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  1. Re:Not surprising on Google Outage: Internet Traffic Plunges 40% · · Score: 1

    I am well informed user but sometimes I prefer to type partial URL in Google and click on first hit. I do that mostly for banking websites where one single letter in mistyped URL can take you to a fraud website.

  2. Re:Bugs are good on Federal Patents Judge Thinks Software Patents Are Good · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Bugs are good!
    -- software engineer paid for maintenance

  3. Re:Nvidia cpu on Next Generation of Windows To Run On ARM Chip · · Score: 1

    No need to imagine when you can have Atrix http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x7omSTSzl8

  4. Re:Yup, it's there. on Browsing the Body · · Score: 1
  5. Re:Private Certificate Authority on SSL Certificates For Intranet Sites? · · Score: 1

    Certificate is not a single public key but 'chain of trust'. If you get one certificate from a known CA, you should be able to sign more self generated certificates with that.

  6. Re:I am not sure whether this is right or wrong on Hard-Coded Bias In Google Search Results? · · Score: 1

    Not true for Google India. Normally Google finance is 5th or 6th in search result. http://www.google.co.in/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=csco

  7. Re:"Available in WebM" on 80% of Daily YouTube Videos Now In WebM · · Score: 1

    HTML5 youtube does not work as good as flash(at least on my 1Mbps connection). It stops for buffering for so many times whereas flash runs smoothly.

  8. Re:Android development is moving too fast on Google's Gingerbread Man Has Arrived · · Score: 1

    How can you install a new released version of android on old phone? Android uses different kernel(read device drivers) for each release.

    Cupcake: 2.6.27
    Donut: 2.6.29
    éclair: 2.6.31
    Froyo:2.6.32

    Google does not write device drivers or port kernel. Google get involved only in reference platform which is required to develop android user space. For rest of devices, kernel porting is mostly driven by OEM(for a particular hardware) and it is done by hardware partners. What is the incentive for OEM to port a new kernel for old hardware which is already in market?

  9. Re:Bad GUI and no CLI: way too common on Take This GUI and Shove It · · Score: 1

    I like the way P4Win GUI works. When user does something, it prints the actual CLI command it is running in lower half of window.

  10. Re:Pay no attention to the CPU behind the curtain on Marvell Launches First Triple-Core Hybrid ARM Chip · · Score: 1

    Embedded System on Chip= ARM cores + Peripheral(SDIO, USB, I2C..) Controllers + Video/Audio Decoder + Interrupt Controller + Power Manager Unit Controller + RTC + ... Most of the SoCs are designed to have different power rails to all ( or few combinations) of these modules. I am not aware of any SoC which keeps ARM core running while playing music when screen is OFF. To serve an interrupt, you don't need to keep ARM running. You can always wakeup ARM core through some custom circuitry and save power.

  11. Re:No calculators on Preventing Networked Gizmo Use During Exams? · · Score: 1

    or you can use your pee as rocket thrusters.

  12. Re:Unnecessary complication... on Preventing Networked Gizmo Use During Exams? · · Score: 1

    I agree with parent. if you can't avoid numerical calculations, provide printed log tables.

  13. Re:This is fantastic on Broadcom Releases Source Code For Drivers · · Score: 1

    How is this news? Driver source is available in android git from a long time.

  14. They read slashdot on What To Do About CC License Violations? · · Score: 1

    http://www.boingboing.net/2010/07/27/gone-fission----see.html Update: We've removed the CC-licensed image as it appears the photographer is unhappy with our usage of it here. We support the Creative Commons and will always do our best to honor the creator's interpretation of non-commerciality. Please accept our apologies. - Rob

  15. Re:Digital Driver on Driverless Cars Begin 8,000-Mile Trek · · Score: 1

    Why to develop unreliable complex AI? Why not just put a camera and get it remotely driven by a human i.e. driver outsourcing.

  16. Re:This is the great thing about Android. on Qualcomm Makes Open-Source 3D Snapdragon Driver · · Score: 1

    Nvidia tegra already has all kernel component open sourced. Qualcom does not want to loose open source fans. http://nv-tegra.nvidia.com/gitweb/

  17. Re:Wiki? on Microsoft Accuses Google Docs of Data Infidelity · · Score: 1

    I work in a medium size semiconductor company. We use to document chip spec, board parts, software procedures and other stuffs in ms word. Slowly management realised that wiki is best tool for this. Chip spec can be generated from doxygen comments. Any single change in register spec get available to software on fly through automated tools. No single engineer knows all the parts of a board/software procedures so collaboration is must. When you are looking at wiki you are sure that you are looking at most up to date content. Now I hardly open ms word and we don't have google docs.

  18. Re:I'm conflicted on Will Adobe Sue Apple Over Flash? · · Score: 1

    What if adobe stop releasing flash for MacOS? iPhone does not need flash but MacBook need.

  19. Re:First on India Moves To Put Its First Man In Space By 2016 · · Score: 1

    Its palak paneer

  20. why backword? on Dragging Telephone Numbers Into the Internet Age · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ENUM is a temporary workaround to make SIPURI and TelURI compatible. Once everyone start using sipuri, enum will phaseout. joe@airtel.com is easier to remember than +918764233906

  21. Re:Not good enough on Live Intel WiDi Demonstration At CES 2010 · · Score: 1

    They are using 720p instead of 1080p. 720p uncompressed should be within reach of .N spec(600Mpbs).

  22. Re:Sounds like a culture problem to me... on Google Sets Censorship Precedent In India · · Score: 1

    well.. censorship is better than western free speech. Would you call it "free speech" if you get jail for your views? http://rt.com/Top_News/2009-10-15/indian-student-jail-bush.html?fullstory

  23. Re:why? on Chinese Pirates Launch Ubuntu That Looks Like XP · · Score: 1

    I have two reasons: 1. My dell laptop(vastro 1500) heats like oven after 15min of use. Ubuntu 9.10 does not show this issue. I tried to disable nvidia graphics chip on windows but it did not help. 2. A2DP does not work on windows7. Windows7 does not bundle A2DP stack and expect bluetooth chip manufacturer to provide the stack. Since my laptop came preloaded with windows vista, I can't get windows7 bluetooth stack from dell .

  24. Re:Not possible on Would You Use a Free Netbook From Google? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    May be google netbooks are small servers running on user's electricity and Internet bandwidth to serve other users.

  25. Re:Why Not... on Giving Touch-Screen Buttons Depth and Height With Pneumatics · · Score: 1

    I always think of a keyboard with few touch screen buttons. Why to clutter the primary screen space with control buttons which can be shown dynamically on keyboard?