Comment: Profit (Score 4, Insightful) 538
At a time when tuition prices are rising faster than ever, why are we skimping on the most fundamental aspect of college?
Because profit is all that matters?
Comment: Re:It is hip to be square (Score 1) 128
Gimp wars! I've gone back in time!
Comment: Sigh (Score 3, Insightful) 107
The goal of the project is to build a permanent data collection infrastructure to monitor things that might help government officials, researchers and companies better understand the city environment.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Comment: Re:What about a kill switch for Google and Microso (Score 2) 137
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LookIntoTheFuture
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Attached to: Google and Microsoft Plan Kill Switches On Smartphones
Bah. They are both terrible. Google gets the blame for pushing personal information gathering to new heights. Everyone else is seeing what they are getting away with and are following suit.
Comment: Hooray! (Score 2) 137
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LookIntoTheFuture
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Attached to: Google and Microsoft Plan Kill Switches On Smartphones
Coming soon to Android and Windows devices:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tec...
Comment: Re:Ummm (Score 1) 364
It may not cost anything, but it is most definitely not free.
This could replace their old motto of "Don't be evil".
Comment: Re:I'll buy anything from China except food (Score 1) 431
Globalization is a race to the bottom...
Well, that and shareholder primacy.
Comment: Re:Overreach much? (Score 1) 216
what they are asking for is the ability to bitch-slap developers after the fact who create apps that are designed for use while driving yet lead to distractions
Like the ads that pop up on the MapQuest app during navigation. (Yes, yes, I know I'm the only one that uses it.)
Comment: Re:$300 = free? (Score 1) 153
... please point out where they scoop up your data....
It's right here in the name ---> "Google".
Comment: $300 = free? (Score 2) 153
OK. They are really stretching the word "free" here. Free = $300 + greedily scooping up your data with this service now or in the future? No, that's far from free.
Comment: Re:Apple Actually Cares About Privacy (Score 1) 323
Replying to my own post. This app is also available on the 1Mobile Market.
Danger will Robinson! holy Chinese mobile malware batman!
Could you show me proof of this? Thanks.
Comment: Re:Apple Actually Cares About Privacy (Score 1) 323
BTW, this app does the same on a rooted Android device.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Mod this up!
Replying to my own post. This app is also available on the 1Mobile Market.
Comment: Re:Apple Actually Cares About Privacy (Score 1) 323
BTW, this app does the same on a rooted Android device.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Mod this up!
Comment: Re:if they float they are guilty (Score 1) 216
The next test for guilt in "hackers" might be that they float
- What makes you think she's a witch?
- She turned me into a newt!
- A newt?
- I got better.
- Burn her anyway!
- Quiet! Quiet!
- There are ways of telling whether she is a witch.
- Are there? What are they? Tell us. - Do they hurt?
- Tell me, what do you do with witches?
- Burn them!
- And what do you burn, apart from witches?
- More witches! - Wood!
- So why do witches burn?
- 'Cause they're made of wood? - Good!
- So, how do we tell if she is made of wood?
- Build a bridge out of her.
- Ah, but can you not also make bridges out of stone?
- Oh, yeah.
- Does wood sink in water?
- No, it floats. - Throw her into the pond!
- What also floats in water?
- Bread. - Apples.
- Very small rocks. - Cider! Great gravy.
- Cherries. Mud. - Churches! Churches!
- Lead! Lead!
Comment: Re:speaking of FCC (Score 1) 347
The cable countries have figured out the great truth of America: If you want to do something evil, put it inside something boring. Apple could put the entire text of Mein Kampf inside the Itunes user agreement and you'd just go "Uh, Agree, Agree, Agree..."
Bingo.