In The Netherlands they have solved that easily: it's just forbidden to hold a mobile phone in your hand while driving. Wether you are using it for calling, texting, VIP, Twitter or selecting an mp3 is not relevant.
The average Joe's I know ask me to pirate their ebooks for them. Much, much easier than messing around with buying drm-infested books, especially here where credidcards are not commonly used.
Most eBooks I pirated are scans from dead tree versions. Although the newer ones, that are also distributed digital, are often versions with DRM removed.
There are several adblockers for Android. The simplest are those who edit the hosts file, but they require a rooted phone.
Now I think of it, ot would be easy to make an adblocked browser for the iPhone too, if you include and upgraded the blocked hosts in the browser itself.
The second a security company allows insecurities to exist NOBODY will use their software, nor should they. If a governmental agency wants to monitor its citizens they need to wiretap or do it some other way. It seems governments nowadays think they can do anything...
Well, the story of the Sony rootkit suggests otherwise. And of course, although all kinds of usefull programs like cracks are labeled as "potentially unwanted program", spyware like the Ask.com toolbar or Google Chrome can still pass all virusscanners.
What is missing in the article is that the same hardline minister also put in that law the option for the prosecutor (not even a judge, just a prosecutor with a vested interest in a case) to order a suspect to decrypt encrypted files, punishable by max. 3 years in prison if he does not comply. It remains to be seem what the judges will do with "I forgot", or "I destroyed the keyfile" or "there is no hidden volume". So he leaves the inconvenient "not guilty until proven guilty" and "you have the right to remain silent". This could be overruled by the European court for the human rights but that takes a lot of time.
I wpould want a Q10 when my Nokia E72 wears out. A new Nokia is not interesting, it runs either the semi-smart S40 or closed WP. And it seems I don't have that much choice when I want a real keypad.
Contrary to the belief of many managers, sometimes software is just finished. It does what it has to do and adding more functionality is just bloat and changing the UI for change sake results in failures like windows 8. So software that hasn't been updated for some years can just be complete and good as it is.
I would have much less problems with GM food if we made in Europe patenting lifeforms illegal, with firm restrictions to keep it that way to prevent US lobbies from changing it.
Europe simply forbids the import of Monsanto-patented food so they can be as cheaply produced as they want, we're not buying them anyway. Farmers who want to export food to the EU should also not use it. Nothing to do with competition.
Of course, this is the next propaganda from Monsanto to change the EU rules in the hope that the EU will not act like a democracy. When there would be held a referendum over this matter, Monsanto food would not make a chance. There is a reason the company is also very much against labeling their food as GM food: it knows very well most customers would never buy it, and shops would probably boycot it also due to fear of a bad reputation.
And then get arrested and waterboarded just te be sure he wasn't getting himself an alibi? Trusting the FBI... that seems as smart and much less safe as trusting Nigerian 419 scammers.
I don't want look to be trolling, but all this was all already conceivable and known to be possible with the theories we had in the 1970's. Although very interesting things they were not the kind of discoveries that change how we look to nature but mere refining our knowledge of the consequences of theories we already know. The kind of things that learn us something really new, like how to calculate things when both QM and GR become relevant, are still open questions but we assume they have answers.
This is exactly the same as other totalitarian regimes did and do to re-"educate" (or to say it plainly, indoctrinate) their citizens with ideological propaganda to support the system. The USSR did it before the wall fell in 1989, and now the megacorps are doing it in the USA. Most Russians were clever enough to see through such propaganda, I'm curious to see if Americans are just as smart.
They tried to block Skype and Whatsapp here in The Netherlands too, requiring you to buy an extra option on your contract. This resulted in a new law on net neutrality forbidding such practices. The carriers shot themselves in the foot nicely with this action.
A free app for offline navigation? Where? Google maps doesn't count, that's not really offline, you can only load a few maps before a trip, not whole countries. And it doesn't warn for speedtraps.
Well, things some service providers didn't like like sending files over Bluetooth n(of infrared for the models that had that). My E72 has out of the box functionality to choose which phone calls can be directly diverted to/dev/null or voicemail. It comes with a dictionary and office reading software, and, most importantly, with offline navigation. It uses a decent profile system so when I'm at work I can set it to vibrate only with just changing profiles. Added software can even do that automatically on a timed basis so I can program in office hours, or even detect which cell towers it connects to there and let it dwitch when it connects to those towers.
And, of cource, a lot of models have a decent keyboard. Only disadvantage I know is that the non-toch models won't run Angry Birds.
ICBM shield? Then perhaps NK is using the same tactic the US used to send the USSR into bancrupcy. Seems like the US is already far on its way into a financial collapse.
>If the point comes where there is an imminent danger that a nuclear weapon is about to be lobbed into a populated area and detonated, the US will stop playing politics and take preemptive military action.
And call it Pearl Harbor 2...
Symbian phones were very feature complete (much more so than Android and iOS, my E72 has functionality that even now isn't standard on those) and I don't like to see it go. I still use a Nokia E72 as my primary phone and plan to do so for some more years, I even bought a spare used E72 in case something happens to it. Now that rooting Symbian is easy I even get functionality that was Android specific for some time, like adblocking with a hostsfile. And of course a week of battary use, get that from any current device.
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In The Netherlands they have solved that easily: it's just forbidden to hold a mobile phone in your hand while driving. Wether you are using it for calling, texting, VIP, Twitter or selecting an mp3 is not relevant.
No, DRM is adding the extra hassle of installing Calibre extensions to get rid of it.
The average Joe's I know ask me to pirate their ebooks for them. Much, much easier than messing around with buying drm-infested books, especially here where credidcards are not commonly used.
Most eBooks I pirated are scans from dead tree versions. Although the newer ones, that are also distributed digital, are often versions with DRM removed.
There are several adblockers for Android. The simplest are those who edit the hosts file, but they require a rooted phone. Now I think of it, ot would be easy to make an adblocked browser for the iPhone too, if you include and upgraded the blocked hosts in the browser itself.
Out? Why? There's nothing here that AdBlock Plus can't fix.
and this will finally convince more people to start using adblockers. Good.
The second a security company allows insecurities to exist NOBODY will use their software, nor should they. If a governmental agency wants to monitor its citizens they need to wiretap or do it some other way. It seems governments nowadays think they can do anything...
Well, the story of the Sony rootkit suggests otherwise. And of course, although all kinds of usefull programs like cracks are labeled as "potentially unwanted program", spyware like the Ask.com toolbar or Google Chrome can still pass all virusscanners.
What is missing in the article is that the same hardline minister also put in that law the option for the prosecutor (not even a judge, just a prosecutor with a vested interest in a case) to order a suspect to decrypt encrypted files, punishable by max. 3 years in prison if he does not comply. It remains to be seem what the judges will do with "I forgot", or "I destroyed the keyfile" or "there is no hidden volume". So he leaves the inconvenient "not guilty until proven guilty" and "you have the right to remain silent". This could be overruled by the European court for the human rights but that takes a lot of time.
I wpould want a Q10 when my Nokia E72 wears out. A new Nokia is not interesting, it runs either the semi-smart S40 or closed WP. And it seems I don't have that much choice when I want a real keypad.
Then it's time to change this.
Contrary to the belief of many managers, sometimes software is just finished. It does what it has to do and adding more functionality is just bloat and changing the UI for change sake results in failures like windows 8. So software that hasn't been updated for some years can just be complete and good as it is.
I would have much less problems with GM food if we made in Europe patenting lifeforms illegal, with firm restrictions to keep it that way to prevent US lobbies from changing it.
Europe simply forbids the import of Monsanto-patented food so they can be as cheaply produced as they want, we're not buying them anyway. Farmers who want to export food to the EU should also not use it. Nothing to do with competition. Of course, this is the next propaganda from Monsanto to change the EU rules in the hope that the EU will not act like a democracy. When there would be held a referendum over this matter, Monsanto food would not make a chance. There is a reason the company is also very much against labeling their food as GM food: it knows very well most customers would never buy it, and shops would probably boycot it also due to fear of a bad reputation.
And then get arrested and waterboarded just te be sure he wasn't getting himself an alibi? Trusting the FBI... that seems as smart and much less safe as trusting Nigerian 419 scammers.
I don't want look to be trolling, but all this was all already conceivable and known to be possible with the theories we had in the 1970's. Although very interesting things they were not the kind of discoveries that change how we look to nature but mere refining our knowledge of the consequences of theories we already know. The kind of things that learn us something really new, like how to calculate things when both QM and GR become relevant, are still open questions but we assume they have answers.
This is exactly the same as other totalitarian regimes did and do to re-"educate" (or to say it plainly, indoctrinate) their citizens with ideological propaganda to support the system. The USSR did it before the wall fell in 1989, and now the megacorps are doing it in the USA. Most Russians were clever enough to see through such propaganda, I'm curious to see if Americans are just as smart.
They tried to block Skype and Whatsapp here in The Netherlands too, requiring you to buy an extra option on your contract. This resulted in a new law on net neutrality forbidding such practices. The carriers shot themselves in the foot nicely with this action.
A free app for offline navigation? Where? Google maps doesn't count, that's not really offline, you can only load a few maps before a trip, not whole countries. And it doesn't warn for speedtraps.
Well, things some service providers didn't like like sending files over Bluetooth n(of infrared for the models that had that). My E72 has out of the box functionality to choose which phone calls can be directly diverted to /dev/null or voicemail. It comes with a dictionary and office reading software, and, most importantly, with offline navigation. It uses a decent profile system so when I'm at work I can set it to vibrate only with just changing profiles. Added software can even do that automatically on a timed basis so I can program in office hours, or even detect which cell towers it connects to there and let it dwitch when it connects to those towers.
And, of cource, a lot of models have a decent keyboard. Only disadvantage I know is that the non-toch models won't run Angry Birds.
The nuke + delivery system will put them into a position where "preemptive strikes" a la Pearl Harbor become much less probable.
ICBM shield? Then perhaps NK is using the same tactic the US used to send the USSR into bancrupcy. Seems like the US is already far on its way into a financial collapse.
>If the point comes where there is an imminent danger that a nuclear weapon is about to be lobbed into a populated area and detonated, the US will stop playing politics and take preemptive military action. And call it Pearl Harbor 2...
Symbian phones were very feature complete (much more so than Android and iOS, my E72 has functionality that even now isn't standard on those) and I don't like to see it go. I still use a Nokia E72 as my primary phone and plan to do so for some more years, I even bought a spare used E72 in case something happens to it. Now that rooting Symbian is easy I even get functionality that was Android specific for some time, like adblocking with a hostsfile. And of course a week of battary use, get that from any current device.
That's a US sentence, Dotcom will certainly never go to the US out of his free will. I don't know what the law in New Zealand says about this.