Comment God Speed, You Fancy Bastard (Score 1) 1521
I really don't have anything more to add, but the spam filter insists that I type in *something*.
Comment Re:Danger, Will Robinson! (Score 1) 102
I can't abide by Symbian, Windows Phone, Android nor whatever the hell Samsung, Motorola and Ericsson excrete into their phones.
Trust me, I've tried.
Comment Re:Danger, Will Robinson! (Score 1) 102
I wouldn't have done it if I hadn't had 100% success on the other devices, but none of the other devices was the exact same, so I should have waited. Now she'll never jailbreak again.
Comment Re:Danger, Will Robinson! (Score 1) 102
To be more precise, it was my GF's phone, and I had successfully traversed two other devices first.
Let's just say I am not popular at this very moment.
Comment Danger, Will Robinson! (Score 1) 102
Worked fine on my iPad 2 and iPhone 3GS. iPhone 4 is now stuck in an Logo Loop of Death. I can access it through iRecovery, but I can't really salvage anything. Too bad I haven't backed it up for months, because there is soooo much data that I am going to lose if I have to Restore.
Comment Re:It's a huge issue to app developers, not Google (Score 1) 211
Wow, you just made me re-animate my /. account.
You have just described some of the major reasons I have gone in a great big circle around the Android phones, even if I find the *idea* of a Linux-based phone OS by Google very appealing. I have an iPhone that has all the same advantages of the Apple computers, only amplified: Complete hardware control and testability. They might be a little more expensive, and Apple might be dickheads, but they still deliver a better end product to the users.
Maybe in a year or two
Comment Re:Awesome! (Score 1) 178
Good thing you answered - I saw that the project home page hadn't been updated for 6 months, so I assumed that it had gone the way of the dodo, like so many other SF-projects.
I'll try to dig up my Qtek and see where that takes us :)
I'll try to dig up my Qtek and see where that takes us
Comment Re:Why Linux? (Score 1) 178
Jeez. Troll? Come ON. Offtopic, may be, but definitely not troll.
Comment Awesome! (Score 1) 178
I had completely forgotten about my near-useless Qtek 9100 (same as HTC Wizard, the slight difference being the casing, colours and market)
Is it any good, or is it just as treacle-slow as the Windows implementation?
Argh, who am I kidding, I'm probably going to dig it up and have a go either way. F/OSS FTW! :-D
Is it any good, or is it just as treacle-slow as the Windows implementation?
Argh, who am I kidding, I'm probably going to dig it up and have a go either way. F/OSS FTW!
Submission + - Egypt to Copyright Pyramids and Sphynx (google.com)
empaler writes: We all know the usual pro-copyright arguments. Most of them hinge on the fact that the individual or company that has a copyright needs an incentive to make something that is copyrightable, and therefore ensure a revenue stream in a period after the copyright has been granted. In a never-surpassed move, Egypt is working on legislation to extend copyright well above 3000 years — they are going to start claiming royalties for using likenesses of the Sphynx and the Pyramids. It is still unclear whether the original intent of the Pyramids included "making sure them bastards pay for a plastic copy in 3000 years" alongside "securing a pathway to the heavens for the God King". Speaking as a Greenlandic national, I want dibs on ice cubes.
Submission + - Microsoft can evade GPL 3 ..
rs232 writes: ""Microsoft should be able to extricate itself from the implications of the new GPL 3, according to a leading Australian intellectual property lawyer"
"Unless there is something more specific in the certificate or the collaboration agreement between Novell and Microsoft, I would be very surprised to see this upheld. It was a nice try on the part of (the FSF), but at this stage, I'd say it's not going to be an effective strategy. It will be tough to hold up in court."
'In this case, she said, Microsoft never acted — never 'entered' into the agreement, and the terms and conditions can only apply to new actions by Microsoft, not older ones. She said: "Their actions so far are not enough to say that they are bound."'
http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39167957 ,00.htm"
"Unless there is something more specific in the certificate or the collaboration agreement between Novell and Microsoft, I would be very surprised to see this upheld. It was a nice try on the part of (the FSF), but at this stage, I'd say it's not going to be an effective strategy. It will be tough to hold up in court."
'In this case, she said, Microsoft never acted — never 'entered' into the agreement, and the terms and conditions can only apply to new actions by Microsoft, not older ones. She said: "Their actions so far are not enough to say that they are bound."'
http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,3916795
Submission + - Judge Lets RIAA Subpoena Defendant's Employer
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: "A judge has ruled that the RIAA can subpoena the defendant's employer in a case pending in Manhattan federal court, Atlantic v. Shutovsky. The judge's order (pdf) contained eight (8) separate rulings deciding 19 pages of discovery disputes (pdf), resolving virtually all of them in favor of the RIAA."
Journal Journal: Fun w/ domain registrations: Do you know where your email is
It seems Greg Palast has Karl Rove's email:
I have Karl Rove's emails. No kidding. He and his team aren't the sharpest knives in the drawer. They sent copies of their plans to GeorgeWBush.ORG instead of GeorgeWBush.COM addresses -- and, heh heh, they ended up in my in-box.
Maybe going outside the White House system wasn't so clever after all.
Submission + - Apple design flaw proven
empaler writes: "Apple has long denied service on iBook G4s with faulty designs, denying that there was an error — but now, the Danish National Consumer Agency (press release) has released a report proving that the error is due to a design flaw. So far, the only news site picking this up is The Register, unless you understand Danish (1, 2, 3). The Danish Consumer Complaints Board is also implying that Apple needs to get a grip and acknowledge this error in the rest of the world.
The NCA also has some photos from the report (explanations in Danish, but easily transparent from context)."
The NCA also has some photos from the report (explanations in Danish, but easily transparent from context)."
Submission + - Former President Gerald Ford dead at 93
Rancid Altoid writes: LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Former U.S. President Gerald Ford, who was swept into office after the Watergate scandal and later pardoned Richard Nixon, died at age 93, his widow said on Tuesday.
