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    Yahoo's "Hack Day" Lap Dancers Get the Web's Panties in a Twist

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    Image of r0cketman22 r0cketman22
    10/20/09

    In reply to Yahoo's "Hack Day" Lap Dancers Get the Web's Panties in a Twist
    ...applying at Yahoo.. #yahoohackdaydancersapology
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    Image of ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD
    10/20/09

    In reply to Yahoo's "Hack Day" Lap Dancers Get the Web's Panties in a Twist
    Will someone hurry up and post this video? #yahoohackdaydancersapology
     Reply
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    Image of met2art met2art
    10/20/09

    In reply to Yahoo's "Hack Day" Lap Dancers Get the Web's Panties in a Twist
    Baby got hack!

    I like tight code and I can not lie
    You other coders can't deny
    That when an app compiles to an itty-bitty file
    And a icon in your face
    You get hung
    Gonna delete the cruft
    Cuz you notice that app was stuffed
    Deep in the code it's glaring
    I'm tired but I can't stop caring
    Oh, baby I wanna get at'cha
    And get a screen cap'tcha
    My beta testers tried to warn me
    But that code you got is (s-s-so so thorny)
    Ooh, dump them long strings
    You say you wanna add more things?
    Well excuse me, excuse me, 'cause you ain't no good at C

    I've seen them glancin'
    To hell with rem statements
    It's get, reset, got it goin' like VB .NET
    I'm tired of forum dweebs
    saying bloatware is the thing
    Take the average app man and ask him that
    It gotta be hacked, so...
    Coders (yeah), coders (yeah)
    Has your source code got the cruft (hell no)
    Tell them to edit, edit, edit, edit,
    edit that dirty code
    Baby got hack
     #yahoohackdaydancersapology
     Reply
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    Image of telepheedian telepheedian
    10/20/09

    @met2art: Give this man a star. #yahoohackdaydancersapology
     Reply
    Curves promoted this comment telepheedian was starred telepheedian was unstarred
    Image of Curves Curves
    10/20/09

    @telepheedian: If I could, I would. Good stuff. #yahoohackdaydancersapology
     Reply
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    Image of r0cketman22 r0cketman22
    10/20/09

    @met2art: haha, holy crap. #yahoohackdaydancersapology
     Reply
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/20/09

    In reply to Yahoo's "Hack Day" Lap Dancers Get the Web's Panties in a Twist
    What the... Matt? Is that you? #yahoohackdaydancersapology
     Reply
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    10/20/09

    In reply to Yahoo's "Hack Day" Lap Dancers Get the Web's Panties in a Twist
    Absolutely despicable. This is a total mockery of everything the tech industry stands for.

    The tech boys are supposed to be too awkward to get near a girl, much less receive a lap dance from one. And the tech girls are supposed to be fiercely independent, indignant at the thought of being paraded around for the male coders, or too shy to show their necks in public.

    Man, a jock could totally feel comfortable at this shindig. What have we become? #yahoohackdaydancersapology
     Reply
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/20/09

    @OCEntertainment: A wise man once pointed out that Jocks only think about sports, while nerds only think about sex. Considering that a jock has a higher probability of either receiving or administering an ass slap from/to another dude than a nerd, I'm afraid I have to agree. #yahoohackdaydancersapology
     Reply
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    10/20/09

    In reply to Yahoo's "Hack Day" Lap Dancers Get the Web's Panties in a Twist
    Next time, they should include the donkey.

    Where is the alcohol?
     Reply
    Edited by Dr. H. F. Danger at 10/20/09 3:31 PM Dr. H. F. Danger was starred Dr. H. F. Danger was unstarred
    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    08/19/09

    In reply to Garmin's WinMo Nuvifone M20 Finally Launches In Taiwan
    This reminds me of the Zune, seriously, who the heck will buy this crap?
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    08/19/09

    @Noobs-R-Us: Oh yeah, it's exactly like the Zune isn't it. It's rectangular shaped and has a screen...that makes it just like the Zune...

    (This post brought to you by sarcasm...)
     Reply
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    Image of jonnythan jonnythan
    08/19/09

    In reply to Garmin's WinMo Nuvifone M20 Finally Launches In Taiwan
    WinMo? Really?

    This seems like just another WinMo phone, but with Garmin XT preinstalled..
     Reply
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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    08/19/09

    @jonnythan: WinMo can't be that bad if so many companies are still using it on their devices. I do use it myself and although it's not great, with some tweaking it works fine.

    I do agree that it's just a WinMo device with Garmin preinstalled. It would have been nice to see more of a Garmin-esque OS or something.
     Reply
    Bigbadbikernerd promoted this comment Edited by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: at 08/19/09 11:46 AM PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: was starred PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: was unstarred
    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    08/19/09

    @Purple Monkey Dishwasher: In my experience, it sucked ass (and I like Microsoft). I had an HTC Touch, though, so it may have just been the hardware. All I know is that it locked up all the frickin time and I wouldn't know, so I just thought I didn't get any e-mails or phone calls. After I would reboot the damn thing, multiple voicemails and e-mails would pour in. This doesn't cut it when you use it for business. Switched to a Blackberry, and I am much happier.
     Reply
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    Image of Justapspfan Justapspfan
    07/28/09

    In reply to Foxconn Increases Compensation For iPhone Suicide Employee's Family
    So what about the girlfriend, does she get a PC now?
     Reply
    Lite: is on a boat. promoted this comment Justapspfan was starred Justapspfan was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    07/28/09

    @Justapspfan: According to Microsoft, the Apple costs more, and therefor would be the bigger compensation amount.
     Reply
    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was starred Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was unstarred
    Image of player_of_games player_of_games
    07/28/09

    In reply to Foxconn Increases Compensation For iPhone Suicide Employee's Family
    So really Foxconn are admitting responsibility for the man's death? I'm sure things work differently in China then here in Western Europe but isn't that's a strange thing to do considering the rumours of shady goings on?

    He wasn't killed in a workplace accident so there would be no reason for them to give such a payment to the family except PR, guilt and/or as a deal.

    I can imagine the police investigation that follows being thwarted at every turn, a la Beverly Hills Cop III.
     Reply
    Lite: is on a boat. promoted this comment player_of_games was starred player_of_games was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    07/28/09

    @player_of_games: Actually, the CEO of motorola (or Old CEO?) is reported to have worked the guy who invented the RAZR into an early grave.
     Reply
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    Image of player_of_games player_of_games
    07/29/09

    @Lite: That's awful. But just the kind of behaviour I'd expect from the company that helped create the G5, one of the most evil chips in the history of computing.

    I believe the original prototype is currently being kept underground in a secret bunker and sprayed round the clock with liquid nitrogen to keep the chip frozen and the world safe from its terrible power.

    If it were to escape ... [shudders]
     Reply
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    Image of pdditty pdditty
    07/28/09

    In reply to Foxconn Increases Compensation For iPhone Suicide Employee's Family
    A lump sum payment of $52K and $4K on an annual basis aint bad at all. They dont get paid a lot over there so I'm equating this as the family hitting a small lotto. Remember Foxconn did not have to pay them anything at all
     Reply
    Lite: is on a boat. promoted this comment pdditty was starred pdditty was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    07/28/09

    @pdditty: Actually, they did. Otherwise the general growing outrage would cost them a lot of money in companies jumping ship eventually.
     Reply
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    Image of Hi, I'm God Hi, I'm God
    07/28/09

    In reply to Foxconn Increases Compensation For iPhone Suicide Employee's Family
    50 grand is a ton of money in China. You could buy... 150 iPhones, a bottle of scotch, a sweatshop, and Tawain.
     Reply
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    07/28/09

    @Hi, I'm God: Well let's see:

    Get harassed until you kill yourself in China: Get $52,600 + residuals until Foxconn kills the parents.
    Die because you're an idiot and a freight car crushes your skull in the US: $200,000
    Dump your fucking coffee from McDonalds in your lap because you're a tool in the US: $2,700,000

    Apparently the labor in China isn't the only thing that is cheap.
     Reply
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    Image of Toastie Toastie
    07/28/09

    @Lite: is on a boat.: To this day I pray that the lady who sued mcdonalds over the coffee spill dies a terrible and painful death. Along with any other idiot who discovers that their hot coffee is hot! (yes I know the coffee was hotter than it should have been, but I hate that this lady got so much money. 2 million of that cash should have been donated to other burn victims, her surgery and work opportunity cost probably cost her less than $700,00)
     Reply
    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment Edited by Toastie at 07/28/09 7:10 PM Toastie was starred Toastie was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/28/09

    @Toastie: Actually, the woman who sued McDonalds only went after them for the medical bills alone. She didn't actually look for any profit. While that in itself may still seem questionable, at the very least, it wasn't out of greed. She was awarded a large lump sum for punitive damages simply because she was shrugged off when she approached them, but the award was reduced in appeals afterwards.
     Reply
    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of Toastie Toastie
    07/28/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Well, I silence myself momentarily in observance of my own ignorance. May she live a happy life and die peacefully in her sleep from old age. I guess the 90's is becoming a blur to me, or at least the unimportant parts of it.
     Reply
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    Image of cpthook cpthook
    07/28/09

    In reply to Foxconn Increases Compensation For iPhone Suicide Employee's Family
    If you work at apple and kill yourself, do you think Jobs provides you with a sleek aluminum casket, or does he just yell at your corpse until it spontaneously cremates?
     Reply
    Lite: is on a boat. promoted this comment cpthook was starred cpthook was unstarred
    Image of eagles3 speeeedin eagles3 speeeedin
    07/28/09

    In reply to Foxconn Increases Compensation For iPhone Suicide Employee's Family
    BREAKING

    Foxxconn employee kills himself, after being interrogated for releasing sensitive information regarding compensation of previous suicide victim.
     Reply
    Lite: is on a boat. promoted this comment eagles3 speeeedin was starred eagles3 speeeedin was unstarred
    Image of Shawn Pero Shawn Pero
    07/28/09

    @Lance eagles3strong: Family to receive $50,000, as reported by a Foxconn official, who is later interrogated...
     Reply
    Lite: is on a boat. promoted this comment Shawn Pero was starred Shawn Pero was unstarred
    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    07/22/09

    In reply to World's Largest Solar Audio System Delivers 105dB to 40,000 Spectators
    They can call it what they want to, but I'll call it "world's largest interrogation point".

    wut?
     Reply
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