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  1. You need to work on your reading comprehension on Chinese "Dragon" Chip On Sale · · Score: 0

    The Americans didn't put Khomeini in place, he just volunteered for the position when a power void presented itself after Iranian students gave the boot to the American dictator.

  2. Re:Blink warning! on VoIP Beats Conventional Phone Service In Iraq · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Quit your bitching, if it *is* oil, then they're not the only ones who think it... they got oil free from Iran while the Mossad and CIA backed Shah was selling off his country... he's gone now, and it took 25 years, but they finally replaced Iran with Iraq.

  3. Nice freedom of speech, America on Pentagon Lets You Bid on Terrorism? · · Score: 0

    You're free to talk, if you don't mind a visit from the pigs. I Think you need to rework the definition of freedom.

  4. Wow, you idiots will believe anything on The Beast of Brussels · · Score: 0

    No wonder you like killing people

  5. I truly hope on Growth Job Sector: Freelance Technical Support · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That those two years of college "under your belt" are from a community college. If you obtained credits from a bonafide college, then I fear for our future. You might not have been at the top of your class, but it's obvious that you're an A grade twit.

  6. It's too bad you won't live, Michael on Olmos Tells Fans: "Don't Watch Galactica" · · Score: 1

    But then again, who does?

  7. hey dude on Restrictive Sales Practices on the Web? · · Score: 1

    You forgot University bookstores which have a 30% "gouge the suckers" tax. That's 30% to the penny, no matter wwhich University you're at, in Ontario anyways.

  8. SWT makes me want to wretch on Java Performance Urban Legends · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't mind if it was pure Java, but that's far from the case. Pure Java GUIs can be fast (but memory intensive), it's a shame that SWT is currently the only "alternative" to Swing because it's such a horrid choice to make - Slow but pure or Difficult to use, platform-dependent and fast.

  9. Java for Applications.... on Java Performance Urban Legends · · Score: 0, Troll

    has poor start up time, and requires an absolutely massive amount of memory. That, and garbage collection makes almost-real time ("soft" real time I believe is the technical term) UIs more difficult than they should be.

    Also, Swing is a bloated pig.

    JNI (native interface) can swap huge numbers of arrays back and forth if you don't test for it and have a fall-back mode.

    These are huge pitfalls, even on our multi-GHZ beastly desktops. But they are the only pitfalls.

    String requires careful attention.

    That's all she wrote folks, I didn't even read the article (should probably post anonymously!) but I've spilled the beans. Nothing else to say.

  10. This is quite laughable on The Spirit Of Unix vs. The Unix Trademark · · Score: 2, Interesting

    With today's computers, the level of services that Unix-alikes provide are completely identical. To claim otherwise is to relegate yourself to the category of "people I strive to avoid in real life."

  11. #6 on U.S. Says Canada Cares Too Much About Liberties · · Score: 1

    We're #3, down from the smug #1. We may be #2 or #1 again this year, unless there's more poor people in our country... again... taxes are down..again... tuition will rise 20%... again... My blood boils when I think about the future of Canada.

  12. Agreed on U.S. Says Canada Cares Too Much About Liberties · · Score: 1

    I really don't understand why Americans think we want their tax rate.... but I sure as hell wish someone would copy the tax-deductible mortgage structure ;)

  13. Who pissed in your wheaties? on U.S. Says Canada Cares Too Much About Liberties · · Score: 1

    Geez

  14. You forgot the Land Mines treaty on U.S. Says Canada Cares Too Much About Liberties · · Score: 1

    Most Americans have never even heard of it.

  15. It seems that some people have short memories on U.S. Says Canada Cares Too Much About Liberties · · Score: 1

    Very, very memories. It's been a bad couple of years, hasn't it?

  16. Aha! on U.S. Says Canada Cares Too Much About Liberties · · Score: 1

    Canada is *clearly* lagging behind in the policing department. Only 118 per 100,000? Pathetic!

  17. Your definition of "in Canada" fascinates me on U.S. Says Canada Cares Too Much About Liberties · · Score: 1

    I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. That being said, the OP is obviously exploiting the linguistics....

  18. Cognitive Science on Recent Advances in Cognitive Systems · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Noun ; 1. The current scientist scam, which has replaced the older artificial intelligence scam with its more robust resistance to criticism and even more byzantine theories.

  19. So let me get this straight... on On The Collapse of Complex Societies · · Score: 1

    Conservatives bitch about how the ayr-ahbs don't have any mechanism for building wealth except oil. Here's this fantabulous museum, gets blown to shit, proof that ayr-ahbs have more going on than oil, and poof back to square one. Genius. You are a moral monster.

  20. The United States has never helped Canada on On The Collapse of Complex Societies · · Score: 1

    And thus, Canada is a sucker for helping the United States.

  21. Only the beaver stood up to all the rest on On The Collapse of Complex Societies · · Score: 1

    Only the beaver could really stand the test

    My God I must be the only person on the planet that's ever heard that song.... here's hoping you have too.

  22. Fuck Computer Science on Unemployed? How Long Until You Find That Next Job · · Score: -1, Troll

    And fuck Philosophy. Change of plans #3 - I'm getting a Business Admin degree.

  23. And I'm glad... on Unemployed? How Long Until You Find That Next Job · · Score: 1, Funny

    that you're going back to grammar school.

  24. Hopelessly outdated... on Unix-Haters Handbook Available Online · · Score: 1

    Any person who complains that a clock takes 1.4megs of memory is still stuck in East Africa...

    Not that I think Unixes are very good, but this sort of anti-advocacy has to be fresh to really resonate with its audience.

    I'm not really surprised it's been released for free now, since it has no value.

  25. I stand corrected on New Terminator 3 Trailer Released · · Score: 1

    It would tip me off, anyways...