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  1. Re:A new logo?? Eyeroll on Firefox 23 Arrives With New Logo, Mixed Content Blocker, and Network Monitor · · Score: 1

    >The Firefox project needs to get rid of all of the people who don't code but "contribute" by fucking around with the UI. So, FF team, you can take your new logo and jam it up your ass.

    That's exactly how I feel about Firefox itself. *Especially* since Chrome came along and Firefox blindly follows it into "remove all the options and buttons" land. I prefer Seamonkey.

  2. Re:A Little Late? on IBM Opens Up POWER Architecture For Licensing · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure the Power architecture was well ahead of Intel and AMD. Apple switched because IBM couldn't/wouldn't get the heat and power draw low enough for laptops.

  3. Re:More change for change's sake? on Mozilla Plans Major Design Overhaul With Firefox 25 Release In October · · Score: 1

    And they're all worse than the last...

  4. Re:So? on Nuclear Power Prevents More Deaths Than It Causes · · Score: 1

    I like to assume that the energy removed from the atmosphere by wind farms was put there by global warming in the first place! Not sure about local effects though.

  5. Where on Bushfire Threatens Major Telescope · · Score: 0

    I get from "bushfire", ".au", and "New South Wales" that we're talking about Australia, but not everyone will pick up on that. Country should be mentioned.

  6. Re:Legality? on Ask Slashdot: Easiest Way To Consolidate Household Media? · · Score: 1

    how are you going to prove all your digital copies are legal?

    Prove to who? He didn't mention anything about defending a lawsuit.

  7. File Share on Ask Slashdot: Easiest Way To Consolidate Household Media? · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a file share to me...

  8. Link on Huge Security Hole In Recent Samsung Devices · · Score: 1

    Why did you link to that horrible advertisement of a webpage? Google even gives the Wikipedia page as the first result...

  9. Re:Novel on Playstation Controller Runs Syrian Rebel Tank · · Score: 1

    The general public considers all of those things to be "tanks", but militarily, most of them are armored personnel carriers or armored fighting vehicles. I think some of the heavy, turreted models would rightly be called tanks if not for their modular platforms.

  10. Re:KDE looks like ass on Linus Torvalds Tries KDE, Likes It So Far · · Score: 1

    I've always had the same feeling about KDE, the only way I could put it is "too shiny".

  11. Re:three words, one hyphen: on Why Can't Industry Design an Affordable Hearing Aid? · · Score: 1

    I was also under the impression that Chinese doctors are taught a lot of traditional Chinese medicine...which would presumably reduce their conventional medical training time.

  12. Seamonkey on Ask Slashdot: Seamonkey vs. Firefox — Any Takers? · · Score: 1

    I've been using Mozilla/Seamonkey since 2001. It was the best browser then, and the best now, IMO.

    I never cared for Firefox, it's always been a rebranded Mozilla with a worse interface, fewer features and fewer options. This is ever more apparent as Firefox follows Chrome into the simplicity abyss. Also, version numbers - I like them to mean something.

  13. Re:Cost on NASA Testing Supersonic X-51A Jet Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    That's one thing people overlook...the USSR had a lot less money to spend and much more territory to cover, so they prioritized quantity over quality more than the US did.

  14. Re:Forced Upgrades? on Why We Love Firefox, and Why We Hate It · · Score: 1

    Pretty much everything you said are reasons that I use Seamonkey...all the goodness of Firefox without the interface problems.

  15. Re:Nah... on NSA Mimics Google, Angers Senate · · Score: 1

    Morals and Military are the two biggies. Most of them think that having a huge, expensive military is basically an entitlement that must be defended, no cost-benefit analyses allowed.

  16. Re:Probably not very useful on The World's First Supercavitating Boat? · · Score: 1

    Well, to be accurate, Arleigh Burke Destroyers have turbine engines and will do over 30 knots.

  17. Re:I have tried to but it's too weird on Ask Slashdot: Why Aren't You Running KDE? · · Score: 1

    I would add "shiny" to your "weird". KDE has always felt too shiny to me.

  18. This is good news! I still swear by running chkdsk /f after power loss or hard reset, even with Windows 7...I've had a few cases where there was some corruption and Windows didn't give a warning about it.

    Also, it's about time NTFS got upgraded. Extents, checksums, etc. are no longer new and unnecessary.

  19. Re:Do it right on Ask Slashdot: Building A Server Rack Into a New Home? · · Score: 1

    You're assuming he is building a house with a basement...

  20. Re:Lose "Many More" link and provide per-date URLs on Slashdot Coming Attractions · · Score: 1

    Oh hell yes. I've been cursing slashdot regularly since they ruined the pagination.

  21. Re:One little detail... on Sensor Networks In San Francisco Finds Parking Spots · · Score: 1

    >Not to mention the scam of "street cleaning"

    Yeah, I'm lucky enough to live in an area of the city with parking, but even if I don't use my car for anything, I have to move it TWICE A WEEK to avoid those tickets.

  22. interesting on Drones Within a Drone Riding a Balloon · · Score: 1

    Eventually, the Navy hopes to deploy hundreds of Cicada drones from an aerial vehicle, and disperse them to deluge a hostile area with secret sensors.

    That actually makes some sense.

  23. Re:The code gets larger, and yet things dissapear! on Firefox Too Big To Link On 32-bit Windows · · Score: 1

    Fortunately, if they do, there's Status-4-Evar to bring it back. Now if only there was a way to bring back the modal search dialog....I really hate the new search bar.

  24. Re:Good luck with that on Iran Wants To Clone Downed US Drone · · Score: 1

    My first thought is that China will get it. It might help them a great deal.

  25. Re:Jumping the gun? on Supreme Court Legitimizing Medical Patents? · · Score: 2

    They actually used a question mark, so it's not technically incorrect, unlike all the headlines that say "somebody to do something" when the article or even summary says "might", "considering", or just "thinking about".