While on the topic about fragmentation... Android is another type of linux.

The problem right now is that the current political mantra thinks that jobs are the most important thing, and if you don't have a job you're worthless and a problem that must be taken care of. It will be a painful period for jobless and workers alike until this discrepancy between current reality and ancient politics is gone.

Execution speed is not necessarily the only metric used to judge a compiler. As a developer for embedded platforms I mostly look at code size, and you could also judge it on how well it handles various CPU architecture varieties.

Then again, your argument still stands. He could've written "better". ;)

How about reading the fucking SUMMARY, then you'd realize you're talking about two completely separate letters.

Are you suggesting that the kernel should kill of application in userspace using this instruction? Are there any other instructions you morally object to? Using XOR with a constant is also bad cryptography, perhaps it should be prevented by the kernel.

Getting such an account probably requires signing 30 pages of fineprint, making sure that anything you do can get your account banned.

A bigger question is why. What do PayPal gain by "randomly" freezing accounts like this?

So you mean they are not born with a map? Shocking news.

Did you read the fine article? No you didn't. This guy is not a programmer, he's not been programming since that calculator. He's an English teacher.

His point is that iPad is a dumb device meant for passive intake of information, but many still assumes it's more advanced than the old calculators, thus a better tool for students.

Stupid Anonymous Coward - fits in the Apple Fanboy category. Users naturally see the iPad as a computer - that's what it is, right? And it's assumed that a computer can do everything than a calculator can, making the calculator obsolete. The Fine Article points out that this is not the case, and that teachers, parents and students should think about this when deciding what to promote in the classroom.

Fact is that the iPad is a gimped consumer toy compared to a computer or calculator, great for glossy illustrations in elementary school, but when it's time to do some heavy lifting, it falls short.

When the choice is between buying another gadget or install a free or cheap program on a gadget you already own, then yes, that's the rational answer.

When the average student owns several computers, maybe programming the calculator should be encouraged.

You mean because women don't get orgasms?

Remember that the NSA is a tax-founded government agency, thus it's much more likely to assume that indeed everyone in America (I take it that you mean the United States version of America?) support what they do. At least most people voted for it, considering both parties are equally eager to keep NSA running.

New way to develop products - merely pretend you're building some cool thing, hope that another company will steal the idea and do it first.

That way you don't actually have to get bored with the messy details, but can go out and buy the finished product later.

Frankly, I'm disappointed having read so many comments in this thread and not one talks about the most important for a geek site like slashdot: How do manage to get a bug like this?

Nothing is very special with HIJKL that makes them stick out or warrant exceptional handling.