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  1. Re:And probably too big... on Mozilla MemShrink Set To Fix Firefox Memory · · Score: 5, Informative

    My experience has been that both leaks and overall memory use have gone down between 3.0 and 4.0.

    At the moment, Firefox is at about 375 megabytes, with 16 tabs open. It has been open for 3 weeks. I do have browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers set to 3 and the anti-malware databases disabled though.

  2. Re:What Can't You Say On US's Internets? on What Can't You Say On China's Social Networks? · · Score: 2

    Max Hardcore is in jail for obscenity.

    That some of the freedoms are impinged off the internet doesn't make it any better that they are abused on the internet.

    Also, the U.S. Government piracy domain seizures cracked down on lots of people that simply weren't doing anything.

  3. Re:My ss# is 555-55-5555 on Why the US Govt Should Be Happy About Wikileaks · · Score: 1

    Wait, which one of us is confused here?

  4. Re:A-PPolice State. on Apple Bans DUI Checkpoint Apps · · Score: 1

    There actually is something you can do.

    Don't shop at such a stupid store. If you lived in a village and it was the only store, I can see why you would complain (but maybe it would be more productive to open a smarter store). As it is, Apple sells shiny baubles, not necessities.

  5. Re:Hypocritical on Apple Bans DUI Checkpoint Apps · · Score: 1

    The census titles their data with "highest driver BAC".:

    http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/transportation/motor_vehicle_accidents_and_fatalities.html

    Comes out to ~31% above 0.08 and ~5% between 0.01 and 0.07 (with the rest being 0.00).

    Less than 14,000 alcohol related fatalities in 2008, and with the large drop in overall fatalities, I would expect less than that in 2010.

  6. Re:No more apples on Apple Bans DUI Checkpoint Apps · · Score: 1

    Maybe the particular reason is odd, but there is nothing about the underlying tone that is beneficial to users (or at least, users that have no need for a corporate censor making them feel safe).

  7. Re:My ss# is 555-55-5555 on Why the US Govt Should Be Happy About Wikileaks · · Score: 1

    Obviously, the magic numbers that U.S. banks use to 'secure' accounts and transactions.

  8. Re:It depends on the objective. on Why the US Govt Should Be Happy About Wikileaks · · Score: 1

    Plenty of people make the mistake of thinking that democracy itself is virtuous (hopefully it is obvious that the situation that does not require the force of government is superior to any situation that does).

    It just happens to be a system that has the least impact on virtuous things like liberty and self-determination.

  9. Re:A bit late on Have We Reached Maximum Sustainable Population Size? · · Score: 1

    I mean that regrowth is being cut more and more aggressively.

  10. Re:A bit late on Have We Reached Maximum Sustainable Population Size? · · Score: 1

    The trees are getting smaller.

  11. Re:Economic growth is the myth on Have We Reached Maximum Sustainable Population Size? · · Score: 1

    We have way more plutonium these days than we had in 1900.

  12. Re:lots of nonsense on Have We Reached Maximum Sustainable Population Size? · · Score: 1

    The whole idea of inflation is that the value of currencies changes, making comparisons of prices at different points in time difficult.

    Blaming high prices on inflation is quite a strange thing to do (because the one is the bread to the others butter).

    I guess you could frame your argument in terms of declining purchasing power (but if you do that, don't mention that oil is historically cheap!).

  13. Re:Malthus on Have We Reached Maximum Sustainable Population Size? · · Score: 1

    Moore's law is geometric.

  14. Re:Motivation on School District Hit With New Mac Spying Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it isn't really much to celebrate.

    But maybe the voters will remember the danger of sanctioning the behavior of rampant assholes.

  15. Re:We must commit to better nuclear power on Officials Agree On Global Nuclear Stress Tests · · Score: 1

    Well, GP was talking about burning lots of gas and oil, so talking about burning lots of gas and coal instead is probably reasonable.

    (and really, if we *knew* global warming was a minor problem, it is quite likely we would go ahead and burn everything there was to burn)

  16. Re:We must commit to better nuclear power on Officials Agree On Global Nuclear Stress Tests · · Score: 1

    The U.S. has natural gas coming out of our armpits and giant mountains of coal, I think you are being a little bleak.

    I guess hastening a move away from petroleum is probably a good idea, but it still isn't very expensive compared to the infrastructure that would be required to replace it.

  17. Re:Low Probability? on Officials Agree On Global Nuclear Stress Tests · · Score: 1

    Why do you think they would not already be generating power from the waste heat?

    I ask because you seem to think that it would be straightforward for them to generate useful amounts of power from it.

  18. Re:Eep on Officials Agree On Global Nuclear Stress Tests · · Score: 1

    They are probably going to do crazy things like turn on the backup generators and test out secondary cooling systems.

  19. Re:20% of chernobyl's radiation. on Japan Doubles Fukushima Radiation Leak Estimate · · Score: 1

    Imagine if it were a level 8.

  20. Re:"But but but" blah blah. on Japan Doubles Fukushima Radiation Leak Estimate · · Score: 1

    This isn't an escalation of the situation, it is an escalation of the reported release.

    The situation is approximately as perilous as it was yesterday.

  21. Re:"But but but" blah blah. on Japan Doubles Fukushima Radiation Leak Estimate · · Score: 1

    It isn't that little known, there is a plan to replace it, with some international funding already secured.

  22. Re:Cell Phones INDUCE cancer, here's how. on Brain Cancer Worries? Look Up Your Phone's SAR · · Score: 1

    You are swimming in the ocean. There is a supertanker bearing down on you.

    The noise it makes as it passes over you is going to be amazing.

  23. Re:Soo, if I wanted to bankrupt Microsoft on Microsoft and Nvidia Have Acquisition Pact · · Score: 1

    Never mind the part where it is an option, not an obligation.

  24. Re:a big stick on Is Identity Theft Overwhelming the IRS? · · Score: 1

    It just needs to be straightforward for citizens to repudiate the claim that they worked for an employer (which demonstrates that they are not responsible for the taxes on those wages).

    That system would surely be abused, but those people could pay a healthy fine and maybe be flagged for extra scrutiny that they then have to pay for (so the employer would have to do extra checks to hire them, checks that they employee would have to pay for).

    Making the employer pay the victim doesn't make a great deal of sense, far better to eliminate the inconvenience to the point that they are no longer a victim of anything.

  25. Re:a big stick on Is Identity Theft Overwhelming the IRS? · · Score: 1

    You really think all those businesses that are employing illegal workers are taking reasonable measures to check the documents that are currently required by federal law?

    I think the reality is that some businesses are being duped and some businesses are working awful hard to not look real close.