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  1. and yet, those on ipv6 can't see slashdot on Comcast Carrying 1Tbit/s of IPv6 Internet Traffic · · Score: 1

    still not sure if that's a pro or a conâ¦

  2. To all the people modding these types of posts up on Why My LG Optimus Cellphone Is Worse Than It's Supposed To Be · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Please stop. They're annoying.

  3. Re:Why not systemd? on OpenWRT 14.07 RC1 Supports Native IPv6, Procd Init System · · Score: 1

    Someone mod the parent post up. Linux 2.6 is bigger than Linux 2.4. systemd is also much larger than init.

    From my router:

    root@Linksys E1200 v1:/sbin# ls -Fsl init
            12 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12635 May 27 2013 init*

    12KB for init vs. 1.3MB for systemd. systemd privides no tangible benefit over init for a router (or at least to justify its size increase).

  4. But more importantly on Employees Staying Away From Internal Corporate Social Networks · · Score: 5, Funny

    there are no games!!! What's the point of a corporate social network if users can't grow virtual crops and live stock???

  5. Re: Is it locked to the Amazon app store like... on Amazon Announces 'Fire Phone' · · Score: 1

    Get an HTC. That's what I did. The HTC One M8 is a pretty solid phone. Or get a Nexus phone or the OnePlus One.

  6. Re: Anyone else think Neo900 is too little, too l on Amazon Announces 'Fire Phone' · · Score: 1

    Oh, looks like Geohot figured out how to root the AT&T and Verizon S5s. Guess he gets the $18k bounty!

  7. Re: Is it locked to the Amazon app store like... on Amazon Announces 'Fire Phone' · · Score: 2

    There's always going to be a flaw such that a new ROM can be installed. It's just a matter if whether there are enough interested technical people to figure it out. The Kindle Fires are rootable and have Cyanogenmod ROMs.

  8. Re: Holy crap that's expensive on Amazon Announces 'Fire Phone' · · Score: 1

    How so? LG G2 has a similar processor as the S5 (Snapdragon 800 vs 801) but a larger screen and similar camera. Plus all carrier variants of the G2 are rootable now. That's not the case for the S5.

  9. Re: Anyone else think Neo900 is too little, too la on Amazon Announces 'Fire Phone' · · Score: 1

    I ran into this issue since I'm on AT&T. Originally bought a Samsung Galaxy
      S 5 and promptly returned it because it's currently not rootable. So then I bought an HTC One M8 when I found out there's manufacturer support for rooting. You can also wait for the Cyanogemod Official phone (looks pretty nice too)

  10. Re:His brother Jason, though... on Man Who Issued Securities For Bitcoins Settles With SEC · · Score: 2

    You don't have to run fast, just faster than the other guy.

  11. English to German is relatively easy on Microsoft Demos Real-Time Translation Over Skype · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's impressive but relatively speaking, still easy. Now if they can do English to Japanese and vice versa, that would be taking it to 11.

  12. Re:You know what else increases fuel economy? on New Semiconductor Could Improve Vehicle Fuel Economy By 10 Percent · · Score: 2

    The problem with diesel cars in the USA is that they're more expensive than current hybrids (particularly the Prius) and diesel fuel is on average more expensive at the pump than 87 octane gasoline.

  13. Re:You know what else increases fuel economy? on New Semiconductor Could Improve Vehicle Fuel Economy By 10 Percent · · Score: 1

    Also driving slower, not driving full throttle and hard braking to a stop light/sign, etc.

    I used to have an 2008 MkV Jetta with the 2.5L gasoline engine. The government said I should be getting 21/29mpg city/highway. My best was 46 mpg driving from Sacramento to San Diego. Now I have a Prius V, and I get better gas mileage than that without even trying.

  14. Re:Stupid on The World's Worst Planes: Aircraft Designs That Failed · · Score: 0

    They include the DeHaviland Comet - a fantastic aircraft which set the standard in the airliner industry for decades to come. It did suffer from a design flaw which caused several crashes, but those crashes helped us learn a lot more about metal fatigue and the structural integrity of aircraft, and lead directly to improved safety in later designs. It was also fixed as soon as it was identified. Suggesting that the Comet was one of "the worst planes" - or that it should have never have flown - is just plane ignorant.

    Thank you for not putting in "no pun intended." How I hate that phrase. Now I look like the asshole for pointing it out.

  15. Not so sure about some of these picks on The World's Worst Planes: Aircraft Designs That Failed · · Score: 4, Informative

    So the MiG 23 wasn't as popular as the MiG 21. That doesn't really make it a failure. Their first two examples were definite failues ( Fairey Battle and Douglas TBD Devastator): easy to shoot down.

  16. Re:What Could Possibly Go Wrong? on Measles Virus Puts Woman's Cancer Into Remission · · Score: 2

    Conversely, this high bar makes it very difficult to improve on invasive but adequate treatments. Consider mastectomy for early-stage breast cancer: it works pretty well, and that makes it damned near impossible to test any alternative treatment that might work just as well or better, and which would certainly be less invasive.

    We already do. It's called "lumpectomy with sentinel node biopsy" for small enough tumors. No need to take off the entire breast.

    I worked on a cancer-therapy project once and had the clever idea of applying the technique we were using--which was aimed at something that was incurable at the time--to certain kinds of breast cancer, which was just similar enough to be an interesting candidate for the technique. I talked to a breast cancer researcher and he said, "That's a really clever idea. It sounds plausible. I can't do anything with it." And then explained the above reasoning.

    This means that we tend to focus on treatments for currently untreatable cancers, and once we have something that is semi-OK, the rate of improvement goes way down. It doesn't go to zero, by any means, but the incentives shift in a way that is both perfectly logical and kind of perverse.

    What technique were you doing? Surgical? Medical?

  17. Easy solution on Cable TV Prices Rising At Four Times the Inflation Rate · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Don't pay for cable. There really isn't much on cable tv worth watching that can't be obtained through other legal sources.

  18. Why do people put up with this shit? on Adobe Creative Cloud Services Offline (Again?) · · Score: 2

    Most people will never learn.

  19. Re: Electric. on Future of Cars: Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Or Electric? · · Score: 1

    Uranium

  20. Re:100% correct predictions [Re:sigh] on US Climate Report Says Global Warming Impact Already Severe · · Score: 1

    I predict that the sun will rise tomorrow, and also the next day.

    Boy, you sure got thtat one wrong.

  21. But, but, but⦠autism!!1!11! on Polio Causes Global Health Emergency · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Fuck you Jenny McCarthy and your anti-vax followers.

  22. Re:Thanks RMS on Richard Stallman Answers Your Questions · · Score: 2

    Richard, thanks. You are a big part of why I became a GNU/Linux user.

    He's a big part of the reason I became a FreeBSD user.

  23. Re: Let's save Bennett some time on Really, Why Are Smartphones Still Tied To Contracts? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I bought my Nexus 4 for $199 last year. It's unlocked with no contract. Went to Taiwan last year and just had to buy a 1 week data SIM. Now my phone was the WIFI hotspot for my family, who all had carrier locked devices.

  24. Re: YAY for BSD on OpenBSD 5.5 Released · · Score: 2

    If not for the lack of ZFS, I would use OpenBSD. Instead my fileserver is running FreeBSD 10.

  25. Most? Hardly on Toyota Describes Combustion Engine That Generates Electricity Directly · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I bought a ScanGauge II back in 2008 and use it to this day. Plug it into the OBD II port to read data. One of the data points is engine torque, which can be converted to power. My previous car, a 2008 VW Jetta with the 2.5 L engine needed 35 hp to maintain 75 mph on a flat road. 26 hp is about right for my wife's 2011 Prius at 75 mph.