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  1. Re:In version 20 Firefox will have built-in Emacs! on Firefox 19 Launches With Built-In PDF Viewer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They should really make a small, light version of Firefox that only does web browsing, and does it well. They could call it "Phoenix", for example.

  2. Re:Easy Solution - make the bags out of brass on Are Plastic Bag Bans Making People Sick? · · Score: 1

    A "bag" of woven metal could take advantage of the oligodynamic effect. Problem solved.

    Not to mention the problem of RFID-tagged items that accidentally find their way into my bag.

  3. Re:!(Prisoner's Dilemma) on French Police Unsure Which Twin To Charge In Sexual Assaults · · Score: 1

    If only one twin is responsible for the rapes, how do we know that that the other knows he did them?

    Duh, surely you know about the mystical/philotic link between identical twins. What one knows, so does the other.

  4. Re:What do they consider a user? on Opera Picks Up Webkit Engine · · Score: 1

    A lot of applications used some form of tabbing before web browsers became popular. For example, the different sheets in a spreadsheet program. I never understood the hype about getting this rather basic feature into browsers as well.

    Opera's MDI is really quite different from tabbing, although it can certainly act that way. It is basically a window manager within the main window, I guess developed because some ironically named operating systems have very poor window managers themselves.

  5. Re:This is too specific on Is the Concept of 'Cyberspace' Stupid? · · Score: 1

    Not necessarily. A computer-controlled robot is definitely doing something cyber.

  6. Re:Some here say it's not relevant, but it is on Pope To Resign Citing Advanced Age · · Score: 1

    imagine if the new pope suddenly said, "Birth control is ok..."

    Peter Turkson is the most likely candidate according to a couple of notable gambling companies, and he is not against the use of condoms. Oh, and he's black; omg, what next, a black President of the US?

  7. Re:So did I, about four months ago. on Six Months Without Adobe Flash, and I Feel Fine · · Score: 2
    Well, you can basically get streaming with

    youtube-dl -o - $URL | mplayer -

    The only difference to actually streaming is that you cannot jump into the middle of a video straight away. But after caching for a while, you can move back and forth with MPlayer's usual keys.

  8. Re:The theory of gravity is under review :) on Texas School Board Searching For Alternatives To Evolutionary Theory · · Score: 1

    Similarly, you can experimentally confirm that evolution happens, without knowing the detailed mechanism. It's one thing to not know science, but a whole other level of ignorance to actively deny simple facts.

  9. Re:Uh on Moving the Linux Kernel Console To User-Space · · Score: 1

    It's a UNIX system! I know this!

  10. Re:Article 34 on Finnish Minister Wants To Expand Pornography Censorship · · Score: 1

    Päivi Räsänen

    Ok, now that's just umlaut abuse.

    Your post on the fine Finnish language has made me feel Really Bad, and I think words like "umlaut" should be banned.

    Seriously though, while I think the name of Päivi Räsänen goes well with the word "abuse", there are also sensible people with the same last name. Also, I salute anyone who can make international characters appear on Slashdot.

  11. Re:Detractors... on The Book of GIMP · · Score: 1

    I remember trying to get GIMP onto the school computers where i worked years ago to replace a bloated expensive equivalent, the name stopped it happening (in the uk)

    Or maybe it's because you're a distributed version control system.

  12. Re:As a professional, I would say... on Summer Programming Courses Before Heading Off To College? · · Score: 1

    This + Project Euler == Profit!

  13. Re:So... on New Largest Known Prime Number: 2^57,885,161-1 · · Score: 1

    The idea of Double Mersenne numbers is well known, but it would be practically impossible to test with current methods.

  14. Re:But why? on Windows Software Coming To Android Via Wine · · Score: 1

    In other words, why don't we just have a proper GNU/Linux distro on tablets and smartphones, like Nokia used to do with their N series years ago. Jolla seems to be the only sane alternative to my trusty but aging N900.

  15. Re:So...now we're not even proofreading the titles on Fight You Own Muscles To Create Force-Feedback On Smartphones · · Score: 1

    We're fighting our own spelling (by using this device while typing).

  16. Re:Stein's Law on Will Renewable Energy Ever Meet All Our Energy Needs? · · Score: 1

    Stopping a car by applying the breaks is generally preferred over accelerating full-speed into a cliff.

    Especially if you use regenerative braking.

  17. Re:Looking around me... on Walk or Run: Are We Built To Be Lazy? · · Score: 1

    When I'm walking with other people I constantly have to remind myself to slow down because they can't keep up.

    Ditto. As a friend of mine used to say: Long limbs and a short temper.

  18. Re:what $2,000 USD got you in 1983... on 30 Years of the Apple Lisa and the Apple IIe · · Score: 1

    PFS Write (Word Processor)
    Snooper Troops (game)

    Ah, the days when you had to pay for decent software, and you probably did not get the source.

  19. Re:"100 times the strength" on New Threadlike Carbon Nanotube Fiber Unveiled · · Score: 1

    African or European birds?

  20. But... on Dean Kamen Invents Stomach Pump For Dieters · · Score: 3, Funny

    My first name is Dieter, you insensitive clod!

  21. Re:Doughnuts on Ask Slashdot: How To Stay Fit In the Office? · · Score: 0

    I understand you meant to be funny, but there is no god in Buddhism.

  22. Re:Sounds Too Good to Be True ... on All New Homes In China Must Have Fiber Optic Internet Connections · · Score: 1

    I think the bigger question is what's the politburo is trying to accomplish as a whole--not just with the internet.

    The same thing we do every night, Pinky.

  23. Re:My favorite CES item on Timothy Lord Discovers the Good Night Lamp at CES (Video) · · Score: 1

    I would have expected a butt plug to run iOS, but then again, there is already the iPhone.

  24. Re:In the next category of 'Fiscal Buggery in Taxe on Annual "Worst CEO" List Released · · Score: 3, Informative

    You won't see Balmer in the main annual lists,

    because he's in a league of his own.

  25. Looks like a good idea... on Canadian Researchers Debut PaperTab, the Paper-Thin Tablet · · Score: 4, Funny

    ..on paper.