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  1. Re:Alternate link on Fujitsu's Latest Mobile Phone Splits In Two · · Score: 1
    Alternate, Fujitsu's F-04B cell phone (black)

    Full details of the handset are yet to be announced but NTT DoCoMo said it measures 11.4 centimeters by 5.1cms by 20.4cms and weighs 173 grams. Standby time is 600 hours in WCDMA mode and 400 hours in GSM mode while talk time is 300 minutes and 330 minutes respectively.

    The screen resolution is 480 pixels by 960 pixels, it has a bilingual (Japanese and English) interface, built-in Felica contactless smartcard and the camera has an impressive 12.2 megapixel resolution. Other features include GPS and HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access) high-speed data downloads.

  2. Re:Go! on Google Under Fire For Calling Their Language "Go" · · Score: 1

    We'll (likely?) never see that in our lifetime. Internet-Related shit is coded (implemented simplistically) for the masses. Even my favored browser (Opera) has an absolutely crippled (Panel) search box, used for: BookMarks, History, OpenedWindows, LinksOnPage, etc.

  3. Re:Beyond that, 'Go' is not google unique on Google Under Fire For Calling Their Language "Go" · · Score: 1

    Or, Results 1 - 10 of about 53,900 for NET Framework string concatenation

  4. Re:Go! on Google Under Fire For Calling Their Language "Go" · · Score: 1

    It would be an excellent reason for them to stop blocking standard non-alphanumeric characters from search terms. There are a few exceptions but !@$() among others are not part of them: + and # seem to work in some instances.

  5. Re:Go! on Google Under Fire For Calling Their Language "Go" · · Score: 1

    yet this supposed "Go language" was so unknown that nobody ever bothered to make a page for it (until yesterday). And the name is a two letter word that cannot actually be googled and is as useless as "to" or "for" or "a" as a search term.

    I don't disagree with most of what you say - but you can google "go" as well as "c" or "d". From that I would gather there are other valid single or double letter word searches.

    Of which, you can also google/search "for", though the results likely aren't that meaningful: 10,640,000,000 hits.
    Interestingly, Slashdot is #5:
    Slashdot - News for nerds, stuff that matters
    And for.com is #3.

  6. Think of the Children on Judge Rules Web Commenter Will Be Unmasked To Mom · · Score: 4, Informative

    "I'm determined that there will be protection on the Internet," particularly for children, said Stone, who was elected in April.
    The man posted "deeply disturbing" comments to her son in the aftermath of a bruising election battle, Stone said,
    ...
    At one point, the teen asked to know the poster's identity and challenged him to debate the issues in person.

    Declining an invitation to pay a visit, Hipcheck16 posted a response that said, according to court documents, "Seems like you're very willing to invite a man you only know from the Internet over to your house -- have you done it before, or do they usually invite you to their house?"

    So the deeply disturbing comments appear to be a teasing double-entendre. That Hipcheck16 may get sued over as the boy has a recently elected parent whom will get kudos for Thinking of the children.

    My virgin ears (eyes?) I'm forever scarred.

  7. Re:Not actually safe on Go, Google's New Open Source Programming Language · · Score: 1

    You did forget one:
    You moderated, and wanted to post so you checked: Post Anonymously
    Not realizing that since you didn't manually log-out your moderation just got undone anyways.

    Oh, most common? mebbe not.

  8. Re:"Go" name already taken for programming languag on Go, Google's New Open Source Programming Language · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Because C# was screwed.
    And C++ was screwed...
    And JavaScript couldn't be called JavaScript because Java existed.

  9. Re:Wonder? on Go, Google's New Open Source Programming Language · · Score: 1

    From some of the design specs. It makes sense for it to have Goto [label], as it's similar functionality to Break and Continue which likewise support labels:
    ContinueStmt = "continue" [ Label ]
    BreakStmt = "break" [ Label ].

  10. +5 Comments, search in vain on Apple Not Disabling OS X Atom Support After All · · Score: 4, Funny
    So I went to the other thread, and searched for "+5 Comments".
    --> Could not find text "+5 Comment"

    Though, it was with Opera, maybe I need FireFox?

    I did find a +5 Comment in this thread though:

    Indeed, you must be new here. The correct response is to go to the previous story, copy and paste some +5 comments, and rake in the karma.

  11. Re:Music's worth it; labels aren't. on Colleges Secretly Test Music-Industry Project · · Score: 1

    I agree, new music generally is reasonably priced. Here in Canada second-hand CD's ~$10 (or less) and new CD's ~$15-$18. The problem I have is that older music is far more expensive: $20-$30. In any normal business costs go down over time not up -- the music industry works backwards in this regard.

  12. Re:It's a black hole! on Possible Dark Matter Signs At the Core · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Give it a few (~10) years,

    So a few means 2, and you've used the Binary representation for 2... yet binary doesn't do "approximately".
    So perhaps you actually mean TEN?

    And since we're discussing black holes and dark matter as such, pehaps your time measurements are affected by their approach to a black hole, thus would become infinite (to the observer).

    So,
    --] give it "a few, approximately never" years. [--

  13. Re:just like.. internet sharing on Unfinished Windows 7 Hotspot Feature Exploited · · Score: 1

    They are also planning on selling the software when it leaves beta. Which may very well wind up being a very short life-span indeed, considering the only reason it wasn't enabled in Win7 was driver support. One could reasonably expect driver-support for the native code will be forthcoming by Win7 SP1.

  14. Re:Wow on Unfinished Windows 7 Hotspot Feature Exploited · · Score: 5, Informative
    From TFA (reformatting/emphasis mine):

    The resulting Connectify differs from ICS that Windows already supports via an "ad hoc" network connection, which lets several Windows computers share a single connection.
    1) It shows up as a real wireless access point.
    2) ICS returns to default settings every time you shut down a connection.
    3) You can join another wireless network and still run the Connectify Hotspot on the same Wi-Fi card.

  15. Re:Used to read NY Times oped before paywall on Paywalls To Drive Journalists Away In Addition To Consumers? · · Score: 1

    I think that train of thought could apply to many things. I used to be an avid Daily Show & Colbert viewer. Then I had no regular access to TV for an extended period of time. When I finally had the opportunity again and the free time I found I just didn't care for it (now) -- I'd rather "tivo" The Late Late Show (Craig Ferguson).

  16. Re:Obligatory Stephenson Wired article on Transpacific Unity Fiber Optic Cable Leaves Japan · · Score: 2, Funny

    So I generally have a pretty good attention span...
    But 56 pages, is there a diploma afterwards?

  17. Re:Bad reporting on Toyota Develops New Flower Species To Reduce Pollution · · Score: 2, Informative
    Apparently, they've done the tree planting thing too.

    Even the grass has been specially developed to grow more slowly than conventional lawn. As a result, it only requires mowing once a year, compared with three times for the grass it replaced. In 2008, Toyota planted 50,000 trees to offset the factory’s CO2 emissions.

  18. Re:How about we pay the author not to write them? on Asimov Estate Authorizes New I, Robot Books · · Score: 1

    I'd highly recommend The Hyperion series by Dan Simmons. His horror and contemporary fiction is good as well, but Hyperion is nearly a classic.

  19. To Clean or Not to Clean? on Wait For Windows 7 SP1, Support Firm Warns Users · · Score: 4, Insightful

    AUMHA Discussion: Should I Use a Registry Cleaner?
    [excerpt]
    Mark Russinovich wrote:
    No, even if the registry was massively bloated there would be little
    impact on the performance of anything other than exhaustive
    searches (ed. of the registry itself).

    On Win2K Terminal Server systems, however, there is a limit on the
    total amount of Registry data that can be loaded and so large
    profile hives can limit the number of users that can be logged on
    simultaneously.

    I haven't and never will implement a Registry cleaner since
    it's of little practical use on anything other than Win2K
    terminal servers and developing one that's both safe and
    effective requires a huge amount of application-specific
    knowledge.

    [/excerpt]

    It's a very interesting read, that's just one of the many security
    and computer experts that chimed in on the issue.Overall, the
    consensus is No, you should not use a registry cleaner. Period.
    A few end-users howl contrary.

    I'll go with the expert's advice that aren't trying to sell or promote crapware.

  20. Re:Evolve or die..... on Decline In US Newspaper Readership Accelerates · · Score: 1

    Print-on-Demand newspaper coupons ? ;)

  21. Re:Where are the ads? on Decline In US Newspaper Readership Accelerates · · Score: 1

    Because as we know, web-developer's work for free.

  22. Re:Where are the ads? on Decline In US Newspaper Readership Accelerates · · Score: 1

    Yes, Where-for-art thou Geocities.

  23. Re:Where are the ads? on Decline In US Newspaper Readership Accelerates · · Score: 1

    I as well. The whole ad-block mentality reminds me of the excuses people use to infringe copyright, i.e. "most music/movies suck, so I'll take it for free instead" :: Ads are intrusive so I'll take the content for free.

    If the web-goers-at-large jumped on this bandwagon a large portion of the internet would eventually cease to exist.

  24. Re:Evolve or die..... on Decline In US Newspaper Readership Accelerates · · Score: 1

    Subscription cost would have to be higher if the content was devoid of the usual Newspaper ads.

    That's the whole point of the newspaper to sell advertising space.

  25. Re:What's next? on Singer In Grocery Store Ordered To Pay Royalties · · Score: 1

    Forced into liquidation over 1300 pounds? Really? Sounds sensationalist to me.