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  1. Re:Is declining enrollment a problem? on Reading, Writing, Ruby? · · Score: 1

    I agree... Of about 300+ newly graduates (mostly from CS, some from engineering) I interviewed, only a few knew how to sort an array. Hell, I interviewed math majors who doesn't have a fricking idea what is the logarithm of 8 in base 2 or even what is the definition of logarithm.

  2. Re:Needs Revision. on Reading, Writing, Ruby? · · Score: 1

    The parent said nothing about using an existing library. I read that comment as he found a better algorithm to solve the same problem.

  3. Re:Rolling your own on Canonical Drops CouchDB From Ubuntu One · · Score: 1

    While not open source, it is now very competititvely priced. You might check out the licensing terms of the new IBM XWork server, which is nothing but Domino server with a fixed annual cost of around $2K:

  4. Re:Rolling your own on Canonical Drops CouchDB From Ubuntu One · · Score: 2

    Lotus Notes does (maybe better). If you ignore the hate about its user interface, the server component (Lotus Domino) is very robust and scalable as a NoSQL provider.

    Actually, Damien (author of CouchDB) is a former Lotus engineer and modeled his creation similar to Notes Storage File (NSF) structure.

  5. Re:Slashdot on Why Do Companies Backup So Infrequently? · · Score: 1

    They are backed up in the Google cache.

  6. Re:Cloud introduces new problems on Why Do Companies Backup So Infrequently? · · Score: 1

    Encryption?

  7. Re:backup often, and respect the 'rm' on Why Do Companies Backup So Infrequently? · · Score: 1

    I don't know about Linux or Mac but Windows does not delete to the recycle bin either when you delete files from the command line.

  8. What about other mapping systems? on Google To Allow Location Service Opt-out · · Score: 1

    What happens if I want to hide my access point from Apple, Google and Skyhook at once? Should I name by AP as

    LINKSYS_NOMAP_NOAPPLE_NOSKYHOOK

    or will this be a global suffix?

  9. Re:What is BT? What is BPI? on Music Industry Pushing For BT To Block Pirate Bay · · Score: 1

    What is a colonial? :)

    Actually, I am from a European country where obscure acronyms are not used without explanation.

  10. Re:Microsoft Virtual PC on VMware, a Falling Giant? · · Score: 1

    If you have hundreds of VMs, you should try vSphere Hypervisor (which is also free):

    http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere-hypervisor/overview.html

  11. Re:Harmony what now? on Apache Harmony Moves To Apache Attic · · Score: 1

    So the only GUI application installed on your computer is Firefox or Chrome, am I right?

  12. What is BT? What is BPI? on Music Industry Pushing For BT To Block Pirate Bay · · Score: 0

    Not everybody lives in the UK. What is BT?

    You may write the abstract like this as well:

    "British MI body BPI has requested BT block access to PB. In response, BT say they will only do so if they receive a CO. But after BT recently lost a CC forcing them to block NB, it looks like it's a CoW — not if — this will happen."

  13. Re:If you are wondering why on Hotmail Mobile Usage Spikes Thanks To Apple iOS 5 · · Score: 1

    The original (non-MS) logo was like "HoTMaiL", indicating that the service is web (HTML) based...

  14. Re:Two Years? on Siri Gives Apple Two Year Advantage Over Android · · Score: 2
  15. Re:If kids have your iTunes account password ... on 'Free' Games Dominate Top-Grossing Game List On App Store · · Score: 1

    ...and headlights are not on by default...

  16. Re:Nice writeup on Web Apps Language Opa Gets a Web-Based IDE · · Score: 1

    At the end, everything is written in ASM...

  17. Re:Titanium Backup requires root. on iOS 5 Update Available · · Score: 1

    Jailbreaking doesn't void your (iPhone's) warranty?

  18. Re:As usual, not the first for the basics on iOS 5 Update Available · · Score: 1

    Although I am an Android user, I think that it is unfair to compare market shares of Android and iPhone. Android phones come in too many varieties and too many price ranges, whereas iPhone is a premium product. It is normal that an $80 Android phone sells much more than iPhone.

  19. Re:only 15k people? on Smartphones Can't Cure Acne, FTC Rules · · Score: 1

    The wastefullness is not measured by the price of the item but the ratio of the price versus your income.

    A rich person spending %0.01 of their income to luxury items is different than someone poor(er) spending %200 of their monthly income to a cell phone.

  20. Re:Just upgrade to a tablet OS... on Dutch Court Says Android 2.3 Violates Apple Patents · · Score: 1

    And the grand-grand-grand-parent reminds that Android 3.0 is a tablet operating system, not designed for phones.

  21. Re:Regression tests are for wimps! on Serious Crypto Bug Found In PHP 5.3.7 · · Score: 1

    I believe you don't know the meaning of "regression bug" hence "regression test".

  22. Re:Logical contradiction on Android On HP TouchPad · · Score: 0

    It's not advertising to us. It's just trying to increase it's page rank.

    And it probably can't because of the NOFOLLOW.

  23. Re:Dear Apple on More Photoshopped Evidence In Apple v. Samsung · · Score: 1

    There already is... It's called bitchslap:

    http://everything2.com/user/BelDion/writeups/Signal+11

  24. Re:How about #000000 on Jupiter-Sized Alien Planet Is Darkest Ever (Barely) Seen · · Score: 1

    That would be #FFFFFF

  25. Re:A programming language inside documents? on Office 15 Development To Go JavaScript, HTML5 For Extensibility · · Score: 1

    Who uses static HTML files these days? Everything is generated dynamically on the server side anyway.