The really nice thing about releasing documents a few at a time is you have so many more opportunities to directly contradict the official reaction to the previous release. Dump 'em all at once and the government gets much more opportunity to control the narrative.
Please note that "Christian Science" is not a Christian sect and as others have noted it's not particularly scientific. As http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Science points out, "Christian Scientists" are devotees of Mary Baker Eddy and follow a rationalist-idealist philosophy that both opposes and is opposed by Christians -- it certainly would not be recognized by most of the names on your list.
That said, I would hope that everyone on Slashdot can evaluate the merits of an article even if one disagrees with some opinion or position held by the organization or person posting it.
Having my browser railroad me into certain website, because of what some algorithm perceived to be my interest is defying the purpose of web browsing.
You didn't read the article, I think. The proposal is about finding ways for users to have the option to share information about themselves with a site, rather than the site having to use tracking cookies to collect your browsing history.
The last thing I want is Mozilla deciding they're just like Google and Facebook and that my browsing history is their resource to be monetized.
This is Mozilla trying to build tools to let users monetize themselves if they so desire. Your browsing history is your resource. The experiment so far has been collecting this data and showing it to the user. The concept being explored now is whether to add a button for letting you send this data to a website. The idea is that this lets you share your interests with a site, without the site having to use tracking cookies to collect your browsing history (as Google and Facebook do).
"to browse" is a pretty vague term. This is equivalent to saying 30 years ago "I don't know all use cases, but I personally use my computer to compute. Why do I want 3D gaming and video conferencing integrated into it? What next, reading the news?"
The web browser is now a universal secure applications platform, standards-based, not controlled by a single owner. These are compelling reasons for people to want features added to it to compete with other applications platforms.
Some are, some aren't. Obviously any time you have a high-priced quality product, someone else will try to enter the market at that level as well. Price isn't a guarantee of quality but neither is it a guarantee of a ripoff.
Hi, Mozilla marketplace developer (and Linux user:) here. As you can see by looking at the Bugzilla bug linked in the summary, development is actually proceeding on Linux support for this stuff. So it might end up being finished a few weeks after the Windows/Mac platform support; is that really a big deal? The platform guys have a lot of stuff to do to support all the features we want for open web apps, this was strictly a prioritization issue.
Oh and note that the _big_ platform for open webapps is our Linux-based B2G phone environment.
In practice, even factoring in Fukushima, nuclear power plants turn out to be the safest thing. (It helps if you don't build it in a tsunami zone and ignore a safety report for 5+ years, of course.)
0) The people shouting loudest about how important this is stand to gain a significant amount of money, power, and public notice if people believe and act on their claims.
Analysis of incentives goes both directions. If you're a paleoclimatologist, which is more likely to advance your career? A report that says current climate variations fit the historical pattern and there's nothing anyone needs to do differently, or one that says that significant government regulation and societal reorganization is needed?
Making bombs with U233 from a LFTR reactor isn't as feasible as you'd think since it's contaminated with U232, a hard gamma emitter that fries electronics (and humans) and is easily detectable from a distance. Plus, LFTR reactors can be run with a just-barely-critical fuel supply --- stealing bomb materials couldn't be done without turning out the lights.
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The really nice thing about releasing documents a few at a time is you have so many more opportunities to directly contradict the official reaction to the previous release. Dump 'em all at once and the government gets much more opportunity to control the narrative.
Please note that "Christian Science" is not a Christian sect and as others have noted it's not particularly scientific. As http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Science points out, "Christian Scientists" are devotees of Mary Baker Eddy and follow a rationalist-idealist philosophy that both opposes and is opposed by Christians -- it certainly would not be recognized by most of the names on your list. That said, I would hope that everyone on Slashdot can evaluate the merits of an article even if one disagrees with some opinion or position held by the organization or person posting it.
Tungsten? Oops, http://gizmodo.com/5221787/army-stops-making-eco+friendly-tungsten-bullets-because-they-cause-cancer
you left out football fields and Libraries of Congress.
You didn't read the article, I think. The proposal is about finding ways for users to have the option to share information about themselves with a site, rather than the site having to use tracking cookies to collect your browsing history.
This is Mozilla trying to build tools to let users monetize themselves if they so desire. Your browsing history is your resource. The experiment so far has been collecting this data and showing it to the user. The concept being explored now is whether to add a button for letting you send this data to a website. The idea is that this lets you share your interests with a site, without the site having to use tracking cookies to collect your browsing history (as Google and Facebook do).
They're where "Mobile homes" got their names from. http://www.snopes.com/lost/mobile.asp
What, then, does mean it's a "democracy" --- and why?
what security concerns are you thinking of?
Firefox handles it the same as geolocation or offline storage -- the browser asks you if you want to grant access to the camera and microphone.
The web browser is now a universal secure applications platform, standards-based, not controlled by a single owner. These are compelling reasons for people to want features added to it to compete with other applications platforms.
Some are, some aren't. Obviously any time you have a high-priced quality product, someone else will try to enter the market at that level as well. Price isn't a guarantee of quality but neither is it a guarantee of a ripoff.
This is the sort of thing that sounds like a great idea to people who don't know much about computers or guns, and the ways that they can fail.
Aren't there bears outside?
Remember: when seconds count, the police are only minutes away.
What's the rate for females of Japanese and Swedish ancestry in the US, though?
Hi, Mozilla marketplace developer (and Linux user :) here. As you can see by looking at the Bugzilla bug linked in the summary, development is actually proceeding on Linux support for this stuff. So it might end up being finished a few weeks after the Windows/Mac platform support; is that really a big deal? The platform guys have a lot of stuff to do to support all the features we want for open web apps, this was strictly a prioritization issue.
Oh and note that the _big_ platform for open webapps is our Linux-based B2G phone environment.
You're right, and people are doing just that. A patch for Linux support is under development here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744193
Some people are working on this already: http://ccnx.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z685OF-PS8
In practice, even factoring in Fukushima, nuclear power plants turn out to be the safest thing. (It helps if you don't build it in a tsunami zone and ignore a safety report for 5+ years, of course.)
New designs being developed now are even safer and more efficient: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9M__yYbsZ4
http://nuclearpoweryesplease.org/
"Read my lips: No new taxes."
0) The people shouting loudest about how important this is stand to gain a significant amount of money, power, and public notice if people believe and act on their claims.
Analysis of incentives goes both directions. If you're a paleoclimatologist, which is more likely to advance your career? A report that says current climate variations fit the historical pattern and there's nothing anyone needs to do differently, or one that says that significant government regulation and societal reorganization is needed?
the Transformer at least uses the PDMI standard for its charge cable. now everybody else needs to play nice :)
Making bombs with U233 from a LFTR reactor isn't as feasible as you'd think since it's contaminated with U232, a hard gamma emitter that fries electronics (and humans) and is easily detectable from a distance. Plus, LFTR reactors can be run with a just-barely-critical fuel supply --- stealing bomb materials couldn't be done without turning out the lights.
Namecoin is a piece of that puzzle. http://dot-bit.org/