Comment Re:Firechrome (Score 1) 381
Yes!.. and in that order. I run FF with Ghostery/Adblock, but often have to go with Epic when Ghostery breaks stuff. IE (v9/10) at this point is generally only used for older intranet sites at work (PITA, indeed).
Comment Re:Tyson (Score 1) 799
Just another vote for Tyson. He's pretty much the Sagan of our time, and just as ubiquitous on PBS.
NYT Ponders the Future of Solaris In a Linux/Windows World 340
JerkBoB links to a story at the New York Times about the
future prospects of Sun's Solaris, excerpting: "Linux is enjoying growth, with a contingent of devotees too large to be called a cult following at this point. Solaris, meanwhile, has thrived as a longstanding, primary Unix platform geared to enterprises. But with Linux the object of all the buzz in the industry, can Sun's rival Solaris Unix OS hang on, or is it destined to be displaced by Linux altogether?"
The Pirate Bay Successfully Appeals Italian Block 37
An anonymous reader writes "Last month, The Pirate Bay was blocked in Italy. The Swedish tracker appealed the ruling, and have emerged victorious. When they will be back online in Italy is not known, as news of this development is rather fresh."
White Spaces Test "Rigged," Says Google Co-Founder Page 323
Davide Marney writes "As reported by the Washington Post, Google co-founder Larry Page claims that an FCC field test of white space wireless devices was 'rigged' to make the test device fail to detect wireless microphone broadcasts. A Google spokesman explained later that testers had hidden the wireless microphones within the same frequency as local television stations, preventing the test device from detecting them."
China Announces Launch-Success Details — Before Launch 307
Ironsides writes "After faking the fireworks at the Olympics this year, one would have thought China had learned their lesson. Now, it appears they announced the success of their manned space mission before liftoff even occured, complete with dialogue."
Exploring Europe's Shipwrecks, Virtually 10
An anonymous reader writes "Fancy youself as a bit of an archaeologist? This picture story shows images from a project aiming to digitally map out the shipwrecks around Europe's coasts. The plan is for people to eventually be able to take a virtual tour of the wrecks from their PC."
Comment Re:But the real question is... (Score 1) 337
How does it respond to floods of nonsensical questions. How does it respond to 'smack talk'? Can it get angry and refuse to answer for a bit, though still bound to answer until the test is over (per Turing)?
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