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Comment Re:It's already going on... (Score 1) 353

They do comply with OBDII. Some of the bits are different, obviously. I have an OBDII scanner I use regularly with my LEAF. It extends the spec to allow reporting on some EV-only parameters, such as the state of each of the hundreds of cells in the battery, but it also reports lots of the same data reported by an ICE.

Comment Re:All web devs shouldn't *need* a device lab (Score 1) 60

This.
Fuck the device, the browser should behave properly. If it doesn't, too fucking bad.
I am so fucking sick of the Android browser deciding I should or should not be able to zoom on certain pages, deciding to reflow content based on my orientation, etc.
And i absolutely fucking hate sites that do not respect my preference of seeing the real site instead of the shitty mobile version.

Comment Re:another language shoved down your throat (Score 4, Insightful) 415

That's rubbish. Most of the major platforms have had Java ported to them. Including various obscure systems is ludicrous. If I want a program that I'm almost guaranteed will run without recompile on Linux, Windows, BSD and even many mainframes, then Java remains the best solution. I'm not saying, from a programming perspective, that it's all that great, but from a platform neutral perspective for most of the systems that a programmer will encounter, it remains the best.

Have fun running an x86-64 Linux binary natively on a Windows 8 machine. I can. however, write a Java program that I can almost guarantee will in fact run on x64 Linux or Windows.

Comment Re:The Amazon AppStore Auto-consent (Score 1) 137

And how long did it take to get your children to know the difference between right and wrong* and think on their own. For quite a few years, a child's brain isn't wired to understand certain things. I'm pretty bright, and I didn't understand money that wasn't coins and bills until after I wouldn't have been tempted by Smurfberries anyway.

*You do realize that highly intelligent people have debated the difference for centuries. I doubt your children are that much smarter than all the philosophers.

Comment Re:Good lord (Score 1) 302

The question today ain't so much whether you're paranoid, it's more whether you're paranoid enough.

I mean, think about it. Ponder that you told someone in 1999 that all our email traffic is monitored by the government, that they log and examine every bit you do on the internet, that they use your cell phone to track your every move and that they basically log, store, monitor and evaluate every kind of communication you do, be it via phone or internet, and that they track what you read, who you talk to, what you talk about and what information you access.

Personally, I'd have asked you whether you want to buy a new tinfoil hat, now with even better anti-government shielding.

Today, I'd ponder buying one.

Comment Re:Good lord (Score 2) 302

Well, you have to admit, we have every right to.

Technology used to be what sets us free, what allows us to go where nobody went before, to soar and climb to new heights, to liberate ourselves and our dreams.

Today, technology is just a tool for oppression and control, to monitor and to invade our privacy. What we loved has turned into what we hate.

Isn't that enough to make someone cry?

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