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  1. Kettle, Pot on Microsoft Found Guilty of Misleading Advertising · · Score: 1
    Microsoft misled consumers by running advertisements claiming Linux is 10 times more expensive than Windows.
    Totally unlike the TCO & performance ones that appear regularly on slashdot, then?
  2. Re:Well... on Why is Java Considered Un-Cool? · · Score: 1
    Yes, exactly. That's why it's inappropriate to say "everything you can do in X, you can do in Y"
    What about X is assembler and Y is C, or X is C and Y is C++?
  3. Re:Because end users hate the applications on Why is Java Considered Un-Cool? · · Score: 1

    *cough* ... and didn't learn the lesson when IBM wanted to talk to him.

  4. Re:Because end users hate the applications on Why is Java Considered Un-Cool? · · Score: 1
    Microsoft worked hard to get their MS-DOS monopoly
    Legend has it that they worked harder than their rival, who bunked off to play golf when IMB came a-callin'.
  5. Re:Maybe because it's slow ? on Why is Java Considered Un-Cool? · · Score: 1
    There is *no* way that a interpreted or JIT compiled language can be *faster* than native code.
    Well if the native code is produced by a bad compiler it could be really slow. So your "*no* way" is bullshit.
  6. Re:the real reason on Why is Java Considered Un-Cool? · · Score: 1
    The college kid's & corporate suit's computer industry
    It could be worse - imagine if there was more than one of each.
  7. Re:Whoah there, cowboy! on Why is Java Considered Un-Cool? · · Score: 1
    "I've worked in telco, supply chain management and finance fields"

    Translation: I still haven't found anything I'm good at. Or even vaguely competent.

  8. Re:Not the telescope on 4-inch Telescope Finds New Planet · · Score: 1
    "well we started with a telescope of 4 inches, and THEN fed the information into a computer...."
    Smart idea. They should patent that.
  9. Re:Usability benefits geeks too on Jakob Nielsen Talks About Usability in FOSS · · Score: 1
    a series of geek switches that turn the software from being a usable piece of software into a controllable piece of software.
    To be fair the two things aren't mutually exclusive. However I get your point - you're basically talking about an idiot button or expert mode, depending on which way you look at it.
  10. Re:Don't generalize "usability" -- it's multipart on Jakob Nielsen Talks About Usability in FOSS · · Score: 1
    The general attitude is "meh. the interface is the least important part. The last 1%.
    I though it was "Huh? But it's skinnable!".
  11. Re:Don't generalize "usability" -- it's multipart on Jakob Nielsen Talks About Usability in FOSS · · Score: 1
    To simply say "Don't expect usability from a programmer" may sound cool, but it's incorrect. It's incorrect because usability is a multipart issue
    How does that conclusion follow from the premise?
  12. Re:Let us all learn from him on Jakob Nielsen Talks About Usability in FOSS · · Score: 1
    You are a has-been
    Better that than an ass-hat.
    who needs to think about the users of today, not the users of 14.4 kbps internet connections, on 486s with VGA displays.
    GPRS and 3G mobile phones seem to have passed you by. Hint: they're like, the new thing.
  13. Re:Not the first time... on How 8 Pixels Cost Microsoft Millions · · Score: 1
    I am not sure how scopes could be right or wrong. They make it pretty clear that they are not making a definite opinion on the subject.
    IOW, they're a waste of bandwith. Toss a freaking coin already.
  14. Re:Really dumb, missing the point entirely on Gosling: If I Designed a Window System Today... · · Score: 1
    People would bitch if IM clients couldn't beep when you received a message
    I'm deaf you insensitive clod!!!!
  15. Re:Regarding cluster-bombs . . . on British Town Worried About WWII Ammo Ship Wreck · · Score: 1

    The report I saw said they were fragmentation bombs, but when they elaborated it seemed they were talking about cluster bombs (and they are not the same thing). Science & technology isn't the BBC's strong suit at the best of times.

  16. Re:What are the odds? on British Town Worried About WWII Ammo Ship Wreck · · Score: 1

    Personally, I think they should refloat it and tow it to France.

  17. Re:for proffit or not? on The IOC's 'Clean Venue' Policy · · Score: 1

    s/back into the games/into numbered bank accounts of French people and Africans on the IOC/

  18. Re:Bottles without labels? on The IOC's 'Clean Venue' Policy · · Score: 2, Funny
    get's it's

    You 'should check your 'sy'stem. I think you have a problem with your keyboard driver - it 'seem's to be in'serting 'spuriou's character's.

  19. Re:Bottles without labels? on The IOC's 'Clean Venue' Policy · · Score: 1
    I thought the whole deal with the competition between the cities to get picked for the next olympics, was in showing the IOC how much the city/country WAS WILLING TO INVEST THEMSELVES to get the games to their town!
    If there's nothing in it for the hosts, why did those fine upstanding mormons in Salt Lake City pay bribes to get the winter games?

  20. Re:I can't possibly be the only one on Google's IPO Trading Defies Dutch Auction Logic? · · Score: 1
    "a couple of stray trades appeared on trading screens at a price of $140.91 a share, 55 percent higher than the IPO price. But Nasdaq officials quickly quashed them, saying they shouldn't have occurred."

    Probably an error converting from metric. Or something.

  21. Re:Don't worry on The Next Social Revolution? · · Score: 1

    You might have assembled one, but you can't build your own computer - epecially if by "raw materials" you mean "sand". Components are not raw materials.