Comment 14 point type? (Score 1) 123
What does 14 point type mean on a web site? How will it appear on my phone?
Comment Re:The fact that they use Google mail (Score 1) 77
Not only that but Google's spam filter is the best I've ever seen. I run my own mail server but I funnel mail through gmail just to get the filter.
Comment Re:What a bunch of whining! (Score 1) 94
It isn't that easy. I ran my own server for years but Google's spam filters are much better than anything I could work out. Now I redirect all my mail through gmail simply to take advantage of their filters.
Comment Re:This is silly (Score 1) 259
I'm talking about the developer tools in the desktop version of Chrome. You can use them by hitting Ctrl-Shift-I. They are public.
Comment This is silly (Score -1) 259
The download speed depends on the server as well as the net delivery system. I suspect that the slow speeds seen were because the servers were only delivering data at that speed. In any case, you can use Google's developer tools to see the download speeds from any site.
Comment Not so fast - so to speek (Score 1) 131
MIT's Technology Review has an interesting article about the safety - or lack thereof - of self-driving cars. I'm rooting for the cars but I don't think they are quite ready yet.
https://www.technologyreview.c...
Comment Re:Hunh? (Score 1) 244
He wants to hear fromother people who's companies are losing money.
Tesla and Autopilot Supplier Mobileye Split Up After Fatal Crash (usatoday.com) 128
An anonymous reader quotes a report from USA Today: Tesla and Mobileye, one of the top suppliers to its Autopilot partial self-driving system, are parting ways in the wake of the May accident that killed an owner of one of its electric Model S sedans. Mobileye is considered a leader in developing the equipment that will be needed for fully self-driving cars. The Israeli tech company will continue to support and maintain current Tesla products, including upgrades that should help the Autopilot system with crash avoidance and to better allow the car to steer itself, said Chairman Amnon Shashua in releasing the company's second-quarter earnings Tuesday. Shashua said moving cars to higher levels of self-driving capability "is a paradigm shift both in terms of function complexity and the need to ensure an extremely high level of safety." He added there is "much at stake" in terms of Mobileye's reputation, and that it is best to end the relationship with Tesla by the end of the year. Tesla CEO Elon Musk, meeting with reporters at the company's new battery Gigafactory outside Reno, indicated that Tesla can go forward without Mobileye. "Us parting ways was somewhat inevitable. There's nothing unexpected here from our standpoint," Musk said. "We're committed to autonomy. They'll go their way, and we'll go ours."
Comment Oh come on! (Score 4, Insightful) 401
Don't you remember all the different chargers? I love being able to use any micro USB charger with any phone or camera. No more digging around to find the proprietary charger that I may have labelled to identify the device that it works with. It may pay the individual companies to design their own proprietary chargers and still be better for the consumer for the government to insist on a single design standard. The "free market" isn't some wonder drug.
Comment Re:Godwin (Score 1) 735
That is precisely what scares me. With Trump as president and Congress run by radical nut jobs, who knows what might happen. Certainly nothing good. The man is truly scary.
Comment VPN (Score 1) 137
Of course nobody would use a VPN? Note that the ad that came with this story read: "Slashdot Deals: Get The Fastest VPN For Your Internet Security..." (Their capitalization.)
Submission + - Intuit stores users' ids, passwords and financial data
wbean writes: I wonder how many Quicken users understand that their user ids, passwords and financial data are stored on Intuit servers. This seems like a disaster waiting to happen. Take a look at this link:
http://quicken.intuit.com/supp...
Click on the "Express Web Connect / Quicken Connect — Details" link near the bottom of the page to get the full scoop on what Intuit stores.
http://quicken.intuit.com/supp...
Click on the "Express Web Connect / Quicken Connect — Details" link near the bottom of the page to get the full scoop on what Intuit stores.
Comment Re: She killed the calculator group. Never forget! (Score 1) 328
Yup. I still have two 41cv's that I bought new 40+/- years ago. They both work fine, although it's getting harder to find N cells.
Comment Old-Timer's Advice (Score 1) 340
I've been working with computers since 1961. I've had decades of back problems. Standing is not the answer. Get up and walk around - frequently. If you can stand it walk several miles a day. I just had a 50th college reunion and I think I'm better off than many of my classmates because of walking and exercises. Start now.
Comment Re:My experience with IPv6 (Score 1) 390
I disabled ipv6 last night. Comcast drops the connection after a day or two and then anything that is trying to use ipv6 takes forever to fail over to ipv4. It was interfering with my usage. The only way to solve it was to reboot the router. Not worth it.
