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  1. Re:Can't beat the Micro$oft Machine on Digia Spinning Off Qt Division Into New Company · · Score: 1

    Seriously, anyone who invests in this technology is an imbecile. This war has already been fought, and won, by Microsoft. I don't know one single person who uses QT for a serious, money making program. As a hobby, or educational exercise, it's fine. To put food on the table and my kids through college - give me .NET.

    Well, there's this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C... And I can assure you, that is just the tip of the iceberg. Every company I've worked for in the last 10 years have used Qt for some product or another.

  2. Re:But... why? on Cairo 2D Graphics May Become Part of ISO C++ · · Score: 1

    Qt doesn't get out much beyond Win/Lin/Mac.

    Qt isn't available for enough platforms because it only runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, Blackberry, Kindle, vXWorks, BSD, Solaris, Haiku, WebOS, OS/2, Tizen and AmigaOS? Anything that passes the "does it run on Amiga?" test is good enough for me.

    You forgot qt in a browser: http://vps2.etotheipiplusone.com:30176/redmine/projects/emscripten-qt/wiki/Demos

  3. Re:"...has identified several problem areas and... on US Army Developing Armor Tailored For Females · · Score: 1
  4. Re:is it real on Man Physically Assaulted At McDonald's For Wearing Digital Eye Glasses · · Score: 1

    Ye, sounds like a way to build some hype around the digital eye glass stuff.

    Bolting that thing to your head and getting beat up because of it? Yeah, that's something to get hyped about. What are you smoking?

    Looks like he's smoking deductive reasoning. Care for a hit?

  5. Re:It's not alone! on Church of Scientology Enlisting Followers In Censorship · · Score: 1

    I wonder what the cult of the Flying Spaghetti Monster will look like in fifty years.... Dun dun dun....

    Comparing the two is silly. In Pastafarian, the holiest men are Pirates. In Scientology, they are Sea Captians. Hmmm....

  6. Re:Taking code from the iPhone Dev Team? on Cops Can Crack an iPhone In Under Two Minutes · · Score: 2

    It may actaully be possible they have the means to just perform a backup of the phone and decrypt that via a brute force method. These guys here seem to be able to that: http://www.elcomsoft.com/eppb.html

  7. Re:Please, on Microsoft Details Windows 8 for ARM · · Score: 1

    Much like a chicken after the axe has fallen, the body is still temporarily alive but the brain is dead. Just give it a minute to catch up to reality.

    The same could have easily been said of Apple in the 90s. I think we can all agree that chicken stitched a new and improved head back on.

  8. Are you telling me... on Ask Slashdot: Techie Wedding Invitation Ideas? · · Score: 1

    There's no app for that? In your face Steve Jobs!

  9. Re:I miss my C64! on Looking Back At the Commodore 64 · · Score: 1

    I once typed in a program for three days to see it generate a three dimensional donut on my TV. It took the program hours to calculate and display that donut.

    I remember that one: COMPUTE! ISSUE 48 / MAY 1984 / PAGE 58 http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue48/3d_plotting.php

  10. fool me once slashdot on Why People Should Stop Being Duped By the 3D Scam · · Score: 1

    http://apple.slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/Apple-releases-iPod

    I do believe the key word in that slashdot article is "Lame"

  11. Re:Too good on Why Has Blu-ray Failed To Catch Hold? · · Score: 1

    Honestly, the quality is too good - You can see the wizard behind the curtain.

    Yup, while watching Watchmen on Blu-ray, I couldn't help but notice Doctor Manhattan wasn't exactly...... Kosher. Way too much visual information.

  12. Re:Well done, Gearbox on Duke Nukem Forever Release Date Revealed · · Score: 0

    Quake though was just a man who would grunt every so often

    And yet, gay porn is a multi-billion dollar industry.

  13. Re:Won't Be Long... on First PlayStation 3 Custom Firmware Created · · Score: 1

    HDMI is hardly rare, you actually have to go out of your way to get a computer without it these days.

    Actually, you can find them without HDMI quite easily at an Apple store.

  14. Re:BASIC on Why Teach Programming With BASIC? · · Score: 1

    10 INPUT "Who is poster?";A$ 20 IF A$="plover" PRINT $A;" is a jerk" else 30 30 PRINT A$;" is not a jerk"

    There are literally millions of programmers that cut their teeth on little 16K machines with basic in ROM. It stopped nobody from going on to OO languages. Dykstra was wrong.

    -- BMO

    I've met countless people over the years who say they started programming in basic on 16k machines, and NEVER made it to OO languages. For some, they lost interest, but others simply weren't able to make the jump from spaghetti code to structured programming, much less OO.

  15. I remember this episode from KITH on Woman Jailed For Starting Office Fire To Leave Work Early · · Score: 1
  16. Re:The real news is on iPhone 4 Pre-Orders Wreaking Havoc On Apple Store · · Score: 1

    people will spend spend spend on selfish desires but are against spending the same on their own welfare all the while complaining the rich have too much money. I know people spend themselves into a ditch paying for new gadgets and monthly fees and then turn around and bitch about how much money other people have.

    Consumerism at its worst, they "deserve" to have what they want regardless of ability.

    Uh-oh...... Someone needs a hug.

  17. Re:With what host? on VirtualBox Beta Supports OS X As Guest OS On Macs · · Score: 1

    Here's a screen recording of it attempting to boot on a 13" MacBook with a Windows 7 bootcamp host os. I lost interest after 30 minutes of the spinning thingy, but I'm sure with enough patience it would install. http://pixetell.com/p00142eFgBZbpglB7p3OUdNOxxe276mjDUXoGl9aSCB5wzQx51z

  18. Re:Uh... contradictory? on Arizona "Papers, Please" Law May Hit Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    What if you are a citizen but speak accented english, or you prefer to speak another language.

    Then you're a WITCH!!!

  19. Re:// teh code is obvius on If the Comments Are Ugly, the Code Is Ugly · · Score: 2, Funny

    /* Comments are for wimps. */

  20. Re:OK, tell the truth on Hackers' Next Target — Your Brain? · · Score: 1

    I've seen an evil penguin do this to steal a giant diamond: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrong_Trousers

    Curse those evil penguins!

  21. Re:Laugher in cube next to me on Worst Working Conditions You Had To Write Code In? · · Score: 5, Funny

    I had to debug my code using Lynx! (Text-only web browser.)

    I find it very endearing that someone felt the need to explain what Lynx is on SlashDot.

  22. Re:Recluse spiders do not live in California! on Spider Bite Allows Man To Walk Again · · Score: 1

    Ok, you got me. With that logic though, Polar bears live in California too. I've seen a couple at a zoo.

  23. Recluse spiders do not live in California! on Spider Bite Allows Man To Walk Again · · Score: 1

    I've had this argument many times over with Californians. http://spiders.ucr.edu/myth.html

    There are no populations of brown recluse spiders living in California. In case, this upsets your applecart, I repeat, there are no populations of brown recluse spiders living in California. The common name "brown recluse spider" refers to one species of spider, Loxosceles reclusa, which lives in the central Midwest: Nebraska south to Texas and eastward to southernmost Ohio and north-central Georgia (see map). Only a handful of specimens (less than 10) have ever been collected in California and usually there is some connection between the spider and a recent move or shipment from the Midwest.

  24. Re:1-900... on Hacked Business Owner Stuck With $52k Phone Bill · · Score: 2, Funny

    I just spent 2 weeks in Bulgaria with the Utah Army National Guard.

    Let me assure you, none of us had ever seen so many gorgeous women in one place.

    Insert polygamy joke here ->

  25. Re:Interesting but pointless on Duplicating Your Housekeys, From a Distance · · Score: 5, Interesting

    There's a story from 2005 about a locksmith who made a copy of a key from an x-ray of some poor guy who somehow swallowed his key:

    http://www.boingboing.net/2005/06/25/locksmith-makes-key-.html