ever heard of the first amendment? I'm not even a US citzen and I know about it.

why is this nerdy? because it was a recumbent tricycle?!

If it recognizes someone you've never met before there is a 2 in 3 chance they are a rapist or other criminal

If you are writing desktop applications (ie. a windows PC) for a web browser, then yes, you are doing it wrong. "who needs native code" is certainly over-stating things. HTML + Javascript is appealing when you want to write an application - what smartphones call "apps - that runs on as many platforms - architectures, operating systems, screen sizes - as possible without rewriting all of your code 300 times for each device. If you can write your main code once and have it run on your xbox, playstation, samsung S4, blackberry, iphone, PC, linux, mac, your refrigerator and barbeque then why wouldn't you do that! And with html + javascript there is no installation required - just send a mass email with a shortcut to the webpage for everyone that needs it. It's more like "who needs 300 different versions of the same native code"

so you are saying you should spend money beefing up your server so you can present info from the client, to that very same client, after doing some calculations it could have done itself? If the client already has a system capable of doing its share of the work, then why not distribute the load and enable it to do so?!

bitcoin was invented solely for buying and selling drugs on the internet. It is evil and must be stopped. queue the ridiculous headlines

I got AMATZWAEPOHTMP ... not even close. Sounds like someone just really wanted to spell a word from all that

is it really a swim suit if you are not swimming?

Isn't that pretty much what they are looking for? If so then they will need a very well informed AI

just because their brain processes things faster it doesn't mean they can move fast enough to get out of the way. Consider the size of a flyswatter in relation to the size of the fly

so let me get this straight. linus says this release is "fairly normal" (ie. nothing special), and someone thought "hey I should post this to slashdot!"?

as with any art form - whether it is pottery, drawing, or music - there will be those who do it for fun, and those who do it for the money. Those who do it for fun by themselves are sure to gain greater respect from there peers then those who do it for profit and pay someone to do the hard work for them.

I would hardly call it programming, more like re-configuring. You are not creating new lego bricks, you are just moving them around and coloring on them

oh, and with dial-a-bottle I can get beer and smokes(if that's your thing) within the hour too. Beer, smokes, and pizza - what more could a guy want!(if you're gonna say sex, some escorts do house-calls)

then I would have to wait all day, cook it myself, and it still wouldn't be as good as delivery

I can order a freshly made pizza and have it within the hour! I'm not about to sit around all day waiting for my groceries to show up.