Kind of like how Laserdisc never really took off. VHS tape was way more durable and practical than something that looked like a giant CD that only held about 30 minutes of analog video per side. The damn things were ridiculously fragile because they had no error correction.

How much of a speed reduction are we talking about here? If it's a few seconds slower, I can live with that--I'd rather have more space.

Apple is flush with cash. Why not just buy out the VirnetX (never heard of them until now) patents or just buy the whole company?

This should be modded insightful, not funny.

Actually, some WYSIWYG editors like Amaya can produce standards-compliant code these days (since Amaya is the W3C's own tool, I would sure hope it produces compliant code). I use Amaya for creating web-based documentation. I initially code the document template by hand and then use the WYSIWYG tool to add the actual content because doing all that by hand is downright tedious. When I'm writing, I like to focus 100% on content without having to worry about the HTML.

The only gripe I have with Amaya is that the interface is a bit clunky (even though it still works great) and I just can't make the damn thing work on Linux Mint 15 even with the official deb packages.

Have you ever seen the applications people build around MS Access back in the day? It was, I am not exaggerating, a nightmare. You could really have bad dreams about that sort of thing, because it felt like what getting lost in the woods at night feels like.

The Visual Basic 6 monstrosities people used to cobble together back in the '90s were just as bad.

That article gave me hope for a moment-- until I read TFA I thought they had reverted Amarok to its classic apprearance.

My sentiments exactly. The only reason why we have this dysfunctional for-profit healthcare system is because of Richard Nixon and the deal he cut with Kaiser. People should be lined up for miles to piss on his grave for that--he deserves it!

Fine. I'll keep using Adobe CS2 indefinitely. CS2 has always met my needs perfectly so I have no reason to ever upgrade--especially since Adobe was kind enough to release an activation-free CS2 installer awhile ago (about the only benevolent thing they've ever done). They had their chance to force people like me to upgrade when they shut the CS2 servers down and they blew it. Thanks, Adobe!

The thing I'm not sure about right now is whether the RSA method itself is becoming insecure or if standard-size keys can simply be brute-forced. If it's a question of key size, then why not use larger keys?

The last time I checked, it is possible to increase the size of RSA keys quite a bit. Most frontends for PGP/GPG only allow keys up to 4096-bit to be created but several years ago I was able to generate valid key pairs up to 11296-bit. I had to modify the GPG source code and recompile it before it would let me create oversize keys but my 11296-bit key is still compatible with stock GPG.

On OTA TV I tolerate advertisement because I can pick up the signal for free. On the other hand, people have to pay for fucking cable/satellite service and they still get ads. Back when I got cable I was upset because I couldn't a-la-carte the channels I really wanted so I was stuck paying for a bunch of shit I had no interest in watching. Broadcasters/channels get no sympathy from me because cable simply isn't worth paying for. I make do with OTA.

Big companies hire developers fresh out of college constantly.

Sadly, it didn't work out that way for me when I got out back in 2008 (right before the economy went bad). I wasn't a seasoned veteran but I wasn't a green developer with no experience either (I even had a small portfolio at the time).

Except volunteer experience (seriously, what do you think open source projects are, if not volunteer?) doesn't always translate to work experience (doing dev work for pay). You learn the skills either way and both routes give you equal competence but no one in business seems to care if you do it for free (even if you have something good to show off during an interview). Recruiters are especially bad at this. That's the whole point I'm trying to make.

How does somebody get over the arbitrary "5-7 years work experience" hurdle if they are trying to get their first development gig? We all know it's boilerplate horseshit. To the HR zombies, it doesn't matter if you have a stunning portfolio and cut your teeth on open source projects over the years; you aren't getting an interview unless your resume matches all the keywords on their grep list because they have no idea how to qualify what they're looking for.

Episode 3 almost made up for the other two (the key word being almost). That said, I watched EPIII again a few days ago after not having seen it for awhile. The reason for Anakin/Vader's fall has always seemed really petty to me. I guess after 20+ years of build-up I expected something more compelling than Anakin's fear of losing Padme because of a few nightmares.