Comment Re:So let me get this straight... (Score 1) 154
The parent made a joke in reference to the GP's post. It's a joke! God damn, just laugh! It was funny!
Arrington Responds To the JooJoo, Files Suit 91
itwbennett writes "Not normally 'one to enjoy a casual read of a lawsuit,' blogger Peter Smith admits to finding the suit Michael Arrington is filing against Fusion Garage over the JooJoo (nee CrunchPad) fascinating. 'Skip to page 4, starting with item 11,' says Smith. 'At this point I don't know what to think, Every time I get close to pretty much accepting Arrington's story at face value, he pulls something that makes me stop and reexamine his arguments.' For example, says Smith, in one bullet point in Arrington's latest salvo, he calls out the press, saying 'it is irresponsible for press to link to the pre-sale site.' 'This attempt to directly sway the press away from Fusion Garage really spikes my suspicion meter' says Smith. 'After all, Arrington is the press. If I started writing screeds advising him on what he should or should not say about a product, what would he think?'"
Comment Re:Have you looked elsewhere ? (Score 1) 325
I was started out on $8/hr pay from my high school when they hired me on as a tech assistant. 8 dollars an hour sounded pretty good to a high school senior. (This was last summer, I'll graduate in 2010)
Comment Re:I think you've already decided... (Score 1) 600
The State of Ruby VMs — Ruby Renaissance 89
igrigorik writes "In the short span of just a couple of years, the Ruby VM space has evolved to more than just a handful of choices: MRI, JRuby, IronRuby, MacRuby, Rubinius, MagLev, REE and BlueRuby. Four of these VMs will hit 1.0 status in the upcoming year and will open up entirely new possibilities for the language — Mac apps via MacRuby, Ruby in the browser via Silverlight, object persistence via Smalltalk VM, and so forth. This article takes a detailed look at the past year, the progress of each project, and where the community is heading. It's an exciting time to be a Rubyist."
Comment Re:No Cheating (Score 2, Informative) 738
The modding they're talking about in TFA is direct backups of games. There are no hacks in the actual gameplay.
Comment Re:Weeding out the candidates (Score 1) 171
Dress nice and make sure your pants don't get ripped.
Comment Re:oh Microsoft... (Score 1) 435
Including? That's all there is. "Backups". I know this, as I am a pirate. Yarrr.
Comment Re:What's wrong with this picture? (Score 1) 445
I'm fairly certain that the FBI has bigger things to worry about than someone uploading public docs with an unauthorized tool.
Comment Kinda like my school last year. (Score 5, Informative) 53
We had a SonicWall filter and it blocked pretty much everything. Not saying it was SonicWall's fault as we had a highly incompetent system administrator, but it was very detrimental to doing even the simplest of tasks. So I know how these students and teachers feel.
Comment Re:Fast flip? (Score 2, Funny) 125
People are lazy and want it done for them
No kidding. Mind telling me what TFA actually says?
Comment Re:Finally, a reason. (Score 1) 297
All this talk about cigs, yuck. No love for the good ol' Skoal?
Comment Re:Wait, what? (Score 1) 423
So what happens when I do Command Key + R --> iexplore.exe ?
Comment Re:that will keep your customers happy (Score 2, Insightful) 749
I'm sure the RIAA was acting in good faith when they received, what was it? Like eighty thousand dollars per song?
I cannot believe that the RIAA, in good faith, actually believed that they were cheated out of hundreds of thousands of dollars for some downloaded MP3s, punitive damages and all.
I cannot believe that the RIAA, in good faith, actually believed that they were cheated out of hundreds of thousands of dollars for some downloaded MP3s, punitive damages and all.
Comment Re:Let's not kid ourselves (Score 1) 171
If it's supposed to be between two trusted parties then what's the advantage of this over PGP/GPG? A fancy "vanish" button? Someone enlighten me.
