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Comment Re:Good (Score 1) 299

>Google could use a similar method to automatically block such spam sites (there would need to be some checks but some of these sites are so obviously spam that even a simple program should be able to figure it out. Yeah we'll throw together a couple hand wavy "checks" and it will all work, just like that! Easy!

Comment Re:easy. (Score 2) 260

But unless you are already up and running with Android development, that is kinda non trivial. And this question reeks of management coming to the IT department with a stack of tablets and saying, "Here, do magic, and we need this done by next Wednesday." Which usually rules out non-trivial development.

Comment Re:easy. (Score 2) 260

This pretty much. Unless you want to get down and dirty in Cyanogenmod or some other Android community release (and your tablets run Android), I don't know how you would do it. You might try stripping out everything you can from the tablet, locking down what you can with security and parent control settings, setting up a wireless network that doesn't hand out a gateway with DHCP, or doesn't even have an internet connection, would get you close to you want. Still won't keep people from exiting the browser and bumping around the system.

Comment No people = no cellphones (Score 3) 173

Seriously, have you ever been to those places that are all in black? The population density is less than 1 person per square mile in a lot of them. A lot less in most places. Large portions of Nevada have population densities of 0 people per square mile. There is just no reason to build towers in the middle of no where.

Comment Support and Release Schedule (Score 2) 666

The only 2 reasons I can really think of are Redhat support (which, at the place were I work, barely gets used. In fact I believe we are migrating to CentOS because we can't justify the cost of support with how often we use it), and the release schedule, because it seems like CentOS is run by the seat of their pants, and they'll release when they feel like it.

Comment More devices than people (Score 2) 374

Off the top of my head: Between the 3 people that live here (girlfriend, apartment mate, and I), and the roommates girlfriend who is frequently over, there are up to: 3 Androids, 1 Blackberry, 4 laptops, a chromebook, a media center, and home file/media server. This doesn't include assorted other devices belonging to friends who visit regularly. There is actually enough traffic that I am considering putting in a second access point to lesson the peak loads.

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