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  1. 3G calls... on Skype Officially Available For Android · · Score: 1

    ...are only available to installations outside the US, I think.

  2. Re:Is it going to have a TV tuner built-in? on Google TV Details Revealed · · Score: 1

    Please tell me how I can watch shows like Mad Men and Trueblood, when they air, using a completely legal method via the interwebs.

    I'm waiting. :P

    Until then, I'm going to need a TV tuner so I can use my existing cable connection.

  3. Re:Is it going to have a TV tuner built-in? on Google TV Details Revealed · · Score: 1

    Okay, just read on Logitech's website about a sort of "Harmony remote," that will send commands simultaneously to both whatever you're using for tuning AND the GoogleTV at the same time. That might work.

  4. Is it going to have a TV tuner built-in? on Google TV Details Revealed · · Score: 1

    Or is it just DishTV users? Because otherwise how is it different from my old desktop running Boxee? :\

    Look, I'm usually an unabashed Google fanboy, and even I think this is silly.

  5. Re:Kids these days? on Android Software Piracy Rampant · · Score: 1

    Or a few bucks on a ROM management app?

    Nice try, Koush.

  6. Re:Game changer on 100/1 Odds On 'First Contact' Within a Year · · Score: 1

    You think? More than likely, even if it were to happen, it would just be a simple acknowledgment: "okay, they're out there."

    Well, either that or we're about to be conquered, and in that case who cares.

  7. I love reading about the Buran on Soviet Shuttle Buran Found In a Junk Heap · · Score: 1

    ...and it's fully automated first flight. As I recall, it did the whole thing under independent computer control -- was this an incredible achievement for the time?

  8. Re:Yes we can on Obama Wants Broader Internet Wiretap Authority · · Score: 1

    Figures -- I hear the party not currently in power trumpeting the same thing about the upcoming elections. How much you want to bet it'll be the same ol' same ol' when they get in, too?

  9. DMCA Counter-Claim or not... on Countering a DMCA Takedown In the Magnet Wars · · Score: 1

    ...isn't there a period wherein Youtube's allowed to decided whether to put the content back up or not?

  10. Re:force-cached PNG's on Introducing the Invulnerable Evercookie · · Score: 1

    Yes you still can delete the history automatically, but there is no indication that this actually is taking place.
    It's less about what's being done or not...it's about *knowing*...in a very clear and obvious way...that something to protect your privacy is being done.

    Come on -- you're serious about this? Dude, if you've got trust issues with a browser, you might need to get off the internet entirely, because trust me, ain't nothing really that secure.

  11. Re:force-cached PNG's on Introducing the Invulnerable Evercookie · · Score: 1

    Are you talking about the Firefox 4.0 beta? Because in the latest version of 3.6, you can still set it to clear the history on exit in the normal settings.

  12. This report brought to you by... on Security Concerns Paramount After Early Reviews of Diaspora Code · · Score: 0

    Facebook, LLC.

  13. Re:why not just acquire all of Novell on VMware Looks To Acquire Novell's SUSE Unit · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If there's suddenly a problem with Java w.r.t. patents and stuff, would the alternative really be something "open source" based upon a Microsoft product? :\

  14. Re:Cheating was rampant on APB To Close Mere Months After Launch · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think you're missing the deeper gameplay mechanics obviously secretly built-into a game based around a life of crime...

  15. Re:Huh? on Meet the Virginia-Built 110MPG X-Prize Car · · Score: 1

    Considering the other team made a car that got 187mpg (and it looks like a real car, to boot), I hope it's for each.

  16. Re:Aptitude on Why Are Terrorists Often Engineers? · · Score: 1

    Just to play devil's advocate, besides parting the proverbial fools with their money (who invests 100% of their portfolios into one thing?), what "damage" did Madoff do?

  17. Re:This just in! on Google Engineer Spied On Teen Users · · Score: 1

    I have a feeling that the amount of data Google is storing and recording is nothing compared to even the _average_ ISP. :\ You think Google's even a problem, compared to that?

  18. Re:This just in! on Google Engineer Spied On Teen Users · · Score: 1

    "The point IS that Google is full of nefarious creeps like everyone else." ...then, like I say, why even bother to have the name of the company in the article title?

    I never claimed that Google was filled with a bunch of fucking saints -- I'd think the exact same if the article said "Microsoft Admin Found Stalking MSN Chat Users." It makes no difference what the company is.

  19. Re:This just in! on Google Engineer Spied On Teen Users · · Score: 1

    I'm thinking any small IT department worth its salt has already weighed the pros and cons of opening up their data to extra admins, right?

    I really don't think the tale of one nefarious creep is going to change their minds, considering that they're more than likely moving for cost reasons, and you're going to have these kinds of issues in ANY cloud service, be it Google or something else.

  20. Re:This just in! on Google Engineer Spied On Teen Users · · Score: 1

    I'm fine with listing that he worked at Google somewhere in the article if you want, but it's still completely and utterly irrelevant that he did. Employees at ANY company can do this -- Google is nothing special. The use of "Google" in the title is just a way to make the problem seem somehow worse than it would be at any other company.

    "Oh no, honey, did you hear? An employee at The Google is looking at kids' data! I've never heard of this happening before! This is an outrage!"

    You think they're a special case because they have your search engine history? What about your ISP? Your family doctor?

  21. Re:This just in! on Google Engineer Spied On Teen Users · · Score: 1

    Barring not letting any employee see protected user data (a completely unreasonable practice), I don't see how this could have been prevented.

    If simple forms and NDA's are good enough for HIPPA, it's good enough for Google.

  22. This just in! on Google Engineer Spied On Teen Users · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Individual person does nefarious actions -- name of company he works for used in title of news article for salacious reasons. More at 11.

  23. Re:Do No Evil on Google Engineer Spied On Teen Users · · Score: 1

    The shareholders'.

  24. Re:backing up Google Apps on non-rooted G1? on Android Fork Brings Froyo To 12 Smartphones · · Score: 1

    You're worried about the wrong thing, entirely -- you have to root your phone FIRST before you even start worrying about Cyanogenmod. Thus, after this point, it's trivial to get the new proprietary Google apps (they're in a separate zip file you flash), and Cyanogen will release updates for them from time to time -- just keep an eye out.

  25. Re:Seriously... on Developer Demands Pirate Bay Not Remove Torrent · · Score: 1

    I'm assuming that, if they would even post about "knowing nothing about *nix systems," they weren't the ones to actually crack the program, aye? Though, doesn't stop them from taking credit for it?