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Comment To fork or not to fork ? (Score 1) 249

I see a lot of comments about the merits or drawbacks of CSS regions. But in the end, isn't the real issue to be discussed here is the fork of Blink from Webkit ? With the CSS regions and MathML examples, we can see the clear benefit of using a common, open source layout engine. Even if Google was not interested in these features (or rather did not want to commit the resources needed to maintain them), they would have got them "for free" through the work of other contributors to Webkit. I wonder if the gains Google got from forking Blink are really worth these kinds of losses.

Comment Re:seems like a weird sanction (Score 3, Informative) 55

By the letter of the law, the CNIL has a very specific status: this 150 000 € fine is the maximum they can impose.
They can also impose up to 300 000 € fines in case of second offenses, so I as I understand it, Google could be fined again if they keep the offending policy. This would require a new deliberation of the CNIL. They just cannot impose a fine per day of non-compliance like a court would.

Comment Antares is at risk, not Cygnus (Score 4, Informative) 30

Although TFS states that:
Citing concerns of the effect increased levels of space radiation may have on the Antares launcher and Cygnus avionics
It is actually written in TFA that:
The Cygnus spacecraft would not be affected by the solar event.

Having been involved in the design of some of the avionics onboard Cygnus, I can attest that a S2/S3 class solar event such as this one is well within the specifications of the spacecraft..

Comment Re:Unforeseen (Score 1) 361

Well, I avoided using the "humorous" or "ironic" words in the submission because it might not be such a fun experience for the sailors aboard. Indeed, it's not totally unexpected for a ship cruising near ice to get trapped in it. So let's just say that personally, I was not expecting this reversal of the roles, as there had been several reports that the Chinese vessel was standing by in open waters.

Submission + - Chinese Icebreaker is Stuck in Ice After Antartic Research Vessel Rescue

Cochonou writes: In an unforeseen turn of events, the Sydney Morning Herald reports that the Chinese icebreaker Xue Long is now stuck in heavy antartic pack ice, just a day after its helicopter was used for the rescue of the passengers onboard the ice-trapped MV Akademik Shokalskiy. The Australian icebreaker Aurora Australis, which is now carrying the passengers of the Shokalskiy, has been placed on standby to assist.

Submission + - Ford Builds Solar-Powered Car (computerworld.com)

Lucas123 writes: Ford plans to demonstrate its first solar-powered hybrid vehicle at CES next week. The Ford CMAX Solar Energi Concept car will have 1.5 square meters of solar photovoltaic cells on its roof to generate power to charge its battery. By themselves, the PV solar panels generate only 300W of power — not enough to charge the vehicle's battery in one day. Ford, however, said the car will be coupled with a carport that has solar concentrating lens atop it. The magnifying lens, called a Fresnel lens, will concentrate about 10 times the solar energy so the vehicle can be recharged in a single day — the same speed with which is standard hybrid charges using a plug.

Comment Re:As an organiser of events. (Score 1) 469

Signal scramblers. I know it's illegal in several countries, but it's used very effectively (and legally) in some theaters in Paris.
Of course, that would not prevent someone to take a picture/record a movie of you and then use some facial recognition algorithms at a later time, but it would still mitigate some of the abuse that "instant" facial recognition apps would bring to the table.

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