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  1. Mozilla, those crazy idealists on Mozilla's Open Source Project Shumway To Translate SWF To HTML5 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Whatever you think about Mozilla's products, experiments or strategies, they are working for a free web.
    It's more than admirable, it's good for the web to have them around.

  2. This will make DNT useless on IE10 Will Have 'Do Not Track' On By Default · · Score: 1

    The point is to give users the choice to choose not to be tracked.
    If everyone is "choosing" not be tracked by default then no one will honor it.

  3. Re:STILL no text reflow on zoom? What the heck? on New Firefox For Android Beta Released · · Score: 1

    There is an addon for this.
    They are also working to add this.

  4. Windows Builds Released on Gimp 2.8 Finally Released · · Score: 1

    Partha.com now has Windows (32 & 64 bit) builds.
    http://partha.com/

    The Mac build is not yet ready.

  5. ActiveX? on Wine 1.4 Released · · Score: 1

    "The built-in (Gecko-based) web browser engine supports ActiveX."
    How is this a feature?

  6. Re:too bad i switched to chrome....... on Mozilla Partners Up With LG To Combat Apple and Google · · Score: 1

    If loading many tabs on startup is a burden, make sure to defer loading of tabs until they're selected.
    Options -> General -> "Don't load tabs until selected" (checkbox)

  7. Re:Only if it sends to Growl on Firefox's Web Push Notification System Announced · · Score: 1

    If the protocol becomes accepted/standardized, Growl will probably want to incorporate it.

  8. Re:Just because of speed? on Firefox 9 Released, JavaScript Performance Greatly Improved · · Score: 1

    Though 3.6 is still receiving security updates, the current version of Firefox possesses security features which 3.6 does not, making it more secure.
    There may also be security fixes which have been architecturally prohibited in 3.6.

  9. Silent Updates on Tom's Hardware Pits Newest Firefox, Opera and Chrome Against Each Other · · Score: 1

    You want silent updates and to nix the notifications? Fine. You got it: http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2011/10/03/rapid-release-follow-up/

  10. Fringe on Training an Immune System To Kill Cancer · · Score: 1

    Awesome.
    Sounds like something that would happen on Fringe - except on Fringe it would happen in under an hour.

  11. Perfect on HD Transfer of Star Trek: TNG To Arrive This Year · · Score: 1

    Now I can ruin my adolescent crushes with the TNG women by discovering they were potholed monsters with caked-on makeup.

  12. Fun Fact on Man Becomes Artist When He Sleeps · · Score: 1

    Dolphins swim in a circle clockwise while one side of their brain sleeps and then counterclockwise while the other half sleeps.

  13. Re:Just to check on Sequencing the Weed Genome · · Score: 1

    WTF have you been smoking?

    Of all the threads on slashdot, this question is most relevant here.

  14. Cue the jokes... on SETI Finds Funds For the Allen Telescope Array (For Now) · · Score: 1

    ...about what SETI *hasn't* found

  15. Re:someone please enlighten me on JavaScript Decoder Plays MP3s Without Flash · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up for truthiness.

  16. Cutting the sugar? on Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Persistent Bacteria Go Down · · Score: 1

    If these bacteria feed on sugar, then wouldn't significantly cutting down on sugar when treating them make good sense?
    I know I've never had a doctor make such a recommendation before though.

  17. Re:Not really news on Google Voice Discovered Allowing Pure VoIP Calls · · Score: 1

    Both of these comments are accurate.
    Data calls cannot be made using the iPhone's Google Voice App, but they can using Android's. The iPhone app forces you to use your carrier's phone network.

  18. Statistical Model Fail on Xbox Live Labels Autistic Boy "Cheater" · · Score: 2

    Statistical Model, you failed my Outlier.
    What do you have to say for yourself?

  19. Re:The only question I have is on Firefox 4 Beta 8 Up · · Score: 1

    Firefox 4 makes no changes to 3.6 profiles so you can switch back and forth on the same profile - I have been doing this with the betas.
    You just can't run the two versions concurrently.

  20. Re:Please correct the slug on Dr. Who's Sonic Screwdriver Exists · · Score: 1

    Yes, I'm ignoring the Cushing films. Just like most people do.

    Except Steven Moffat (who redesigned the Daleks based on the Cushing film).

  21. Re:optmized for Mozilla Kraken on Google Quietly Posts Big JavaScript Engine Update · · Score: 1

    Given that Mozilla's Kraken was designed to measure what they would perceive as real-world speed, then we should hope so.

  22. Re:Flash? on Firefox 4 Beta For Mobile Now Faster and Sleeker · · Score: 1

    This review mentions it: http://www.pcworld.com/article/209906/firefox_4_beta_for_mobile_still_rough_around_the_edges.html

    It sounds as though it can be obtained and installed through the addon system.

  23. Firefox 4 Release on Why Mozilla Needs To Pick a New Fight · · Score: 1

    They've really slid on their deadlines so it won't be surprising if its released in December or January.
    With American Holidays there is a break in December, so if not early to mid December, then probably mid to late January.

  24. Most Recent News Entry on North Korea Opens .kp Sites On the Internet · · Score: 1

    The most recent news on the first site mentioned reads as follows:

      Meetings Held at Industrial Establishments and Coop Farms

        Pyongyang, October 8 (KCNA) -- Meetings were held at different factories, enterprises and on cooperative farms to congratulate leader Kim Jong Il upon his reelection as general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea.
        Speeches were made there.
        Speakers said that the reelection of Kim Jong Il to the highest post of the WPK marked a political event which provided a sure guarantee for the development of the Party and the final victory of the revolutionary cause of Juche.
        Noting that he represents a banner of all the victories and glory, they underscored the need to glorify the tradition of devotedly defending him in any adversity and put further spurs to the production and construction under his Songun leadership.
        They called upon all the party members and other working people to remain true to the noble will of Kim Jong Il and the leadership of the Party and successfully accomplish the revolutionary cause of Juche. -0-

  25. Nitrogen? on Germany To Test Actively-Cooled Spacecraft · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm sure it's a lack of understanding the chemistry/physics of the situation on my part, but if nitrogen gets too hot doesn't it become explosive? (a la nitroglycerin)
    Is that not a possibility here?