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Comment Re:Before you click! (Score 1) 406

Google had a web accelerator back in the day. It's one of the earliest apps I remember Google launching. "Wow, they're giving away their software and bandwidth for free? Not related to their search engine? What's the catch?" They pulled it pretty quickly after it started deleting databases.

I'm getting pretty old and my memory's getting foggy, so I could be wrong...it's hard to remember back to the "advances" that were happening in ~1999-2001 while I was drunk on my new GATech dorm internet power. So if it was another company then I apologize in advance.

Comment Re:A few details I forgot: (Score 3, Informative) 94

I'm on the server software team, so I'm not completely sure about the client - but as I understand it, the client's hitting our CCDS server to save you the step of putting in server names / ports /etc. The service was written for Nokia Messaging, and is used there, but is also valid for the client to configure its built-in client.

/just finished implementing push, non-POP Hotmail support for Nokia Messaging not too long ago

Comment Re:Maybe not expensive to you (Score 1) 591

After Taxes and Health Insurance, it can easily amount to $5 or less an hour. Some people have to do it because they don't have the education or skills to meet the jobs available in their area. Likewise they don't have the money to move elsewhere.

It happens, I've seen it. Now take that and try to raise a family.

Not only would I not try to raise a family, but I didn't even think about buying a house until I was getting married. And I make good money. And don't think I "need" to spend anything on television...so I choose not to.

You can repeat or make up an infinite amount of sob stories, but really - it's not that hard to refrain from having a family. Most people don't wake up one day all of a sudden having 3 kids and a minimum-wage job. For the most part, they got themselves in the situation.

Comment Re:Dear ACM, STOP. (Score 4, Interesting) 474

You do realize that many of our states are the size of and have the population of most other countries?

You do realize how terrible the Federal government is here?

I'm guessing no, since you don't understand our system of federalism or that we're a constitutional republic or how our Constitution (with amendments) prevents states from reinstating slavery while still severely limiting the Feds' powers.

(/me looks up poster-with-very-low-ID's information)

Nope, you're a Russian in California. You have no idea how our (currently very broken) system of federal government is supposed to work, or how to get it back to a working state.

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