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  1. Re:Right... on High-Frequency Programmers Revolt Over Pay · · Score: -1

    You still have to pay commissions even if you're directly connected to the exchange.

    Example:

    http://www.cmegroup.com/company/files/CME_Fee_Schedule.pdf

  2. Re:Golden Girls! on China Drops In Domain Registrations From #2 To #4 · · Score: -1

    RIP Rue Mclanahan

  3. Re:Growth on Apple Surpasses Microsoft In Market Capitalization · · Score: -1

    Do you think huge companies just instantly vanish in some random event that nobody can predict?

    Yes. During the "crash" a week or two ago, several stocks went to $.01.

  4. Re:We get it already on Cross With the Platform · · Score: -1

    P.S. One can implement that also in C++ - see all the insanities TrollTech had to go into to do it in Qt. They use strings to identify methods during compile time, create class vs. method tables during link time and during run-time perform look-up on the table to identify the method's entry point.

    What you're essentially talking about is reflection. Reflection is slow as balls. C++ is not slow as balls. Get it?

  5. I have a boner on Did Microsoft Borrow GPL Code For a Windows 7 Utility? · · Score: -1, Troll

    And it's poking through my pants.

  6. Hope she... on Obama To Name Melissa Hathaway Cybersecurity Chief · · Score: 0

    ..paid her taxes...

  7. Don't worry... on Your Medical Treatment History Is For Sale · · Score: 0

    We have your mortgage payment history too...

  8. Re:Port 25 on Beating Comcast's Sandvine On Linux With Iptables · · Score: 0

    Another option (and what I do) is get a virtual server with an extra IP address, and then assign this IP address to your home machine via VPN.

  9. Re:Can i mod the description flamebait? on Gen Y Workers Reinventing IT for the Better · · Score: 0

    Chicago is actually a very reasonably priced place to live. You can still get a studio apartment in a decent neighborhood, near the L, for between $5-600.
    Unfortunately, the el sucks. It's slow, late, and the riders are, well ...

    If you need to commute to downtown, Metra is a better choice, even if you live in Chicago.
  10. This comment takes the cake on Drugs In Our Drinking Water · · Score: 0

    Arlington, Texas, acknowledged that traces of a pharmaceutical were detected in its drinking water but cited post-9/11 security concerns in refusing to identify the drug.
    Look. WHAT!??! What does 9/11 have to do with traces of LEGAL drugs found in drinking water??
  11. Re:Pledge on Microsoft's New Leaf On Interoperability · · Score: 0

    What is a "pledge?" Is it anything like a legally binding agreement, or is it like when you promise to do something while looking at a flag?
    Its what the PoTUS does at his inauguration when he says he'll uphold the Constitution.
    Awesome.
  12. Re:Unit Conversion on Fixing US Broadband Would Cost $100 Billion · · Score: 0

    How much is that in days of Iraq war?

    About one full year's worth, I gather.

  13. Just in case anyone was interested.... on Final Fantasy Turns 20 · · Score: 0
  14. Re:Of course not... on Target May Discontinue Manhunt 2 Sales · · Score: 0

    See also: Don Imus' aborted radio career. It took an awful lot of pressure to bring him down,

    Others have noted that Don is back on the air, but with regards to the grandparent's point: note that Don Imus was alive and well only until the advertisers pulled out their support -- *then* he was toast.

  15. Re:Authenticode price is prohibitive for hobbyists on Is nVidia Support for Older 3D Games Fading? · · Score: 0

    Unless the driver is one of those specific kinds of drivers that can run entirely in user space, you can't use drivers you compiled yourself because they are not digitally signed. Workarounds are to 1. press F8 every time you start Windows Vista or 2. pay $499 per year for a VeriSign code signing certificate and sign your code.

    Total, unadulterated FUD. You can easily generate your own certificate (for free), add yourself as a trusted signer, and then self-sign your drivers.

    See also: kernel-mode code signing walkthrough.

  16. Re:Environmental reasons on Microsoft to Simplify Downgrades From Vista to XP · · Score: 0

    I will shortly be doing the experiment and trying to convert an old PC to Vista (an old Dell with a 1.7 Ghz P4 that came with Win ME). I upgraded the ram to 768 MB when I upgraded it to XP SP2. It has a nice LCD monitor as of 3 months ago when the 17" monitor I got with my Win 95 box finally died.

    At first, I thought this was going to turn out to be the "what's with you Mac fanatics?" troll post :)

  17. Re:I liked it. on The Apple II At 30 · · Score: 0, Informative

    It lead to my purchase of a Laser 386SX [I couldn't afford the extra $300 for the DX (math processor)

    You're thinking of the 486SX/DX. The 386SX had a 16-bit bus while the 386DX was 32-bit. Neither had a math coprocessor (the 387DX).

  18. Re:Short term epidemic on Techies Asked To Train Foreign Replacements · · Score: -1

    As much as the people despised the Rockafellers and Fords of years gone by, they had the model right for company survival and growth. Keep it in the family,

    You realize that the current Ford CEO, Bill Ford Jr., is part of the "Ford" family?

  19. Re:FUCK YOUR CSS BULL SHIT on Lawyers Ordered to Play RPS to Settle Dispute · · Score: -1

    Seriously, is there a way to go back to the old layout?

  20. Slashvertisement on Silverstone ST30NF 300W Silent PSU reviewed · · Score: 0

    Read about other ethical transgressions here.

  21. Re:Dark Side of The Moon on Should We Land on the Moon's Poles or Equator? · · Score: -1

    There is no side of the moon that's permanently dark...

    While that may be true, that does mean that the length of a day on the moon is ~14 days, with night being equally long.

  22. Might and Magic 4 and 5... on Games That Keep You Coming Back? · · Score: -1

    World of Xeen.

  23. Re:That begs the question .... on Dinosaur Forces Rethink Of Flight's Evolution · · Score: 0, Informative

    Better question: What the heck is a dinosaur? I can't find a mention of them anywhere in my Bible.

    Better check again.

  24. Here's a hint on Wild Gorillas Impress With Their Tools · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Humans didn't "evolve" from anything, and certainly not apes. Give me a break!

  25. Re:I hope he's better at programming then at hardw on FreeBSD Based Gaming Router · · Score: 0

    There were certainly DX4s though, where the CPU frequency was 3x that of the bus speed (why it wasn't the DX3, I don't know).Two possible reasons:

    - "DX3" was already granted a worldwide copyright.

    - Intel had just lost a trademark lawsuit against AMD, where AMD was saying you couldn't trademark an "obvious" number such as 486. Therefore they chose DX-*4* for a clock-*tripled* chip, as it was non-obvious.

    More info at Google Groups.