What are we going to be able to do with it? Who knows.
They had lasers sat around in research labs for years as experimental curiosities with no practical use. Now pretty-much every household in the developed world contains at least one, and some people carry them around on their key chains.
Perhaps the wording has been changed, but preferring open standards has been part of eGif for as long as I've been aware of it (which has to be at least 6 years now).
You wouldn't have needed a billion dollar company to launch a new phone OS, a couple of hackers could have done it.
And then that billion dollar company would have come along, taken their invention, marketed the hell out of it and made a mint, all without compensating the original inventors.
That is what the patent system is supposed to prevent. I'd agree that it needs reform (for a start, granting patents on things that really shouldn't be patentable should stop), but simply throwing it out completely is not a viable solution.
To be infected you have to go into settings and approve non-market installation
Yes.
browse to a Chinese site
Not necessarily.
download their market installer, install it
No; what gave you that idea? You can simply download an app direct from a website (or get one attached to an email, or copy it over via USB, etc) and install it. You don't need to install another market installer.
say okay to the permission window where it says it can send text messages that may cost you money
Yes.
I'd say Android is still pretty safe.
And I'd agree, though the process for pwning yourself is a little less complicated than you listed.
They had to make at lease one nonstandard setting, download in a nonstandard way, and launch the installation in a nonstandard way. Looking for Porn is my guess. I have very little sympathy.
EA has made a demo of Worms for Android available for free download from one of their websites; it's advertised from time to time in other games, apps, etc. In order to install it, you must download it from the site, and enable installing non-Marketplace apps as you describe.
Last time I searched, while the game itself is available through the Marketplace (to purchase), the demo is not.
Not all unofficial downloads are necessarily shady. (Yeah, I know, it *is* EA, har har)
Similarly to Tom's response, the answer is "Yes" and "No/maybe".
Countries apply their laws to citizens of other countries all the time. If I hack into a server at the Pentagon from here in the UK for instance, perhaps looking for evidence of the existence of UFOs, there's a pretty good chance the US government will apply to my government to have me arrested and extradited to stand trial in the US.
Similarly, if an American citizen in America hacks into a server run by/on behalf of the UK government, there's every chance that the UK government would apply for them to be arrested and extradited to stand trial here in the UK.
The only question is whether, in either situation, the government having the request made of them will (attempt to) comply.
In what sense is an app installed on a user's phone part of Apple's store?
I can buy a computer from a shop and use it to host an ecommerce website; should the original shop get a cut of my profits? Should the computer's manufacturer?
In your example magazine stands are taken away (for free or paid for) by customers that go to the store, and new magazines are delivered directly to those stands. Why should the store get a cut?
Because they have to pay someone else for those bits. If the cost to them is 5USD and they sell for 6USD, then giving Apple 30% means they lose 0.8USD on every sale.
As they're not allowed to charge more for in-app sales than normal ones, they either eat the loss or raise prices across the board (and consequently lose sales to cheaper competitors who choose not to deal with Apple).
And yes, obviously those numbers are pulled out of my arse, but they illustrate the answer to your question.
On the contrary, I for one quite enjoyed Postal 2. Yes it's just an excuse for committing mindless violence, but so what? So is just about every other FPS, MMO, etc when you get right down to it. There's something refreshingly honest about it.
Besides, just because you can shock people with a taser, set them on fire then piss on them to put them out doesn't mean you have to. You decide how violent you want to be.
You hold down the shift key while inserting/attaching the disc.
You're correct in that the setting to disable it is buried, and I can't remember where it is - though it's one of the first things I turn off on a new XP install so I've not even looked for it in about 5 years.
I thought Freedom of Speech only applied to the government's control
The text of the First Amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Seems pretty clear; it only covers laws made by Congress (not even by the States as I read it, but IANAL) not the actions and policies of companies or individuals.
Even I knew the "Congress shall make no law" part at the start and I'm not even a Yank.
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What are we going to be able to do with it? Who knows.
They had lasers sat around in research labs for years as experimental curiosities with no practical use. Now pretty-much every household in the developed world contains at least one, and some people carry them around on their key chains.
Perhaps the wording has been changed, but preferring open standards has been part of eGif for as long as I've been aware of it (which has to be at least 6 years now).
In that case, how much has the BSA contributed to UK political parties?
You seriously think we'll be playing Far Cry 3 or WoW 2 on our smartphones? Please.
You wouldn't have needed a billion dollar company to launch a new phone OS, a couple of hackers could have done it.
And then that billion dollar company would have come along, taken their invention, marketed the hell out of it and made a mint, all without compensating the original inventors.
That is what the patent system is supposed to prevent. I'd agree that it needs reform (for a start, granting patents on things that really shouldn't be patentable should stop), but simply throwing it out completely is not a viable solution.
Peace is the opposite of death and chaos
Chaos perhaps, but deaths are going to happen however peaceful things are. Perhaps you meant violent death?
Not to mention all of the propaganda.
"History is written by the winner".
To be infected you have to go into settings and approve non-market installation
Yes.
browse to a Chinese site
Not necessarily.
download their market installer, install it
No; what gave you that idea? You can simply download an app direct from a website (or get one attached to an email, or copy it over via USB, etc) and install it. You don't need to install another market installer.
say okay to the permission window where it says it can send text messages that may cost you money
Yes.
I'd say Android is still pretty safe.
And I'd agree, though the process for pwning yourself is a little less complicated than you listed.
"We're not computers, Sebastian, we're physical."
The replicants were flesh and blood, not mechanical.
They had to make at lease one nonstandard setting, download in a nonstandard way, and launch the installation in a nonstandard way. Looking for Porn is my guess. I have very little sympathy.
EA has made a demo of Worms for Android available for free download from one of their websites; it's advertised from time to time in other games, apps, etc. In order to install it, you must download it from the site, and enable installing non-Marketplace apps as you describe.
Last time I searched, while the game itself is available through the Marketplace (to purchase), the demo is not.
Not all unofficial downloads are necessarily shady. (Yeah, I know, it *is* EA, har har)
They're telling the administrator of the PC how to work around them. That's a good thing surely?
Similarly to Tom's response, the answer is "Yes" and "No/maybe".
Countries apply their laws to citizens of other countries all the time. If I hack into a server at the Pentagon from here in the UK for instance, perhaps looking for evidence of the existence of UFOs, there's a pretty good chance the US government will apply to my government to have me arrested and extradited to stand trial in the US.
Similarly, if an American citizen in America hacks into a server run by/on behalf of the UK government, there's every chance that the UK government would apply for them to be arrested and extradited to stand trial here in the UK.
The only question is whether, in either situation, the government having the request made of them will (attempt to) comply.
No, but Nick Fury was...
Well rape is non-consensual sex, yes? Hard to give consent while you're asleep.
Just playing Devil's Advocate.
In what sense is an app installed on a user's phone part of Apple's store?
I can buy a computer from a shop and use it to host an ecommerce website; should the original shop get a cut of my profits? Should the computer's manufacturer?
In your example magazine stands are taken away (for free or paid for) by customers that go to the store, and new magazines are delivered directly to those stands. Why should the store get a cut?
Because they have to pay someone else for those bits. If the cost to them is 5USD and they sell for 6USD, then giving Apple 30% means they lose 0.8USD on every sale.
As they're not allowed to charge more for in-app sales than normal ones, they either eat the loss or raise prices across the board (and consequently lose sales to cheaper competitors who choose not to deal with Apple).
And yes, obviously those numbers are pulled out of my arse, but they illustrate the answer to your question.
From TFS:
and existing units will become basically nonfunctional at that time
The OP did read the summary before commenting. (Note that I have not RTFA and make no claim as to the accuracy of that line)
To be fair, those couple of weeks were fucking freezing. (It's not exactly tropical out there right now, either)
On the contrary, I for one quite enjoyed Postal 2. Yes it's just an excuse for committing mindless violence, but so what? So is just about every other FPS, MMO, etc when you get right down to it. There's something refreshingly honest about it.
Besides, just because you can shock people with a taser, set them on fire then piss on them to put them out doesn't mean you have to. You decide how violent you want to be.
Same with italic tags not working anymore.
Just use <em>.
You mean parlance; a parley is a discussion between two groups of people, especially in order to try to settle an argument.
You hold down the shift key while inserting/attaching the disc.
You're correct in that the setting to disable it is buried, and I can't remember where it is - though it's one of the first things I turn off on a new XP install so I've not even looked for it in about 5 years.
I take it you don't stream stuff across your own network, or copy large files to/from a NAS, etc.
I thought Freedom of Speech only applied to the government's control
The text of the First Amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Seems pretty clear; it only covers laws made by Congress (not even by the States as I read it, but IANAL) not the actions and policies of companies or individuals.
Even I knew the "Congress shall make no law" part at the start and I'm not even a Yank.
Or the vaccines do cause autism, but a secondary effect of not being vaccinated causes autism at the same rate as being vaccinated.
(Unlikely I know)