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  1. Re:Viber app on Saudi Arabia Blocks Viber Messaging Service · · Score: 1

    Don't blame the application developers here. The poorly designed permission structure of android is mostly to blame. Any voice and text application that wants to integrate with the rest of android, needs to ask for nearly all of the permissions.

    But this app seems totally dodgy. Free communications? No adverts? Where the hell are they getting the funding to run any servers and application development?

    "If you aren't paying for the product, you are the product".

  2. Re:I always thought... on One Year After World IPv6 Launch — Are We There Yet? · · Score: 2
    I prefer this visualisation;

    I wanted to make a cool graphic to show the relative sizes of the IPv4 and IPv6 address spaces. You know, where I’d show the IPv6 address space as a big box and the IPv4 address space as a tiny one. The problem is that the IPv6 address space is so much larger than the IPv4 space that there is no way to show it to scale! To make this diagram to scale, imagine the IPv4 address space is the 1.6-inch square above. In that case, the IPv6 address space would be represented by a square the size of the solar system.

  3. Stupid summary, what about this "Chess Record"? on Hackers Spawn Web Supercomputer On Way To Chess World Record · · Score: 2

    I mean it's in the title, got me all interested. Then I read the summary and it's all about a stupid approach to bitcoin mining. So what was this "Chess Record" they were talking about? You expect me to RTFA for that?

  4. Wait, so your machine is already compromised? on Memory Gaffe Leaves Aussie Bank Accounts Open To Theft · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So he's running malware that's sniffing your browsers memory? If your machine is already compromised, there are easier ways to get access to login credentials.

  5. Could you automate this further? on Hospital Resorts To Cameras To Ensure Employees Wash Hands · · Score: 1

    I'm picturing an xbox kinect-ish system that tracks each person entering, follows their movement and the movement of their limbs, and remembers if your hands got close enough to the sink / sanitiser. Then only if you head towards ICU and attempt to open the door, an alarm sounds so that your peers in the room notice, and a video recording is kept.

  6. Re:There's a reason nobody talks about it on Dao, a New Programming Language Supporting Advanced Features With Small Runtime · · Score: 1

    FYI, your Documentation link in the beta release announcement just jumps back to the beta announcement.

  7. Re:wayland on Vastly Improved Raspberry Pi Performance With Wayland · · Score: 1
    http://www.collabora.com/services/case-studies/raspberrypi/

    Wayland's protocol and architecture allows it to serve X11 clients, through an emulated server. Improvements made to Weston as part of this engagement with the Raspberry Pi Foundation by Collabora enabled X11 applications to run seamlessly, running faster than under the legacy X.Org server.

  8. Re:Too good? I think not on Ask Slashdot: When Is the User Experience Too Good? · · Score: 1

    "Lets create the folder first, and immediately start a rename operation, because writing the code that way will be easier"

    I can't say that I agree with that design decision.

  9. Re:Mass and Weight are different on Rough Roving: Curiosity's Wheels Show Damage · · Score: 3, Interesting

    F = m * a

    Look it's right there, force equals *mass* times acceleration. On earth, Scarecrow is 342kg * 1g when stationary. On mars Curiosity is 900kg * 1mars-g *when stationary*. Sure the vertical force on the tires is the same when standing still, but what about the force required to stop 342kg vs 900kg of inertia if you hit a large pointy rock at 1m/s?. In this case, with the same initial velocity, the acceleration would be the same but the force experienced by Curiosity's tires would be ~3x larger (ignoring any shock absorption).

  10. Re:Can i please have two? on Xbox One: No Always-Online Requirement, But Needs To Phone Home · · Score: 1

    But this trend is mostly *because* of the current console lifetimes. Most games are written to be ported to or from the main consoles.

    Do you think that trend will change when PS4's and XBOX One's are becoming common?

  11. Re:Wake up on Ask Slashdot: Moving From Contract Developers To Hiring One In-House? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If your customers are complaining about bugs, and those conditions are covered by your spec, then you are at fault for not catching it before giving it to the customer. You must verify that the delivered code matches your spec.

    Either write automated tests based on your spec yourself, or get a developer to write them and review them yourself. Otherwise you will have to test everything manually, every time they deliver you new code.

    But even then, your customer may encounter issues that you didn't test for.

  12. Re:RAM usage is big issue, not CPU on Google Chrome 27 Is Out: 5% Faster Page Loads · · Score: 1

    From reading the MemShrink blog, firefox will now discard uncompressed images you can't see. Not sure when that will hit a release version though.

  13. Re:5% on Google Chrome 27 Is Out: 5% Faster Page Loads · · Score: 2

    Web pages without scripting are really fast when they don't show you anything at all.

  14. Re:oh i see on Microsoft Unveils Xbox One · · Score: 1

    Now when you get a replacement console due to the next "red ring of death" hardware issue, all your saved games will be there! Or they will be once they finish downloading.

  15. Re:XBMC on Microsoft Unveils Xbox One · · Score: 1

    Probably wouldn't work. If the XBOX is controlling the TV, it would be using some form of acoustic echo cancellation to ignore the sound.

  16. Re:Oracle Java UPDATER is the reason for this on Massive Amount of Malware Targets Older Java Flaws · · Score: 1

    Bingo. Why does a system tray notification require admin rights? Every other software installer I've ever downloaded tells you what it's going to install and only asks for admin rights when the installation process itself starts.

  17. Re:Mouth will probably work better than prosthetic on Ask Slashdot: What Would You Look For In a Prosthetic Hand? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    My dad lost both hands and most of his forearms as a child. He has always preferred to use his own stumps as-is, rather than mucking about with prosthetics. But then he learnt to use his arms at an early age, and he was determined to do everything he could.

    He can do practically everything you or I could do, except for things he simply can't reach or that require juggling to many things too rapidly. He has the neatest "handwriting" of anyone I know, he types by holding a pen, he can drive a car, develop software, and he's built a house extension. As an adult he's always been a productive member of society.

    While you may develop the dexterity to use a prothethic. Don't discount the potential usefulness of your remaining limbs just as they are.

  18. Re:Priority Failure. on BT Begins Customer Tests of Carrier Grade NAT · · Score: 1

    I'd say there's a non-zero risk of an IPv6 connection failing. When something breaks in IPv4, everyone notices and fixes it. But for IPv6, since hardly anyone is using it and applications should fail over, there's a good chance that a failure will go unnoticed.

    This recent(ish) talk (video) has some interesting statistics on IPv4 exhaustion and IPv6 take up.

  19. Re:Priority Failure. on BT Begins Customer Tests of Carrier Grade NAT · · Score: 1
    If browsers tried both IPv4 & IPv6 connections at the same time, there would be almost no risk to turning on IPv6. But right now, there can be a delay of up to 21 *seconds* before falling back to an IPv4 connection, that's if it does fail over at all.

    Which ISP & web host would turn on IPv6 support by default with that kind of end user delay?

  20. Re:Licenses sold... on Microsoft Prepares Rethink On Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    I've also seen a number of devices for sale with Windows 7 installed and a Windows 8 license.

  21. Re:The betting pool is now open... on Microsoft Prepares Rethink On Windows 8 · · Score: 2

    Can they put metro apps in one or more windows? That seems like the logical solution for mixing application types on a full sized desktop.

  22. Re:Am I misunderstanding this? on BitTorrent Sees Sync Users Share Over 1PB of Data · · Score: 2

    FYI, they're transferring file blocks based on their hash. They aren't doing delta comparisons as this would require you to cache the previous version of the file. So if you insert a byte at the start of your file, expect the whole thing to be re-transferred.

  23. Re:Sounds handled fairly well on E-Sports League Stuffed Bitcoin Mining Code Inside Client Software · · Score: 1

    The traditional corporate response would be to blame a rogue programmer and fire them, then claim that they are improving their standards and processes to ensure nothing like it ever happens again. Perhaps the next manager or two up the food chain would also be in the firing line.

  24. Re:mint shit on In Canada, a Government-Backed Electronic Currency · · Score: 1

    [citation needed]

    Many bitcoin services have been hacked and lost the keys to their coins. But the bitcoin network has not been hacked, nor has any hack resulting in theft been reversed.

  25. Re:hehehehe on Cracked Game Released To Get Back At Pirates · · Score: 1

    Only 200 sales? Did they even *try* to market this game?

    If your primary source of marketing is posting a cracked version to a torrent site, guess who is going to install it the most.