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  1. Quality? on IBM Now Has More Employees In India Than In the US (newsindiatimes.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Maybe revenues are down *because* the work is being done in India and the overall IBM value prop is no longer there. Did that ever occur to the bean counters?

  2. You've lost the lawsuit at 'comedian' on 'Coal King' Is Suing John Oliver, Time Warner, and HBO (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Nothing good will come out of this for Murray. For HBO: follow-up segments, viral YouTube posts and millions of dollars in free advertising.

  3. More adapted to his very small fingers on Trump Trades in Android Phone For Secret Service-Approved Device (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Also contains a custom version of Twitter that allows Putin to review and approve his tweets.

  4. Switch to uBlock, it's better on Google, Amazon, Microsoft Reportedly Paid AdBlock Plus To Unblock · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Faster, better, hackable and free. https://github.com/gorhill/uBl...

  5. It'll be late, over budget and won't work... on India To Launch Mars Orbiter "Mangalyaan" Tuesday · · Score: 1, Funny

    i.e. it'll be outsourced. Enjoy your 42% savings margin.

  6. Re:It's slow and just plain ugly on Ask Slashdot: Is iOS 7 Slow? · · Score: 0

    Fire up XCode and start coding. The world is waiting for *your* operating system.

  7. Because Google only cares about one brand... on The 'Linux Inside' Stigma · · Score: 1

    its own. Nothing to do with the 'Linux' brand, whatsoever.

  8. Hmmm... already exists on The Phantoms of Google+ · · Score: 0

    it's called a Facebook account. Wake up, Google!

  9. Time Machine on Ask Slashdot: Network Backup Solution Out of the Box? · · Score: 1

    "it just works".

  10. people wonder why Apple is winning... on Microsoft 'Ribbonizes' Windows 8 File Manager · · Score: 1

    That's where Microsoft is spending all their energy these days? The ribbon? I'm surprised Steve Ballmer is still employed.

  11. or read them on Wikileaks next week on Alaska Must Release Palin E-mails By May · · Score: 1

    c'mon Alaska! there has to be someone who can send this to Julien Assange pronto.

  12. Google / Java on SAP Ordered To Pay $1.3 Billion To Oracle · · Score: 1

    This is a taste of what's to come for the Google / Java lawsuit. Bye bye Android.

  13. Other job posting spotted... on Apple Hires Antenna Engineers. Really. · · Score: 1

    "Looking for engineer to build next-gen antenna that can operate near reality distortion field. Send resume to steve(at)apple(dot)com."

  14. Re:A word to the wise: on Ultrasound As a Male Contraceptive · · Score: 1

    or wait until at least version 7 of the stuff.

  15. Re:Apples to Oranges on MS Word 2010 Takes On TeX · · Score: 1

    "Word and TeX are two very useful tools for two very different needs." Microsoft's whole business model relies on blurring the lines between products/platforms.

  16. Re:Python on Best Introduction To Programming For Bright 11-14-Year-Olds? · · Score: 1

    Agree. With Python, you can start with a simple script block and progressively introduce functions, classes...to full OO. You don't need the full-blown object apparatus to create a simple program, yet you can go full OO if you want to. You can also introduce lambda functions (to some degree). Plus, with Python, you teach a key element of programming: elegance.

  17. so what? on Visualizing the .NET Framework · · Score: 1

    there's a lot of code. what else does this show / 'prove' ?

  18. I know the largest malware site in the world on Google Wants You to Report Malware · · Score: 0, Troll
  19. http://www.amazon.com/Fuck Off on Amazon Patents Including a String at End of a URL · · Score: 2, Insightful

    there, I've said it.

  20. Charge for content and stop whining on The Morality of Web Advertisement Blocking · · Score: 1

    Maybe relying on advertisement alone was a stupid idea after all? If your site's content is so good, charge for it. Salon does it, The New Republic does it, lots of others do. So you tought you were going to get rich by creating some crappy blog and boxing it with ads everywhere? Oh well, life sucks.

  21. Re:Building projects automatically on Comparing Visual Studio and Eclipse · · Score: 1

    CTRL-ALT-B

  22. Re:......nerds on Why Don't More CIOs Become CEO? · · Score: 1

    you almost got it: CIOs are nerds and they suck at golf.

  23. Re:I'd like to see sting operations on Spam Volume Jumps 35% In November · · Score: 1

    try Thunderbird. I think it does a much better job than Apple's client.

  24. web site: slOw on Grad-School Thesis Becomes PS3 Game · · Score: 1

    somebody had to do it

  25. Oracle humor on Google Unveils Code Search · · Score: 1