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  1. Re:Hail Mary on RIM Pays Off Nokia; Patent Dispute Settled · · Score: 2

    Just because you haven't seen what they're up to doesn't mean they aren't innovating.

  2. Re:I wish them luck on RIM Pays Off Nokia; Patent Dispute Settled · · Score: 3, Informative

    RIM designed their platform end to end with security in mind. Every phone they make has security baked in at the hardware level. Then they provide enterprise/government customers with their own BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) which when properly configured encrypts all traffic going over the network. The security is so good the Indian government almost banned BlackBerries entirely because they were unable to eavesdrop on them. But even if RIM gave them full access to their network it wouldn't help them since the encryption keys are held by the BES admin of the enterprise or government that runs them.

  3. Re:Groklaw is biased, read FOSS Patents instead on Apple's Pinch+Zoom Patent Invalidated By Preliminary USPTO Ruling · · Score: 2

    I think the FOSS community needs to form a foundation to get bad patents invalidated so we can have a decent system again.

    Done!

  4. Re:Sex Offenders on New York Culls Sex Offenders From the Online Gaming Ranks · · Score: 1
  5. Re:Title is misleading on Automation Is Making Unions Irrelevant · · Score: 1

    Heard of the AMA and the BMA - They also function as Unions

    Do they?

  6. Re:Title is misleading on Automation Is Making Unions Irrelevant · · Score: 1

    I wasn't even talking about Crowder. I even agree that unions are necessary in many instances. You are proving my point about having blinders on when it comes to something you believe in. For just one example since you seem incapable of using Google (or Bing or DuckDuckGo) here is a raw feed of them tearing down a tent with people inside. I cannot abide people who throw around the word tolerance and then show none. It is apparent you do not wish to discuss this but to simply tell me I am wrong. You cite examples of violence and then justify them.

  7. Re:Wake up call on Hacker Behind Leaked Nude Celebrity Photos Gets 10 Years · · Score: 1

    I have no sympathy for you if you forget the password to your email...

    But since you asked I have multiple email accounts which are on file with one another.

  8. Re:Wake up call on Hacker Behind Leaked Nude Celebrity Photos Gets 10 Years · · Score: 1

    Many of the sites I deal with have those questions as well. The difference being if you answer them correctly they send a link to my email address on file. So unless you have already hacked my email (and made sure my phone isn't receiving email) then you still can't access my accounts.

  9. Re:good luck with that on Dell Gives Android the Boot, Boots Up More Windows 8 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I've done similar things in the past. The difference here is RT is not an x86 platform. In the past the features were just disabled. In this case they were never there.

  10. Re:Title is misleading on Automation Is Making Unions Irrelevant · · Score: 1
    Where to begin...

    they certainly can have their problems...such a gross misstatement that I cant' imagine you know the actual history of the labor movement.

    Everyone wants their hero to be pure. This is just human nature. I don't know what unions you have been a part of and I don't need to. I made no blanket statement concerning all unions. Anyone who discounts the good unions do is a fool. But as with most good things too much of a good thing can be as bad as the disease or problem it addresses. There is nothing keeping the very same type of person taking advantage of you as a corporate executive deciding the grass is greener as the head of a union.

    Unions aren't beating and murdering people.

    There is more than enough evidence out there to refute this statement. Hell they just spent the last week terrorizing anybody who supported the Michigan legislation.

  11. Re:Title is misleading on Automation Is Making Unions Irrelevant · · Score: 1

    I would say that welders are today’s blacksmiths.

    Which is the point the OP and I were making. Advances to solve a problem inevitably introduce new problems which will need to be serviced

    there are more ferries (blacksmiths that work on horses) working today in the US then there were 100 years ago.

    I question that on a per capita basis. And while modern ferriers do light blacksmith work on horseshoes they don't generally do much beyond that.

    Now get off my lawn!

  12. Re:Title is misleading on Automation Is Making Unions Irrelevant · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Unions tend to be more prevalent in fields where automation will flourish. Physical labor, assembly line work, machinists, etc

    Unions are prevalent in fields that require less specialized skills (not lack of) meaning there is a broader cross-section of people qualified to do a given task. Because of this owners (This isn't confined just to corporations) tend to feel they can pit potential candidates against each other for the job with it going to the individual willing to do it for the least amount. When unions first came about in the US this practice was rampant and stifling enough people they rose up against it. As with most good intentions many Unions eventually became the master and just as evil as the overlords they were created to overthrow. "Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely" - Lord Acton

    When I cannot turn on a light switch because it will lead to the unemployment of the "electrical engineer" something has gone terribly wrong.

  13. Re:Title is misleading on Automation Is Making Unions Irrelevant · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just look at all the unemployed blacksmiths since the advent of the automobile.

  14. Re:Live by the sword . . . on iPhone Infringes On Sony, Nokia Patents, Says Federal Jury · · Score: 3, Informative

    Which Sony? They are so schizophrenic they frequently sue themselves.

  15. Re:How does Microsoft feel about this? on Samba 4.0 Released: the First Free Software Active Directory Compatible Server · · Score: 1

    I had a few hints...yes

    Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink

  16. Re:How does Microsoft feel about this? on Samba 4.0 Released: the First Free Software Active Directory Compatible Server · · Score: 2

    O_o

    You've never seen two politicians who couldn't stand each other stand together and say nice things about one another in front of a large enthusiastic crowd?

    Or are you just really bad a sarcasm?

  17. Re:Bullshit on Degree Hack: Cobbling Together Credit Hours For Cheap · · Score: 1

    I actually got that from someone who HAS a BA in Philosophy. He has been a profound influence on me and I deeply respect him.

  18. Re:Bullshit on Degree Hack: Cobbling Together Credit Hours For Cheap · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quite right! Much better to go for philosophy. You won't be able to get a job but at least you will know "why".

  19. Re:I miss Firefox in this regard on Google Sync Clobbers Chrome Browsers · · Score: 1

    Why limit yourself? I have been using X-Marks (originally Foxmarks) since 2006. Long before FireFox had sync or Google even thought of creating Chrome. It doesn't matter what system I log into or what browser I am using (well...between Chrome, FireFox, IE, and Safari) so I have a local copy on numerous machines and a copy in the cloud. You can even create bookmark profiles so those "mature" links don't show up on the work PC unless YOU want them to. If you add their premium service (US $12 annually) you can sync to your mobile device (iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Dolphin) as well as receive priority support.

  20. Re:Yeah, whatever. Top this. on Google Sync Clobbers Chrome Browsers · · Score: 1

    Obligatory cover by Ian McKellen facsimile.

  21. Re:Yeah, I'll get right on that on McAfee Is Doing a Live Broadcast Tonight · · Score: 3, Funny

    Was blown away by Dexter tonight.

    Good! Whatever you did I'm sure you deserved to get blown away by Dexter...

  22. Re:...and nobody came. on McAfee Is Doing a Live Broadcast Tonight · · Score: 1

    I'd say Monday night's game is gonna be very interesting.

  23. Re:Makes sense to me on Using Multiple Forms of Media At Once Correlates With Depression, Anxiety · · Score: 1

    withdrawal presents as a rapid, dysphoric return of depression symptoms—perhaps worse in intensity than their initial/untreated state?

    Initially yes. I wasn't expecting it but I caught myself being very emotional and realized that must be what it was. It leveled off rather quickly. The Wiki in my OP explains how 5-HTP is able to absorb into the brain and become 5-HT or Serotonin. Interestingly 5-HT cannot be absorbed into the brain. Since Serotonin is linked to mood it makes sense an increased level would have a positive effect.

  24. Re:Makes sense to me on Using Multiple Forms of Media At Once Correlates With Depression, Anxiety · · Score: 1

    Funny you mention that. I ran out 2 days ago and haven't made it to the store. And yes I have noticed.

  25. Re:Twitterization? on GameSpy's New Owners Begin Disabling Multiplayer Without Warning · · Score: 2

    LOL...Unless you had an ISDN line or better "back in the day" the internet in general was crappy and slow let alone a FPS. Gamespy 3D was a godsend because it would test the ping times for you and tell you how bad the server you WANTED to hop on was vs. another. I'm not saying it was perfect but it was fantastic for what it did.