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Comment: Vi yay, Emacs nay. (Score 5, Funny) 694

I'd like to see vi become the official editor of the United States of America, and at the same time I would like to see Emacs declared an illegal tool only people of an evil doer persuasion would use and banned and hunted down. Start the War on Emacs and you'll have my vote. Thank you.

Comment: Re:Part of me says, "Good!" (Score 4, Insightful) 457

by beowulfcluster (#42602985) Attached to: Employee Outsourced Programming Job To China, Spent Days Websurfing
If you're only doing it at one place then you might be an idiot, but if as reported with this guy you're doing it at several jobs...? Suddenly you're taking home a lot more than you'd do if you were doing a real job yourself, and you're watching cat videos while doing it. If you have multiple clients who are all satisfied enough with the work your team does that they want to keep hiring you, what more do you need in a manager?

Comment: Re:Doesn't the Tolkien estate... (Score 1) 211

by beowulfcluster (#42052369) Attached to: Tolkien Estate Sues Over <em>Lord of the Rings</em> Slot Machines
The family can make slot machines too if they want. The books were written over 55 years ago by a guy who has been dead for 39 years. It should be ok for everyone to do whatever they want with it by now. The actual creator of the work can't profit from it anymore even if you think he still should. If someone thinks these machines or whatever else people come up with are distasteful they they can just not use them.

Comment: Re:Hey Guys (Score 2) 547

by beowulfcluster (#42024969) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How To Make a DVD-Rental Store More Relevant?
Maybe the DVD store guy can start catering to perverts as well. You just don't get the same thrill when you anonymously download your stuff from the Internet. The disapproving looks and terse conversation from the person behind the counter when you go rent it really add to the overall experience. Or so I've been told.

A priest advised Voltaire on his death bed to renounce the devil. Replied Voltaire, "This is no time to make new enemies."

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