*AHEM*

I bought a first gen 7" Tab, and will get one of the newer ones later this year/early next year.

To answer your three points one by one:

1) It isn't an integrated e-reader (obviously) but the Amazon Kindle app works fantastically on it.

2) I used iPad 1's extensively before making my buying devision - I was even given one to use for two days and reviewed it for my blog. I dislike it.

3) Further to my point above, I used the iPad 1, and since it came out the iPad 2 as well.

Now to my buying decisions specific to me getting the 7"er GTab P1000

1) Petter dot pitch, or pixel density of screen resolution. (easier on the eyes to read)
2) At least similar internal hardware specs.
3) No walled garden crap.
4) It has a better form factor than any larger tablets - iPad cannot be compared here because I dislike any of the 10" tablets - for my use they won't work.
5) It makes and receives phonecalls and sms'es. It is also my phone - one device to perform two functions.
6) I can easily build apps for it myself. (and I have - not in market, personal use for notifying when one of my works webservers decide to go bork)
7) 3G/HSUPA, WiFi and GSM on my 16gig model for less than an iPad 3G would cost, and I can add a flash card if I so choose - no need so far.

I have not rooted my device, no need. Two things the iPad does better than the gTab is MUCH better battery life (I usually get a day to a day and a half out of my Tab) and the viewing angle on the iPad screen is better. I gladly live with those two for all the other advantages it has.

The Tab is a superior device.

And you ignore the benefit of having advertising in your app and hence making money like that.

FWIW I always thought the jack is the male part and the port is the female part.

Go figure...

My point is, without recourse to censorship you will be without protection from slander or threat or organisation of violence against you.

And 4chan has been known to mess things up for individuals before.

I believe my point stands.

Yep that is kind of where I was trying to get at. Some censorship is good. To claim that "some censorship" means "no freedom of speech" is a slippery slope fallacy.

Consider this hypothetical scenario, and let's be clear that I do not know you in any way - this is just for an example:

Say I call your wife a whore, and spread a rumor that she is sleeping around. Say I use facebook to spread this rumour. Then I go further and incite violence against her via twitter.

Where in this hypothetical scenario should the state step in and stop me?

You can probably step in and stop me via a lawsuit (slander?) but then anonymous or 4chan gets involved. Should the state step in there?

I would do this two ways.

One - send out mass mails (one per complainant) to the company about $issue, and CC $newsmedia and $govtrepresentative in each message.

Two - take out adwords on google for keywords related to the product/service/company and let the ads direct to a site with your message.

One accomplishes the "one meatsack one complainant" limitation imposed by physical sit-ins AND makes the message public.

Two gets the message out, and gives the recipient of the message free choice if he wants to click the ad.

Both get the message into the open and leave the acting upon the message to the public. Exactly like a sit in would.

The adwords angle has to be done carefully to stear clear of slander laws.

*takes aim*

... Mark?

Link to original blog post:

http://jan.wildeboer.net/2011/02/microsoft-absolutely-no-free-software-for-windows-phone-and-xbox-apps/

Enjoy.

A "top not" IT team will have a proper budget.

Most of the things you mentioned cost money, and sadly most IT teams are the bastard children of management decisions as far as budget goes.

It usually takes something like this before management decides to finally empower the IT team with some form of financial support for their IT needs.

Well, first you have to get ReactOS to run...

Right, another block of domains/ip's to add to my blocking list.

Is it just me or do women seem to have gotten prettier over the years?

Not to be rude or anything, but todays girls just seem cuter.

There are exceptions of course - but I spy a trend...

That settlement is WAY too low. I would expect a settlement in the BILLIONS given the creative accounting used in the industry.