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  1. Some guy lost it by leaving it in a bar and they purchased the lost prototype from the guy who found it and did a teardown on it.

    For most people, not returning lost goods is called dishonorable. Lack of honor and integrity is what makes those "buzz" media so despised.

  2. Re:The People's Verge on Google To Kill Off 'View Image' Button In Search · · Score: 1

    This isn't about users saving their data, it's about Google making money of something they didn't pay for.

  3. The People's Verge on Google To Kill Off 'View Image' Button In Search · · Score: 1

    The change is essentially meant to frustrate users.

    No, it's meant to protect photographer's rights.

  4. Re:Day Light Savings no Longer meets todays needs on Daylight Saving Time Isn't Worth It, European Parliament Members Say (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    That means the sun during the winter will be rising much later.

  5. The coup has failed and the Turkish people are OK with Erdogan. Turkey, thankfully for Turks, didn't have a "spring" from the west.

  6. Thanks but... on Firefox 59 Will Stop Websites Snooping on Where You've Just Been (zdnet.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Dear Mozilla,

    Thanks for the privacy but we can already do it ourselves. What we really need from you is to reverse your decision to deprecate XUL addons.

    Regards, your userbase (what is left of it).

  7. Lawyers vs Developers on MPEG Founder Says the MPEG Business Model Is Broken (chiariglione.org) · · Score: 1

    0-1

  8. Re:Get stuffed on Should Apps Replace Title Bars with Header Bars? (gnome.org) · · Score: 1

    I really don't know. I've been trying Linux since Linus published it at some ftp.funet.fi site or whatever. It was always "not good enough for my desktop", until a few years ago I tried Xubuntu and I was finally able to make the move.

  9. Re:Why is Slashdot obsessed with this witch hunt? on Russian Trolls Created Facebook Events Seen By More Than 300,000 Users (cnn.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a CNN.COM article.

  10. Re:Get stuffed on Should Apps Replace Title Bars with Header Bars? (gnome.org) · · Score: 1

    Thank you! XFCE is simple, it's good looking, and it's based on what works. It's the desktop that finally made me switch to Linux from Windows.

  11. Tobias Bernard is an idiot on Should Apps Replace Title Bars with Header Bars? (gnome.org) · · Score: 3, Informative

    So, Tobias Bernard is trying to convince everyone to join his CSD Initiative

    "tl;dr: Let’s get rid of title bars." he says. And what is the "tl" in this case ?

    title bars are the largely empty bars at the top of some application windows. They contain only the window title and a close button, and are completely separate from the window’s content. This makes them very inflexible, as they can not contain any additional UI elements, or integrate with the application window’s content.

    This isn't "too long". It's too short and illogical. "Title" is already the term for what he's trying to say so, he might simply be trying to say that applications don't need a title. So, I wonder he he's using a title ("Introducing the CSD Initiative") at his own article. My take: he's an idiot.

  12. Re:Why isn't there a -5, Offtopic?? on Firefox 58 Gets Graphics Speed Boost, Web App Abilities (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    You can always filter ACs. Or have fun.

  13. Re:The Mozilla recovery plan is wrong on Firefox 58 Gets Graphics Speed Boost, Web App Abilities (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, and that's why I've manually installed the last XUL-based version of ABP and turned notifications off. I'm not sure what I'm going to do in the future, but for now it works perfectly.

  14. Re:Sure would be nice... on Firefox 58 Gets Graphics Speed Boost, Web App Abilities (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't worry about saying anything you think is true & relevant at Slashdot. You might get some annoying moderation, but as long as you don't drivel, it does get sorted out. This isn't the Firefox subreddit.

  15. Re:The Mozilla recovery plan is wrong on Firefox 58 Gets Graphics Speed Boost, Web App Abilities (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Your argument debunked. As you can see, the imminent release of Quantum marks the day Firefox lost to Chrome in Germany. Not google advertising, neither software bundles.

  16. The Mozilla recovery plan is wrong on Firefox 58 Gets Graphics Speed Boost, Web App Abilities (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Here's how Mozilla lost its 1st place in one of their last remaining bastions. "Speed is of the essence in Mozilla's recovery plan" the article says, but in reality what should be the essence for a recovery plan is to bite the bullet and admit they were wrong in deprecating what made them unique.

  17. Re:Is there any other option, Linus? on Linus Torvalds Calls Intel Patches 'Complete and Utter Garbage' (lkml.org) · · Score: 3, Interesting
    There's no bloat in FFMPEG but that's the exception rather than the rule per Niedermayer's words:

    Old school: Use the lowest level language in which you can solve the problem conveniently.
    New school: Use the highest level language in which the latest supercomputer can solve the problem without the user falling asleep waiting.

    I think you'll agree that the new school is the majority.

  18. Decades ? China has a history of maintaining a well organized and efficient state for centuries.

  19. Re:People look like apes, black people more so on When It Comes to Gorillas, Google Photos Remains Blind (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    insightful

  20. Re:Bricked!!?!?! Oh wow! on Meltdown and Spectre Patches Bricking Ubuntu 16.04 Computers (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Not even close. A bricked system is useless, unless some software or hardware hack -- not standard recovery procedures -- can restore it.

  21. Re:With adblocking this is not even an issue. on Firefox 57's Speed Secret? Delaying Requests from Tracking Domains (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure about that. Default adblocking filters do not block trackers.

  22. Netscape/Linux will dominate the mainstream. on Ask Slashdot: What's The Worst IT-Related Joke You've Ever Heard? · · Score: 1
  23. Mozilla Chrome on Mozilla Revenue Jump Fuels Its Firefox Overhaul Plan (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    But Mozilla succeeded in breaking the lock Microsoft's Internet Explorer had on the web a decade ago, and now it's fighting the same battle again against Google's Chrome.

    This is laughable. Mozilla didn't break IE's hegemony by ditching XUL to adopt ActiveX.

  24. Re:"Just a list" is still notifying about activity on Firefox Will Warn Users When Visiting Sites That Suffered a Data Breach (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately most addon developers didn't bother to update their addons in a timely manner.

    It's fortunately for them because they have better things to do with their free time. Who cares about Mozilla anymore ?

    I'm sure most of the people whining about the change

    Does switching to Chrome, Pale Moon or Brave count as "whining" ?

  25. Re:STOP TALKING ABOUT SPEED! on Firefox vs Chrome: Speed and Memory (laptopmag.com) · · Score: 1

    Come on now, don't be angry. Here's a treat for you: chrome://browser/content/browser.xul