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Comment Re:AP link (Score 1) 294

Damn it's running Android. Sign me up for 4 of them. This would be a great tool to use.

It would be nice to see the specs on it, as well as what it would take to get them shipped here with the solar kit.
User Journal

Journal Journal: Bad Karma

Wow,

You make a level headed comment about the status of US media and quickly find there are more ultra right wing conservatives out there than you can believe. You go from positive to bad in a heartbeat from people that are too fast with the moderation.

Comment Re:WTF (Score 1, Insightful) 709

It does not help that Fox news, the most popular news network in America, has people like Glenn Beck calling net neutrality a socialist plot.

Which is the fundamental problem in the USA. A totally biased, lying, piece of shit ultra conservative program that makes it's own definition of news is followed by millions of sheep in the US.

Until the US does something to curb this blatant BS that Fox, Rush L. and the other ultra conservative groups put out, the US will continue to spiral into hell and eliminate the dream that every American lives for.

Opinion is fine as long as it is defined as opinion and not FACT. They should have a disclaimer bar that scrolls across the top of the screen at all times stating this network (Fox News) is not reporting news, just their opinions on what they consider the news.

Operating Systems

OpenSUSE 11.3 Is Here 156

lukehashj writes "The openSUSE Project is pleased to announce the release of the latest incarnation of openSUSE, with support for 32-bit and 64-bit systems. OpenSUSE 11.3 is packed with new features and updates including SpiderOak to sync your files across the Internet for free, Rosegarden for free editing of your audio files, improved indexing with Tracker, and updates to Mozilla Firefox, and Thunderbird."
Iphone

Submission + - Apple, AT&T sued over iPhone 4 antenna problem (computerworld.com)

dpolak writes: Computerworld is reporting that a pair of residents in Maryland is suing Apple and AT&T, alleging that the smartphone's defective antenna design drops calls and can't hold a strong signal. They also claim that another lawfirm has received 1,400 complaints.

Gotta love the US mentality, sue to make yourself rich on anything you can. What does AT&T have to do with the design of the iPhone? Why not just bring the phone back, demand a refund and continue on with your 3Gs or try an Android phone out!?

Comment Re:Still doesn't bode well (Score 3, Interesting) 509

Open source and having safeguards are 2 different things.

If you want to root your phone and make a virus on it to steal your own data, go for it.

If you post it as an app in the marketplace and misrepresent it, plus the app is malicious then any responsible company needs to be able to protect their customers and their business.

I agree with the fact that they have this ability, and applaud them for using it on this. It puts out a warning shot to others not to do the same thing.

As for personal data and Google, they're the same as Apple and any other company. Expect that what you do with their services will never be private. Apple is now selling their customers data, it seems to be the way of the US corporate bound Internet.

Comment Re:Hey... (Score 1) 392

Bravo,

What do you need a billion dollars worth of tax payer security for in Canada!? What are we going to do to them, throw hot poutine at them!?

I'm sorry, there are enough watchlists out there that they could have barred all people on these lists from entering Canada and that would have done all they needed to do for the main security.

Heck, Obama got out of his car in Ottawa and started going through shops after he got elected. We showed him true Canadian spirit and gave him maple syrup and other gifts. Did they spend $12.5 million for security on him for the day!?

Canada's political parties are F'd up! There is nobody left to vote for that is worth a shit. God help us all Canadians if Harper gets a majority on the upcoming election. God help us if the Liberals, NDP, or Green party get's in.

Time to move to Europe!
The Internet

Over a Third of the Internet Is Pornographic 247

Th'Inquisitor writes "Pornography makes up 37% of the total number of web pages online, according to a new study published by Optenet, a SaaS provider. According to the report, which looked at a representative sample of around four million extracted URLs, adult content on the Internet increased by 17% in the first quarter of 2010, as compared to the same period in 2009."

Comment Re:Apple Store in App Store (Score 0, Troll) 285

The iPhone is a HSPA GSM phone. Sprint and Verizon are CDMA networks.

You will never see the iPhone on their networks unless they build one specifically for CDMA, doubtful, or if Verizon and/or Sprint build a GSM/HSPA network.

Rogers and Fido had an exclusive with Apple strictly because they were the only GSM providers in Canada. Bell and Telus went out and built a HSPA GSM network and now also carry the iPhone.

Almost all countries in the world, except for the US, South Korea, and parts of Iraq now run GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications: originally from Groupe Spécial Mobile).

GSM HSPA+ is faster than anything available right now, including Sprint's 4G.

HSPA also allows you to talk on the phone while still using data, CDMA does not.

You can bring your phone anywhere in the world and your number follows you, provided it's not one of the 3 mentioned countries.

You do the math, one version for basically the entire world, or 3 for the US (CDMA 4G, CDMA LTE, and GSM HSPA) and one for the rest of the world.

Comment Re:Fill 'er up! (Score 1) 431

My bad, that is what I meant, the sensitivity is really based on what year the chipset was produced. So people who purchased the original equipment will most likely not be able to get the same number of channels as newer sets. It's based on over all strength in dbs if I'm not mistaken. I couldn't even twin the antennae that I had because it exceeded the maximum signal strength my box would allow.

SUCKS!

Comment Re:Fill 'er up! (Score 1) 431

Not really, the said converter boxes are mostly crap anyways. Mine lasted all of 6 months before it fizzled out. I also found out that the NEW converter I purchased was using such an old chipset that it could only receive a handful of stations, and I bought the higher end one with a S-Video port on it.

That's when I found out the DTV standard is constantly changing and the schmucks that purchased first won't be able to get as much out of it as people who buy them now.

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