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  1. Re:Fake certificate... on EFF: Wider Use of HTTPS Could Have Prevented Attack Against GitHub · · Score: 1

    google will do exacly this in chrome, and mozilla is currently discussing it http://arstechnica.com/securit... . Of course CNNIC is not amused (bottom of article)

  2. Tip of the iceberg [missing link] on Pope Francis Declares Evolution and Big Bang Theory Are Right · · Score: 1

    There is no missing link.

    Its just a line of fosills from A..B...C......H..I...N...V...X..YZ, and whenever there is a fossil discovered to be - say - put in between I and N you have 2 new "gaps".
    Which in turn get popularized as "the (new) missing link".

    Yes the fossil record is not complete (that would require a unbroken chain from FossilA to FossilZ - an by its nature fossilised stuff is rare (enough) to not be complealty avaliable).

    # I'm no expert - and the missing link stuff via media is getting to me - so here is my layman clarification. Also the Letters A-Z have only illustrative purposes here. #

  3. 73% better color reproduction than conventionalLCD on Samsung Debuts Thin Galaxy Tab S With Super AMOLED 2560X1600 Display · · Score: 1

    wow thats .... unhelpful

  4. Brother 5250 on Ask Slashdot: Best SOHO Printer Choices? · · Score: 1

    I bought a Brother 5250 with network and tumble (print on both sides of a page).
    Works flawlessly with Linux/OSX/Win.

    Though I know of an Kyocera BW Laser bought ~ 1990 which still works fine as long as you don't bust its RAM by printing images.

  5. Re:Write clear code, remove comments on Comments On Code Comments? · · Score: 1

    Darn, hitting options->save while editing on ./ ate my msg, so I just say:

    Yes, also comments need maintenance as well as code does. Guess which is more up to date.

  6. I wonder on Chinese Man Builds His Own Prosthetic Hands · · Score: 2

    why no one bothers to hire him. I can imagine that his (hands-on) experience, both form producer and consumer side regarding prosthetics is quite rare and china has to be in great demand of such skills, that is being such a large and industious country.

  7. linux or not on German Company To Install Linux On 10,000 PCs · · Score: 2

    I hope they secure their sensitive data on those laptops

  8. subjective suggestion on Have I Lost My Gaming Mojo? · · Score: 1

    You might try out Sword of the Stars or Dragon Age (this was mentioned before).
    The former one is particularly 'gripping' in MP, the later has awesome between-character dialoges.
    ("And now we have a dog, and Alister is still the stupidest member of the party")

  9. crystal clear on Lo-Fi Phones and the Future · · Score: 1

    the only voip solution that withstood long (more than 8 h) sessions and has a very good audio quality over that time in my experience is the mumble project

  10. I tried, but... on Town Gets Patent On Being the Center of Europe · · Score: 1

    Though I'm from Austria, I am in now way whatsoever involved with patents, I tried to look "AM 7738/2003" up @ patent search engine, without luck. I just noticed that when I filter for Austrian patents the prefix changes to AT XXXXXXX, so I'm not sure what to make of the AM
    fyi...

  11. cargo-dest/passanger-dest on OpenTTD 1.0.0 Released · · Score: 3, Interesting

    FYI, there is a patched version flying around the openttd forums which implements cargo and passanger destination, which means that cargos and passangers want to go to a specific location not just to any city,
    this gives the game much more depth
    http://wiki.openttd.org/Passenger_and_cargo_destinations

  12. Re:Velcro or Ties on Cable Management To Defeat Clutter? · · Score: 1

    ..., they seem to like getting in knots just sitting there somehow.

    I couldn't read this comment without thinking of the lg Nobel Prize Math Category Winners from 2008 and their work.
    enjoy