User: Frankie70

Performance?

On: C++ and the STL 12 Years Later: What Do You Think Now?

Can you point to an example of how your container is more performant than the STL?

Stupidity

On: Ask Slashdot: Are You Apocalypse-Useful?

It would be stupid to chose your profession based on something which has low probability of happening.

Re:Discovered?

On: Isolated Tribes Die Shortly After We Meet Them

Ok - Columbus invented America. Happy now?

Outlook Express

On: Meet the Diehards Who Refuse To Move On From Windows XP

I used to love Outlook Express for usenet (NNTP). I preferred to every other newsreader I have tried. Thunderbird even today is terrible for NNTP. The only problem with OE was that it didn't do quoting correctly. But there was a free 3rd party fix available for that. The Outlook Express Live (or whatever else it's called) which is available with Windows Live Essentials is just not as good as Outlook Express.

BTW, I used XP till March 2011 before moving to Windows 7.

Is this currently legal?

On: Federal Bill Would Criminalize Revenge Porn Websites

Is this currently legal in the united states - posting porn photos of people on websites without their consent?

If no, why is a new law needed?

Apple?

On: Why Buy Microsoft Milk When the Google Cow Is Free?

While Microsoft has started offering schools incentives to use Office 365, including free licenses for their pupils, the company is under greater pressure from its competitors. As more schools like Chicago's face budget shortfalls, free and discounted products from companies like Google and Apple, especially when attached to financial assistance, start looking better and better

Why does Apple look better?

Re:Not so many options

On: Firefox Was the Most Attacked & Exploited Browser At Pwn2own 2014

IE is out of the question because it is too clunky,

What version of IE did you last use? I use IE as my secondary browser. There are reasons why it's not my primary browser, but clunkiness is not one of them. I find it far less clunky & far more stable than Firefox.

Walled Garden

On: Microsoft Dumping License Fees For Windows Phone?

How is Windows Phone more of a walled garden than android? Can you give examples?

Lava & Xolo

On: Microsoft Dumping License Fees For Windows Phone?

In response, suggests the Times of India, Microsoft may have dumped licensing fees for two Indian smartphone makers, Karbonn and Lava (Xolo)

What the hell does Lava(Xolo) mean?
Lava and Xolo are different companies. The article doesn't mention Xolo.

Calculators

On: Men And Women Think Women Are Bad At Basic Math

it was in the '70s and there was no PC-based POS back then

Were there no calculators back then?

Not in Europe & India

On: Steve Ballmer Blew Up At the Microsoft Board Before Retiring

The problem with Microsoft and Nokia, is that nobody really wants a Microsoft Phone

Not in Europe. Not in India.

Windows Phones crossed 10% in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the U.K for the 3months ending Jan 2014.

Nokia 5xx is the phone which is opening up new markets in Europe. Most of Nokia 5xx phones were people upgrading from non smartphones.

Some of India's local cellphone brands (who mostly sell rebranded Chinese phones & tablets) are planning to launch cheap Windows phones & tablets.

Re:Too Late

On: Background Javascript Compilation Boosts Chrome Performance

My biggest question is why all Google products (Chrome, GTalk etc) install a Windows Service. Most other browsers manage well enough without needing a Windows Service?

Re:No entry level Windows phone?

On: Nokia Turns To Android To Regain Share In Emerging Markets

You can buy a Lumia 521 for 115$ without any contract
http://www.amazon.com/Nokia-Lu...

In India Lumia 520 is sold for around 130$ - fully paid for
http://www.flipkart.com/nokia-...

Re:Restaurant

On: Death Hovers Politely For Americans' Swipe-and-Sign Credit Cards

And you punch in your PIN with the waiter and the others at your table watching you.

Restaurant

On: Death Hovers Politely For Americans' Swipe-and-Sign Credit Cards

So what happens at a restaurant. The waiter gets the check. You go with him to whether the credit card machine is set up to punch your PIN?

Hash

On: Is Whitelisting the Answer To the Rise In Data Breaches?

I am sure the white list contains the hash of the all the items.

82

On: Leonard Nimoy: Smoking Is Illogical

If you gonna live till 82, you gonna develop any disease you can possibly develop.

Electronic cigarettes

On: Leonard Nimoy: Smoking Is Illogical

I use something like this -> http://i.imgur.com/ciomNzs.jpg

Only nicotine - none of the tar or any other 500 chemicals which burn in a cigarette.

Re:Tiresome

On: Google Poised To Settle EU Anti-Trust Probe

Why do you need to replace it? You can just install another browser? How many people uninstall IE even now?

Re:How much you want to bet

On: Google Sells Motorola Mobility To Lenovo For $2.91 Billion

You are a fool who doesn't understand what a tax writeoff is.

Re:Bin Laden

On: Anti-Polygraph Instructor Who Was Targeted By Feds Goes Public

One of Bin Laden's goals was to turn the US into an oppressive country like the ones in the Arab World,

Citation, please?

Re:"The Justin Bieber of chess" ?!

On: 23-Year-Old Chess Grandmaster Whips Bill Gates In 71 Seconds

Aronian is doing a massive jump these days due to Tata Steel.

What does that mean?

Ship it before it exists

On: Amazon: We Can Ship Items Before Customers Order

Amazon can also ship stuff before it exists. I just got a Lumia with Windows 9 in the mail today.

Drake's equation

On: Blowing Up a Pointless Job Interview

Drake's equation is garbage - just some alphanumeric soup.

Re:Cynical answer ...

On: Google Removes "Search Nearby" Function From Updated Google Maps

Which is why so much of their stuff is perpetually in Beta, so they can decide to change it any time they like.

If it was a GA product and they removed it - what would you do - sue them?