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  1. Re:Units on Mozilla Unleashes the Kraken · · Score: 1

    Decibel?

  2. Re:Privacy for what? on A Look At the Safety of Google Public DNS · · Score: 2, Informative

    I use OpenDNS at home and it is possible to disable the NXDomain redirect if you setup a free account. http://www.opendns.com/support/article/312

  3. Can anyone explain the difference between 'Priority Best Effort' (PBE) queueing and 'Best Effort' (BE) queueing? If a node isn't saturated, are the BE packets delayed and if it is saturated will they just not arrive?

  4. Re:TFA says "18 microseconds", not "18 seconds" on Rydberg Molecule Created For the First Time · · Score: 3, Informative

    I bet the submitter used the micro symbol. For some reason that symbol disappears when the story is either submitted or reaches the main page. I couldn't even copy/paste it into this comment

  5. Re:Kudos for the improvements, but... on Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 Adds Private Browsing · · Score: 1

    Come on... no Ctrl+Tab switching? How could anyone possibly use it without that feature?

    Seems like a deal-breaker for me...

    Ctrl+tab switching still works, it's the same as in firefox 3.0. They took out the beta 1 feature where if you hit ctrl+tab a window with a picture of all your current open tabs would open up (much like alt-tab in vista).

  6. Re:I love DST. I hate standard time on Daylight Savings Time Increases Energy Use In Indiana · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes, you fall back to standard time, this removes the effect of Daylight Savings Time.

  7. Re:photo not yet slashdotted link on VW Concept Microcar Gets 235 MPG · · Score: 1
  8. Re:Time Zones on Firefox Download Day To Start At 1 p.m. EST · · Score: 1

    Er... the summary says PST. Which is Pacific Standard Time. So, hooray, for failing at reading comprehension, you get it three hours early! Umm... 10 AM PST is 1 PM EST
  9. Time Zones on Firefox Download Day To Start At 1 p.m. EST · · Score: 1

    Is 1pm EST, 12 PM EDT? Which is what most of the east coast of the US is on? Current Time

  10. Re:Warning: This breaks adblock! on Firefox 3 Beta 5 Released · · Score: 5, Informative

    Works for me...

    Just open up about:config and add "extensions.checkCompatibility" as a Boolean set to false.

  11. Not the case for me on Does It Suck To Be An Engineering Student? · · Score: 1

    Recent grad from a Big 10 chemical engineering program and I don't agree with most of those reasons.

    I had many good textbooks that I still reference in my job.

    Almost all of my professors loved to teach and would gladly take time out of their day to help you understand the concepts (more true for the actual engineering classes than the core 100-level science / physics classes).

    I didn't have any problems with my counselors, but professors / 0-credit lectures were used to convey information about the job market or different things that could be done with a ChE degree.

    So what if someone can get an A in underwater basket weaving. The person hiring an engineer wants an engineer, not a liberal arts major.

    The one point that I feel has merit is that many of the assignments do feel the same. This was done to instill basic engineering principles into our heads. Once we got the basics we were then able to take on many more interesting projects and assignments.

  12. Re:CPU optimized? on Firefox 3 Performance Gets a Boost · · Score: 3, Informative

    Short answer, maybe Long answer: If FF3 isn't using a processor specific optimization, you can always Download your own build, I like pigfoot's (scroll down) build for windows.

  13. SSE Optimization on Comparing Browser JavaScript Performance · · Score: 1

    I use a 3rd party build of Firefox, on my system I saw a ~25% speed increase in the test going from 12s on the standard firefox build to 9s on the third party build

  14. Chemical Replacement on US, Aussie Officials Yank GHB-Producing Toys · · Score: 5, Informative

    From the Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_Dots/ "The toy was supposed to contain the non-toxic chemical 1,5-pentanediol, but instead contains 1,4-butanediol, which is metabolised into the drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB)." It looks like it's not a design mistake, but the manufacturer replacing one substance with a cheaper version

  15. Re:What are you going to do??? on Running the Numbers on a US Pandemic · · Score: 5, Funny

    What are you going to do when the zombies show up at your door? :-) Fast zombies or slow zombies? First one, then the other