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  1. It's the Web-browser's job! on Changes Are Coming To the EU's Cookie Directive, But It's Not Going Away (softpedia.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I've never understood the problem with cookies. Websites don't control cookies, the Web-browser does.

    The browser should only maintain cookies associated with the browsing window for as long as that window is open. There's no use in anything else. No timers of any sort, short or long, it gets ignored.

    Now scripting, that's another kettle of fish altogether.

  2. It's open ended on Senator Al Franken Takes On Oculus Over VR Data Mining (engadget.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Mr Franken's question will need to be repeated every month. And that still doesn't necessarily stop the bad behaviour.

    The point of the policy is it's a disclaimer of "You give us permission to take anything we see fit". That means the data gathered and uses of and distribution of change with time.

    I think Mr Zuckerberg is intentionally trying to trigger new laws that set defined limits.

  3. Never any description on German Scientists Successfully Teleport Classical Information (upi.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I always check each of these type of news items, hoping one may attempt to explain how it works. Alas, no such luck yet again. :(

  4. Sigh! It's just obsessing, not an addiction. on Why Do We Work So Hard? (1843magazine.com) · · Score: 1

    One obsesses on an activity. One is addicted to drugs. Nothing else to be said.

  5. Industrial robots are preprogrammed on Contradictory Understandings of "Robot" Sow Confusion In US Law (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    Human control is done while offline, so they are easy to call a robot.

  6. Re:Correct, but none are fair comparison ... on As of Tonight, 1900 Steam Games For Linux (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    And when I say exclusively, I mean definitely no attempt to cater for any version of D3D.

  7. Correct, but none are fair comparison ... on As of Tonight, 1900 Steam Games For Linux (phoronix.com) · · Score: 2

    If there was tier one games that exclusively used OpenGL then there might be something to compare. Until Vulcan is mature and many experienced big-budget developers deploying for exclusively Vulcan then there will continue to be nothing fair to compare against.

  8. One word - nVidia on As of Tonight, 1900 Steam Games For Linux (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    The nVidia OpenGL driver is top-notch. Of course getting a game that uses OGL is another matter.

  9. Sleazy Keyzy http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/75393732/Guy-Williams-John-Key-is-a-genius-and-I-hate-it is doing his utmost to remedy our oversights and play catchup with the TPPA.

  10. It's who decides what happens to the telemetry! on Developing 3D-Printing Tech for Cars (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd be overjoyed to have control that data.

  11. I hadn't noticed on JavaScript User Prohibitions Are Like Content DRM, But Even Less Effective (teleread.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    With No-Script blocking all scripting by default, it hadn't dawned on me that such activities occur.

  12. The correct one is it's predecessor, "The Milky Way" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    Very cool vids though! :)

  13. If you look for a 1% setup ... on Looking For Jupiter-Class Planets Indicates Solar Systems Like Ours Are Rare (theconversation.com) · · Score: 1

    then you'll likely get a 1% result. Divide the pie up and you get lot of pieces, funnily. There's probably a name for it too.

  14. Flawed! ... is the only conclusion I draw. on Study: Happiness Won't Extend Your Life After All (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Stress is a big killer for sure.

  15. Proving the obvious must be tedious on Why Some People Think Total Nonsense Is Really Deep (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 0

    nuff said.

  16. Water(water ice) is plentiful ... on Earth May Have Kept Its Own Water Rather Than Getting It From Asteroids (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    ... throughout the solar system, and, by extension, abundant everywhere. Earth formed containing plenty, as every celestial body will. It would have all been fine crystals initially. Now I'll just whip back in my TARDIS and grab some early samples to prove my hypothesis.

  17. Did they have a choice? on Persian Gulf Temperatures May Be At the Edge of Human Tolerance In 30 Years (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Refusing to sell the oil certainly didn't work out too well for them either.

  18. Agilent is original HP on HP Is Now Two Companies. How Did It Get Here? (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    And there is also the Avago spin-off. How many other splits has HP gone through?

  19. Here I was thinking those single-celled amoeba had a ten metre girth.

  20. Voltage vs insulation on $600k Fine Over Data Center Death (datacenterdynamics.com) · · Score: 1

    The DC bus is likely at a lower voltage than typical AC circuits, therefore less able to cause electrocution.

  21. One blank page on An Experiment Could Determine Whether Gravity Is Quantized (forbes.com) · · Score: 1

    Not much gravity ... or anything else on Forbes

  22. Re:CO2 on Foam-Eating Worms May Offer Solution To Mounting Waste · · Score: 2

    That's what I was thinking. Last thing we want is to convert it to more CO2. It's better to leave it in the landfill until global warming is sorted at least.

  23. Re:Not news on Dirty Farm Air May Ward Off Asthma In Children · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I thought it was common knowledge that asthma was due to environmental training, or rather the lack of.

  24. FPGA anyone? on Brain-Inspired 'Memcomputer' Constructed · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It sounds awfully like an FPGA just from the snippet. There have been FPGA variants that are self-reconfigurable in the past also but they fell by the wayside from lack of demand.

  25. Extreme snow storms is global warming on Why Our Brains Can't Process the Gravest Threats To Humanity · · Score: 1

    Extreme snow storms is one expected side effect of global warming. So, you can consider them as proof of warming occurring.

    The reason is pretty simple, there is more moisture contained in warmer air. So, when it gets hit with a cold blast there is a lot more snow dumped as a result.