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  1. Re:Exceptions! on What To Do Right As a New Programmer? · · Score: 1

    Says Bjarne Stroustrup, the inventor of the language, and nearly anyone who's ever worked on or implemented the spec.

    Whether it seems OK to you or not, the fact that you're not only doing something they did not envision (which is cool), you're doing something they specifically don't think their constructs should be used for. Performance is not the only consideration, although putting exceptions in your loops can certainly have an effect on how much a compiler can optimize the loop or function calls it contains. Code clarity is something to think about, and anyone whose been in the computer industry for any amount of time (should) know(s) that going against the designer's vision is a bad idea unless you really know what you're doing, or are bug hunting.

    Not to say there couldn't be a situation where it would make sense ... but I haven't seen one sense.

  2. Re:Exceptions! on What To Do Right As a New Programmer? · · Score: 1

    For modern languages, the use of exceptions is recommended.

    Yeah. What? No.

  3. Re:gbtw... on Quarter of Workers' Time Online Is Personal · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nah, but it does mean it's tough to caught ;)

  4. Re:Not even conspiracy on Studies Say Ideology Trumps Facts · · Score: 1

    Wife. Whatever. She sucks.

  5. Re:Not even conspiracy on Studies Say Ideology Trumps Facts · · Score: 1

    Your mother is, quite simply, a horrible person.

  6. Re:Not even conspiracy on Studies Say Ideology Trumps Facts · · Score: 1

    Jesus, man, what are you on?

  7. Re:Are we alone? on "Dark Flow" Outside Observable Universe · · Score: 1

    Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn!

  8. Re:Where's the outrage? on Is There a Linux Client Solution for Exchange 2007? · · Score: 1

    This is the first comment that even comes close to answering the question. Mod up!

  9. Re:In related news... on Political Viewpoints Linked To Fear · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, hey republicans...

    ...
    ...
    ...
    ...

    BOO!

    Hahahahaha.

  10. Re:Reliability? on New DDR3 Memory Touted As Fastest In the World · · Score: 1

    You wouldn't know unless you tested it. Bit flip errors are most likely to do nothing really noticeable, but that could be a pretty big deal. You're inexperienced.

  11. Re:NOT suddenoutbreakofcommonsense on Bill To Add Accountability To Border Laptop Search · · Score: 1

    As far as I'm aware there was no bill to allow laptop searches, it was a court decision that searching a laptop is the same as searching your luggage, etc., which is already legal.

    By that logic, of course, the laptop searches should already have had the same accountability as luggage searches. If the luggage searches had no accountability, then there's no reason this new bill should apply only to laptops; the same protection should apply to luggage as well.

  12. Re:Prime Post! on 45th and 46th Mersenne Primes Confirmed · · Score: -1, Troll

    How da fuck did I do that. Also suck my dick.

  13. Re:Prime Post! on 45th and 46th Mersenne Primes Confirmed · · Score: 2, Informative

    (#24992811)

    Prime factors:

    3 2776979

    UID.

    fail

    Sweet Christ, you managed to not only be wrong, but at the same time un-ironically use an awful 4chan meme to do it.

  14. Re:Hello... Evolution? on Sarah Palin's Stance On Technology Issues · · Score: 1

    We interpreted the measurements wrong. The Bible's changed over time. God came down from Heaven and shrunk the elephants. God made the inside like TARDIS.

    They believe in an omnipotent being. There's nothing you can possibly argue about.

  15. Re:Well that sounds reasonable. on Google Updates Chrome's Terms of Service · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yeah, nothing helps make sarcasm funnier like explicitly stating that it's sarcasm.

  16. Re:So that's what? on Comcast To Cap Data Transfers At 250 GB In October · · Score: 1

    Yup, we're both retarded.

  17. Re:Boiling a Lobster on Comcast To Cap Data Transfers At 250 GB In October · · Score: 2, Funny

    Er, yeah. A lobster'd be the exact opposite of the point I was trying to make, huh?

  18. Re:Boiling a Lobster on Comcast To Cap Data Transfers At 250 GB In October · · Score: 1

    5 years ago I spent $60 a month for 256kb up/5Mb down. Now I pay $60 a month for 1Mb up/15Mb down. That's a factor of 3 in 5 years. 5 years before that ... well, I didn't pay for Internet in 1998, but you'd be lucky to pay $60 a month for 768mb down. So, in my experience it's been a factor of 3 every five years for ... well, only two samples, but that's all we've really got as far as consumer Internet service goes.

    Unless they've continuously been making less money for the last ten years, bandwidth is costing them less at the same rate.

  19. Re:So that's what? on Comcast To Cap Data Transfers At 250 GB In October · · Score: 0

    Nope, the cap is 250GB, so 3,333 hours before overhead. Also, a day is 24 hours around here, so it'd be 139 days.

  20. Re:Still practically unlimited for most on Comcast To Cap Data Transfers At 250 GB In October · · Score: 1

    Don't see what's not right in front of your face, do you?

    Boiling a lobster works the same way.

  21. Boiling a Lobster on Comcast To Cap Data Transfers At 250 GB In October · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I believe the plan is, this is fine now so nobody gripes. Same as it ever was, I don't notice the cap so there's effectively no cap, right?

    In 5 years, 250GB will be used up in a week. Now they're saving money, and charging you if you want any more. The thing is, that 250GB cap has been there forever. Same as it ever was, right?

  22. Re:superparanoid? regexp on Hashing Email Addresses For Web Considered Harmful · · Score: 1

    Nah, if you're running qmail, just put a .qmail-something in your homedir containing the address to forward it to:

    Say you have:
    someguy@example.com

    ~/.qmail-fart:
    someguy@example.com

    Makes this address forward to someguy@example.com:
    someguy-fart@example.com

  23. Re:Skip downloading WGA on Black Screens For Unauthorized Copies of Windows · · Score: 1

    Yup, that's my Linux background now!

  24. Re:Sharing passwords on 42% of Web Users Sneak Onto Others' Online Accounts · · Score: 2, Funny

    BOSCO

  25. Re:First arrival on My Job Went To India · · Score: 4, Informative

    Obviously you don't know many attorneys.

    Fact is, very few high-level jobs let you work 40 hours a week. Just the way it is. You're right on one point though, there are certainly no worries about overtime.