ah - you're the person I can ask.

I always thought that patches to the Linux kernel have to be signed-off and approved before they can be committed. And for the latest kernel that person is the benevolent dictator himself.

So how come this particular patch slipped by him? Why wasn't this caught before it even became an issue?

Do you have any insights on this? Thanks.

Seems to me that there may be some procedural issues (QA, etc.). If patches like this can make it into the main trunk.

https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/21/430

But more importantly ... I always thought that patches to the Linux kernel have to be signed-off and approved before they can be committed. And I always thought that for the latest kernel that person is ... the benevolent dictator. Linus himself.

So how come this slipped by him? Why wasn't this caught before it even became an issue?

Germany already said so in 2010.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/defending-privacy-german-high-court-limits-phone-and-e-mail-data-storage-a-681251.html

Where is the store that I can walk into with usd 10 and a usb stick and buy a movie, buy software?

It does not exist. That's what needs to be addressed, I believe.

What website? All I get is ... 1680x1050 black pixels.

And in the upper left corner it says something about "myspace counter" barely readable.

Interesting website ... yes.

Nope - me too.

But it looks like everybody else on /. has lost their sense of humor.

Why did you post this Anonymous? This is the one and only sensible comment I've seen here.

Man - if I had mod-points, I'd give you ten.

And now try explaining to me again please: why should we trust cisco, but not huawei?

As Martin Castillo once said: You never get out of the Company.

Conus is a large genus of small to large predatory sea snails.

ok - sorry - gotcha.

Excuse me - but you need to learn how to configure and setup your web browser.

I have set DuckDuckGo as my default search engine in Opera.

http://my.opera.com/Tamil/blog/default-search-engine

Some ubuntu users feel that this amazon search functionality should be expanded to other applications as well. For example grep search results should include amazon search results.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1055766

"Theirs is made of plastic," Schiller said, referring to the Android tablet.

So what's yours made of? Wood?

Like the Apple I.

Why do I need to find a solution for something that already works today? That's just stupid and a waste of everybody's time.