@Arken: So gay rights activists are bigots because they are (rightfully) completely intolerant of the belief that gay marriage should be outlawed. The takeaway is that we should quit abusing this word.

Audit Your Tabs - is this a different shortcut on Mac? I can't get it.

@science is sexy: Lies. No one will remember their names in this case. Hell I just read it and I guarantee you I won't remember them tomorrow. But what people WILL remember is that Julian Assange was accused of rape. Now whenever we hear his name we think of this slimy womanizer using deceit to get into bed with…

I really prefer the Android vids to how an iPad feels, and I want the Honeycombs...but...iPad has the app advantage both in sheer number and experience in the formfactor.

Session hijacking can be largely nullified by proper techniques, fortunately ( on the server side).

Just wait till they find out about what happens to the environment when they make those Prius batteries...

@TheFu: You've never seen JavaScript on a server? Allow me to introduce my friend node.js

I have a hulking tower for a HTPC. But it has something your guide does not. 4.5TB!

I adhere to the idea that "human rights" are universally extant. They exist from any human-human interaction and are relevant no matter how primitive.

@salvai: The United abomiNations is a piss poor pot of nothing. It was created to prevent wars. It has not prevented any, and legitimized a few.

A couple of times I've been on open networks at say an airport or hotel and just opened up a sniffing tool like Wireshark to see what I could see. It's really staggering how easy it would be to steal credentials. Someone who is criminally minded could probably fund themselves off of it.

@thevpuli: It USED to be significantly slower (think 7 years ago). It also was more complicated to setup until the software that websites use became more sophisticated. Last but not least, the certificate authorities that issue the little keys that say you are who you say you are; they are jerks.

I'm not saying I'm all about the Taco Bell, but some people ought to watch the Penn & Teller episode on Fast Food.

Also if you have ruby on your system, try this:

As a *nix only type person who does development, I am in the Terminal ALL the time. I knew a bunch of these. But I didn't know a couple of these. Awesome!

If my computer starts playing pop music when I turn it on, I'm going AMD...

SSD...totally worth it. Once you go that way you can't go back.

@suryamp: The Macbook Pro I'm typing on has had just that done to it!

@drongch: Oh, you're totally right. For say, my mom, one is hack she doesn't get, the other is "Install this thing". The Google simplicity here is a win for them. I just prefer the hack.

@drongch: Yea, but his method offers a couple of distinct advantages: