Agreed. Kind of like Fox News...

On my iPhone4, I'm seeing a major slowdown under IOS 5 - the new "home screen" has major lag as well - there are times I press the home key and my phone's home screen doesn't come back. I'll give this a while to settle in, but I'm not getting that "good upgrade feel" that I've had in the past..

Okay, so what do I eat to get my metaclorian count up?

Tracing down something to an IP address can be a solid pointer for a courtroom - remember, if it's a jury trial, and it goes that far, you have to convince the jury, not the judge - this means a good lawyer and no smoking guns will get you off. If a common person has an IP that leads law enforcement to their doorstep, then that person is screwed. A good lawyer can make all the difference, but having a fairly diverse network with potential vulnerabilities could go a long way.

I've seen worse things - PenTeleData (ptd.net) puts their subscriber information into their reverse DNS. I'm just glad I don't use them. Does their doing this constitute a breech of their promise to not provide customer identifying information? I think yes, regardless of how you defend against being tagged with your IP, it can still give out a lot more than you'd want to share.

This block, 24.229.69.0/24 is owned by ptd.net – and this ISP, located in Eastern PA, puts their customers names in the reverse lookup of their IP address. Tell me that these folks don't get more than their fair share of P2P lawsuits and targeted advertising.

24.229.69.2 : cpe-static-jpjayassoc-rtr.cmts.all.ptd.net
24.229.69.3 : cpe-wifi-subwaytilghman-145.2.1-ap.cmts.all.ptd.net
24.229.69.4 : cpe-static-aestheticsurgery-rtr.cmts.all.ptd.net
24.229.69.7 : cpe-static-thecontigrpmdm2-rtr-cmts.all.ptd.net
24.229.69.8 : cpe-static-apa612wlindenst-rtr.cmts.all2.ptd.net
24.229.69.12 : cpe-static-ramadainnkiosk-rtr.cmts.all.ptd.net
24.229.69.15 : cpe-static-cntyoflehighgovtcntr-rtr.cmts.all.ptd.net
24.229.69.51 : cpe-static-westendpharmacy-rtr.cmts.all2.ptd.net
24.229.69.52 : cpe-static-bnaibrithapartments-rtr.cmts.all2.ptd.net
24.229.69.55 : cpe-static-adultmedgeriatics-rtr.cmts.all2.ptd.net
24.229.69.56 : cpe-static-cysticfibrosis-rtr.cmts.tv2.ptd.net
24.229.69.57 : cpe-static-stanleywest-rtr.cmts.all2.ptd.net
24.229.69.58 : cpe-static-panylentzengineering-rtr.cmts.all2.ptd.net
24.229.69.59 : cpe-static-drhabig-rtr.cmts.all2.ptd.net

I'll nominate Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. R2D2 mistakes a power port in the flying city for a data port. Droid blows smoke, tosses a fit, then plugs into data port shortly thereafter. BS.

SyFy is infuriating. I loved Caprica and all that is/was Stargate - sure, they all had their highs and lows, but it was still decent storytelling, enjoyable, and worlds more intelligent than wrestling. My only hope is that some other network starts picking up the shows that SyFy deems unprofitable - if nobody does, we're going to fall into a "sci-fi" vacuum again, and some real garbage will start to creep in before anything really good comes along.

One simple solution I can see for this is forcing a certain amount of up time on the servers to avoid charges that make short-use less desirable. An example - if I want to spin up multiple parallel servers for 1 hour each, I can get 10 servers for a few dollars. That's a blink in terms of usage, but a lot of power for a short time - there's IO, provisioning, transfer, Etc., and real costs incurred on Amazon's side of things - and in terms of payback, Amazon probably makes more money if those 10 servers stay online for at least a couple-hours each. If someone makes a server run for short burns, they could employ a simple grace system - you get 4 systems an hour, and then get charged $1 for each create/shut performed unless the systems stay up in excess of 4 hours. This way, folks can feel their way in as newbs without taking a hit, but abuses could then pay a premium for doing things with behaviors that appear to be more malicious than kindly. Something along those lines could curb abuse - but I must agree with other folks' posting to some extent - it's not Amazon's place to enforce proper Internet behavior. Profiting from a slightly less abusable pricing model is probably the way to go - as long as they don't kill their customers or send business away.

Palo Alto Networks (www.paloaltonetworks.com) happens to have the the technology to do exactly this - plus lower the bitrate based on the user (integrated LDAP). They can even proxy SSL sessions, decode content, detect applications (or data loss) and act accordingly. Kinda scary really, but awesome power...

Actually, Australian "Powerful Owls" eat 200-350 possums each per year - bring them in, or better, maybe Spotted Owls... Note: Change thread to "Life imitates Futurama"

These are great resources, however, magazines often have focus that websites do not have. Kids still need to be taught to eat - not just left off at the buffet and left to fend for themselves. People are no different when it comes to consuming information in all it's forms - it's like picking up a conversation and lifting facts out of their context - they have less meaning, or perhaps no meaning. Just because the dictionary has a great list of words, that doesn't make it a good learning tool. The Internet is the most fantastic research tool ever created, but it's not a learning tool until someone has the syllabus and the time and instruction to follow it.

I loved Byte Mag, but it wasn't the only thing I grew up on. I also cut my teeth on Creative Computing Magazine as well - it was one of the few places where one could get the source code for a game, type it in and run it - and then make changes and learn. I grew up typing in every program from every issue, learning with every keystroke. Now my kids need the same thing, but it needs to be in something more current - like Python. If someone made a modern version of this, with VB, Python or whatever, I'd live by it once again!

Does this mean, if I use Google Maps on my iPhone to choose what way home to drive from work, with traffic view, and I get a speeding ticket, am I'm gonna get 10 years for going 55 in a 45?

Does anyone here remember when Cessna was sued by the wife of a dead pilot because her late husband had removed the front seats of his plane to accommodate a film crew's camera at the producers insistence? This nearly bankrupted the fragile old plane maker, and all due to some really stupid ideas. Cessna never put a warning sticker anywhere that you shouldn't modify your plane - but they shouldn't have to. Likewise, I'm sure that Apple has a warning somewhere that says "don't operate an electronic device while operating heavy machinery" - but then, that's probably in our driving manuals, our cell phone manuals, and elsewhere. All we need is one trucker running with this stupid mount in their big-rig, and somewhere eventually, a school bus will be run over. I hope they sue this idiot out of business though, and try not to blame Apple for other people's stupidity. And if anyone is dumb enough to use their iPad while driving like this, well, I can't wait to see it impaled through their face on rotten.com.