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  1. Re:Wait, what? on Facebook Is Now Working On Its Own Digital Assistant Called M · · Score: 1

    Nope. Not Siri. It can not act within the context of applications. Can only bring you to it.

    That would require the revival of the Open Scripting Architecture (OSA) upon which Carbon Apple Events were and AppleScript was sitting on. Aka, you cane make the analogy that OSA was to AppleScript what JRE is to Java.

    But coding for OSA was a PITA. Required lots of App abstraction into the OSA object model and for any App not designed for that in mind, was a major retrofit job. That's the reason it never caught on much.

  2. Re:Please on "Sensationalized Cruelty": FCC Complaints Regarding Game of Thrones · · Score: 1

    So did Robert and Ned.

  3. Re:Much rejoicing on Stephen Hawking Presents Theory On Getting Information Out of a Black Hole · · Score: 2
  4. Re:Much rejoicing on Stephen Hawking Presents Theory On Getting Information Out of a Black Hole · · Score: 2

    It appears he has a more open sense of humor you sport.

    He's been quite eager to participate in comedy when invited. Undoubtedly he's going through an excruciatingly debilitating ordeal, four decades longer than his doctor told him. So yes, he can
    Laugh.

    In the end the joke's on us because few understand what he's talking about. Entirely.

  5. Re:Much rejoicing on Stephen Hawking Presents Theory On Getting Information Out of a Black Hole · · Score: 1

    Just laugh about it.

  6. Re:Of course it never gets past the event horizon. on Stephen Hawking Presents Theory On Getting Information Out of a Black Hole · · Score: 1

    So assuming was currently are falling towards an EH, looking out from out ever-slowing time, would we perceive the universe as inflating?

  7. Much rejoicing on Stephen Hawking Presents Theory On Getting Information Out of a Black Hole · · Score: 5, Funny

    He doesn't look all too terribly excited about it.

  8. Re:Not Soon enough on Amazon To Stop Accepting Flash Ads · · Score: 1

    THIRD most hated piece of software. Dont discount AOL.

  9. Re:Slashdot on Another Wave of Publications Shut Down Online Comments · · Score: 2

    I'm doing pretty well for a french guy. Pardon my occasional mishaps or auto-correct.

    You also missed "hard" where I meant to type "had".

  10. Re:Slashdot on Another Wave of Publications Shut Down Online Comments · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's not about having a name to attack. It's about self-control. When you sign a post (regardless if it's your real name or an alias like "mouser"), you tend to be more careful about what you post and avoid useless jibber. It also prunes some of the trolls because while one could still create an account for trolling purpose, at some point it becomes bothersome to do so as troll accounts get closed/locked.

    Funny comments or even jabs are still doable for as long as they are either on-topic, relevant and not derogatory or otherwise disruptive.

    Comment moderation is, also, not about popularity contest. It's about highlighting, in the flood of comments, those that stand out for their insightful, interesting or funny content.

    Metamoderation is there to weed out abuse. Admittedly, sometimes it lacks context.

  11. Re:Slashdot on Another Wave of Publications Shut Down Online Comments · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Slashdot with comments is dying.

    When I first signed up, stories hard hundreds, if not thousands of comments and most where relevant.

    Now, it's just fucking kiddy trolls that dont even bother signing up or maintaining their passwords. Stories dwindled down to less than 100 comments, most of which are anonymous garbage.

    To save Slashdot, posting as anonymous should require still being logged in. This way, most posts would be accountable to someone and you'd still have the possibility of anonymity for protection against reprisal from peers. (And even that is debatable... not like this is wikileaks).

  12. Re:Alternative Encrypted Cloud Storage Providers on Wuala Encrypted Cloud-Storage Service Shuts Down · · Score: 1

    Care to back this up with some facts?

  13. Re:Cry me a river on Oracle: Google Has "Destroyed" the Market For Java · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Oracle had (and still have) much reliance on Java and Sun hardware for their server & middleware tiers. They simply could NOT let it die along with Sun or, worse yet, let it pass to a competitor.

    Disclaimer: that's as far as I will comment on that issue, as I am an Oracle employee. Though I have nothing to do with the Java or Sun group, the native mobile apps I develop eventually touches Java code, server side. It's everywhere.

  14. Re:And on North Korea Is Switching To a New Time Zone · · Score: 1

    Pretty much. When Oracle bought the company I worked for (CS&T/Lexacom), it was for our Calendar server and apps (remember Netscape Calendar? That was us). Our server would periodically download an international air traffic controller time zone files that the aviation industry uses to synchronizes their world clocks (in terms of time zone usage... actual clocks mare timed using the atomic clocks). Our client code would download this time zone file through our server and parse them for proper display of various time zones in our calendars. There are time zones out there that are 15mins increments.

    This 30mins North Korea TZ shift is indeed insignificant and of no consequence/value for anyone. There are, literally, more than a dozen time zone changes every month.

  15. Re:American Cities on Philadelphia Hackers and Others Offer Brotherly Love To Fallen Robot · · Score: 0

    Conjecturing on Brazil. Truth is, it made it fine across 3 countries. Sure it wasn't a Jewbot so it did survive Germany but the point is, the moment it landed in the sh!thole of Philly, it had no chance. Regardless of bin colour.

    #robotlivesmatter

  16. Re:Wrong, Apple Watch is solutions that make sense on Apple Watch Still Waiting On App Developers · · Score: 1

    It stops being a solution at 10PM until you wallhug.

    My watch (Citizen Blue Angler Skyhawk) has never required a recharge since I got it. Yep: it can tell time at 3AM.

  17. Re:What happens if the Soyuz spacecraft gets hit? on Astronauts Forced To Take Shelter From Space Junk · · Score: 1

    It's all ground based.

  18. Scramble might be an exaggeration on Astronauts Forced To Take Shelter From Space Junk · · Score: 1

    It's a fairly routine activity for them to hunk down on passing debris. I remember a story a few years ago when they actually had to do this for a fleck of paint about 1cm in size.

    They're trained for these and it probably happens a lot more than we know.

  19. Re:Even better career on 13% of CompSci Grads Have Starting Salaries Over $100K · · Score: 1

    Right off the bat?

  20. Taxi licenses are crazy expensive on Uber France Leaders Arrested For Running Illegal Taxi Company · · Score: 4, Informative

    In Quebec, it costs upwards of 200,000$ CDN to have a taxi license.

    Drivers spent their entire life's saving enough to buy their own license while they lease another one's. It's their only retirement plan: lease a license they earned to buy.

    No wonder they're pissed.

  21. Re:Missed it! But, here's the video... on A Failure For SpaceX: Falcon 9 Explodes During Ascension · · Score: 1

    I believe those are the grid fins for steering the F9 on it's way back.

  22. Re:Looks like the second stage ruptured on A Failure For SpaceX: Falcon 9 Explodes During Ascension · · Score: 4, Informative

    Leave it to LiveLeak for actual video:

    http://www.liveleak.com/view?i...

  23. Re:Well, well, well. on A Failure For SpaceX: Falcon 9 Explodes During Ascension · · Score: 1

    I wrote it fast. I was off the timing too. It assploded at 2:19. Not 2:40.

  24. Re:Not the only game in town? on Weather Promising for Sunday Morning SpaceX Launch · · Score: 2

    That flying dildo is nowhere near as capable as the Falcon 9 or Falcon Heavy.

    Space X has a good decade headstart on any competition.

    Crew Vehicle: Check, awaiting final approval for maned test flight
    Crew Abort System: Check, tested and approved
    Falcon 9: zero failure on all commercial flights
    Dragon rendez-vous with ISS: check

  25. Re:Because titan has ice, pluto isn't even a plane on Why Didn't Voyager Visit Pluto? · · Score: 2

    It was rejected because Pluto is still bigger than Charon and while pluto wobbles around the barycentre, Charon still orbits then both thus making it a moon.

    Begs to think what to call binary star systems when they have the same conditions, like Polaris (yes: the polar star is a binary star system consisting of Polaris A and Polaris B).

    I love watching binaries on my telescope. Started with the realization that Ursula Majopris (the Great Dipper) also included binary stars. Mizar (the second star from the tip of the dipper handle) is a binary, as Polaris, observable with domestic telescope (I use a 6" Celestron Nexstar 6SE).