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  1. KIRK VS PICARD on Microsoft's "New Coke" Moment? · · Score: 1

    Because I want this thread to be even longer than it already is.

  2. Why doesn't he just use his Jetpack? on Elon Musk Hates 405 Freeway Traffic, Pays Money To Speed Construction · · Score: 1

    ntr

  3. Re:You're using it wrong on Oracle Fixes 42 Security Vulnerabilities In Java · · Score: 0

    Something like jshot http://jshot.info/ you mean? Works great for me on Mac and Windoze. I don't know or care about the .02% of Linux garbage. Maybe if the Linux clowns could get their act together. .....

  4. Re:And this is where Oracle is failing... on Oracle Fixes 42 Security Vulnerabilities In Java · · Score: 1

    Citation? I thought not. Try harder.

  5. Re:Warning: ask.com toolbar on Oracle Fixes 42 Security Vulnerabilities In Java · · Score: 1

    What about Flash? That installs a google toolbar and McAfee and doesn't even give me a choice. Where's the rage? I guess cause it's a google toolbar it's OK then?

  6. Re:You're using it wrong on Oracle Fixes 42 Security Vulnerabilities In Java · · Score: 1

    Citation? I thought not.

  7. Re:And this is where Oracle is failing... on Oracle Fixes 42 Security Vulnerabilities In Java · · Score: 1

    Nice troll.

  8. whats next? on What's Next For Smartphone Innovation · · Score: 1

    Flip phones with Star Trek sounds of course!

  9. Let the fun begin! on The Search Engine More Dangerous Than Google · · Score: 1

    NTR

  10. Re:Not native on Qt 5.1 Adds Android and iOS Support · · Score: 1

    It's all a matter of effort. See http://jshot.info/ for an example. And AVG is written in QT and is awful in Windows.

  11. Re:Not native on Qt 5.1 Adds Android and iOS Support · · Score: 0

    That's what Java *does*. FTFY.

  12. Re:Maybe it was just my youth but... on Rare Docs Show How Apple Created Apple II DOS · · Score: 2
  13. Trademark on Oracle Clings To Java API Copyrights · · Score: 1

    Why didn't Oracle sue over the Trademark instead? It worked for Sun against Microsoft.

  14. I don't trust Digg anymore with anything.

  15. Spend their money rescuing hubble on Bezos Expeditions Recovers Pieces of Apollo 11 Rockets · · Score: 1

    I wish one of these clowns would spend their money bringing Hubble home. It's done so much - it would be awesome to have it at the air and space museum. OR at least buy Captain Marvel from DC and give it to Marvel Comics. /s

  16. T430s on Are Lenovo's ThinkPads Getting Worse? · · Score: 1

    I love my T430s - can't comment on newer ones.

  17. Re:Java and flash... on Apple Nabs Java Exploit That Bypassed Disabled Plugin · · Score: 1

    Er, Java and Flash are written in C or C++.

  18. Libre? on Trisquel 6.0 'Toutatis' Is Now Available · · Score: 0

    WTF does libre mean in this context? Or are we talking about Mexican wrestlers again?

  19. Please ignore on Facebook Introduces a Mobile-Oriented Redesign · · Score: 4, Funny

    Please if we all ignore Facebook maybe it will just go away. Wishful thinking....

  20. Re:Get in on the action? on Open Source Software Seeping Into the .NET Developer World · · Score: 1

    Twenty years too late.

  21. Java vs .NET on PunkSPIDER Project Puts Vulnerabilities On (Searchable) Display · · Score: 1

    Java 96, .NET 20247. LOL.

  22. No time for that on White House Petition To Make Cell Phone Unlocking Legal Needs 11,000 Signatures · · Score: 1

    Were all too busy with the change.org petition against Oracle.

  23. Zuck on Tech Leaders Create Most Lucrative Science Prize In History · · Score: 1

    Zuck wants to make it to the singularity. Sadly he probably will - the thought of him being alive in 1000 years is disheartening.

  24. PokerTH on Ask Slashdot: Really Short Time Wasters? · · Score: 1

    Open source Texas Holdem' http://www.pokerth.net/

  25. Re:But what if Java is the next WAIS? on LibreOffice 4 Released · · Score: 1

    Partial classes: He explains it better than me. http://www.whattofix.com/blog/archives/2006/05/partial_classes.php

    structs: open your project and change a class to a struct - recompile. Everything is fine except YOUR APP IS NOW TOTALLY BROKEN.

    "And the difference with explicit getX/setX calls is?.. "

    In C# Foo is just as expensive as GetFoo() - that fact is just hidden from you.

    It's obvious to see where performance deficits lie in code like this:

    for (int j=0; j getTotal(); j++) {
    }

    rather than
    for (int j=0; j Total; j++) {
    }

    See the difference?

    "Indeed - writing a.multiply(b.divide(c)).negate() is so much more convenient than -a*b/c when you're working with something like BigInteger - right?"

    Except that it's abused when this is used for non numeric purposes like er, Microsoft does with event handling code. I agree that bigint should have an overloaded operator - as long as operators are not definable by the dev.