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  1. Re:Hey I'll take the money on Scientific Research Encountering More Restrictions · · Score: 2
    There is a difference between race and national origin.

    but there is a lot less difference between racism and xenophobia.

  2. Re:Strange things said about H1B workers on AFL-CIO Proposed Reforms for the H1B Program · · Score: 2

    I'm a little confused, why the 'sic'?

  3. Re:The H1B program is fundamentally flawed on AFL-CIO Proposed Reforms for the H1B Program · · Score: 2

    need a small clarification - I am a "naturalized" citizen, do I get rights or microchipped?

  4. Re:The H1B program is fundamentally flawed on AFL-CIO Proposed Reforms for the H1B Program · · Score: 2
    That's fine, do it like all the other people who immigrate, get green cards, etc.

    You are aware that you have to live in the US for 5 years before you can apply for a green card? And how are you usually allowed to stay and work for that period? You guessed it - H1B. H1B's is how "all the other people who immigrate" do it.

  5. Re:Fixing the H1B visa problem is easy on AFL-CIO Proposed Reforms for the H1B Program · · Score: 2

    why?

  6. I love their terminology on European Copyrights Expire; RIAA Nervous · · Score: 2
    "That decade of recording transformed music and how the public consumes music,"

    Only thanks to them can I pirate music and then consume it. Such strong, predatory verbs.

  7. Re:Am I the only one?? on Fan-Made Star Trek Episode Available for Download · · Score: 2
    that wasn't meant to be a "parody" that was meant to make fun of every ultra obsessives wet dream.

    Out of curiosity, what is your exact definition of "parody"?

  8. Re:Impressed, but reserved... on Derivative Works And Open Source · · Score: 2
    Is a Perl module or a C++ header analogous to a programmer's Web site? *shudder*

    Hm, might seem silly to us, but try explaining to a judge that com.mycompany.app.SomeClass is actually just a Java class that has nothing to do with the company's website.

  9. Re:Very notable on 17-inch flat-Panel iMac Dead · · Score: 5, Funny
    unable to order more CRT-based iMacs and eMacs

    The CRT-based vi is still available though, right?

  10. Re:Klez - What kind of virus name is this? on Windows Security Holes Go Mostly Unexploited · · Score: 2

    Wait, so which do I need to get this - KDE or Outlook?

  11. Re:whew! on The Joystick Is The Root of All Evil · · Score: 2

    I just got this mental picture of a bunch of legislator coming across this site and immediately starting to "act on it". When those legislators start acting, watch out!

  12. Re:I must have missed something... on The Joystick Is The Root of All Evil · · Score: 2
    ...but aren't "parody" sites supposed to be, well, I dunno... funny?

    They are, this on the other hand, is a hoax, not a parody.

    The only part that's funny is reading the three page posts from people who are taking it seriously. (but that part is funny indeed)

  13. Re:Slashdot hypocrisy pseudocode on Apple Applies For Color-Change Patent · · Score: 2
    That bastard language is what happens when a java/c programmer becomes a dba, then gets dropped into a large Perl project!

    I just got scared for a bit :)

    re: ignore.story(); - there's a "in soviet union, method invokes you" joke in there somewhere

  14. Re:Question on Lindows Legal Challenge · · Score: 3, Funny

    New analogy needed: Free as in Speech, Free as in Beer, or Free as in "not".

  15. Re:Make things interesting on Lindows Legal Challenge · · Score: 2
    Ahem. That's "GNU/Lill GNU/Lates".

    Damn that'd be a cool name though.

  16. Re:Pre-emptive strike on Lindows Legal Challenge · · Score: 2

    How's that pronounced, anyway? Mee-nooks? Mai-naks? Wouldn't MUNIX sound a little better?

  17. Re:Pre-emptive strike on Lindows Legal Challenge · · Score: 2
    I also have no sympathy for the "Soap" detergent company.

    What were they supposed to call it? Linux?

  18. Question for IANNALs on Apple Applies For Color-Change Patent · · Score: 2
    (those being I Am NOT Not a Lawyer)

    Can someone point me in the direction of (or briefly explain) the actual (legal) requirements for something to be considered "prior art"?

    Whenever a patent story comes up, dozens of people start posting the prior art links, but I get this feeling that in reality the process of finding prior art might be a little more precise that googling for "case with flashing lights".

  19. Re:Slashdot hypocrisy pseudocode on Apple Applies For Color-Change Patent · · Score: 2
    I don't get it. Why are people not allowed to like or dislike companies? I'm very much within my rights to dislike a company, even for no reason at all. There is just no reason for me to be strictly obejctive about this.

    btw, what sort of bastard language is that? Perl style variables, with what looks like java style objects (but all with the method story() and the action in the name of the object - seems a bit backwards), and some god-awful 'within' syntax. - Yikes! Wouldn't want to code that for a living :)

  20. Re:Mutants? on Putting A Lid On Chernobyl · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course all the animals were radically affected. Approximately half of these animals are now gigantic and are terrorizing Japan as we speak. The other half have become smart-talking, hip ninjas.

  21. Re:Mutants? on Putting A Lid On Chernobyl · · Score: 2

    Not sure what they meant, but modern genetics isn't anywhere precise enough to detect "approximately 10,000 years worth" of evolution; that's just a tiny amount of time.

  22. Re:Spam Conference... on Spam Conference in Boston · · Score: 5, Funny
    Besides, what keeps spammers from attending the conference and figuring out how all the spam guarding stuff works?

    We'll all talk really quietly.

  23. Re:What's so difficult? on Spam Conference in Boston · · Score: 1, Redundant

    hehe, good one.

  24. Re:consider running an opcode cache on PHP 4.3.0 Released · · Score: 2
    Thank you, very informative. And why would I want to search for all this myself when I could just ask knowledgeable people and quickly get a summary of all I wanted to know? :)

    All in all error handling in php is better then perl and worse then java.

    This I find hard to believe, the only advantage java has over perl in this regard is checked exceptions (and certainly enough arguing has taken place over whether or not this is actually a good thing). So PHP adds a feature over and above perl's Error.pm which insn't quite as good as checked exceptions but enought to make it better?

    Anyway, thanks for the answers, this was a very useful troll.

  25. Re:It bites, but big deal. on Open Source, Closed Documentation? · · Score: 2
    how is this any different from them requiring you to pay for the manual?

    Except that you are not prohibited from telling others what you read in the manual. At least the way I understand it.