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jimbojohn

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    Comment #1894891

    But he recouped the money through charging people to see the movie. Not a counter-example at all.

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    Comment #1881942

    Care to clarify, or do you prefer just telling people they're wrong? The linked article is on the surface convincing, but I have never touched Haskell

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    Comment #1859070

    Really? Under what circumstances? I'm shocked, actually (not a Prē user).

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    Comment #1841440

    Sounds like the startup environment (I'm talking 1-8 employees) would be a better fit. I too interned at a big company. Don't let it ruin the industry altogether!

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    Comment #1841416

    So moral absolutes apply to adults but not children? There is never a case when spying on an adult could save their life? I'm not sure about your examples. If you suspect your chil…

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    Comment #1840928

    An up-to-date iPhone is not trivial to jailbreak, especially if it isn't yours. Jailbreaking is a specific kind of rooting. It "ought" to be virtually impossible. Then good luck hi…

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    Comment #1833051

    That may be true, but we can hold ourselves as a community to a higher level of clarity and correctness.

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    Comment #1833039

    Apple gets the press, but there is no Flash on 98% of cellphones in the wild. Or IE8 64-bit. Or Linux in 64-bit. What about people who only own a cell phone (VERY common in other c…

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    Comment #1818955

    No, it's a hundred browsers. So?

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    Comment #1818890

    Would be against the TOS. Only "safe" apps will be on the app store, nothing that allows other apps to gain root access.

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    Comment #1818886

    Oracle will provide the JVM, if steve's email is any indication.