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Remote Kill Flags Surface In Kindle
PL/SQL Guy writes "The Kindle has a number of 'remote kill' flags built in to the hardware that, among other things, allow the text-to-speech function to be disabled at any time on a book-by-book basis. 'Beginning yesterday, Random House Publishers began to disable text-to-speech remotely. The TTS function has apparently been remotely disabled in over 40 works so far.' But what no one at Amazon will discuss is what other flags are lurking in the Kindle format: is there a 'read only once' flag? A 'no turning the pages backwards' flag?"
No, what I really want is the Kindle without kill switches, but thanks for shoving your pet OS down our throats.
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It has nothing to do with depriving the creator of anything. It has to do with the creator's rights to have his creations distributed on his terms.
But, naturally, the rights of a creator don't factor into it for reprobates like you. It's all just take-take-take, just because you can.
Eat a bullet.
"You can either have software quality or you can have pointer arithmetic, but you cannot have both at the same time."
Oh, no, you misunderstand. I have no interest in somebody having a lead injection simply because of the law. I earnestly want him to shuffle off this mortal coil because people like him directly harm me and my ability to make a livelihood, for the puerile benefit of free entertainment. To hell with 'im. :-)
"You can either have software quality or you can have pointer arithmetic, but you cannot have both at the same time."
In most of Europe, if you go into an establishment looking to have your butt smooched and every single one of your sniffy little needs met, you will be shown the door rather than letting you waste the employee's and other customer's time.
Reading through your snide bullshit, this quote further shows the extremes of European assholery. I mean, that's how I want all of my transactions to go down. I go in, spend my money and when the shit isn't right, I'm looked at as the one in the wrong and a burden on the business's and other customers' time. Fuck you, buddy. I'll be happy to continue living somewhere where businesses know how to treat the people that pay their bills. Stupid Eurocunt piece of shit.