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  1. Re: er, Netscape? on Mozilla Updates Firefox With Forget Button, DuckDuckGo Search, and Ads · · Score: 1

    Mozilla M18 was when I switched from Opera, with one of the earlier ones getting usable, Netscape 4.x was horrible by the end though, completely unusable and slow.

    On older systems I used Dillo, which was way more pleasant for static HTML, which used to exist.

  2. Re: I don't know that I'd call it expensive and sl on AT&T Won't Do In-Flight Wi-Fi After All · · Score: 1

    I found my cross country trips (with change in Denver) had a lot of dead time between take-off to smooth enough air for a laptop and landing.

    I am a definite 12 hours or less drive person though, because I can pack sloppy.

  3. Re: I don't know that I'd call it expensive and sl on AT&T Won't Do In-Flight Wi-Fi After All · · Score: 1

    I meant worth it as entertainment (op here, I haven't figured out how to post a too level comment on the mobile site, and the main site doesn't login after typing). There's definitely not enough space to do work, but for fucking around in places such as this on a tablet or a phone it's great.

    By the time you're allowed to take your laptop out, you practically need to put it away anyway.

  4. Re: Can't, because of politics. on The Disgruntled Guys Who Babysit Our Aging Nuclear Missiles · · Score: 1

    The military is essentially the WPA of Roosevelt from what I can tell.

    Need to do busy work to keep jobs, much like the tanks the pentagon doesn't even want, and will instead store and sell for scrap eventually.

    It's one of the last forms of acceptable welfare.

  5. Re: er, Netscape? on Mozilla Updates Firefox With Forget Button, DuckDuckGo Search, and Ads · · Score: 1

    I think ie4 was already getting better.

    Netscape was getting buggier with versions, and it was a disaster on the barely existant web standards. I used opera on Linux, and ie4 on Windows. Though opera had a lot of sites that refused to accept it.

  6. Re: Updating on It's Official: HTML5 Is a W3C Standard · · Score: 2

    I think it also had to do with export restrictions, so they implemented encryption using activex before said restrictions were loosened.

    Into the 90s (late even I think) useful encryption couldn't be exported much from the US.

  7. Re:Um... on Here's Why Apple Rejected Your iOS App · · Score: 2

    I read it as on the drone itself (using the contextual clue of "GPS").

    "controller" is certainly ambiguous, but not really with full context I think.

  8. Re: identify on What Will It Take To Make Automated Vehicles Legal In the US? · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing it will see the deer's outline, because it won't be limited to human visible light.

  9. Re: What will it take? on What Will It Take To Make Automated Vehicles Legal In the US? · · Score: 1

    The money behind most of those things wants automation though. I would expect a lot of lobbying to make sure we do have automated drivers.

  10. Re: This is silly on Automation Coming To Restaurants, But Not Because of Minimum Wage Hikes · · Score: 1

    They can't support themself anyway.

    That's why people want to raise the minimum wage !

  11. Re: only 'small changes'? on Ubuntu 14.10 Released With Ambitious Name, But Small Changes · · Score: 2

    Yes, they used to push everything new into LTS, figure ing they wanted it to be not ancient for most of its life . it was a mistake though , because they were always terrible , I think this is learning from said mistakes .

  12. Re:Spoiled much? on Will Fiber-To-the-Home Create a New Digital Divide? · · Score: 1

    The Porsche from 50 years ago is a Honda Civic in performance, and less comfortable,

  13. Re: A few things... on Hungary To Tax Internet Traffic · · Score: 1

    Of there's a monopoly, then you would expect it to come from profit (monopoly prices are at the highest consumers will take ), if there's competition (or credible ways for new entrants to a msrket) taxes will go strait to the consumer . I don't know what it's like in Turkey , but I'm willing to bet in my area taxes wouldn't be passed on , cable Internet is already the price that maximize a revenue .

  14. Re: Options... on Ask Slashdot: Aging and Orphan Open Source Projects? · · Score: 1

    I actually thought sourceforge was closed source .

    I read an article about it here "sourceforge fails to forge source" I think .

  15. Re: Agner Krarup Erlang - The telephone in 1909! on An Algorithm to End the Lines for Ice at Burning Man · · Score: 1

    How much more?

    They have a fairly functional system, there's a lot of risk changing it.

    Too much ice would syck for them too I imagine.

  16. Re: all on Which Android Devices Sacrifice Battery-Life For Performance? · · Score: 1

    I would expect that long with most of my phones with that little use.

  17. Re: Different reactions on Rumor: Lenovo In Talks To Buy BlackBerry · · Score: 1

    I assume the difference is that if it becomes an issue of national security, the government can take the natural resources back.

  18. Re: Moral Imperialism on Manga Images Depicting Children Lead to Conviction in UK · · Score: 1

    Way to ignore section one of the 14th amendment

  19. Re: Agner Krarup Erlang - The telephone in 1909! on An Algorithm to End the Lines for Ice at Burning Man · · Score: 1

    Can they sell 5-6 times as much ice?

    I haven't been, but if there's always a line for the ice, then they can make sure they have enough ice for the entire time by limiting sell rate.

    People will buy less because of the time cost.

    I didn't read the whole article, it just seems strange to me the assumption that the time cost isn't intentional.

  20. Re: Who wants a gigabit cellular network? on Gigabit Cellular Networks Could Happen, With 24GHz Spectrum · · Score: 1

    Tmobile has stated they will throttle, but only for customers using bittorrent and other P2P.

    I will admit I've done that some on my phone, but only over hotel WiFi, I subscript to usenet anyway.

    I'm only allowed to tether 5gb on my plan, but that's been enough (this month I'm at 14.5gb total, top users play music 3 gb, podcasts 2.5gb, tethering 2gb).

    If I didn't have unlimited, that 14.5 gb would have been far lower, I only use wifi to control my chromecast when my tablet isn't in arm's reach.

    Certainly all the podcasts, and most of the music would have been wifi.

  21. Re: I don't follow on Apple Doesn't Design For Yesterday · · Score: 1

    Interestingly on my phone (don't know if android or /. Mobile) ,those three are different .

  22. Re: Who wants a gigabit cellular network? on Gigabit Cellular Networks Could Happen, With 24GHz Spectrum · · Score: 2

    I break 10gb pretty regularly with tmobile .seems pretty unlimited .

  23. Re:Prison population on As Prison Population Sinks, Jails Are a Steal · · Score: 1

    Hah, I posted the opposite, that we're in a local minimum of 20-25 year olds.

    One of us is using outdated info...

  24. Re:Prison population on As Prison Population Sinks, Jails Are a Steal · · Score: 1

    Ugh, that was "yes" not "no"...

  25. Re:Prison population on As Prison Population Sinks, Jails Are a Steal · · Score: 1

    No, age demographics dictate it'll go down for a while, like graduating class sizes.

    Though the shorter sentences thing is surely having an impact too.