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I second the disagreement. There are a number of companies that deal with interesting technical problems without being complete scum. People like you that don't "discriminate again…

If the presenter is actually saying something that is totally wrong, I would argue that they should have chosen a different topic and Katz was doing that conference a service. Edit…

I'm not trying to imply you have a problem with the word "use", I am directly implying that there is some boundary beyond which someone will be offended and you will not be. At whi…

The third party applications are using the Growl framework, yes? Did they write the extra code to install Growl? If so, I am sorry. If, as I suspect, they did not, why does the Gro…

What about usage of the word "use"? Surely that implies interacting with another person only for sex and we should stop using it lest we offend. I was not deflecting, that was my w…

And should we also stop saying we've gotten "fucked" for similar reasons? Since you are the curator and sole arbiter of allowable phrases, I'd like to get it all clear while I've g…

Because of people like this (the straw was Growl installing itself for the third time), I've had to completely change the permissions on particularly vulnerable folders in OS X. An…

More than that, since they would guess one of {e,t,o,i,n}.

I can imagine the head scratching over this design decision 500 years in the future when everyone is an AI that has bajillions of files. Or one really unlucky guy tomorrow.

You and I both. If you haven't already seen it there's a book, (Predictably Irrational, IIRC) that gives some scientific studies on why certain manipulations work. You might enjoy …

The group of people that use Android and the group of people that are vehemently against Apple overlaps quite a bit, so this boycott costs them nothing. It's a bit of sound and fur…

Malware authors have learned to spell -- many apps I install under the mistaken assumption that they will not run background services or send information back to the company, in fa…

The problem is you will be up against a legal team funded by millions of dollars and they will get you stuck in red tape for years. I don't think a lawyer would take that on commis…

No, not legally, but they will sic their lawyers on you and bleed you dry anyway.

Thanks!

I read there were some calls inbetween that he didn't count. After that, he asked to be put on their Do Not Call list, and they still called a few more times. So violations for the…

That would teach Microsoft a valuable lesson about harassing Android over ridiculous software patents.

But then why do exchanges feel free to reverse trades after the flash crash, but not after something like this flash freeze? From a non-trader's perspective it's as if they do what…

Every Andriod device, even the ones locked down by the carriers? I find that statement suspect.

I disagree, since both soccer and football are correct terms. It's more like calling it basketball (they are both ball sports, right?), so the correction is warranted. I am not "sw…

And in the minds of everyone in the group, you are trying to tar a number of people with the same brush. It grates on us that you write like you don't understand it's a civil case.…

Felony soda tossing: http://www.wireclub.com/topics/off_topic/conversations/T6K1R... Felony mic check: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/12/1054041/-Occupy-San... Felony protes…

It would be the reverse case if it were non-circular, returning 0.