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Comment: Re:But the ONE thing I want... (Score 1) 141

by Kelson (#45960401) Attached to: Google Chrome 32 Is Out: Noisy Tabs Indicators, Supervised Users

Do you actually need that question *every* time, or do you just want to build a list of sites that are allowed to persist cookies and let the rest drop off at the end of your browsing session?

Chrome doesn't have the ask-every-time option, but you can set it to only keep cookies until you close your browser, then add exceptions for the sites you want to persist. It's a bit clunkier to build up the list, but unless you're adding to it frequently, once you have the list it'll just stay out of your way and work.

Comment: Re:lobbying is bullshit (Score 2) 65

by Kelson (#45218669) Attached to: Google Leads Among Consumer Tech Companies Lobbying Congress

Problem is, if Google doesn't spend the money, then the other companies that are spending the money are going to be heard, not Google.

Exactly. One of the big things to come out of the fight against SOPA was the realization that Silicon Valley needed to step up the lobbying if they were going to avoid being stepped on by Hollywood's lobbying.

Comment: Re:Can someone please explain ... (Score 3, Informative) 658

by Kelson (#45205415) Attached to: Oregon Extends Push To Track, Tax Drivers Per Mile

California has a bi-annual smog inspection. Smog inspections have been shown to be very effective at reducing smog.

Hybrids and electric cars are exempt though, along with several other alternative fuels, really old cars (older than 1975 and still running), and new cars less than six years old. So CA only gets the data on older cars that are using the "usual" amount of gas.

If California were to implement the plan that Oregon is looking at, they wouldn't be able to use the smog inspections, because the segment they want to add is the same segment that's exempt from inspections.

Comment: Re:USB OTG (Score 1) 87

by Kelson (#41785373) Attached to: Ubuntu Now Available On the Nexus 7

There's at least one app out there that give you read access to USB drives without rooting. It's called Nexus Media Importer and runs $3. Obviously it doesn't apply to anyone installing Ubuntu, but for those who want to stick with Android & don't want to root their device, it can take care of simple use cases like loading photos from a camera, pulling audio files from a thumb drive, etc.

Comment: Incredible sight (Score 5, Interesting) 87

by Kelson (#41637837) Attached to: Space Shuttle Endeavour's Final Journey



Comment: Re:WHERE?!? (Score 4, Informative) 43

by Kelson (#40953521) Attached to: Perseids Meteor Shower Maximum Is This Weekend



Comment: Good idea for mobile devs too... (Score 1) 76

by Kelson (#40825757) Attached to: Chaos Monkey Released Into the Wild

Except they need to randomly turn off the network connection in their test envronment. It's amazing how many mobile apps assume you'll always have a solid connection and never be in an elevator, or walking between tall buildings, or the basement of a convention center, or any other place with a spotty or overloaded signal.

Comment: Gee, thanks SOPA. Sort of. (Score 5, Interesting) 94

by Kelson (#40787877) Attached to: Web Giants Form US Internet Lobby Group

I remember this being something that came up during the fight over SOPA: Namely, that while the entertainment industry is used to lobbying the government, the tech industry was fractured and didn't see lobbying as a high priority, so the success Hollywood had at railroading some of those crazy ideas just blindsided them. (Stacked hearings, deliberately ignoring experts, etc.) It became clear that something would have to level the field, and since we know the RIAA, MPAA and friends aren't going to back off on their lobbying (and we know the government isn't going to stop listening to lobbyists), the solution is a tech lobby.

1 Sagan = Billions & Billions