User: Simias

Re:It's not over for Mozilla after all

On: Examining Chrome's Source Code

And google is really happy with that. They don't need to target the linux market because Mozilla is already working for them here.

The target is obviously internet explorer.

Re:I'm not Capt. MS Office

On: Michael Meeks On ODF and OOXML

> You know the 65535 issue?

Microsoft devs storing the number of issue in an unsigned short, that's what I call optimism...

Re:Possible mitigation? Comments

On: Zero-day Exploit in PDF With Adobe Reader

I'm not sure how the plugin works, but if the binary isn't setuid, changing its owner will be useless, since it will run with the privileges of the browser (i.e. probably yours), not those of the owner.

Re:sheeeit.

On: Microsoft Loses EU Anti-Trust Appeal

I saw a couple in a store here in france, next to the "normal" ones at the same price.
I wondered if someone would actually buy it, if not by mistake.

Re:Strange Guido's reply

On: Guido and Bruce Eckel Discuss Python 3000

Or make it optional like "this" in C++, you could fully qualify the name (self.content) or just make it implicit (content).

Re:Foresight

On: Stephane Rodriguez Dismantles Open XML

I come from the future and yeah, we're pretty much fucked

Re:Vi!

On: Mouse or Trackball?

I use a trackball at home and a mouse at work, and i switch between with no problem. It's not like using both qwerty and dvorak for instance.

-- Simias: trackball, emacs and dvorak user and proud to be (i'm a flamebait on my own :)