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  1. Re:shortchanged again on Judge Rules Apple Colluded With Publishers to Fix Ebook Prices · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is 100% true. I don't think I've ever seen a Judge say something like this one did. Seem 100% guarantee of a new trial upon apeal.

  2. Re:More PHP on Book Review: MODx Revolution - Building the Web Your Way · · Score: 1
  3. More PHP on Book Review: MODx Revolution - Building the Web Your Way · · Score: 1

    Oh wow! Just what I needed, yet another CMS built in PHP that requires MySQL as the database backend. If I really wanted to be pained by that, I'd use concrete5. In reality, I'd choose Radiant, typo or refinery LONG before I'd choose anything PHP developed.

  4. Re:Hype! on IEEE Seeks Consensus on Ethernet Transfer Speed Standard · · Score: 1

    It really all depends on the particulars of the application, but in many cases they are totally correct that putting the logic in the application can be much more scalable. Often these are not all or nothing type arguments. It may be that you need a mix of traditional SQL for some stuff with business rules and all that jazz, another SQL setup for hosting certain types of dynamic data and then a NoSQL setup for the unstructured data. There is no one solution for all troubles, that's just the way it is.

  5. Re:Hype! on IEEE Seeks Consensus on Ethernet Transfer Speed Standard · · Score: 2, Informative

    AC is 100% correct provided we're dealing with a local Access database and not Access fronting a SQL Server - in the latter case, all of the queries and what not take place on the SQL Server and not on the client. The latter case is not uncommon with Internal Applications that started off as an Access application and were later converted to run on SQL Server.

  6. Re:too bad GCC is not relevant anymore thanks to L on GCC Switches From C to C++ · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually a number of the older embedded platforms I've programmed for DID in fact use gcc+patches, usually with proprietary stuff added all around. I believe for most of the microcontrollers supported by Keil, the compiler is based on GCC (often the older 2.x series.)

  7. Re:too bad GCC is not relevant anymore thanks to L on GCC Switches From C to C++ · · Score: 2

    While the GPLv3 was the reason Apple suddenly invested in clang (which just happens to ride on llvm), it has little effect on any companies that do what they should do.

  8. US on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Place To Relocate? · · Score: 2, Informative

    The US - still the best place to live and the whole "debt" issue is really not a huge deal.

  9. Re:Just like the no-fly list? on Google+ Account Suspended? You Won't Find Out Why · · Score: 1

    It has been my experience that they don't believe that people have real names like Hunter, Yearly, color name, Happy, and lots of other common English words. - if there's a question, they should ask for proof and give you x amount of time before they just disable the account.

  10. Re:Chandrashekar Rathakrishnan on JooJoo Tablet Dies, Fusion Garage Continues On · · Score: 1

    Are thinking of Matthew Boulton or perhaps misspelling Michael Bolton?

  11. Re:Microsft own from 2004 on Slashdot's Disagree Mail · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure where you've been but XP SP2 didn't change much with regards to viruses and whatnot.

  12. Re:Yawn on Slashdot's Disagree Mail · · Score: 1

    Actually, I love it. In my opinion, it's the best and funniest thing on slashdot these days (kinda sad I know). I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one that gets completely nutso, hilarious emails.

    See, my random opinion completely cancels out your random opinion. Isn't it awesome how that works?

    Plus, my UID is a good bit lower, so my opinion is inherently more valuable. Checkmate.

    Meh, I checkmate your checkmate and this was my 2nd Slashdot account!

  13. Re: Warner "Pretends"... on Warner Backs Blu-Ray. End Times For HD-DVD? · · Score: 1

    He actually said 92", but 60" displays are very common and there are some larger flat panel TVs and RPTVs, but at 92" most likely he's referring to a projector onto a screen, where 92" is if anything, small. My 1080p projector is projecting onto 120" screen. To be honest not all HD material is created equally.

  14. Re:This helps on DDO Goes Solo · · Score: 1

    We are trying to find the movie, but we know it was a group from Argent Dawn.

  15. Re:This helps on DDO Goes Solo · · Score: 1

    There's a video of 4 Paladins taking down Ony by themselves. There was also a similar 6person druid effort.

  16. Re:First quarter? on February Game Sales Flop · · Score: 1

    Pretty sure most start their fiscal year eithre September or January.

  17. Re:It was my fault, sorry. on February Game Sales Flop · · Score: 4, Interesting

    My guy at EB told me a little story ...

    The reason they aren't getting that many copies of each 360 game ... cause they didn't sell well enough in the first place.

  18. Re:Time to Short Apple's Stock on Apple Surpasses Dell's Market Value · · Score: 1

    I do it so I can carry about 20 games on one catridge, and NOT because I steal them. I have all 20 game catridges.

  19. Re:The secret on Apple Surpasses Dell's Market Value · · Score: 1

    Umm you mean the shortcut, Steve Jobs owned and started? Oh yeah that NeXT.

  20. Re:Why would it be silly? on OEM Hard Drive With Window · · Score: 1

    Or Linux, OS X x86, OS/2, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, HURD, FireflyBSD, or umm like 200000 other free OSs. (oh let's not forget BeOS)

  21. Re:Joel on Software on What Workplace Coding Practices Do You Use? · · Score: 1

    There's another person who the OSS community loves to talk about, but have you ever used Yahoo! Stores? (even before it was totally changed)

  22. Re:Has made it? O.o on Stopping Linux Desktop Adoption Sabotage · · Score: 1

    I can say in the corporate world the "ease" of installing software is a complete and total mess. There so many applications that refuse to work without the user having like 15000 user rights, namely the ability to install software (strange that you need this right AFTER the application is installed)

  23. Re:Daikatana - what was all that about? on John Romero Back In The Game · · Score: 1

    Plus you had programmers at Ion Storm making all kinds of comments about how bad the id Engine was and how there were all these math errors and what not ... then Daikatana comes out and it's just nothing special. That's why game developers only need to start hyping when they are close enough that they KNOW their game is rockin'.

  24. Re:Is this for real? on Preference Engines Side-Effects in Online Retail · · Score: 1

    I'm in it for the microfiber tee and the umbros ... with sandals. I pretty much go to consulting meetings dressed this way and noone cares ... Why you ask? Because I am a programmer ...

  25. Re:Phone lines are cash cows? on FCC May Push Bells to Unbundle DSL · · Score: 1

    Look at BellSouth's profits ... just look at the earning paid on a (as of right now) $26.11 share, it was $2.19 ... That's a pretty big profit margin.

    Now SBC that's a diff story $1.41 on $24.12, Verizon paid $3.09 on $32.01, and Qwest actually lost .45 on $3.91 share (I won't even go into how much AT&T lost last year)