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  1. Re:speculative execution of web content? on Mozilla Tests Firefox 'Tab Warming' (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    There is no way the user can get to those pages without typing a long boring url or using a bookmark.

    Or do something simple like press Ctrll-Shift-T to open the most recently closed tab that you accidentally closed — a nice feature saving you from looking up a long, boring URL for a page that you didn't have bookmarked.

    Whether it leaks memory or not is a different issue and you may be right... but the basis for your argument is incorrect.

  2. Re:I'm not suprised on Pokemon Go: What Nintendo Needs To Learn From Ingress · · Score: 1

    I find team play much more entertaining than individual play. After you hit level 8 it's so far between milestones and levels that there's not much gratification on a regular basis. It's just repetitive busywork. But the strategy and teamwork required to execute a giant field that covers a major metropolitan area and everything surrounding it watching the team score spike way up — THAT is gratifying.

  3. Re:I'm all for abolishing the IRS on Sign Up At irs.gov Before Crooks Do It For You · · Score: 1

    It looks like there are only 14 states that charge some sort of sales tax on basic food.

    Five charge the full sales tax rate on basic food: Alabama, Kansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma and South Dakota
    Six charge a reduced state sales tax rate on basic food: Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Utah and Virginia
    Three others don't charge state sales tax on basic food... but allow local sales tax on basic food: Georgia, Louisianna and North Carolina

    Only four states charge any sort of tax on prescription drugs: Delaware, Illinois (greatly reduced), New Hampshire and Oregon.

    All data from a Federation of Tax Administrators PDF.

  4. Re:In spite of this and other similar phenomena... on Robot Makes People Feel Like a Ghost Is Nearby · · Score: 1

    Dictionary definition of "faith":

    faith [feyth]

    noun
    1. confidence or trust in a person or thing

  5. Re:Corroborating Hieroglyphics? on How the Ancient Egyptians (Should Have) Built the Pyramids · · Score: 1

    From dictionary.com:

    hieroglyphic:
    noun
    Also, hieroglyph. a hieroglyphic symbol.

    Admittedly... the primary definition is as an adjective... but it functions as both.

  6. Re:MOD PARENT TRENDY on Measles Outbreak In NYC · · Score: 2

    It's more like if you told millions of people that remaining on top of the cliff was a scientifically-proven death sentence for them and their children... and that if they pushed their children over the edge the children would be much more likely to survive. And on top of that... condemning those who left their children well-anchored on top of the cliff as baby killers who obviously hate their own children.

  7. Read the Summary on Redesigned Seats Let Airlines Squeeze In More Passengers · · Score: 1

    locopuyo: The distance between seats isn't changing

    summary at top: The seats Southwest has put on nearly its entire fleet are 31 inches apart, about an inch less than before

  8. We Like You So Much... on Facebook Building a Company Town · · Score: 1

    I just listened to this short (45 minute), free audio book this morning on the way to work... and then this article popped up on Slashdot. I swear I heard the Twilight Zone theme song start playing and got a shiver. "We Like You So Much and Want to Know You Better"

  9. Re:Deer cams on Ask Slashdot: Video Monitors For Areas That Are Off the Grid? · · Score: 1

    Well they can't exactly get them legally, can they? If they walk into the nearest Bass Pro shop or wherever... they're not exactly going to get great customer service.

  10. Re:How about just an iPhone and save even more? on FAA Permits American Airlines To Use iPads In Cockpit "In All Phases of Flight" · · Score: 1

    Right now the pilots and first officers have to download updates to the printed documents and print them out themselves, if I understand procedure correctly. This isn't an occasional task... but something that takes place on a very regular basis. The documents include everything from standard and emergency procedures to flight plans, airport layouts and so on. Like the blurb above said... it's 35 pounds of paper that they have to carry onto the plane with them... and back off again... everywhere they go. They stick with the pilot... not the plane. But the danger of "hacking" the documentation doesn't go away just because you go with paper. The documents still go through the digital world before they're printed... and still suffer the oh-so-scary danger of "hackers" modifying them. The difference here is that the pilots and officers don't have to lug around a 35+ pound suitcase of books... don't have to waste paper, toner, etc... and can just plug in their iPads to sync all the documentation at once instead of hoping that they got all the documents that had to be updated for their current flight... and got the pages in the right place in the right book. The only disadvantage is that the paper industry will decline faster and the chiropractors won't have as many airline pilots visiting them because their backs were messed up from lugging that stuff around.

  11. Re:It's like this. on Does Grammar Matter Anymore? · · Score: 1

    Thanks. I saw it months ago on Facebook somewhere and didn't have the reference handy.

  12. Re:It's like this. on Does Grammar Matter Anymore? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yes, punctuation may also convey meaning , but has a much shallower effect than grammar.

    I beg to differ. Something as small as a comma can make a huge difference in the meaning of what is written. For example:

    • Stop clubbing baby seals: Cease beating baby seals with a club!
    • Stop clubbing baby, seals: Hey you seals! Stop beating that baby with a club!
    • Stop clubbing, baby seals: hey you baby seals! Stop going out dancing!

    I'm not sure I would call that shallow. It may be a silly example, but it applies to real-life sentences as well.

  13. Let me finish that sentence for you on Hunters Shoot Down Drone of Animal Rights Group · · Score: 1

    ...because if you don't have anything to hide... then you won't mind somebody watching your every move and posting it on YouTube.

  14. Re:If you cannot beat them on Think I'm Not American? Pass the Hamburgers. · · Score: 1

    Not in this case. I prefer to consume the vegetarians a little lower on the food chain.

  15. Re:If you cannot beat them on Think I'm Not American? Pass the Hamburgers. · · Score: 1

    Most of my favorite foods are vegetarians. :)

  16. Re:Missing TFP on Is Science Just a Matter of Faith? · · Score: 1

    The first definition of faith at dictionary.com: confidence or trust in a person or thing. You're arguing that two synonyms don't mean the same thing. You can "disagree" all you want and make up your own meaning for words... but that doesn't change the facts.

  17. Re:No. on Is Science Just a Matter of Faith? · · Score: 1

    So while you need to defer to other people in almost every part of your life, I don't think this qualifies as "faith". Do you "believe" in your CPA, or do you trust him enough to let him do your taxes for you because of his track record and reputation? Do you "believe" in your auto mechanic, or do you just trust that he won't screw up your brakes because of his track record and reputation? IMHO there is a big difference.

    First definition of faith (from dictionary.com): n. confidence or trust in a person or thing.

    As far as I can tell, you're arguing that two synonyms don't mean the same thing. Unless you are an expert in every possible area of study and accomplishment in the world... you have to believe/trust/have faith that other people know what they're doing and talking about... because you can't specialize in everything on earth.

  18. Re:Just don't need one. on Why Dumbphones Still Dominate, For Now · · Score: 1

    And for the past 3 years paying $46.36 per month
    [snip snip]
    Dumbphones don't really cost all that much less from what I can tell... $20-30 per month plan.

    Half of the cost definitely counts as "all that much less" in my book.

  19. Re:Great to live in the US... on Netflix Compares ISP Streaming Performance · · Score: 1

    Doh!

  20. Re:I'm not exactly color blind... on Netflix Compares ISP Streaming Performance · · Score: 1

    There's no doubt that a little bit of pattern added to the colors would make it more universally legible despite computer or optical specs.

  21. Re:Great to live in the US... on Netflix Compares ISP Streaming Performance · · Score: 1

    Yeah... but the numbers look a little skewed because the Canadian ISPs are using metric bytes, which are a smaller unit than the Imperial bytes used in the U.S... much in the same way that the standard Canadian kilometer measurement of distance is shorter than the U.S. mile or liter smaller than the gallon. ;)

  22. Re:I'm not exactly color blind... on Netflix Compares ISP Streaming Performance · · Score: 1

    The three seem fairly distinct to me. You probably just need a better monitor... or some color calibration performed on the one you have. But anyway... for reference, the top "sky blue" line is Comcast, middle is Cable One and bottom is CenturyTel.

  23. Re:Seriously? on Survey Shows That Fox News Makes You Less Informed · · Score: 1

    Since TV news is how most people become informed...

    Just wondering what that statement is based on.

  24. Re:Read Twain. Twain will save you. on First-Sale Doctrine Lost Overseas · · Score: 1

    So the laws made by the hundreds of different people we elect to make laws after the will of the people... don't matter. Just the opinion of 9 people who we have no say in at all as a people? I don't think so. It's true that they are there to bring justice... but "justice" is defined by the Constitution (as of primary authority) and the laws that those we elected have enacted (as long as they don't contradict the Constitution). Any other "justice" is out of place.

  25. Re:The number of FB accounts == US population? on Social Media Accounts Part of Deceased Oklahomans' Estates · · Score: 1

    Sure you're not thinking of Julie Andrews instead of Kati Perry?