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  1. Re:And still plane do crash into each other on Has the Rate of Technical Progress Slowed? · · Score: 1

    It was fedex or dhl cargo plane crashed into Russian passenger plane full with children, crashed because of air controller mistake. Air controller's orders have the highest priority, and it should be so as he sees the full picture. Later father of one of the children died in the crash came and killed air traffic controller responsible, then got jailed, then moved to Russian jail, now than later freed.

  2. Re:Android have problem of it's own on Augmenting Reality With Your Mobile Phone · · Score: 1

    It's not possible with J2ME (I've tried last summer with N82 and failed exactly as you've described. But Android is different story. Now I can do complex tracker-less recognition once every second while simultaneously rendering 3D scene on top of camera output and processing user input with 20FPS. All in Android Java. Should be even better with NDK. P.S. Your tower defence game is great, I have it on my cell since it was released first :) http://vivifypicture.com/

  3. Any modern examples? on How Regulations Hamper Chemical Hobbyists · · Score: 1

    It was possible to invent something useful in your own lab in 19th century, but what about now? Are there any examples of ppl inventing new chemical processes/reactions in last ~30 years, w/o using complex lab tools?

  4. Re:Don't jump to conclusions on Anti-Government Webmaster Shot Dead By Russian Police · · Score: 1

    "upstanding member of Russian society" - noncense. They live on bribes, paid few hundred dollars a month.

  5. Re:Don't jump to conclusions on Anti-Government Webmaster Shot Dead By Russian Police · · Score: 1

    Ingushetia is not peaceful. "Volatile" word used in the article is an euphemism. Also there was a group of supporters of the guy who was killed trying to get him free few minutes before he was killed, (according to his colleague, M. Hazbiev). And yes, Evloev was right calling M. Zyazikov a moron, he is a moron indeed.

  6. year 2xxx bugs are there on What Is the Oldest Code Written Still Running? · · Score: 1

    The question is very practical because e.g. one of parts of old Ma-Bells still sells a switch that has a year 2104 bug coded in mid-70s under multiple layers of virtualization.

  7. Re:Raises on The H-1B Swindle · · Score: 1

    In Russia that would be "refuse disposal manager" and "sanitation manager".... Most ppl here don't like managers but respect engineers. That's old soviet habit, not a job market reality.

  8. Re:Non-Western bias, idiot writer on Video Games - Lost in Translation? · · Score: 1

    What might be really missed in translation is price. Most games you are buying for [2-5]0$ , are sold for 4-10$ in Russia after translation. This had almost killed the business of selling pirated games for 3$. The translation is now OK, but I usually prefer buying the legal copy for 5$ and pirated one for 3$ so I can play English version ;) Am I a criminal then?

  9. Re:It's time to embrace XUL on Rapid Application Development with Mozilla · · Score: 1

    Using XUL would be great. I am considering using XUL for my project, but I have a concern that if Mozilla developers would have a choice between 2% Mozilla/FireFox speed enhansment and keeping XUL interfaces unchanged you bet what they choose?

  10. Re:It's all about the applications support on N-Gage QD - Nokia's Answer To The Critics? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    NGage is system60, so it supports emulation for ZX Spectrum, NES, C64 games. Anyone knows if there is Sierra scripts interpreter available? I am playing my favourites titles from 80s on my 3650 phone that lacks good joystick like one in NGage.

  11. Re:Time for IWW? on FSF Migrating From Savannah to Gforge · · Score: 2, Insightful
    International union might not help here, because e.g. my income is 4 times greater than average income in Russia, and it is sufficient for sustaining a very comfortable life here. So, the union of this sort here will not succeed because there will _always_ be too many people who will agree on the smaller salaries. So US workers who's jobs are being stolen are the _only_ force that is interested in this legislation.

    P.S. I am not in the outsourcing business right now,quit it 2 years ago, but it is still setting the compensation levels for software engineers here.

  12. Re:VA is pimping SourceForge as tool for outsourci on FSF Migrating From Savannah to Gforge · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What's so wrong with using the techinical tools for outsourcing. If you don't like this trend, I understand you. But the best way to fight IMHO is to promote a law that requires paying the US (or watever country's corporation is outsourcing) minimal wages to the workers in India, Russia, etc. This will not allow them (us) compete only on price.

  13. Re:good news! on FSF Migrating From Savannah to Gforge · · Score: 1

    Here is a good comparison of them all.
    Gna is missing though. I am hosting my own project there, it is located in France than I like because I am in Europe too.
    Overall, I think it is a better idea to have a bunch of public host places for open source project than having [almost] averybody hosting on sf and savannah.

  14. Re:two good alternative currencies on Google's Next Steps · · Score: 2, Informative

    two even better alternative currencies (though they are complementary currencies, unlike e-gold) DEM and Geek Credit. Both are p2p and can work w/o banker.

  15. Re:Public Keys on P2P News Syndication? · · Score: 1

    Top reporters are earning a lot of money. We can pay the amateur reporters with internet complementary currency (Geek Credit) when news worth this.
    This will create a good rating system, I would read the news posted by "wealthy" amateur reporter first, and I am OK to pay for the best articles with complementary currency that is backed with my commitments to community.