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Comment Re:They still have not caught a single terrorist. (Score 1) 289

...wow. You're right. The TSA line is relatively vulnerable, and is a more effective target in the first place. There's no reason why a bomber intending to cause terror would even want to get on the plane itself. Hijackers would certainly want to get on the plane, but they wouldn't be using bombs.

Comment Re:Time to switch to Pale Moon (Score 1) 182

To be honest, with [Personal Titlebar](https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/personal-titlebar/) and [Status-4-Evar](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/status-4-evar/) installed I like the interface more than older Firefox or any of the other browsers. But that's just my personal preference; thank you for sharing a link to Pale Moon - it's good to know about what's available.

Comment Re:Chip&Pin isn't perfect either. (Score 1) 731

I live in South Africa - over here the transition credit cards being having EMV chips took place during 1999-2007. I haven't seen a non-chipped card issued since then, and most of the card readers I see in shops these days don't even have the ability to read magnetic strips anymore. Since 2006 liability for unauthorised (card present) transactions was shifted to merchant who accept card payments without relying on the chip and PIN, instead of to the card-owner or bank. Basically a credit card without a chip, if you can even find one, is almost useless in South Africa.

The term "Chip and PIN" isn't used in South Africa because that's actually a UK brand name, not the term for the technology itself, but the fact is that it isn't just starting to roll out - it finished rolling out many years ago.

I don't know too much about India, but a quick look through Wikipedia indicates that their liability shift occurred in 2010 so it seems safe to assume that the transition is quite far-along there too.

Comment Nice one, Mozilla (Score 1) 144

Funny - I switched on my computer, intending to look up whether Firefox has the audio API implemented so that I can use it for my next project, and the first thing I saw was this update which added exactly that :P

The things I'm hoping to see soon from Firefox are CSS3 grids and support for multiple cookie jars.

Comment Re:Dick? (Score 1) 242

It's a common nickname for "Richard", and predates the slang by quite a bit. In fact, the whole reason "dick" is used to refer to a boy-part is because it is such a common and well-established boy-name. The names "Willie" and "Fanny" came to be used for "penis" and "vagina" for the exact same reason (although the latter is used slightly differently in the US).

Comment Re:Favorite color (Score 1) 346

North American, for English speaking parts of North America.

French speaking parts and Spanish speaking parts call it something else.

(Yes, Virginia, North America is more than just the US and (anglophone) Canada, it also includes Quebec, France and Mexico).

*slow clap*

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