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  1. Responsive Web Design on New HTML Picture Element To Make Future Web Faster · · Score: 1
  2. Re:Twice as much work for instructor, 5% benefit? on The Post-Lecture Classroom · · Score: 1

    posting weekly video lectures means a ton of preparation time for the instructor.

    Hopefully they can reuse the videos for multiple classes.

  3. Re:Why only mobile devices? on IKEA Augmented Reality Catalog Lets You Preview Products In Your Apartment · · Score: 1

    Because it uses your mobile device's camera. It might not be as convenient to drag your computer and webcam around from room to room.

  4. Re:Gruman said it wrong on ITU's Definition Aside, T-Mobile Pushes 4G Label In New Ad Campaign · · Score: 1

    He meant bold-faced lie, not bald-faced. See here for proof: http://goo.gl/GOShs (it's a google-fight link in case I mistyped it).

    Except if you put the phrases in quotes... then "bald-faced lie" wins.
    http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=%22bald-faced+lie%22&word2=%22bold-faced+lie%22

    Since I'm not sure if the parent was a joke or not, I won't bother finding a credible source.

  5. Re:Gained respect for NYT on New York Times Bans Use of Word "Tweet" · · Score: 1

    I cringe everytime I hear english. It's the language of borrowed words, and I'm pretty sure the rules for it were invented a lot later, when people realized they might have to teach it.

    I agree it's a language of borrowed words, but it doesn't seem as obvious to me that English developed much differently than most other languages. I am not a linguist (IANAL?), so I don't know, but maybe you have an example of another widely spoken language where "rule" development was a priority when it was gaining usage?

  6. Re:it's not 1984 yet on Cell Phone Data Predicts Movement Patterns · · Score: 1

    How about those of us who don't use a cellphone to begin with? I'm a web designer and a landline serves my needs just fine, thankyou. Track me, I wish you luck ;)

    The funny thing is that it probably isn't much harder to figure out your movement patterns, based on your call patterns even from a land line. In a relatively short amount of time, someone could probably figure out your work schedule. And if you don't need a cell phone, you probably spend more than the average amount of time at home and work anyway.

    You probably spend close to the 93% of your time at home or at work and you probably take a route to work that is similar to what any mapping program would suggest.

    What's missing could be some of the smaller but still regular habits. We wouldn't know if you go to the grocery store on the same day every week or if/where you go to church, etc.

  7. Re:Google Toolbar for Firefox on Firefox Lead Now Working For Google · · Score: 1

    I've been using one for a while now. You can get it here. Your hot minute begins... Now.

  8. Re:Nothing New on Online Document Search Reveals Secrets · · Score: 4, Informative

    In the article they mentioned that this applies to pdf files too...

    "For example, in 2002 the Washington Post published a version of a letter sent by the Washington sniper in Adobe PDF format. Names and telephone numbers were visibly blacked out, but still found embedded in the file."

  9. Re:Better Question on Pentagon Lets You Bid on Terrorism? · · Score: 1

    No, the parent question to yours was better. We want the FBI to investigate people who can accurately predict this. Either they find someone who is connected or they find someone who can help them predict in the future.

    However, if they stop something from happening that you bet was gonna happen, that's going to throw the whole process off. Who's going to want to make bets on something that may just get diverted because you made that bet? Now you lost your bet, even though you were really right when you placed it. This is almost as complicated as the Heisenberg Effect

  10. Re:Radical solutions to radical problems on Pentagon Lets You Bid on Terrorism? · · Score: 1

    "You can't prevent 'insider trading.' Who would stop individuals connected with terrorists from buying futures on the next suicide bomber?"

    You just called three suicide bombings in a row! Why don't you come on down to your local federal building and get your money?

    If this hypothetical person is legitimate, they would be a good resource to have. If they are associated with the terrorists, they'd be wise to think twice about trying to make money off of telling us their own secrets. Either way, we win with this "Insider Trading". It's not like there will be less security than before because of this.

  11. Re:Interesting IVF facts on Petri Dish Babies, 25 Years Later · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "Meanwhile, anti-abortion activists continue to have the lowest adoption rates in the world."

    Really? I looked for some statistics about this but couldn't find any. Can you post a source? I am anti-abortion/pro-life (or whatever the PC term is these days). My wife and I are currently looking into adoption. From what I understand, it's costly and not as easy as it looks, we'll probably end up adopting from outside the US.

  12. Is it a good thing to not share? on New Kazaa Lite Protects Identity · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Users of the latest versions of Kazaa Lite and Kazaa++ also have the option of disabling a function that allows remote users to see what other files the user has. "

    If everyone did this, wouldn't that kill P2P file sharing? Isn't that what the RIAA wants to happen anyway?

  13. Re:Looks Like Slashdot has a Y2K bug. on Windows 99 Beer and Cigarettes · · Score: 1

    Yeah, now that I look at it, I see what you're talking about. Maybe they're just slow about getting them up.