All that I'm coming away with from this is a whole lot of people saying, ..."my advice to you is...." and they probably don't have a freaking clue about either their "advice" or any credible experience. I think the active duty postings probably get it closer to the truth.

Yeah, let me know how that works out for you. When you have children and they drive you to the edge with their bullshit and you've tried everything and still, you're spawning the child from hell. You tell me that blistering the ass off the little shit isn't what needs to be done. Oh, of course, can't do that in this day and age. Don't want to stunt the emotional development or world view of the little prince or princess. Just tell them that they can do no wrong and that anything they want is owed to them by the world. Oh wait. That's the current crop of shits coming of age right now. It's not truly their fault, the parents are to blame. We just have to live with the results of their bad decisions.

Reading and patting each other on the back and being all witty and intelligent. But what are WE going to DO? How about an analog version of /.ing congress with our collective voices? Otherwise this is all just a big wet fart.

With the ease that a cell jamming technology (of even a building sized area) can be purchased online, how is it that a government sanctioned agency can't install them in the prison blocks and simply end the problem?

You're correct about that story. I remember reading that. Here's a link to it [ http://homepage.mac.com/simx/technonova/publications/the_difference_between_piracy_and_steal.html ]. And while yes, there probably were a 3 to 1 ratio, this particular case is somewhat unique in that the piracy was generated as a backlash to Bungie's perceived sellout to Microsoft. Granted, some of that anger was probably deserved. Halo for Mac was pretty much a done deal, it was shown running at Macworld. Then it disappeared and an Xbox, then PC version came out. By the time the Mac community got it, people were pretty pissed. I pirated it "just to show those bastards". I also bought it, later on. While the whole piracy thing probably hurt Macsoft (the porting company), it was "justified" in the minds of the Mac faithful for the sellout and slap in the face (feel about it as you will, it was to many).

I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Thanks for that heads up. I totally feel like you've things under control. After all, what could go wrong? ...go wrong. ...go wrong.

Actually it's because I'm usually multitasking and thinking ahead to the next thing I'm doing and the fingers don't always keep up with the train of thought. Though, in retrospect, I like your reply better than mine.

Because most people don't the skills needed to actually build it. Go back to your corner.

Why is Apple evil for making the iPhone? Is it because they don't give it away to the people with a copy of Kafka? No one is putting a pistol to your head (though that might not be a bad idea, in some examples) and making you buy anything. If they choose to make an app store and the hardware to play with it - isn't it their IP to do with as they please? You either agree and use it or you don't. Just because they don't do things as you would have them do, does not make them evil - they just aren't doing what you want.

What no one is saying is that the kernel patches used in the PurpleRa1n jb are not complete. There's errors and then there's the issues of things like Winterboard not working with PB. There's a variety of issues beyond just having a jailbroken phone that using this will get you. Users are best served by actually waiting for the official DevTeam jb. Yeah, you have to wait, but it's going to be done right.

Pokerize the swine, Lloyd! Pokerize him, good buddy!