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  1. Re:Comodo Dragon on Chrome Becoming World's Second Most Popular Web Browser · · Score: 1

    I doubt it - you could say Chrome is based on Safari since they both use the same rendering engine.

    It's probably not statistically relevant either way though.

  2. Re:So the system will be called ... on QT 5 Will Be Available For Raspberry Pi · · Score: 1

    The Python/QT combo missed that chance and went with pyQT instead.

  3. Re:a tax on items on Bipartisan Internet Sales Tax Bill Introduced · · Score: 1

    Technically the buyer should be paying the taxes on those items anyways through self reporting. No one does of course.

  4. Re:Are taxes theft? on Bill Gates Advocates Tax On Financial Transactions · · Score: 1

    That wouldn't work at all. People don't like taxes, but they also like all the stuff Government pays for. Look at the problems we have with the budget now? Lowering the tax rate would just lead to deficits without some way to link it to spending, and then even spending would have to be cut by someone so it would end up politicized.

  5. Re:More impressive: on Mixed-Reality 3D Volumetric Projector · · Score: 1

    He should be using a machine to generate haze, not fog. It's been used in shows for decades to make cool lighting effects without needing to jump around with a fog machine.

  6. Re:A jedi mind trick on Siri Gives Apple Two Year Advantage Over Android · · Score: 1

    As someone who works with voice recognition regularly, the natural language processing is impressive to me. Whether it's a fad or not will be seen, but this is a significant jump in language processing.

  7. Re:RIP Skype on Skype Goes After Reverse-Engineering · · Score: 1

    Pidgin and Trillian (until very recently) both require the official Skype client to also be running. GP is correct is saying there aren't other clients available.

  8. Re:So it'll work for 90% of the population? on Apple's Siri As Revolutionary As the Mac? · · Score: 1

    Alternatively, you can train the speech recognition engine to recognize the enunciation of the speaker better. With natural language processing, it becomes easier to identify what is actually being said, and the data from that can be used to further train the recognizer to learn the speaker.

  9. Re:Can the same set of data be used on another per on Brain Imaging Reveals the Movies In Our Mind · · Score: 1

    I imagine a lot of calibration would be needed - though with time that could be automated, unless it's some fundamental wiring difference in the way the data is transmitted.

    Would be interesting to see them go the other direction and transmit images into the brain (who needs physical screens?), but that would likely be quite invasive.

  10. Re:Of course..... on First Billion Dollar Open Source Software Vendor · · Score: 1

    Cutting edge? Have you seen the release cycle of RHEL?

  11. Re:Man if it cures HIV on Gene Therapy May Thwart HIV · · Score: 1

    This is just another Liberal plot by Obama to hurt the job creators!

  12. Re:Virtual Currency for Government Manipulation on Google Wallet Launches With $10 Credit · · Score: 1

    Considering I spend my day rearranging the magnetic fields on a metal platter for money, I don't see the need for something physical that I'd have to store and lug around for payment. Paying in cash and coin is starting to seem rather clunky and old fashioned these days.

  13. Re:marketing target? on Google Wallet Launches With $10 Credit · · Score: 1

    Probably that that group of people have the phone with compatible hardware and a credit card with the compatible network (already uses paypass)

  14. Re:Obviously on Power Demand From US Homes Expected To Fall For a Decade · · Score: 1

    Fixing the debt is good in the long term, but even if the US had a balanced budget and no debt, that wouldn't help the economy grow.

    When the government implements quantitative easing, it's not "counterfeiting". It's legal, and many economists believe it has been helping the economy.

  15. Re:Obviously on Power Demand From US Homes Expected To Fall For a Decade · · Score: 1

    The jobs act will worsen the situation? Do you mean that it doesn't contain enough extra spending to spur the economy into greater growth or are you one of those that thinks the debt is related to the recession?

  16. Re:I alrready Tested Car to Car Communication on DoT Grants $15M To Test Car-To-Car Communication · · Score: 1

    Really? Your car talked to another car using CB? Or do you mean that you tested Person to Person Communication in a car?

  17. Re:Quick! Someone patent "Full Duplex" on Full Duplex Wireless Tech Could Double Bandwidth · · Score: 2

    However there's quite a difference between patenting the vague "A method of using phones Full Duplex" and patenting the actual implementation (which the article didn't actually explain).

  18. Re:Not a gunsight laser... on Wicked Lasers Introduces Handheld One-Watt Green Laser · · Score: 1

    Well that would be in violation of the Geneva convention for one thing, so you won't want to be using it in any wars.

  19. Re:OK, now try it in English on NSA Makes Contribution To Apache Hadoop Project · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Just a nit-pick, but the main value of Hadoop is to run distributed map-reduce applications across individual computers. The Hadoop file system is often used along with it, but other distributed file systems can be used in its place.

  20. Re:Note to SAP on Judge Nixes, Lowers Oracle's $1.3B Award Against SAP · · Score: 1
  21. Re:Good Idea on Microsoft 'Ribbonizes' Windows 8 File Manager · · Score: 1

    I typically agree - it's a lot more intuitive to find things. The data at the beginning of the article shows how 10 commands makes up 81.8% of the usage.

    But then the next picture is of the huge ribbon with 4+ buttons on the top strip, 5 on the second strip, 19 on the main ribbon, ~7 on the location bar, then the files.

    That's ~35 buttons in one view not including the list of files, making it a bit overwhelming.

    The ribbon is nice when it simplifies and organizes things, but in this case it looks like they've added a fair number of options to make it look like I'm running something in Office rather than a basic file viewer.

  22. Re:None of my needs were met by their tests :( on The Latest Web Browser Grand Prix · · Score: 1

    You can create extensions for Opera these days (as well as the user javascript and CSS files), so unless you're modifying the source of the layout engine and building your own, then It looks like your final category still has Firefox and Opera.

  23. Re:Time zones were created to fix local noon on Ask Slashdot: Could We Deal With the End of Time Zones? · · Score: 1

    With this proposal, we'd have to think, "Okay, they're 3 hours ahead of me, so when I'm starting work they're going to lunch"

    And that's a perfect example of why timezones are important! Businesses and places like the Post Office will still be open 9-5, but the hours will be different for each timezone. They're not going to be the same hours on the east coast as the west coast, and they definitely wouldn't say they're open 13:42 - 21:42 if they're part way between time zones.

    The lines would still exist even if everyone was running off the same clock time.

  24. Re:Nope. on Using Tablets Becoming Popular Bathroom Activity · · Score: 1

    You have an app to control your toilet flushing? I guess that could be popular with one of those stylish toilet installations where the handle looks out of place.

    When you've finished "it" and press flush, does the app send out a tweet as well?

  25. Re:I'm confused ... on Google Street View Gets Israeli Government's Nod · · Score: 1

    That would be kind of funny to see the resulting images then - I'm thinking the same group of soldiers would be appearing in many parts of the city.