Don't forget that this was in the docs that were available _after_ the NDA had been signed and the choice for the chip had been made! So, OpenMoko was 'duped' into buying that chip...

Didn't work for me...

Not only that, but how are they going to take care of the Wardrivers who are going to drive around to see how much electricity is being used. If now so much, hey, perhaps the owners are on holiday...

Inalienable right = something you are entitled to that a governing entity can't give. The US Constitution's inalienable rights were "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," the rest of the rights in the Bill of Rights were added on because James Madison (I think?) knew that if they didn't add the BoR, that Congress would eventually try to limit those things. Jefferson wrote where the concept of inalienable rights came from... mainly the old idea of "natural law," that there are certain things you are entitled to simply by being born into this world. You should always be able to do what you want and pursue the life that you want as long as it doesn't infringe upon others' rights to do so. That's why you can't have a "right" to a house, medical care, food, or a car, because someone else would have to supply those things for you, thereby infringing upon their freedoms.

Short version, you can't grant someone an inalienable right, especially when that right is only in existence because of privately held and owned infrastructure.

PS: I'm getting really tired of people that always want a free lunch (see: Occupy Movement demands)... life choices have consequences, a living must be earned, and I don't want to support some jackass that doesn't want to work for the things they want in life.

There should be a system that takes a progressively higher percentage of the revenue from the successful apps and distributes that revenue to the apps that aren't as successful. It's not like a app's quality or usability should affect how much revenue it is allowed to keep. Those poor little guys who make the apps with just grainy pictures of Japanese teens in scanty cosplay outfits are the victims, and the big, fat cat developers who can spend time and invest resources into making something people actually want are simply guilty of greed.

Yes, I'm trollling, but it's true.

Hey, Rob.

I still remember first hearing about Slashdot from a fellow geek, way back then, and really enjoyed the stories you posted. I never forget the moment I (and all other readers) read your proposal, that was indeed a very special moment. I for one will miss your presence on this site, and hope to see your submissions trickling through the system sometimes.

Cheers,
Edwin

Even worse is when the cashier's total shows 10.65 and you give them 21.15 (and not 20) to make it easier on them and they just stare, give you back the 1.15 and then proceed to count off 9.35 in bills and coins to give you your change...

True, but then I wouldn't expect the phenomenon to be more pronounced at a lower brightness. Unless, of course, the colors are changed at low brightness to take non-linear vision into account...

Christ van Willegen

That may be true, but I've returned a new iMac to the store multiple times because I saw perceptible clicker in the screen. Maybe it's just me, but I seem to be perceive flicker more than other people. Luckily for me, one of the techs at the Apple Store also saw the flicker...

Now, when the screen brightness turns lower, and there's not much other light around, it's barely perceptible. It used to physically make me sick to see that screen in low brightness...

Christ van Willegen