I have a Pebble was thinking of getting a Gear just for the better screen and generally better quality materials.

It's handy in the car for reading texts. It would be illegal to do that on my phone here, but I can sit right beside a cop car and scroll through them on my watch with no issues. Obviously have to stop to send them though.

Also great having the GPS rangefinder on my wrist when golfing as opposed to constantly checking a phone.

It's rudimentary first gen tech, but I can see it getting better and more useful over time. I doubt the niche will just disappear as a fad.

It won't be long before IMSI catchers are easily detectable. Even though I have nothing to hide, I can't wait for that day.

https://opensource.srlabs.de/p...

http://forum.xda-developers.co...

https://github.com/jtwarren/sp...

As a Canadian I do find it fascinating. So many Americans feel they need their guns to protect their rights and freedoms and are very vocal about that, but your rights and freedoms are disappearing at a rapid pace and the guns don't seem to be doing you much good.

Apparently the 2nd amendment is sacrosanct, but the 4th is disposable. I wonder which one will be next?

Thanks for the link!

So this helps out like, 15 people?

Closer to a million

In 2011, the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association reported to Canada's privacy commissioner its members received 1.2 million requests for customer information in one year and disclosed information about 780,000 customers.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technol...

I strongly doubt these requests prevented or helped prosecute 780,000 crimes. Thankfully the courts can tell gratuitous fishing when they see it.

There are several projects based on mapping cell towers.

There are also projects looking to use network diagnostic info from the phone itself. Everything is still very alpha at this stage, but hopefully that will change.

The most well known is probably this one;

https://opensource.srlabs.de/p...

There is also a project on XDA that has attracted some attention;

http://forum.xda-developers.co...

Unfortunately I don't think it is as easy as the parent suggests.

http://partnerweb.vmware.com/G...

I wonder what his current backup solution is.....

Absolutely.

If you can predict the climate accurately you can be a billionaire easily.

I have no idea why all those climate scientists forgo the Ferraris and Swiss villas. Should be easy money.

http://www.wired.com/2012/07/g...

Government has a troubling history of using private citizens as proxy agents to do things for which they are prohibited.

We are not OK with Google sharing or selling our data to government without court oversight. That seems to be this private companies only business model. They are effectively owned by law enforcement in all but name.

It doesn't much matter anymore, now does it? :)

It never mattered.

It's not like we didn't all already know this was happening anyway.

I wax my car several times a year, both to protect the paint with a sacrificial barrier and to make it really shine (Klasse + Pinnacle for anyone who cares). I use a clay bar once a year as well.

I'm guessing at best the wax will defeat the repellant qualities of the paint, and at worst the paint may repel the wax.

I can see this as being good for for people who can't be bothered with keeping their car clean. Probably not so much for people who care.

Normally don't respond to ACs but America also thinks it can prosecute anyone, anywhere for committing a crime against American citizens.

Spain thinks the same for crimes committed against Spanish citizens.

My city's water supply comes from Shoal Lake, via a near 100 year old aqueduct. There are local reservoirs to store some in case of disruption.

http://www.ryerson.ca/~amacken...

Of course the native bands that live there are not really happy about the whole thing.....

http://www.winnipegfreepress.c...

I rather expect a lot of them piss in the water quite purposely every day, and people here know it.

It is an act of symbolism, but it does not stop normal people from drinking the water.

Using your company email for your "private life" is profoundly stupid.

I know a lot of people do it, but it is still stupid.