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  1. Re:YAY !! DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS !! on Mozilla Dropping 64-Bit Windows Nightly Builds For Now · · Score: 1

    Responsive Design View looks like it makes Firesizer unnecessary. Firebug's functionality is also largely in Firefox by default now, though it may not have all the features.

  2. Re:Short answer: on Ad Blocking – a Coming Legal Battleground? · · Score: 1

    On what legal basis? They have the option of switching advertising providers...in theory.

  3. Re:Wealth disparity -- more important than income on Nonpartisan Tax Report Removed After Republican Protest · · Score: 1

    Regardless of the specifics, it's a balancing act. Completely eliminating disparity in wealth despite differences in behavior would disincentivize personal responsibility and individual aspirations. Completely eliminating the redistributive effects of taxation. . .would result in a society fractured into the economic elite wielding power over the masses, wiping out democratic principles that the United States formed to exemplify. There's a reason for a constant tug of war between ends of the political spectrum, even if that is a simplification of economic vs. personal freedoms: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Chart

  4. Re:so what? on Chinese Rare Earths Producer Suspends Output · · Score: 1

    ...filtered through the methods used to select candidates.

  5. Re:Should support this on Saudi Arabia Calls For Global Internet Censorship Body · · Score: 1

    Ban something and the information contained therein suddenly becomes more attractive due to perceived scarcity. It's human nature.

  6. Re:Stupid gamers can't even read TFS on World of Warcraft Character Becomes Campaign Issue · · Score: 1

    It seems like you're assuming I have an agenda (making this a competition). I was just pointing out where it might not be so simple.

  7. Re:Stupid gamers can't even read TFS on World of Warcraft Character Becomes Campaign Issue · · Score: 1

    It isn't typical to outright say "X lied." There are probably many other phrases more useful in determining that sentiment.

  8. Re:I bet.. on World of Warcraft Character Becomes Campaign Issue · · Score: 1

    Something you might find interesting: http://www.rangevoting.org/rangeVirv.html

  9. Re:Annoyances on Why We Love Firefox, and Why We Hate It · · Score: 2

    Try running the beta for Firefox 15, or jump on the update when it comes. You're likely experiencing an extension leak. See here: http://blog.mozilla.org/nnethercote/2012/07/19/firefox-15-plugs-the-add-on-leaks/

  10. Re:Misrepresentations killing political discourse on Today, Everybody's a Fact Checker · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Neither can win while the other denies. Both sides have people blinded by biases--and arguments that do nothing but prolong an imagined war. The real enemy is a mutual lack of respect, yet it runs rampant through the country...and the world.

  11. Re:CBG on AOL: Outdoor Server Huts Are the Future · · Score: 3, Informative

    During the winter months (when the heating would be necessary), additional humidity is often beneficial. Air inside can get *dry* with the temperature difference's effect on relative humidity.

  12. Re:Comparable? on IBM Creates 'Breathing' High-Density Lithium-Air Battery · · Score: 1

    Air conditioner = Heat pump. Would that work in reverse as effectively? Hmmm...

  13. Re:Gasoline-like energy density on IBM Creates 'Breathing' High-Density Lithium-Air Battery · · Score: 1

    Weight is related to inertia but otherwise doesn't change the efficiency much if you're moving on a highway, for example. Size->Volume->Surface Area->Air Resistance. The size of the car increasing will tend to reduce efficiency.

  14. Re:Why the keyboard hate? on Tom's Hardware Tests and Reviews Fedora 16 and Gnome 3 · · Score: 1

    This is overlooking the convenience of throwing your mouse to the upper left for accessing the very same features quickly. As one of the 5 instant-access points of mouse interaction (the four corners and what's already under the cursor) there's little difference between that and having a hotkey. It's really not that bad. Once that view is up, other window targets are also generally larger.

    Now, default alt-tab switching on the other hand...one of the many reasons for installing a ton of extensions, for sure.

  15. Re:Why say Tablet UI? on Tom's Hardware Tests and Reviews Fedora 16 and Gnome 3 · · Score: 1

    It does have elements akin to that of tablets in that the activities pane (launcher) is a tiled icon display (like many mobile interfaces...and Windows 8), and there's a focus on having single-layer workspaces with no min/maximizing. Really, though, GNOME 3 has a lot of potential once you apply some of the tweaks mentioned in the article, and browse https://extensions.gnome.org/ for a bit.

  16. Re:Got used to Gnome 3 on Tom's Hardware Tests and Reviews Fedora 16 and Gnome 3 · · Score: 1

    I use this for alt-tab switching and it helps quite a bit: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/38/windows-alt-tab/
    Combine it with https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/16/auto-move-windows/ (albeit annoying to set up) and things work quite nicely.

  17. Re:Think Different on GNOME 3.4 Preview · · Score: 1

    Pidgin IM Integration works reasonably well. The status integration hasn't worked for me, exhibiting a bug in the selection menu, but chatting works perfectly with the notification-mouseover-to-respond system. I really didn't want to switch to Empathy (I'm running shared profiles for Pidgin, FF, and TBird with Windows), and haven't had to for the most significant part. I am rather heavy on the use of extensions compared to you, though, with windowNavigator, Music Integration, Battery Percentage Indicator, Weather Indicator, Advanced Settings in UserMenu, Pidgin IM, Evil Status Icon Forever, Auto Move Windows, Connection Manager, Windows Alt Tab, gTile, Places Status Indicator, Workspace Navigator, and Overlay Icons... Yeah, I'm extension happy, but they all address little quirks that resolve all the little things that bugged me about GNOME 3's default setup and featureset. :)

  18. Re:100% of Taxpayers agree . . . on Why Fuel Efficiency Advances Haven't Translated To Better Gas Mileage · · Score: 1

    The point stands. You may be taxed for gasoline, but the tax would affect someone else more than you. You just demonstrated thinking "that [you] should pay less taxes, and that somebody else should pay more."

  19. Re:Pot calling the kettle black on Net Companies Consider the "Nuclear Option" To Combat SOPA · · Score: 2

    Yes. You are right. They could just stop services.

    This is them threatening to do exactly that for a short time, to protest SOPA--which would give that power to other parties not in ownership of said property.

    The Internet as we know it cannot coexist with SOPA, because it means any site with user-generated content would be subject to the whims of lawyers with agendas.

  20. Re:Jeff Goldblum on Insects Rapidly Becoming Resistant To GM Corn · · Score: 1

    It would be interesting to see whether the remaining race would be black or not (if not, that would be a strong indication that the original humans in Africa were not actually black before the races split up. My money's on that they weren't black (cause primates have white skin), but it could very well depend on the exact timing of the split).

    There's more genetic diversity between populations across Africa than the rest of the world. I would think that suggests humans had dark skin for a time prior to spreading out.

  21. Re:Times change on The Software Patent Debate Is Incorrectly Framed · · Score: 1

    Relying on cost-recouping-only for determining the duration wouldn't quite cover the entire purpose of patents. It's an interesting idea, but patents are designed to motivate disclosure of ideas instead of keeping them as trade secrets. The cost of development is not the only potential opportunity cost involved in publication via patent.

  22. I'll just leave this here... on Can Analytics Help Fix Your Love Life? · · Score: 1
  23. Re:Aaaaah copying features ? on Mozilla's Nightingale: Why Firefox Still Matters · · Score: 1

    My impression was that he only wanted to argue against the people suggesting Mozilla was somehow worse for copying features, by pointing out reversed situations. "We're innovating too!"

  24. Re:Oh, this ought to be awful on The Next Firefox UI · · Score: 1

    Oh, that's simple enough then. The only real reason I have a 'd' is that "define:" doesn't get you the actual definitions page anymore. You have to use the URL form I mentioned above.

    For searches with other operators, just use 'g' as a keyword to force a generic google search, and then follow it with anything you want. :-)

    I'm never Feeling Lucky, but that would probably be easy to set up as well.

  25. Re:Oh, this ought to be awful on The Next Firefox UI · · Score: 1

    [1] and [2] are easily enough fixed with bookmark keywords.

    I have 'g' set as a keyword for google searches, 'd' for a search using the new definition results page, 'i' for google images, 'a' for wolfram alpha, etc.

    For example, the definition search: http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&tbs=dfn:1

    As for [3], it may not be the same, but it's easily enough fixed with alt-enter to open in a new tab. That said, I usually hit ctrl-t to open a new tab first. It's slightly easier than alt-enter.