This app has been available since Android 2.1 or earlier, and needs root access of course:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/pe...

Google has had years to implement user-chosen permissions revocation. Even hidden in Developer Tools under Settings would have at least given app developers the chance to test their apps against losing permissions.

Google's motives for removing fine-grained permission are all speculative at this point. Some argue that Google removed permission control because they don't want a user backlash against "broken apps" and don't want to slow down their marketshare growth.

I would counter that argument with those developers should get flooded with broken app messages so they can re-design their apps to still function or quit altogether if a given permission was not available to it. E.g. The shady Dictionary App should still work if geo-location fails (which it does if you've disallowed location for all apps in the global settings).

Sad there is no linux support, even though they are powered by open source (and custom source).

I always thought the advertiser was the customer, and everyone else was the user regardless of content.

The /palm or palm pilot site was the best. (I actually read it on my palm III)

But it's nice to think about large or maximum limits of any system.

Do you drive around with your cellphone battery in? If so, you're GPS tracking yourself.

This path the FSF has taken to "create" a FLOSS system is not a bad one.

Instead of needing to manufacture a new laptop, simply "refurbish" an existing model and gauge your target market.

If the demand grows, newer models may be refurbished until it's economically viable to manufacture some.

I believe the "truly free" system here is just a model of what the FSF would like to see available in the market and not an actual business plan to compete in the marketplace to sell computers.

We have a large group of people going to Brewforia tonight! Hope you're happily browsing Slashdot on a Friday (like we are) and see this message. Earlier the better, it gets busy.

Even if they don't confirm on /. there should at least 5 people here who read Slashdot on a regular basis. (Though they also browse animated gifs on reddit.)

Would be great if we can get a Boise tech crowd together for some tasty brews!

Do you 'set -o vi' on the command line? Emacs style keystrokes (set -o emacs) rock in Bash.

Try: M-b and M-F to move by word. (alt+b, alt+f, alt+backspace = M-^H for other readers)

Isn't water vapor attributed to solar energy orders of magnitude more mass than water vapor output by combustion of fossil fuel?

The state of Florida is pretty damn humid, and I don't think it's from all the golf carts.

I don't dispute that water vapor is indeed a greenhouse gas which holds a lot of heat, but it seems like it's mostly created by the sun, or perhaps a city full of air conditioners (which act as condensers).