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Comment Re:Already considering uninstalling firefox (Score 1) 362

by egonw on Wednesday October 23, 2013 @04:26AM (#45210065) Attached to: Firefox's Blocked-By-Default Java Isn't Going Down Well

JSMol is just not yet as fast as the applet. For Jmol users (lower case 'm'), JavaScript has been a step sideways, at best :( Other scientific applets that are affected include JChemPaint, PathVisio, and I think there are numerous others. This is a big middle finger of the browser builders to the scientific community :( Instead of coming up with proper, secure sandboxes, they just remove the functionality. Disappointing.

Comment Re:Removed Windows (Score 1) 522

by egonw on Sunday October 16, 2011 @10:37AM (#37730422) Attached to: The best computer upgrade I've ever done was:

Same here. In fact, still running a 6 year old system as main desktop. I had to replace the battery twice now, but it still perfectly fine to use. Best upgrade? Benefit / Cost = Near Infinite.

The 1-Second Linux Boot 156

Posted by timothy on Friday February 26, 2010 @10:53PM from the unexamined-boot-is-not-worth-booting dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Less than one second Linux boot! This video shows an OMAP3530 capturing video data from a camera and rendering it to an LCD display — the video appears on the LCD display in less than a second from reset."

Hollywood Stock Exchange Set To Launch In April 100

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 24, 2010 @03:08PM from the put-me-down-for-$10-on-portman dept.

You can buy and sell actor or movie "stock" for virtual cash on the website Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX). Starting in April the company plans on letting you turn those movie performance predictions into real dollars. HSX filed with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission for approval as an active trading site in November 2008 and has just entered the final phase of regulatory review. Richard Jaycobs, president of HSX's parent company, said, "The number of people who visit movie theaters each year and form opinions about a film's success is in the tens of millions. We believe that's the reason the public response to this product has been very positive."

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