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  1. Re:Give us back Firefox then on Inside Mozilla's Fight To Make Firefox Relevant Again (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Yeah, I'll be using the extended support version until they stop supporting it but I honestly see not much reason to use Firefox after the extensions are crippled to be no better than Chrome ones. At that point, even being marginally quicker gives me little reason to use Firefox.

  2. Re:It IS hipsterism (if that's a word) on Cassettes Are Back, and Booming (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Doesn't a CD-R cost like 50 cents? Is recording a cassette really cheaper than burning a CD?

  3. Re: It IS hipsterism (if that's a word) on Cassettes Are Back, and Booming (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 0

    Even for those there exists these cassette adapters to serve as AUX-IN

    There are even Bluetooth ones: https://www.amazon.ca/Audio-Ca...

  4. Re:Can't they load it up with bloatware anyway? on AT&T Looks To Sell Cyanogen-Powered ZTE Phone To Snub Google (droid-life.com) · · Score: 1

    Google does deliver updates but their Nexus devices are firmly in the unimpressive camp and sometimes downright suck. Remember, these are the flagship devices for the entire platform.

    2015 actually delivered an exception to the mediocre Nexus phone rule with the Nexus 6p. But that's only viable if you want a large-class phone. The Nexus 5x certainly falls into the suck category.

  5. Re:Firefox FTW on Pwn2Own 2016 Recap: Hackers Earn $460,000 For 21 Hacks (securityweek.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually it's because Firefox is doing so badly in the security front that they're not bothering: https://it.slashdot.org/story/...


    I'm typing this from Firefox but it's truly sad how Mozilla is caught up with things that are ultimately worthless (Firefox OS) instead of working on their core competency (or "competency").

  6. Would be pretty much impossible since any sort of instantaneous action at a distance implies breaking cause and effect. The speed of light isn't so much the speed limit of light but rather the speed of "causality".

  7. Re:Probably a few sites were hacked on 5 Million Gmail Passwords Leaked, Google Says No Evidence Of Compromise · · Score: 1

    I agree, just did the check and the first two characters were "pa" which is obviously the throwaway "password" I used before.


    I have 2FA enabled so my actual gmail account is pretty safe I'd think.

  8. Re:more downgrades on Firefox 29: Redesign · · Score: 3, Informative

    There's a called YesScript that lets you do that in Firefox. Extensions is still the reason why I use Firefox/Pale Moon.

    If you don't like Australis, there's an extension to make Firefox look like classic. If you think the Australis buttons are too large (like me) then you can install an extension to make them smaller.

  9. Well, that depends on whether it's a "first generation" star that began as just hydrogen or a second,third,fourth,etc. "generation" star that uses the gas from a previous star's supernova gas cloud thus incorporating some of the elements created during said supernova.

    The Sun is still mostly hydrogen and helium but there are trrace amounts of other elements: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/sun/composition.html

    Since the Earth has elements that aren't hydrogen and helium, we know our Sun isn't a "first generation".

  10. Re:Question on Scientists Forced To Reexamine Theories In Light of Massive Gamma-Ray Burst · · Score: 3, Informative

    Regular star fuel is hydrogen (and helium very late) which undergoes fusion.

    When this fuel is exhausted, the star collapses under its own gravity. This can be extremely sudden (even in human terms).

    The collapse can only go so far before the star is compressed to its limit. Where this limit is depends on how massive the star is. Unless the star is massive enough to crush right into a black hole, the collapse will also stop suddenly and "bounce back" as the core instantly reheats from the compression. This is the supernova explosion as all the stuff that normally wouldn't fuse goes and fuses anyway (this is where elements past iron come from).

  11. Re:Because of the Limited Lifespan? on Panasonic Announces an End To Plasma TVs In March · · Score: 1

    Modern Plasmas last 100,000 hours just like LEDs (http://shop.panasonic.com/shop/model/TC-P65ST60)

  12. Can someone verify the numbers? on How Science Goes Wrong · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are the numbers from this article just pulled out of a hat?

  13. Re:We lost a good one here. on Tom Clancy Is Dead At 66 · · Score: 1

    Did you really read the book or are you just one those guys who rip on "overhyped" books just because?

    In the story, the US Navy had detected and followed the Red October from Iceland on.

  14. Re:massless photons vs black hole on Scientists Create New "Lightsaber-Like" Form of Matter · · Score: 1

    Congratulations, you've taken an extremely shallow knowledge of relativistic mass and assumed it's actually relevant.

  15. Re:massless photons vs black hole on Scientists Create New "Lightsaber-Like" Form of Matter · · Score: 5, Informative

    Because it turns out you don't need mass to be affected by gravity.


    A smart guy called Einstein did a lot of explaining about this.

  16. Re:Fine by me on Ubuntu Developers Revisit Replacing Firefox With Chromium · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And so we replace it with Chrome who updates even more quickly?

  17. Re:Wrong on Missile Defense's Real Enemy: Math · · Score: 1

    That chapter only pointed out that the system worked great until it ran out of missiles. The "not programmed to think about it" part was just flavor text.

  18. Re:Wasn't this supposed to happen silently? on Firefox 18 Launches With Faster IonMonkey-Enabled JavaScript, Built-In PDF Viewe · · Score: 1

    Might just be staggered release then.


    The update was just released and it's entirely reasonable it could stagger you a couple days even before auto-downloading.

  19. Re:Wasn't this supposed to happen silently? on Firefox 18 Launches With Faster IonMonkey-Enabled JavaScript, Built-In PDF Viewe · · Score: 3, Informative

    It already happened. Check your settings to see if it's turned on.

  20. Re:Let them on Brazilian Newspapers Leave Google News En Masse · · Score: 1

    I know right? If only there were hypothetical sites with names like Bing or Duckduckgo or Yahoo I could use to search out information so I didn't have to only use Google!

  21. Carbon powder, not sugar on Sugar Batteries Could Store 20% More Energy Than Li-Ions · · Score: 4, Insightful
    It seems to me pretty disingenuous to say that the batteries are using sugar when it's really just carbon powder (which can be made from sugar).

    But we're not talking sugar straight out of the paper packet. Before it can be used as the anode in a sodium-ion battery, sucrose powder is turned into hard carbon powder by heating it to up to 1,500 degrees celsius in an oxygen-free oven

  22. Re:It's not only about the antivirus on Ask Slashdot: Actual Best-in-Show For Free Anti Virus? · · Score: 1

    Nowadays you might as well just leave UAC on and have similar protection =)

  23. Re:OneNote on Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Note-Taking Device For Conferences? · · Score: 2

    Yeah, OneNote with a TabletPC (wacom style stylus) is by far the best electronic note-taking tool available. It's really second only to paper (and superior in many ways).

  24. Re:No on LED's Efficiency Exceeds 100% · · Score: 5, Informative

    Exceeds 100% ELECTRICAL efficiency is the key here. The conservation of energy is still intact because it supposedly uses heat energy to supplement.

  25. Re:Logic seems flawed on Why Distributing Music As 24-bit/192kHz Downloads Is Pointless · · Score: 1

    Erm, the human eye can easily see faster than 30FPS. Some fighter pilots can see "fast" enough to notice the equivalent of 200FPS.


    I certainly can see flickering with the old 60Hz CRT's.