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Re:How SOPA Could Ruin My Life on Friday December 30, 2011 @06:00PM (#3409476)
Free speech has many exceptions. So no, you shouldn't be able to link to anything you want to. Just like free speech, there are many exceptions about what you can link to which are already illegal.
Re:“It’s Time to Give GoDaddy a Break” on Friday December 30, 2011 @05:42PM (#3409402)
I agree that GoDaddy should be given a break. Not because I like them, but because I hate internet mob bullying in general. They've been kicked to the ground by the baying mob, and have said they're sorry.
Re:“It’s Time to Give GoDaddy a Break” on Friday December 30, 2011 @05:34PM (#3409369)
FWIW I've used them for SSL certs. I've had to call support a couple of times, and both times their support was outstanding... I mean surprisingly ridiculously good.
Re:Amazon Has Drastically Changed the Way I Read on Friday December 30, 2011 @04:31PM (#3409173)
There's tons of other time for that, when you can't read etc. eg when you're driving.
Re:Fixing holes in EC2 reliability on Friday December 30, 2011 @02:17PM (#3408729)
The other lesson I'd add is that if an instance dies and can't be rebooted, you'll need to stop/start it, which will result in an IP address change.

Best to have elastic IPs at the ready for that instance, or be prepared to deal with the IP changes.

Re:Dear MG Siegler, Are you seriously upset about your photo? on Thursday December 29, 2011 @04:12PM (#3405409)
How about when your kid/elderly relative does a search on google and sees it?

Google can choose to allow or disallow what they want.

Re:Why ++[[]][+[]]+[+[]] = 10 in JavaScript on Thursday December 29, 2011 @01:37PM (#3404718)
There are only 3 things, which aren't surprising to anyone who has done much js.

  1). a list of expressions eg (foo,bar,baz) evaluates to the last one.
  2). Array(4) creates an empty array of 4 elements
  2). Array(4).toString() = ",,,"
Re:Poll: Will you move your domains from GoDaddy today? on Thursday December 29, 2011 @10:35AM (#3403930)
I don't think killing an elephant away from any village or crops proves that the elephant isn't a nuisance for that village, or that it routinely destroys the crops.
Re:Poll: Will you move your domains from GoDaddy today? on Thursday December 29, 2011 @10:34AM (#3403928)
There's a thing called due process. There's law.
Re:Poll: Will you move your domains from GoDaddy today? on Thursday December 29, 2011 @10:26AM (#3403894)
So fix the bit that's broken - the government. Companies are just playing by the rules.
Re:Poll: Will you move your domains from GoDaddy today? on Thursday December 29, 2011 @06:34AM (#3403330)
You're also posting endless articles (Not you personally ;) ), trying to poke everyone else into doing the same.
Re:Poll: Will you move your domains from GoDaddy today? on Thursday December 29, 2011 @06:30AM (#3403321)
I'm in no way affiliated or connected to GoDaddy. I don't have any domains registered with them. I dislike internet hate mobs, which as you say are designed to "teach them a lesson".
Re:Poll: Will you move your domains from GoDaddy today? on Thursday December 29, 2011 @06:21AM (#3403299)
He killed the elephant because it was destroying the communities crops, and the community got fed well from the meat.

I don't think it's quite as one sided as you propose.

Re:Poll: Will you move your domains from GoDaddy today? on Thursday December 29, 2011 @06:19AM (#3403292)
They're cheap, they work, they're not going to go out of business....

Couldn't care less if their CEO likes hunting, or if they help the US government with its internet censorship agenda. Hate the US government for that, not random companies.

Re:Poll: Will you move your domains from GoDaddy today? on Thursday December 29, 2011 @06:09AM (#3403261)
Yes. Regardless, protests like this never achieve anything apart from wasting peoples time.

If you don't like GoDaddy, or disagree with some of their policies, don't use them. It's the whipping people up into an internet hate mob unconcerned with any facts that I find distasteful.

For example, they'd make anyone possessing, downloading, reading, printing etc any of these emails a 'terrorist' and imprison them indefinitely.
Re:Poll: Will you move your domains from GoDaddy today? on Thursday December 29, 2011 @05:49AM (#3403222)
No. But I think people should make up their own minds.

The process of whipping up an internet hate mob with the aim of destroying <person>/<company> etc is one of the parts of the internet I detest the most. It's ugly bullying.

It rarely concerns itself with facts, just how big the internet hate mob can grow to and whether they can succeed at destroying their chosen enemy.

Re:Why ++[[]][+[]]+[+[]] = 10 in JavaScript on Thursday December 29, 2011 @05:13AM (#3403161)
It's linked directly in the original question?

http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?24,33349,33405

Re:Why ++[[]][+[]]+[+[]] = 10 in JavaScript on Thursday December 29, 2011 @05:12AM (#3403160)
It's surprising if you haven't used javascript before I guess.
And, it's the reason governments will clamp down and regulate the internet more and more.

This is why we can't have nice things.

Re:Why ++[[]][+[]]+[+[]] = 10 in JavaScript on Wednesday December 28, 2011 @04:57PM (#3401574)
Clever, but not as surprising...

(null,'cool',false,NaN,4) evaluates to the last expression - 4

Array(4) creates an array with 4 elements.

Array(4).toString() = ",,,"

Re:There is No Such Thing as Proprietary Client-side JavaScript on Wednesday December 28, 2011 @04:10PM (#3401396)
All installable/downloadable software also shares code. It just happens to be machine code, which adds a little hurdle, just like a good javascript minifier does.
Oh definitely. I was just pointing out that it's a very viable model for anyone here to copy, contrary to the advice of most here.
...and anyone here can make a comfortable income from adsense.

Do not believe the hivemind here that advertising based income isn't possible.

This isn't anything to do with advertising. Try posting objectionable comments on HN, and you'll be banned.

If you don't like the rules, don't use the website.

They would undoubtedly make a lot more.

FWIW I find the current begging really offputting and irritating. More so than small relevant text adverts would be.

Online news sites run ads without worrying about impartiality etc. I don't see why wikipedia worries so much about it.