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  1. where "tracking" means... on Steve Jobs: 'We Don't Track Anyone' · · Score: 1

    following you around. Of course, we record everywhere you go and resell the info and use it in other ways that may not be in your interest. But no "tracking".

  2. lesson on Bizarre Porn Raid Underscores Wi-Fi Privacy Risks · · Score: 1

    A better lesson is... cops should not break down doors and point guns unless there is real life at steak. JPEGs don't count.

  3. Re:Emergency Plan on Major Outage At the Amazon Web Services · · Score: 1

    Doesn't RackSpace offer the same same thing as AWS?

  4. political fear on Why Does the US Cling To Imperial Measurements? · · Score: 1

    Well, now no politician would have the nerve to propose the change.

  5. Microsoft’s UK managing director on Microsoft: No Tablets Until It's Distinctive · · Score: 1

    I wonder if "Microsoft’s UK managing director" is really in the loop.
    I am sure Microsoft will do a tablet within a year.
    Of course, they probably won't do the hardware.
    The distinctive things will be: familiar dotnet environment, runs your legacy windows apps, put some small new thing like a transparent mode.

  6. new purchases on Why Has Blu-ray Failed To Catch Hold? · · Score: 1

    I suppose most new purchases of players will select a Blu-Ray. But going to the store when you have a perfectly good DVD player seems unlikely.

  7. Re:Poker -- Randomness and Partial Information on Armenia Makes Chess Compulsory In Schools · · Score: 1

    Poker served the crew of the Enterprise well on more than one occasion.

  8. copying on Red Hat Uncloaks 'Java Killer': the Ceylon Project · · Score: 1

    Java copied C++ and added GC.
    C# copied Java and added nicer syntax (and a nice Windows GUI builder)
    Now Ceylon is copying C# and added Linux friendliness....could work.

  9. Not Winklevosses but... on Court Rejects Winklevoss Twins' Facebook Appeal · · Score: 1

    Winklevi

  10. Kermit Alive and Well on the Space Station on Columbia University Ending the Kermit Project · · Score: 1
  11. Re:will there be data? on Robots Find Wreckage of AF447 · · Score: 0

    French pride?

  12. Re:And I think to myself... on RSA Says SecurID Hack Based On Phishing With Flash 0-Day · · Score: 1

    Avoid Excel?

  13. sent a letter on Postal Sensor Fleet Idea Gets Tentative Nod From the USPS · · Score: 1

    I wonder why he sent a letter ... and email would have been faster :)

  14. what's wrong with plugs? on Solar Powered Table That Wirelessly Charges Your Gadgets · · Score: 1

    Hasn't the world settled on USB plugs for charging.
    Induction is not that efficient.

  15. Re:Single point of failure on Japan Battles Partial Nuclear Meltdown · · Score: 1

    Good point. If we all had solar (or something) on our roofs things could be quite robust.

  16. Re:Battery life must be bad on Dual-core Smartphone Runs Android and Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    Its not quite cat-sized. I'd say bat-sized.

  17. so simple on Visualization of Egyptian Revolution On Twitter · · Score: 2

    It looks so simple... makes you wonder why more countries don't have Twitter revolutions /s

  18. Re:Option? on Microsoft Kills AutoRun In Windows · · Score: 1

    That's is so crazy. Especially if the file is called MyPhoto.jpg.exe

  19. Re:I wish android let me *control* app access on ACLU's Mobile Privacy Developer Challenge · · Score: 2

    Its in the market. Take a look again.

    For example:
    https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.stardroid
    and click on the PERMISSIONS tab.

  20. exclusive on Mark Zuckerberg Makes Surprise SNL Cameo · · Score: 1

    In The Social Network (which Zuckerberg says is fiction) he said people wanted to be in the clubs because they are exclusive. How exclusive a cameo in SNL?
    (especially by a software guy)

  21. just make a cluster... on Supercomputer Advancement Slows? · · Score: 1

    ...of all the existing supercomputers.

  22. Re:Same ratio as /. on Third of Content On Popular BT Portals Are Fake · · Score: 2

    Why can't the comments be fake too?

  23. child leaker on Wikileaks Movie Coming To the Big Screen · · Score: 1

    "The book details Assange's life from his childhood on Magnetic Island in Queensland, Australia,"

    Hey class-mates here's a copy of tomorrow's test!

  24. boolean entropy coder on Google Submits VP8 Draft To the IETF · · Score: 1

    "essentially the entire VP8 data stream is encoded using a boolean entropy coder."
    Well, duh.

  25. Re:MS Fault Playbook: Two Answers on Microsoft Explains Windows Phone 7 'Phantom Data' · · Score: 1

    Saying they found the app thats doing it but not naming it doesn't say anything. We all knew it was some process or another.