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Re:TSA: Some on US-bound flights must turn on phones on Monday July 07, 2014 @03:48AM (#7997584)
So you've got 17 apps on your phone. And all you need to do to see Allah is to open 5 of them in sequence. 17x16x15x14x13 = 742560.

Or maybe all you have to do is get your unlock password wrong a certain way.

Fact is, the fact your phone boots makes it more of a threat, not less. LOL!

Fact is, this is not about security. It is an exercise in security theater.

Re:Ken Thompson flies a MiG-29 (1999) on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @03:05AM (#7771517)
No. I'm from the Boston area.

But my sister and mother live in Colorado Springs. Of late, I've noticed it's become cheaper and more convenient to fly into DEN and drive down to the Springs, instead of booking a flight right into COS. So, I've become more familiar with Denver as a result.

Re:Ken Thompson flies a MiG-29 (1999) on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @02:40AM (#7771463)
Might that be APA? With the Rockies in the background?
Do carry on in software development.

But save enough of your income to interest your economist side.

One morning, you will wake up and realize you made over 50% of your income before you tumbled out of bed!

Carried to an (eminently achievable) extreme, this is called "fuck-you money". Some achieve it suddenly, but many gradually.

Hah! I'm a big loser!

    Our in-depth psychological assessment shows that you
    might like a career as a cheese taster, scuba diver
    or professional TV show watcher.
To be fair, it does list some alternatives. E.g., I could be a political scientist. But, then, I'd get fired and be downvoted into oblivion.

I could be a user experience designer or an online reputation manager [watch it!], but that sounds far more like a supplier than a job description.

I suppose I could be an epidemiologist. But I'm lazy, so that would only work for really interesting diseases. Gotta stay motivated, don't you know!

I could be an animal scientist or trainer. Maybe that would work if I could be as sensitive as another recently posted author (octopuses). But I seriously doubt it, I being a slacker!

I could be a cartoonist, except I can't draw worth shit. I could be a lyricist or a poet or writer. But that takes talent. Which I don't have.

I could be stonemason or a plasterer or a stucco mason. But, did I mention, I'm a slacker!

Baker. Getting warm. Bread being baked does smell nice. Yeah, that's promising. Except I'm too rich.

Re:Google Maps Has Forsaken Us on Saturday May 10, 2014 @08:19PM (#7727264)
I just tried it, watching the auto-complete. The word "Sambisa" resulted in two choices, both in Nigeria, the second one being the Forest Reserve.
Re:Go is boring on Monday April 28, 2014 @10:08PM (#7664495)
You don't even need a stuct ...

http://play.golang.org/p/GHzsNdtiNf

Re:Why Chinese Is So Damn Hard (1992) on Monday April 21, 2014 @04:26PM (#7623554)
I wonder how Эдвард Сноуден is enjoying his time there.
Re:Unpythonic Python on Thursday April 10, 2014 @03:04AM (#7564573)
You can say

    x = dict(a = 'string', b = list(('foo', 'bar')))
Re:Analysis of suspected MH370 pings recorded by Ocean Shield on Thursday April 10, 2014 @01:36AM (#7564362)
The GP's point is well-taken. The company that produces this particular widget calls it an "underwater locator beacon",[1] not a "pinger".

To "ping" implies you are the locator, not the locatee, whether you are sitting in front of a terminal window or are running the active sonar[2] on a boat. You send a signal out and await a response, be it a reply (as in the case of the ping command) or an echo (as in the case of sonar).

[1]http://www.radiantpowercorp.com/dk-series-underwater-locator...

[2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonar#Active_sonar

Re:Ask HN: List of common user agents and screen sizes? on Friday April 04, 2014 @10:39PM (#7535748)
According to statcounter.com, the breakdown for screen size is

    1366x768  27% rising
    1440x900  16% falling slightly
    1920x1080 12% rising slightly
    1024x768  11% falling
    1280x800   7% falling slightly
URL: http://gs.statcounter.com/#resolution-CN-monthly-201303-2014...

Be patient. It was really slow.

As for browser, the breakdown is

    IE      40% falling
    Chrome  37% rising
    Segou    7% level
    Firefox  5% level
    Safari   3% level
URL: http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-CN-monthly-201303-201403