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Comment Re:RAM usage (Score 1) 493

by PCMX on Thursday March 05, 2009 @12:43PM (#27078539) Attached to: Firefox Beta Touts Advanced Engine, Solves 8 Flaws

That's curious. I had similar issues prior to FF3.0, but since my memory issues have mostly been resolved, staying mostly under 350MB (which I'm plenty happy with.) That's running 15+ extensions (nothing really heavy weight - although I doubt any of your 4 would be.) I'd say it might be worth stopping by SUMO and document your particular usage, including which extensions you have running, someone might have a suggestion, and/or it might help address specific issues in future development.

Comment Re:Obvious question ... (Score 1) 259

by PCMX on Sunday October 19, 2008 @03:12PM (#25433227) Attached to: Why Most Published Research Findings Are False

Hehe. First we find that 89.2% of all statistics are made up and now research shows that most researches are false. What the hell are we to believe in now?!

XKCD Improving the Internet ... Yet Again 204

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday October 09, 2008 @12:25PM from the oh-oh-monroe dept.

netbuzz writes "Comic creator Randall Monroe suggested in a recent xkcd strip that YouTube comments would be better — or, more precisely, less idiotic — if only those posting them were forced to hear their words read aloud first. Well, YouTube has gone and made this "audio preview" a reality, albeit an optional one. And, it's not the first time that xkcd has contributed to the betterment of the Internet, as those who are familiar with last year's "Internet census" and its use of a Hilbert curve may remember."

EU Wants Removable Batteries In iPhones 320

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday October 09, 2008 @11:39AM from the so-do-i dept.

MojoKid writes "Current regulation, introduced with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS) in July of 2006, primarily sought to prevent the unnecessary use of toxic metals in batteries as well as making it easier to recycle and dispose of used batteries. The updated 'New Batteries Directive,' as discussed in New Electronics by Gary Nevision, would go much further. Article 11 of the directive, as currently written, would require that devices must be made in such a way as to allow batteries, either for replacement or at end of life for disposal to be 'readily removed.' Of course, Apple's iPhones and iPods wouldn't meet this requirement, as it stands. It's obvious that an iPhone battery replacement program could be considered a cash cow for Apple as well."

Qantas Blames Wireless For Aircraft Incidents 773

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday October 09, 2008 @10:55AM from the lotta-finger-pointing dept.

musther writes "An Australian airline Qantas Airbus A330-300, suffered 'a sudden change of altitude' on Tuesday. "The mid-air incident resulted in injuries to 74 people, with 51 of them treated by three hospitals in Perth for fractures, lacerations and suspected spinal injuries when the flight bound from Singapore to Perth had a dramatic drop in altitude that hurled passengers around the cabin." Now it seems Qantas is seeking to blame interference from passenger electronics, and it's not the first time; 'In July, a passenger clicking on a wireless mouse mid-flight was blamed for causing a Qantas jet to be thrown off course.' Is there any precedent for wireless electronics interfering with aircraft systems? Interfering with navigation instruments is one thing, but causing changes in the 'elevator control system' — I would be quite worried if I thought the aircraft could be flown with a bluetooth mouse."

Obama & McCain Conflicting On Net Neutrality 427

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday October 09, 2008 @10:04AM from the of-course-they-do dept.

longacre writes "For all their incessant bickering in the first two presidential debates over conflicts of interest and government regulation, PopMech columnist Glenn Derene is puzzled that the candidates have yet to be challenged on a vital issue directly related to both those topics: Net neutrality. John McCain and Barack Obama have stated elsewhere their opposing views on the issue, with McCain being opposed to Net neutrality and favoring light regulation of the Internet, while Obama is in favor of neutrality and seeks Government involvement. In any case, since there is no standard accepted definition of 'network neutrality,' until the candidates elaborate on their positions (which they both declined to do for this piece, nor anywhere else so far, for that matter), 'both sides can make a credible case that they're the ones defending freedom of innovation and open communication.'"

Opus the Penguin Retired 218

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday October 09, 2008 @09:23AM from the yet-garfield-lives-on dept.

garylian writes "Berkeley Breathed has announced that he has drawn the final comic containing the greatest penguin ever, Opus. The author is now going to write children's books. For those of you in your mid-30s and older, you remember Bloom County as a staple of the comic pages in a similar time frame as Calvin & Hobbes, and that time was probably the greatest the daily/Sunday comics have ever known. From running for the vice presidency to impersonating Michael Jackson, from gracing a ton of t-shirts to being one of the weirdest stuffed animals ever, from rocking in a heavy metal band 'Billy and the Boingers' to cleaning up Bill's hair balls, Opus was perfect for that time. And Bloom County would have been perfect during the Bush 2 years. Now, I'm going to pull out all my old Bloom County books and read them. After I dig through some boxes and find my old Opus dolls. I wonder what my kids are going to think of them."

Unbelievably Large Telescopes On the Moon? 292

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday October 09, 2008 @08:46AM from the thats-no-moon dept.

Matt_dk writes "A team of internationally renowned astronomers and opticians may have found a way to make "unbelievably large" telescopes on the Moon. 'It's so simple,' says Ermanno F. Borra, physics professor at the Optics Laboratory of Laval University in Quebec, Canada. 'Isaac Newton knew that any liquid, if put into a shallow container and set spinning, naturally assumes a parabolic shape, the same shape needed by a telescope mirror to bring starlight to a focus. This could be the key to making a giant lunar observatory.'"

Yoko Ono/EMI Suit Exposes Fair Use Flaw 409

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 09, 2008 @07:57AM from the I-hope-someday-you'll-sue-us dept.

Ian Lamont writes "Yoko Ono and EMI Records have backed down from their suit against the makers of a documentary film who used a 15-second fragment of a John Lennon song — but only after a Stanford Law School group got involved. Even though the use of the clip was clearly Fair Use, the case exposed a huge problem with the doctrine: It's becoming too expensive for people to actually take advantage of what is supposed to be a guaranteed right. Ironically, the song in question was Imagine."

Steve Wozniak Predicts Death of the IPod 573

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 09, 2008 @03:54AM from the for-whom-the-bell-tolls dept.

Slatterz writes "Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, better known in the industry as 'Woz,' believes that the iPod is on its way out and has revealed his discomfort with some aspects of the iPhone. Wozniak said that the iPod has had a long time as the world's most popular media player, and that it will fall from grace due to oversupply. Wozniak also commented on the iPhone's proprietary nature and locked service provider, and compared it to Google's open Android platform. 'Consumers are not getting all they want when companies are very proprietary and lock their products down,' he said. 'I would like to write some more powerful apps than what you're allowed.'"

Geneticist Claims Human Evolution Is Over 857

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 09, 2008 @12:27AM from the flame-on dept.

GogglesPisano writes "UK geneticist Steve Jones gave a presentation entitled Human Evolution Is Over. He asserts that human beings have stopped evolving because modern social customs have lowered the age at which human males have offspring, which results in fewer of the mutations necessary to drive evolutionary change. Apparently the fate of our species now depends upon older guys hooking up with younger woman. I, for one, welcome this development."

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