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  1. Re:Tax axiom 0: no such thing as corporate tax. on 10% Tax On Custom Software, $100M Tax Cut For Microsoft · · Score: 1

    if that 10th programmer wasn't pulling his weight, then why was he still employed?

  2. 59 spam messages isn't that many. on Malicious Spam Jumps To 3B Messages Per Day · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You nerds sure get hyped up over 59 spam messages a day. That really isn't that much when you think about the whole internet.

    Wait... you mean that wasn't hex?

  3. Is there no end to the data being collected? on Personalized Search From Google Now Opt-Out · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've had my browser cookies turned off for 8 years. I only use cash to make purchases. I don't even use the bathroom in my house because I'm worried THEY are watching what I'm eating. Sure my basement is filled with mason jars filled with crap, but it isn't as difficult as you might think. You also get used to the smell after a while. It is a small price to pay to not have the government know what I'm eating/drinking.

  4. Re:HOWTO: Using a SUBSET to create LOCK-IN!!! on Sun's Phipps Slams App Engine's Java Support · · Score: 1

    No, it is you who still don't get it.

    Yes, you have to code differently for the google app engine. Code deployed on other app servers will most likely not be ready to compile directly to the GAE.

    Code on the GAE however would easily be ported to other servers... See how this is different? You would have to create your tables and set up your configuration settings.

    The thing you don't seem to understand is that if you write an app for the app engine it can be ported to another container. This is a true statement.

    Something written on another container is not able to be easily moved to google. This also is true of a subset. All things in the app engine are a part of the java spec.

    Not all things in the java spec are available in the google app engine. This isn't a difficult concept. It isn't creating lock-in to make it hard to move to the app-engine but easy to leave.

  5. Re:HOWTO: Using a SUBSET to create LOCK-IN!!! on Sun's Phipps Slams App Engine's Java Support · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Your theory falls flat when you hit point #2

    The following packages do not exist.
    google.io.*
    google.threads.*
    google.db.*
    google.util.*

    If, in the future, google does add those libraries, I would fully expect them to be opensourced.

  6. Re:Sauce for the goose... on Sun's Phipps Slams App Engine's Java Support · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How does using a subset of java 'Lock you in' to google? You can take that implementation and go anywhere that has the full version of java available and install your app there. It will work with some configuration changes.

    My guess is Google doesn't allow you to play with threads for performance reasons. The file i.o. is because of the system architecture. You need to write to a filesystem, you have to write to memcache.

    As someone who is looking to write an app on the engine, some of their stuff bothers me, but I get why they're doing it. If I ever want to take my ball and go elsewhere, I will always have that ability.

  7. I like this summary on I'm a PC and I'm 4-1/2 · · Score: 1

    I like this summary because windows is bad and the summary finds something bad to say about windows.

  8. Re:Well well.. on 2009, Year of the Linux Delusion · · Score: 1

    Linux is not easy for new people to jump into. Wireless network cards are still a problem. Drivers still are hard to come by, and if I want to download a program and install it, it is not intuitive like it is in windows.

  9. Re:Failure is the only possible result on Obama Wants Broadband, Computers Part of Stimulus · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Your a idiot.

    Hoover tried protectionism. Look up the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act. It wasn't increased spending... it was protectionism and the dustbowl that made the Global recession so bad.

  10. I fully endorse this. on Saline Agriculture As the Future of Food · · Score: 5, Funny

    Next step, salt water taffy farms.

  11. Re:woohoo on Python 3.0 Released · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes it is.

  12. The CATO institute? on Network Neutrality — Without Regulation · · Score: 3, Funny

    Since this is from the CATO institute, I will just go ahead and assume all their conclusions are bullshit.

  13. So, um where did you go to school? on Beating the College Bubble · · Score: 1

    Exactly how much are you drinking that it takes a week for your hangover to go away?

    Kudos to you sir.

  14. I don't think this is patentable on Halliburton Applies For Patent-Trolling Patent · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This sounds like a process that could be done mentally, meaning it involves no technology of any kind. Just recently these types of patents were ruled to be unpatentable, so my guess is this is not a patentable process /IANAL

  15. Re:RIAA Looses $222K Verdict on RIAA Loses $222K Verdict · · Score: 1

    It is nice to see someone else around here who doesn't talk like a fag

  16. And the #1 Threat to Planet Earth on "Water Bears" First Animals to Survive Trip Into Space Naked · · Score: 1

    Space dwelling Water Bears!

  17. Re:Ignorant Post on The Viterbi Algorithm and Quantum Communications · · Score: 1

    What would happen to the spinning of one particle if it was the subject to massive time dilation from either being close to the speed of light or within the event horizon of a black hole?

  18. Re:A YEAR old? on Five AJAX Frameworks Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Everything seems old. the google web toolkit is 1.0, and they now are on 1.3 and it has matured greatly.

    This seems like the equivlent of comparing Oracle 8.0 with SQL server 6.5 and informix 7.1 or whatever. It just isn't a relevant comparison anymore.

  19. Re:alternatively... on Daylight Saving Change Saved No Power · · Score: 1

    Because 3 hours of after-work daylight isn't enough... sheesh.


    Or alternatively, the sun rising at 5am is one hour too late for the terminally lazy who are unable to change their clocks.

    Time is just a standard measurement that is agreed upon by all people because it makes life easier. Having noon be the hour when the sun is at the zenith no longer has any real value as we all have a standard time to reference. By changing the common reference, we are maximizing the time the sun is out for most people.

    Yes, we could change the time of absolutely everything so you didn't have to worry about the inconvenience of daylight saving time, but it is one helluva lot easier to ask you to change your clocks twice a year.
  20. Re:Whiners on PlayStation 3 May Play Too Much · · Score: 1
    It washes the dishes AND plays GTA

    Sounds like a woman I'd like to meet.
  21. Re:OMG! on iTunes is Malware? · · Score: 1

    I wish I could mod the troll mod +1 funny

  22. People still buy game magizines? on A Shoe To The Head For Game Journalism · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Is it because they enjoy reading about stuff that is 2 months old?

    Web publications are where real gamers go for their gaming news and reviews.

  23. Re:Web 2.0 on Sony's SunnComm DRM Patch a Security Risk · · Score: 1

    lol. if I had modpoints I'd mod you up funny.

  24. Re:Oh please on Microsoft Sued Over Alleged Xbox 360 Defects · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ya that is just what the government needs... more fucking money to spend building bridges to nowhere.

  25. Re:Superman V? on Superman V: The Sordid Story · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hate to break it to you, but that movie was never made.

    Yes you may have some sort of recollection of a something like this but get this. It didn't happen. You may be able to provide a link to IMDB or even a link to a torrent of the movie and all I have to say to that type of information is LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALAALALA