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Comment Bladerunner meets 1984 (Score 1) 343

by kraksmoka (#29531479) Attached to: 250-Foot Hybrid Airship To Spy Over Afghanistan In
Seriously - these types of drone reconnaissance would make the police state into a lock down state. It would be great if legislation was put in place now in Anticipation of the privacy invasion that devices like these can cause in the future . . . Imagine flying smaller versions into large vertical cities and having the capability to peer into windows . . . the state cops in Florida already use small aircraft to conduct speed traps occasionally but this could be a whole other ball of wax
Operating Systems

Submission + - Google Plans to Introduce a PC Operating System (nytimes.com)

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kraksmoka
kraksmoka writes: ""In a direct challenge to Microsoft, Google is expected to announce on Wednesday that it is developing an operating system for a personal computer based on its Chrome browser, according to two people briefed on Google's plans. The details of the technology could not be learned, but Google plans to make the announcement on a company blog on Wednesday afternoon, this person said.... in a recent interview, Marc Andreessen, who developed the first commercial browser and co-founded Netscape, compared Chrome into an operating system, "Chrome is basically a modern operating system," Mr. Andreessen said. Google has also long customized a version of the Linux operating system for use internally." Our desktops may never be the same. . ."
Mozilla

Mozilla Preparing To Scrap Tabbed Browsing? 554

Posted by CmdrTaco from the if-it-ain't-broke-fix-it dept.
Barence writes "Mozilla Labs has launched a design competition that aims to find an alternative to tabbed browsing. 'Tabs worked well on slow machines on a thin internet, where ten browser sessions were "many browser sessions,"' Mozilla claims on its Design Challenge website. 'Today, 20+ parallel sessions are quite common; the browser is more of an operating system than a data display application; we use it to manage the web as a shared hard drive. However, if you have more than seven or eight tabs open they become pretty much useless.' Aza Raskin, the head of user experience at Mozilla Labs, has already blogged on the possibility of moving tabs down the side of the browser, with tabs grouped by the type of activity involved (i.e. applications, work spaces)."

Comment yes yes yes, the mac is so insecure that . . . . (Score 1) 326

by kraksmoka (#23983735) Attached to: Two Trojans For Mac OS X
there's a whole industry of companies that sprung up just to plug the leaks. any free software on the mac is just commercial crud that's reporting your passwords, preferences, deepest darkest secrets, etc. to a secret dark corporate master who is selling the data, or advertising to you to make money, stealing your bandwidth, processing time, etc.

oh wait, that's winbloze . . . .

it is great that there is the scrutiny, but when most of the bugs are social engineering, or physical access hacks, it just confirms what the whole world knows:

Macs are more secure!

Oh, and for all of you people with blank passwords, please fill them in . . . . at least use the combination to your luggage. is 123456 that tough to remember or type????
User Journal

Journal Journal: the hacker's diet

Journal by kraksmoka
wow. i hate say it, but love to enjoy it. i'm 50 lbs. lighter today than i was in january. haven't had a cigarette since then either. today was my nine month aniversery for the start of both!

even the female population of the world has stood up and taken notice. why, i put my mug on hotornot and scored an 8! that's a great rating for a guy, and up from the 3 i scored when i was heavy. notice i don't post the link, for all the /. freaks 2kill :P
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Journal Journal: fun in the sun in the middle

Journal by kraksmoka
am in orlando. it is kind of nice up here. but is it nice enough to snag me from my urban paradise down in miami???? well, it definately has some good geeky plusses. but the culture factor keeps me from thinking seriously about it.

right now, i think i'm glad to have this area as my getaway space from miami. the last few days of "vacation" have done me nothing but good. . . . .
User Journal

Journal Journal: pppoe wins again

Journal by kraksmoka
damnit! i had to kill my wireless since it wouldn't let me post to /. anyhow, now, i'll be excessively active and let my opinions be known on everything.

broke up with my girlfirend, that sucks. anyhow, my new focus in work is making money, not just technological assimilation, so call me if you wanna buy a programming project :) i'm not holding the breath.
Apple

Journal Journal: the tibook has landed

Journal by kraksmoka
i like these little journals. firslty, may i say that you don't want to get fedex ground shipping, only air.

had to drive to hialeah to get the tibook. but man, its runnin like a champ. 667 mhz of g4 power and not having to see that damned beachball when i'm designing things!

User Journal

Journal Journal: burnt in miami

Journal by kraksmoka
i'm tired. quit smoking on Tueseday the 22 of January, which makes my quit up to five days today. have been exercising regularly, and watching what i eat.

bought a TiBook yesterday on ebay! from a powerseller who listed his phone in listing, hopefully all turns out well with this thing.

time to crash, hopefully can recover by monday with more energy.

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