Actually, I shouldn't say that. Firefox started breaking on github around version 17.0. Many of the sub-project pages, e.g. Issues page and the Markdown - Raw viewer, redirect to a "Page did not load in a timely fashion" error page. This happens consistently on every github project. Unless the github team has done something weird on their end, this is another in the lengthy amount of compatibility problems Firefox is beginning to have.

I mean, what else do you think a rover would find down there? While potentially exciting for planetary geologists, for most of us -- including the vast majority of people who pay for these missions -- studying rocks, aside from the engineering gymnastics of getting into the cave, does not stir the human spirit of exploration. Lets explore the seas of Titan, the volcanoes of Io, or the water geysers of Enceladus, not another rock-hunting trip with taxpayer money. There's a decent chance of finding life in our solar system, and yet NASA keeps turning away from that goal in favor of literally dry material.

we see reasoned [thoughts] buried in a mass of anger, wishful thinking and/or based on ... assumption[s]

You could say that about most of the Internet. Heck, you could say that about most of humanity.

It's not about good or bad engineers. In the case of Honda, their consistent quality is an outgrowth of their old school Japanese company culture. Employees protect the honour of their company-family, and do so by having very high standards for the products they ship.

Unfortunately other Japanese companies have taken on American corporate culture and just about ruined themselves. Remember when Sony was king of electronics in the 80's? Sony's rep for high quality has been wasted away by a western, profit-driven culture.

Totally agree. It's the first tablet I was excited about, and the first really breakout, high-concept product from Microsoft I think...I've ever seen. But I guess it couldn't survive in a company culture that's built on enterprise profits. Bill had an Apple-esque product on his hand and he didn't get it. But that was the classic difference between Steve and him.

Makes sense for stock trading, but blogs like Gawker not so much.

I don't believe most people in government are evil. Most people in government just want to do their job, and groupthink overtakes them such that their ethical compass points in whatever direction gets the job done. The same thing can be seen in corporations. Most people are too weak-willed to stand up for what they believe in, and become part of the machine. Is this evil? I don't think so, it is a failing of the human spirit. These people, when the shit hits the fan, may come to see the error of their ways. People who are truly evil chose that path of their own accord, and not much could ever sway them from that path.

Ah, apologies for misunderstanding. I don't buy the argument that a hacked PS3 would cause mass levels of piracy as happened on the PS2 and Dreamcast. I think most PS3 users want to take advantage of PSN -- playing online with their friends -- so the risk of being banned from the service would discourage most from using pirated games and hacked firmware. But it's a moot point as Sony was successful in abridging customer rights.

What's with their candidates? I mean, they have some good ideas, but every candidate they field seems to be a bit...off. This guy Gov. Gary Johnson, he acted like he had a pack of honey badgers in his pants and was looking around for the guy who put them there. The Justice Party candidate seems the most electable out of the bunch, but I must admit I don't know much of anything about their platform. The Green Party candidate didn't seem to know her stuff very well beyond the typical environmental platform of that party, but she certainly seemed reasonable. And Virgil Goode, well he definitely tells it like he sees it. He's probably someone who would've gotten elected in the 1800's, but not today. Partly because his social agenda seemed about that progressive.

Served its purpose? It's still a powerful machine. Would be a brilliant media center with better software. Homebrew, emulators. Sounds like a purpose is just starting to me.

The only disappointing part is this is coming about not through Sony coming to their senses or the courts forcing them to restore Linux functionality to the PS3, but through the tenacity of hacktivists. But such is the world we live in.

If you let the people talk about and share your information, they are more emotionally invested.

People were going to talk about these shows regardless, so I don't buy that rationale. There was nothing to lose and everything to gain by streaming Jobs' reality distortion field live, versus reading gadget liveblogs or news articles. But the hype still got through.

No, you're right. The submitter must be pretty young. Prior to the iPhone launch, Apple used to always livestream their talks via QuickTime. I'm not sure anyone knows why they stopped; I doubt bandwidth was an issue. Probably a Steve Jobs thing, though for someone who had to control everything, I always found it odd that he let products get announced via low-res audience pictures on gadget sites.

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So basically, not finding items of historical value is better than finding them and destroying a bit of historically valuable surroundings?

Yes. They will still be there for a proper archaeologist to discover at some future time. Given how many artifacts were damaged or ruined by bungling explorers in the 1800's and early 1900's, I'd say it is prudent to leave the task to experts.

The iPhone 4S and 5 can use GLONASS as well. But agreed, once the Galileo project gives the thumbs-up, we should see mobile device support shortly thereafter.