You can vote for them to open-source the code here:

http://utorrentideas.uservoice.com/forums/47263-torrent-for-...

...and banned on my trackers because of its peer-id spoofing feature.

not sure whether you knew it or not - but peer id spoofing (as uTorrent) was added because it was being banned on several trackers. Take a look at the bug to see a few examples https://bugs.launchpad.net/qbittorrent/+bug/497450

I think most private trackers allow Ktorrent and Transmission as they are considered defacto.

It's 1300 people, not 3254 people. The way the idea bank works is that when you make a new account you get 10 votes, and can allocate up to three of them per idea, which is what happened here.

If they'd take the '6' out of that sentence, I'd be in total agreement.

I agree, but maybe it should be a sliding scale based on what the house is worth. For a $100k house, even Redfin's flat fee of $5k-$7k is more than double the Netherlands' 1.85% cap.

So for every 100 clicks Bing was getting before Microsoft spent a brazilian dollars on advertising, it's now getting 113 clicks. If I worked on Bing I guess I'd be happy about the bump, but it seems awfully expensive...

Also, how many clicks did Bing start out with? Is this actually as significant bump in market share as compared to Google?

Their click share is about 5%, way behind Google and Yahoo. The trend would have to continue for a long time to count as a foothold...

Or, if you prefer:

http://www.bing.com/search?q=site%3Atechcrunch.com+did+just

For some reason I just feel icky using Microsoft products when there's a fine/better alternative.

It is all in your head, my friend :). Bing is actually pretty good.

I'd love for Google to have some serious competition... just not from Microsoft. I feel like Microsoft has had their turn.

I just want some unknown startup to come out of nowhere and take a bite out of Google.

Well, a startup is doing this. Powerset is supposedly behind Bing.

Do you honestly think an unknown startup can take a bite out of Google and not get acquired in the process?

It probably is, but Google is at least on par, and that's why I feel "icky".

I forgot Yahoo had a search engine, so this doesn't impress me much.

I've been hacking C++ long enough to agree C++/STL/Boost is good and fast... but I can't remember the last time I heard anyone accuse C++ of being easy...

I find it easy. The bad thing about c++ is its size. It's large and that tends to make it complex. However, I find that I only use about 40 to 60 percent of what c++ can actually do. Focus on the parts that you use and you'll find a lot of the complexity goes away.

One problem is that if you work with other people in c++, the 40 to 60 percent they use won't necessarily overlap with yours.

If you work with other people, the odds of their C++ code being utterly broken, inefficient and dangerous is 99% ;-)

Hey, I was showing restraint. ;)