This "study" is mostly bullshit. This article sums it up nicely:

http://www.slate.com/articles/...

The LastSession.plist file stores way, way more data than just URL's.

When I log into my bank account, my username and password are not in the URL and certainly not passed unencrypted over the wire. They are happily stored in the LastSession.plist file though.

I'm using Safari 7 on Mavericks, so it clearly isn't fixed in the latest version.

There are some details here: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/09/11/apple-new-iphone-not-storing-fingerprints-doesnt-like-sweat/

Basically if something goes wrong with the fingerprint scanner it will always fall back to the passcode and in some cases it will require the passcode instead of a fingerprint.

Also, you need a passcode to unlock the phone after it has been powered off and if it hasn't been unlocked for 48 hours.

There are probably some other special circumstances but that is the gist of it

LOL!

Way to show you're just an outspoken Apple hater who literally has no idea what they are talking about.

What exactly does Apple have to do with shoddy 3rd party software?

Neither Parallels or VMWare Fusion are in Apple's App store. So if grandma is going to the store to buy virtualization software, I would hope she has some idea of what she is doing.

Also, if grandma happens to hose the Ubuntu machine you gave her and she has to look at this:

~#:_

Does that mean Linux is shit and just for freetard lusers?

You don't need an Amazon device to read Amazon ebooks.

I do own a Kindle touch, but I have the Kindle app on my iPhone, iPad, and Macbook. I frequently read various things on every one of those devices depending on the situation.

The sync up nicely too so that each device will pick where I stopped reading on any other device.

This is probably the single best explanation about why mobile web doesn't work:

http://sealedabstract.com/rants/why-mobile-web-apps-are-slow/

When did Sarah Palin become powerful?

Actually the source of information was an email that Apple sent out earlier today regarding the situation. I have an iOS developer license so I got the email.

Here's a pastebin dump: http://pastebin.com/4dCWge1s

Well, Steve Jobs was a dick too but also brilliant at his role.

I wouldn't read too far into things as far as major products like the Linux kernel goes. The people in production roles are no nonsense people. Start out smaller. There's no shortage of learning resources and forums or IRC channels with people who are explicitly there to help out newbs ;)

Go to places like that, ask questions, get to know people. Hang out in IRC channels, post to forums and mailing lists. These are the places where the real chatter takes places and where you can learn some "real life" stuff.

Something like the LKML is the last place you'd want to try to start out at.

And that is why Linus has absolutely no time for you or your ideas. He's maintaining one of the biggest projects out there and doesn't care about your feelings. Put up or shut up and get the hell out.

But don't forget that the vast majority of projects out there are not this cut throat. The vast majority of projects are also not this big and this fundamental either. There are plenty of projects that would love your contributions at this stage of your career. The Linux kernel is absolutely not one of those projects.

Except customers aren't being punished, they actually really enjoy the service they are getting.

DRM is a non-issue for the vast majority of people who are streaming their stuff. I think Netflix is great. If I really like a movie I'll sometimes buy the DVD too. I also like being able to "rent" movies on iTunes for a few bucks and maybe purchase later if I choose.

Streaming services are just one of many options available today and none of them are mutually exclusive.

This. I had one linux distro or another on all of my machines from the early 2000's until a little over a year ago. It was great back in like 2001 when nerds like myself had 5 or 6 desktop boxes serving up things everywhere. It was also the absolute best way to learn about how computers work (and probably still is).

But after I was done with school and a got a job that paid a real salary and not minimum wage, my first computer purchase was a macbook pro, core i7 proc, 1gb video, 8gb ram, etc. This was a tremendous upgrade over my old 1.8ghz 512mb ram laptop. I ended up with an iphone and ipad as well over the next few months. The tandem works so seamlessly together that I don't think I'll ever use anything else for mobile use.

Last summer I decided to buy a new desktop with some more high end specs and a nice 24 inch HD monitor. I intended to install linux on it initially, but I figured I'd give win7 a fair shake since I hadn't used windows in years. Windows 7 is really a solid OS. Granted, I use this desktop primarily for Steam and some movie viewing, but everything does Just Work.

There are also neat things Dell tossed in with this, like a 32gb SSD that caches things from the 4TB HDD for improved performance. Good luck getting that working in linux.

It was also kind of funny when I bought this desktop, I could just toss the 4 or 5 desktop boxes I was using for storage/servers/whatnot. The desktop I bought had better specs than everything else combined.

Not to talk down on linux or anything. I got my current job specifically because I knew linux well. It wasn't anything I learned in school either. If it wasn't for linux I have no idea what I'd be doing. It really did have that much of an impact on my life.

But as a desktop/laptop OS? No, not anymore. OSX is firmly my choice for mobile use and if you want to get the most out of a desktop that you spent $1500+ customizing from dell, win7 is the way to go.

I still have several linux VM's that I used on both win7 and OSX. It's still great for setting up virtual networks and playing with things like Kali linux and metasploit. But now that RAM is so damned cheap you really don't have a reason to run linux as an underlying system for daily personal use.

Linux still owns in the dedicated server space.

It would seem so on the face of it, but you're forgetting how law is interpreted.

The Supreme Court is the ultimate arbiter of what is and isn't constitutional. If a lower court rules one way and the Supreme Court overturns the ruling due to constitutionality issues, neither the lower court nor the parties involved are necessarily guilty of a crime. They are simply bound to the ruling of the Supreme Court.

For instance, if the police search your home without a warrant they aren't necessarily guilty of a crime despite the search being illegal. Their actions are simply deemed unconstitutional and any evidence gathered is inadmissible in court.

It would seem so on the face of it, but you're forgetting how law is interpreted. The Supreme Court is the ultimate arbiter of what is and isn't constitutional. If a lower court rules one way and the Supreme Court overturns the ruling due to constitutionality issues, neither the lower court nor the parties involved are necessarily guilty of a crime. They are simply bound to the ruling of the Supreme Court. Constitutionality is not always a perfect black and white issue.