Yes, I agree 100%. I relish the days that /. was unbiased with all the submitted articles about MicroSoft, Apple, Oracle, Python, C++, JavaScript, Religion, Governments, Global Warming...

Why Not. The kids in St. Louis are playing Knockout King, why not try to help focus their energies towards fighting terrorism.

How about take a fraction of that budget and start programs that informs/teaches the public how to spot and handle terrorist/terrorist activities? Seams like the average Joe is doing a pretty good job of this already.

F@ck, I hate our politicians.

I used to run my TV using a Mac Mini with EyeTV so I could watch and record TV. It was awful, very unstable, crashed often, and required a CS degree in order to understand how to record a series. If Apple is coming out with a TV, they need something much much much better then EyeTV.

Um... so you're angry with Apple, because a third party vendor had crappy software? Maybe that's why Apple is thinking about getting in the market. The current offerings are kind of crappy.

Samuel L. Jackson!

Me: Samuel, what's the best way to air transport serpentines?
Samuel: Enough is enough! I have had it with these monkey-fighting snakes on this Monday-to-Friday plane!

Google played no part in the Megaupload takedown.

Just because they (or you) say that, doesn't mean its true. They played a huge part in it. They are the ones that created the system and they are the ones that entered into an agreement with UMG. Wether or not UMG "wasn't supposed to do this", is irrelevant. Google's poor oversight and management of these takedown tools and not keeping an eye on how their partners use them, is just as bad in my eyes. If their system has a loophole for people to bypass the DMCA, then they need to fix it and manage their system and partners better, if "Do no evil" is still relevant to them.

And I've never paid for any YouTube. At least not to see anything.

Really? You've never seen an ad on YouTube? You've never posted a video and Google paid you some money for ads? That is not "free"

Don't get me wrong, this is a pretty skeezy agreement,

Agree, but the thing is Google also has an "agreement" with their users. If the terms of use doesn't mention that they allow this, then Google is breaking their own agreement.

This is definitely bad PR for Google.

They will start with Australia and Brazil in January, then go world-wide after they have assured there are no issues.

Haha, I guess a big thanks goes out to Australia and Brazil for being the beta testers. Thanks!

I guess all the good programmers left Adobe years ago.

if (x if (x == 0) { do_other_stuff(); exit;}
if (x > 1) {
... establish restrictions ...

perform_secure_operation();

}
...So... what happens when x == 1

} else {
... user equals root.
}