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  1. Re:Just releasing the source may not fix it on Norway Tax Auditors Want To Open Source Cash Registers To Combat Fraud · · Score: 2, Insightful

    and it doesn't guarantee that the compiler doesn't have a backdoor of it's own.

  2. Re:Why is this not major news on Reddit? on Aaron Swartz Commits Suicide · · Score: 1

    Currently 28/30. If you listen carefully, you can hear them furiously masturbating. Meanwhile, life goes on (maybe not for Aaron, but he wouldn't have wanted to see this...)

  3. Re:Why is this not major news on Reddit? on Aaron Swartz Commits Suicide · · Score: 1

    update: 27/30 hacker news front page items are currently Swartz related.

    The hacker news herd mentality couldn't be worse if they started klercking themselves (Since that would actually improve the situation :)

  4. Hey slashdot: on Symbian Sells Millions, Despite Nokia Pushing Windows Phone · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    why do you repost this slash-bi-curious / slash cloud shit on the front page?

    Why not make Nerval's lobster an editor so we can ignore this shit?

  5. Re:mo3 do3n on Standard Kilogram Gains Weight · · Score: 1

    The standard kilogram is gaining weight and the standard goatse is gaining size.

  6. Re:So do they work or not? on Adobe's Strange Software Giveaway: Goof, Or Clever Marketing? · · Score: 2

    That can't be right -- They're turning off the activation servers so CS2 user's can't reinstall with their existing keys. Either the new binaries don't do the activation check (in which case, why did they provide new keys?) or the new keys are magic and don't require an activation check (in which case, why did they provide new binaries?) or a combination of both.

  7. Re:Does Microsoft make bad versions deliberately? on 'Gorilla Arm' Will Keep Touch Screens From Taking Over · · Score: 2

    iOS uses a .app suffix because OS X uses a .app suffix. OS X uses a .app suffix because OpenStep used a .app suffix. Openstep used a .app suffix because NextStep used a .app suffix.

    Tim Berners-Lee developed the HTTP protocol and first web browser (WorldWideWeb.app) using NextStep in 1990 so I think it's safe to say .app precedes web apps.

  8. Re:Why not tax tires instead? on Oregon Lawmakers Propose Mileage Tax On Fuel Efficient Vehicles · · Score: 1

    The average driver (20-55) drives 15,000 miles per year. At 30 mpg, that's 500 gallons *.30/gallon tax = $150/year. Tires get 50-60,000 miles, so they really only need to be replaced every 3-4 years. Adding $600 of taxes to $300 of tires isn't going to go over well.

  9. Re:Lame on Oregon Lawmakers Propose Mileage Tax On Fuel Efficient Vehicles · · Score: 1

    and what will you do after conventional drivers are taxed to the point there are no more gasoline cars and no gasoline taxes?

  10. Re:How do they do it? on Oregon Lawmakers Propose Mileage Tax On Fuel Efficient Vehicles · · Score: 3, Insightful

    In which case you would be taxed for miles driven outside the state.

  11. Re:Honesty on Ask Slashdot: How Can I Explain To a Coworker That He Writes Bad Code? · · Score: 1

    Next up on ask slashdot: How can I explain to a coworker that running naked backwards through a corn field is painful?

  12. Re:Gambit failed on Google, FTC Settle Antitrust Case · · Score: 1

    12. Plus another 500 million in losses over the past 2 quarters.

  13. Re:Pthhhhttpppt on All Ruby On Rails Versions Suffer SQL Injection Flaw · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Joe Public shouldn't have your HMAC key, but Joe Disgruntled Former Employee/Consultant might. And he might also be disgruntled.

  14. Re:LOLOLOLOL on GNU C Library 2.17 Announced, Includes Support For 64-bit ARM · · Score: 1

    The GNU Mascot has horns.

  15. Re:Retaliate? on Samsung Retaliates Against Ericsson With Patent Complaint · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yeah, total coincidence Samsung ignored this blatent infringement for years and only filed a lawsuit after Erricsson did first. On second thought, maybe your dictionary is broken.

    retaliate (v) make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil; (and this is slashdot, where patents are evil).

  16. Re:Cool story, really.... on Debian m68k Port Resurrected · · Score: 1

    You could try e17. Since it was designed for mid-90s era computers.

  17. Re:Growth promotors on UK Milk Supply Contains New MRSA Strain · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The same thing is happening in the US (not MRSA in milk specifically, but antibiotics are a standard part of cow chow)

  18. Re:why ? on Debian m68k Port Resurrected · · Score: 2

    CodeSourcery was paid to implement TLS for the coldfire. Debian wasn't paid to resurrect the m68k port.

  19. Re:Economic Remedy? on The New Ethanol Blend May Damage Your Vehicle · · Score: 1

    Have you ever witnessed the anger of the good shopkeeper, James Goodfellow, when his careless son has happened to break a pane of glass? If you have been present at such a scene, you will most assuredly bear witness to the fact that every one of the spectators, were there even thirty of them, by common consent apparently, offered the unfortunate owner this invariable consolation—"It is an ill wind that blows nobody good. Everybody must live, and what would become of the glaziers if panes of glass were never broken?"

    Now, this form of condolence contains an entire theory, which it will be well to show up in this simple case, seeing that it is precisely the same as that which, unhappily, regulates the greater part of our economical institutions.

    Suppose it cost six francs to repair the damage, and you say that the accident brings six francs to the glazier's trade—that it encourages that trade to the amount of six francs—I grant it; I have not a word to say against it; you reason justly. The glazier comes, performs his task, receives his six francs, rubs his hands, and, in his heart, blesses the careless child. All this is that which is seen.

    But if, on the other hand, you come to the conclusion, as is too often the case, that it is a good thing to break windows, that it causes money to circulate, and that the encouragement of industry in general will be the result of it, you will oblige me to call out, "Stop there! Your theory is confined to that which is seen; it takes no account of that which is not seen."

    It is not seen that as our shopkeeper has spent six francs upon one thing, he cannot spend them upon another. It is not seen that if he had not had a window to replace, he would, perhaps, have replaced his old shoes, or added another book to his library. In short, he would have employed his six francs in some way, which this accident has prevented.

  20. Re:For the best on Bee Venom Has "Botox-Like Effect," Is Worth 7 Times As Much As Gold · · Score: 1

    yes, those people need to be replaced.

  21. Re:This is a seriously bad idea I think... on FDA Closer To Approving Biotech Salmon · · Score: 1

    Farm fish have a tendency to escape into the wild.

  22. Re:Impossible on Google Chrome 25 Will Disable Silent Extension Installation · · Score: 2

    If Chrome can post a message to Google's server, Evil Plugin Installer can also post a fake message to Google's server. Your second choice sounds like a walled garden, which isn't bad, but it'll be messy to clean up after all those heads are blown...

  23. Re:Impossible on Google Chrome 25 Will Disable Silent Extension Installation · · Score: 3, Insightful

    An elevated process can also update the encrypted list.

  24. Re:VLC on VLC For Windows 8 Reaches $65,000 Funding Goal On Kickstarter · · Score: 2

    He worked for Nokia, so not as likely.

  25. Re:Distaste of C++ on GNU Grep and Sed Maintainer Quits: RMS and FSF Harming GNU Project · · Score: 1

    Bjarne Stroustrup is the father of c++. If you go read his interviews about why he created c++, you'll see that he hates C. But C was popular so he built C++ on top of it. Think about that. If you married a girl and told her she's fat and ugly and you only married her because her dad's rich.. that might upset her.

    Think about that and some of the C++ design decisions take on a new light. For example, std::auto_ptr (deprecated in c++11) didn't work with arrays because you should use std::vector instead. But you need that array for C interoperability or better performance? Well fuck you. That said, c++11 is much nicer but it's still moving further and further away from C.