Comment Re:I CAN HAZ KITTY PORN? (Score 1) 677
While I don't agree with Verizon on principal
What about interest?
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Comment Re:Welcome to 3 years ago (Score 1) 243
Same deal here in Canada.
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Comment Re:Welcome to 3 years ago (Score 1) 243
What's with the anti- 1 and 0 restriction? I've never heard of that before. What is special about those two numerals?
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Comment Re:Beneficial to Be Difficult (Score 1) 613
I should be able to submit my 1040 electronically for free, from the IRS.gov website. Instead, I have to go to a 3rd party, where my income levels dictate I have to pay
That's how it's been in Canada for many years (the process is called NETFILE, and it's free.)
Do you seriously have to pay a third party just to submit your return? Wow.
Comment That baby-faced sack of hot gas... (Score 1) 415
What a douchebag.
Comment Re:c++ is 'write-only' code (Score 2, Insightful) 752
What C++ has always lacked, and PHP, Java and others do not, is a bundle of standard libraries that let you do things like process XML, talk to databases, and make templating EASY.
I agree with you, but there's one small thing I don't get.
Faced with this piece of information, someone thought the logical thing to do was to, er, write an entirely new language?
What? Your logic is circular. PHP did not have standard libraries for XML (etc.) until after it existed, obviously.
PHP was invented as a lightweight server-side preprocessor as an alternative to CGI, not as a general-purpose systems-engineering low-level compiled language.
(I don't disagree with your gist that PHP is not well suited to many of the jobs it's used for today, but I wanted to clarify the history.)
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Comment Re:Won't Switch From Safari Yet (Score 1) 197
much better than Safari since you can _reattach_ tabs back into the main window
Unless I am misunderstanding you, this is possible in Safari (though potentially inelegant). Tabs can be dragged to, from and between any two tabbed windows. If you have only a single document window, though (i.e. one or no tabs showing, depending on your prefs setting), you must first induce the display of a new tab before being able to drag the principal document.
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Comment Re:Or, if we are about the open source, (Score 1) 328
Furthermore, the parent probably means "couldn't care less", not "could care less" (which implies the exact opposite of his apparent intent).
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Comment Re:Sounds good to me (Score 1) 570
You posted that like you thought QuickTime is decoding engine, which it's actually an awful cheap media player from the early 90s.
What the hell are you talking about?
Maybe you're thinking of the QuickTime Player application.
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Comment Re:Apples and Oranges (Score 1) 250
I usually think of "cloud applications" as "rain".
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Comment Re:Related to the current poll ? (Score 1) 341
While that's a good one, the more on-point question would be about the "on congress" that the 2 library apparently has.
Comment Re:Why on earth going propietary? Oh, it's Apple.. (Score 1) 332
In part, because SDI/HD-SDI provide raw picture, with no anti-consumer anti-copy layering, and The Industry just won't stand for consumers playing with "professional" tools.
(I fully share your lament however)
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Comment Re:great (Score 1) 208
Then for cripes sake, quit reading Slashdot and do your job then, if that's a problem where you work.
Comment Re:make a real camera please (Score 1) 216
The iPhone, however is a synch [sic] to open
By sheer coincidence, I just read this article today (via Gruber)
(hint: you mean "cinch")
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Comment Re:Hmm.. (Score 1) 219
Buy a TV with a DVI input, they do exit (sic).
Wouldn't that be an output?
</tongue in cheek>
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