Sure, so now when the world ends, we'll just blame it on Jupiter! "Hey, Jupiter, why'd you lose weight?" "Hey, Jupiter, how come you eat so much?" "Hey, Jupiter, what happened to that cute red spot? Did you get it removed? Because I really thought it was sexy." Why don't we just leave Jupiter alone, and quit being so judgmental?

The article is just worded poorly. It implies that he actually contracted a computer virus, just like any human virus.

All he really did was just implant a chip in his hand that had a virus on it. Then he demonstrated that the chip would actually transmit the virus. Which isn't really a huge shock, since he was using it to communicate with other devices in the first place. According TFA, he used it for security passes and his phone.

So, at some point, he turned this into: "Pacemakers are at risk"....which, since they're not communication devices...no, no they're not.

Sounds to me like someone lost their grant money or something, and was trying to justify eating doughnuts for 3 years and doing nothing else.

I'm really looking forward to using this for tabletop gaming. I'd like to see someone come up with an extension for drawing maps quickly, because everything else you need, is there. You can slip notes to the players, have everyone working on separate things at once, roll dice (with modifiers), and all from your browser. The interface is almost limitless in what it can do for a DM/GM. I would agree that the practicality is lacking in the business world, but this thing is going to be a major hit for tabletop gaming.

Great, you now took down the #1 resource for cheese with the Slashdot effect. Good going.

A Google App that collects information, even if you ask it not to? Say it isn't so!

http://www.mylocalinstaller.com/diagra2.jpg

It's the closest thing I can find. But....that's a lot.

Article by PC World: http://www.pcworld.com/article/195185/gizmodos_iphone_saga_fact_vs_speculation.html Judging by the article, this guy did get raided, and is considering suing the police. They're still trying to figure out if he's protected by journalism shield laws. If Apple's actually pulling the strings, there are better ways to hype your product than to get into several legal battles. The very idea that they are, is ridiculous.

This CEO says he "owns" the pipes. Fine, let's get the government all the way out of this venture. I want a reckoning of much money local, state, federal governments have put into the building and maintenance of those pipes. And if SBC's going to "own" them, they'd better cut those governments some big ass checks to compensate them for their investments, and the government can plow that into making the communications market competitive again. Otherwise, I hope the state AG's start looking hard in SBC's direction...

I couldn't agree more. This is exactly what I was thinking when I was reading the article. How can this guy NOT have gotten a return on his investment yet? I sincerely doubt he's in debt up to his eyeballs here....considering the help he's getting from the governments, and the utter TRAFFIC that goes across the pipe these days. Saying that he needs to double his money is just plain ludicrousy, but he dances around SAYING that pretty well.

But Slashdotters are no fools ;)