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  1. Re:drunk drivers don't sober up while drving on Quantifying the Risk of Texting Drivers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    During those seconds, maybe more than a few, there is at least a small chance the drunk driver is actually paying attention to driving. The same can't be said for texting. Either way, I don't think needlessly risking the lives of others should be legal.

  2. Re:Anticompetetive on With Mountain Lion's iCloud Integration, Apple Strengthens the Garden Wall · · Score: 1

    ...sell an app through the store that is just a shim interface to iCloud

    EACCES

  3. Re:Tim Cook's first big fuckup. on With Mountain Lion's iCloud Integration, Apple Strengthens the Garden Wall · · Score: 1

    ...anyone that uses Mac OS X because it's UNIX.

    Like people who ran Linux on their PS3 with the other OS option, they exist in small enough numbers to be profitably ignored by the vendor.

  4. Re:Oh yeah, that'll help. on HP To Cut 30,000 Jobs · · Score: 3, Informative

    ...200% more productive.

    All of which goes to executive compensation and maybe dividends for shareholders. The worker gets none of the benefit of added productivity.

  5. Re:Unintended consequence on DreamHammer Wants To Corner the Drone OS Market · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Hack one system, own all the drones.

    ...then target the telemarketers who keep calling my mobile phone.

  6. Re:Half Right on Wil Wheaton: BitTorrent Isn't Only For Piracy · · Score: 1

    You are the only person talking about unlimited, but nice straw man. A GB of torrent is no less deserving than a GB of youtube, netflix, OS updates, paid game downloads or more to the point a GB of that ISP's video service. Once ISPs choose which services you are allowed, the internet becomes the new cable TV.

  7. Half Right on Wil Wheaton: BitTorrent Isn't Only For Piracy · · Score: 1

    The other half of the problem is ISPs blocking bittorrent just to reduce traffic and supply less service. Fighting "piracy" is just a convenient excuse.

  8. Evolutionary! on CPU Competition Heating Up In 2012? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Evolutionary upgrades to intel processors and memory standards, titanium is not dead yet, AMD still can't keep up and ARM rules low power applications. Yes, it will be a landmark year for processors.

  9. Re:Unfair taxes ! on Facebook Co-Founder Saverin Gives Up U.S. Citizenship Before IPO · · Score: 1

    All this tax talk is making me hungry.

  10. Re:How is it not modern? Obj-C has modern libs... on Objective-C Comes of Age · · Score: 2

    Why do you claim it is "unsafe"?

    He may be using unsafe in the same way as Microsoft. See this.

    From that page:
    ... code that makes low-level API calls, uses pointer arithmetic, or carries out some other unsavory operation, has to be placed inside blocks marked with the unsafe keyword.

    Heh, "unsavory". Personally, I think pointer arithmetic is delicious!

  11. Re:We ALL better pray for a mistrial here... on Jury Rules Google Violated Java Copyright, Google Moves For Mistrial · · Score: 1

    I bet Larry Ellison will cry like a little girl when Ritchie's ghost hovers over his bed demanding justice.

  12. Chip on Shoulder on Sigrok: An Open Source Logic Analyzer · · Score: 0

    FTA: ...due to exactly the same reasons, crappy Windows software, etc.

    Nice project with laudable goals, but this quote is just childish. I own a Logicport (shown in picture) and the Windows software that comes with it works well. Complain about it not being cross platform, but "Windows sucks and all software on it sucks!" is not insightful or informative.

  13. Re:How ofline Black markets works on How Online Black Markets Work · · Score: 1

    When will these fuddy-duddies/ idiots die-off so that this constant fear-mongering can stop?

    As an exterminator might say: you can't eradicate, only control. If you shot every idiot today, more would be born tomorrow, grow up and fill your nostrils with the fragrance of stupid.

  14. Remake on 1 World Trade Center Becomes the Tallest Building In NYC · · Score: 1

    Get ready for a remake of Escape from New York.

  15. Re:Way too confusing on Why Desktop Linux Hasn't Taken Off · · Score: 1

    ...recommend Linux for the average user when there are 100 different distros, each with its own quirks and issues?

    I've worked with several engineering companies that used Linux because of the ability to customize only to regret the choice because of the many quirks and issues, mainly compatibility and stability of device drivers. If engineers are frustrated, average end users would be lost.

  16. Re:Boooo Airbus.... USA! USA! on Fly-By-Wire Contributed To Air France 447 Disaster · · Score: 1

    Crass regionalism is a global phenomenon.

  17. Travel Fun on Monkeypox Scare Grounds Flight In Chicago · · Score: 2

    The good news is the person next to you on the plane does not have monkeypox. The bad news is that person's clothes, and now the plane seats, are infested with bed bugs. Thanks for sharing.

    There is no protection from the inconsiderate behavior of your fellow traveller.

  18. The One Commandment on Analytic Thinking Can Decrease Religious Belief · · Score: 1

    "God Needs Booze"... bring on the Lordweiser.

  19. Sounds Familiar on Apple Planning To Build Private Restaurant · · Score: 1

    'We like to provide a level of security so that people and employees can feel comfortable...'

    Sounds like a pronouncement from the Department of Homeland Security.

  20. Re:Yes, Screen shots of bikini'd asses. on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Out; Unity Gets a Second Chance · · Score: 1

    ...and it's tiny

    It looked like a big butt to me, like in that classical music by Sir Mix-a-Lot.

  21. Re:Eh? on C/C++ Back On Top of the Programming Heap? · · Score: 1

    Summary contains 2008 data, article contains current data. C is awesome incarnate: lean, readable and full of low level goodness.

  22. Re:Awesome... on Software Engineering Is a Dead-End Career, Says Bloomberg · · Score: 1

    ...take care of some family;

    If the slog ever makes you question your self worth, know the above means much more than Zuckerberg's/industry's misbelief that only the young are productive.

  23. Re:How is that different from simply old age? on Is Middle Age Evolution's Crowning Achievement? · · Score: 1

    ...and the octogenarian dog

    That's an amazingly old dog.

  24. Re:iOS programmers are superior on Accountability, Not Code Quality, Makes iOS Safer Than Android · · Score: 1

    Don't be surprised to see that text show up next to dancing silhouettes on a colorful background in an advertisement.

  25. Re:Apple Fanboi article on Accountability, Not Code Quality, Makes iOS Safer Than Android · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I would not be so quick to label it Apple Fanboy.

    FTA: "despite accounting for <strike>more than 40%</strike> 30% of the same market."

    Seems like a jab at falling market share. I think the real motivation behind the article is inflammatory statements to get views.