Comment Re:Scale it up! (Score 1) 51
So, are you agreeing with me or not? :P
Comment Re:4 real issues (Score 1) 189
the 3GS can handle encryption and if you have exchange 2007 SP1 you can force the phone to encrypt the data which means any pre-3GS devices won't work
Comment Re:The human eye can dectect 30 (Score 1) 521
Design always implies a designer, so evolutionary design is always a religious reference. He communicated perfectly, but I'm not sure if he communicated what he intended.
Comment Re:Good prediction (Score 2, Insightful) 189
and google probably has an email system where everything is stored in Gmail in the cloud. for the rest of us, we have exchange and people store a lot of data on phones
Comment Re:N1 vs Iphone (Score 1) 189
4GB vs 16GB or 32GB storage
by the time you add more storage to the N1 it's more expensive. and it pretty much locked down to T-Mo since it can't use AT&T's 3G frequencies. and T-Mo sucks. and with all the corporate/work related apps in the app store Google's limit on the number of apps is dumb.
Comment Re:I don't think this is worth doing. (Score 1) 467
can we state that a black hole would actually have a positive charge? It seems like it would be neutral - but I'm not a physicist (or a chemist) either. Though it would be an interesting twist on the Moby song, "We are all made of Stars"
Comment Re:Wow.... things have *really* gone downhill (Score 1) 210
Perhaps he wanted to know who would be on the board. Shuttleworth? Markting drones? The existing members? Users? Me?
Comment Re:An iPod? (Score 1) 51
Loads of phones could do that, and even better, some of them would be cheaper.
IDEs With VIM Text Editing Capability? 193
An anonymous reader writes "I am currently looking to move from text editing with vim to a full fledged IDE with gdb integration, integrated command line, etc. Extending VIM with these capabilities is a mortal sin, so I am looking for a linux based GUI IDE. I do not want to give up the efficient text editing capabilities of VIM though. How do I have my cake and eat it too?"
Comment Re:Not jail, the wilderness (Score 1) 184
For one, you would probably read more books
One of these days I want someone to explain to me why reading more books is so important. Not everything that isn't reading books is bad (take that grammar nazis).
Comment Re:Do not want. (Score 1) 155
I object to this for a different reason: I consider the concept of an organization with world jurisdiction intrinsically dangerous and unacceptable. It's like a monopoly: if you don't like their rules, where else are you going to go?
What do you sugest then? And no, i'm not trying to flame. and no, I am also not talking about piracy?
Cyber crime in my book.
- Web sites are taken off line due to denial of service attacks.
- identifies are stolen and sold. Costing people their credit and sometimes their homes, their lives
Something has to be done, and at least this(as bad as it is) is a united(least it sounds like it) front. All countries need to be part of the solution for us to win this, which no matter how you look at it. Will be a solution like is described here.
Again, not trying to flame. Just trying to point out the stakes involved require a solution like this.
Comment Re:24 hours? (Score 1) 86
1 hour... he only needed to do it for 1 hour. Think it through. I don't think I need to explain how. In fact, I'm pretty sure he only did one hour.
Comment Re:Wait... (Score 2, Insightful) 80
Or do you really believe they would develop something less secure?
It's not a matter of belief. Those who are paying attention know this is worse.
EA Flip-Flops On Battlefield: Heroes Pricing, Fans Angry 221
An anonymous reader writes "Ben Kuchera from Ars Technica is reporting that EA/DICE has substantially changed the game model of Battlefield: Heroes, increasing the cost of weapons in Valor Points (the in-game currency that you earn by playing) to levels that even hardcore players cannot afford, and making them available in BattleFunds (the in-game currency that you buy with real money). Other consumables in the game, such as bandages to heal the players, suffered the same fate, turning the game into a subscription or pay-to-play model if players want to remain competitive. This goes against the creators' earlier stated objectives of not providing combat advantage to paying customers. Ben Cousins, from EA/DICE, argued, 'We also frankly wanted to make buying Battlefunds more appealing. We have wages to pay here in the Heroes team and in order to keep a team large enough to make new free content like maps and other game features we need to increase the amount of BF that people buy. Battlefield Heroes is a business at the end of the day and for a company like EA who recently laid off 16% of their workforce, we need to keep an eye on the accounts and make sure we are doing our bit for the company.' The official forums discussion thread is full of angry responses from upset users, who feel this change is a betrayal of the original stated objectives of the game."
Comment Re:Worrying, but not terrible (Score 1) 305
The problem, as I see it, is that this 'Cloud', although free, is the public face of cloud computing for many, and thus the one that many people will base their opinions on. Who would put their neck on the line suggesting 'Clouds' to their boss, co-workers, etc. as good, when apparently items can vanish at will, whether it be by man or machine? Even though the paid version would likely have better support, possibly less 'censorship', few people will be likely to make that distinction.
