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Comment Re:Really? (Score 0) 897

As for shit coding environments and good coding environments, that is tied to creativity and that has a real impact upon performance. If someone hates M$ and .net then it will cripple the creativity and their productivity will be terrible, fact of life.

spoken like a lifetime microsoft user.

Comment Re:Sybase (Score 0) 160

Can I run a website with this? No. We are still making incompatible changes, and certainly do not believe the code is production quality. Right now we are defaulting many configure operations to generate debugging code for us so our binaries are not optimal. support one of the official forks. official fork sounds paradoxical. What should we call a fork whose only reason for being is to keep something free? Let's call it a frork. Or in the case of Maria and L'Office, a frorakle.

Comment Re:Yeah right. (Score 0) 282

You seem to have a comprehension problem. blair1q stated: it's not the military's fault, it's the politicians. I stated: the president makes decisions based on the word of the military. From out of left field you emit some random bullshit about how presidents don't do the things they say they will, and then proceed to imply my statement was pointless. Here's a new point, Go back to the top of the thread read it and then reply you stupid cunt.

Comment Re:Don't confuse those who serve (Score 1, Insightful) 282

It doesn't matter what you think of me, I don't care. You didn't address my points: The military is bankrupting our country, our presence in other nations engender ill will. What you said is: "As long as your following orders, it's ok. Herp derp, Soldiers are special, therefore I'm special too because I served. You're a cucka face" Wake up bucko, this isn't space command of the 21st century. China is going to beat our ass with a 2x4, and they're going to do it without using military might. We're fucked if people don't come around and accept the inevitable transformations needed to compete with the singular vision of 1.2 billion people. xue zhong wen hai shi ni mei you dong shi

Comment Re:Yeah right. (Score 0, Insightful) 282

There's no reasoning with hardcore statists, they are too far gone. The cognitive dissonance between patriotism and objective morality is too much to handle, so they go with patriotism. iraqbodycount.org ~100,000 documented civilian deaths. What is going to come of that? How many people did the US piss off.

Comment Superhero's they aren't. (Score -1, Troll) 282

"a kind of bat-hook for real-life superheroes" So the people who work for the US military are superheroes? They materially represent the coercive tenticles of the US having outposts in 150+ other countries inposing a grand will under the threat of violence. These superheroes are a clear and present danger to the national security of the united state of america, and are bankrupting our country. Bring the troops home, lets get them integrated back into the private sector.
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Microsoft Patents Foot Computing 107

theodp writes "Microsoft Research has made it possible for a mother to surf the web while nursing her newborn, thanks to its newly-patented 'foot-based user interface' (FUI?). 'In addition to causing health problems,' explains Microsoft in the patent, 'the traditional keyboard and mouse interface can be simply inconvenient in certain situations as well. In one instance, a mother with a baby in her arms is unable to easily perform simple tasks, such as checking email, on a computer.' Users of the 'Foot-Based Interface for Interacting With a Computer,' however, will be able to move their feet and step on the floor a la DDR to execute various commands, such as deleting email or scrolling down the screen. Due to the usual foot-dragging on the part of the USPTO, the patent — filed for in 2006 — was essentially obsolete by the time it was issued on Tuesday, a week after Microsoft's Kinect launch."

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