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Comment Not the browser that I'm used to... (Score 1) 554

by euyis (#35576560) Attached to: Firefox 4 Released!
Maybe I'm gettting nostalgic... but I really can't get comfortable with the new layout. Is there an addon bringing back the entire pre-4.0 UI of Firefox? Or most of it if not everything.

Perhaps the UI designers would say that this shiny new thing is more efficient at browsing pages or whatever... However I just don't like it.

Also: I get Bing in my search bar after the upgrade. Removed, but what's that doing there? Did Mozilla get paid to put it here?

Comment Hmm (Score 3, Informative) 121

by euyis (#35540342) Attached to: Over Half a Decade, China Closed 130,000 Internet Cafes

Authorities have made it illegal for Internet cafes to serve minors under the age of 18,

And the last time I went to a internet cafe I was given a vaild ID number of someone over 18 along with the name associated to log in when I explained that my ID card's missing and a new one is not yet available. Didn't even bother asking me to give my number - guess they do the same when the minors come to play online games.
Science

Submission + - Scientists fix major quantum computing problem (techeye.net)

Submitted by bossanovalithium
bossanovalithium writes: Scientists have been working on a theoretical quantum computer that can work even if one in four quantum bits were missing or partying in Vegas with a dead cat and Elvis.

The plan works on paper and could help scientists build devices as large as three qubits and lower the engineering requirements of a functional machine.

University of Queensland physicist Thomas Stace worked with Sean Barrett of the Imperial College London said quantum computers that used photons as qubits risked losing some of these particles as they were scattered or absorbed.
Censorship

Submission + - Internet Blacklist Bill Up for Vote on Thursday

Submitted by Adrian Lopez
Adrian Lopez writes: The Internet blacklist bill known as COICA is up for vote on Thursday, with the first vote to be conducted by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senators for California, Vermont, Wisconsin, New York, Minnesota, and Illinois will be the key votes in deciding whether COICA passes. Residents of those states are encouraged to contact their senators and let them know they oppose the bill.

COICA would let the US Attorney General create a blacklist of domains that every American ISP would be required to block. Wikileaks, YouTube, and others are all at risk. Human rights advocates, constitutional law experts, and the people who invented the Internet have all spoken out against this bill — but some of the most powerful industries in the country are demanding that Congress rush it through. The music industry is even having all of their employees call Congress to pose as citizens in support of the bill.

This bill is as bad for Americans and bad for the Internet. The decision to take down US and foreign websites shouldn't rest with the US Attorney General, and it should never be as easy as adding a website to a central list.

Demand Progress has a petition online which residents of the above and other US states are encouraged to sign.
Transportation

Submission + - Amazing Brick Machine Rolls Out Roads Like Carpet (inhabitat.com) 2

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Brick roads are beautiful and durable, but we don’t see them too often due to the effort it takes to prouce them. What once was a labor-intensive, back-breaking job has now become a snap with this automatic Dutch paver laying machine, called the Tiger-Stone. The device rolls out automatically assembled bricks to create an instant road anywhere it travels. A small telescoping forklift feeds the hopper, allowing the Tiger-Stone to lay out an impressive 400 meters of road day, and the span can be adjusted up to six meters wide.

Comment Re:Olde Saying (Score 3, Insightful) 553

by euyis (#33904700) Attached to: Bjarne Stroustrup Reflects On 25 Years of C++
I read this as: like cancer, C++'s stronger and much more powerful than its old host; taking all the nutrition and grows bigger and bigger at mindblowing speed; changes (mutates) quickly and spreads to everywhere expanding its influence. Unfortunately all these things come at the expense of C and other languages.

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