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Comment Re:Drupal Sux (Score 1) 130

That's a fair point, but I don't see mention of "use Wordpress" on Drupal's about page. Quite the opposite, they make it sound like the ordinary Joe could make whitehouse.gov. It's not a complete lie either, depending on the level of customization desired it's quite possible for someone without a lot of experience to use. But it's also quite possible you'll wind up needing a consultant. Drupal isn't immune to fanboism either. It's not so surprising that many people find it's not what they want and then tell others it wasn't what they wanted or thought they were getting.

Comment Re:The competition is OSX (Score 1) 792

That's an absurd thing to say and betrays your ignorance here.
As far as not using the shell for day-to-day tasks, you can do that with Linux now.
Your second comment shows you clearly understood the point, so I think the first comment was ... revealing.

If you want to make the argument that the CLI is never "needed" in linux, why not just go directly into that argument? Personally I was not the least bit persuaded by what you said in that regard. The assertion was that a CLI keeps home users away from linux, not that a CLI has no advantages.

Would you like to try again on refuting that? Your initial response seems to fall into the "delusional" category rather than just "fanboy".

A System For Handling 'Impostor' Complaints 165

Frequent Slashdot contributor Bennett Haselton writes "A woman sued Yahoo because they wouldn't remove a page created by her ex-boyfriend pretending to be her and soliciting strangers for sex. What would be an effective system for large companies like Yahoo to handle 'impostor' complaints, without getting bogged down by phony complaints and unrelated disputes? This is a harder problem than it seems because of the several possible cases that have to be considered. One possible solution is given here." Read on for Bennett's analysis.

Comment Re:Wrong Question (Score 1) 759

I've seen (and been guilty of) implementing things for which there is already code for in core libraries. Or otherwise there is a readily available solution which is not used or used poorly. Each language out there has a large set of libraries available, either by default or a download away. This is the real difficulty in learning new languages. Mastering a language can take quite a while. It's true you can get code that "works" fairly quickly if you are familiar with another language in the same class (to use your term) as the syntax is easy.

I agree with the first part of your post. But I no longer agree on the part about picking up new (similar) languages. I used to think it was easy. I'm not sure if I've changed my mind more to my growth as a programmer or the expansiveness of modern core libraries. Maybe it's just old age :)

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