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  1. Re:Nice but... on Biggest Changes In C++11 (and Why You Should Care) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, just a little known compiler called GCC.

  2. Re:Hypothetical on Why Apple's DUI Checkpoint App Ban Is Stupid · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wow. I want an app that tells me where you're driving so I can avoid you.

  3. Re:More like iDoughnut on Apple Plans New Spaceship-like Campus · · Score: 1

    They ask the Queen to stop? And if she doesn't do they resort to sigkill?

  4. Re:Paul Revere's own words... on Palin Fans Deface Paul Revere Wikipedia Page · · Score: 1

    If she's that bad at answering a basic question about our nation's history, I'm pretty sure she shouldn't be speaking for anybody, officially or unofficially.

  5. Re:Dubious... on Palin Fans Deface Paul Revere Wikipedia Page · · Score: 0

    You know why Palin is news, but that seems to be the part of the discussion nobody wants to have; why a nobody idiot quitter from Alaska should be getting paid to ride around on a bus spouting nonsense. Publicly denounce her employer, News Corp. Without them, she's just a jobless nobody.

  6. Re:So... on Murder Trial May Turn On Missing Router · · Score: 1

    *whoosh*

  7. So... on Murder Trial May Turn On Missing Router · · Score: 0

    How do you turn on a missing router? WOL?

  8. Re:Might not be bad... on 77 Million Accounts Stolen From Playstation Network · · Score: 1

    As an attacker, which would you rather learn, the hash for one system or the password the user chose for possibly numerous other systems as well?

  9. Re:Inflammatory headline on Pirated Android App Shames Freeloaders · · Score: 1

    *whoosh*

  10. Re:Is DEMOCRACY a crime? on Poole To Zuckerberg: You’re Doing It Wrong · · Score: 1

    Um, your vote is secret. Get it?

  11. Re:I will be closing my BOA account.... on Anonymous Leaks Internal Bank of America Emails · · Score: 1

    What? Houses and real estate are the same thing. I don't know what a "bank investment" is. 401k isn't an investment.

    Research fixed income instruments. If your goal is to get a nice return over your lifetime, get into treasury bonds and just ride the compounding interest. One lesson we learned from the most recent economic disaster was to know what you're investing in. Mortgage backed securities fall into the category of fixed income. Now we are reminded to be skeptics.

  12. Re:I will be closing my BOA account.... on Anonymous Leaks Internal Bank of America Emails · · Score: 2

    I suggest you look further out than one year and stop worrying about how much money you lost by not buying gold. You could just as easily have lost it buying gold (as many have done throughout history). Invest in stable, predictable products that provide a reasonable rate of return over a lifetime. One year is get-rich-quick talk.

  13. Re:I will be closing my BOA account.... on Anonymous Leaks Internal Bank of America Emails · · Score: 1

    Lies, damned lies and statistics. Gold dropped almost 50% between 1989 and 2000.

    Oddly fascinated by your lack of reference on the 35% figure. Did you just make that up or something? And 35% return from when?

  14. Re:I will be closing my BOA account.... on Anonymous Leaks Internal Bank of America Emails · · Score: 1

    I still would laugh. Even through the economic disaster of the last few years no depositors lost money from FDIC backed banks. Perhaps the lesson here is it's better to keep your money in the bank rather than toss it at the open market.

  15. Re:You wanted it, you got it. on Apple eBook Rules Changing For Sellers · · Score: 1

    Oh no! I can still buy regular books!

  16. Re:I bought my PS3 dammit! on New PS3 Firmware Contains Backdoor · · Score: 1

    Don't some games contain firmware updates on the disc?

  17. ...but it IS public data on Facebook Posts Mined For Courtroom Evidence · · Score: 1

    Why is it worrying that judges consider social media content public data? If you don't want someone to know about it, don't put it on a publicly accessible website. The Internet is not a toy. It's real life.

  18. Re:This is a known problem with Apple TV on Mail Service Costs Netflix 20x More Than Streaming · · Score: 1

    Not sure what you think that article is about, but it's saying that if you use a centralized DNS server then you'll get bad distribution from Akamai, etc.

    It's not an Apple TV setting, it's a setting for your network. Doesn't explain GP's findings.

  19. Re:Ugh on Jimmy Wales Declares App Store Models a Threat · · Score: 3, Funny

    The ApplicationCache object's cache host is associated with an application cache whose application cache group's update status is idle, and that application cache is the newest cache in its application cache group, and the application cache group is not marked as obsolete.

    Wow. English major?

  20. Re:Too little and too much, way too late on An Interview With C++ Creator Bjarne Stroustrup · · Score: 1

    The world runs on C++. You're ignorant.

  21. Re:Do you have any idea? on Some Hotmail Accounts Wiped · · Score: 2

    No, he's sans humor.

  22. Re:Heck on Using the Web To Turn Kids Into Autodidacts · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This. College is the absolute best place to explore targeted, interesting disciplines which you won't know about by cruising Wikipedia. If you're not getting your money's worth, you're doing it wrong.

  23. Re:Not Just Hateb by the Left on Sarah Palin 'Target WikiLeaks Like Taliban' · · Score: 1

    Redistribution of wealth is outlined in the first sentence of Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. This is known as the Taxing and Spending Clause, and the General Welfare Clause is found toward the end.

    The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

    In general, there have been disagreements about the General Welfare clause since the nation was founded, but the courts lately (the last 80 years or so) have upheld a broad interpretation, giving Congress the power to spend money on anything that provides for the health, wealth and prosperity of all Americans.

  24. Re:VLC developer using this as soapbox!!! on VLC Developer Takes a Stand Against DRM Enforcement · · Score: 1

    Exactly. This is why "free" isn't a Utopian concept. Totally free means you can kill me without restriction.

    I rather like restrictions.

  25. Re:Main item on my wishlist on Diablo 3 Hands-On · · Score: 1

    thereisnocowlevel