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  1. Re:A few clicks away? on Why the FBI Director Doesn't Bank Online · · Score: 1

    If javascript dies, most websites are going to be replaced by Flash, JavaFX, or Silverlight.

  2. Re:You sir should Quit on Why the FBI Director Doesn't Bank Online · · Score: 1

    Nobody not chock full of that much stupid would get themselves into that kind of position of authority.

  3. Re:A few clicks away? on Why the FBI Director Doesn't Bank Online · · Score: 1

    I bet he actually typed some information into a web form, but did not click the submit button. Little does he know that some javascript already sent what he typed in anyway.

  4. Re:Awesome! But... on Debian Elevates KFreeBSD Port to First-Class Status · · Score: 1

    I have been using Debian for years. I have seen comparisons that indicate that I would get better performance on my mail server with FreeBSD, but I am not going to make that leap. However, if I get some or all of the performance advantage using Debian/kFreeBSD, I will try it.

  5. Re:Cool on Debian Elevates KFreeBSD Port to First-Class Status · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Why would you not want to use APT on a server? What part of automatic dependency handling, automatic unneeded package pruning, easy security update application, and secure package retrieval do you not want on your servers?

  6. Re:Amazon sells the track on Artist Not Allowed To Stream His Own Music · · Score: 1

    The label may have non-exclusive rights to distribute it. That does not mean they can stop the copyright holder from doing anything with it.

  7. Re:"Need" an IDE on Interview With Brian Kernighan of AWK/AMPL Fame · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I need an IDE to do my job. I could lay out graphical forms by hand, but it would take long enough as to not be profitable.

  8. Re:In other news... on Null-Prefix SSL Certificate For PayPal Released · · Score: 1

    Parent was modded funny, but it is insightful. People will not switch to Linux, they will just have viruses.

  9. Re:"Mac/PC divide"? on Most Mac Owners Also Own a Windows PC, But Not Vice Versa · · Score: 1

    Apple has to support the systems they sell. They do not want to sell things that are difficult to support.

    PC makers will sell all sorts of crap because they can blame problems on software, and Microsoft will ostensibly support all sorts of crap because they can blame problems on hardware.

  10. Re:"Mac/PC divide"? on Most Mac Owners Also Own a Windows PC, But Not Vice Versa · · Score: 1

    They make low-end PCs with all sorts of crappy hardware. They do not make low-end Macs.

  11. Re:I have both... on Most Mac Owners Also Own a Windows PC, But Not Vice Versa · · Score: 1

    The Amiga?

  12. Re:Performance against cost on Patch Re-Enables PhysX When ATI Card Is Present · · Score: 1

    Really? It sounded like you could not use an nVidia card to do rendering for display on an ATI card, not that you could not use an nVidia card to do rendering for display on another nVidia card while there was also an ATI card in the system.

    They do not allow using their software with ATI's hardware.

  13. Re:Performance against cost on Patch Re-Enables PhysX When ATI Card Is Present · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They do not necessarily believe that ATI makes inferior hardware, they believe that ATI makes inferior software.

  14. Latitude Z on ARM and Dual-Atom Processors in New Portables · · Score: 2, Informative

    No trackpoint mouse.
    Only two mouse buttons.
    No mouse buttons reachable with your hands on the keyboard.

    I'll keep my Thinkpad.

  15. Re:'bout time on Executive Order Bars Federal Workers From Texting and Driving · · Score: 1

    The audio quality on phones is quite poor. It takes a lot more brain power to parse language from a poor quality source than from a high-quality source, like the person sitting next to you.

  16. Re:'bout time on Executive Order Bars Federal Workers From Texting and Driving · · Score: 2, Informative

    Using a hands-free is only slightly less dangerous than holding a phone to your head.

    The problem is no so much the occupied hand as the distracted brain.

  17. XEROX Phaser 6280N on Choosing a Personal Printer For the Long Haul · · Score: 2, Informative

    PCL 6
    PostScript level 3
    IPv6

    That should be okay for a while.

  18. Re:My 1984 Mercedes 190 goes 600 miles on a tank on Electric Car Nano-Batteries Aim For 500-Mile Range · · Score: 1

    The target is wrong. It should not be to go as far as current gasoline-ICE cars go. It should be to go as far as a person can go between potty breaks, and charge as fast as a person can pee.

  19. Re:cue exploding battery packs.... on Electric Car Nano-Batteries Aim For 500-Mile Range · · Score: 1

    A 220V outlet is not the problem. It is not hard to add a 220V circuit.

    Many people, including me, would need to get a higher amp drop.

  20. Re:Driving is risky on Federal Summit Eyes Crackdown On Texting While Driving · · Score: 1

    Four things will make me feel safe:

    1) Make the driving tests harder. Many people are simply bad at controlling a vehicle. If more than 75% are passing the test, it is too easy.

    2) Make the punishment for a DUI conviction an automatic 5 year suspension. Make the punishment for a second DUI conviction a suspension forever.

    3) Make hit and run an automatic felony.

    4) Make people pay attention. Two hands on the wheel except to shift and control lights and wipers. And get the damn radio control buttons off of the steering wheel.

  21. Re:Stupidity...overwhelming on Federal Summit Eyes Crackdown On Texting While Driving · · Score: 1

    Yes, pulling off to the side makes it safer.

    It is safer to get hit from behind by a car going 55 while you are stationary than it is to be hit head on by a car doing 55 while you are doing 55 in the opposite direction because you crossed the center line.

    As someone who spends more time on the roads on a bicycle than in a car, it is safer for me that you pull over to the side and I have to stop, dismount, and walk around you than for you to hit me because you did not see me.

  22. Operation Chinese Freedom on China Considering Cuts In Rare-Earth Metal Exports · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Looks like we have to "liberate" another country from an authoritarian regime.

  23. Re:Watch Mad Men on The Case For Mandatory Touch-Typing In High School · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Right. We do not need factory workers any more. The Chinese can do that. We need to train people for unemployment.

  24. Re:WTF on Placebos Are Getting More Effective · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Huh. I read that and found out that placebo means exactly what I thought it meant.

    And that Wired articles are exactly as poor as I thought they were.

  25. Re:Who cares? on Kernel 2.6.31 To Speed Up Linux Desktop · · Score: 1

    Sure, we will stick your vague assertions and hints at the existence of anecdotal evidence completely unaccompanied by any actual information into our pipes.