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  1. Re:Keep in mind the occasional bug in the system? on Examining the User-Reported Issues With Upgrading From GCC 4.7 To 4.8 · · Score: 1

    You should have been using GCC all along if the commercial compiler is so crusty that it can't be trusted.

  2. Re:NoScript on Ask Slashdot: Are AdBlock's Days Numbered? · · Score: 3, Informative

    And when a site doesn't work correctly with javascript disabled?

    You selectively allow a few key domains to see if it will start working. If that doesn't work or there are dozens of cross-site scripts then move on to a saner website.

  3. Re:I find this strange on Electrical Engineering Lost 35,000 Jobs Last Year In the US · · Score: 1

    Yes. Because it's cheaper and frankly, better to have a product designed where it will be manufactured.

    The problem with such practices is the poor quality of documentation you get with many Chinese designed components.

    I once interviewed for a job with the leading manufacturer of industrial cameras. They gutted their EE dept. because they couldn't compete against the commodity camera modules coming out of Asia. The ME dept. was kept strong, though, so they could package everything in fancy looking boxes and justify their high prices. I was repeatedly asked if I could figure out how something works without any documentation because their suppliers were so cruddy that they didn't have any usable documentation.

    Better? I think not.

  4. Chinese sporting wood on Obama Announces Surveillance Reforms · · Score: 1

    I'm sure everyone in PLA unit 61398 is hard over the prospect of mining all the intelligence data that we're going to conveniently outsource for them.

  5. Re:*Not* 25% faster than javascript on Google Releases Dart 1.1 · · Score: 1

    If you follow the links in the article you'll see a chart with "dart", "dart2js", and "js v8". The native Dart implementation is 25% faster than JS. The dart2js conversion is slightly slower.

  6. Re:Supposedly, "non-US" data is removed on NSA Collects 200 Million Text Messages Per Day · · Score: 2

    It's the old Slick Willie mind trick --This isn't the "collect" you've been looking for. Move along.

  7. Re:Why the ©? on CES 2014: HAL© is a Voice- and Gesture-Operated Remote (Video) · · Score: 1

    Is it supposed to be some sort of winking reference to copyright (hurrr, hurrr)? Because that doesn't make any sense...

    No. It means that the marketroid who wrote that canned blurb is a blooming idiot who doesn't know the difference between copyright and trademark.

  8. Stand their ground on Wikimedia Community Debates H.264 Support On Wikipedia Sites. · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wikimedia should stand their ground to provide a good reason for device manufacturers to add support for open video formats.

  9. Re:That's not nearly as bad as removing street vie on Google Removes "Search Nearby" Function From Updated Google Maps · · Score: 1

    They didn't take that feature away.

  10. Journalists on Why Standard Deviation Should Be Retired From Scientific Use · · Score: 1

    If I read a non-scientific article that spewed out standard deviations I would automatically disregard the numbers anyway. It is a safe assumption that a journalism major doesn't understand what they're writing about and just adding filler to boost word count.

  11. Re:Blackphone = NSA phone on Phil Zimmerman Launching Secure "Blackphone" · · Score: 1

    You can run all of your crypto operations on a different processor than the one running the radio since it can be assumed that it is compromised. For the really paranoid, an FPGA based processor can be used to guard against compromised ASICs entering the supply chain. If you transmit everything through VOIP rather than the normal voice channel then you can isolate the phone from any compromises in the phone network beyond SIM tracking.

  12. Re:Java in the server, in the client, in the brows on James Gosling Grades Oracle's Handling of Sun's Tech · · Score: 1

    Ugly and slow applets in the browser thankfully are almost dead â" Because HTML5 delivered way better.

    It's pretty sad when your carefully designed platform-neutral architecture intended to supplant native code, in development for 20 years, can be overturned by an SGML derivative and an ad hoc script language.

  13. Re:Shocking on Lawsuit: Oracle Called $50K 'Good Money For an Indian' · · Score: 2

    It's easy to avoid breaking the law when the job requires a fluent Hindi speaker. The cost savings is just a nice side effect.

  14. Re:It's about time! on Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie · · Score: 1

    Aside: I learned this a long time ago about police cars and fire trucks. They can only proceed through intersections with lights and sirens if it's clear to do so. If they hit something, it obviously wasn't clear to do so. The other guy may have some liability, but that won't necessarily excuse the fire truck driver.

    Emergency vehicles with active lights, sirens, or both have the right of way in all situations. If you are involved in accident with such a vehicle you will be held responsible if it can be shown that you disregarded their right of way.

  15. Re:common carrier on Federal Court Kills Net Neutrality, Says FCC Lacks Authority. · · Score: 1

    There is a technical issue in that analog cable cannot be served by multiple providers because the distribution is shared by multiple households rather than direct to a switched CO as with POTS. It is conceivable that a common carrier infrastructure could be built onto digital cable but that is still problematic because most of the digital channels (and available bandwidth) are still broadcast rather than on-demand. No one in the industry would be interested in developing such technology as it would upset their monopolies. As it is, digital cable is inferior to broadcast digital TV because of the extreme compression carriers apply to pack in more channels. Trying to add multiple simultaneous 1080p streams to every household on your loop is nigh impossible.

  16. Re:The problem with only numbers (uniqueness rocks on Fedora 21 Linux Will Be Nameless · · Score: 3, Informative

    Except that Google can infer from context that your search is related to Debian 7 and not Debian 6 or Debian 8.

  17. Re:I'm personally way more interested in Hövd on Building a Better Bike Helmet Out of Paper · · Score: 1

    It's notable that all their crash test videos only use a stationary bike falling over of being rear-ended. Such a system would be useless against real world situations where your head could be sliding across the ground at 20+ MPH.

  18. Send yourself a password reset on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Misdirected Email? · · Score: 3, Informative

    If your e-mail address has been registered by someone else just have a password reset request sent to the address so you can take control of the account. I did this when someone registered a Facebook account with my email address and I got tired of the FB spam and friend request notices.

  19. This just in... on Daily Pot Use Tied To Age of First Psychotic Episode · · Score: 4, Insightful

    People with addictive personalities more prone to mental problems. Who'd have thunk?

  20. Re:And thus ends Yelp. on Court Rules Against Online Anonymity · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The whole point of Yelp is to collect negative reviews so they can get paid to remove them.

  21. Re:The usual clueless submission... on 23-Year-Old X11 Server Security Vulnerability Discovered · · Score: 1

    Last week I installed the custom BDF font contained in my HP 1670D logic analyzer which is needed to support a remote client display. There are people that still rely on the "obsolete" facilities of X11.

  22. Drake on First Survey of Commercially Viable Asteroids Estimates Only 10 Are Worth Mining · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And much like the Drake equation if even one of the inputs is a WAG the final result is meaningless.

  23. Re:So, can it play Crysis at full framerates, or.. on Intel Puts a PC Into an SD Card-Sized Casing · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It has enough horsepower today. The Mac Classic got useful work done with a 8 Mhz clock. 400MHz computers from the late 90's were usable then just as well as today. You just need to use software that is designed to use resources efficiently which is more than doable with a stripped down X11 *NIX system.

  24. Re:Let me be the first to say on Australian Team Working On Engines Without Piston Rings · · Score: 1

    European fuel typically has a higher octane rating than fuel sold in the USA, therefore they can tune their engines more aggressively, therefore they can get more power out of a smaller displacement engine.

    They don't have a higher octane rating. They use a different measurement system (EU RON vs. US (RON+MON)/2) that results in higher numbers for equivalent octane levels.

  25. Re:Contact lenses are the dealbreaker on Augmented-Reality Contact Lens Prototype Coming To CES · · Score: 2

    They're made using the same mass production techniques as conventional contact lenses. There's nothing preventing them from being provided as disposables which BTW are only cheaper to produce by virtue of leaving out some finishing steps that retard protein buildup.