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  1. Re:That's not who we are at Mozilla on Mozilla Ditches Firefox's New-Tab Monetization Plans · · Score: 1

    Australis has been generally well-received as far as I know. A few loud people here and there though didn't like the change.

  2. Re:almost there..... on Mozilla Ditches Firefox's New-Tab Monetization Plans · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It is different. That doesn't make it unusable. Seriously, the browser is not unusuable because the UI elements changed slightly.

  3. Re:Quit telling us what we want, 'kay? on Mozilla Ditches Firefox's New-Tab Monetization Plans · · Score: 2

    Netscape tried that game back in the 90's. It didn't work and over time led to the creation of the Mozilla project.

  4. Re:That's not who we are at Mozilla on Mozilla Ditches Firefox's New-Tab Monetization Plans · · Score: 1

    Someone obviously asked for it and came forward with the suggestion. It wasn't something that just materialized out of nowhere.

  5. Re:Maybe Australis Next? on Mozilla Ditches Firefox's New-Tab Monetization Plans · · Score: 1

    No problem here (Fx 29 + NoScript). The new look feel good so far; it is quicker to find everything and a traditional menubar is just an F10 away in case I need it.

  6. Re:That's not who we are at Mozilla on Mozilla Ditches Firefox's New-Tab Monetization Plans · · Score: 1

    We need a new Firefox, someone "pure" again.

    Indeed! Australis (FF29 in general) has very nearly pinched my last nerve with Firefox. What the fuck is going on at Mozilla? The last two versions have run like complete and utter shit on my systems, from freezing windows to outright random crashes. What happened to my lightweight and reliable browser?

    Maybe you're using a lot of add-ons. I'm on Fx 29 using nothing but NoScript and it works wonderfully.

  7. Re:alt: guys who built iphone know how it works. on Apple Can Extract Texts, Photos, Contacts From Locked iPhones · · Score: 4, Informative

    https://support.apple.com/kb/h...

    If passcode-protected whole phone encryption is enabled, no one should be able to access that without the key. I guess they know how it works more than I do. They've even redefined encryption. It's "encrypted" just like everything else these days. I guess it's still technically encrypted even if everyone has a key.

    Not everything is encrypted. According to the guidelines:

    Specifically, the user generated active files on an iOS device that are contained in Apple’s native apps and for which the data is not encrypted using the passcode (“user generated active files”), can be extracted and provided to law enforcement on external media.

    So, data can only be extracted if it is not encrypted. Sounds reasonable. Of course it would be better if everything was encrypted.

  8. Re:Yet another editor on GitHub Open Sources Atom, Their Text Editor Based On Chromium · · Score: 0

    Some people don't prefer it.

  9. Re:mac only? on GitHub Open Sources Atom, Their Text Editor Based On Chromium · · Score: 1

    BBEdit, because it doesn't suck.

    I tried to use BBEdit but BareBones refused to give me a copy of its source code. TextMate is much better in this regard; it's under GPL since a couple of years ago.

  10. Re:mac only? on GitHub Open Sources Atom, Their Text Editor Based On Chromium · · Score: 1

    Their readme speicies requirements for building on Windows/NT and GNU/Linux. It could be that they have notyet created binary packages for other distributions.

  11. Re:time for a new public licence on US Military Drones Migrating To Linux · · Score: 1

    free to use unless you intend to kill people.

    See JSON license. "The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil."

    It's probably noteworthy to point out that programs under that license is not accepted in at least Debian.
    https://wiki.debian.org/qa.deb...

  12. Re:"Man who invented Linux" - nonsense. on Linus Torvalds Receives IEEE Computer Pioneer Award · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The most innovative thing with Linux was not that it is a Unix look-a-like. It's that it's a _free software_ Unix look-a-like.

  13. Re:Totaly support this on Linus Torvalds Receives IEEE Computer Pioneer Award · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Indeed. Congrats man! \o/

  14. Re:How about on How To Prevent the Next Heartbleed · · Score: 3, Informative

    If your web server is pushing out lots of https traffic then yes it is performance sensitive.

  15. Re:Happy to see it. on Pirate Bay Sports-Content Uploader Faces $32m Lawsuit · · Score: 2

    Which is exactly why they shouldn't have to face a fine that high.

  16. Re: Happy to see it. on Pirate Bay Sports-Content Uploader Faces $32m Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    There is nothing open source about sharing a binary copy.

  17. Re:Happy to see it. on Pirate Bay Sports-Content Uploader Faces $32m Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    Microsoft has more money to begin with so they can affort a higher fine. Any form of damages has to be weigted to be effective.

  18. Re:Seriously? on Really, Why Are Smartphones Still Tied To Contracts? · · Score: 0

    Please tell me, are there still major issues in Europe with roaming fees when crossing borders? The American carriers might suck but on the other hand they serve a way larger area.

  19. Re:Seriously? on Really, Why Are Smartphones Still Tied To Contracts? · · Score: 1

    You know, everything is not like where you are even though you might think so.

  20. Re:Compiler option on OpenSSH No Longer Has To Depend On OpenSSL · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure I understand. Surely the feature must have been disabled if it was not built as part of the binary?

  21. Re:Compiler option on OpenSSH No Longer Has To Depend On OpenSSL · · Score: 1

    Yes it did. You were not vulnerable if you have built OpenSSL with the feature disabled.

  22. Re:Good news! Now get it FIPS certified. on OpenSSH No Longer Has To Depend On OpenSSL · · Score: 1

    What's the industry standard of this decade?

  23. Re:I loathe screen on After a Long wait, GNU Screen Gets Refreshed · · Score: 1

    I suggest that you put that in your screenrc file.

  24. Re:Requires Javascript. on GNU Mailman 3 Enters Beta · · Score: 1

    Oh, yes that appears to be the case. That's sad.

  25. Re:Requires Javascript. on GNU Mailman 3 Enters Beta · · Score: 1

    It seems to work just fine without it as far as I can tell. Some features may require JavaScript, but the overall experience should work without it.