Can you provide a citation for this? I would like to rebut a friend of mine who is blaming this all on the union.

I see it as someone sending me a garbage document. If you want to communicate with me, communicate in a known and accepted way. ie if you and Microsoft make up your own version of English, don't expect the rest of the world to cow-tow to you.

Its about time... we might actually be able to start using it.

iOS is 2nd in market share in mobile just like Apple is 2nd in market share on desktop. How does coming in 2nd in every market they touch make them the "800 lb gorilla"?

It's called ad hominem. The fact that it is Florian writing this does not necessarily make the facts wrong, but it makes it such that you must use a different source.

For the purposes of photography the law treats shopping malls as public space - ie you have no privacy. The owner can still have rules regarding photography, but the only way to enforce them is to ask the person to leave - which this teen was attempting to do when the guard assaulted him.

Maybe you didn't read the story, but the teen was attempting to leave when the guard assaulted him.

1. It was in a public space. He was legally allowed to take that picture.
2. Media credentials do not have anything to do with legality. The state need not recognize you as a journalistic institution for you to have freedom of the press.
3. I applaud him photographing the takedown. Clearly we have different opinions there.

It was not a police officer that he was resisting, it was a security guard - who is a citizen. That guard should be the one who was arrested (for assault), not the teen.

You cannot arrest someone for "resisting arrest". He was resisting a false arrest by a citizen, therefore if they had actually assessed the situation, their legal duty would have been to arrest the security guard for assault, which in my mind should still happen - by all rights and by law, that guard should be behind bars at this very moment.

You're missing the point. Modern technology (smartphones) is now allowing every citizen to keep "watch the watchers". Apparently this makes them uneasy as they've generally been able to get away with a lot of extra-legal actions for a very long time.

Do not seek special gear to hide your surveillance. Publicize it. Advertise it. Challenge authority. Fuck the Police.

Pretty much why I'm here...

Makes total sense!

Vast bulk of actual dollars are hoarded not used.

The U.S. started it decades ago by propping up a dictator in Iran. If you are too lazy to read history, I suggest you go watch Argo. Hint #1: pay attention to *why* the Iranians took those hostages. Hint #2: Argo took place in 1980. Saying "Iran started it" based on their alleged actions in the past decade when this has been going on for over 3 decades is just plain silly.

It has not been demonstrated that they do actually have a covert weapons program. Iraq WoMD all over again. In addition, they are a sovereign country even if they were I would not begrudge them that. Several of their (hostile) neighbors have them, and the U.S. (also hostile) has enough nukes to decimate all life on earth... why should they not be allowed to pursue them? Stop crying foul over this bullshit.