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  1. Web developer headache? on Microsoft Rolls Out Project Spartan With New Windows 10 Build · · Score: 1

    I wonder how much headache this will create among web developers. Will Spartan implement things in a new unheard of way or will it actually try to achieve maximum compatibility?

  2. This store reminds me of an Outlook bug. on Oops: World Leaders' Personal Data Mistakenly Released By Autofill Error · · Score: 1

    I encountered a bug once in Outlook where I did fill in the name, autocompleted it correctly but still Outlook sent it to the wrong person behind my back.

    Luckily the person receiving the mail wasn't a security breach.

    So I don't trust Outlook much since then.

  3. Re:Oh For Crying Out Loud on Europol Chief Warns About Computer Encryption · · Score: 1

    I agree - the damage caused by not having encryption will be severe. The criminals will still be able to find ways around it while the average person will be exposed to all kinds of evil.

  4. Re:Its like normal web development, but worse on UK Licensing Site Requires MSIE Emulation, But Won't Work With MSIE · · Score: 1

    In my opinion governments should require that their sites are passing the HTML Validator and CSS validator tests.

    Of course - it won't help for JavaScript dependencies (or the horror vbscript that's entirely IE specific).

  5. Re:Good for Springer on Hoax-Detecting Software Spots Fake Papers · · Score: 1

    Raise the stakes and detect lying politicians.

    It may be easier to detect when they are speaking the truth however.

  6. Re:Results? on Hoax-Detecting Software Spots Fake Papers · · Score: 1

    There is now!

  7. Dark Matter on Dark Matter Is Even More of a Mystery Than Expected · · Score: 1

    Dark Matter seems to me to be a placeholder item for differences between the calculated trajectories and real.

    It do adjust for the effects observed but it does not explain what it really is.

  8. Re:Sure on How Professional Russian Trolls Operate · · Score: 1

    Not only country governments do that but even municipals do it. Often using trolls that ridicules those willing to raise the questions about high-risk projects.

    Looking at Västlänken, Gothenburg, Sweden you will see a local debate that's quite heated.

  9. Re:Congress is a bunch of fucking retards on GAO Denied Access To Webb Telescope Workers By Northrop Grumman · · Score: 0

    I think that the reason is DoD. A really good telescope could as well be turned towards Earth to look at details on the surface. A visit by GAO could have revealed secrets.

  10. Re:Only Republicans are stupid enough... on First Lawsuits Challenging FCC's New Net Neutrality Rules Arrive · · Score: 1

    Except when it comes to regulations about abortion and other things imposed by religious factions.

  11. Re:Randian Dumbfuckery on First Lawsuits Challenging FCC's New Net Neutrality Rules Arrive · · Score: 2

    The internet is the innovation/extension of the POTS systems, today more and more is VoIP instead of analog lines. So the progress of classifying the internet the same way is a natural development.

    The problem with the analog lines is that they have come to an end on how much information they can carry. In addition to that the services offered on POTS lines will be entirely what the telecom operator decides that you can get and it won't work on another telecom operator. With the internet you get an open platform that you shall be able to run whatever service you prefer unless you are prevented by the ISP due to traffic shaping and other means.

    The change from POTS to internet is similar to the change from horse&carriage to automobiles.

  12. Re:I dub all unswitchable hardware: disposable on OEMs Allowed To Lock Secure Boot In Windows 10 Computers · · Score: 1

    I also foresee a new way for malware - intentionally brick the machines for a specific vendor unless they cough up money.

  13. Make the election system proportional as well. on Obama: Maybe It's Time For Mandatory Voting In US · · Score: 1

    Make the election system proportional as well. At least for the house of representatives.

    This will make it possible for some fresh blood to enter the politics.

  14. Re:No there isn't. on ISPs Worry About FCC's 'Future Conduct' Policing · · Score: 1

    Just consider that offering the communication infrastructure and offering services on the infrastructure shall be two completely different business cases and therefore two different companies that are independent.

  15. Re:Great example on Fake Suicide Attempt Tests Facebook Prevention Tool, Lands Man In Asylum · · Score: 1

    What about detection of terror actions? That would be even more useful.

    B.t.w. Facebook is just troll heaven. It's for people that are narcissists.

  16. Re:Decapitation is the best solution on How To Execute People In the 21st Century · · Score: 1

    Preferably using a dynamite necklace.

  17. Re:A Language With No Rules... on Why There Is No Such Thing as 'Proper English' · · Score: 1

    British people fond of Oxford English looks down on American English and to some extent Australian English. American English people looks down on everyone using English as second language and the twists of the English language that appears there; German English, Indian English, East Asian English (Engrish), Latin English (Spanglish)...

    Add to it local accents as well that twists the language; Cockney, Afro-American accent etc.

  18. Re:Garbage on GSM/GPS Tracking Device Found On Activist's Car At Circumvention Tech Festival · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not every government agency spends megabucks on top equipment when the off the shelf stuff is sufficient.

    If you want to track someone and want plausible deniability then it's a lot better to use cheap off the shelf stuff and wrap it in tape. It's no big deal to defend that you lost a $100 device that anyone can buy, it's just written off as operational cost.

  19. Whenever you find a tracking device on your vehicle - stick it to some other vehicle. Preferably to something that travels a long distance (train car, truck trailer) or make random calls (delivery truck, taxi, cop car).

  20. Re:I Read All of Heinlein's Stuff on 'The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress' Coming To the Big Screen · · Score: 2

    Heinlein did make a great story around an idea in many cases - often seasoned with some bites at the contemporary society when the books were written.

    But if anything I would like to see a movie or a series of the book "Citizen of the Galaxy".

  21. Re:There might be hope for a decent adaptation on 'The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress' Coming To the Big Screen · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Starship Troopers was more an ironic paraphrasing of the book than literally following the book.

    I actually come to realize that if you follow a book literally then it may not make a good movie.

  22. Re:STO on Spock and the Legacy of Star Trek · · Score: 1

    My proposal for voice overs would be Christopher Judge.

    I indeed think he has a good voice.

  23. Spock is not dead. on Spock and the Legacy of Star Trek · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Only the vessel for him carried by Leonard Nimoy has passed on, but as long as he's remembered he's not truly dead.

    The Original Series did a lot within the frame of that series to actually poke at contemporary issues about racism and other things. It was not so much about the science as it was about studies on humanitarian issues.

  24. White balance and contrast in camera. on Is That Dress White and Gold Or Blue and Black? · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's primarily an effect of the camera fooling around with the white balance and contrast/light to try to get a correct image and failed.

    Add to it that the picture looks different depending on which display you have on your computer and you have a nice debate.

  25. For now.

    The ruling means that it may get easier for competition to arrive.