Comment Re:ahem (Score 1) 170
I hope they are also working on FireFox for Android.
Yes, they are: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Platforms/Android
Comment Re:More insightful than it sounds (Score 1) 170
The idea that companies are in business to do business doesn't register.
Of course it does. However, some corporations seem to conflate the "do business" and "screw everyone" concepts. Some only do it once in a while and a few never does it. That's called "reality" and it doesn't come in black and white.
Comment Re:You can stop the madness. (Score 1) 230
That would be both illegal (as we're a political party) and futile (as we do not keep any such records). We have no idea who gives us money.
Comment Re:Bankrupt ? HAHAHAHAHAAH (Score 1) 347
Thanks. We'll put it to good use (I just ordered more RAM for the servers, so that's one way donations will be used).
Comment Re:Bankrupt ? HAHAHAHAHAAH (Score 5, Informative) 347
the moment they put up an international donation page, they would get flooded with money. remember obama's campaign and how he floated on $5 donations as opposed to clinton and won.
Submission + - Political Party act as new ISP for The Pirate Bay (google.se)
An anonymous reader writes: After the recent verdict by a German judge vs. the old ISP of the famous torrent site The Pirate Bay, TPB now has a new host: The Swedish Pirate Party
Submission + - The Pirate Bay goes down, and up again (google.com)
mikael_j writes: This morning the german ISP that had been hosting The Pirate Bay's website and search engine shut the site down. A few hours later the website was back up, this time with hosting provided by the Swedish Pirate Party which issued a press release (in swedish) explaining why they have chosen to host The Pirate Bay.
Free Remote Access Tools For Windows and Mac Compared 152
snydeq writes "InfoWorld's Keith Schultz provides an in-depth comparison of seven free remote access tools for Windows, four of which offer compatibility with the Mac. 'As you read about each tool, you'll notice that I put a lot of emphasis on remote printing. I rely on remote access tools on a daily basis, and in most cases I need to be able to print to my remote PC. For someone that just wants to check their home/office email account or view documents from outside the office, all of the utilities here will work fine. But for those trying to get some serious work done, remote printing may be the deal breaker.' Many of the free tools under review offer paid or licensed versions for access to additional features."
Comment Re:New name... (Score 1) 430
OK, so that seems a bit schizophrenic.
Not really. If you consider the two forms of information there is; private information that should be kept private and public information that should be kept public, you will see that any time you try to force one kind of information into the other realm, you get problems.
An example; a song is public information as it's broadcast on the radio, available for sale in shops and on iTunes. Any attempts to make this public information private via DRM or harsh copyright laws will run into problems with enforcement and collateral damages to privacy laws as *IAA has to eavesdrop on private conversations to see if there are any infringing activities going on.
OTOH, private information like what gender I fancy, my medical records or how I voted in the latest election should always be protected and kept private. Amy attempts to make this private information public via widespread wire-tapping or surveillance is anathema to a free and healty democracy.
Ultimately, the choice of making personal information public or private should lie with the individual, not big corporations or governments. As a rule, citizens should be protected from the government while government should be transparent to the citizens.
Comment Re:Too bad (Score 1) 849
"I'm Elmew Fudd and I APPWOVE this message!"
Comment Re:I can fully understand the operators (Score 1) 329
Where I come from telcos support the phones they sell... I can't see how that's 'naive' since that's how it works in most of the world...
Really? You come from "most of the world"?
Comment Projector (Score 1) 35
[x] my home theatre screen > 55", suckah!
A NEC NP100 projector on a 72" wall (actually, it's the top part of our fireplace placed between two panoramic windows) with a home-built Mythbuntu box, a Yamaha 5.1 amp/reciever and a H/K HKTS11 5.1 speaker system. I looked for the best-speced stuff in the "reasonably cheap" category. Most of the satellite speaker wiring is regular white 2x1.5mm cable. #worksforme
Comment Re:I love Drupal (Score 1) 122
Yes it is. There's even a module for it: http://drupal.org/project/og
Comment Re:Celsius: It's for telling temperature (Score 1) 1233
While 0 Celsius might reasonably be described as "pretty cold", on a human scale, 100 Celsius is not "pretty hot"; it's way past any temperature that you can survive in.
I regularly push my sauna over the 100 degree C mark and I don't FEEL like a zombie.
Comment Re:Title (Score 3, Informative) 275
Hmm... its interesting, because you start off saying that OEMs that took th etime to customize have decent products, but then you blame Windows mobile for the problem you're having with your particular phone. Did you consider perhaps that HP dropped the ball and they screwed up your phone?
The WM version that's on my particular iPaq model is more or less untouched by HP, they just added a few themes and gave up. I'd say it's more like Microsoft screwed up Windows Mobile (BTW, I just checked and I have 6.1, not 6.5) and the OEMs that took the time to fix all of Microsoft's mistakes are to be commended. I can't say that HP dropped the ball, but it is quite obvious they didn't pick it up either.
