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Comment Now if they would only strip the other bloatware (Score 1) 156

by Shadowhawk (#38403666) Attached to: Sprint Orders All OEMs To Strip Carrier IQ From Their Phones

Like Sprint Nascar, Sprint Football, Sprint Zone, Amazon MP3, Blockbuster (they still exist?), NOVA, Telenav GPS (which appears to be cheap knockoff of Google Maps nav mode) and Qik Video.

While I'm glad the Carrier IQ stuff is going away, I'm still planning on rooting my phone when I have the time (like over the holidays; whee!).

Comment Re:"Publicly Available" (Score 1) 229

by Shadowhawk (#32337896) Attached to: Google Audits Street View Data Systems
Except that people's expectations are different. The average person knows that when they shout on a public street, others can hear you. On the other hand, the average person would expect that their data transmissions are private. I know the difference may not be a legal standard, but people's expectations about privacy, however unrealistic, cannot be simply dismissed.

Mind you, I'm not saying you're wrong, but people's feelings make this issue somewhat more complex.

Comment No, it's just HP bei (Score 3, Informative) 651

by Shadowhawk (#32331232) Attached to: HP Explains Why Printer Ink Is So Expensive

Ink for my Canon Pixma is only $15 for the official ink. There are 6 different inks, but each lasts longer than my mother's HP cartridges and I print more than she does.

On the other hand, HP's model is like the razor model: give away the printers cheap and charge an arm and a leg for the ink. Mind you, the printers are cheap pieces of excrement.
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Endangered Species Condoms 61

Posted by samzenpus from the make-it-growl dept.
The Center for Biological Diversity wants to help put a polar bear in your pants with their endangered species condom campaign. They hope that giving away 100,000 free Endangered Species Condoms across the country will highlight how unsustainable human population growth is driving species to extinction, and instill the sexual prowess of the coquí guajón rock frog, nature's most passionate lover, in the condom users. From the article: "To help people understand the impact of overpopulation on other species, and to give them a chance to take action in their own lives, the Center is distributing free packets of Endangered Species Condoms depicting six separate species: the polar bear, snail darter, spotted owl, American burying beetle, jaguar, and coquí guajón rock frog."

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