Rexdude - Slashdot User

Submission + - Seamonkey vs. Firefox - any takers? (seamonkey-project.org) 4

Submitted by Rexdude on Saturday October 20, 2012 @03:04PM

Rexdude writes: Firefox continues to be criticized for their new versioning system and being a memory hog. People talk about Chrome, IE9, Opera as alternatives — but do Slashdotters ever use Seamonkey? I've never seen anyone mention it in any discussion on browsers.
The successor to the original Mozilla Suite, it has a fullblown email/news/RSS client, Chatzilla, and an HTML editor. Also several other default features that would require separate extensions for Firefox. And they don't update their versions like crazy either, the current version is 2.13.1. I've been quite happy with it so far, it's snappier to use than Firefox. How many people on Slashdot use Seamonkey, and what has been your experience? (Note — I'm not affiliated with the project)

Submission + - Cloned drug sniffing dogs prove successful in S. K (singularityhub.com)

Submitted by Rexdude on Monday October 10, 2011 @04:43AM

Rexdude writes: A prize drug sniffing dog at Incheon Airport in S Korea was cloned 4 years ago, and now the clones have proved to be much more successful at becoming sniffer dogs themselves compared to regular dogs. Not as controversial as human cloning, but are we going to see genetic copyrights on prized animal breeds in the future?

Submission + - Apple patents 'enforceable' ad viewing on devices (nytimes.com)

Submitted by Rexdude on Monday November 16, 2009 @04:03AM

Rexdude writes: Apple has filed a patent that forces users to interact with an ad. FTFA: "Its distinctive feature is a design that doesn’t simply invite a user to pay attention to an ad — it also compels attention. The technology can freeze the device until the user clicks a button or answers a test question to demonstrate that he or she has dutifully noticed the commercial message. Because this technology would be embedded in the innermost core of the device, the ads could appear on the screen at any time, no matter what one is doing."

Submission + - List of predictions for the Internet in 1995

Submitted by Rexdude on Wednesday January 03, 2007 @01:53AM

Rexdude writes: Here's a list of predictions from 'The Internet' magazine at the end of 1994. It highlights the major changes and events on the net as it was back then (20 million users only, for starters). Seems a throwback to a relatively more innocent time, when the unwashed masses had not taken over the net as much as today. And look at the reverence accorded to long dead protocols like Gopher!

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