Interesting! Sounds similar to the situation with Tesla taxies at the Stockholm Arlanda airport.

With the precedent of this case, If you had the skill to do something the FBI needed for an investigation they could simply compel you to do so under the all writs act and if they refuse you could go to jail until you comply.

Sounds like a modern version of the Quartering Acts:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

And if that's not an option, how about some gold bullion?

So? I believe it's justified. The link between Chick Fil A and anti gay rights isn't some tenuous maze or an exercise in 6 degrees of separation. Truett Cathy owns Chik Fil A and makes money selling chicken sandwiches. Truett Cathy started the WinShape Foundation, which donates money to anti gay rights organizations. It's very clear that for every dollar you give Truett Cathy, a portion of that goes into the pockets of an organization that actively campaigns against gay rights. Perhaps the public was not aware of this before a couple of weeks ago, but he made that abundantly clear now.

FWIW, I jailbroke and unlocked my paid off and out of contract AT&T 3GS iPhone, and use it in the EU with basic drop-in SIM "pay as you go" carriers. My still GPS works fine.

This year, Snow Leopard has DEP, so its no longer trivial to exploit.

Snow Leopard was released in 2009, and according to Wikipedia, Apple has used DEP since 2006.
Is he referring to some aspect of DEP in particular?

Just ask your average Sicilian what she thinks of the Tuscan.

That they're a bunch of Dorics?

Imagine if there was a really obnoxious person who thousands of people spontaneously disliked, all at once. And each one, without an autodialer, called just a few times a day to ask the person to stop being obnoxious. Is that/should that be illegal?

Interesting point. In fact, doesn't this happen all the time? For example, when activist groups organize 'call-ins' or 'fax-ins' to a company/congressman/government office, with the goal of both voicing their displeasure and jamming phone lines?

Well said, and thought provoking.

agreed. also, i think a lot of mac users appreciate target disk mode. i use it daily:

http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=999229&cid=25415561

actually, i use target disk mode daily. i know i'm in a minority, but it's quite convenient.

i bring my black macbook to the office, start it up in target disk mode, and then plug it into one of the big fat 8core macpros with a large screen. then, i login to my own account with my own home folder on the macbook, while taking advantage of the macpro's hardware.

i also have a lot of fw peripherals, and daisy chaining multiple 2.5" external hard drives is great! to do this with usb, you'd have to plug power and data into each hard drive separately.

i'll miss firewire on the macbooks, but as long as the macbook pros keep it, i guess i'll be happy.