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  1. Too little, too late on Hands-On Account of Amazon's Upcoming Color Kindle · · Score: 1

    For $290 you can get an uncrippled 8" tablet.

    The only reason this will succeed is the Amazon name.

  2. Re:You're wrong about addons on Updated: Mozilla Community Contributor Departs Over Bug Handling · · Score: 1

    90% of users don't know how to use the search function. Do you really believe that the steps you specify are feasible to them?

  3. Re:LOLZ on Do You Want Best Buy Opening Your New Laptop? · · Score: 2

    How about a link from this March or even
    end of June? Within a month and a half recent enough for you?

  4. Re:Wait...what? Huh?? on HTC Unlocks Its Own Phones · · Score: 0

    They do with the Motorola purchase. Isn't Motorola the one with all the efuse junk?

  5. Re:Might make it worse? on Chinese Researchers Propose Asteroid Deflection Mission · · Score: 1

    They've already done the mission with another asteroid. Haven't you seen the broadcasts on the Chinese news?

  6. Re:C++ Making its way to the web? on Chrome 14 Beta Integrates Native Client · · Score: 1

    Making sure there's no problems with Javascript is easier than checking native code. Yet there's still flaws with that parser, enough so that most browsers have a "workaround" of "disable JavaScript". Why do you think this will be better?

  7. Re:C++ Making its way to the web? on Chrome 14 Beta Integrates Native Client · · Score: 1, Insightful
  8. Re:And look who has the most on 8 Grams of Thorium Could Replace Gasoline In Cars · · Score: 1

    Methane is a greenhouse gas. It's a real problem with cows, not sure about horses.

  9. Re:tl;dr on What Today's Coders Don't Know and Why It Matters · · Score: 1

    No, I was talking the Vic-20. 5K, 3583 bytes usable, IIRC.

  10. Re:tl;dr on What Today's Coders Don't Know and Why It Matters · · Score: 1

    Depends what you mean by "double digit".

    I cut my teeth on a computer with 5K RAM. If you want to go true single digit, I think there were some with 16 byte.

  11. Re:It's worth a lot more than that on Microsoft To Pay $200k Prize For New Security Tech · · Score: 1

    Not quite.

    The promise of a potential $200K is the payment. It's a crappy deal. They can use any of the submissions, not just the winning ones.

  12. Re:The IRS should get involved. on Blizzard Reveals Diablo 3 (Real Money) Auction House · · Score: 1

    A game is just data too, and is likely a simple entry in a nosql style database in the market.

  13. Re:Cave? on Amazon, Google Cave To Apple, Drop In-App Buttons · · Score: 1

    That's an even better solution than pulling the app. Places the onus squarely on Apple.

  14. Re:Cave? on Amazon, Google Cave To Apple, Drop In-App Buttons · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They have a choice. Pull the app.

  15. Re:Research money has to be divided more fairly. on Can Long Term Research Survive the Coming Age of Austerity? · · Score: 1

    They've also done needles encased in a plastic tube that the acupuncturist can't see. Some of them have a needle that penetrates the skin, some don't.

  16. Re:The issue wasn't raising prices on Why Netflix Had To Raise Its Prices · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's not even the all at once, IMHO.

    It's the "you're getting better value with us raising the prices and nothing additional being added" spin they tried to put on it.

  17. Re:Research money has to be divided more fairly. on Can Long Term Research Survive the Coming Age of Austerity? · · Score: 1

    Given that acupuncture fails a double blind, it's not that useful

  18. spin baby, spin on Researcher Finds Dangerous Vulnerability In Skype · · Score: 1

    calls it 'minor,' saying it only affects people who communicate with a potential attacker on a regular basis.

    Like say, a skilled phisher / social engineer?

  19. Re:Single Player Access on Sony Introduces 'PSN Pass' To Fight Used Game Sales · · Score: 1

    See Bionic Commando Rearmed. It's online, bound to the purchasing account which must be online.

  20. Re:Sure, but how will Microsoft abuse it? on Microsoft May Add Eavesdropping To Skype · · Score: 1

    Actually, no it's not (or rather, it wasn't until Lawrence v. Texas)

    Blowjob = sodomy in a legal sense (in some states, anything except missionary was technically sodomy)

  21. Re:Sure, but how will Microsoft abuse it? on Microsoft May Add Eavesdropping To Skype · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think it's debatable whether or not the law protects them.

    Does the EULA grant the authority?

  22. Re:Make the best browser on Firefox Is For "Regular" Users, Not Businesses · · Score: 1

    Oh, so Mozilla doesn't run Netscape style plugins any more?

    If it wasn't for the stupid naming conventions, a product I released a while ago would've supported Netscape Plugin and Active X control in the same DLL.

  23. Re:I thought that was the iPhone on Is Final Cut Pro X Apple's Biggest Mistake In Years? · · Score: 1

    So they go from what, one button to five?

    Sounds like they admitted their mistake.

  24. Re:The author lost me at MD5 on Might iCloud Be a Musical Honeypot? · · Score: 1

    No, it doesn't.

    Of course, the only (probable) way this would occur is if it's manufactured that way, and I don't know what the motive for that would be. For executables it makes sense. For MP3s not really.

  25. Re:you have got to be kiddinbg me on How Citigroup Hackers Easily Gained Access · · Score: 1

    Right, because you can't set cookies with wget or squid.