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  1. Re:multitasking on Why the NTSB Is Wrong About Cellphones · · Score: 1

    Witnessed someone have a seizure and cross the interstate to plow into someone else.

    To be fair, that's not really something that can be controlled.

  2. Re:For your own good on Microsoft Upgrading Windows Users To Latest Version of MSIE · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I did a quick bit of googling and it seems IE9 handles it as defined by the W3C standard, it's the other browsers that are broken. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd573303(v=vs.85).aspx

    Granted I'm not a web dev so I could be way off on this.

  3. Re:For your own good on Microsoft Upgrading Windows Users To Latest Version of MSIE · · Score: 1
  4. Re:For your own good on Microsoft Upgrading Windows Users To Latest Version of MSIE · · Score: 5, Informative
  5. Re:I know I'm pointing out the obvious here... on Firefox Too Big To Link On 32-bit Windows · · Score: 2

    Damn kids and their PGO giving double digit perf increases! Get off my lawn!

  6. Re:VS 2005? on Firefox Too Big To Link On 32-bit Windows · · Score: 1

    Ummm what? I use VS 2010 fairly regularly for C++ development and intellisense is very much working. 64 bit versions of the compiler and linker do exist, they just can't target 32 bit.

  7. Re:Last paragraph in the TFA is... confusing on Firefox Too Big To Link On 32-bit Windows · · Score: 1

    The tool chain for VC++ 2005 (and even 2008 and 2010) is 32 bit that can cross compile to 64 bit. I think there are 64 bit versions of the tool chain but they don't cross compile to 32 bit. So if you want to target 32 bit platforms, you are stuck with using the 32 bit tools.

  8. Re:Last paragraph in the TFA is... confusing on Firefox Too Big To Link On 32-bit Windows · · Score: 4, Informative

    An individual 32 bit process (IE the visual studio linker) is limited to 4GB of addressable memory.

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa366778(v=vs.85).aspx#memory_limits

  9. Re:M$ don't like blue-ray on What Microsoft Should and Shouldn't Do For the Xbox 720 · · Score: 1

    Shit, now I'm going to be in a coma after reading your post. Hope you're happy.

  10. Re:Microsoft and open source on Windows 8 Store Will Allow Open Source Apps · · Score: 1

    Not anymore but it was originally developed as proprietary software.

  11. Re:Visual Studio Licenses Ponderings on Windows 8 Store Will Allow Open Source Apps · · Score: 1

    Check again, the guy making the post isn't a Microsoft employee.

  12. Re:Microsoft is more evil than ever on Windows 8 Store Will Allow Open Source Apps · · Score: 1

    Probably not, the price of most of these devices seems to target nice roundable numbers. Like $299.99 or $199.99 or something like that. You don't typically see devices sold for $204.99.

    In any case it's irrelevant to the claim that Microsoft was suing Android users, which is obvious FUD.

  13. Re:Visual Studio Licenses Ponderings on Windows 8 Store Will Allow Open Source Apps · · Score: 1

    Except for where Microsoft themselves says no for 2008

    Huh? Read the entire link including the answers. It's standard legalese saying you can't redistribute VSEE.

    non-committal AFAIK

    Nothing wrong with saying you are unsure and giving contact information for people who would know for sure.

    The third link seems to be a forum index.

  14. Re:Microsoft is more evil than ever on Windows 8 Store Will Allow Open Source Apps · · Score: 1

    They are device manufacturers, not users.

  15. Re:Visual Studio Licenses Ponderings on Windows 8 Store Will Allow Open Source Apps · · Score: 1

    Not complete (e.g., no ATL, MFC, some other core stuff).

    None of those affect the metro style apps which use WinRT.

    And binaries are not redistributable for pay

    I couldn't find anything that agrees with this, in fact I found the exact opposite.

  16. Re:Visual Studio Licenses Ponderings on Windows 8 Store Will Allow Open Source Apps · · Score: 1

    Tough to get cheaper then free.

  17. Re:Microsoft is more evil than ever on Windows 8 Store Will Allow Open Source Apps · · Score: 2

    patent lawsuits ... against Android users

    Why yes I have missed these lawsuits. Can you please inform me?

  18. Re:It's a matter of priorities on The Condescending UI · · Score: 1

    Are you suggesting we should take all the 1000+ commands in word and condense them into ~10 keys? Good luck with that.

  19. Re:I would think that this was a major problem. on Kindle Touch Gets World's Simplest Jailbreak · · Score: 1

    Except humble is listed first. Cool fail bro.

  20. Re:I would think that this was a major problem. on Kindle Touch Gets World's Simplest Jailbreak · · Score: 1

    Urban dictionary says you're wrong.

  21. Re:Big security hole on Silverlight 5 Released · · Score: 2

    You forgot 2 steps:
    Convince the user to install your certificate (admin privileges needed).
    Convince the user to change a setting in group policy or hack the registry (more admin privileges needed).

  22. Re:Pffft. on Why We Need More Programming Languages · · Score: 1

    Everything you just said is wrong. Don't spread FUD.

  23. Re:Hardly true, other modern languages on list on Why We Need More Programming Languages · · Score: 1

    First appearance of java: 1995.
    First appearance of objective-c: 1983.
    First appearance of c#: 2001.

    I would have to say that the GP is correct.

  24. Re:doubt it on Microsoft Can Remotely Kill Purchased Apps · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They have said that the only way to get metro style apps is through the store, but I don't think a developer unlock will be required to run apps that you have the source for. It would kill the point of visual studio express.

  25. Re:MS OS stable long enough to remotely kill app! on Microsoft Can Remotely Kill Purchased Apps · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You mean this? They "defeated" it by turning it off. Pretty serious exploit I think.