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  1. Why not simply investigate the `nose dive?' on Chromification Continues: Firefox May Use Chrome's PDF and Flash Plugins (softpedia.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    The decision comes as Mozilla is trying to cut down development costs, after Firefox took a nose dive in market share this year.

    Mozilla management should be fired. I am sure I contributed to that reported nose dive and I am glad I did. I ditched Firefox the moment Mozilla partnered with Microsoft. I am not alone!

    That nose dive serves them right. Yes, it serves them right.

  2. Is "serious" defined? on California Launches Mandatory Data Collection For Police Use-of-Force (seattletimes.com) · · Score: 1

    ...and help track every time officers use force that causes serious injuries...

    Who defines "serious?" They or the party involved? They mention something that excludes bruises...but I could be seriously psychologically or mentally harmed.

    It's a positive first step if I may add.

  3. Yeah, right! Now going on decade #3!

  4. Even in light of this, we're self congratulatory! on Air Force Grounds $400 Billion F-35s Because of 'Peeling and Crumbling' Insulation (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is a piece from CBS

    Lt. Col. David Berke says there's no comparison between the F-35 and today's jet fighters.

    David Berke: I'm telling you, having flown those other airplanes it's not even close at how good this airplane is and what this airplane will do for us.

    David Martin: We have planes that are as fast as this.

    David Berke: You bet.

    David Martin: And can maneuver just as sharply as this one.

    David Berke: Sure.

    The Russians must be laughing!

    The F-35's radars, cameras and antennas would scan for 360 degrees around the plane searching for threats and projecting, for example, the altitude and speed of an enemy aircraft, onto the visor of a helmet custom-fitted to each pilot's head.

    They have had this technology in their SU-30s for at leat 4 years!

  5. I have never held GM vehicles in high esteem... on General Motors Recalls 4.3 Million Vehicles Over a Software Bug (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    After knowing a number of owners both former and present, I have come to the conclusion that these vehicles are somehow designed to "expire" after a while.

    Could this be the reason one doesn't see many of them manufactured over the last 15 years?I will never forget one Cadillac I found in the shop with a malfunctioning transmission at exactly 100,801 miles with a 100,000 mile warranty. For me, GM is a no!

  6. Re:So much for Apple's "better design" on A Design Defect Is Plaguing Many iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Units (iphonehacks.com) · · Score: 0

    Do you own any Apple shares? We're talking facts here, but you got to agree that the praise directed toward this company [in the design field], is a little "over the top", for lack of better way to put it.

  7. So much for Apple's "better design" on A Design Defect Is Plaguing Many iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Units (iphonehacks.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I would like to hear what Apple fan boys especially in the media have to say about this. There's one particular Apple zealot who wrote this , praising Apple's design as still the best. I will wait for his take.

  8. Where is the catch? on Billionaire Launches Free Code College in California (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    The courses are boot camp like experiences that do not offer traditional degrees, but hope to provide programming skills and experience to students for free.

    (emphasis mine)

    Question is: How do they make their money? Because I just do not believe there's no catch!! Anyone care to elaborate?

  9. Re:Pointless hype on The New F-35 Is So Stealthy, It's Harder To Train Pilots (airforcetimes.com) · · Score: 0

    Yeah... you know, we Americans are very good at self congratulation . That is, we possess this complacent acknowledgment of our own superiority or good fortune. Trouble is that other countries finance our debt - and to a big degree.

    Just wait till all those onboard computers are disabled by the likes of the Russians.

    Many times, defeating an adversary takes very little. I wish our leaders took this more seriously.

  10. I hate it when companies decide what's good for me on Starbucks and McDonald's Announce Porn Blocks On Their Wi-Fi Networks (cnn.com) · · Score: -1

    ..."We had not heard from our customers that this was an issue, but we saw an opportunity that is consistent with our goal of providing an enjoyable experience for families,"

    So in short, they are determining and deciding on what constitutes an enjoyable experience for their clients.

    I am not sying they do not reserve the right to do whatever they want on their network, but diseminating the mesage this way doesn't cut it for me.

  11. Call me when it gets a serious MS Office contender on Linux Grabs More Than 2% of Desktop Market Share (w3counter.com) · · Score: 1

    While I congratulate Linux and its 'army', it will not be useful for me unless it gets a credible MS Office contender. I mean, this potential replacement should have good documentation and a [native] programmable language. Think VBA for Office apps.

  12. This fella shopuld get a lawyer... on Security Researcher Publishes How-To Guide To Crack Android Full Disk Encryption (thehackernews.com) · · Score: 1

    He published a step-by-step guide on how one can break down the encryption protections on Android devices powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon processors.

    I do not think Qualcomm or Google will be impressed.

    My advice to him: "Get a lawyer, quick!"

  13. You should do better yourself... on Facebook To Shred 'Paper' News-Reading App On July 29th (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    ...meanwhile media should stop unquestioningly parroting the worthless garbage numbers(like this "1.09 billion daily users") they spout out...

    While I [largely] agree with your statement, let me say the following: -

    Perhaps it would be better if you provided some authoritative figure(s) you think Facebook's daily users are. How about that?

  14. Kudos to JavaScript! on Google's Satellite Map Gets a 700-Trillion-Pixel Makeover (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    In fact, the entire algorithm to create the cloudless map was written in Javascript in the Earth Engine development interface."

    Good to know Javascript is still relevant. The other day, I read some post here on Slashdot, about a fella who said TypeScript is better because it's "Java that scales." True or not, I have no clue!

  15. "US reactor" What exactly does that mean? on Watts Bar Unit 2 Is The First New US Nuclear Reactor In Decades (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Watts Bar Unit 2 Is The First New US Nuclear Reactor In Decades

    Does this statement mean that this reactor has no foreign [manufactured] parts?

    Heck, we afterall rely on the Russians when it comes to space travel now. Just want to know whether all components of this reator are US of A designed and made.

  16. Anything good about not being white/black/brown? on Google's Algorithm Displays Racist Results Because the Society Is Racist (fusion.net) · · Score: 1

    Look, I am just curious. Is there anything good about not being the "other" race? Just wnt to know.

  17. Wasting time, but it's OK. on Canada Federal Court Restrains Sale Of 'Pirate' Boxes (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    While action like this is good legally, I can almost guarantee that it won't change much. I see cunning fellas sell boxes that are benign, so do not flout the order.

    What will happen is buyers being pointed to a website, from which a script to autoconfigure the box can be [freely] obtained.

    I applaud the judge nevertheless..

  18. And this happens in the USA? on Oklahoma State Troopers Use New Device To Seize Bank Accounts During Traffic Stops (news9.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That's where police can seize your property and cash without first proving you committed a crime; without a warrant and without arresting you, as long as they suspect that your property is somehow tied to a crime.

    I thought I was reading about some regime in the east! Not this USA. What is the difference? This saddens me.

  19. Re:What is a valid use case for this? on Maru OS Exits Private Beta, Lets You Use an Android Phone As a Linux Desktop (liliputing.com) · · Score: -1

    Does a single use case exist where this would be useful?

    Dunno of any case! But for the record, Linux zealots have been shooting in the dark for over 20 years now, thinking that something along the lines of "Linux on the desktop" would stick!

    I have always told them: Without a decent interface, a small but useful (read easy) programming environment, and an army of sensible documentation editors, Linux on the desktop is a pipe dream!

    I bet we will hit 3 decades!

  20. Yeah, right! "Reverberations around the internet!" on Judges Rule Raped Woman Can Sue 'Enabling' Web Site (vice.com) · · Score: -1

    In a decision that one day could have reverberations across the internet, a three-judge panel in California decided she can sue the Model Mayhem site that the pair used to lure their victims.

    I am just getting to know that a judge's decision in California over business done on the internet really matters to jurisdictions outside of the USA!

    I laughed! Americans are really funny, interesting and somewhat intriguing people!

    Yeah right, your decisions will affect folks in Russia, China and all the way down to New Zealand! Continue smoking what you have been smoking.

  21. Wait a minute, does it have to explain? on Apple Offers No Explanation for 7-Hour Outage (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Apple services went offline for up to 7 hours Thursday -- and the company has yet to offer an explanation...

    Can someone tell us whether Apple's "contract" with its fans, or users of its services, contains any clause that requires it to explain incidents like the one described?

  22. Ohh what? wait a sec..! on How The FAA Shot Down 'Uber For Planes' (fee.org) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Private pilots cannot possibly comply with the myriad regulations that apply to the large airlines.

    And this is in the "land of the free."

    And that includes coporations that are by law treated as a person.

    Now, this were the approach in one of those eastern countries, we would be celebrating our approach as done in the "land of the free!"

  23. Sadly, I agree with her! on American Schools Teaching Kids To Code All Wrong (qz.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "...would-be programmers become proficient by designing prototypes and models that work for solving real problems, doing critical thinking and analysis, and creative collaboration -- none of which can be accomplished in one hour of coding..."

    That's why the same approach she criticizes, if applied music, produces students that can play a paticular piece or pieces of "hard" music very well, but cannot meaningfully compose or even read music.

    When it comes to coding, I prefer being introduced to the basics, then letting the student discover on their own why things work the way they do. I learned this way using Visual Basic.

    I now have coded several applications in VB for people who had no idea Excel for example, could be run fully fledged business applications beyond simply adding up numbers.

  24. The Russians must be laughing... on US Military Uses 8-Inch Floppy Disks To Coordinate Nuclear Force Operations (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    It amazes me that our so called analysts then laugh at Russia for what they sometimes called its "rustbucket military hardware."

    That was until [in Syria], it delivered a shock to us us in the west, with its successive wins on the battlefield, despite having less hardware compared to the west's.

  25. Does anyone [still] use Thunderbird? on Mozilla Seeks New Home For Email Client Thunderbird · · Score: -1, Troll

    I know I do not! What am I missing?