The problem isn't requiring Google or others to get consent with a link at the bottom of each page pointing to a 30-page legal agreement. The problem is people have no idea what those agreements mean.

You mean like that 30-page EULA for each and every piece of software you buy that no one reads? Yeah, yeah, I agree to give you my first born child. *clicks Agree*

Perhaps because the things other companies make are utter shit in comparison, even taking into account the things Apple might leave out that you would like?

Yes. This. A million times. I'm required to use a windows pc for work, and I'm almost homicidal at the end of the week with the little things that work on my mac (at home) which absolutely don't on my work machine.

It's not even that I consciously agree with everything the mac does, just that when my mac does something stupid, there's some logic to why it does it, and when I use windows, the logic is all sideways. Don't get me started on linux. It acts like the schizophrenic child of frankenstein it is. Saying it's better than a windows box is like saying having one leg on fire is better than being entirely on fire.

Personally, I'm thinking the apple tv looks like finally a usable product, and would be 100% worth buying if it did one little more thing. Hulu. (Although right now, I'm using understudy with front row to do hulu and netflix, so there's no reason to go out today and blow $100.)

The ipod revamp is pretty sweet, the nano looks like a nice interface, the "all clickwheel" shuffle looks usable, and at $50, a nice entry-level device. The 4.2 announcement to bring more usability to the ipad is pretty sweet, too. All in all, a nice presentation.

Yes, I've drunk the kool-aid. But my mac has ksh, so it's all good.

I'm sorry, but I'm 38 and I've been following computer and technology acronyms since 1981. And all those damn cellphone terms just make my head hurt.

Welcome to my world. I'm an IP admin in a wireless telecom company. I thought everyone had abandoned telnet years ago, but it's alive and kicking in telecom.

and I liked my Saturn (35 mpg, manual) until I got a TDI New Beetle (45-50 mpg, also manual). (Yes, I'm a chick, yes, that was a chick car, but it has nice low-end torque, and powered me through Colorado's snow up and down Monument Hill just fine.)

Of course, this is the US, and diesels are rare. The husband and I were watching a Top Gear episode where the three hosts were doing a single-tank-of-gas race. All of their cars got more than 50 mpg, and I'm pretty sure they were all diesels (Jeremy chose a Jag twin-turbo 12-cyl, iirc, because he didn't think that he could get the 750 miles on one tank and wanted to run out close to his house). I want those cars over here! Screw the 24-30 mpg we usually get, I want the cars that are 45-55 mpg STANDARD.

They never claimed anything that sounded like damage. In fact, their claim of damage is like suing the neighbor kids for $50,000 because they hit your window with a rock and it didn't leave a mark.

I know it's almost against /. religion to actually read the article, but this is quoted from the fine article:

Childs may also have to cover the city's US $900,000 bill, spent on trying to regain control of its network. A hearing on financial penalties is set for August 13.

$900k in "damages" based on the bill the city had to pay to get their network back under control.

"We've got the software running, someone give us some hardware to run it on!"?

Seems a bit bass-ackwards to me. But then again, it's windows. Sorry, "Windows Phone 7."

From TFA:

She must also pay $4,800 in restitution

She probably worked in the office which was not attached to the warehouse/plant. I can't imagine bottles of oxygen exploding would cause that little damage. What happened to work avoidance through a meeting on your outlook calendar? geez. if she knew that trick, she'd still have a job. and not have a criminal record.

I've got a Nikon D80, and a panasonic dmc-zr1. the panasonic takes decent *enough* photos, (MUCH BETTER than the camera on my phone) and is 12mpx, which if nothing else, lets me crop the hell out of a photo :)

We're glad to have the point n shoot. It does video, which we've been using for things like product shots on our website, and for a demo of the cnc router benny built. I got it for ... some holiday or other from Costco.

2 more hours of this crap, then another week (4 days) of 12 hour shifts against my will. (I'll gladly work whatever hours are needed to finish a project, etc. but this is crap.)

my last night is the 12th. I start new job on the 14th. the 13th is gonna suck, but I DON'T CARE. I get to work days again. I get to have a life again.

I get to not wake up, go to work, come home, sleep.

I get to get out in the sunlight and take photographs in my downtime. Probably of bunnies for a while, since the place we're living is overrun with the adorable grey furry things.