I had to make a blackberry app for a customer and It was a total pain in the ass for too many reasons to list. I say good riddance to it. I wouldn't count windows phone out, its easy to develop for and I happen to really like the interface. They did take too long to get into all the carriers. My big complaint with MS was their total lack of support for corporate apps on the WP. They have recently rectified that FINALLY, but still its a pita and takes a fair number of steps to enable. oh, and i'm with you on the beta bullshit.

Indeed. I didn't see anything new that I would want to take advantage of; just a bunch of crappy UI changes. I've been here the better part of my adult life and wont be staying with that new beta site.

I do the exact same thing sometimes, its saved me a crapload of debug time on tired eyes months/years later.

Same here, I got to about halfway through and was wishing I had the opportunity to tell him, "thanks, we'll let you know."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mvOU-czQnl8#t=267s
How many kids have we murdered with these drones?

I've been programming at a standup desk for 12+ hour days for over 8 years now. i stand up straighter than before and am more productive. I'll never go back to sitting all day long. You have to make sure the desktop is high enough to force you to stand up straight though, mine comes up to my armpits.

If you actually have leadership experience, then it should be no problem getting a few of those you have lead to write a letter of recommendation for you as a their leader. Then submit those for review when you go to discuss the issue.

amen, fuck a bunch of video bullshit. waste of time. if i can't read it or it isn't transcribed Im not gonna waste my time with it. oh and screw the ajax and formatting on slashdot nowadays too. it is a crying shame

we already have an "oil standard". it is called the US petrodollar.
this is a good read:
The End of Dollar Hegemony

excerpt:

Realizing the world was embarking on something new and mind-boggling, elite money managers, with especially strong support from U.S. authorities, struck an agreement with OPEC to price oil in U.S. dollars exclusively for all worldwide transactions. This gave the dollar a special place among world currencies and in essence “backed” the dollar with oil. In return, the U.S. promised to protect the various oil-rich kingdoms in the Persian Gulf against threat of invasion or domestic coup. This arrangement helped ignite the radical Islamic movement among those who resented our influence in the region. The arrangement gave the dollar artificial strength, with tremendous financial benefits for the United States. It allowed us to export our monetary inflation by buying oil and other goods at a great discount as dollar influence flourished.

Funny enough, I just got one because a customer of mine wants a custom app for it to run on 600 new devices. It's a pretty nice device; my wife took it from me, later informing me that she will allow me to use it for testing purposes but otherwise she is keeping it.

You should read the article. They did in fact understand it and followup up to verify the information. They only went through with it for the hell of it since taking part in the android platform was an experiment.

That is funny, I coulda sworn that my customers put through hundreds of millions of dollars of sales on .net software every year. Hell of a useless product.

Speak for yourself; MS is my sugardaddy and I like it that way.

Isn't the whole reason for this article the fact that they DON'T have a monopoly? They can do whatever they want with their property, as long as the government doesn't guarantee them a monopoly then it isn't any of my business.

i actually prefer his solutions to those issues.
There should be no "gay rights". You have individual rights, they should be the same for everybody.
Get the government OUT of marriage. Marriage licensing by the government originated as a way to keep whites and blacks from marrying. Let's eliminate state-sanctioned marriage and return it back to where it came from, chuches or individual private ceremonies.
Well I'm pro-life, but even then his solution is to return it back to the state level. Let those red states outlaw abortion the blue states can keep it.