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Comment What about using pdns-recursor? (Score 1) 348

by FedeTXF (#34721110) Attached to: Beware of Using Google Or OpenDNS For iTunes

I always use a local dns recursor server so I point my dns settings to 127.0.0.1. I can only see advantages privacy and performance-wise. The kind of problem described in this article seems to be another advantage to my apporach over using an external DNS server, but at the same time I rarely see anybody recommending it. What are the disavantages of using things like pdns-recursor?

Submission + - What Triggers Mass Extinctions? 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: An influx of invasive species can stop the dominant natural process of new species formation and trigger mass extinction events, according to research results published today in the journal PLoS ONE. The study of the collapse of Earth's marine life 378 to 375 million years ago suggests that the planet's current ecosystems, which are struggling with biodiversity loss, could meet a similar fate. Although Earth has experienced five major mass extinction events, the environmental crash during the Late Devonian was unlike any other in the planet's history.
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Submission + - Open Source Genealogy Software 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: I'm looking to build a family tree for a holiday gift. Do the slashdotters of the world have any recommendations on open source genealogy software?

I did try a 14-day free trial of Ancestry.com. What a scam! I submitted the personal information for my parents, grandparents, and me. Then, I received a pop-up telling me that if I would like to get information on my family, I would have to upgrade my subscription for $29.95 U.S. So, I took the chance. Turns out that the only information they had was my previous addresses for the past 20 years. Thanks, Ancestry.com! I think I know where I have lived.

Feed Engadget: Samsung Galaxy S receives Gingerbread port right from the Nexus S source (video) (engadget.com)

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Hold on to your hats, people, there's a wind of awesomeness coming through. The Nexus S is no longer the only Gingerbread game in town, courtesy of supercurio over on the xda-developers forum, who has ported the hot new phone's Android 2.3 install over to its Samsung forefather, the Galaxy S. The port is described as being unmodified from the Nexus S original, although quite a few basic functions like voice, WiFi, and GPS (insert joke about Galaxy S GPS woes) aren't yet operational. All the same, we agree with supercurio that it's looking "super smooth" and look forward to seeing him and the rest of the xda crew polish this stock Android baby off in short order.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Continue reading Samsung Galaxy S receives Gingerbread port right from the Nexus S source (video)

Samsung Galaxy S receives Gingerbread port right from the Nexus S source (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 18 Dec 2010 07:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Comment They are cheating from the start (Score 4, Informative) 203

by FedeTXF (#34590484) Attached to: Word Lens — Augmented Reality Translation

"LO TRADUCE EL TEXTO" is not a Spanish phrase, unless you want to say "Text translates it". The Spanish phrase would have been "TRADUCE TEXTO" but I think the result with that tool was so bad they changed the Spanish text until the bad translation rendered a good English phrase.
The same happens with other examples from that video such as "ROPAS OPCIONAL EN ESTA PLAYA". The only way you are going to read that sign is if you ask an English speaker to write it.
What they did was write the English phrases, translate them to Spanish and then translate them back for the video.

Submission + - Visa and Mastercard suspend donations to Wikileaks (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: quoted from the BBC:
"Visa Europe has begun suspending payments to whistle-blowing website Wikileaks ahead of carrying out an investigation into the organization. It follows a similar move by rival payments processor Mastercard on Tuesday...A spokeswoman for Visa Europe said its investigation would determine the nature of Wikileaks' business, and "whether it contravenes Visa operating rules". She added that Visa Europe could not suspend payments to Wikileaks immediately, and that the process took a certain amount of time. Mastercard said in its statement that it was "in the process of working to suspend the acceptance of Mastercard cards on Wikileaks until the situation is resolved"."
So after the Citizen's United decision, it's free speech for corporations to donate however much they want to any organization, but corporations can decide when to forbid my right to freedom free speech?

Submission + - Live Human Birth Captured by MRI (dailymail.co.uk) 2

Submitted by DIplomatic
DIplomatic writes: Doctors at a Berlin hospital have made a medical breakthrough after capturing live MRI images of the miracle of birth.
The pictures, taken after a German mother agreed to give birth inside a magnetic-resonance imaging machine, could provide valuable new insights into the birthing process and allow future lives to be saved.
The creation of the live MRI images of a birth could prove vital in understanding complications during the birthing process and the need for around 15 per cent of women to have a Caesarian section due to the baby not moving sufficiently into the birth canal.

Comment Use nightlies (Score 4, Informative) 238

by FedeTXF (#34055460) Attached to: For Firefox 4, You'll Need To Wait Until 2011

I encourage everyone using beta 6 to use the nightly version (http://nightly.mozilla.org/) as their main FF experience. The JS is 10 times faster on most public benchmarks and the boomarks and profile data are not affected even when switching back and forth between 4.0 and 3.6.
I have both installed: 3.6 that comes with my Linux distro and 4.0 unzipped in my home folder and being updated every morning automatically.
Firefox

Submission + - Firefox 4.0 Beta 2 released (mozilla.org)

Submitted by surveyork
surveyork writes: Firefox 4.0 Beta 2 was released today at 13:30 Pacific time. It was originally scheduled for release on July 23, but was probably delayed due to the 'Chemspill' release of Firefox 3.6.8. https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases/Firefox_3.6.8

New in this version:

— Firefox 4 Beta 2 is available in 24 languages.
— Tabs are now on top by default on Windows and OSX — Linux will be changing when the theme has been modified to support the change.
— You can turn any tab into an "App Tab" by right-clicking on it and selecting "Make into App Tab" from the context menu.
— Web developers can animate content using CSS Transitions.
— Responsiveness and scrolling improvements from the new retained layers layout system.
— JavaScript speed improvements due to engine optimizations.
— Changes to how XPCOM components are registered in order to help startup time and process separation.

As well as features from previous Firefox 4 Betas.

You can download Firefox 4.0 Beta 2 here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html?product=firefox-4.0b2&os=win&lang=en-US or check for updates if you are already using Firefox 4.0 Beta 1.
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New Hungarian Government OMGs All Gov Sites Screenshot-sm 59

Posted by samzenpus from the they-forgot-the-ponies dept.
An anonymous reader writes "The new Hungarian government chose to replace the home pages with a 'disclaimer' page on several governmental websites such as ministries or the Foreign Office. The title and the main message is 'OMG,' which is followed by an explanation that the inherited websites 'lack any kind of uniform structure' and this is 'unworthy of Hungary.' Today is the takeover day in most ministries for the new administration."
Microsoft

Submission + - MS Kills Support for XPSP2 (threatpost.com) 1

Submitted by Trailrunner7
Trailrunner7 writes: Microsoft's announcement this week that it is preparing to end support for machines running Windows XP SP2 not only represents a challenge for the thousands of businesses still running SP2, but also is the end of an era for both Microsoft and its customers. With Service Pack 2 Microsoft set out to fix that and add a number of other security protections, as well. It wasn't until 2004 that the final release of XP SP2 actually hit the streets. But when it did, it represented a huge step forward in security for Windows users. It wasn't necessarily the feature set that mattered as much as the fact that the protections were enabled by default and taken out of the users' hands.

Submission + - Facebook gets your id from each Like-enabled page! (blogspot.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A very down-to-earth and step-by-step pratical demo that anybody can reproduce to see how our Fbook name and id are delivered to Fbook on each page impression having new Like button. Huge privacy implications!

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