Looks like Google has a huge pool in which to gather generalized data on what "people who want privacy" tend to do with that privacy from.

It's sad, because the apple marketplace actually discourages using open code. You can't install anything that isn't through the app store, and you can't put anything on the app store without the intent to make money off of it. Otherwise, you're penalized with a developer fee that comes out of your own pocket with no way to have that fee waived. Free software is DOA on iOS.

http://phandroid.com/2010/08/30/the-droid-x-runs-a-custom-rom-see-for-yourself/
http://phandroid.com/2010/08/30/first-droid-x-custom-rom-released-with-installation-instructions/

I'm sorry, what?

And when those 90% don't do anything to defend the system, they've lost touch with democracy. Seems all you gotta do to get what you want is be loud and obnoxious, so be loud and obnoxious.

As much as I love Linux, it is nice to see a government who will do what the majority wants than what a niche minority lobbies for. Or perhaps it's nice to see a society that fights for what it wants, rather than a government where anyone who is against the corporate overmind is unimportant.

Of course, this is Windows 7 (and therefore Microsoft) that we're talking about. I'm certain ConsumerWatchdog doesn't honestly count as a public critic, so who is to say the same thing hasn't happened here. Dammit, I hate watching the fruits of the powers that be without getting a real glimpse of what's going on under the hood of the beast.

Ah, I hate being a conspiracy theorist, and I could probably throw out how corporations have rotted this world for their protection, and how the majority means nothing as the Dollar is king. Bow down to the almighty dollar who's at the top, and where are you?

But who is to say that happened here. I am just a rambler.

So people who are educated in philosophy, computer science, and math are modded up as informative, but being educated in the English language is trolling?

Actually, the correct term in this instance would be "have you ever tried". "Did you ever try" would imply he had previously suggested you change your fingerprints.

~A real grammar nazi.

I'm going to make some unfounded but logical assumptions about you. I'm going to assume you're a nerd or at least semi-geeky, because you use slashdot. Next, because of the previous assumption, I'm going to assume that many of your friends are geeks or nerds, and you generally hang around like-minded people. This sets your friend group in a niche. In this niche, there is probably a much higher probability that these people have opinions on technology and like to educate themselves about what is available, as it's logical to assume that a nerd or geek finds technology to be something of a hobby, and people tend to know a lot about things they consider hobbies.

Taking all of this into consideration, I'm going to assume that there is a higher likelihood of people in your friends group who want to put forth the effort to change operating systems on a computer or laptop or netbook, simply for the sake of exposure. So already we've assumed that the people you are friends with are more tech savvy, more opinionated about technology, and therefore more likely to try linux or whatever is out there. So within your group of friends, a percentage of even 20% that use linux would not be surprising. However, much like unscientific pools, it is an inaccurate measure for the rest of the uneducated, uninterested majority population that could give a crap about what their computer is running as long as it does, even with much difficulty (adware, spyware, malware, viri, popups, toolbars, etc), what they want it to do.

People will think that Lucy was the first human being who originally was a goddess who fell from the sky and had her star removed from the sky as a result of some sin. Suddenly, everything you know about mythology becomes a lot more made up by scientists, doesn't it?

My entire point revolved around what is and isn't censorship, not about the advantages or consequences of censorship. We have agreed that the book has been censored, so I have no further comments.

Damn right. You are "censoring" information you deem "inappropriate" for your audience. "Censorship is the suppression of speech or other communication which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient to the general body of people as determined by a government, media outlet, or other controlling body." "When a publisher comes under pressure to suppress a book, but has already entered into a contract with the author, they will sometimes effectively censor the book by deliberately ordering a small print run and making minimal, if any, attempts to publicize it. This practice became known in the early 2000s as privishing."

Because you can't read the damned book. God.

4chan has hookup threads, your argument is invalid.

You now understand why women don't date gamers.

I wanna deprecate organic eyes. :3