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  1. Re:Duh on Ask Slashdot: One Framework To Rule Them All? · · Score: 1

    Nah. At the level of abstraction you're operating at w/ asm you're not going to do too much damage if you cock up. With something like Lisp or Haskell, where you're composing compositions of abstractions of lazy sequences of whatever else... it gets easy to fuck a lot of stuff up really quickly.

  2. Re:Why do you want to be hired? on How Does a Self-Taught Computer Geek Get Hired? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So good luck figuring out what the real secret to success is.

    Upbringing, networking, persistence, work and a hefty dose of luck.

  3. Re:Different counter-measures for different threat on Inside Newegg's East Coast Distribution Center · · Score: 1

    Hahaha was that CompUSA Skokie #177? That sounds really, really familiar. Or maybe it was just an epidemic cause that exact situation played out there too.

  4. Re:DMCA on RIAA Lawyer Complains DMCA May Need Revamp · · Score: 1

    Digital can also refer to the fact that you have 10 digits (fingers).

  5. Re:Will this be a library or a rental? on Amazon Launching eBook Lending Program, Publishers Unenthusiastic · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Remember that libraries are not free, in fact you subsidize them with your property taxes (in the US, idk about other countries). Libraries are awesome, but they are not "free".

  6. Re:Update & security responsiveness on How Can I Justify Using Red Hat When CentOS Exists? · · Score: 1
  7. Re:haskell for the masses? sure, but only... on OCaml For the Masses · · Score: 1

    DGC : Prolog :: Monad : Haskell

  8. Re:usb tethering? on Sprint Customers Face 5GB Hotspot Data Cap, As of Oct. 2 · · Score: 1

    Wow, I'm just a regular guy who rides the train and I've used both, and VZW's 4G LTE is objectively better. Also, you should probably get your asperger's under control, it's not normal to lash out with near-zero information like that.

  9. Re:usb tethering? on Sprint Customers Face 5GB Hotspot Data Cap, As of Oct. 2 · · Score: 1

    WIMAX sucks ass anyhow, get Verizon's LTE 4G, it's really nice.

  10. Re:I don't know... on Demystifying UEFI, the Overdue BIOS Replacement · · Score: 1

    It's simply the 30-year-long second-system syndrome.

  11. Re:So... on New Sony PSN ToS: Class Action Waiver Included · · Score: 5, Informative
  12. Re:Shills on Neal Gafter On Java Under Oracle · · Score: 2, Insightful

    At least he explains why. MS has way more resources than Sun ever could manage. It surprises me that Java even got out the door, honestly. Also recall that MS hired the best and brightest away from Borland a few years before the inception of .NET. And look, the best of them (Anders) architects C# now.

  13. Re:please please please on Google To Introduce New Programming Language — Dart · · Score: 1

    The first is subjective... there are plenty of good things about dynamic weak typing.
    ASI is garbage... and you're right so I personally don't use it.
    I haven't been bit by scoping rules too many times, I think that's mostly because I don't write JS like it's C or Java.
    I honestly never ever use octal. Either decimal or hex. That is a valid gripe but a small one.
    The === vs == operator thing is dumb, but hardly as dumb as PHP's situation, and honestly in all the lines of JS I've written, I've never had to use ===.
    Dumb but a small issue.
    Dumb as well, but easily mitigated by not doing it.
    You can poor-man's namespace. It's not as elegant as Java's or C++'s namespaces, but plenty of people manage to make it work.

  14. Re:please please please on Google To Introduce New Programming Language — Dart · · Score: 1

    Hahaha ok buddy, go tell that to the folks who wrote node.js or couchdb.

  15. Re:please please please on Google To Introduce New Programming Language — Dart · · Score: 1

    Cause I like javascript and I wanna hear why others don't?

  16. Re:please please please on Google To Introduce New Programming Language — Dart · · Score: 1

    Can you discuss why you don't like JS? I personally like JS (coffeescript more so), and would like to hear your thoughts on the language.

  17. Re:you don't want this on Wicked Lasers Introduces Handheld One-Watt Green Laser · · Score: 1
    You should read up on Illinois' castle doctrine. It's actually pretty permissive as far as your ability to defend yourself / family in your domicile. Cribbed from wikipedia:

    (720 ILCS 5/) Criminal Code of 1961 Section 7. Justifiable use of force. Use of deadly force justified if the person reasonably believes they are in danger of death or great physical harm. Use of deadly force justified if the unlawful entry is violent, or the person believes the attacker will commit a felony upon gaining entry. Section 7-2(b). Prevents the aggressor from filing any claim against the defender unless the use of force involved "willful or wanton misconduct". Illinois has no requirement of retreat. (People v. Bush, 111 N.E.2d 326 Ill. 1953).

    That said, the lack of CCW and the bullshit FOID are another story all together...

  18. Re:I can't figure out why this is remarkable on Installing Linux On a 386 Laptop · · Score: 1

    i386 simply means it requires a 32-bit mode

  19. Re:Rainy day on Installing Linux On a 386 Laptop · · Score: 1

    Back in the early 2000's I built kernel 2.0.36 on a 1994-era 40MHz 486DLC (shitty TI/Cyrix chip) w/ 12MB of RAM and it took about 10 hours. The AMD 386 my dad bought in like 1995 was also 40MHz and would stomp that 486 piece of garbage. I bet if you could find a high end 386 w/ 12MB of fastpage it would take about the same amount of time.

  20. Re:I am an HFT programmer on How and Why Wall Street Programmers Earn Top Salaries · · Score: 1

    That's actually front-running. It's illegal but it happens.

  21. Re:Hope they call it 3M on Mathematics Museum To Open In Manhattan · · Score: 1

    Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing.

  22. Re:9 Browsers compared on 9 Browsers Compared For Speed and Features · · Score: 1

    The Reverse Rodney King Paradox?

  23. Re:Zsh has had these features for years on BASH 4.0 Released · · Score: 1

    How can you forget K&R brace style vs BSD brace style?

  24. Re:Twice as fast... on Ruby 1.9.1 Released · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What the hell are you talking about? None of what you said makes sense.

  25. Re:1 question on KDE 4.2 Is Released · · Score: 5, Informative

    Are you kidding? Slashdot's general consensus has not been merciful towards KDE. In fact, most of what I have read has been "I switched to [GNOME|xfce|fluxbox] because of KDE4". Pretty damning.