Uh, TomTom doesn't even exist in Japan. At least I've never seen one in my 13+ years of driving here, and I can't find ANY information about TomTom being available or usable in Japan.

I'm sorry, you're comparing to who? NASA? Oh yeah, beacause NASA has a super flawless record...

Aaah, that is interesting and that is pretty web-relevant.

As for SVG being like a container format you'd be amazed. You can embed bitmapped image data (as in actually inside the SVG if you encode it - I used Base64), scripts, even non XML data formats (wrapped in XML of course). I'm positive if you wanted to you could find a way to embed video and sound - and I don't mean just links inside the SVG to an external file I mean actually inside it. After having dealt with SVG I had to write a COLLADA parser and I could easily draw some parallels, but I would say SVG is actually more flexible right out of the box.

I've done SVG work in Firefox years ago - before Chrome was even popular. It worked fine then and a quick test says it works now (for me at least?).

Of course SVG is a pretty broad spec (it's almost like a generic container format...) - I guess you're dealing with some SVG features that just aren't supported in FF.

So they target larger markets first for their app thingy - big deal. If they were "dropping" support or something that would be a different issue but it's just what releases they are focusing on initially. I say let them - there will surely be a few bugs they'll be able to work out before an official Linux release. And besides, as others have mentioned if you're so interested getting it right now on Linux then grab the code and start at it.

*I'm a dedicated Linux and Firefox user and I don't feel particularly "betrayed" at this point.

I'm pretty much the same, but I don't carry a tablet.

First off the only thing that's valuable is your data. I have an insurance plan on my phone and the only important information on it is either in the cloud to begin with or is photos and videos - which are automatically synced (Ubuntu one, dropbox, etc.). My notebook I use the cheapest ultrabook out there... which is also a surprisngly nice machine. It's the smaller Asus Zenbook - an i7 with 4GB of RAM in a ~11 inch thin, nice case. I sync my data to a home serever which then in turn is backed up off-site. Home folders and backups are all encrypted. You could take my phone and notebook and break them right now and I'd be out like $500 and two days waiting for replacements.

You know, and f*ing fix the certificate system. Make it so certificates are generated off some sort of DNS record information or something and add that info to the info registrars have. Or something. Buying certificates is almost like blackmail, and even if you do buy one it's not like your cert auth isn't vulnerable to attack or users won't just hit the "add exception" button when they get spoofed.

Oh and as was mentioned above, making a .secure domain is like putting a target on yourself. Good luck with that one.

Actually you can install it in the software center with just a few clicks. You don't even need to use the terminal. Besides the point here is at least users will be running an install target to begin with - if they find out about Gnome 3 and want to try it they can.

Oh wow that sounds like a pain in the ass.

It's the activists that claim we don't need nuclear power, but the majority of them don't realize that as the reactors are being refused activation licenses there has been a massive increase in the reliance coal and natural gas - which has increased power generation costs, has large carbon footprint, and is neither sustainable nore feasable for long-term power needs. We absolutely need nuclear power, and even now there's no reason not to restart the Chubu Denryoku and Touhoku Denryoku reactors.

Of course the more rigerous tests and highered standards have exposed potentialy dangerous reactors and broght into quetsion the location and "benefit" packages of certain reactors - so hopefully this will usher in a newer, safer age of nuclear energy. But the reactors that have already passed all the safety tests need to be restarted as soon as possible lest there be a significant and needless economic impact.