Hmm, you're right that 2000 is probably too early, but 2007 is way too late. The research was done by a research group that published the results, and if I'm not completely wrong they came up with a false negative rate of 85-90%.

I don't quite remember when the first accelerometer phones were out, but I think this was done with either one of the first ones with it, or a prototype phone. I only remember this because I was interested in this technology, but didn't expect to get one for a long time.

I think there was a court decision that at least CSS encryption was not considered strong. and according to wikipedia the law is not clear on when it is ok to break strong encryption.

I do agree with you that it's idiotic to ban things like this, but since the law isn't clear enough, I wouldn't wonder if Sony would slap an "infringer" with a lawsuit just in case.

Actually, according to the article, the letters were sent because the dongles are devices to circumvent copy protection. And with our abomination of a law, Lex Karpela, devices to circumvent strong copy protection are also banned in Finland. So they might be able to go after you on the same grounds.

That said, I think I'm done with Sony for good. It's almost a shame that I already have a PS3.

Actually, the 8000$ was the expected cost of a larger 1000 gallon version.

1000 gallons a day is already a pretty nice amount, but as you said, the maintenance work and costs are unknown.

Wow, I remember reading about this a long long time ago. There's a reference to an article of 2007 in there, but this must have been around 2000. Sadly I can't seem to find the link to that article (oh, surprise), Well, I guess most things are bound to be invented at least twice with the amout of people with grants out there...

Pretty cool? The magnets are at friggin 1.9K! That's freezing!

Actually, unless the aricle is completely wrong...

Ten letters: idspispopd

You don't have to write down the password and put it on a public announcement board. Write down your passwords on a scrap of paper. Don't include any username/system information on the same scrap. Make a few systematic errors in the written down passwords (eg. switch capitalization on the second letter). Put that scrap of paper in your wallet.

Now, many passwords you use daily you'll remember anyway. Looking up more rarely used ones shouldn't be a problem, since you probably have some kind of idea which of the written down password works for which account. If your wallet is lost/stolen, there is no info for which systems/usernames the passwords work, and they won't work out-of-the-box anyway./p

True, but this data is usually a small nonexistent alley or something. I doubt they add or remove highway ramps or do other things that harm the navigation. On purpose that is.

As another openmoko user I can sadly confirm that (for me) it doesn't work as a primary phone. I tried to do it several times with different distributions, but it just never worked well enough, even with android

If didn't randomly stop accepting calls and SMSs now and then, I might have used it. But in addition to that, the audio wasn't good, and the interface was slow, and you should never completely let if be discharged, since then you couldn't charge the battery anymore.

Now I just use a normal phone, but I guess MeeGo will be my next shot. Maemo5 already looks really nice.

As always, there's an xkcd for that http://xkcd.com/465/

If one needs wifi only, one can probably pick up a N810 for pretty cheaply nowadays. Skype works nicely on it, and in my experience one can even get decent battery life.

Haha, don't worry, I didn't take offence to what you said, and as you said we're a Nordic, but not Scandinavian country. And I do agree that there's a distinct difference between Scandinavia and Finland. Also the fact that Finland was part of Russia (well some some finns like saying Russia was a part of Finland) did of course have an impact on our culture. I don't directly disagree with your other points either, but I think things might not be quite that drastic.

But my main point is that at least nowadays, I think Finland's culture is closer to Scandinavian than Russian. It's probably been getting closer for a long time. But having spent time in all the Nordic countries and Russia and Estonia, and meeting a lot of people from them, imho the difference between Scandinavia and Finland is there, but it's not that big. Compared to Swedes and Norwegians, Russians are alien to me (generalizing of course).

To feed your fire, I just have to say, we tough finnish men don't need love. Or at least show it ;).

As a finn I just have to say, uhm, what? Sure, we have higher suicide rates and alcohol consumption than sweden, but that's about it. Oh, and we don't have Burger King. Otherwise while Sweden and Finland aren't indistinguishable, they are far closer than Finland vs. baltic countries, or especially Russia.