I loved that Apple's antenna issue affected lefties more than right handed folks.

News for luddites?

By their nature, bad drivers can't self-identify. It's the other driver, not them, right?

I'm waiting to see if they drop the 4's price after the announcement or release. Hell, even an 8gig model might suit my needs for the thing.

That's horrible. Mod up please.

I was going to rant and rave about people complaining about their phone costs, but your post has inspired me. Thank you. I have family going out of the country pretty soon :)

Good encryption requires a good "key". Forget password, think passphrase.
Encryption is great when it's somebody intercepting your messages or data, but not so useful when they have access to an endpoint.
The effectiveness of a good lock is severely reduced if you can't remove the keys from it. Most hardware like this has a copy that can be gotten at by the diligent. It's how bluray ended up losing it's DRM.

Oh, and this.

The tech savvy Linux geek cares only if you don't make it OSS ;)

Both options probably cost $10 and a stamp per citizen.

Exactly. If you lived in those countries, porn access wasn't allowed anyhow (pretty much unenforceable, though). It won't change anything. Porn sites will keep their .com/net/sheep TLD names and have a .xxx one. Countries or networks with filters in place will still have circumvention by whatever means are needed. The politicians and folks in power can now make empty boasts about cleaning up the internet and the rest of us can still enjoy the things from the pre-.xxx world like nothing happened.

Wake me up when the US Bible belt states try to ban access to a certain classic that has a part where two daughters get their father drunk specifically so they can have sex with him.

Free healthcare, the same pay amongst peers (regardless of the profession), food and shelter paid for by the government. The military is socialist, you insensitive capitalist pig!

Gawdz, I miss it some days. Mostly while doing my insurance forms >.>

That'd work if they mothers had good examples of his fingerprints, though...

I do, actually.

I have a twin and that option is just as useless for me. I swear he has about 22 illegitimate kids in Georgia, so I can't ever go there again. If I do, he'll make an anonymous tip about their father entering state. The paternity suit lawyers will all snag me at the airport and I'll be screwed without having done the screwing.

Does that seem fair to you?

The problem Linux has had is the ability to help a company keep it's lights on. When it's sold by companies like IBM or Redhat, people are paying for the name more than the product. The community, which is a strength of Linux, is rather harsh when you try stuff, screaming about the "free as in beer/speech" bit.

And that's fine. The strength of one's opinion is why we love Linux. Still, most ignore the fact that the free "as in beer" part still has to be paid by somebody. So the community ends up ditching the distro and going elsewhere. That's fine too. One has to wonder, though, how long companies or individuals will be willing to put up cash to finance a distro's infrastructure when the community has issues with recouping costs. If you've sent money (or time) their way in some way, shape or form, I'm not talking about you. I'm talking about average users who give nothing back to the system other than notching the download meter count up by one. This mass hurd, while useful for gaining momentum, is also a fickle problem that needs to be addressed in some way.

"Free: The Future of a Radical Price", by Chris Anderson, is an interesting read on how "free" worked and works. Oh, and look, no affiliate link. Free link! :P And before anybody asks, I've paid for several distros directly from the teams as a way to show my support. The Lycoris team, for example, was doing a great job. Not everybody is lucky enough to have their efforts rewarded by a buyout, though.