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  1. Re:There can be only one. on Choosing the Right IDE · · Score: 1

    There are several to choose from.

  2. Re:But...batteries? on Bitcoin Arrives At NYSE, Startup Aims To Tackle Micropayments and Easy Mining · · Score: 1

    Why not? Are ASICs magic chips that are not subject to the Second Law of Thermodynamics?

  3. Re:Two radios? on Chris Roberts Is the Least Important Part of the Airplane Hacking Story · · Score: 1

    You don't need four engines on a plane, and they weigh slightly more than a simple GPS receiver...

    Which is why the current iteration of the Boeing 747 and the A380 may be the last four engined airliners.

  4. Re:guess what on Third Bangladeshi Blogger Murdered In As Many Months · · Score: 1

    Which parts are those? Is there a list somewhere?

  5. Re:rather expected on Third Bangladeshi Blogger Murdered In As Many Months · · Score: 1

    s/something/same thing/

  6. Re:rather expected on Third Bangladeshi Blogger Murdered In As Many Months · · Score: 1

    Total abstinence and having to wear a condom are not the something. For one thing, if you wear a condom, you still get to have sex.

  7. Re:An Old Story on Criticizing the Rust Language, and Why C/C++ Will Never Die · · Score: 1

    A deep copy that handles circular references is slower, but the addition cost is constant time because it only needs at most an O(1) lookup and O(1) insert at every node.

    Actually, if it requires O(1) for every node then it is O(n) where n is the number of nodes in the object graph, so not constant time.

  8. Re:Pretty sure the heat death of the universe will on Criticizing the Rust Language, and Why C/C++ Will Never Die · · Score: 1
  9. Re:Swift is not ready to replace ObjC on Swift Vs. Objective-C: Why the Future Favors Swift · · Score: 1

    Swift Blog July 11th 2014 entry.

    you can target back to OS X Mavericks or iOS 7 with that same app. This is possible because Xcode embeds a small Swift runtime library within your app’s bundle. Because the library is embedded, your app uses a consistent version of Swift that runs on past, present, and future OS releases.

    The embedded part is actually quite small and it's only there because the language is still evolving (and to allow apps to target the previous versions of OS X and iOS). The main reason it is necessary to do it like this is that the Swift ABI is not yet stable. When the ABI stabilises, Apple plans to incorporate the runtime into the OS (where it should be).

  10. Re:On iOS platforms. on Swift Vs. Objective-C: Why the Future Favors Swift · · Score: 1

    Apple will likely force you into using Swift for iOS9 compatibility in the next 12 months.

    Nope. That is not going to happen unless they don't care about 95% of the apps on the app store not working on iOS 9. It's more likely that they will just not make new APIs available in Objective-C, so that Objective-C apps can't use the latest features.

  11. if someone is shooting at car, how does the car react?

    As long as it's driveable, it should keep on driving - precisely the opposite of what most people would do.

    Really? I'm pretty sure, if somebody started shooting at my car, it would be pedal to the metal until I was sure they were a long way behind me.

  12. Re:Not convinced on Self-Driving Cars In California: 4 Out of 48 Have Accidents, None Their Fault · · Score: 1

    Interestingly, although computers are getting better at driving cars, they are still miles away from being able to control a robot to the level that it could get into the driving seat.

  13. Re:Fault may not be the right measure. on Self-Driving Cars In California: 4 Out of 48 Have Accidents, None Their Fault · · Score: 1

    I was once reading a sailing almanack which had a chapter on who has the right of way in various situations. Sail has priority over steam, starboard tack has priority etc etc. At the end it said

    "Even if you have priority, allowing a collision to occur through inaction is bad seamanship".

    The same should apply to driving.

  14. Re:It *IS* their fault on Self-Driving Cars In California: 4 Out of 48 Have Accidents, None Their Fault · · Score: 1

    Yes they should, if there is something about a computer controlled car that makes them more prone to accidents when under human control. Not saying that is the case here, but it could happen.

    Bottom line is that these cars had a 1 in 12 chance of being involved in an accident in the last year. That seems high to me but I don't know if it is statistically significant. If we go another year and the stats don't improve, I would suspect there is a fundamental problem.

  15. Re:The pain isn't in the switch on Linux Mint Will Continue To Provide Both Systemd and Upstart · · Score: 1

    The log file writing program might have bugs in it (I mean this in a general way, not to point the finger at systemd in particular).

  16. Re:Year of the Linux on Linux Mint Will Continue To Provide Both Systemd and Upstart · · Score: 5, Funny

    Linux is merely the kernel used by systemd. The correct name of the operating system is systemd/GNU/Linux.

  17. Re: They're right you bunch of freetards on FWD.us To Laid-Off Southern California Edison Workers: Boo-Hoo · · Score: 1

    Facebook's customers are the corporations and people that advertise on Facebook.

  18. Re:Most Linux distros ship with malware by default on Unnoticed For Years, Malware Turned Linux Servers Into Spamming Machines · · Score: 1

    s/systems/systemd/

  19. Re:Most Linux distros ship with malware by default on Unnoticed For Years, Malware Turned Linux Servers Into Spamming Machines · · Score: 1

    No you compared this MikeeUSA person to Hitler.

    MikeeUSA = Hitler
    anti-systems people = vegetarians

    It certainly was an instance of Godwin's law in the truest sense but just saying "that's Godwin's Law" doesn't invalidate your point.

  20. Re:Try again... 4? on Grooveshark Shuts Down · · Score: 1

    Absent intellectual property laws and copy protection, software and music recordings are are worth nothing on the open market because anybody can get it for the price of a USB stick or the bandwidth.

    Who would pay you to produce software and music if "the next level up" couldn't sell it on?

  21. Re:How you drive on The Engineer's Lament -- Prioritizing Car Safety Issues · · Score: 1

    I would say that, by definition, following at a distance at which it is impossible to avoid rear ending the car in front if it does an emergency stop is not typically safe.

  22. Re:Easy fix on The Engineer's Lament -- Prioritizing Car Safety Issues · · Score: 1

    There was more than one case.

  23. Re:Easy fix on The Engineer's Lament -- Prioritizing Car Safety Issues · · Score: 1

    There was more than one case. Ford won the one mentioned in TFA but they lost Grimshaw v Ford Motor Company with respect to an accident that happened in 1972.

  24. My browser tells me that the SSL certificate for the site hosting TFA is owned by Kaspersky Labs. Now, whilst that doesn't necessarily mean that what the author says is wrong, I do get suspicious when anti-virus software vendors publish articles about new ways in which my computer is not secure.

  25. Re:...and adults too. on Bill To Require Vaccination of Children Advances In California · · Score: 1

    Well you should be fine with the California bill then because it is telling you that you are NOT ALLOWED to send unvaccinated children to their schools.