a friend pointed this out to me the other day:

  https://archive.org/details/SsMarineElectricWoohSos

Right. I'm using " a competitor's product with a different set of design parameters" and I am much better off for it. Further, I can get at and read the source for Android, and those with the skills can modify it an make new, and different builds of it -- e.g. Cyanogenmod. That's a whole lot more free than Apple's delightful walled garden.

>> . Some even come with a fuse on the main SOC package that detects if the phone has been rooted.

Really. How about some examples of this? Because it sounds like bullshit to me.

Apple makes nice stuff, but I won't touch any more of it. $650 for an unlocked iPhone 5s and you cannot do what you want with it without a "jailbreak". Contrast with a modern Nexus phone that you can install your own software (e.g. Cyanogenmod) on with a PC and a USB cable.

The same is true for Apple's tablets -- in fact, it is even worse, because "jailbreaking" your iPad is a federal crime under the DMCA.

Apple makes nice stuff, no doubt, but if you cannot change what's inside, you really don't own it.

Obama is Bush 2.0, even though he led us to believe he was the anti-Bush. We all thought he was going to undo the draconian actions of the Patriot Act, to restore personal liberty and freedom, but that's sure not what we got, is it?

Exactly what is wrong with "gentrification"? One commenter on the linked article on IndyBay points out the City of Detroit as an example of what happens when the middle class leaves. Is that what they want for Oakland?

The best and the brightest are going to shiny big companies that will pay them well for their internships. We've all heard the stories about compensation of interns at Google, Facebook, and Microsoft.

Further, in the post-Snowden world, I doubt many idealistic young computer scientists want *anything* to do with the feds "cyber"-anything.

The DHS will get bottom-of-barrel "talent" -- if any at all.

This is the future of aerial combat. No need to risk a pilot's life, no need for a $400,000,000 F-22 Raptor, if you can turn at 9G, you can outperform just about anything with a human being in it.

I'm all for it. Take them all out of mothballs and make them all into drones.

Apple 0.5 meter Lightning - USB-A cable for iPhone 5: http://store.apple.com/us/product/ME291ZM/A/lightning-to-usb-cable $19
Apple 2.0 meter Lightning - USB-A cable for iPhone 5: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD819ZM/A/lightning-to-usb-cable-2-m $29

Google (LG) 1.2 meter USB-Micro to USB-A cable for Nexus 4: https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Nexus_4_Micro_USB_Cable?id=nexus_4_usb_cable $9.99

Note that if your Nexus 4 cable breaks you can go and get a standard USB-Micro to USB-A cable at walgreens, most grocery stores, the home depot, most anywhere -- your mom probably has one in her junk drawer. The apple stuff is harder to find, and more expensive.

Also consider the cost to replace the power brick for a macbook pro, with that stupid mag-safe connector. Another proprietary nightmare at $79.

If I want a power brick for a ThinkPad, Amazon's got 'em for $39. And the ThinkPad power brick uses an industry-standard IEC C5 power connector on the input side, if I want to travel abroad with my ThinkPad, all I need to get is a local power cord.

Oh yeah, I can replace the battery in my ThinkPads myself in seconds. The Macbook Pro? Maybe in an hour, if I don't loose any of the screws.

iTunes was good 6 major releases ago: iTunes 4. Every release since then has gotten slower and more bloated than the last. Yecch.

This is the uphill battle Apple faces: the client is a pig.

A lightweight client (ala Google Music) has a much greater chance for success.

Just as I thought. You don't have any balls at all. You've sworn at and insulted me several times now from behind your safe keyboard, from a distant location, but like I said, you do not have the balls to do it to my face, and that makes you a troll, a loser, a girly man. Your vocabulary consists of only four letter words. My suspicion that you are a moron has been confirmed.

you would never have the balls to say that to my face.

You're the one who called him a "spade". Your mama should slap you.

Think twice before you post, else you look ignorant, stupid, or racist. Now you have proven be all three! Congratulations.

"Dolt"? Nothing like the ad-hominem. You don't like my message, you call me names. That makes you a stupid asshole.

You expect your government to obey the law? Clearly you've NOT BEEN PAYING ANY ATTENTION AT ALL.

And you call me a dolt. Get a clue.

What did they think would happen? Greenwald pissed off the UK intelligence apparatus (not to mention the Americans) and is apparently stupid enough to let his domestic partner fly through Heathrow?

That's just pulling on the Tiger's Tail. That's //asking for it//.

I think this was done as a stunt, because I cannot believe they would be as stupid to not expect exactly what happened. The forces that detained Miranda knew it was not right, but also knew it was with the letter of the law, and they did it to send a message. That message was delivered.

Now expect more messages to be delivered.