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  1. Re:More flame bait? on The Really Fair Scheduler · · Score: 1
    and so I must assume that "derrida" and the Slashdot editors

    I don't know who you are but in cases like this we need facts and not assumptions, not perceptions, not mild understandings of issues.

  2. Re:ingo's reply on The Really Fair Scheduler · · Score: 1

    Question: Can not someone run both schedulers through the same series of severe test cases (unit testing) and analyze the results, allowing the authors of each to add more test cases as needed to prove points. At some point the strengths and weaknesses of each will become apparent. End of the day results will be the proof.

  3. burn baby burn on DoJ Finds Microsoft Antitrust Compliance 'On Track' · · Score: 1

    Hey it's not like Google doesn't pilfer Microsoft's search results anyway. What's the big diff of letting Google put their icon in place of Microsoft's. Haha! I had karma to burn ......

  4. not a surprise, but i want a surprise on 54% of CEOs Dissatisfied With Innovation · · Score: 1

    It's not surprising someone who looks at the bottom line a lot is unhappy with innovation which provides sporadic returns. Innovation is often an unknown fiscal endeavour whereas reducing, reusing and recycling your technology -- and sometimes jumping on the popular bandwagons -- is often more fiscally viable. That's why there are layers underneath to the CEO to manage such things. What's next, an article stating 100% of CFOs are not happy with innovation.

  5. Re:Bad requirements on State of the OpenJDK Project and Java 7 · · Score: 1

    By "forward" they might be trying to mimic competing feature sets like those found in the Standard ECMA-334 C# Language Specification

  6. Re:Wait, what? on Kaspersky Wins Important Ruling for the Anti-Malware Industry · · Score: 1

    "Removes spyware, malware, viruses ... and may contain nuts"

  7. dreaded beast on Self-Introspecting Robot Learns to Walk · · Score: 2, Funny

    it's obviously going to latch onto somebody's face and then they'll say it learned fast.

  8. fire hose confusion on Water Vapor Seen 'Raining' Onto Young Star System · · Score: 1

    Below the story Slashdot has "Related Stores - Firehose: ..." At first I thought it was being suggested by submitter that a fire hose is being used to inject water into new planets.

  9. Re:LITIGATE! on Viacom Says User Infringed His Own Copyright · · Score: 1

    I know the guy. Trust me, for 30% you won't be able to buy a free lunch.

  10. Re:Motivated Youth on Teen Hacks $84 Million Porn Filter in 30 Minutes · · Score: 1

    Are you a grown up ... here on /. ? Oh shit you're not my parents are you ..

  11. big apps, bugs, and the awesomeness of it all on Windows Genuine Advantage Servers Out · · Score: 1

    Big bugs like this are awesome because they make the smaller ones that I generate on daily basis look like cow fodder. However I suspect no bug is necessarily bigger or smaller but it's the scale of how many people/users are affected. Oh how I wish my apps had that large of an installed base. Fingers crossed and wish upon a star.

  12. Re:subpar Windows apps, the reasoning? on Wine 0.9.44 Released · · Score: 1
    video editing on linux http://www.robfisher.net/video/

    If Adobe and video editing companies have chosen not to jump on the Linux bandwagon yet, then why would you (or the proverbial "we") accept the pain for them? Grab a Windows license and be editing and using Adobe tools and whatever else in no time at all. Or grab MacOSX if Windows is not ideal. This isn't directed to you but in general I have a rant: people would often rather whine and complain than do something about it. When options exist to do something about it, whining and complaining doesn't make sense anymore.

  13. those poor teens on Teen Hacks $84 Million Porn Filter in 30 Minutes · · Score: 4, Funny

    So now we find out the government has been secretly using teen workers as hackers. Not only is "teen workers" an irony but this could be constituted slave labor. They are faced with the proposed fear of work and so crack the filter as fast as they can. Oh wait ... it's a porn filter ... okay added incentive I admit.

  14. subpar Windows apps, the reasoning? on Wine 0.9.44 Released · · Score: 1

    You can find all that you need on Linux nowadays, even decent office products. If Wine keeps taking up your time to install/configure/troubleshoot then what is that time worth to you (classic cost vs time)? If you really need those Windows apps for some reason then push the money into a Windows license. Better yet get your business to buy it for you. If it's just for personal use then you really have to ask yourself what the hell you're doing.

  15. MS locks developers into Win; MS extends too much on Cross-Platform Microsoft · · Score: 2, Insightful

    For most developers who complain about Silverlight going cross platform (including its .NET component) I bet I can find a past post or two complaining that Microsoft keeps users locked into one platform. It's not about technology, it's about an agenda against a company and finding the negative point from any angle even if points conflict with one another. I call these "pseduo-developers" -- very opinionated but also most likely very young or having a very small slice of experience or of vision.

  16. interesting dividing line on Community vs. Corporate Linux, The Coming Divide · · Score: 1

    Using Microsoft is a bad dividing line to use. Linux is free to partner up with other commercial entities too. It just so happens at this time it's Microsoft. This must show some need somewhere, otherwise it wouldn't have started to happen. I see many posts about how this is bad, but does anybody have points about the bright side?

  17. simple solution implemented by large man on iPhone Bill a Whopping 52 Pages Long · · Score: 1

    Maybe you have to whittle your thumbs to make more effective use of the device, leaving no room for gaps between data transfers. With this surgery you can get your pages down to 10: http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/iphonethumb.asp

  18. Re:Someone got $3000 bill for using iPhone in Euro on iPhone Bill a Whopping 52 Pages Long · · Score: 1

    I'll argue that caching and memory usage have advanced and increasing hardware speeds can justify increasing server usage. Sure if you optimize you can get a lot more out of the same server. But it's also viable to throw more hardware at the problem too if that's an affordable option.

  19. Re:Launch Vehicle on Space Hotel to Open in 2012 · · Score: 1

    And don't even think about opening the bar fridge.

  20. Re:Here's an intersting link for you on MySQL Ends Enterprise Server Source Tarballs · · Score: 1

    Hey buddy it looks smart with all 'dem 'der fancy words n' stuff. ;) What's "intersting" mean?

  21. Re:It's all in the in the marketing on MySQL Ends Enterprise Server Source Tarballs · · Score: 1

    Now those myriad posts you speak of are in one place and very condensed. Coincidence? I think not. Nice try though.

  22. Re:Mod parent up on Microsoft Moves in on the Graphics Market · · Score: 1

    Heh. Well now you know who to kick in the teeth to get karma around here. And the sheep who will follow.

  23. Fight on Microsoft Moves in on the Graphics Market · · Score: 1

    Someone's gotta' ward off the Adobe/Macromedia juggernaut. Only goliaths can take on each other. In the meantime instead of watching the fight the open source community can try to push its products up some notches. It would be interesting to think of scenarios about how to go about doing this. Is there a such thing as "open marketing"?

  24. It's all in the in the marketing on MySQL Ends Enterprise Server Source Tarballs · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's interesting to see how the community often openly promotes and vehemently defends an "open" piece of software but if the software starts to "close" then all the problems start coming out and suddenly it's a piece of @#$! The robustness of software doesn't change with a philosophy. It's all the in marketing. I mean if MySql were still open then we'd see posts comparing it against Microsoft's software. Now for "some reason" they're equivalent in the garbage bin. I will remember this indeed.

  25. Re:What about on DUI Defendant Wins Source Code to Breathalyzer · · Score: 1

    I judge by your username that other substances may be in use while driving, and other things are being done .... Well, at least you're going out in style when that mother of all car accidents occurs.