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  1. Re:consider this... on Virginia AG Probing Michael Mann For Fraud · · Score: 1

    I fail to see your point. You agree that the AG is probably full of shit, but you think he's being treated unfairly?

  2. Re:The reality is... on Review of HTC Desire As Alternative To iPhone · · Score: 1

    Your Holiness shouldn't sell himself short. That was actually a very good analogy.

  3. Re:Brutal civilization. on Cows On Treadmills Produce Clean Power For Farms · · Score: 1

    It isn't easy to find meat that is raised like a normal animal in the eastern USA.

    Depends what part of the eastern USA. Around here (the Finger Lakes in western NY) it's pretty easy.

  4. Re:Food? on Cows On Treadmills Produce Clean Power For Farms · · Score: 1

    The mountain shellfish that you mentioned are indeed a great role model for all carbon-based lifeforms. They didn't depend on government handouts to get to the top of that mountain, they just pulled themselves up by their own bootstraps. Or they would have, if they had legs. They didn't blame anyone for the loss of their legs - some Chinaman took them in Korea - but they went out and achieved anyway!

  5. Re:Properly cross-platform code cares not for the on Cross With the Platform · · Score: 1

    This is good advice for most programs - but we're talking about an animated clock. There's nothing there but UI code.

  6. Re:#ifdef APPLE_HARDWARE on Cross With the Platform · · Score: 1

    The company doesn't control whether you can release the app to a device. The company controls whether the app will run on a device

    You're free to release an application that doesn't run?

    it's not that far off from most any commercial library/OS

    Absolute nonsense. This sort of thing is common on game consoles, but on every other type of OS it's unheard of. Mac OS, Windows, Linux, Palm, Android - none of those platforms require you to get permission from the company before you publish an application.

  7. Re:Hmmm on Open Community vs. Open Code · · Score: 2, Insightful

    My guess is that Linux is more important to Oracle than Solaris. They'll probably keep developing both.

  8. box-office receipts futures market on Media Industry Wants Mandated Spyware and More · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm really torn about this one. The movie industry hates it, but the finance industry likes it; which one is more evil?

  9. Re:Question on Crunch Time For IRS Data Centers · · Score: 1

    Hard work pays off in the long term; but for slacking off, you get immediate rewards.

  10. Re:So many billions wasted for nothing on Crunch Time For IRS Data Centers · · Score: 1

    I don't understand the complaints either. My taxes this year were more complicated than most of the people I know, and still I was able to do my return in less than 2 hours.

  11. Re:Silicon Valley on New Russian Science City Modeled On Silicon Valley · · Score: 1

    The initial conditions for Silicon Valley's growth arose through dumb luck. There's no reason why you couldn't replicate those conditions with a planned approach. So it could work - but I don't think it will, since this is Russia we're talking about.

  12. Re:Where is the 'speed' measured from? on Google Incorporates Site Speed Into PageRank Calculation · · Score: 1

    They did say that only 1% of sites are affected. That leads me to believe they have a pretty generous threshold (like several seconds or more). At that point, 200 ms more or less wouldn't make much difference.

  13. A couple more on How To Find Bad Programmers · · Score: 1

    - Don't just use endless lists of acronyms; use them in a way that makes it obvious that you have no clue what they mean (5+ years of API experience!)

    - "Web 2.0". I don't think I need to elaborate.

    - Don't say anything about your company. In fact, don't even offer any hint as to the identity of the company.

    - If you do talk about yourself, make sure you use the blurb that was intended for clients and investors. You know, the one where you brag about how little you pay your workers.

  14. Re:Largest Nuclear Disaster? on What Chernobyl Looks Like In 2010 · · Score: 1

    Correct. But I still have no idea what the spaceship and cosmonaut are doing there. I guess it's just one of the mysteries of Soviet art.

    And it's "fresco".

  15. Re:Translation for the legislative impared. on Wisconsin DA Threatens Arrests Over Sex Ed · · Score: 1

    If two laws contradict each other, then the newer one takes precedent. This is not a revolutionary concept. Why are you pretending not to understand?

  16. Re:Java the Pig on The Struggle To Keep Java Relevant · · Score: 1

    I'm gonna go out on a limb here, and say that he must be talking about JavaScript. Or just fucking with us.

  17. Re:wow on The Struggle To Keep Java Relevant · · Score: 1

    Maybe Oracle should hire Mr. T. I don't think he's doing anything much at the moment.

  18. Re:War propaganda on Will Smith In For Independence Day 2 & 3 · · Score: 1

    Oh, come on. Are you implying that it used to be subtle?

  19. War propaganda on Will Smith In For Independence Day 2 & 3 · · Score: 1

    Here's a little exercise: watch the 1938 Soviet film "Alexander Nevsky". Then watch "Independence Day".

  20. Re:Why? on Battlefield Earth Screenwriter Accepts Razzie · · Score: 1

    Sure I do. It's my second-favorite activity.

    The problem is, attaching your name to something that you know will be a disaster is bad for your career in the long term.

  21. Re:Why? on Battlefield Earth Screenwriter Accepts Razzie · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If we believe his story, then the original screenplay was nothing at all like the finished product. The Scientologists asked him to totally rewrite it, he refused, they fired him and got someone else to rewrite it. So at that point it became a choice between taking his name off the credits or getting paid. I'm honestly not sure what I would have done in that situation.

  22. Re:Biased much? on Obama Administration Withholds FoIA Requests More Often Than Bush's · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Also, we're talking about the fiscal year, which begins in October. Obama was only in office for part of the last fiscal year.

    In other words, complete bullshit.

  23. Re:$1.4 Billion on The Death of the US-Mexico Virtual Fence · · Score: 1

    The expatriation of stupid people is fine with me. While we're at it, let's cut loose the parts of the country that aren't really contributing anything besides preachers and stock-car drivers. These two programs could even be combined.

  24. Re:$1.4 Billion on The Death of the US-Mexico Virtual Fence · · Score: 1

    Since these people are already here, as you point out, the logical solution would be to allow them to stay legally and pay taxes just like other workers.

  25. Re:Python or Java on Good Language Choice For School Programming Test? · · Score: 1

    I didn't get that either. I can see how Java is more restrictive than C (and most of the time, that's a good thing), but how is it more restrictive than Python? Is it the static typing?