How do you load software on it without iTunes?

The problem isn't the connection, but who has access to the data once it is on the remote server? That is a difficult enough question with a hosted, off-site server but with cloud computing it becomes unanswerable because the data is spread (or should be) to various geographical locations. How accountable is your cloud provider for you data security?

The short answer is "there ain't none". You may be able to hack together an in house solution with some N900 devices, but they will probably be discontinued next year. After that who knows. As for the rest, all require using proprietary sync tools (ala iTunes) or syncing to remote servers (Driod, PalmPre, Blackberry).

I'm curious why you think Go is a brute force game. I'm not sure you've actually played the game before, maybe you're thinking of Atari Go?

A real game of Go has very subtle strategies. Using brute force tactics against a strong player usually ends in a loss, which is why computers have only been able to win against Dan level players on very small boards or with very large handicaps.

This is A VERY GOOD THING. We are fighting for the future of human knowledge. It goes beyond paychecks and copyrights. When information is shared amongst all people it brightens the world. When information is restricted and controlled the world is darkened. Anything that prevents one group of people from controlling others access to information is a heroic act. No matter how petty and small it may seem.

I don't have any mod points, but that shit was funny right there. +1

The only reason that these things happen is that every time these things happen everybody looks around and says "Well, these things happen..." and THAT'S why they happen!

If you see something, say something...peace out.

Doesn't help in this case. I've had two friends get compromised in the last week. In both cases, since I was in their address book, I got V1agra spam from their accounts. The messages were from legitimate white listed Gmail addresses sent from legitimate Google servers.

Don't get me wrong, this was a really big mistake. It doesn't happen often at this scale, but it does happen.

In this case the prefixes what were mis-broadcast were sequential for the most part and covered several networks and countries, not a specific target. The bulk of the misrouted addresses were actually in China. They also didn't leak the routes (as in the Pakistan incident) but re-originated the prefixes, pre-pending their AS number to the announcement. This means "origin AS" based filters would have stopped the incident form even happening. I think that some poor technician fat fingered his BGP announcement, trying to do some traffic shaping. An actual attack would have been much more sophisticated.

You will have to make your own decision about your paranoia against China.