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  1. Re:What cars *DON'T* cheat? on Germany Detects Emissions Cheat Software In Audi Models (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm starting to wonder what cars don't have software/firmware designed to cheat on emissions tests.

    Electric cars. They have no emissions.

  2. Re:This is just silly on The World's Most Valuable Resource is No Longer Oil, But Data (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    Until they don't need it.

  3. Re:Opera used to handle this nicely on Most of the Web Really Sucks If You Have a Slow Connection (danluu.com) · · Score: 1

    Use srcset on your image tags:

    <img src="cat_500px.jpg" srcset="cat_750px.jpg 1.5x, cat_1000px.jpg 2x" width="500" alt="lolcat">

  4. It's a reference to a Star Trek episode.

  5. Oblig. Google Translate vs La Bamba

    For those that still haven't seen it.

  6. Re:Meet the new boss on Slashdot and SourceForge Sold, Now Under New Management (bizx.info) · · Score: 1

    Best of luck on your new project!

    Any interest in a data federation protocol? Would be really neat to have a Usenet-like distributed network with slash-style comments. Perhaps reunite some of the branching of the slash community that occurred after the beta fiasco.

  7. Re:Multiple source on Samsung Agrees To Pay Apple $548 Million Over Smartphone Patents (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    There is no number 3 after TMSC that could swallow the production that would need to be shifted from Samsung if Apple wanted to cut the cord.

    Poor GlobalFoundries.

  8. Re:Always seemed redundant to me. on Mozilla Plans To Remove Support For Firefox Complete Themes · · Score: 2

    Don't forget to nix the built-in "Pocket" addon.

  9. Re:NVS on Ask Slashdot: Tiny PCs To Drive Dozens of NOC Monitors? · · Score: 1

    Recent Anandtech review link about Nvidia NVS 810.

  10. Re:The legendary Chinese contempt for tolerances on Google Engineer Warns Against Perils of Buying Cheap, Third-Party USB-C Cables (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Or you can just buy a brand name that you know certifies and tests their products instead of going generic. Kind of the point of the brand name.

  11. Re:Holy crap on Meet YouTube Gaming, Twitch's Archenemy · · Score: 1

    I can't stand the lack of scroll bar on the webpage. They covered the normal scrollbar area with avatar circles and made it impossible to actually click on the scroll bar to scroll. Hope you have a scroll wheel on your mouse!

  12. Re:What I don't understand... on The LibreOffice Story · · Score: 1

    There are plenty of note taking applications available and most of them are not tied to Windows.

  13. Re:My $.02 on DHI Group Inc. Announces Plans to Sell Slashdot Media · · Score: 1

    Like Soylent News and Pipedot?

  14. Re:Just run your own on Cisco To Acquire OpenDNS · · Score: 2

    Pretty sure Windows comes with a simple DNS server service since the NT days. You may need to check an additional option to turn on the feature, or it may be hidden somewhere under the IIS settings.

    Unless they removed it. I admit, I haven't touched Windows for anything server related in years.

  15. Re: PHP is great on PHP At 20: From Pet Project To Powerhouse · · Score: 5, Informative

    Try using it. It's an alias to another function that requires an optional library that ... doesn't implement the function.

    What? HTTP redirects with the header() function have been simple and consistent the entire lifetime of the language. The function is not an alias and does not require an optional library as you claim. I especially like that it exposes the underlying HTTP headers of the protocol instead of wrapping the redirect into some type of hidden Response.Redirect() type function. This "lower level" makes understanding and debugging redirect problems much more obvious.

  16. Our Incredible Journey on You'll Totally Believe Why These Startups Failed · · Score: 1

    See also: Our Incredible Journey

    They are a little more specific in that they only list sites that are being abandoned or absorbed by another service, instead of just listing failed services.

  17. Re:My 'tech ready' short list on Ask Slashdot: If You Were Building a New Home, What Cool New Tech Would You Put In? · · Score: 1

    In the "server closet" in my house, I used a built-in 16" fan for circulation. The fan was a re-purposed low voltage fan solar attic fan that I selected because of its low noise and power efficiency (less than 5 watts.)

    However, for the last 10 years, computer manufacturers have been on an efficiency binge. Although the servers and equipment in the closet used to consume many hundreds of watts and produce a lot of heat, they now do the same tasks with very little waste heat and power requirements.

    Or in other words, don't bother with the fan. I don't even turn mine on anymore.

  18. Re:A holographic TV and a quantum teleporter on Ask Slashdot: If You Were Building a New Home, What Cool New Tech Would You Put In? · · Score: 1

    You'll need an existing power source to jumpstart the Mr. Fusion reactor for when you forget to restock its fuel source (banana peels, discarded soda cans, etc...)

  19. Design the roof for solar on Ask Slashdot: If You Were Building a New Home, What Cool New Tech Would You Put In? · · Score: 1

    If you are building your own, design the roof specifically for solar panels - i.e. a large flat south facing surface. A good solar installer will help you determine the optimal mounting angle for your location. Design for it. Many existing solar installations have an unfortunate "tack-on" feel since the roofs where never designed for mounting solar panels.

  20. Re:Nice on Microsoft To Support SSH In Windows and Contribute To OpenSSH · · Score: 1

    In fact, it would be awesome if the registry just disappeared entirely. I haven't met anybody who actually likes it

    So you've never met a Gnome developer?

  21. Re:stopped using sourfeforge after filezilla on SourceForge and GIMP [Updated] · · Score: 1

    but they've apparently sabotaged GIMP too - for example, they apparently changed the save dialog so that you can only save XCF files

    These changes affect the Linux version too; and I agree, they are kind of annoying.

  22. Deprecated on New Privacy Concerns About US Program That Can Track Snail Mail · · Score: 0

    But Post Office (RFC1939) was superseded by IMAP (RFC3501).

  23. Re:Link not linking anywhere on Google To Propose QUIC As IETF Standard · · Score: 0

    Should link here.

  24. Re:meanwhile on UK Chancellor Confirms Introduction of 'Google Tax' · · Score: 0

    Well, then you fall under import taxes. Some governments rely on import taxes as their sole income. See Cayman Islands for an example.

  25. Underlines on Google Blurring Distinction Between Ads and Organic Search Results · · Score: 0

    Everyone seems so busy talking about the yellow "Ad" box they completely ignore the worst part of the change. All the links are no longer underlined. It looks naked and less obvious on which words are clickable.