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Comment Re:What? (Score 1) 481

The problem is that just out of shot is a manager who has just told them that if they don't look happy for the photos they, and anyone from their family/friends, will be sacked and never again employed by that factory or any other that the owner has connections to the owners of.

True, but that's pretty much the point I was trying to make. Google "sarcasm". Anyway, the whole thing makes me glad that I only by accessory hardware made in Mexican sweatshops.

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Will Adobe Sue Apple Over Flash? 980

An anonymous reader writes "Apple's iron-bound determination to keep Adobe Flash out of any iWhatever device is about to blow up in Apple's face. Sources close to Adobe tell me that Adobe will be suing Apple within a few weeks."

Comment Re:A-list? What? (Score 1) 471

In Korea, video gaming is a professional sport...

And therein lies the reason for all the derision, folks. It may be an over-generalization to so label an entire country as "badly needs to get a fucking life", but it isn't racism. I'd say the same thing about the U.S. (and especially Texas) and their obsession with football. Then again, at least football is a game involving real people on a real playing field with a real ball.

Comment Re:UNfortunately (Score 1) 171

Close. The returning of bonuses to the people you screwed should be a part of the government regulation covering people who fuck around with other peoples' money, e.g. "bankers". An escrow or trust account, could hold the money for n months, where n is long enough to determine guilt/blame. Sign whatever contracts you want, but when you lose at the tables, erm... "business", you'll never see your bonus. No restriction on the mythical free trade, just a means of ensuring that everyone plays fair.
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How To Find Bad Programmers 359

AmberShah writes "The job post is your potential programmer's first impression of your company, so make it count with these offputting features. There are plenty of articles about recruiting great developers, but what if you are only interested in the crappy ones?" I think much of the industry is already following these guidelines.
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Oz Pirate Party Tells the Elderly How To Bypass the Net Filter 275

mask.of.sanity writes "When Exit International discovered it was earmarked for Australia's Internet filter blacklist, it wanted to ensure its members could access its pro-euthanasia material, but its members share an average age of 70 — not exactly from the tech generation. So Exit International turned to the filter-hating Pirate Party of Australia, which supplied a 'hacker' who taught a crowded room of grandmas and grandpas how to use proxies and advanced VPN tunnels to access Exit International's material — which the Australian government thinks breaches the moral compass of society. Computerworld has the presentation."

Comment Re:It's About Freedom. (Score 1) 601

The Interwebs are about freedom, and you are free not to view any site you feel is offensive in some way. Interweb freedom is about the freedom to choose. IE9 chooses certain voluntary standards, and not other voluntary standards, and even creates some of its own voluntary standards. All of which you are free not to use because of the freedom to choose a different browser. It's about freedom. Freedom to choose, not freedom to be restricted to RMS' view of how the Interweb should be.

Develop web pages that must work in all browsers much? I didn't think so. If you did, you'd know exactly why standards are important.

Comment On behalf of ashamed Texans everywhere (Score 1) 703

...I would like to thank this tool for reaching a new low for stupidity in a public servant. Having conservative ignoramuses trying to mess with history by inserting fiction into text books is bad, but stupid about history is, I guess, is better than stupid about sex. Not that we don't have our share of "stupid about sex" in The Lone Star State, but at least that particular shortcoming isn't being actively encouraged by a public servant.

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