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  1. Re:And watch... on Osama Bin Laden Reported Dead, Body In US Hands · · Score: 1

    To who?

  2. Re:Euro is both singular and plural! on AF 447 Flight Recorder Found In the Atlantic · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But this is the English language. Not only will we add an "s", we might even throw in an apostrophe or two for good measure.

  3. Re:In my corporate environment.... on Ask Slashdot: Do I Give IT a Login On Our Dept. Server? · · Score: 1

    Oh, you most definitely leave it behind. But you keep the administrator passwords. Bonus points if it's behind a domain name registered to yourself which will expire 3 weeks after you leave and be snapped up by a squatter.

  4. Re:Sure... on MoD's Error Leaks Secrets of UK Nuclear Submarine · · Score: 1

    Uh, using a word processor is real life.

    Unless you count those word-processor-simulator using weirdos.

  5. Re:my kingdom for a modpoint... on The End of the "Age of Speed" · · Score: 1

    Yeah, GP. Shut up and sit down. Know your place, prole.

  6. Re:So what? on The End of the "Age of Speed" · · Score: 1

    Confirmation bias. You are forgetting all the times a faster vehicle got to the light before it turned red and you had to stop and he didn't.

    If lights are phased properly, then traveling at around the speed limit will lead to a smooth ride through greens but around here, that would be too much like technology.

    So I decided to observe my commute dispassionately a while back and see what happened. I found that for a very moderate increase in fuel consumption, driving faster would trim time off my commute. This is with some moderately intelligent driving, not accelerating to a light that is about to turn red, nor braking to a light that is going to turn green if I kept a little speed up (pet peeve, people who brake into green/orange lights in front of me then blow through the red). If you're willing to pay some attention when you're driving, adding a little speed can pay dividends (like getting through that junction before that slow truck full of gravel who you'd be crawling behind otherwise). On a good day, I'd reckon on shaving 5 minutes off a 60 minute commute. On a bad day? Stuck behind that gravel truck, at least I knew I'd tried.

    Only accident I had was in the snow when someone went into the back of me. Only ticket was when I was taking things easy and forgot about the speed change on a slow road.

    tl;dr version: Be careful of generalizations and internal biases.

  7. Re:Damn, should have gone for classics in high sch on Could You Pass Harvard's Entrance Exam From 1869? · · Score: 1

    That's the correct method. Though that's not the center of the triangle (unless that's a qualified "center"). That point may actually lie outside the triangle.

  8. Re:Easy fix on Thousands of SSL Certs Issued To Unqualified Names · · Score: 1

    The certificate is used before the Host: header is sent. There are some fixes in the works for this.

  9. Finally on Windows 8 Early Build Hints At Apple, WebOS Competitor - EWeek · · Score: 1

    Microsoft, bringing their success in the cellphone market to the desktop...

  10. Re:Change for change sake on Windows 8 Early Build Hints At Apple, WebOS Competitor - EWeek · · Score: 1

    How long does it take a computer which can perform billions of operations a second to add up a couple of dozen numbers?

  11. Re:Different from mine on Windows 8 Early Build Hints At Apple, WebOS Competitor - EWeek · · Score: 1

    Clearly you are unable to imagine that anything outside your experience is possible. 7 does not show the file total for more than 15 files. Do you need a screenshot?

    It also doesn't show the disk free space. There's quite a few complaints about it out there on the web.

  12. Re:Different from mine on Windows 8 Early Build Hints At Apple, WebOS Competitor - EWeek · · Score: 1

    I believe it shows the total only up to 15 files. It's very annoying. There is apparently some software called classic shell which can add it back in and gives you the "up" button back too.

  13. Re:Obligitory on The Awesome Button · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I don't get the whole "Arduino" fetish. Nothing wrong with it but it's not really anything new. If you're raving about it, you should get out a little more.

  14. Re:In related news... on All Star Trek TV Coming To Netflix · · Score: 1

    If I have enough lead time, I rather download a movie or even rent it from Redbox. Netflix streaming is OK as long as you don't need to back things up or don't put the Wiimote down so the "B" button is accidentally pressed or it isn't the 1 time in 10 that the internet is running slow and your viewing experience is constantly interrupted by buffering.

    I support what Netflix is doing but they need a better player. Of course, there's only so much they can do with the Wii that I use (though I would cerainly be willing to attach external storage if they made that an option)

  15. Re:Battery on Quad-Core Mobile Chips Wasted On Mobiles? · · Score: 1

    Or just fit in the heel of your shoe.

  16. Re:Bullshit. on Why Mac OS X Is Unsuitable For Web Development · · Score: 1

    It's not always safe to assume ASCII encoding. You can compensate of course but in the early days, that was unnecessary overhead. Bear in mind that Linux had long mixed-case filenames while Microsoft was barely getting away from 8.3 uppercase (and doing that awkwardly).

    Though overall, I agree. It's time to move away from case sensitivity in filesystems.

  17. Re:Sorry, but my New Year's resolution... on Motorola's Sholes Bootloader Unlocked · · Score: 1

    Spare batteries are about $6 on ebay. I keep one in the car and one for carrying about my person when needed. Alternatively, buy a basic phone and swap the sim in when needed (if you are on a carrier which has such a system. If you are not, consider it a point to consider)

  18. Spring 2011? on Motorola Xoom Won't Have Flash Support At Launch · · Score: 1

    Seems close enough. At least it isn't on AT&T. I'm still waiting for my Captivate to be updated so the GPS will work properly.

  19. Re:I'm not so sure this is wrong anymore on New PS3 Firmware Contains Backdoor · · Score: 1

    Thanks

  20. Re:So what eBook to buy? on Apple eBook Rules Changing For Sellers · · Score: 1

    I don't have a big issue with the per se. Used books are a product of dead-tree technology. I do have some issues with how it's being implemented however.

  21. Re:Cool idea on Hotmail Launches Accounts You Can Throw Away · · Score: 1

    Header injection is an interesting possibility. You don't really need to do a low-level validation for that though.

    The @localhost may be a legal email address but it's never been a valid one for any application I've ever written.

  22. Re:LOL, you got GWB again! on White House Wants Phone Records Without Oversight · · Score: 1

    I don't know if you could call it complete BS. This is most definitely the kind of change I believed in.

  23. Re:LOL, you got GWB again! on White House Wants Phone Records Without Oversight · · Score: 1

    Oops. That was "<issue> BAD"

  24. Re:LOL, you got GWB again! on White House Wants Phone Records Without Oversight · · Score: 1

    Your letter will be read by a staffer and a check mark made in either the "for" or "against" column on a list of issues. The staffer will then write or type your name on a form letter (which will often singularly fail to address your point) and put it on the politician's desk for him to sign before posting (if he doesn't just sign it himself). Erudite writing not required. You may as well write " BAD" in orange crayon.

  25. Re:Just to clarify.. on Drivers Blamed For Out of Control Toyotas - Again · · Score: 1

    You should actually try this sometime. It's harder than you think. I had a car where the assist failed and it was surprising how long it took to come to a stop. It didn't have ABS and even stamping the brakes as hard as I could with both feet, I was unable to lock the wheels and it was a slower stop than with the assist.