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  1. Re:Well, they didn't lie... on Microsoft Edge's Private Browsing Mode Isn't Actually Private (betanews.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    So grammar nazi, you think you know ?. Well, you have no idea.

    http://www.merriam-webster.com...

    flammable

    flamb()l/

    adjective: flammable

            easily set on fire.

            "the use of highly flammable materials"

    As for Flamma, its latin and is a verb there. Go ask them.

    Why Do Flammable and Inflammable Mean the Same Thing?

    There is a fairly clear reason for why both these words carry the same meaning: the prefix in- does not always function as a negative prefix.
    Sometimes (and this is one of those times) it serves as an intensifier. It’s fairly obvious how this could lead to problems.

    Surprisingly, both flammable and inflammable coexisted peacefully in English for hundreds of years before anyone decided to do something about it. Inflammable is the older of the two, with recorded use as far back as 1574. Flammable begins to appear in 1655, when Margaret Cavendish described oil as being “hot burning and flammable” in her Philosophical and Physical Opinions. One of the reasons there was little confusion about these words is that flammable was used much less often than inflammable.

    But in the 1920s the self appointed, eagle-eyed language nazis of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) realized that many people were viewing the in- in inflammable as a negative prefix, and were at risk of consequently incinerating themselves at a much higher rate than was desirable. The NFPA advocated to have flammable used exclusively for warning labels (such as are found on mattresses, oil cans, and other things that will catch on fire if you put a match to them), and managed to slightly nudge our language toward a more sensible path. Though in the recent past flammable is used more often than inflammable, this pair still incites controversy—and clueless fools would want to look ignorant.

  2. The problem is that the smart people know how to do too m any things that force them to break things they don't want broken (things that make them money but hurt us) so they limit that.
    The reason why you aren't allowed to change your email on YouTube is simple. You aren't supposed to change your email.
    You ARE supposed to accept that you have one default Google email for everything Google related and another for everything else.
    They would prefer you to have one (theirs) but they haven't got to that point.
    As for M$, 2020 is several years away. 7 is like XP and mobile is controlled by Google. The biggest lie is you need to upgrade your processor. You don't. You don't need to upgrade anything. Go get a 64 bit version of 7 and thats it. You dont need to move anymore OS period.

  3. You have to admit thought, Trump's hatred of Megyn Kelly has made them more visible of late.

  4. I agree. It was a great source of News if you ignored anything muslim or israeli related. They had the paris shootings hours before cnn

  5. It keeps failing because a critical driver you use is not on the win 10 list because its operates in a win 10 prohibits.

  6. Then those people are the same that would willingly buy a lemon car and ocean front property in Arizona. The reason why Google can get away with spying is Microsoft did it first.

  7. Re:Offtopic...but.... on Google Glass For Work Is Sleeker, Tougher and Foldable (engadget.com) · · Score: 1
  8. Re:It's wrong because... on Why Is So Much Reported Science Wrong (berkeley.edu) · · Score: 1

    The actual data as you say, isn't really there. NOAA faked their stats to appeal to the people who want to be in Climate change (ie rapid tempature shifts and global sea rise etc) while other who talk to climatologists who are opposed to Climate change because of the data set is only accurate back 50 yrs and the ice cores are most inconclusive (ice cores go back thousands and are the only thing that is accuare and old enough) So if you actually read the dry boring notes and papers you discover that science progresses jerkily, with false starts and misdirections in a long, uneven path to the truth. We haven't even made more than 50 footfalls on that path. Yet media and govt still wants surprising or anomalous findings, in other words, wrong ones. Oh course you bought in.

  9. Re: egregious misrepresentation on Google Bans Symantec Root Certificates · · Score: 1

    "The first thing we do," said the character in Shakespeare's Henry VI, is "kill all the lawyers."

  10. Re:egregious misrepresentation on Google Bans Symantec Root Certificates · · Score: 1

    I wish Google would just buy them and then shut them down. Its a much better outcome.

  11. Re:...would smell as shitty as any browser on After Twenty Years of Flash, Adobe Kills the Name (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    What do you mean freezing your system in time? Windows 10 tracks your system and stores that info on its servers. It also has numerous other problems too long to be mentioned. My mistake was giving away my 64 bit version of windows 7. Thats it. I plan on keeping it until Chome OS is ready. Microsoft can no longer be trusted, apple never could and Linux is still linux, the red headed step child of OSes People are slowly making stuff for ten but only by lack of choice. Adobe can be bypassed by either keygen or smart software use. Unless you need all the functions photoshop offers (now 3d people building!) you don't need it.

  12. My question is why would you Want to keep sync what Firefox is doing? They have gone down the path that terminates with a cliff face and they are still accerlating. I for one don't choose that. As for ' it will eventually definitively stop working when Mozilla finally goes with their plan of removing the XUL extension API to replace it with the Chrome extension API'. Nope because the devs at Pale moon decided to open up the code and begin to migrate away from Firefox for this very reason. Thats why they are having people point out what extensions everyone likes so they can be rewritten.
    eventually, Pale moon will remain alone and firefox will die. Not the other way around.

  13. This entire thread is the reason why Windows lives on Busybox Deletes Systemd Support · · Score: 1

    The posts were people are wrangling about whether Sytemd is workable or ran by asshole devs as opposed to asshole sysadmins etc is the one of the problems with Linux at large. The problems with Linux like this, are the reason that Windows as crappy as it has become, as nosy as it have become, and generally onerous, is still in control of 90% of desktop computers. The ONLY place Linux in ANY FLAVOR has reached critical mass is via Android which is Google's custom flavor. I would love to have an alternative to windows and apple. Yet, because you all still haven't got your act together, I am stuck waiting for Google's chrome os. smh

  14. Re:Does VAT applies to Gold? on EU Rules Bitcoin Is a Currency, Exchanges Are VAT-Exempt (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Why? Because it isn't a metal? Paper money and coinage are exiting.

  15. Re:They're the same.. on Google As Alphabet Subsidiary Drops "Don't Be Evil" · · Score: 1

    Besides, I want them to be evil towards Hollywood. I want them to be evil towards copyright. They have got 20 yrs because they have the same issues as IBM and Microsoft has by them there will be another company to take their place.

  16. Re:Patreon still hacked on Patreon Hacked, Personal Data Accessed · · Score: 1

    You are assuming there is stuff on Patreon that is worthy of being ripped and distributed right now.

  17. Re:A solution on America Runs Out of IPv4 Internet Addresses · · Score: 1

    If we just shut down all the porn sites on the Internet, we would also return the internet to where it was pre 1995.

  18. Re:Mountains and Mole Hills... on Sony Decides Its Waterproof Xperia Phones Are Not Actually Waterproof · · Score: 2

    Been going on since advertising was invented. And if you honestly looked at this phone and said "now I can take my phone snorkeling", well, that's a problem at your end.

    If there were no mention beyond what was normally expected from a cellphone, I would say yes. However, the pics and the marketing materials expressly suggest that it is possible to "now I can take my phone snorkeling". Sony is still weak from the hack (that was far overdue and well deserved). Their Legal department fears people who take their phone snorkeling and it dies on them because it was inappropriately sealed, and then sue. So they backpedaled.
    However, that shows a) they lied on the marketing which is fraud, or b) there engineers are now incompetent.
    Alot of use who hate Sony and want to watch it burn to the ground as a warning to the next ten generations that some favors come with too high a price, feel the first option is best.

  19. Re:What's the big deal on The Man Who's Kept His Face Off the Internet for 20 Years · · Score: 1

    Ron Berkowitz is the PR guy for Jay-Z (real name Shawn Corey Carter) Tom Cruise is Marty Rathbun who also is his personal auditor for Scientology. As for the guys face not being there, in the day where its easy to do selfies and web cams facebook, instagram, tinder etc. He has achieved a feat. My face is only in a small amount of locations (3) and because my name is shared with another d level famous person (opera) its hard to find the real me. (I dont use my real name online either)

  20. Re: What's the big deal on The Man Who's Kept His Face Off the Internet for 20 Years · · Score: 1

    Thats strange because my Linkedin is of the kneeling man image from the syfy version of BSG. I use it for most everything. (Google is not me but then again it isnt kneeling man either. Twitter is animated) I never had to re up because they never deleted it.

  21. Re:I'm not renewing prime this year... on Amazon Cuts Down On Prime Sharing · · Score: 1

    I want to know how to roder something. It sounds like a thing 4chan does while getting Lulz.

  22. Re:Prime is for cows. USDA cows. on Amazon Cuts Down On Prime Sharing · · Score: 1, Funny

    You are all USDA Prime cows. USDA Prime cows say moo. MOOOOOOOOO! MOOOOOOOO! Moo USDA Prime cows MOOOOOOO! Moo say the USDA Prime cows. YOU PRIME COWS!!

    This is awesome because:

    To the Hindu, the cow symbolizes all other creatures. The cow is a symbol of the Earth, the nourisher, the ever-giving, undemanding provider. The cow represents life and the sustenance of life. The cow is so generous, taking nothing but water, grass and grain. It gives and gives and gives of its milk, as does the liberated soul give of his spiritual knowledge. The cow is so vital to life, the virtual sustainer of life, for many humans. The cow is a symbol of grace and abundance. Veneration of the cow instils in Hindus the virtues of gentleness, receptivity and connectedness with nature.

  23. Re:But reasonable disclosure is important on Google Photos Uploading Your Pics, Even If You Don't Want It To · · Score: 1

    Calling Google shady now is BS. This is and has been established behavior for Google since Gingerbread.

    I don't personally use Google devices (snip)

    Thanks for making the rest of your argument totally invalid.
    Established and known issues aren't shady. Shady means hidden and deceptive. Google has never been a friend of privacy. This is also well known.
    As for your question about apple and M$. Yes, One-drive and IOS do upload without knowledge. The fact IOS did this as default was discovered during the fappening. M$ has been doing this since 2000.
    The rest was ignorance that reconfirmed the invalidity of your argument.

  24. Re:Stop the press. The TV is on even after ... on Google Photos Uploading Your Pics, Even If You Don't Want It To · · Score: 1

    Okay, I'm a software developer and I see where the usability problem is. The problem is that the program didn't make it clear that the backup was a system option and not a local option.

    How do you know this? This sound like an "I'm an idiot and do things I don't understand! Why didn't you protect me from myself?!" kind of question. If the user had been even moderately intelligent about this stuff, then they should have known why it did what it did, and added that into the summary. They didn't, and made it quite clear that they think this is Google trying to steal their photos, rather than themselves making a mistake with their settings.

    It could have been a 40 point font warning that required the entire thing to be read before dismissing, and a lot of users would still not remember seeing it. I hardly think that because the user didn't realize what was going on, that it makes this a usability problem.

    If I could only give you mod points. Your statement is incredibly true. and My solution to PEBKAC has always been to remove the chair.

  25. Re: Stop the press. The TV is on even after ... on Google Photos Uploading Your Pics, Even If You Don't Want It To · · Score: 1

    Enough with the stupid analogies and defending Google. When you uninstall an app, all app-specific components should be deleted, including any background running programs, not just the user facing GUI program.

    The photo uploader was not deleted and the question remains whether this was intentional and malicious to allow Google access to photos it was no longer authorized or entitled to.

    You are misunderstanding something very basic. You believe that what you put on your phone is yours and yours alone. You are wrong.
    As along as you HAVE a Google account, GOOGLE IS AUTHORIZED to access to photos and other content on the android phone. Go read your account info.