Condescending Apple Press Conference 7
iPhone 4, deal with it.
Comment Re:MAEMO? Who cares? (Score 1) 57
The people who have a Maemo device care, of course.
Comment Re:i'm skeptical of net neutrality (Score 1) 132
Unfortunately, I did not see the argument you first linked because you posted it after I made my comment. The second I did see, and I did not see that as a coherent argument as much as a link to another argument.
And again, you may have missed the point, which I only initially called you out on because you decided to make a comment that was irrelevant to the issue at hand. It does not matter whether it is Google or Bing, it matters that ISPs will make network upgrades in such a way that one may get an upper hand over another.
It has nothing to do with walled gardens, I only made my comment to show that you could have made a better argument against his actual point, not pick on him a small detail.
All that said, I am glad you have continued to clarify your point, even though I think you are not arguing on the point at hand.
And again, you may have missed the point, which I only initially called you out on because you decided to make a comment that was irrelevant to the issue at hand. It does not matter whether it is Google or Bing, it matters that ISPs will make network upgrades in such a way that one may get an upper hand over another.
It has nothing to do with walled gardens, I only made my comment to show that you could have made a better argument against his actual point, not pick on him a small detail.
All that said, I am glad you have continued to clarify your point, even though I think you are not arguing on the point at hand.
Comment Re:i'm skeptical of net neutrality (Score 1) 132
I do believe sir, that you have missed the point of the grandparent post entirely.
Be it Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, or whoever Comcast is "in bed with", the point is that actions such as delayed upgrades will favor one company over another, which is not neutral. The problem, then becomes, if the internet is to be regulated, how does one identify when such actions are intended, or benign.
I see your many posts scattered across this article, and all of them are strongly anti-regulation, but you must make your argument in a coherent matter, not raising a red herring argument to any post you disagree with.
Comment Re:and you dont know shit. (Score 1) 419
Except that the presence of his patent spurred the market into innovating in LED technology.
Is Microsoft About To Declare Patent War On Linux? 204
Glyn Moody writes "Horacio Gutierrez, Microsoft's Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, has just published a piece called 'Apple v. HTC: A Step Along the Path of Addressing IP Rights in Smartphones.' In it, he notes that today's smartphones are all about the 'software stack,' not the 'radio stack,' and that 'as the IP situation settles in this space and licensing takes off, we will see the patent royalties applicable to the smartphone software stack settle at a level that reflects the increasing importance software has as a portion of the overall value of the device. In the interim, though, we should expect continued activity.' That 'activity' obviously means lawsuits against those producing those software stacks, and Gutierrez seems to be hinting strongly that Microsoft intends to join in. So where does that leave all the Linux-based stacks such as the increasingly-popular Android? Is this just a clever way for Microsoft to start a patent war on Linux without appearing to do so?"
Comment Re:Just BSD everything, kthxbai (Score 1) 65
Unfortunately, nothing is that black and white in the world. Freedom does have a middle ground.
I have the freedom to drive a car. I do not have the freedom to drive a car on private property where I am not wanted, as doing so would infringe on the freedom of another to hold private property and keep it private. In the same way, those who write code have the freedom to keep their code private as they want.
It is a balancing act.
I have the freedom to drive a car. I do not have the freedom to drive a car on private property where I am not wanted, as doing so would infringe on the freedom of another to hold private property and keep it private. In the same way, those who write code have the freedom to keep their code private as they want.
It is a balancing act.
Comment Re:WHY? (Score 1) 88
Except that that overlooks the fact that most teaches will use the "Clear RAM" function to quickly wipe a TI, and that archived programs are saved from this wipe.
Archive programs, let teacher wipe calculator, un-archive programs, and there you go.
Archive programs, let teacher wipe calculator, un-archive programs, and there you go.
What Has Your Phone Survived? 422
NotAnIndividual writes "On an ice fishing trip two months ago, I lost my iPhone somewhere in the snow. I searched and searched, but to no avail. But just this weekend when moving the ice hut, lo and behold there it was. I quickly threw it into a bag of rice and placed it under a lamp to defrost. Three hours later I plugged it in. I wasn't expecting much. I mean, really, it had been frozen in snow for the last two months! To my surprise, the Apple logo popped up. I put in the SIM card and voila, my iPhone was back. My apps, my contacts, my music and more importantly my life were back. And this is the same iPhone that I dropped in a cup of coffee a few months ago! This got me wondering how much damage a cell phone can actually take. How have other Slashdot users punished their phones without actually killing them completely?"
Comment Re:Bore them to death (Score 1) 301
Unfortunately, this case does not come out of the United States.
The co.uk top level domain being your first clue.
Tor Users Urged To Update After Security Breach 161
An anonymous reader writes "If you use Tor, you're cautioned to update now due to a security breach. In a message on the Tor mailing list dated Jan 20, 2010, Tor developer Roger Dingledine outlines the issue and why you should upgrade to Tor 0.2.1.22 or 0.2.2.7-alpha now: 'In early January we discovered that two of the seven directory authorities were compromised (moria1 and gabelmoo), along with metrics.torproject.org, a new server we'd recently set up to serve metrics data and graphs. The three servers have since been reinstalled with service migrated to other servers.' Tor users should visit the download page and update ASAP."
Comment Re:Here is an idea (Score 1) 285
For some reason, your post seems a great deal more credible, and amusing, when read as if spoken by Dr. House; especially given the selective "quotations" and (snide side commentary).
Have you considered using your talents for sarcasm and wit elsewhere? Somewhere you can get paid for it?
Have you considered using your talents for sarcasm and wit elsewhere? Somewhere you can get paid for it?
Challenge To US Government Over Seized Laptops 246
angry tapir writes "The policy of random laptop searches and seizures by US government agents at border crossings is under attack again: The American Civil Liberties Union is working with the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers to find lawyers whose laptops or other electronic devices were searched at US points of entry and exit. The groups argue that the practice of suspicionless laptop searches violates fundamental rights of freedom of speech and protection against unreasonable seizures and searches."
Using Outlook From Orbit 268
Pigskin-Referee writes with this excerpt from Office Watch: "On the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station they use Microsoft Outlook 2003, but not quite in the same way that us earthbound Earthlings do. The space shuttle Atlantis is orbiting the earth right now and the crew exchange emails with the ground a few times each day. Bandwidth is a constraint and you don't want the busy crewmembers bothered with spam or unnecessary messages so NASA has a special system in place. The crew use fairly standard laptops running Microsoft Outlook (currently Outlook 2003) with Exchange Server as the email host, but they don't link to the server using any of the standard methods."
Droid Touchscreen Less Accurate Than iPhone's 198
gyrogeerloose writes "A test published by MOTO labs comparing the accuracy and sensitivity of smartphone touchscreens among various makers gave the iPhone top marks ahead of HTC's Droid Eris, the Google-branded Nexus One and the Motorola Droid. The test was conducted within a drawing program using a finger to trace straight diagonal lines across the screens and then comparing the results. While it's not likely that a smart phone user is going to draw a lot of lines, the test does give some indication of which phones are most likely to properly respond to clicking on a link in a Web browser."
