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Comment Re:And yet (Score 1) 493

Yeah.. I found it uncomfortable when it first came out. The first few rounds of tweaks fixed everything that really bothered me.

What I want now is for the autocomplete bar to auto-index every site I visit and offer me URL auto-complete based on the contents of the webpages I see. I always get that "I remember seeing something a few weeks ago that talked about Y, but I can't remember where"..

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Submission + - Microsoft sues over Linux patents (lwn.net)

Rayban writes: "Looks like it has finally happened. Microsoft is suing Tom Tom for patent infringement and has brought its Linux-threatening patent arsenal into the fray. Included in the suit is the infamous '517 FAT filesystem patent:

"The complaint [PDF] is online. The patents involved are 6,175,789 (Vehicle computer system with open platform), 7,054,745 (Method and system for generating driving directions), 6,704,032 (Methods and Arrangements for Interacting with Controllable Objects within a Graphical User Interface Environment Using Various Input Mechanisms), 7,117,286 (Portable computing device-integrated appliance), 6,202,008 (Vehicle computer system with wireless internet), 5,579,517 (Common name space for long and short filenames), 5,758,352 (Common name space for long and short filenames, again), and 6,256,642 (Method and System for File System Management Using a Flash-Erasable, Programmable, Read-only Memory). Stay tuned, it could be interesting."

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Comment Re:NOOOOOOOOOO! (Score 1) 285

Bloat is subjective.

I don't give a damn about "porn mode", but having quick command-line access to features is a lot more important to me.

As long as a significant number of users consider a feature to be usable (or if it draws in more users from outside), the feature should be considered useful.

Comment Re:In other words... (Score 4, Interesting) 155

That's why it's such a perfect analogy. Crime isn't binary - there are decent people that would take soap from a hotel room, but wouldn't consider stealing gum from a shop.

Society is better off if we don't prosecute crimes of low value or low impact, but rather leave it to citizens to work out between themselves.

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