There are workarounds, such as privoxy. Still it's a matter of priority, if you consider usage of plugins more important than 100/100 ACID3 score then you should pick such a browser, if you don't then go ahead and use Opera. More often I value the importance of licenses much higher than functions, except some specific cases. To me virtually nothing is more important than to have the entire product, including blueprints (source). There's nothing wrong or right about that, it's just the way I value software and it will benefit me in some areas and cripple me in others, which is why I try to be somewhat flexible. Being somewhat of a perfectionist I hate to make crappy adhoc fixes, which I would consider privoxy to be. There's nothing about privoxy that the browser itself couldn't do, so why not include that in the browser and make the browser better? And if somebody doesn't want to I either do it myself or , if I don't know how, ask for someone else to do it for free or for money, much like anything in life.

Basically I'm one of those whom always prefers open source for these very simple reasons. We who do don't do it "just because", and those who cannot understand why we do usually have very little coding knowledge, hence why they cannot relate to the benefits, which is fine if you ask me. We all make choices based on our own experiences, and if you've never benefited from a source code, or know that you have, it really does make sense.

It's not quite the same as trying to educate a whole office full of users with different ideas and levels of knowledge about computer security, but my wife has taken quite well to basic home user computer security in a way I never really expected to see from someone that didn't grow up with it. She still needs a little work in regards to browser use (Firefox vs. IE) and the sites she visits (coupon sites are evil), but the basics of dealing with email and attachments, clicking on suspicious links, and keeping reasonable passwords on most of her accounts have set in pretty well.

Of course, she also doesn't have to spend much time on a completely open internet connection, either.

>>>possible that the people who instated Israel as a state were influenced by the prophesy of it's existence.

There's not even that prophecy in the bible. They are making-up stuff. Furthermore the Bible claims the sun stopped moving through the sky for 3 whole days. The only way to make that happen is to make the earth stop spinning, and leave the opposite side of the world (California) in the dark. That seems extremely unlikely, which why during the Age of Reason (1600-1700s) it was concluded that the Bible is not a science book, but a religious text.

I've never had problems with it rendering slashdot, even back through version 7 or so. Also, being able to just type "/." into the url bar to get here is a nice trick. Not really useful, but neat.

If only they linked to an article that explains that~

dumbass.

Then literally hear this: My first iPhone kept wanting to shutdown, it behaved as though somebody had the home and sleep buttons pressed constantly. It would work for 5 minutes then ask if it wanted to shut down. I swiped 'no,' and 2 seconds later it would ask again. That phone lasted an hour in my possession and I returned it. Thats DOA right?

wait til you go see "9" and then two months later they release "Nine"

I do find it interesting here that while Comcast is applying caps and otherwise crying about overused networks they are ALSO stuffing my mailbox full of offers for VoIP service.

*Whoosh!*

The important phrase wasn't "OpenGL 3." It was "Cross-platform."

If I declare a variable "i" as an integer in OpenGL 3 on a PC, I expect the exact same phrase I coded on the PC to parse identically on a Mac or Linux running OpenGL 3, just the same as I expect the code compiled to execute in an identical fashion.

Nice rant on graphics tech, though, even if totally off topic.

Pirates are trying to buy other pirates

Not sure if you've noticed, but the retail price on computer components is far higher than the cost of buying a box and upgrading it.

I guess if you're a serious computing enthusiast, the pride and enjoyment might surpass the increased cost. I'm a bit more pragmatic and will always choose to just purchase and upgrade if/when necessary.

Whooooosh, eh?

I think Alanis Morissette sang a song about this post...

Can you explain a little more? I just RTFA and I'm not convinced this is revolutionary either, but it's hard to say because this seems more like marketing than actual research. However, I'm hesitant to say he's full of shit without hearing a bit more of the debate around his ideas.

One question I was hoping would be answered is what this flow routing buys you that something like SCTP wouldn't?

That's okay - next time, just click the auto-comment button and let Slashdot post the tricky stuff for you.