Never let Linus near Unicode glyphs. The emoticons he'd produce would probably cause a rift in the space-time continuum.

Fortunately, Slashdot doesn't support Unicode, so we're safe.

First time I hear about it as well and surprise surprise, it's another open source project with a terrible name! Every single time, they think they're clever, but just end up being inane.

I have no issue with them being able to call me without legal repercussions... once. After that, it's their job to update their robocall lists. I've informed them that they no longer have the correct number. Any further "mistakes" should be fully punishable.

Sure did, which is why it's going to be funny to watch them try to criticize Obama for implementing it. Remember, this is the Republicans we're talking about here.

You make it sound like the French were late to the party.

Did you read to the end of the sentence? OpenGL on Windows has always been a low priority thing, and since AMD's been struggling to make passable drivers it's completely unsurprising that they'd focus even less on that.

It's unlikely that you'd be able to slot in more than one cell module, and that's really the only way you could misuse RF networks.

The DK2 also uses a low-persistence OLED screen running at 75Hz. This is a far cry from a run-of-the-mill phone's 60Hz screen. This significantly reduces motion blur, which can also help with dizziness.

If SPDY is indeed focused on single-server sources like Google, then I'd say the opposite: SPDY is very relevant to the overwhelming majority of internet users. The vast majority of traffic is done on a select few sites such as Google, YouTube and Netflix. All of them benefit from that new protocol.

It won't necessarily help small websites and hosts, but let's not forget that a protocol isn't strictly about them.

It's LePen, what did you expect? The thing you have to fear isn't LePen, it's whether these fucking idiotic jihadists will give LePen more votes. The last thing you want is for extremist right-wing parties to gain power in Europe, because that'll end in bloodbath.

Unless it's a child porn cartoon, apparently.

The Galaxy Nexus was an aberration because of Samsung's poor choice to use a TI OMAP processor, which are terrible and not well supported. You'll note no mid/high end smartphone uses those anymore. My Nexus 4 has had an update to 5.0 despite previous indicators pointing to it falling out of support.

Not saying it doesn't suck, but there's at least a somewhat coherent explanation behind it.

I have to say, you really think that would happen? Considering the most successful attack done by terrorists so far still had many things go wrong, I just don't see that sort of group being able to pull off a nuclear detonation, nevermind that ground-level nukes are extremely limited in yield and impact versus airborne ones. Plus, if terrorists manage to trigger one, the only chance they'll have at a second one is within the few days after, because the entire planet is going to mobilize to get their sorry asses to Allah or whoever else is the extremist religion of choice at that time.

And at some point expect a serious backlash from the population when they've had enough. The problem is that it will be indiscriminately targeted at all Muslims and will probably shape immigration policies and cause further discrimination. I don't see this turning out well for Islam one way or another, unless the moderates get their shit together and fight back against the fundies tainting them name and religion.

Obligatory "why is this on /." comment found. Answer is always the same: Stuff That Matters. If you don't think 12 people dying to mad shooters because they made cartoons matters, go check in at your nearest psychological institute.