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  1. Re:All cars already have this system on $1M Prize For Finding Cause of Unintended Acceleration · · Score: 1

    If your foot aren't standby on the brake pedal while (A) you are at a red light (B) engaged to D gear, but relying on the handbrake maybe, you should really train yourself to have a foot on the brake, or shift to neutral when you stop.

  2. Re:Not fibre on Virgin Promises 100Mbps Connections To UK Homes · · Score: 1

    But who (average consumer I mean) want real FTTH anyway? Which means you will need to pay for the Fiber-Copper converter, or get a Fiber capable network card.

  3. What he is saying... on Why Flash Is Fundamentally Flawed On Touchscreen Devices · · Score: 1

    What he is saying is that there is basically no way Apple or Adobe could do anything to automatically translate a Flash site designed for desktop/laptop to be usable on touch only device like iPad.

    What he is NOT saying is that "Flash is not usable on iPad even with careful, dedicated design"

    I agree with what his points, but I don't get it - what's the big deal!?

    Just like for website to be usable for visual impaired, you better pay good attention to the design instead of relying on the screen reader to do its job. The layout and flow optimized for sighted people is very different from those visual impaired, it's not just about putting "img alt" or correct use of "table" and "ul".
    Same applies for touchable device, it's not just about Flash...but you need to rethink how user will use it. Or else you will be repeating what MSFT did for Windows Mobile 5, 6, 6.5...

    So is that a big deal? I don't think so. Popular websites already created a dedicated version for iPhone. For those who don't really care about customizing the content dedicated for some devices but would like to create a generic "one size fit all" content, a few tips of "best practices" are all we needed.

  4. Re:Easy Solution on Windows 7 Can Create Rogue Wi-Fi Access Point · · Score: 1

    I didn't RTFA, but I guess the problem is user will see an AP with the same SSID that user used to be connecting...and tricked into connecting it but that's actually a rouge one? Even without Win 7, I could do it with a $50 SOHO Wireless Router!...

    The parent is right - If your network is that sensitive, please turn on Group Policy to requires IPSec encryption on both ends, and requires Proxy (say MS ISA) to go to the Internet. Then the rouge AP doesn't really matter.

  5. Amendment! on Feds Push For Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking · · Score: 1

    Feds push for amending the Fourth Amendment!

    More on 11.

  6. Re:Free? on A "Never Reboot" Service For Linux · · Score: 1

    Free as in speech. not necessarily as in beer.

  7. Re:Notes? on Pen Still Mightier Than the Laptop For Notetaking? · · Score: 1

    ...Without notes, you'd better have a photographic memory.

    Well that's what digital camera for!

  8. Re:Are you kidding? on Ballmer Defends Microsoft In China · · Score: 1

    steveb: It is my space, not just in China! Google was trying to take that. Well, nice try dude!

  9. Re:Look at Japan on The Cell Phone Has Changed — New Etiquette Needed · · Score: 1

    And they refer to the "vibration mode" as "manner mode"

  10. Android with no facebook/twitter on Google To Suspend Mobile Phone Launch In China · · Score: 1

    Think of the GFW!
    What's the point to have an Android if the facebook and twitter integration is not working? Like all Phone book, contact list, live photo uploading etc not working?
    I think the price should be 50% cheaper without these!

    I wonder when will proxy supports come in...I am living in China, and I have handful of proxies that let me go over the GFW. But is there a configuration hook for that?

    Or could I do something like hack the /etc/hosts, and setup a Apache Proxy/Squid or whatsoever at somewhere to route the traffics? Were Android as open as that?
    Until they have a configuration knob, or there is a plugin for that...I am not buying Android or subscribing 3G plan for that matter while I still live in Mainland China.

  11. Nice try! on Displayport V1.2 To Take Giant Leap Over HDMI · · Score: 1

    But I doubt if it will gain traction....depends on if laptop/netbook maker.

    I bet we would hardly see that in Desktop - because if it includes Video, Ethernet, USB, Sound so and so in a single cable, it must come from a single piece of hardware. Display card alone can only produce Video. So only integrated Motherboard could squeeze all these in a single port, and it's unlikely to see ATI/Nvida to include USB, Ethernet and such on their standalone PCI-E display cards.

    The multi-monitor over a single cable is a something I am looking forward to though.

  12. Re:Hold them accountable? Who? Congress? on Why Counter-Terrorism Is In Shambles · · Score: 1

    In World War two it was discovered that the best way for the allies to get intel from their prisoners on what the Germans were up to was a steak dinner.

    You mean like the one Cypher had with Agent Smith? Yes! I see how that works!

  13. Re:It's not stupidity on IE 0-Day Flaw Used In Chinese Attack · · Score: 1

    Hey - Sharepoint actually does rendering perfectly under Firefox, except for the places that requires ActiveX and MSFT is not providing the eqv. plugin for Firefox. It's at least much better than many other web-ish.

    Though, in order to have Single sign on (Active Directory environment, Windows Integrated Kerberos authenication), IE is the only way to go.

  14. Re:Print Screen on Does Your PC Really Need a SysRq Button Anymore? · · Score: 1

    I know no one RTFA, but according to the images there, they merged the Print Screen with the Insert key. Fn-Insert == Print Screen.

  15. Re:245mph max speed? Not so impressive on China Debuts the World's Fastest Train · · Score: 1

    In GP you mentioned TGV @ 357mph max speed...I believed it was a test and experiment.

    But dude, this news is about a production, scheduled passenger train service, with departures everyday. This is the Wuhan-Guangdong line, which travels 600+ miles in ~3 hours. And the ticket costs less than 60USD per seat.

  16. Why Hybrid but not full electrical? on World's First Production Hybrid Motorcycle To Hit Market In India · · Score: 4, Interesting

    In China where electrical scooter is so common that could be bought in USD $100 to USD $300 depends on the performance.
    Supermarket carries a large selections that looks like anything look like a bike, to something in between, to something that looks exactly like a gas scooter. 30mph is norm but I think they have model going up to 40.

    Most model has detachable battery, so you could take it out and just bring the battery box indoor for plugin charging. A single charge should give you 20+ miles range (Sorry I don't own one so it's a bit guessing for this number). Some models include traditional bike padels for backup.

    I don't exactly see the point of hybrid if full electrical scooter is just so mature. Do you really want to maintain two set of systems? Or unless you really need 200 miles driving range, I guess.

  17. Even if PHP is running 10 times slower... on The Environmental Impact of PHP Compared To C++ On Facebook · · Score: 1

    I'm assuming the claim about 10 times is true, which I don't really think so...
    But they could have done something - like precompile the PHP, just like JIT of Java, to make it better or on par with compiled C program.
    There are PHP accelerators like Zend Accelerator for that.

  18. Re:So let's change the algorithm. on Gravatars Can Leak Users' Email Addresses · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No it's not related to MD5 itself. period.

  19. Re:More buttons! Less necessity for touchscreen(?) on Building the Dream Google Smartbook · · Score: 1

    Windows mobile and most phones have such buttons. The two physical buttons next to the Dial/Hang Up button, which also linked to the touch screen soft button, does exactly what you mentioned.

  20. Re:Security? on Are Ad Servers Bogging Down the Web? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    When the ads were in iframe? Very seldom. Not 10 years ago, and not today. I am telling you as a web-admin who manage ad-supported free hosting 10 years ago.

    The advertiser wants the real estate. They wants floating icon and panels all over the web. For example, those turn page effect to reveal an Ad, or mouse over the flash to show a bigger floating DIV...these couldn't be done in iframe.

    Plus, I heard google does no evil right? So people are so comfortable in inserting the adsense javascript tag right into the page.

    Yes it's a very bad idea. Security-wise, performance-wise.

  21. Re:Performance boost? on OpenSolaris Or FreeBSD? · · Score: 1

    Because the binaries official compiled are usually targetted for large set of device? Like all i686? So it can't make use of the latest instruction set (something like SSE4). The out of execution timing/branch prediction behavior/cache stuff...

    If compiled by one-self, the Makefile will usually choose to optimize for your current CPU. So expect when you change to another CPU, everything might suddenly stopped working.

    Those AMD64 binaries may have less differences, since much less new instruction set has been invented since then.

  22. I am using Novell iFolder on Synchronize Data Between Linux, OS X, and Windows? · · Score: 1

    (http://www.ifolder.com/ifolder)
    to sync "My Documents" between my Win7 and Linux box.

    The client is a open source .NET client that could run on MS .NET Framework and Mono. Supporting Windows, Mac, Linux.

    It is a client + server arch. The server holds all the data. I setup my Linux box to be the server.
    It works by detecting the changes and send the differences to the server when you are online. Conflict are resolved manually, through the client app.

    You could create different repository, say me Workplace desktop has the Work folder sync, and my laptop has both Work and Home folder in sync. While I also has an Archive folder which keeps all the unused junk, not synced to any machine, but available through the web interface included with the server package.

    Then of course, the data on server are regularly backup. I have another very old P4 which is woke every 2am, using Dirvish to rsync the data.

  23. Re:Whitehouse.gov on Obama Talks Internet Freedom, China Censors · · Score: 1

    ...which I actually did yesterday. I'm in Shanghai right now.

    But, I guess for someone who can listen and understand live English audio streaming with no caption and such, s/he should be well aware that unrestricted Internet access is essential.

    May I put it in another way...GIVE ME BACK THE DAMN FACEBOOK.

  24. Re:Secured by Default on The First Windows 7 Zero-Day Exploit · · Score: 1

    Even for Home or Work / Domain profile, the default for "Network discovery" may be on, but "File and printer sharing" is off.

    (I could be wrong because it could be my company's group policy turned it off...someone could cross check)

  25. ActiveX on Firefox Most Vulnerable Browser, Safari Close · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...I didn't RTFA (oh yeah who does today?) but I guess they forgot to count the vulnerability of all the ActiveX published.