Comment: Options trading (Score 1) 423
Comment: Re:The eight decompiled files (Score 1) 478
Comment: Marketing dept. (Score 4, Funny) 219
phases that include 'Detect Corruption,'
Given the other phase names, I surprised the marketing department didn't call this "Detect Awesomeness!".
Comment: Pirates (Score 5, Insightful) 587
Comment: Mystery solved (Score 1, Flamebait) 171
Comment: Matters of fact vs. matters of law (Score 2, Informative) 155
waiting for the Oracle v. Google trial jury to rule on the same question under U.S. law.
This idea seems rather broken. Juries are supposed to decide matters of fact and courts are supposed to decide matters of law. Whether an API is copyrightable is purely a matter of law, not fact. What the hell's going on here? This decision is the judge's responsibility.
Comment: Re:Everyone ignores Commodore (Score 1) 301
The megahertz wars hadn't started. the IBM PC was faster with a 4 Mhz processor
I'm not so sure about that. Although the 6510 ran at 1.03 MHz, it could access the memory bus on every clock cycle (well, when not pre-empted by the video chip). The IBM-PC 8088 ran at 4.77 MHz, but could only access the memory bus every four clock cycles. I'd say the 64 was competitive with the 8088 and probably faster at some activities.
Comment: They can go fuck themselves! (Score 0) 474
The law states 'It is unlawful for any person with intent to
... harass, annoy or offend, to use any ... digital device and use any ... profane language or suggest any lewd or lascivious act...'"
They can go fuck themselves!
Comment: Mauve (Score 1) 355
To add insult to injury, it's only available in mauve.
I think mauve has the most RAM.