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  1. Re:If they actually accomplish this impact on LulzSec Teams With Anonymous, In Operation AntiSec · · Score: 2

    Still... that requires SWAT? A group specially trained for hostile situations to be used as last resort? Are the fraudsters going to throw sharp pointy money at the officers?

  2. Re:The rise of Javascript. on JavaScript Decoder Plays MP3s Without Flash · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure what you mean by #8.

    JavaScript is run in order of inclusion. If I create two JS files and in the first I type:
    function test() {
          this.value = 'hello';
    }

    In the second I type:
    var tester = new test();
    alert(tester.value);

    It will alert 'hello.' I do not have to have that code in the same file.

  3. Re:Cool hack on JavaScript Decoder Plays MP3s Without Flash · · Score: 2

    You forgot to include the 20MB+ of Silverlight libraries that need to be installed on the PC to make that 154kb file work.

  4. Re:The rise of Javascript. on JavaScript Decoder Plays MP3s Without Flash · · Score: 1

    I would almost go out on a limb and say it does do whatever paradigm they are looking for if they actually tried... but I don't consider myself an expert so I won't go that far. Sure, things like multiprocessing aren't there unless you consider that a feature of individual browser/sandboxes. The only limitations I can think of right now involve said sandboxes, but most core programming strategies that I'm aware of can be done in JavaScript. Some of the syntactical sugar and performance may not be there, but that doesn't mean it can't do it.

    Also, I'm not sure that's what he meant.

  5. Re:The rise of Javascript. on JavaScript Decoder Plays MP3s Without Flash · · Score: 1

    javascript's sins against developers will become somewhat less relevant.

    Or do you mean: "developer's sins against javascript"?

    Just because there is a history of poor programers does not make the language any less interesting/powerful.

  6. Re:Microsoft should know... on Microsoft Brands WebGL a 'Harmful' Technology · · Score: 1

    fundamental conceptual problems that cannot be fixed

    Yeah, we wouldn't want someone to do anything related to innovation.

  7. Re:Ugh, M$ on Microsoft Brands WebGL a 'Harmful' Technology · · Score: 1

    He did. The whole "story" is like Microsoft saying "I think your ice cream sucks" without actually doing anything to help create ice cream that doesn't suck by offering recipes to the ice cream factory. (Thus [re-]joining the OpenGL standards process.)

  8. Re:For once don't bash M$, read the article instea on Microsoft Brands WebGL a 'Harmful' Technology · · Score: 1

    Thus, "third party [drivers] which may or may not have stellar security" ...

  9. Re:Microsoft should get out of browsers ASAP on Microsoft Brands WebGL a 'Harmful' Technology · · Score: 3, Informative

    Windows doesn't come pre-loaded with wget yet (as far as I'm aware) so it's a little more difficult:

    (Start / Run:)
    cmd
    ftp releases.mozilla.org
    (User: anonymous)
    (Pass: joe.blow@somewhere.com)
    cd /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/latest/win32/en-US/
    binary
    mget *.exe
    (answer yes)
    quit
    dir Firefox*
    (Run listed program)

    Pretty sure I didn't miss anything...

  10. Re:"Article" is terrible on Microsoft Releases Kinect SDK For Windows · · Score: 1

    Well, it's useful to him. He gets money! ;)

  11. Re:SDK vs. applications using the SDK on Microsoft Releases Kinect SDK For Windows · · Score: 1

    ...it's awesome and fun.

  12. Re:text editors, compilers on EU Ministers Seek To Ban Creation of Hacking Tools · · Score: 1

    It's the same mentality that goes into gun laws. I'm sorry, but the idea of making something illegal because it may or may not have been originally intended to cause harm does not make the person in possession of that tool an "unlawful" person unless they use it for "unlawful" purposes. (Where "unlawful" could be swapped with anti-societal/evil/bad)

  13. Re:Achievements on PC Gaming's 10 Commandments · · Score: 1

    Some already do. GTA4 comes to mind. If you used certain cheat codes it would lock out gaining achievements/trophies.

  14. Re:I call BS on EVE Online Targeted By LulzSec · · Score: 1

    People still play that besides the bots?

  15. Re:I call BS on EVE Online Targeted By LulzSec · · Score: 1

    (note that this doesn't preclude my original guess of LulzSec being a gov't group)

    I wouldn't doubt it, but not for the same reason you do (from what I understand of your posts...) My thought is that they are attacking the "youth" hangouts in order to rile up the young voters to vote something into law that they likely would not have done prior.

  16. Other charges on Court Case To Test Legality of Recording the Police With Your Cell Phone · · Score: 1

    How was he 'aiding the escape of a prisoner' and 'disturbing the peace?'

    Did the "prisoner" get away because the police had to chase him down and confiscate his camera? How would it be his fault if they let the "prisoner" go (yes, I know they didn't let anyone go...)

    Also, disturbing what peace? It seemed rather non-peaceful there.

  17. I think federal law caps the cost at $.25 per page. Joy.

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  18. Re:Cable too please! on SCOTUS Rules Incumbent Telcos Must Share Network Access At Cost · · Score: 1

    Have you had trouble with your toilet backing up when it wasn't your fault for shoving too much paper in there? How about getting water when you turn on the faucet? When the "thing" in question lies below the ground in an area not easily accessible by people driving over it with ignorant abandon these things tend to last.

  19. Re:Aside from hype, Apple's real policy... on Apple Bans DUI Checkpoint Apps · · Score: 1

    (study after study after study have consistently demonstrated that speeding in and of itself is not dangerous

    Citation Needed.

    http://www.motorists.org/ma/kill.html

    On top of that people have no sense of custom: I've had one batshit insane bitch cuss me out - she signaled to change lanes in front of me, so I quickly flashed my highs twice; this historically means "go ahead you're clear." She didn't change lanes but slowed down.

    Is that in the DMV handbook? Cause I've never heard that, and I'm guessing I'm not alone, as I've never seen it either.

    Do you need to read a government mandated manual that gives you permission to courtesy flush as well? Do you refer to your local ordinance manual when someone holds a door for you? I'm just curious if you only do what your local government tells you to do in situations regarding common courtesy.

    I routinely flash to allow trucks over and I usually get a customary return flash of their trailer lights in thanks.

  20. Re:Aside from hype, Apple's real policy... on Apple Bans DUI Checkpoint Apps · · Score: 1
  21. Re:Aside from hype, Apple's real policy... on Apple Bans DUI Checkpoint Apps · · Score: 1

    A friend of mine is doing that currently for a stretch of road that just crosses over the corner of a jurisdiction line. It's a 55 mph road and there's 150 feet of it that drop to 35 mph but there are no houses, or intersections near that part of the road. I would have thought the person putting up both the 35mph and 55mph signs within 150 feet of each other would have questioned it.

  22. Re:Aside from hype, Apple's real policy... on Apple Bans DUI Checkpoint Apps · · Score: 1

    I just recently read about that. The amount of corruption involved in that whole town left me flabbergasted.

  23. Re:No more apples on Apple Bans DUI Checkpoint Apps · · Score: 1

    Google Maps works on most highways, but not all major roads and side streets.

  24. Re:in other news... on Silverlight Developers Rally Against Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    Define "better" because when I did try Mono it wouldn't run anything that anyone made without really bad things happening. The worst I've had with Flash is having it slow down (aka: eat up my processor) on video rendering.

  25. Re:Evil overlord's minions demand more evil. on Silverlight Developers Rally Against Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    There's no Silverlight on my PS3, my "smart TV" or my Droid...