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Comment: Re:No surprise (Score 1) 182

by am 2k (#39072631) Attached to: JotForm.com Gets Shut Down SOPA-Style

Had I been a GoDaddy user, then at least I could have changed registrar when they showed their stupidity by endorsing SOPA.

I'm not defending GoDaddy at all (see a pattern here?), but how was that a stupid move? They specifically made sure that they were exempt from SOPA, so it would have gotten them a competitive advantage.

Comment: Re:Fingerprints (Score 3, Interesting) 115

by am 2k (#39042795) Attached to: Zynga Sues Brazilian Dev For Copying Its Games

Looking at the claims it would be very interesting to know if any source was actually lifted from Zynga by Vostu.

It might be a case of cargo cult: Perhaps the programmers had the management-given task to replicate the game in every detail, noticed the bug and implemented it as well.

I'm a freelance programmer, and I get a spec like "do it exactly like program X" very often (it's just limited to certain features in my case, not whole apps). Nowadays I refuse these tasks, since it's hard to replicate a feature in every detail without just copying the source, and it might even be something the client didn't want.

Comment: Re:Android spergs (Score 1) 281

by am 2k (#38968069) Attached to: 4G Phones Are Really Fast — At Draining Batteries

News flash. All the Android phones with 4G let you turn it off when you don't need/want it.

So the most important aspect of 4G is that you can turn it off? Wow.

Given a choice between having a feature you can turn on and off at will, and not having the feature, the better choice is always having the feature.

Apple always goes for fewer options when possible in any way. Just compare the VLC preferences dialog to the QuickTime Player X preferences dialog (hint: there is none on the latter). The reason for this is that people don't care about configuring their appliances, they just want them to work.

Ambiguity: Telling the truth when you don't mean to.

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