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  1. Re:People still use blacklists??? on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Anti-Spam Service Extortion? · · Score: 1

    not the ISP as in "i use my ISP to contact my mail server", but only the ISP as in "i use the mailbox provided by my ISP". So they are required to snoop on the metadata (from, to, date) of mail sent via their own servers.

  2. Re:More 'valuable' tablets on Acer Rethinks the "Tablet Bubble," Launching $99 Tablet · · Score: 1

    you can now have KDE Plasma Active on the Nexus 7. Next thing would be more touch-apps for KDE, or even some widget-concept, which can switch between desktop/touch widgets.

    The big thing missing from android-device is the freedom of choice. yeah, you can have ROMs ... its like saying "okay, you can have vista business instead of home", its just a remix of the same distribution. Android, Android with cyanogen, android with foo, android with bar ... but nothing else. And most devices even support android up to version X, and then no more. I can try to install current ubuntu on a old pentium pc, when i have enough patience and use the alternate installer with a non-PAE-kernel.
    There is not much more choice on android devices than on iOS ones ... which also takes a big part in preventing ROMs, which establish a more free ecosystem like many linux-distributions on the pc do. Almost every android-ROM is used with google market, which is a "why should i offer it for free, when i can get 1,50 Eur per download" ecosystem, where the idea of software freedom is not so much valued as in the "real" linux community, because you are tempted to NOT opensource something, when you know you get 1,50 per download.
    Yeah i know, opensource and paying for the binary isn't exclusive, but go and ask some app developer of a paid app to opensource it ... he will tell you, that this will kill his sales.

  3. Re:Testing SSDs? on Ask Slashdot: Do You Test Your New Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    when a stresstest wears out the ssd too much, either you do not need it first place, or your usual usage will be too much stress as well.

  4. Re:After 42 yrs programming I say... on Ask Slashdot: Do Coding Standards Make a Difference? · · Score: 1

    no, not the same editor, only the same feature. every IDE does, a good configured vim does as well. So where is the problem.

  5. Re:After 42 yrs programming I say... on Ask Slashdot: Do Coding Standards Make a Difference? · · Score: 1

    and vim can help you to code, too. No need to clutter your code, when your tool can detect the semantics without naming convention.
    Naming conventions are like source comments: the code changes, the name may not. A local variable becomes member or the other way round, but nobody ensures the name is changed to reflect this.
    So its better when your tool just shows it in another way, by doing some static code analysis. The code is always the truth, everything else can be outdated.

  6. Re:It's about seeing bugs. on Ask Slashdot: Do Coding Standards Make a Difference? · · Score: 1

    yeah, but "nostra" vs. "nostra," was not intentional, or was it?

  7. Re:Stable? on KDE Software Compilation 4.10 RC1 Released · · Score: 1

    i only know (second hand), that they patch gtk+ to work better with unity. I do not know, if it affects other applications, nothing i would have noted on kubuntu, yet.

  8. Re:After 42 yrs programming I say... on Ask Slashdot: Do Coding Standards Make a Difference? · · Score: 1

    then they can configure to display it bold or something. Its not like you cannot display it any way you want with a good IDE.

  9. Re:It's about seeing bugs. on Ask Slashdot: Do Coding Standards Make a Difference? · · Score: 1

    even the corrected code is not doing the same. you need to be more careful with your examples ;).

  10. Re:Naming, sure. Whitespace? No. on Ask Slashdot: Do Coding Standards Make a Difference? · · Score: 1

    thats bullshit.
    Everyone should use the IDE, he can use the fastest, not the one some manager decided on.

  11. Re:After 42 yrs programming I say... on Ask Slashdot: Do Coding Standards Make a Difference? · · Score: 2

    the m_ convention is pure bullshit. Every good editor shows member variables in another color. That's it!

  12. Re:After 42 yrs programming I say... on Ask Slashdot: Do Coding Standards Make a Difference? · · Score: 1

    but not so easy newlines. And you want to most basic diff program like in diff(1) to be able to diff the code.

  13. Re:Stable? on KDE Software Compilation 4.10 RC1 Released · · Score: 1

    But they dictate the direction. And they do stuff like patching gtk3 for better support of unity.

  14. Re:Stable? on KDE Software Compilation 4.10 RC1 Released · · Score: 1

    that was true for kubuntu 6.x or 8.x (dunno), where they patched a lot of stuff like ayatana and so on.
    But since they said "kubuntu is only second priority", kubuntu just ships vanilla KDE. you may want to use kde-full additionally, to get the whole apps, and not only the ones which are selected for the kubuntu-desktop.

  15. Re:Has its speed improved in any measurable way? on KDE Software Compilation 4.10 RC1 Released · · Score: 2

    4.2 was the first good usable one. 4.0 was a disaster and 4.1 a fixup.

    But yeah, its getting better and better.

  16. Re:Missinterpretation on Facebook Ordered To End Its Real Name Policy In Germany · · Score: 1

    > Every email provider is doing this.
    nope.

  17. Re:Quick hit the unfriend button Mark on Facebook Ordered To End Its Real Name Policy In Germany · · Score: 1

    those, who defend privacy need to give up on it for themself. You just cannot be credible criticising facebook, when you never have used it. And somehow it seems to be required to stand with your name to the opinion, that everyone has the right to use a pseudonym. Otherwise you just get suspected to have some kind of reason to demand privacy.

  18. Re:German citizens can solve it themselves. on Facebook Ordered To End Its Real Name Policy In Germany · · Score: 1

    wrong, as long as there is a female second name as well.

  19. Re:Bullshit-o-meter on Facebook Ordered To End Its Real Name Policy In Germany · · Score: 1

    > The commercials aren't there to sell product to you.
    Bullshit.

    If they weren't, why would the advertiser pay for them?

  20. Re:Bullshit-o-meter on Facebook Ordered To End Its Real Name Policy In Germany · · Score: 1

    how do you get your stuff delievered?

  21. Re:typical on Facebook Ordered To End Its Real Name Policy In Germany · · Score: 1

    the difference: no fb in germany would be win-win, either when they respect privacy, or when they cease to provide their service there.
    No google results would be a loss, while google results without user tracking are a win, too.

  22. Re:Real Name Policy on Facebook Ordered To End Its Real Name Policy In Germany · · Score: 1

    why do you think, children do not start having fb accounts as soon as they can use a computer and read/type enought to be able to use a site like facebook?

  23. Re:Why "only"? on Google App Verification Service Detects Only 15% of Infected Apps · · Score: 1

    Google does not tell its scanning. It just does it, and alerts the user, if its malware-positive. If its negative, the user gets no message at all.

  24. Re:WHICH IS WHY . . !!! on How Websites Know Your Email Address the First Time You Visit · · Score: 1

    so your dsl-line has only once a week a reconnect?