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  1. Re:Given they've bowed to Chinese pressure on Mozilla Accepts Chinese CNNIC Root CA Certificate · · Score: 1

    If you delete the CA when it returns (not sure why it does that) its properties, when you click Edit..., will be all unchecked.

    Tools>Options...; Advanced, Encryption tab, [View Certificates]; Authorities tab, click CNNIC ROOT, [Edit...]/[Delete...].

  2. Easily remedied on Woz Cites "Scary" Prius Acceleration Software Problem · · Score: 1

    Steve Wozniak can quickly resolve this issue by going public and asking people to stop buying Toyotas until this is fixed properly. Bad PR will cause companies to change their comfortable MO quickly.

  3. Re:Apple A4 on Apple's "iPad" Out In the Open · · Score: 1

    I am intrigued by the A4 as well, but this "news for nerds" site had less than a doze messages to discussing the CPU while of it talked about how it lacks xyz, abc, blah blah blah.

  4. Re:Typical techies and gadget freaks on Apple's "iPad" Out In the Open · · Score: 1

    Enjoy your 800x600 screen while I use my 1920x1200.

  5. Re:iPad? Really? on Apple's "iPad" Out In the Open · · Score: 1

    Steve Jobs slipped up a couple of times saying iPod when he should have said iPad.

  6. Re:Experience? on Google Gets Its iPhone Voice · · Score: 1

    I generally like the service. But I wanted to turn off my cell when I'm at home though I can't do that because I have a T-Mobile prepaid card. That number tends to picks up first and by the 3rd ring, it will go into voice mail. By the time I can pick up at home (hearing the home phone ring once) I cannot answer the caller.

    Tried the GSM codes to change this but they don't work. Called their customer support but they cannot do it.

  7. Re:Scope creep? on BSkyB Wins £709m Lawsuit Against HP-EDS · · Score: 1

    They were so close; cuz lead monkeys and horses were all they had to work with. Next time, Crazy Glue would be used instead of Elmers for the horns.

  8. Re:Google has BACKED DOWN in China on Microsoft Patches "Google Hack" Flaw In IE · · Score: 1

    If you live in China but speak only English. Applicable to maybe 0.01% (pulled it out of my ass) of the population there.

  9. Re:Could never happen with computers... on THX Caught With Pants Down Over Lexicon Blu-ray Player · · Score: 1

    Well, that's the problem with reading some article and taking it as gospel. The closed-source nature to OS X refers to its Cocoa classes, which were based on the NS classes of NeXTSTEP.

    OS X opened up the kernel but the environment and look and feel are enabled by the programming classes, not the kernel nor the supporting utilities. Even under NeXTSTEP the core OS used BSD and that source code was available, albeit not maintained very well.

  10. Re:This made my day on WHO To Investigate Handling of Swine Flu Information, Vaccine Orders · · Score: 1
    http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=baxter+avian+flu+live+vaccine&btnG=Search+Archives&ned=us&hl=en&scoring=a; http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=baxter+avian+flu+live+vaccine&scoring=a&hl=en&ned=us&sa=N&cid=4418112598317105

    If Baxter did not intentionally do this, they are incompetent and should not even be dealing with manufacturing vaccines. I will remind myself to never take nor endorse a Baxter product.

  11. Re:"Whoops, sorry" - this is AFTER.. on TSA Withdraws Subpoenas Against Bloggers · · Score: 1

    I would guess they imaged it and replaced the hardware, keeping the original drive.

  12. Re:Bottled Water on AT&T Readying For the End of Analog Landlines · · Score: 1

    Unlike municipal water, bottled water aren't regulated and they are not constantly tested. Bottled water is a scam.

  13. Re:Totally off the mark. on Office 2003 Bug Locks Owners Out · · Score: 2, Informative

    The compatibility pack does not work with SharePoint versioning. If you open up an Office x document, it will convert it but the system will not know you've checked it out and have it open for editing. I've had to ask coworkers to use non-x versions hosted on SharePoint servers.

  14. Re:Burning test on Nanotech Ink Turns Paper Into a Low-Cost Battery · · Score: 2, Informative

    Most things in nature are quite large compared to carbon nanotubes. So they are filtered correctly by your lungs. Things that are smaller than what your lungs can handle will just stay there and cause problems.

  15. Re:In case anyone was wondering... on Big Dipper "Star" Actually a Sextuplet System · · Score: 1
  16. Re:Privacy for what? on A Look At the Safety of Google Public DNS · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Privacy for what? on A Look At the Safety of Google Public DNS · · Score: 1

    In general I like Google products. I'm paraphrasing someone who wrote the following and I can't find the link right now. It's either on Digg or Reddit. It's not the current Google I'm afraid of. It's the future Google 2 or 3 generations from now that scare me. Once the founders leave, whoever is left behind will not care about "do no evil," and will do whatever it can so it has any advantage. As Google gains more influence, the chances of its executives taking advantage of that influence beyond "do no evil" will probably be irresistible.

  18. Re:System Registry on Black Screen of Death Not Microsoft's Fault · · Score: 1

    It's a pretty shitty database based on people experiencing registry corruption. NTFS works better. While I don't have any insight into Windows internals, I would guess NTFS is has more features, like journaling, than the registry "database." Why spend resource duplicating features in NTFS? I have no problem with the API--it's a nice way of keeping track of preferences. It's the underlying storage mechanism I have trouble with. It may have made sense when Windows ran on top of FAT, but not under NTFS.

  19. Re:System Registry on Black Screen of Death Not Microsoft's Fault · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yes. Instead of relying on a hidden file system where all the configurations are stored, rewrite the API so those calls write values on the file system as a bunch of folders and files. This alone should mitigate the case where a single byte written incorrectly into the registry file will cause the entire contents to be unavailable.

  20. Hot-Tether on Cool-Tether Links Phones' Bandwidth To Make High-Speed Hotspots · · Score: 1

    With all those phones running, I would imagine them running anything but cool.

  21. Better design on A Dual-Screen 10.1" Laptop In Time For the Holidays · · Score: 1

    Much better than the Thinkpad in terms of design and way better than the Intel prototype "dual" monitor laptop.

  22. Re:At least they patched it on MS Finds Security Flaw In Google Chrome Frame · · Score: 1

    Windows update is done by a system service running as Local System (higher privileges than Administrators). Apps like Firefox and Flash don't have this mechanism so it is a bit of an inconvenience for doing family remote support.

  23. Re:At least they patched it on MS Finds Security Flaw In Google Chrome Frame · · Score: 1

    This means you need to run as administrator. My installs for my parents call for them being just Users and their installations don't get patched until I visit. Not an issue as I live relatively close by.

  24. Re:Joy on HP To Acquire 3com For $2.7 Billion · · Score: 1

    Shipped out to customers in 24 carton boxes, all placed inside a bigger box.

  25. Re:FU HP on HP To Acquire 3com For $2.7 Billion · · Score: 1

    Pretty sure your corporate executives got compensated well for it. Meanwhile people in the trenches need to do more with less, pay cuts, etc. Very nice scam companies are running these days, taking advantage of the economic situation.