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  1. Re:Blackboard execs should all be killed on Blackboard Patent Invalidated By Appellate Court · · Score: 1

    If you want to make a difference, get rid of the software patents. Do what the Hollywood writers did: refuse to do any work in software development until it's fixed. Put your money where your mouth is. Violence and killing are not democratic rights.

  2. Re:Blackboard execs should all be killed on Blackboard Patent Invalidated By Appellate Court · · Score: 1

    And how does that make you feel? Don't tell me you're defending their opinion. Personally I abhor the death penalty, but even seriously discussing software developers' execution over a couple of faulty patents is something I never expected to be doing. Maybe Americans should start taking their democratic rights more seriously before blaming "the government" and "the Wall Street executives". A bunch of sick hypocrites you are!

  3. Re:Blackboard execs should all be killed on Blackboard Patent Invalidated By Appellate Court · · Score: 1

    Sure, and having them all killed solves that problem, right? Jokes about killing people always piss me off, especially when you're trying to convey a serious message. Killing people is not something to take that lightly, man. Don't mess up a good remark with sick humor.

  4. Seriously... on The Next Ad You Click May Be a Virus · · Score: 1

    ...the next ad you click? Do people still do that?

  5. Eh?? on How Microsoft Degrades Their Users (In a Good Cause) · · Score: 1

    some of Microsoft's highest-volume sites, including the home page

    Why go to the Microsoft home page?

  6. Re:I gotta ask on Conficker Downloads Payload · · Score: 1

    for the same reason you didn't, smartass

  7. the system is already infected on Symantec Support Gone Rogue? · · Score: 1

    so it's probably a DNS redirect or host file trick to have the poor sap chat with someone else instead of the actual Norton team

  8. Patent the app on Timetable App Developer Gets Nastygram From Transit Sydney · · Score: 1

    and then sue them when they build something similar themselves

  9. for me not Aspect oriented on Best Paradigm For a First Programming Course? · · Score: 1

    This guy in our office once did a short expose about Aspect oriented programming. It involves implementing features that can be logically grouped as Aspects across classes. The way it was done was by generating additional Java code, so to program a new Aspect, you would work with a bunch of generated code includes before compiling your classes. It made me feel very confused and I never used it, but who knows it might actually be good for something, so, there you go. What I used to jump from procedural to object oriented, was Flash 4. There was the library of assets and you can instantiate them onto the stage, change properties and all instances would change too. That's what made me understand the basic concept. Not sure how many Flash developers will be in your first time programming class though. But that's what helped me understand OOP when I started.

  10. Re:You would have to explain that. on Interviewing Experienced IT People? · · Score: 1

    so from age 9 you never slept more than 6 hours a night, inclusive of eating, washing etc. don't worry, I'm not mocking you, just trying to see how far this is going to stretch...

  11. Re:totally rediculous on Interviewing Experienced IT People? · · Score: 1

    okay so when you were 15 you started working 8 hrs a day, 5 days a week for 50 weeks a year, and thats a conservative estimate? does that mean you quit school at an early age and you only have two weeks off a year? in the Netherlands we have child labour laws to prevent that (besides sane parents).

  12. Re:totally rediculous on Interviewing Experienced IT People? · · Score: 1

    ahem, so you've been full-time employed for over 12 years? did you still wet your pants at your first job interview?

  13. ask them to cook dinner on Interviewing Experienced IT People? · · Score: 1

    Good programmers/architects often enjoy cooking gourmet meals, so why don't you ask them to cook their favorite dish for you. This will give you insight in how they work, their attention to detail etc.

  14. silicon heaven? on Where Have All the Pagers Gone? · · Score: 1
  15. Re:Commodore BASIC on Scripting In Commodore BASIC For Windows & Linux · · Score: 1

    The Commodore Basic interpreter was made by Microsoft (Bill Gates programmed part of it himself) and licensed to Commodore. To say it's different then the 'other Basics' makes no real sense when you consider that most of the interpreters from that era came from the same source. http://www.pagetable.com/?p=43

  16. Re:The other half of the conversation on Machines Almost Pass Mass Turing Test · · Score: 1

    yeah, I was very disappointed about its continuous evasion of the subject. It also has a hard time answering questions, it will simply make a statement that more or less touches the subject of the conversation at that point. Then, if you complain, it gets annoyed.

  17. whats the point of certificates... on Firefox SSL-Certificate Debate Rages On · · Score: 1

    ... if you don't update them *and* don't like to see them enforced in the browser??

  18. Hmmm... on Harry Potter Leaked Via Handheld Camera · · Score: 1

    To me its fairly obvious. To prevent the real book from leaking the publisher has spread several false copies containing bogus storylines. The copy shown here is just a deliberate way of giving pirates no chance. The publisher themselves acknowledged they spent over 20 million to prevent leaking, and spreading false copies (even going through the trouble of writing and printing those) would be an awesome way to surprise everyone. In the chaos of the multitude of versions, the real leaked copy (if there even is one) will be hardly recognizable and therefore safe from publicity.

  19. # of patches? on Surprise, Windows Listed as Most Secure OS · · Score: 1

    ...so the *least* number of patches indicates the more secure OS???

    The OS that gets repaired the least...?

  20. Re:Greasemonkey? on AJAX May Be Considered Harmful · · Score: 1

    You're not able to reach pages in other tabs or windows, but with this you can.

  21. Re:Greasemonkey? on AJAX May Be Considered Harmful · · Score: 1

    well, as I understand, the brilliance is that the malicious script, loaded into the page context by a conventional means of XSS or whatever, now could be able to reach beyond the sandbox it's supposed to be confined in. it does this by screwing up the prototypes. but, please don't kill me if I'm wrong

  22. heh on How Much Does Your Work Depend on the Internet? · · Score: 1

    dude, that would be the end :-)

  23. let people pay in advance... on A Working Economy Without DRM? · · Score: 1

    ..and wait till the combined contributions add up to the amount you want to receive. Then release the product and allow free distribution and copying.

  24. Re:Microsoft knows people won't change. on Just what has Microsoft been doing for IE 7? · · Score: 1

    so it's "us" (1) against the "people" (2) now...