I can reproduce it with both Chrome and Firefox (give focus to another window, Firefox and Chrome still process hover events even when they're not the active window).

For the processing to happen, Chrome/Firefox do have to be the top window in z-order when the hovering happens, though (although they don't have to be active). They don't trigger hover events "through" an Aero glass border of another window.

Yes, I have some Android apps with scroll "bars". (Actually, the right hand side of the screen is the scroll bar; the only thing that gets drawn in the position indicator nubbin).

On the other hand, the position indicator can actually be grabbed and dragged, which is good for scrolling through very long lists where the whole list is dozens or hundreds of screen-heights long.

This person deserves +5 Insightful.

An online email account often comprises the keys to the online kingdom. From looking at the email history you can often learn what usernames and accounts a person has on other services, and then reset all the login credentials for those other services. I'm pretty sure I remember reading about that exact sequence happening to someone high profile quite recently.

I use Dropbox to synch my KeePass database. But I use a (strong) password, _and_ a manually distributed 440+ bit key as a combined credential for the KeePass database. I put the key on my devices without it ever touching the cloud. Dropbox keeps my passwords synchronized between all the devices, but it would be extremely difficult to brute force a 440 bit key _plus_ the strong password.

So, basically, I'm not really worried about anyone getting at the contents of the vault unless they've already owned one of my devices and uploaded their own copy of the manually-distributed key file. Cracking Dropbox alone isn't going to get them into the vault.

Hint: I work for an enterprise.

I could tell, when you asked for documentation rather than saying [citation needed] :)

Now, that's deserving of +Informative.

Maybe the message is that the EFF probably wouldn't want money raised from the sale of drm encumbered games?

I wouldn't be surprised if the Humble Bundle people had specifically checked that with the EFF before proceeding.

Actually, I find that Android apps are typically much easier to learn than iOS apps, because the Android OS menus that you invoke from the menu button usually have text labels as well as mysterious monochrome icons. iOS apps typically only have icons, with no text labels and no tooltips (since it's a touch interface with no hover).

Learning a new iOS app is always an exciting adventure in "let's find out what this incomprehensible hieroglyphic is for".

It's only equivalent if the government pays BP's gross expenses for the 180 days as well.

Prison beds, food and water are provided out of the government's budgets, after all. (Even if it's indirectly through a contractor)

Let's see. Five year old MS Office... this is 2012, so that would be Office 2007 (+/- one year), yeah?

Which uses the same file formats as Office 2010. I haven't heard of any major file format changes for the upcoming Office 2013, (maybe I've missed a story? I don't really pay close attention). And there is a set of free plugins you can download for editing the docx, xlsx etc file types in Office 2003, which is even older.

Of course, the feature compatibility isn't ever 100% complete between Office versions (otherwise, what would be the point of a new version anyway...), but I generally find that as long as you aren't relying on any new features in a document, it'll be largely fine in older versions of MS Office. But perfect backwards compatibility isn't required is it? You've already established that your personal baseline for adequate performance is

Perhaps not perfectly, but fine.

and that

99% of users demand little or nothing more than MS was offering in the 90s

Implying that someone using Office 2003 or 2007 (five years old!) is completely unable to use files generated in the latest version(s) of Office is pretty disingenuous. At least you weren't modded (dis)Informative.

Can you point me to any good resources (books, web resources, etc) that describe how to do this kind of thing *right*?

I'd love to improve my multi-threaded programming skills, but I'm not really sure where to get started.

Well, to be fair, the article says that the electric assist allowed a relatively unfit journalist to keep up with someone who is a velomobile enthusiast in an unpowered model (who presumably rides these things around a lot and is therefore pretty fit). I wouldn't say that was a negligible result.

Thanks! I'd mod you Informative if I hadn't already posted. :)

Interesting article.

However, I think the big problem for these is safety, particularly if you must share the road with cars, trucks and busses. Even for a very fit driver, 50 km/h seems to be a high speed, which is significantly lower than general road traffic in Australia. Combine that with the extremely low profile... let's just say that the odds of getting caught dead in one of these seem a little high for my comfort.

Now, in cities with excellent bike networks, that wouldn't be such an issue - IF the vehicle actually meets the legal requirements for use on bike paths. I'm not sure whether these would be allowed on the bike network in my city. If I had to guess, I'd say the purely muscle powered ones probably are, but I am honestly unsure about the electric/muscle hybrids.

I don't think I'd pay 8000 euros, but if there is one available for, say, 1000 euros, I think I would be interested. You'd want to have somewhere to keep it locked up and safe, though.

All Australian states have their own flags. China should just create provincial flags and stop worrying about it. :)

Of course, Australia is a federation, like the US... And China certainly doesn't want its provinces to start thinking secessionally. (Do Autonomous Regions get flags?)