lexbaby - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Yea, and.... (Score 1) 314

by lexbaby on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @03:53PM (#29043019) Attached to: Palm Pre Reports Your Location and Usage To Palm

Running the GPS on a phone eats up the battery, I wouldn't assume any phone company would be purposefully sabotaging the battery life of its own products to piss off its customers.

Some observations from a Pre owner. The GPS is on all the time by default (one reason for the Pre's reported poor battery life). When the GPS is off, it still can get a general idea where you are (this based on the fact when you open the Google Maps application it knows what city I'm in with a large circle indicating the "margin of error"). Turning the GPS off improves battery life significantly, so I deduce that the GPS receiver is really off.

Comment Re:Some piracy is as bad as theft (Score 1) 525

by lexbaby on Monday August 25, 2008 @10:33AM (#24736725) Attached to: US Court Gives 15 Months' Jail, $415,900 Fine For Game Piracy

Or if the pirate was selling the game for a lower price than the copyright holder because the pirate had no costs. Likely.

Submission + - Electronic Transaction Reporting Almost Law (workshak.com)

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lexbaby

on Monday July 28, 2008 @01:16PM

lexbaby writes: "Over the weekend, the Senate passed a housing relief bill. President Bush is expected to sign it into law soon, perhaps this week. In addition to items directly related to the mortgage market, the housing relief bill offers additional provisions that are quite troubling. Including electronic payment processors and credit card processors are now being required to report transactions to the IRS. This adds another layer of work to any number of enterprises, and can be hard on small businesses and banks alike. Not to mention the new privacy concerns that come with this provision."

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