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Comment Re:NoScript (Score 1) 124

The .com was left off in the "Accept from" list. Try this version with it added, it works for me. # This one allows Facebook scripts and objects to be included only # from Facebook pages Site .facebook.com .fbcdn.net Accept from .facebook.com .fbcdn.net Deny INCLUSION(SCRIPT, OBJ, SUBDOC)

Comment It just works. (Score 3, Interesting) 664

Here's a major difference between Apple's iTunes DRM and other companies:

it lets people do what they want with it.

No, not what YOU want to do with it, what the average iPod/Mac owner wants to do with it.

Most people who are buying songs through iTunes have an iPod or iPhone, many have a mac, and the songs and shows are designed to work just fine on both. They don't want to sync with anything else, so why would they care about the DRM?

Something that restricts you from putting music on your iPod, yes that's going to piss the users off, but something designed to integrate with it? Not so much.

Input Devices

Good Cross-Platform Speech-Recognition Programs? 175

CryoStasis writes "I am a graduate student getting my degree in biomedical sciences. Because my work often requires me to maintain a local sterile environment (under a biological hood) I find that I am unable to physically touch my computer, which sits beside me, in order to open my notes, protocols, etc. while I'm working. As a result, I have begun to search for a voice-recognition program that will allow me to tell the computer what files/programs to launch. I know that the general field of voice recognition has come a long way, but I find that the built-in speech recognition systems in both OS X and Vista are clunky and difficult to use. Are there any good, cross-platform speech-recognition programs available that might fit the bill?"

Comment Re:Clock can run in reverse. (Score 0, Flamebait) 696

It did, but not in the way this guy thinks it should have.

I'm "the guy." I just happen to be a user here, too. :)

By law the money needed to go to pay down our public debt first, which is real debt despite this guys claims.

If you read my article you'll find I didn't contradict that. I didn't say the public debt didn't go down, but every single year the intergovernmental debt went up more. If the public debt had gone down more than the intergovernmental debt had gone up, that'd have been something. Unfortunately it wasn't the case.

Comment Re:Moral of the story? (Score 1) 773

"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."

The moral of the story is:

KEEP YOUR FUCKING SEATBELT FASTENED AT ALL TIMES.

Most frequent flyers I know (myself included) never ever take our seatbelts off unless it's absolutely necessary. We have all been through clear air turbulence (commonly abbreviated as CAT), unexplained plunges, and other fun things that are almost guaranteed to happen to you if you fly often enough.

People that immediately unbuckle their seatbelts as soon as the light goes off boggle me, they really do. It represents a hazard not only to the person who's unbuckled, but also the poor bastard he might happen to land on.

And parents, keep your fucking toddler buckled in. The last thing we need in the midst of sudden turbulence is little Snotleigh bouncing around the cabin.

Announcements

Submission + - "new" 7 wonders of the world declared (new7wonders.com)

freakxx writes: ""New" 7 wonders of the worlds have been announced today at Lisbon, Portugal. People throughout the world have voted actively to elect the new 7 out of 21 finalists. As a summery, these are: Chichen Itza, Mexico; Christ Redeemer, Brazil; The Great Wall, China; Machu Picchu, Peru; Petra, Jordan; The Roman Colosseum, Italy; and The Taj Mahal, India. "Pyramids of Giza, Egypt" was the only candidate which also used to be among old 7 wonders before. However, it couldn't make into the list of final 7 and hence we have a complete new set of "seven wonders of the world".

Finally, a question: should the wonders be decided by polling or by a group of experts in this field coming from every part of the world?!"

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