never inteded to be" as turning it into something not absolutely horrible to work with then OK. Anything they do is going to be better than PHP. You would have to try really hard to make it worse.

  4. Re:Paris had cars? on Paris Bans Half of All Cars On the Road · · Score: 1

    Just wooshed and modded you down. Fixing with a comment.

  5. Re:Firefox is the most unstable program in common on Firefox Was the Most Attacked & Exploited Browser At Pwn2own 2014 · · Score: 1

    I keep many, many tabs open all the time in osx and windows and have no issues. Are you sure you don't have a problematic plugin.

    On ubuntu, on my home machine, I find firefox unusable even after much tweaking.

    I also notice that chrome handles bad javascript much better than firefox. Other than that I think firefox is a fine browser.

    I'm sure most of the security exploits have to do plugins. Its a common trade off, lock it down and make it more secure or open it up and make it potentially more usable.

  6. Re:Still worth it on Amazon Hikes Prime Membership Fee · · Score: 1

    You know they have a student discount right? http://www.amazon.com/gp/stude...

  7. Re:Wow... on Facebook To Pay City $200K-a-Year For a Neighborhood Cop · · Score: 1

    Not close...
    http://agency.governmentjobs.c...

    80-100k sallery
    I think you're low on everything else
    plus probably 30k on workmans comp (state mandated insurance)
    plus employee tax if cities have to pay that

  8. Re:PHP on The New PHP · · Score: 1

    These languages you are referring to are at least consistent. PHP's only consistency is knowing your going to have to look up what ever method you want to use because there isn't a real naming convention, or even parameter ordering. The other horror of PHP is they throw in features to try to make it look like it has features other languages have. It's like someone says, hey that popular, lets throw it in PHP. Then they do a horrible implementation of it. (See namespacing, PHP OO, etc) Much like basic once had, the only thing it has going for it is its ubiquity.

    No excusing PHP. No pretending its just as bad as any other language. It is a horrible nightmare to work with.

  9. Re:Wake me they fix namespaces on The New PHP · · Score: 2

    Wake me when they decide to not care if it breaks existing php implementations and do some real clean up on the language. They keep adding features to the language and don't remove any of the garbage.

  10. Re:Blah Blah Blah on Red Team, Blue Team: the Only Woman On the Team · · Score: 3

    You're obviously unaware of how much nurses make. Teacher's are well paid if you look at hourly and benefits. So, not quite the comparison your trying to make. I don't see how this is "Amis".

  11. Re:All I Have To Say Is on You Might Rent Features & Options On Cars In the Future · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The car will now require an always on connection to work.

  12. Re:Graduation rates on San Jose State Suspends Collaboration With Udacity · · Score: 2

    I'd bet, 39-63% of the class was too lazy to drop out. I bet some forgot they were even in the course.

  13. Re:If you need it you are doing it wrong. on LibreOffice Calc Set To Get GPU Powered Boost From AMD · · Score: 1

    That fair if your company doesn't have in house developers or your developers are completely saturated in projects. Otherwise you are most likely wasting time and money on something that can be developed quicker, be better maintained, and less error prone through other solutions.

  14. Re:Vaporware... on Sony, Microsoft Squabble Over Console Features, But the Real Opponent Is Apple · · Score: 1

    Point and shoot seemed like a better comparison being that there targeted to everyday consumers where DLSRs are targeted to pros and enthusiast. It seems in relation to the topic it would be like the point and shoots are consoles where DSLRs are like Gaming Desktops. Which, in thinking about it, he does have a good point. The point and shoot market suffered from phone cameras.

  15. Re:Vaporware... on Sony, Microsoft Squabble Over Console Features, But the Real Opponent Is Apple · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No, your situation isn't rare. It's just what happens when you get older. You have a lot less interest in video games. By the way, I think you mean point and shoot, not DSLR.

  16. Re:Step 1: Move to an expensive area on The $200,000 Software Developer · · Score: 1

    Simular situation here. Working for a small company where you feel like you make a difference. Could move or commute to a bigger city to work for a bigger company for double, but when you already have everything you want - satisfying job with excellent work life balance, nice home, stuff ... - there is little desire to find bigger bucks.

  17. Re:clear and concise on Another Study Confirms Hands-Free Texting While Driving Is Unsafe · · Score: 1

    1) there are no rules. 2) when you better not do anything remotely distracting otherwise you are a hypocrite In fact, if you are doing anything other than keeping your hands at 10 and 2 and only have your eyes on anything other than whats in front of you or your mirrors, then you are doing something "dangerous". Please tell me exactly where to draw the line as to when an activity while driving is too big of a risk. I think voice texting is a small risk that I would hardly consider dangerous.

  18. Re:LinkedIn lets you network with people you hate. on How LinkedIn's Project Inversion Saved the Company · · Score: 1

    Loose your job and you'll see what it does for you. It's a great place to find people you use to work with to network a new position. Also, its a great job lead source, there are recruiters looking for people on the site all the time.

  19. Re:Really? on Linux Fatware: Distros That Need To Slim Down · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Really? I enjoy Ubuntu. I would recommend it in a hot second. There is so much community support out there you can google any problem and find a walk through. It's popular enough that most new application target it to make sure it works.

  20. Re:Picking a CMS on Book Review: MODx Revolution - Building the Web Your Way · · Score: 1

    Well I can reduce one for you. Bootstrap isn't a cms. Its a UI framework (all css and javascript) that helps you get up and running quickly. The other CMS's are fine if you already know them and can work within their scope of how they intend people use them. You tend to start fighting the system soon as you do something out of their examples. If you have a small and modest website why do you think you need a cms?

  21. Take them to small claims court on Six-Strikes System Starts In U.S. · · Score: 1

    Download a file that looks like pirated material but isn't. Maintain the proof. Get the fine. Take ISP to small claims court. Since they're a corporation they have to hire a lawyer and there out a lot of money.

  22. You'll have to be passionate about it on Ask Slashdot: Programming / IT Jobs For Older, Retrained Workers? · · Score: 1

    I worked with someone that was in the same boat as you. By the time I met him he was with the company for 5 years, and at that time he was a lead developer. So it can happen. That persons coding skills weren't the biggest asset to the company either. He had a really good work ethic and could organize work and teams well.
    Here is a tip. Get your hands dirty with code right away. You need to know if its something that you really like doing, because if you're not passionate about it you'll give up soon. Your nights and weekends need to be filled with research. So, pick a project, and start. See if you can find a mentor or maybe someone at slashdot can suggest a good project/tutorial to get you started.

  23. Re:Google Fiber on How ISPs Collude To Offer Poor Service · · Score: 2

    I would happily give that up than work with my two options, Comcast and ATT. I'm sure the competition drills deep into my personal life anyways.

  24. Re:exponential version numbers on Firefox 17 Launches With Click-to-Play Plugin Blocks · · Score: 1

    Typical comment from an AC

  25. Re:exponential version numbers on Firefox 17 Launches With Click-to-Play Plugin Blocks · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That's crazy. Last time I heard a firefox version number joke was right after I fell off my dinosaur and into my wooden underwear. Good job, I'm glad to see you spiced up that dead horse with a few other dead horses. That should bring an old joke back to life.