Comment Re:noscript knockoff? (Score 1) 142
Disabling javascript is an option integrated in the browser. Can be disabled per site. You can also disable plugin auto-loading, and load them on-click, as needed.
Comment Naturally... (Score 2, Funny) 240
Of course, they didn't put that much effort into it, considering they didn't know if it was ever going to be approved by Apple. There was a fair risk that their work would go to waste. It will probably improve from now on, now that they breached the door open.
Comment Excruciating download speeds on PSN (Score 1) 153
Each time I do PS3 firmware or game updates, it takes forever to download close to 200 MB; something like a FULL HOUR. So, if I download a full movie from those servers, I'm not going to be able to watch it before a few days?
Sony, upgrade your canadian server park!
Submission + - 64-bits Flash Player for Linux finally in Alpha (adobe.com) 1
Luchio writes: Finally, a little bit of respect from Adobe with this alpha release of the Adobe Flash Player 10 that was made available for all Linux 64-bits enthusiasts! As noted, "this is a prerelease version", so handle with care. Just remove any existing flash player and extract the new .so file in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins (or /usr/lib/opera/plugins).
Comment Re:What could possibly go wrong? (Score 1) 324
I have voted twice in church basements, in Quebec City and Sherbrooke. But schools are indeed used more often.
Comment Re:Not so obvious (Score 1) 1077
BTW, if the practice would change to require us to write comments in English, I wouldn't mind at all, since I'm fluent in both.
But in my situation, since I'm given the choice, I write in whichever language feels right in that particular context.
Comment Re:Not so obvious (Score 1) 1077
Because 1) you might want to hire foreign people, who might only speak English (and some other languages you don't know anyway),
In my area, all locals speak French (and no, I don't live in France), and our entire workforce speaks French, so speaking our language, or having the intention to learn it, is almost a hiring requirement.
and 2) the maintenance of your source code might be outsourced to some country, again with the only common language being English.
I wouldn't want that to happen, so I'm not gonna make it easier for my boss to outsource my job, unless I'm specifically instructed to write all comments in English.
we often have French variable names or French comments
Ah, that explains things.
I knew I shouldn't have mentioned that to avoid snarky comments of the sort.
Comment Not so obvious (Score 1) 1077
Using english in the open source world is THE way to go, but in commercial applications that aren't distributed world-wide, in an area where everyone speaks the same language, why would they be "forced" to use english.
Here at work, even though we program in c++, we often have French variable names or French comments, because that more appropriate for us and it represents the concepts that we are more familiar with. But a while loop stays a while loop...
Comment Use USB2 to SATA-IDE cable (Score 3, Informative) 546
I bought this nice cable for 15$ that allows you to plug any SATA or ATA IDE harddrive to a USB port. Basically, any HD becomes a portable USB drive!
I use it for backups or large data transfers that would split on multiple DVDs. Best 15$ I ever spent.
Comment They don't have ads anymore (Score 5, Informative) 128
They don't have ads anymore. They stopped using ads YEARS ago.
Submission + - Opera complaint against MS over web standards
Luchio writes: Opera Software ASA, maker of the Opera desktop browser, Opera mini phone browser and the Nintendo Wii web browser, has announced that they are filing an antitrust complaint against Microsoft. The European Commission, if it examines the complaint, will have to determine if they will follow the actions Opera is recommending, which are to "Obligate Microsoft to unbundle Internet Explorer from Windows and/or carry alternative browsers pre-installed on the desktop" and to "Require Microsoft to follow fundamental and open Web standards."
Submission + - Xbox Live feaures free HD Southpark Episode
goombah99 writes: Xbox live and comedy central have teamed up to bring you Southpark in HD format. The announcement seems untinged by a sense of the absurd. Yes folks Southpark in such crystal clarity you can see the felt.
Submission + - Apple Sues Over IPhone UI
carlvlad writes: "Malaysian student Tzy Wen has received a cease and desist letter from Apple's lawyers after publishing a UI clone of upcoming Apple IPhone for Pocket PCs.
Full story at Lowyat.net
http://www.lowyat.net/v2/latest/made-in-malaysia-i phone-interface-has-apple-running-scared.html
The poor guy used up all his bandwidth in just 4 days after publicly release the UI."
Full story at Lowyat.net
http://www.lowyat.net/v2/latest/made-in-malaysia-
The poor guy used up all his bandwidth in just 4 days after publicly release the UI."
