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  1. php-eaccelerator on Facebook's HipHop Also a PHP Webserver · · Score: 2, Informative

    Since php lives in Apache which is always running it makes sense to cache the compiled byte codes.

    I like the approach of this:

    https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/php-eaccelerator?_csrf_token=7bb450c274970e7f6d6ece15a4194c5feb114809

  2. Re:GUI applications on Facebook's HipHop Also a PHP Webserver · · Score: 1

    I had a web site that was many pages of php. Then I needed to do one thing via cron nightly. It used some routines I already had for the website so I did it in php.

  3. multiple windows on Google Releases Chrome OS Tablet Concept Demo · · Score: 1

    The video shows 2 windows open. Probably best not to have multiple apps sharing the same screen.

  4. One man effort on Facebook Rewrites PHP Runtime For Speed · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So there is one guy at Facebook doing this PHP rewrite. It must be possible to figure out who he is. Have they hired any high profile PHP developers?

  5. Compile on Facebook Rewrites PHP Runtime For Speed · · Score: 1

    Would be nice of there was an option to compile it to say .phpc files like Python. Would be a nice thing for Perl too.

  6. Re:Is that an OLED screen? on Apple's "iPad" Out In the Open · · Score: 1

    That wiki page says: requiring a brighter backlight, which will consume more power, making this type of display less desirable for notebook computers. ... or tablets, I guess.

  7. Re:Seriously? on Chinese Human Rights Orgs Hit By DDoS · · Score: 1

    It would be a People's Revolution. Possibly by a People's Revolutionary Army.

  8. top-10-programming-fonts on Programming With Proportional Fonts? · · Score: 4, Informative
  9. Re:evolution ? on Scientists Measure How Quickly Plant Genes Mutate · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you are having troubling proving negative hypothesis A ... try proving "not A".

  10. Video interview on Bruce Schneier On Airport Security · · Score: 1

    Since the plane in this latest attack flew from outside the US I expect the next measure will be video interviews by US-based security personal before you are allowed into a plane heading to the US.

  11. TCP/IP is a cloud we trust on Security In the Ether · · Score: 3, Insightful

    We already trust the cloud a bit. We use the internet to move stuff around. Do we trust intermediate nodes not to eavesdrop or
    steal our data? No... we use SSL. Do we trust the intermediate nodes to deliver our packets on time? No... we wait for ACKs and use timeouts.
    Seems to be this is just like cloud storage. Use it but don't just it all. Encrypt everything. Periodically pull the data back to make sure its OK, etc.

  12. iSlate ? on Jobs Finally "Happy" With Unannounced Apple Tablet · · Score: 1

    What do you think about the iSlate name?

    http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#hl=en&source=hp&q=iSlate

  13. Vista & Windows 7 on Microsoft Policies Help Virus Writers, Says Security Firm · · Score: 1

    Maybe Microsoft should just say: Vista and Windows 7 are so secure there is no point in scanning anything. As these OSs are safe because of UAC :)

  14. Fedora on Why Top Linux Distros Are For Different Users · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I use Fedora because you always get the latest stuff. I've never had a major problem -- used all 12 releases.

  15. blowback on WordPress.com Implements the Twitter API · · Score: 1

    The twitter company problem made and released their API so their product would become more embedded in things. That happened. But I bet they never thought that the API spec would be re-implemented by another company. Its an interesting development. Their market power was able to create a de-facto standard but then the standard was non entirely theirs.

    Of course, the market leading API has been reimplemented many times before. AMD makes x86 chips. Wine and ReactOS make Windows.

  16. Re:Boo-Hoo on Facebook Masks Worse Privacy With New Interface · · Score: 1

    Lots of things are businesses. That doesn't mean they try to piss off their users. Eg a restaurant tried to make tasty food so people come back.
    Facebook will to fine if they keep their millions of users happy and advertise to them.

  17. Seems OK on Facebook Masks Worse Privacy With New Interface · · Score: 0

    I think Facebook is being on the up-and-up on this.
    When I logged yesterday there was a big modal dialog box (thickbox?) giving choices.
    The defaults were to keep stuff private.

  18. Re:One problem on WPA-PSK Cracking As a Service · · Score: 1

    Maybe somebody might want to crack their neighbor's wifi now so you so can connect if they have an outage.

  19. Re:So... on Canada Supreme Court Broadens Internet "Luring" Offense · · Score: 1

    Perhaps sites can do it. A checkbox that "confirms" you are over 18 oughta do it :)

  20. Re:And the worst case scenario? on A Look At the Safety of Google Public DNS · · Score: 1

    I just tried SkyDrive (had not heard of it before). There is a 50Meg limit per file. I was hoping I could tar/zip up some files but not really I guess.

  21. Re:author seems somewhat confused and inexperience on Defining Useful Coding Practices? · · Score: 1

    Is there any C/C++ compiler in existence where NULL is not a boolean false ?

  22. Re:author seems somewhat confused and inexperience on Defining Useful Coding Practices? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You make some good points but

    for(ss = s->ss; ss; ss = ss->ss)

    could be better written

    for(p = s->next; p; p = p->next)

  23. Re:Is it really that necessary? on US Air Force Confirms New Stealth Aircraft · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But how does a Taliban guy look different than a regular Afghani?

  24. trying it... on Google Launches Public DNS Resolver · · Score: 1, Informative

    # nslookup
    > server 8.8.8.8
    Default server: 8.8.8.8
    Address: 8.8.8.8#53
    > slashdot.org
    Server: 8.8.8.8
    Address: 8.8.8.8#53

    Non-authoritative answer:
    Name: slashdot.org
    Address: 216.34.181.45

  25. Re:And good luck with Google, too on Is Linux Documentation Lacking? · · Score: 1

    Yes that's a minor problem. Maybe forums should automatically delete (or somehow demote) questions with no answers after, say, a year.