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  1. Stop loading 10+MB of web trackers, ads, etc... on Buying Stuff On Your Phone Still Sucks (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I've made a couple purchases using my iPhone. Fully native apps using Apple Pay are super simple to purchase items (check out Starbucks). However the mobile web (and 'hybrid' apps) tend to load way too many JS trackers and advertising frameworks. It slows things down, causes the interface to jump around, and makes navigation horrible. Stop bolting on all these 'tools' and write some good, clean, well designed code.

  2. Re:I don't understand how this is 'orchestrating' on Cisco Accused of Orchestrating Engineer's Arrest · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The orchestrating part is where the evidence of the crime (required for the extradition) hasn't been sent to the Canadians yet. They've had 10 months to provide evidence of the crime, but have not been able to produce it. So, the civil case, which was getting close to going to a Jury trial, got settled because the guy got arrested. This is one heck of a coincidence.

  3. Re:Look at the State of Baden-Württemberg! on Things Get Worse at Fukushima · · Score: 1

    It takes 1,100 wind turbines (1MW turbines) to equal the power of 1 Nuclear Reactor (1100MW - Fukushima Reactor 6). Could somebody please tell me how in the world Japan would be able to effectively power their country with wind turbines, or solar?

  4. Re:Nuclear technologies on Things Get Worse at Fukushima · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think the reactions from Chernobyl and Three Mile Island accidents have actually made nuclear power much more dangerous than it would be today if these major disasters hadn't happened. We would have probably advanced our reactor designs and have had safer reactors as a result.

  5. Re:The *real* shame in all of this on Things Get Worse at Fukushima · · Score: 2

    The Chernobyl reactors are not using the same basic designs as the Fukushima reactors. The biggest difference between the two is the GE Mark I reactors at Fukushima are Boiling Water Recators and use water as a moderator, Chernobyl reactors are RBMK designs and use graphite as a moderator.

  6. Re:Turning back the clock... on Page Can't Turn Back Clock At Google · · Score: 1

    They'll have to do a better job than Apple's Time Machine - the bar is pretty high already...

  7. Too much thermal compound on 2011 MacBook Pros Confirmed To Crash Under Load · · Score: 1

    When iFixit did a tear down of the 2011 MacBook Pro, they found way too much thermal compound applied. I would be willing to bet that this is the primary cause of the crashes. See step 10 from their teardown guide: http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook-Pro-15-Inch-Unibody-Early-2011-Teardown/4990/2

  8. Re:maybe we need a better way of making electricit on Heroism Is Part of a Nuclear Worker's Job · · Score: 1

    And designed for a 25 year lifespan.

  9. Re:Heroism on Heroism Is Part of a Nuclear Worker's Job · · Score: 1

    The plant was designed to withstand a 6.5m tsunami, unfortunately the tsunami that caused all the problems was 7m.

  10. Re:Life with MySQL can be frustrating on Drizzle Hits General Availability · · Score: 1

    It is these kinds of behaviors that have always kept me from ever liking MySQL. I really don't want my database trying to decide how to convert my data into something it deems acceptable. If I try to insert bad data, I want an error, not the db 'fixing' the issue for me.

  11. Re:It's easy to comply with the GPL on Microsoft Bans Open Source From the Windows Market · · Score: 1

    The GPL goes beyond just the source code. There are clauses that prevent further restrictions on the licensed use of a program, there are licence grants that allow you to redistribute the binary form of the program (what was downloaded from the app store). You will not be able to do these things, the app store terms of use are going to have further restrictions on acceptable use of a program downloaded from the app store. GPL will be incompatible with the terms of the app store.

  12. Re:Incorrect. on Microsoft Bans Open Source From the Windows Market · · Score: 1

    The GPL doesn't propagate as long as you don't distribute the program. It doesn't have anything to do with using it like proprietary software. If somebody can download your program, you have to honor the GPL.

  13. Re:someone, please explain this to me on Microsoft Bans Open Source From the Windows Market · · Score: 1

    It isn't the source code redistribution or availability that is the problem with GPL on an app store.

    From GPLv2:
    You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form...

    The app stores do not allow you to copy and distribute the Program in executable form, since they are wrapped up in DRM layers and I would bet there are also license verbiage that says you are not allowed to copy the apps downloaded from the app store. It is very easy to provide the distribution of source code for an app on the app store, you just point to a file on the internet, a phone number to call or an address to write to asking for the source.

  14. Re:Attack Summary on Anatomy of the HBGary Hack · · Score: 1

    No, collision vulnerabilities are for validating the contents of a file haven't changed using an MD5 hash. The reason you don't use MD5 hashing to store a 1-way hash of a password is that it is an extremely fast algorithm to compute - meaning it takes a lot less time to compute a rainbow table or brute force hashes in order to figure out the password.

  15. Re:Incompetent on Anatomy of the HBGary Hack · · Score: 1

    No, didn't you see hackers, it obviously is 'GOD'.

  16. Re:So... on Sony Marketing Man Tweets PS3 Master Key · · Score: 1

    Anybody who might be a party to a lawsuit regarding the publishing of the key should download that screenshot RIGHT NOW and keep track of it in case of a lawsuit. Make sure your lawyer knows about its existence.

  17. Re:Youtube Video on Sony Lawyers Expand Dragnet, Targeting Anybody Posting PS3 Hack · · Score: 1

    You sir are very funny. Of course the GP was pretty much just asking to be rick rolled.

  18. Re:My psychic prediction on Open Source More Expensive Says MS Report · · Score: 2

    A hot programmer

    Now there is a fallacy...

  19. Re:Sad news for the web on Opera Supports Google Decision To Drop H.264 · · Score: 1

    Anything worth keeping is also worth fighting for. The problem is that a large number of people do not actually do anything to protect the things they value. If you want to see a world without patent abuse, you have to actively engage - donate to the EFF, call your Congressman/woman, educate people on the issues, buy some advertisements, etc, etc.

  20. Re:Everyone else uses H264/MPEG4 on Opera Supports Google Decision To Drop H.264 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I would rather have an open codec used for the open web. I did find this move by Google to be a little odd, I am wondering if MPEG-LA called Google up and asked for money.

  21. Re:it's been said on LimeWire Lives Again · · Score: 1

    they will outlaw neither only because Shakespeare's work is out of copyright, it's in the public domain. Now if we were to talk about Mickey Mouse, that would be a different story...

  22. Re:Wait... I thought bit torrent had that title on Will Netflix Destroy the Internet? · · Score: 1

    I would totally be beating the libertarian drum too if the ISP "market" was a free market. Free markets work when there are actually free markets - problem is that a monopoly/duopoly isn't a free market. It is a sad day that we lost a lot of net neutrality supporters with the recent elections.

  23. Re:I don't know about the rest of you on Security a Concern As HTML5 Advances · · Score: 1

    Being unable to use HTML5 for enterprise applications only applies to those enterprises that are using Microsoft Windows without alternative browsers...

  24. Re:Good news...? on Dept. of Justice Considers Web For ADA · · Score: 1, Troll

    I don't know about you, but my online banking website doesn't look, act or feel like a book or magazine. There is a definite difference between a content web site and a web application.

    I personally don't have an issue with requiring accessibility for most sites (as long as you can provide an accessible alternative to your content or web app) - the tools they do use need to be updated more often. Some of the screen readers require IE6.

  25. Re:Level Upper on Sound As the New Illegal Narcotic? · · Score: 1

    Awesome!! A Certain Scientific Railgun - Long Live Anime!!