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  1. Re:The obvious response... on Speed Tickets Challenged Based On Timestamped Photos · · Score: 1

    Who cares about fuel - if you want to be energy independent, get an electric. Hey, higher speed limits for electrics might be a pretty good stimulus.

  2. Re:Application Permissions on Asus EeePad Transformer Gets a Thumbs-Up · · Score: 1

    Android does not permit app access to something undeclared in the manifest. His issue is, that he can't blacklist manifest entries.

  3. Re:ARM NDK vs. x86 NDK on Intel Confirms That Android 3.0 Is Coming To x86 Tablets · · Score: 1

    You don't need one - install it somewhere, and set the appropriate field in the application binary to point to the interpreter path - regular dependency tracking will do. (Android has a capable enough pkg manager, right?)

  4. Re:Because we can. on Why Does the US Cling To Imperial Measurements? · · Score: 1

    A pound is slightly over half-kilo, IIRC, and the unit you are looking for is pascal, Pa. Though it seems it's never used - mostly atm units for tires.

  5. Re:Subtly untrue on Why Does the US Cling To Imperial Measurements? · · Score: 1

    Fortran can check unit types, AFAIK, or was it an ML dialect - but I doubt they implement imperial units - guess why.

  6. Re:Not so bad to have different systems. on Why Does the US Cling To Imperial Measurements? · · Score: 1

    Look up hexadecimal time in wikipedia - it's more than elegant - whoever said that we should stick to base 10, just stick with a reasonable base. $50 to whoever explains to me what base our time measurements are. Oh, and computers have been using base 2 for a long time now. The mebibyte/megabyte differentiation seems a reasonable bridge between the two worlds. As for cooking measures - use what you want, I'd just rather it be noted in standard units - not all countries have the same units for cooking.

  7. Re:62kw Charge Rate? on EV Fast-Charging Standards In Flux · · Score: 1

    What's with the chemical batteries much - flywheel storage is perfect for this.

  8. Re:Reinventing the wheel. on EV Fast-Charging Standards In Flux · · Score: 1

    Because there are always plenty of unattended 3 phase outlets lying around accessible for a car owner.

  9. Re:International standardization trivial on EV Fast-Charging Standards In Flux · · Score: 1

    Actually, it's 380V inter-phase, and 220V between phase and zero. Oh, and screw the french.

  10. Re:Whats the use? on Pirate Party of Canada Promises VPN For Freedom · · Score: 1

    CyanogenMod, DD-WRT, Rockbox, and Ubuntu don't agree - those who are stupid enough to trust corporate, will get what's coming. Typed from an old XP SP2 laptop :D.

  11. Re:ARM NDK vs. x86 NDK on Intel Confirms That Android 3.0 Is Coming To x86 Tablets · · Score: 1

    The ELF specification allows for pointing to an interpreter for the execution of a binary, as as long as you can install executable files, you can use a JIT of your choosing. If the system linker supports it.

  12. Re:Syntax error on Intel Confirms That Android 3.0 Is Coming To x86 Tablets · · Score: 1

    What's wrong with it?

  13. Re:Plants would not be black on Worlds With Two Suns May Sport Black Plants · · Score: 1

    Plants do have a way - they evaporate water - now just hope that planet with the two stars is really swampy.

  14. Re:Black Pants on Worlds With Two Suns May Sport Black Plants · · Score: 1

    I was thinking of black holes.

  15. Re:Syntax error on Intel Confirms That Android 3.0 Is Coming To x86 Tablets · · Score: 1

    Android has an NDK. If you want cross-platform JIT, use LLVM bytecode.

  16. Re:Well, I doubt they'll like it. on Apple Changes App Ranks, Rejects Pay Per Install · · Score: 1

    You'll have to prove it in court. Good luck.

  17. Re:Was getting useless on Google Tweaks Algorithm; EHow Traffic Plummets · · Score: 1

    Adding nfpr=1 to the query string parameters ought to fix that. I wish there was an easy to use FF add-on for manipulating per domain query string params.

  18. Re:Syntax error on Intel Confirms That Android 3.0 Is Coming To x86 Tablets · · Score: 1

    Mono has an LLVM backend.

  19. Re:Some anecdotal evidence here on Is Sugar Toxic? · · Score: 1

    Side question - how would you grade your alcohol tolerance - how long does it take you to sober up?

  20. Re:Applications ported from another platform on Intel Confirms That Android 3.0 Is Coming To x86 Tablets · · Score: 1

    If you use a strongly pointer typed dialect, like C++/CLI, writing a compiler wouldn't be and issue, but generic C++? With advanced program analysis, and a lot of debugging, yes, otherwise, no.

  21. Re:Atom vs. ARM on Intel Confirms That Android 3.0 Is Coming To x86 Tablets · · Score: 1

    As someone with experience in the subject, what traits do you think the system programming language of the future needs?

  22. Re:Obvious question from their perspective on Ask Slashdot: Do I Give IT a Login On Our Dept. Server? · · Score: 1

    Agreed, though the 15 person meetings seem overkill. Stick it in a DMZ, and get it over with. It might as well be on another network. Appropriate network activity monitoring, if it has to get inside. I agree that everything is best left at the hands of IT, but unless they plan on setting up everything that could possibly be needed, right the fuck now, and maintaining it, they ought to make some compromises. Not with security!

  23. Re:Makes me think of a hovercraft on Electromagnetic Automobile Suspension Demonstrated · · Score: 1

    I'm not one to claim that I know everything, but keep your ad hominem attacks for yourself. Please feel free to begin from anywhere in your argumentation. California climate has a lot of thermal cycling, making it not the best place for concrete. OTOH, Germany puts them to good use, AFAIK.

  24. Re:The real reason people like noSQL... on SQL and NoSQL are Two Sides of the Same Coin · · Score: 1

    JITs still have a way to go, until they reinvent the stuff from the 90's. But, if take care to notice - most of the molasses is written in C/C++. Or is hitting stupid bottlenecks, in the filesystem (cache pre-heating on boot ought to fix that, and maybe some filesytem denormalization, and/or two-tiers storage, sadly, that is reserved for "enterprise grade" systems). Or the system linker (guys, screw the prelinker daemon, just fuking run busybox on the fucking libs).

  25. Re:The real reason people like noSQL... on SQL and NoSQL are Two Sides of the Same Coin · · Score: 1

    A central lightweight database is quite useful for storing config files - it's just that no one can implement one properly. Though CouchDB seems a good start. Oh, and depending on how advanced the forum threading is, it might not be a bad idea. Hell, comments are small, but they need to be trackable, and filesystems don't like small files - even with simple threading it might be a good idea. I otherwise completely agree.