Comment Awww... (Score 4, Funny) 319
They didn't accept my name, "Menstruating Mongoose". :(
Basically the questions concern privacy (as individuals they have very little) and morality (do we want two men sharing them, or do we want them sharing one man).
It doesn't matter what we want. Only what they want. Society needs to stay out of the personal lives of consenting adults.
It begs the question: What's wrong with your faaaaaaace?
What was that from again? It's going to bug me all day until I figure it out.
There were too many fast food logos in the summary picture and I was too impatient to read the rest of the article, in fact I don't think I can complete this sentenc...
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Let's be honest. At least 90% of bit torrent traffic is either downloading p0rn or people pirating games, movies, and music.
Let's be honest, 90% of guns are used to kill people. Let's abolish the 2nd amendment!
The problem with your argument is, bittorrent is not in the wrong. The people using bittorrent for infringement are.* You might as well blame the internet itself.
*"Wrong" depending on your perspective perhaps, but that is a different discussion.
We should seriously think about collecting modern knowledge, archiving, distributing and hiding it. Preferably on materials that survive centuries, and readable without any equipment.
And we shall call this distributed archive...bittorrent!
Can I install my software without Apple's permission yet?
Yes, if you have a developer's license, you may install any software you want on your own phone. Using Apple's iTunes App store will require their permission.
So they just give these developer licenses out to whomever asks for them, right? With no fee?
Can I assign my songs directly as ringtones yet?
This is more of a carrier limitation if I remember. I had a Verizon phone and it had the same issue. I would have to pay to get song to be a ringtone even though the phone could be an MP3 player.
Since you can't get unlocked iPhones (through official channels), doesn't that make carrier limitations also iPhone limitations? I don't want carriers dictating the terms of use of hardware to me.
Can I add my own audio and video codecs yet?
While technically you can do this, why? It isn't very efficient if you use the mobile device CPU to process these codecs. On a general computer, it's not a big deal. On a mobile device, it's more of an issue with limited power and processing capability. Generally mobile devices have dedicated hardware for codecs.
People use codecs other than h.264, hard as that is to believe. They also use more than 64k memory, but that didn't stop the industry leader at the time from asking why people would even need more.
Can I take my phone to another carrier without Apple trying to brick my phone with a firmware update yet?
Way back in the day, Apple warned that jailbreaking an iPhone may cause problems because of the methods used. You are forcing the device to work in ways not intended. When they released a firmware update that bricked phones, they didn't shed a tear because they warned you. Jailbreakers found a workaround.
You don't seem to understand: the very idea that you have to "jailbreak" a phone is ridiculous to me. We've come to accept vendor lock-ins and restrictions as just a part of the industry, but they are dangerous shift in power away from consumers and into the hands of providers.
There are other options out there, and as much as
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