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  1. Re:Can't we wait? on Windows Media Player 11 Released · · Score: 1

    I think the best player in the market is currently AlShow, if you dont watch mkv there is no codecs needed. It's free and that same company also makes the free AlZip, perhaps the best decompressor I have ever seen.

    If anyone has anything better please share some ideas.

  2. Re:128 Corridor on Hiring (Superstar) Programmers · · Score: 1

    Having HR contacts for a long time in many states. I will say that MA is a great hub for techies in their 20s. The opporunities are endless. Once they hit about 30, and decide to buy a house, they are stuck since their salary are well below local real-estate medians.

    People are smart nowadays. No one wants to owe money for life. So they move out, freeing up the job for the next wave of employees. The cycle repeats. MA is ranked top 5 with most # of people relocating out of state every year.

  3. Re:Hong Kong Rocks on If Not America, Then Where? · · Score: 1

    From what I saw when I was consulting. The government housing are available to people with HK citizenships/people born there. Me being a US citizen need to whipout some serious cash to even consider 800sq ft apartment. But you can travel there and stay at a nice hotel. Until you start shopping for the most rare of animes, robots and gizmos. Then youll realize there is no room to store anything.

  4. Re:Hong Kong Rocks on If Not America, Then Where? · · Score: 1

    I went to Hong Kong a couple years ago for a consulting gig and was absolutely blown away! I am white and had no problem fitting in with the british crowd down there. Though the local chinese people there are awesome! Ultra hot chicks too! They just want to live life everyday 24x7 and don't have any of that American-take-over-world ego. Best restaurants in the world with the best blend of europe, asia I have ever seen. Subways and taxi service are the best I have ever seen. NY should step aside. HK = Entertainment galore.

    The only thing keeping me away is the insane real estate prices. It makes manhattan look like walmart pricecuts. Lets just say I was crying on my way back from Hong Kong cause American lifestyle don't remotely compare. US is not even in the same league. I would have cut my US passport in half if I could afford HK housing.

  5. Re:oblig on Steve Irwin Dead · · Score: 1

    Really? Most people are shocked he was alived this long toying with every man-eating animal on the planet.

  6. Re:1999: My Life *was* hell; then Columbine on Bully Trailer Hits the Web · · Score: 1

    Biologically speaking, kids have far more available brain sells than an older adult. They have not have lived long enough to sink into the culture, but damn they can learn anything faster than an adult can.

    If they haven't learned that bullying others is wrong, is because their parents fucked up somewhere and didn't show them right. It has nothing to do with whether the kid can do math.

  7. Re:Quarantine NOW! on Contagious Cancer Found in Dogs · · Score: 1

    That's alright. We americans eat cows, and we'll get clubbed in India for it.

  8. Re:Leaving CA isn't as scary as you'd think. on Places Rated, Skeptically · · Score: 1

    You are insane to want to live in MA. It has the worst of everything. Brutally high cost of living, poor traffic, aweful snow storms. The state is practically stuck in time with no more room for developments. The tax money get wasted on big dig and other construction scams. The city hasn't figured out how to fill a pothole. The urban scene can't possibly compete against NY. The subway system is a joke for closing so early.

    It tries to do suburbs but can't do it right. Go to CT, ME, NH for some real nice suburbs. It claims to be diverse, but it's the most segregated state I have ever seen. If there weren't so many colleges, there would be no minorities. Trust me I have traveled to and stayed at least 25 states to even make this comparison. People are assholes in general, there is no part of MA that is welcoming.

  9. Re:War on Modern Humans Far More Robust Than Ancestors · · Score: 1

    When you say foreign genes being more attractive, I don't know if you mean physical appeal or a biological advantage. In theory there is no genetic advantage to a white person in the US marrying a white person in France for example, and having kids. You need to be involved interracially to get a genetic advantage where the best of dominant and recessive genes are combined.

  10. Re:What a crock of self-important crap on Investing Tips for College Students? · · Score: 1

    If you want good grades, just go to an easy school. After working years and years I have come to the conclusion that you get paid slightly more coming out of graduation. By the time you apply for a 2nd or 3rd job, nobody cares what school you went to anymore. So save yourself some money there. Pick something cheap!!

  11. Re:Well could be worse for red hat on Oracle to Offer RedHat Support? · · Score: 1

    I am convinced there is only a small handfull of engineers that can truely master the art of solving a linux kernel problem. And people that good generally don't work for support. If redhat can figure out how to simplify the kernel to the point where compiling is never needed, the unix market is theirs to take.

  12. Re:wtf? on Forbes Now Thinks Carly Saved HP · · Score: 1

    The original poster is somewhat right despite the wording. When a key manager leaves, nothing happens. When a key engineers leave, the products are fucked! That has been the case in just about every company I have seen.

  13. Re:"Superpower" is over-rated... on The Myth of the New India · · Score: 1

    We Americans should do ourselves a huge favor and STFU when it comes to bragging about our lifestyle. The more I travel around the world, the more I come to conclude that the most miserable people are us.

    We are extremely dedicated to a 9 to 5 schedule. Most of us are limited to 3 weeks of vacations, a couple of holidays. We owe way too much money in our lifetime, insurance, cars, real estate. Screwed by taxes. Personally I know of 4 very white suburban-born Americans who moved to China, Japan, Hong Kong for temporary work, and ended up never wanting to move back to the US. Life here is highly overrated. Less than 1% actually live like the superstars on MTV. If it wasn't for the language barrier, I'd move there too.

  14. Re:all going to crap on EMC Buys RSA Security for $2.1B · · Score: 1

    If you mean HDS, I'd have to say HDS products singlehandedly blow them away. The fact that you need that much EMC support behind an array that you paid $1 million for, is mind boggling. Is a sick business model but EMC now have something like a ratio of 4 salesguy to 1 engineer at most major datacenters. Good service? They just want you looking the other way.

  15. Re:Speaking of monopolies... on Bill Gates to Step Down from Microsoft · · Score: 0, Troll

    The charity work publicized is just the icing on the cake. You can be sure this guy has hidden agendas left and right. What is better than having infinite amount of money? An infinite amount of people at your disposal. Think about that one.

  16. Re:Time to change banks... on Techies Asked To Train Foreign Replacements · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The language barrier is really a 2 sided debate.

    These people are very interested in learning English and improve their lives. Many of them make alot of sacrifices by coming here. Ask yourself how many Americans quit their minimum wage mcdonalds job to become a contractor in Iraq for big bucks. I am not Indian or remotely close to it. But I have to admit that the language thing is becoming less and less of a factor. They'll just replace one Indian support person with 5 others until it works.

  17. Re:Big deal on U.S.Laws May Make Online Job Hunting Harder · · Score: 1

    If they are doing all this to stop illegal aliens they are wasting time and money. That group traditionally go for very low end jobs that can evade taxes under the table. Online jobs are typically more engineering and business related. Federal guideline? Does this mean it has to do with the Bush administration?

  18. Re:My guess for their next move on Feds Asked to Take Action Against Adware Creator · · Score: 1

    Don't give them any ideas.

  19. Re:Spectator gaming... on Competitive Gaming Hits the Mainstream · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I used to play an unhealthy dose of Unreal Tournament and Wolfenstein games online, and I would get my hands on any clan scrimmages clip/replays whenever I can. It was insane seeing how creative some teams are in their attack plan.

    Then someone would give me a clip of some other game I have never played. Immediately I would loose interest. I think there is a market for video game TV, it just has to be a popular game in a 3rd person view. Otherwise it must be some serious eyecandy.

  20. Re:Way off the mark on Defying Review Aggregation · · Score: 1

    Look at Gamespot, the page is flooded with 8 layers of advertisements. Gamerankings has ads, but it is still orderly and not flash flooded. Sometimes the best comments are those from ebworld and amazon where the consumer happens to discover something negative 6 weeks into owning a game. Now that is helpful.

  21. Re:Xen on OpenVZ Pushing for Linux Kernel Inclusion · · Score: 1

    I believe this is not the first time Linux can be splitted like a container. When Linux runs on IBM hardware, it can already split into Sysplex and LPARs.

  22. Re:Commerce Government on Beijing's New Enforcer - Microsoft · · Score: 1

    This is a doubledge sword.

    If you are Bill Gates, who better to work with than the head of China in charge of a billion potential customers.

    If you are the head of China in charge, who better to work with than the richest guy on the planet.

  23. Re:What really matters ... on Firefox Usage Climbing In Europe · · Score: 1

    Only pages I know with firefox viewing problems are all internal corporate web apps which purposely block out firefox so they only have to support 1 browser. If firefox ever reach the 40% popularity mark, you can bet it'll be equally supported.

  24. Re:No AMD macs? on Ars Technica Reviews Intel iMacs · · Score: 1

    You said nothing about why Intel is more innovative than AMD. The only thing you did was post as anonymous coward and say Apple wants to be anti-oem. No shit. You're just pissed that I might be right about your godly Steve Jobs using Dell as a guide to a better business model.

  25. Re:No AMD macs? on Ars Technica Reviews Intel iMacs · · Score: 0

    In 1997 Dell CEO said if he was running Apple, "I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders." Fastforward to 2006, and now Apple chose the same processor that Dell so heavily rely on. Of all the reasons, I just don't believe AMD can't manufacture enough chips. I think Steve Jobs always wanted to use Dell as the model to follow whether his mouth admits it or not.