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  1. Re:Quality on Why Wikipedia Articles Vary So Much In Quality · · Score: 1

    Google's pagerank algorithm gives a boost to older pages (and maybe pages that aren't edited frequently). Makes sense, the page has been around a while, has lots of inbound links, so it must be authoritative, right? Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

  2. Re:Good and bad. on Charles Nesson Ruled Jointly Liable To Pay RIAA · · Score: 1

    Maybe it should work both ways. If a prosecutor charges someone with a crime without getting a conviction (either because the jury found them not guilty or the charges were dropped), the prosecutor is subject to the jail time or fines that would result from a guilty verdict. Might stop prosecutors from trumping up charges (like calling a couple joints intent to distribute) or charging people without doing their due diligence.

  3. Re:Dear Ubuntu on Ubuntu Gets a New Visual Identity · · Score: 1, Funny

    they went from the color of the asshole to the color of the cock head.

  4. Re:$2 Billion?! on Hedge Fund Offers $2 Billion For Novell · · Score: 1

    I, for one, welcome our trimmed bush ladies.

  5. Re:Sold! on Hedge Fund Offers $2 Billion For Novell · · Score: 1

    same thing happened when MS did a bid for yahoo. I'm not sure who was the bigger biden -- new shareholders that bought at the top or old shareholders that didn't cash out when they had a chance.

  6. Re:Did this affect climate on Chilean Earthquake Shortened Earth's Day · · Score: 5, Funny

    either way, it's anthropogenic.

  7. Re:It's Picasa on Google Acquires Online Image Editing Tool Picnik · · Score: 1

    They've done this a dozen times or more. It's easier to buy an existing product (and the developers) than to get their own shit together.

  8. who's using it? on Google Go Capturing Developer Interest · · Score: 5, Funny

    "C++ is too hard, I'll use java. java is too hard, I'll use C#. C# is too hard, I'll use python. Python is too hard (boner?), I'll use ruby. ruby is too hard, I'll use Go." -- GoFanBoy (formerly RubyFanBoy, formerly PythonFanBoy, formerly ...)

  9. Re:Geez. on Calendar Bug Disables Older PlayStation 3 Models · · Score: 1

    the PS3 can take firmware updates from a disc. PSN could also be tweaked to relax the network/console date comparison.

  10. a vandalism detector for wikipedia on Developing a Vandalism Detector For Wikipedia · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    a vandalism detector on wikipedia is like a lameness detector on slashdot or a shit detector on your asshole.

  11. Re:damned faintly praising? on Schooling Microsoft On Random Browser Selection · · Score: 1

    Is not understanding the article (the problem wasn't with the random number generation but with how the choices were shuffled) really fucking up?

  12. "negotiate a buyout with the contractor" on The Difficulty of Dismantling Constellation · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Like they negotiated the bank bailout ("you will take this money or we will spend the next 10 years auditing you")? Like they negotiated the GM bailout ("sorry bondholders with a legal contract, we're fucking you over in favor of the unions")? Or like they negotiated the Fanny Mae, Freddy Mac, and AIG bailouts ("how much money do you want? Let's triple that just in case. Come back in 3 months and we'll give you some more.")?

  13. Re:Use a persistence library on Anatomy of a SQL Injection Attack · · Score: 1

    maybe you should use prepared statements.

  14. Re:One BILLIOIN DOLLARS on The Billion Dollar Kernel · · Score: 0, Troll

    more like ass-to-mouth, based on the linux devs I've met.

  15. beautifully type-set book? on Learning Python, 4th Edition · · Score: 1

    I'm calling bull shit on that one.

  16. Re:Why You Can't Pry IE6 Out of Their Cold Dead Ha on Why You Can't Pry IE6 Out of Their Cold, Dead Hands · · Score: 1

    there are some boomers who saw their retirement saving (or second houses) drop in value and will postpone retirement. However, there's also 20% unemployment (10% official, 10% people who stopped looking for work and no longer count). Some boomers who got laid off decided to retire early.

  17. Re:Misleading but Common on Why You Can't Pry IE6 Out of Their Cold, Dead Hands · · Score: 1

    vaccines?

  18. Re:Can someone who understands the IRS explain? on Our Low-Tech Tax Code · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you bill as an individual, 100% of the revenue (after expenses) gets hit with 15.2% ss/medicare tax. So you incorporate and instead of paying yourself a salary, the company issues a monthly dividend which is exempt from the 15.2% ss/medicare tax.

    Sounds good, but there are 3 things to keep in mind:

    1. This loophole isn't specific to consultants or software engineers. It's very common with lawyers and accountants. If an accountant didn't tell you about it, you probably wouldn't know you could do that.
    2. Half of the self-employment SS taxes are deductible.
    3. You need to pay yourself a reasonable salary. If you don't (and get caught), the IRS will treat the entire dividend as salary and they will fuck you up worse than Epic Beard Man.
  19. Re:Don't let the States hear about this on eBay Urges Rethink On EU Plan's "Brick and Mortar" Vendor Requirement · · Score: 1

    the shipping company provides a service; no sales tax is involved.

  20. Re:iPhone users should be used to this on Google Buys iPhone Search App, Kills It · · Score: 1

    holy completely unrelated issue, batman. If you want to complain about apple (and be slightly relevant), complain about them buying logic and killing the windows version. Or buying shake and killing the windows version (and eventually shake itself).

  21. time for a rename on Opera Open Sources Dragonfly · · Score: -1, Troll

    firebug : firefox :: ??? : opera

    given that opera singers are cowboy-neal level morbidly obese, how about "high cholestorol" or "heart attack"?

  22. Re:Let the NYT go out of business on Who Will Control the Cost of the NYT On Digital Readers? · · Score: 1

    I think they mean "record" as in "phonograph". Sure, a small minority still love vinyl but everyone else has moved on.

  23. Re:Gimp? on 20 Years of Photoshop · · Score: 1

    When the gimp turns 18, we'll celebrate with a gang-bang.

  24. Re:Burn All Flashes on Next Flash Version Will Support Private Browsing · · Score: 1

    The point of the campaign was to sit around pulling their pud for 5 years until the patent expired? Are they also in charge of the "Don't re-elect Barack Obama in 2016" campaign?

  25. Re:You said you prefer suspicious .exe files on Next Flash Version Will Support Private Browsing · · Score: 2, Funny

    A buddy of mine got a virus from a single white female. He has all kinds of exploits, though ... drinking, fucking, disorderly conduct, etc.