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  1. The Future on Russia Proposes Banning Foul Language On the Internet · · Score: 1

    I can see the future of the internet. There will always be somebody in authority wanting to ban something.

  2. Re:Who has the biggest kitchen sink? on Love and Hate For Java 8 · · Score: 1

    I like Perl too but Perl5 has some bad stuff. You can't put the argument names in sub definitions, etc.

  3. Re:Finally Fixing the Date stuff on Love and Hate For Java 8 · · Score: 1

    Isn't the Calendar class the preferred way to do dates in Java now.

  4. Re:Better social on Intelligence Director Claims NSA Surveillance Reports Inaccurate · · Score: 1
  5. Better social on Intelligence Director Claims NSA Surveillance Reports Inaccurate · · Score: 1

    This is a great opportunity to make (or promote) a better social network that is decentralized.

  6. Re:New Poke on Microsoft's "New Coke" Moment? · · Score: 1

    I agree. You are in desktop *mode* and move the mouse to the side of the screen and some Metro thing slides in.
    Maybe you wanted it but probably you were just trying to get to the side of the image you are photoshopping (or whatever).
    It doesn't respect the modes - that is the problem.

  7. Virtualization service on UK Benefits Claimants Must Use Windows XP, IE6 · · Score: 1

    Somebody should open an online virtualization service. It emulators XP/IE6 for you.

  8. Re:It's the email clients, stupid on The Balkanization of Chatting · · Score: 1

    Might be interesting if somebody came up with an email client that used mail protocols but was more like a chat client.
    So if somebody else has that prog it works like chat but for email only users it still gets thru.

  9. Re:#1 web error on Oracle Fixes 42 Security Vulnerabilities In Java · · Score: 1

    Java is the only choice for things like that. It is quite nice, actually.

  10. manifest on Hacker Modifies Facebook Home To Work On All Android Devices · · Score: 1

    Could just be a manifest change.

  11. Your spouse on Ask Slashdot: What Should Happen To Your Data After You Die? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Or its a sneaky way of Google finding the email address of the person your trust the most?
    Probably your spouse.

  12. Re:What a hack on Court: Aereo TV Rebroadcast Is Still Legal · · Score: 1

    Does an Aereo user actually get content thru "their" tiny antenna?

  13. Re:My answer on Fighting TSA Harassment of Disabled Travelers · · Score: 1

    Yes, i really do avoid the US if possible.

  14. Mark it on When Your Data Absolutely, Positively has to be Destroyed (Video) · · Score: 1

    Would be nifty if it spray painted the drive to show it was degaussed.

  15. Re:imprecise Dates would have been nice on Everything About Java 8 · · Score: 1

    I don't think that's mainstream enough. You can make a class to do that using java Date.

  16. What about Apple Stores on Apple: 75% of Our World Wide Power Needs Now Come From Renewable Power Sources · · Score: 1

    Many are in malls, connected to the regular grid.

  17. UUCP on Cubans Evade Censorship By Exchanging Flash Drives · · Score: 1

    i wonder whats on the drives. Is it folders of content organized by subject?
    Would be cool if they had a way for people forwarding messages ... to other flash users and to the public internet.
    Like UUCP.

  18. Huge string of numbers on Minority Report's Legacy of Terrible Interfaces · · Score: 1

    Notice how Tom Cruise has to list of a huge string of numbers at the start of that clip?
    How intuitive and handy.

  19. Re:It's so ... wrong on Why My Team Went With DynamoDB Over MongoDB · · Score: 2

    Make a table of authors, make a linking table that joins authors to the article table.

  20. Why not both! on Home Server Or VPS? One Family's Math · · Score: 1

    VPS is great for hosting websites, off site backup, etc.

    Home server is great as a NAS, keeping all your movies, music in a central place. Fast large backups - eg save that entire video project.

    So maybe the answer is to have a home server which backs stuff up. Then at a slower rate it can back stuff up on the VPS.
    (Doesn't the pogoplug work something like this.)

  21. Re:Yeah, right on Facebook's Graph Search: Kiss Your Privacy Goodbye · · Score: 1

    There's the facebook blocker browser plugin.

  22. Re:more challenging...practicality. on Designing a Practical UI For a Gesture-Based Interface · · Score: 2

    I dislike gesture UIs. Not just because they are new. The main reason is that if you are a newbie there are no hints about what to do. With shortcut keys you could always use the menus instead if you don't know the keystrokes. But Windows, Blackberry, Android, iPhone, all have different gestures its easy to get lost if you use more than one platform.

  23. Sounds like a movie plot on How the Super Bowl Will Reach US Submarines · · Score: 3, Funny

    All the military guys and resources are busy with the game. Time for the surprise attack.

  24. Re:Else ifs - yuck on Doom 3 Source Code: Beautiful · · Score: 1

    Probably for a small number of tests else-if is faster (and easier). But when the number of tests is larger I would think switch() would be faster.
    (switches us a jump table.) I agree timing is the only way to tell. If you are checking all possible values of a enum using a switch is pretty.

  25. Re:Feedback on Fedora 18 Released · · Score: 1

    Hey thanks. That works for me.