Death Star anyone?

not *total lack ... just *available lack

http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/roku%E2%80%94breaking-linux-not-invited-rule

*shrug
I use the free version all the time and it's super easy to setup (less than 5 minutes ... seriously ... go look at nomachine.org).

It's *way faster than VNC and runs my session silently while another user is logged into the remote box.
(maybe I can do that with VNC as well and I just don't know how to ... I just never bothered trying since NX seems so much faster)

lol
so what happens when I surreptitiously write some other name and address on your possessions?

this sounds ripe for 'fun' pranks

I'm glad to hear that the London police are so on top of things.

My experience is with the LAPD and various smaller LEAs around the US... and I can tell you the likelihood of anything besides deterrence coming of that here is slight at best.
Most of them are understaffed, underfunded, and overworked... CSI is a TV show and nothing more.

This is silly.

How likely is is that the police are going to wave UV lights over suspected stolen property?
or that they will wave the light in proper place?
or that they will even know what to do if something fluoresces?

And assuming they *do know about the stuff AND look for it AND find it ... how likely is it that they will take the time (and money) to get a sample and send it off?
Not to mention the legal shakiness of the solution actually being unique ... or that it actually identifies anything as belonging to you.

I can see this as a deterrent but the odds of anybody actually running a PCR on suspected marker on a suspected stolen laptop seem to make it not much more.

My understanding is that the fees are placed in an Electronic Waste Recovery and Recycling Account which is then used for things like free electronic recycling drop offs.
Are you upset with the implementation of this or just upset at the idea of taxes?

freedom != democracy

I don't think the Teacher's union qualifies as a trade union

I was responding to your comment that

Union electricians (or many other trade unions) are an example of how your statement is possibly deadly wrong.
In electrical work the only real "technical competence certificate" is your journeyman card that shows you've completed the union apprenticeship (currently 5 years of both school and on the job training).

having worked as both a union and non-union electrician I'd *NEVER hire non-union to do electrical work
With trade unions you know that the people have at least a base level of competence at their job.

I *would hire non-union drywallers though... ;)

of course they prerelease a few..
and there are a few reviews of them..

but a few devices and a few reviews != "many"

Hillary's "freedom of information" masturbatory rhetoric is aimed at people who know a little but not too much. It has a different ring when coupled with the knowledge that the US govt has colluded with US providers to eavesdrop on people.

Eavesdropping and censoring aren't the same thing - but knowing that somebody is monitoring your "free and open" Internet access makes it feel a bit less "free and open".

0o
How many reviews were there *before the second it was released??

Painting with such a wide brush doesn't bolster your argument.
It just makes it easier to dismiss you as a partisan hack