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  1. Re:headline? on Jailbreaking iPhone Now Legal · · Score: 1

    you also said LOCK when there is no lock. a channel is not provided to load program memory or set the program counter instruction pointer, but such a channel can and has been created. not providing a bridge over a river IS NOT A LOCK, it's not providing a bridge. the deterrent of entering the city on the other side of the river is a byproduct of non-action. not providing included means to load program memory or set the program counter instruction pointer IS NOT A LOCK. a lock requires action by means of installation and capability of being opened. this is not semantics... THIS IS YOU BEING COMPLETELY WRONG.

  2. Re:headline? on Jailbreaking iPhone Now Legal · · Score: 0, Troll
    semantic games? you said ALL. i demonstrated an irrefutable proof by contradiction, and now you say that your use of the word "all" did not have the same semantic meaning as the dictionary definition of the word "all", and that you expected me to understand that you really meant "not all" when you said "all".

    so is the game over? are you admitting you were, and continue to be, wrong? why is it good that people like you force me to explain to them why and how they are idiots? that is bad for us all.

  3. Re:Warranty? on Jailbreaking iPhone Now Legal · · Score: 1

    my motherboards all have ROM firmware jumpers. i've used them. the problem is we're talking about portable phones and not desktop computers... i want my phone as small as possible, and if that means less room on the pcb with less leads and less chips, i'd rather buy that phone and trust the manufactures understand that they are working without a net and need to lock down the platform enough to ensure memory can't be corrupted.

  4. isn't the lack of maintenance inaction by God? on Southwest Adds 'Mechanical Difficulties' To Act Of God List · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    if God acted to properly maintain the plane, the mechanical failures would not have happened. unless purchasing engine parts that don't follow quality control guidelines is also an act of God... or if the head of southwest maintenance is God.

  5. Re:Warranty? on Jailbreaking iPhone Now Legal · · Score: 1

    and what if you want to alter the boot sequence? is your competition going to offer that ability and brand your platform as a "walled garden"? where does the platform begin? at the hardware, the bootloader, or the first user interface?

  6. Re:Warranty? on Jailbreaking iPhone Now Legal · · Score: 0, Troll

    you'd still be an idiot without a point?

  7. Re:headline? on Jailbreaking iPhone Now Legal · · Score: 1

    uh... but they didn't. my wife bought one. she didn't fail to do anything. she did install 3rd party software. there were no "locks".

  8. Re:Warranty? on Jailbreaking iPhone Now Legal · · Score: 1

    But you buy the -hardware- unless you are overclocking the CPU or something, they should have to allow warranty claims for hardware issues.

    so if you install software to allow you to install software to allow you to wipe the chip that allows for updating the memory locations used to store the program that boots the phone up, you believe the hardware company should be liable? there is a reason certain memory is protected.

  9. Re:Refer to comment posted 2 comments below on Jailbreaking iPhone Now Legal · · Score: 1
    i certainly do not say it like it's a bad thing. any judgements are your own. the emphasis was added to point out the hypocrisy of installing 3rd party operating system extensions to gain access to software, which in doing so potentially removes the legal right to all of the software specifically designed and certified for use on the phone.

    we'll certainly see what happens, but there are already open development platforms for other phones spanning every other manufacturer, so i'd bet against a non-apple operated app store that only works on apple phones.

  10. Re:headline? on Jailbreaking iPhone Now Legal · · Score: 0

    all of them? no one saw it as a device capable of running 3rd party software? there is a processing unit, memory, storage, and a current instruction pointer. there is no "lock"... there is just no added feature to arbitrarily set the memory and the pointer, but anyone can see how trivial such a task is.

  11. Re:headline? on Jailbreaking iPhone Now Legal · · Score: 1
    even the phrase "jailbreak" suggests criminal activity... it confuses me who would voluntarily choose to use these terms to describe the act of installing 3rd party software.

    granted, much of the appeal of the ability to install the 3rd party software is installing 3rd party software that violates a 4th party's rights... that act will always be illegal. the legal document controlling the warranty of the iphone is violated by enabling and installing 3rd party software... so the act is not criminal, but it still violates the terms of a legal document.

    enough with the propaganda.

  12. Re:Refer to comment posted 2 comments below on Jailbreaking iPhone Now Legal · · Score: 1
    that's my problem with "Now Legal"... "still legal" = "now legal". "now not illegal" implies change from state.

    besides, this isn't a case of legality... even if it's legal to jailbreak, apple still has the right to deny support for jailbroken phones... so you might be stuck with ONLY unauthorized apps, and might lose other functionality of the phone that requires the latest official apple update.

  13. Re:there is no net neutrality. on Al Franken's Warning On Net Neutrality · · Score: 1
    true, before the traffic can be shaped according to priority, the priority definitions must be shaped... but you're really just talking about priority. the issue is about using the priority definitions to do traffic shaping.

    you are free to do anything idiotic you want.

  14. headline? on Jailbreaking iPhone Now Legal · · Score: 2, Insightful

    shouldn't it be "Jailbreaking iPhone Now Not Illegal"?

  15. there is no net neutrality. on Al Franken's Warning On Net Neutrality · · Score: 2, Insightful
    both sides of the "Net Neutrality" issue are NOT NEUTRAL. both sides want to act to remove the possibility of the other side. it's political double speak. you'd sound like less of an idiot to me by referring to the internet as "a series of tubes".

    the phrase "Net Neutrality" is political propaganda designed to discredit the debate... similar to "conservatives" vs "liberals"... you can be liberally conservative or fight to conserve liberalism. it's designed to confuse. if you think "Net Neutrality" is a good idea, being neutral about it is probably the last thing you want, and if you think doing nothing is the right move, you probably don't want the suggested neutrality being offered.

    please use the phrase "Priority Traffic Shaping" if you'd like to discuss the issue.

  16. what paradox? on The Puzzle of Japanese Web Design · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Jeffrey Zeldman brings up the interesting issue of the paradox between Japan's strong cultural preference for simplicity in design, contrasted with the complexity of Japanese websites.

    japan's preference for minimalism created a writing style that fits entire words in single character space. with this minimalism their bandwidth per character space increased... they could either take their gains, or up their usage of the character space to that of other writing styles, and see compounded returns, maximizing their value. the japanese written language is about maximizing space. the website is space. japan maximizes the utilization of the space. isn't that what modern minimalist design is all about? if the space is to be utilized for sitting, then all it needs is a chair. there is no paradox here, just a simple minded article author with questionable motives especially considering our government pages full of graphics and text and even video. extra digital content is effectively free. a moose head on the wall isn't. what do racist patriots have to gain by attempting to propagate a labeled paradoxical stereotype upon others? why would they try when their claims fall flat under the least scrutiny? does jeffrey often wonder if all of his countrymen are illogical as he is? if you do, jeffrey, THEY AREN'T.

  17. Re:No on Study of MMOG Proves Human Interaction Theory · · Score: 1
    it's still relevant to the population of people who play online games while their interactions with humans are limited to people who play online games.

    so really this is more rehashed game theory... which is more rehashed logic and statistics... it boils down to hypocritical conundrums in games of the human equation, such as poker... after the theory is taught and applied, the theory is no longer valid as it changes the population of players in an exploitable way, sometimes suggesting the original theory was couldn't possibly be correct.

    that IS the human equation. people picking sides and why.

  18. Re:If everyone jumped off a bridge... on Death Grip Tested On iPhone Competitors · · Score: 0

    you do know that there are 360 degrees in just the horizontal plane, right? see, because that is what i was talking about, and now you're talking about straight up like i was not talking about the 360 degrees of horizontal potential for signal reception.

  19. Re:If everyone jumped off a bridge... on Death Grip Tested On iPhone Competitors · · Score: 1

    Better to remove 90 degrees of reception potential than to remove 360 degrees of reception potential, isn't it?

    it would be, but in this case it's a question of is it necessarily better than removing the potential to remove 360 degrees of reception potential.

    not the same thing, isn't it?

  20. Re:If everyone jumped off a bridge... on Death Grip Tested On iPhone Competitors · · Score: 1

    and probably would have eliminated 90 degrees of reception potential that is critical in cities with tall buildings.

  21. Re:Bloatware != crapware on 'Bloatware' Becoming a Problem On Android Phones · · Score: 1

    then the OS, as shipped including the manufacturer's extensions, is bloatware... the individual applications still are not, and "android" still is not.

  22. you dis am is NOTHING on Cow Clicker Boils Down Facebook Games · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    i guess that is why someone invented the concept of CONTEXT

  23. Re:Guess I haven't played enough FB games on Cow Clicker Boils Down Facebook Games · · Score: 5, Insightful
    to gain experience you click the cow. when you do, you level up. your new powers are the ability to spend more in game currency to allow you to click on cows more to gain even more experience and level up more.

    it's a minimalist presentation of the same ultimate waste of time typical RPGs are. the joke is YOU.

    (side note: "RPG game"... really? did you use your PIN number on an ATM machine to buy that typical RPG game?)

  24. Re:not pay-per-view journalism to blame... on Pay-Per-View Journalism Is Burning Out Reporters Young · · Score: 1
    more impressively: 100% growth over 2 years for gaming platforms vs .0034% growth over 2 years for english language.

    nearly 30,000 times more growth in potential. english language is relatively fixed in comparison.

  25. Re:not pay-per-view journalism to blame... on Pay-Per-View Journalism Is Burning Out Reporters Young · · Score: 1
    bah... html stripped out my point

    100% growth over 2 years vs. <1% growth over 2 years.