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  1. Re:Does anything differentiate this gen of tablets on Google Announces Android 4.3, Netflix, New Nexus 7, and Q Successor Chromecast · · Score: 1

    Nope, you can format them with whatever, does not have to be xxxFAT anything.

  2. Re:is gmail faster in it? on Google Chrome 27 Is Out: 5% Faster Page Loads · · Score: 2

    But wait...it's a client speed up optimization. All in all it would cause the same amount of traffic just reordered to start pages render sooner.

    As for Joe Human, his reaction time is at about 20ms. Hence @5% improvement would be theoretically "noticeable" in a 2 seconds page load. But unnoticeable if Joe Human would have to observe it relative to 2 seconds total. Likely even with a stop watch Joe H. would be in "error area". And 100ms would be an improvement on a 20s load which would challenge patience of any Joe H.

    From improvement description:
    "The primary drivers are: preloading images sooner, more aggressive use of idle network time, dynamically changing resource priorities, deprioritization of preloaded resources, and reduced bandwidth contention among images."

    From TFA:
    "when you add up those saved seconds across all Chrome users, it totals to more than 510 years of people’s time saved every week."

    Now that's convincing argument.

    I admit that squeezing that 5% of already well optimized code is a great achievement (technically) that may be head-deep in the law of diminishing returns (practically). But G$$gle can afford it.

  3. is gmail faster in it? on Google Chrome 27 Is Out: 5% Faster Page Loads · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yea google, you're getting bigger and slower...gmail got so dog slow I am considering switching to hotmail, 5% is gonna go unnoticed by an average Joe.

  4. put them on side-track assigments on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deal With Programmers Who Have Not Stayed Current? · · Score: 1

    If you have influence on the type of assignments they get, push them into more boring, less desired assignments (also less critical). They usually are aware of their situation and will be happy to grind through the bore and even more happy to be left alone. Also the rest of the team will be grateful for this effort.

  5. Re:Easy to hack into international banks on ATMs Compromised, $45M Taken · · Score: 1

    Sir kindly please could you write me here which bank was it? ;-)

  6. Since it is on a GPU... on Realtime GPU Audio · · Score: 2

    ...perhaps it would be easier to visualize it? The frame buffer is just one bit-throw away...

  7. Re:Firefighting? on New Bird Shaped Drone Shown at Security and Defense Trade Show · · Score: 2

    Ditto..."border surveillance". I'd think we'd want border surveillance to be visible as deterrent, no?

  8. Re:Similar to some existing systems on DARPA Develops Non-GPS Navigation Chip · · Score: 2

    Good points...I could use one in IKEA...

  9. Re:Similar to some existing systems on DARPA Develops Non-GPS Navigation Chip · · Score: 1

    And why one would need to navigate in a tunnel? (Other then how deep one's in...).

    Certainly more applications are possible as I'd expect it will have much higher sampling rates and precision than GPS and hence can be use in control applications more than in navigation.

  10. Even so, was Adam "modified" after God found "no suitable helper" for him before Eve? I mean all the reproductive machinery in Adam, you know...? Or did God predicted his own failure in solving Adam's loneliness initially so he made Adam with all "stuff" before hand?

    And if God created Adam after his own image then ... ?

  11. Even so, was not she his sister? Sinners!

  12. Re:26 I/O Lines and a Lot Cheaper on Ask Slashdot: Why Buy a Raspberry Pi When I Have a Perfectly Good Cellphone? · · Score: 1

    How about any of the STM32FxDiscovery boards (esp F3 with acc/gyro/mag or F4 with more CPU)? These are $20!

    But alas, one can buy a full tablet for $50 these days...Although the Pi would be easier to develop for than the tablet.

  13. Galileo school ethnic profile on Google Blogger: Vietnamese HS Students Excelling At CS · · Score: 1

    According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Academy_of_Science_and_Technology Galileo Academy school is 74% asian, 12% latino, 4.6% black, 3.4% white students. Just surprised, not that it has anything to do with image tag.

  14. The market differentiator? on OLPC To Sell 7-Inch XO Tablet In Wal-Mart · · Score: 1

    crank-powered?

  15. Goals for the roundtable (from the fed's "Notice") on USPTO Asks For Input On Software Patents · · Score: 1

    The first topic relates to how to improve clarity of claim boundaries that define the scope of patent protection for claims that use functional language.
    The second topic requests that the public identify additional topics for future discussion by the Software Partnership.
    The third topic relates to a forthcoming Request for Comments on Preparation of Patent Applications and offers an opportunity for oral presentations on the Request for Comments at the Silicon Valley and New York City roundtable events.

    Written comments are requested in response to the first two discussion topics. Written comments on the third discussion topic must be submitted as directed in the forthcoming Request for Comments on Preparation of Patent Applications.

  16. tax patent enforcement to fund USPTO on USPTO Asks For Input On Software Patents · · Score: 1

    >> That flow needs to be controlled! One sollution might be increasing the cost to apply for a patent so that only worthy ideas are worth attempting. The problem with that is a price that keeps larger companies in check shuts out individuals and small companies entirely.

    Yes, $1E6 for me is a lot, while for iDevice Inc is nothing.

    Perhaps a "tax" on enforcement (attempt weather successful or not and/or actual settlements/licenses) proportional to the expected value of the enforcement could fund better USPTO performance? This would also curb patent-troll extortion somewhat. This probably goes against US law principles...

  17. Re:Longer is not better on 'Hobbit' Creates Big Data Challenge · · Score: 1

    >> 45 minutes of product placement
    In middle earth?

  18. Re:Not a Big Data Problem on 'Hobbit' Creates Big Data Challenge · · Score: 1

    I suppose the movies are distributed with DCP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Cinema_Package ie as a set of hard drives.

    From the above article, assuming that it's a full-rate format at max 1.3MB/frame for a 3 hour HFR3D (48*2)
    3*60*60 secs * 48frames/s * 2 * 1.3B/frame= ~1.4E6 MB = 1400 GB = 1.4TB

  19. what's this bathtub cork doing up there? on Army Tests Autonomous Black Hawk Helicopter · · Score: 1

    All looks military grade but this bathtub cork on a cheesy chain attached to the scanning thingy (LIDAR?)...huh?

  20. have them ask post office to carbon-copy all mail? on Cops To Congress: We Need Logs of Americans' Text Messages · · Score: 1

    Granted, archiving any digital comms is easy technologically but IMHO should bring up the same ethical and privacy concerns. Or are SMS messages considered "public speech"?

  21. Re:The don't make 'em like they used to on Voyager 1, So Close To Interstellar Space That We Can Taste It! · · Score: 1

    Relativity?

  22. Intelligence and knowledge - are they separable? on Study Claims Human Intelligence Peaked Two To Six Millennia Ago · · Score: 1

    Would Einstein be equally successful in ancient Athens?
    Possibly, he would have become a philosopher.

    >>Excellent flint-knapping knowledge won't help in a data center, and calculus is not much use to a hunter-gatherer.
    These are "knowledge" bits easily passed down to others who are not that bright (min brightness necessary though).

    So there perhaps is a set of abilities and skills that can collectively be called "intelligence". But this set is likely not the same unique set - take creativeness of an artist against creativeness of mathematician.

  23. Re:This is normal. on Space Junk May Require ISS Maneuver In Advance of SpaceX's Dragon · · Score: 2

    Why speed?
    Is orbit's altitude more predictable than its path?

  24. "RAW-G recommended more tests and that the F-22’s oxygen delivery system be adjusted through a digital controller and a software upgrade."

    So the $100kis average-per-plane of cost of testing side effects of more oxygen on pilots?

  25. Re:On a side note.. on Programming a Wearable Android Device · · Score: 1

    I'd guess 2.3 is much lighter on RAM/Flash/CPU/GPU?