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  1. Re:Incompatible on Microsoft Reaffirms Default Do-Not-Track For IE10, Windows 8 Express Setup · · Score: 1

    There are millions of other websites. I normally close the page and no more visit the website if it tries to bully me (force me to disable AdBlock or force me to register before I can see the article ...)

  2. Re:Wait a minute, on Microsoft Reaffirms Default Do-Not-Track For IE10, Windows 8 Express Setup · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So we no more play the ACID test game?

  3. What if some European citizens sue Google and claim it did not honor their setting and DNT request?

  4. Could users possibly sue websites if they find the website has not honored their DNT settings?

  5. Re:I didn't know Acer still made computers on Acer: Microsoft Surface 'Negative For The Whole PC Industry' · · Score: 2

    Crappy products and performance of Acer and the like has had even more negative effect on the whole Windows (and PC) ecosystem.

  6. Re:...no on How To Deal With 200k Lines of Spaghetti Code · · Score: 3, Interesting

    In several iterations, disentangle and break the code into smaller and more understandable chunks.

    After breaking the code into smaller chunks clean them up (code conventions, algorithms, ...) and reorganize as needed.

  7. Re:Thieving gits... on Microsoft Surface, Meet Apple iSurface · · Score: 2

    The idea of attaching a keyboard to a computing device?

  8. Re:Copy Sony again? on Microsoft Surface, Meet Apple iSurface · · Score: 1

    Microsoft's idea is not just adding a keyboard to a tablet. It is about a thin tablet cover which works as a keyboard.

    I am not sure how will it perform but I like that you don't need to carry a keyboard.

  9. Re:Good. on One Tablet Per Child Program Begins In Thailand · · Score: 1

    Yes, marking a nation with such labels is not flame-bit !!! You would possibly rule that for the next 50 years they provide entertainment for your dodoo.

    Take a look at this : http://www.scimagojr.com/compare.php?c1=TH&c2=SG&c3=IL&c4=ID&area=0&category=0&in=it

    Thailand has a very high increase on scientific products year on year and 2 of their universities are in the top 200 universities of the world.

  10. Re: But you should see Clippy on Microsoft Office 2013 Not Compatible With Windows XP, Vista · · Score: 4, Informative

    Word processor pages are rendered similar to a web browser. We now use graphics card acceleration for browsers. Why not for publishing software?

  11. Re:The FBI shouldn't have set up the alternate ser on Paul Vixie On DNS Changer: We're Dealing With Malware the Wrong Way · · Score: 1

    This is the proper approach in my opinion too.

  12. Re:Change the god damned name first... on Ex-Nokia Staff To Build MeeGo-based Smartphones · · Score: 1

    Ultimately it's unwise to base your business upon something that your organization is unable or unwilling to maintain.

    But the main point of using open source software for most companies/people is that they are unable to develop/maintain a software/component and they resort to obtaining it from elsewhere. Isn't it? We all use open source software with huge code bases (e.g. Apache httpd, MySQL, JBoss, ...) and it is virtually impossible for smaller companies to even touch their source code.

    Thanks for your opinions about support contract. I guess it should be considered whenever available.

  13. Re:Facebook investors on TIME DotCom and Facebook Invest In Massive Undersea Internet Cable Project · · Score: 1

    Facebook is possibly going to open an Acia-Pacific data center for the local market. They will need reliable high bandwidth access from the local web servers (and possibly databases) to the main data center.

    I don't think they want to enter bandwidth market and this is going to be directly used by FB.

  14. Re:Change the god damned name first... on Ex-Nokia Staff To Build MeeGo-based Smartphones · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I am starting to worry whether we can rely on less popular open source software? In recent few years many of the open source libraries and software I use were discontinued.

    - a few of the developers decided to produce commercial versions and sell for money
    - a few others thought they need money for living and started developing new commercial projects with functionalists similar to the open source one but better (this category includes myself)
    - a few others just gave up on the project and left the source code somewhere hoping that someone else will continue developing it

    The reason might be the hard fact that you cannot work for free and pay for your life.

    This question comes to my mind: Which open source projects we may trust (to rely on them)? ... perhaps those which have a better business and sustaining plan ?

  15. Re:It's only 92% accurate ... on FDA Approves HIV Home-Use Test Kit · · Score: 1

    In addition to that, during the window period of 1-3 months it might not be detected at all. Not detecting HIV does not mean the person is not infected at all.

  16. Re:And nothing of value was lost... on Google Killing Off Mini, Video, and iGoogle · · Score: 2

    I come to Slashdot from iGoogle RSS reader almost 90% of the time. I have been using iGoogle as my RSS reader since almost 2007.

    It is a pity but I think I will be able to find numerous alternatives.

  17. Re:Question: on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Stay Employable? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I am 40 years old right now. I used to be a senior developer, software architect, network admin of a bank and finally manager of "networks and hardware" department in that bank. I finally got fed up of the work pressure and office politics. I remember that at one point in time I became sure that I will 99% have a heart attack in the next 6 months. Then every day I would worry whether today is the day (just imagine a retail bank with hundreds of branches, thousands of users, shitty communications infrastructure of my country, many disconnected branches at any time and hundreds of angry customers waiting to do their job).

    In order to save my life I resigned and returned to Academia and did a PhD hoping that teaching and working in Academia will be more peaceful. During the study my financial situation became weak, my wife of 10 years cheated and left with a very rich man (15 years older than me and 20 years older than her).

    Now I am almost finished with the PhD, have no life and no job. I have a teaching job offer (pending PhD graduation). The pay for a PhD lecturer is around $2000 in the current country I stay and $1500 in my own country.

    By your standard, I have no right to marry again (let alone have a kid) and you would perhaps suggest me to do software development (presumably open source for free). Have you ever thought marrying, having kids and a family are fundamental rights of a human (and even an animal)?

  18. Re:Poetic Justice on Georgia Apple Store Refuses To Sell iPad To Iranian-American Teen · · Score: 1

    In this whole thread different people have claimed she has been buying it for his Uncle, Grand Father and Cousin in Iran.

    How did the clerk know that? Why you and others say all kind of things?

  19. Re:Is there some special about a manual docking? on Chinese Crew Completes Manual Docking With Orbiting Module · · Score: 2

    Thanks for the interesting reference. +Informative.

    Events leading to the collision of the Progress Cargo Ship with MIR, includes some reconstructed footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM7fTLLmgbk

  20. Re:Congradulations China on Chinese Crew Completes Manual Docking With Orbiting Module · · Score: 3, Insightful

    and here is the proof that the punishment has been successful. Next time US will possibly need to apply to their program.

  21. Re:Oracle on Google To Pay $0 To Oracle In Copyright Case · · Score: 0

    Murdock is talking about respect for residents?!!! He called Tony Blair several times to encourage him to attack Iraq. Are these two different Murdocks?

    http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/06/16/rupert-murdoch-pushed-tony-blair-over-iraq-war-claims-alastair-campbell_n_1602091.html

  22. Re:Beating the War Drums on US, Israel Behind Flame Malware · · Score: 4, Informative

    You forgot the kill list.

  23. Re:Hands Off on Microsoft Ignores Usability With All-Caps Menu in Visual Studio · · Score: 1

    If you can pay for "Visual Assist" it adds most of the features available in eclipse and makes life many times easier (Refactoring is the most important one).

    Besides the strength of VC++ is the great visual debugger. I really like that and that alone is an important parameter why I may stay with that for development of Windows software.

  24. Re:Hands Off on Microsoft Ignores Usability With All-Caps Menu in Visual Studio · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not everyone does the job for fun.

    I have been doing all my development work in Eclipse for the last 5-6 years. However for this specific Windows C++ project I needed to use Visual Studio. Like it or not I have a life to manage. Otherwise why would I do programming day and night at the age of 40, with a PhD in computer science? Salary of a PhD university staff is less than $1500/month and that's not enough (considering that I spent savings of 10 years of my hard work to reach the PhD dream of mine).

    When I turned into Visual studio 2012 RC hoping that it will provide better compiler, error messages, error preview and editor, I could not bear it even for 20 minutes:

    - The error list uses dark gray texts on gray background (my almost old eyes could not bear it...).
    - Clicking on an item in errors list would open the source on bottom output/error dock! in a new tab.
    - Tabs were on bottom (like the class and solution explorer), now they occupy additional space on top.
    - Menus are caps
    - You feel bored in a gray and flat environment after 12 hours of programming daily ...

  25. Re:next battle? on ARM Expects 20-Nanometer Processors By Late 2013 · · Score: 1

    AMD has a compatible processor but its shortcomings (in comparison to Intel) have made it difficult for AMD to compete.

    I don't see a reason to take it for granted that ARM CPUs will threaten Intel's monopoly in PC market.