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Comment Legality vs. Ability (Score 3, Interesting) 423

I don't think legality was holding people back. It mainly was the technical expertise to do so.

I think jailbreaking will be still limited to the hobbiest.

To use a car analogy (Which will be replied to with a better analogy proving me wrong):
Now everyone can put "illegal" flamethrower pipes on their car and not get arrested, but who's going to do it but hobbiest?

Comment More Details (Score 1) 426

I don't think you will get good feedback unless you explain the following:

(1) be simple - To your users? Is your current UI simple enough for them? Tip: If you know your user's names, you're the real interface.
(2) be easy to update - Over a network or sneakernet? Do you have Admin rights? A central server?
(3) be able to send PCL commands to LAN-attached printers - Seems detailed enough. Firewall might be a problem.
(4) allow email feedback - Again, What's your firewall situation? POP/etc gets blocked a lot if they're (the app) is the "server".

Not gripes, just helpful to know if you want answers.

Comment Calling BS (Score 5, Insightful) 322

I would like to add this one:

As a member of the "Net Generation", I feel we have tuned ourselves to calling out Bullshit...
We have an ability to figure out that some stuff is the result of marketing vs. actual Buzz. That's why fake "viral videos" are so painful to watch.

Examples:
- Cyber Monday (We know this WAS fake, but stores use it to market now)
- MySpace Buzz (We knew this was dead years ago)
- CNN trying to be "hip" (We saw this from a mile away)
- The ACTUAL relevancy of Twitter vs. what is said on TV (Regis has a twitter account, it's officially uncool)
- 3DTV (A new one from this week due to CES. Seriously, I/We're not feeling it)

Now we can easily add the phrases "iGeneration" and "Net Generation"

We know these phrases are bullshit, but get ready to hear more about it.

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