To Jailbreak or not to Jailbreak that is the question.

Whether 'tis nobler in the iPod to suffer

the incompatible and non-standard applications

Or pay apple to ensure no troubles.

To me it is simple... Apple highly restrict software makes sure that for the average dough head their authorized software will work on there product. Unauthorized software on a jailbroken device might not. Look at all the hassle and flak that MS must take for trying to allow for every possible hardware configuration and crappy written software.

To me it is simple... if I download and install authorized apple software I trust it will work. The alternative has failed to gain my trust yet. When my device is old or I have a new one I will take significantly more risks with but that time has not come.

I just try to avoid duplication of data.

I have backups here and backups there. One full 500 GB drive full of prized photo's.

A few restores and un-deletes and presto I can find 3+ files of the same thing.

I need a NAS that can do backups and help me avoid data duplications. Now only if the 5+ GB NAS can come down in price.

I saved and saved to get my C64. Way better than that stupid VIC 20.

I have hundreds games for it. About a dozen or so game that I enjoy so much I keep my C64 around and 'load' it up so I can play them. A emulator for the Iphone/touch would be something I would love to have and pay for it - provided it had the games I love to play.

No problem for MS. They can just have it silently install in the background upon the user doing the first update. I am sure MS will claim it is a critical patch.

This is about as funny as when China made it a law that the Dalai Lama could not reincarnation with out there expressed permission.

Just because they pass a law does not mean anything will happen. The North American companies will drag there feet and claim it would cost to much money and will need a bailout. Even then they will ways to pocket the money instead of helping the community by saving energy and the environment. Most car manufactures live in a short term finical gain scenario mind set. And if thing go bad in the long term they can expect a bail out by the tax payers.

It is also because it like a CD, DVD, Blue Ray disk! So now the movie companies can put the super higher grade/quality movie that fills almost the entire disk... see the pirates have the drive space to store hundreds of these movies? Or better yet the DRM could occupy 490 Gigabytes of the disk!!!

Much needed. Saw some work go by the desk for Electronic Health Records system.... about 1 million people and 2500+ different doctor's Database. Not a single doctor wants to pay to have their own DB converted to meet a new standard. Rather the centralized DB must be able to talk to each of the 2500 specialized DB and no one want to pay for that and the little realize the scope of achieve that kind of linkages.

David Prowse, the English actor who played (but didnâ(TM)t voice) Darth Vader in the first three Star Wars, was to be paid residuals from the net profit from the "Return of the Jedi". Seemed like a good idea as how much money the Star Wars franchise brought in.... but wait a second.... LucasFilm claims "Return of the Jedi" hasnâ(TM)t made a profit so too bad no money for you!

Read: http://digg.com/d1o9ch

How the hell can you cook the books so bad as to make it appear on paper you never made a single cent.... not bloody like I would ever invest in a Lucas film as according to their books they never make a profit! I guess after to you pay all the bills you give the left over to Lucas as a 'bonus' and tada... no profit!

Lots of film make no profit. Bills assessed and paid long after the film has been out. Forest Gump's studio fees where paid a year later at astronomical rates just so the movie would not turn a real profit.

Wonders of Hollywood Account!

Plagiarism, as defined in the 1995 Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary, is the "use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work."

The "close imitation of the language and thoughts". If you have possibly hundreds or thousands of sample works on a particular topic it is very likely that duplication will start occur. It may start out at 1% match but as the database grows the matching to existing parts of other items will grow till the point where it will be virtually impossible to actually write something that is considered actually original by a logical computer.

How many ways can you interpret Shakespeare? I know my English had no frig'n clue about Shakespeare but if your interpretation did not closely imitate his language and thoughts you where 100% wrong! Every passing paper was remarkably similar in its verbiage.

How could they patent such a idea? Does the patent office lay claim to things in Orbit? If so could you, as a patent holder, sue China as their spy satellites pass over your patent holding country?
The patent is fully of if's could's & theoretically. The patent should be for something the YOU, as the patent holder, can do and could do and would use a means to hold the world hostage to your mad empire desires!

They did not specify which 'other' browser. You might think FireFox, Opera or Safari. But atlas they all might not meet the requirements set forth by MS.... the optional competing web browsers included will have to be clearly deficient to make the clear choice MS.
I suspect a list of about 2 or 3 web browsers that we have never heard of to select from.

Right from wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monetize

Monetization is the process of converting or establishing something into legal tender. It usually refers to the printing of banknotes by central banks, but things such as gold, diamonds and emeralds, and art can also be monetized by Standby Letter of Credit brokers. Even intrinsically worthless items can be made into money, as long as they are difficult to make or acquire. Monetization may also refer to exchanging securities for currency, selling a possession, charging for something that used to be free or making money on goods or services that were previously unprofitable.

Are you scared now went Microsoft starts to use the word Monetization?

It is a big task and requires lots of parties to interact peacefully. It NEEDS to be done and no one company wants or can afford to do it. Good to see the government stepping in spearheading this endeavor. Being the government it will be slow moving and an virtually an unmovable force with a near endless amounts of money to make it 'happen'. Hopefully in the end it will not be come to bloated and to alter by special interest groups (and self serving political agendas).

When I set my parents up I had purchased a program that would fully restore the system on every boot. They could save files in the 'My Documents' folder but anything else they did was wiped clean. They could even do a format C. It was nice because no matter what they did all they needed to do was restart the computer to restore it back to what was 'normal' for them. Every visit I unlocked the system and updated everything and then locked it down again. Not too bad but they only accessed the internet via a dial-up. I think some of the newer programs that will 'refresh on restart' can be configured to automatically apply the windows and virus updated.

No if RIAA says your account is at fault and your ISP cuts you off can you appeal? What about lost productivity? I really do not want my ISP monitoring my connection. It is like asking the postal service to open all your mail that you send and receive. What about the getting the phone company to monitor all your phone calls. Well you are at it get monitor in your houses and cars so home builders and car manufactures can monitor you as well. Where does it stop. I really hope the ISP tell the RIAA to F off. When will some people with enough money band together to total fight the RIAA to the end.