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  1. Re:Generics are basically good. on Java Generics and Collections · · Score: 1

    Actually, no. Use the blunt tool first and then profile to determine whether you need finer-grained exclusion. Concurrency is difficult to get right; it is therefore better to avoid the complexity if possible.

  2. groups on Google News Leaves Beta · · Score: 1

    Groups is still in beta and has been since I can't remember. I think it's been around 5 or 6 years.

  3. Re:Eduflation? on College Students Lack Literacy · · Score: 1

    I bet Latin and Greek are much easier for an eight-year-old to learn than for someone older. It's just that they're not taught to kids that young anymore.

  4. Re:It's good to be the king on Security Vendor McAfee to Pay $50 Million Fine · · Score: 1

    Effect is also a verb.

  5. Re:Precious on New Uranus Moons and Rings Discovered · · Score: 1

    "Until it emitted a brown dwarf."

  6. WTF? on Google's Ten Golden Rules · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "foster to"?

  7. Re:When.. on Music Labels Charge Too Much For Microsoft · · Score: 1

    I spoke with my contacts over at Sony and WB Music. They read your post. They are pretty frightened now.

  8. Apparently grammar school taught you nothing on Neiman Marcus Offers First Moller Skycar For Sale · · Score: 1

    Please study the use of the apostrophe in English.

  9. Re:Get rid of them on Too Many Passwords · · Score: 3, Funny

    But now you've got bigger problems 'cause they're all running around playing grab-ass.

  10. Re:Just imagine on Voyager 1 Sends Messages from the Edge · · Score: 2, Funny

    And the aliens would be asking themselves, "Why the fuck do we have to sit through 15 minutes of commercials?"

  11. I dunno about you on Computer Jargon Too Difficult for Office Workers · · Score: 1

    In my office people can't read, write or speak basic English. Getting them to understand computer lingo is wishful thinking.

  12. This reminds me on Computer Jargon Too Difficult for Office Workers · · Score: 1

    The case is not the CPU. Please spread the word.

  13. Re:America has a choice.. on The Decline of Science and Technology in America · · Score: 5, Funny

    As a concerned American, I'm not reading all that.

  14. Re:OK, so... on Crocodile's Immune System Kills HIV · · Score: 2, Funny

    Straight outta swampton, crazy motherfucker named Croc-D

  15. Re:Yes on Death of Cookies, Spyware Greatly Exaggerated? · · Score: 1

    If they're publicly traded companies, have at it.

  16. Re:Play with your kids it is fun on Parents 'ignore game age ratings' · · Score: 1

    Pole Position...yeah, that doesn't sound like porn. Come to think of it, PacMan sounds even worse! Heathen!

  17. Re:Tracking customer behavior on Net Marketers Worried as Cookies Lose Effectiveness · · Score: 1

    Yes, this is what they were laughing about!

  18. Re:It was mainly satiracle! on Five PC Innovations the Industry Should Get To · · Score: 1

    And I'm God.

  19. Re:Are you the pot or the kettle? on Microsoft's 10-year-old Certified Professional · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Gates didn't start donating money until he developed a reputation as an asshole. That isn't kindness, it's public relations without hiring a PR firm.

  20. Re:Who wants to see everything? on Airport Screeners could see X-rated X-rays · · Score: 1
    How many people that you really want flying an airplane would be able to handle the execution of dozens or (on large planes) hudreds of people? How many eight year old girls would it have to have their throats cut before you or anyone else opened the door?

    I totally disagree. Your post reeks of the sensationalized stuff we see on the news. There is nothing special about eight-year-old girls and the plane is probably going to be shot down if it's hijacked anyway. A pilot who is able to fly the plane in spite of everyone else on board being dead is valuable -- the plane can be landed rather than become a missile. This does not make such a pilot an insensitive person because (s)he would be preventing the loss of thousands of lives. This is why no one bargains with terrorists when they threaten beheadings. They're not going to be nice if you leave the cockpit door unlocked.

  21. Re:Inches from Tyranny on Congress to Revisit the Patriot Act · · Score: 1

    You mean suspect, not circumspect.

  22. Why? on Firefox and Thunderbird Garage · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I can't justify buying a book about a web browser. Most of the good info about firefox (greasemonkey, preference hacks) is on the web.

  23. Intelligent Design is about subversion on The Pseudoscience of Intelligent Design · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Consider this a draft for the armies of religious zealotry in all its forms. When you want another generation of uninformed groupthinkers, you seek access to the one place where thoughts are still malleable: the school system.

  24. The problem isn't lack of comments on Comments are More Important than Code · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The problem is usually functions that are too long and are not orthogonal. Write short, orthogonal functions and you'll see your need for heavy commenting go away along with the need for long variable names.

  25. Re:What does he have on you, Bill? on Microsoft Abandons Gay Rights Bill · · Score: 1

    Right, I'm in agreement with your original post. Pretty much all of what they label activism is really just -- as you said -- reaching a different conclusion. Yet those on the right continue to support Moore, who was actually breaking the law in order to impose his views on others. It's an example of their hypocrisy.