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  1. It seems like this would be pretty easy for Apple to prevent. They know this is coming, and they control the servers that would initiate the remote wipes. If they suddenly saw 250 million requests for remotely wiping devices, why would they actually carry those out?

  2. Re:Arab? on Arab Mars Probe Planned For 2020 · · Score: 1

    Well, their own web site calls it the "First ever Arab mission to another planet"

    http://www.emiratesmarsmission...

  3. Re:XML? on Vint Cerf: Data That's Here Today May Be Gone Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    They are binary, but at least they are documented: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc313105(v=office.12).aspx

  4. Re:And why the hell do I need a driver for this? on Handset Vendors Plug Micro-USB Charge Ports · · Score: 5, Informative
    From the USB standard, section 7.2.1 (emphasis mine):

    A unit load is defined to be 100mA. The number of unit loads a device can draw is an absolute maximum, not an average over time. A device may be either low-power at one unit load or high-power, consuming up to five unit loads. All devices default to low-power. The transition to high-power is under software control. It is the responsibility of software to ensure adequate power is available before allowing devices to consume high-power.

  5. Re:News because on Steve Jobs Issues Update On His Health · · Score: 1

    The idea of an all-in-one was foreign before the the iMac

    You mean, like the original Mac from 1984?

  6. Re:Or on The Exact Cause of the Zune Meltdown · · Score: 1

    The Freescale chip in question is an ARM -- the i.MX31 (this driver is actually for the power management companion IC). Freescale does not and never has made low power x86 chips. In fact, being the spin-off of Motorola's semiconductor division and the home of the 68K processor line, they would probably find that suggestion offensive!

  7. Re:Households, not population on 20% of U.S. Population Has Never Used Email · · Score: 2, Funny

    Who says people over 65 don't use the internet, you insensitive clod? People over 65 invented the internet. No, I'm afraid you are mistaken. Al Gore just turned 60 this year.
  8. Re:Killer Features on Xbox 360 Finally Getting Blu-ray · · Score: 1

    And the PS3 isn't as loud as the 360 so your movie watching experience won't have as much fan noise. This is a point that most people don't think of. I have both a PS3 and an XBox360/HD-DVD addon, and they both sound like someone is operating a leaf blower in the room when trying to watch a movie, although the PS3 does have a slight edge in this department.

  9. Re:Can't tell from the link on TSA Limits Lithium Batteries on Airplanes · · Score: 1

    As the summary itself said, this rule only applies to checked luggage, so unless you were planning on running a cord to the cargo hold to use your spare battery you should have no problems.

  10. Re:Wonder how long on IE 8 Passes Acid2 Test · · Score: 1

    It doesn't require the USER to turn on "standards mode", it is done by the DOCTYPE specified by the web page itself. This is nothing new, the current versions of IE, Firefox, Safari, Opera, etc. do the same thing.

    Here's more info on the process:

    http://hsivonen.iki.fi/doctype/

  11. Re:Pscht! on AT&T Playing Hardball With Apple? · · Score: 1

    If Apple opened the iPhone to any carrier and passed off that special feature set, AT&T would likely be everyone's last carrier choice so who needs who?

    Yes, but AT&T has a four year exclusive, so unless Apple wants to wait 3 1/2 years for this scenario to play out, the do have an interest in keeping AT&T happy for the time being.

  12. Re:VH1's theft on Viacom Yields to YouTuber Who DMCA Counterclaimed · · Score: 4, Informative
    Perhaps you should have read the article, which answers this very question.

    It doesn't look like this is going to wind up in any kind of litigation, and for that I am thankful. If I can die someday without having sued or been sued, then I will die happy. This ends just as I had hoped it would: with the clip back up and, I like to think, with Viacom and me getting to shake hands and move on and wishing each other well. I'll certainly harbor no hard feelings toward Viacom for the past two weeks.

  13. Re:What about on DUI Defendant Wins Source Code to Breathalyzer · · Score: 1

    Not true, states will issue an ID card that looks like a driver's license and is good for all of these purposes, except that it is not valid for driving. In Minnesota, a driver's license costs $22.25 and an ID card costs $16.25. I have friends that don't drive and have never had a problem in any of the above situations with their ID cards. Well, everything except renting a car -- I can see why they would want a valid driver's license in that case!

  14. Re:Pictures! on Windows-Based iPhone Rival for Business Users · · Score: 1
    The review I read of this HTC device complained, "it soon became smugged and a little greasy", exactly why Smartphone users dont like to touch their screens but use a stylus instead. I dont want to clean the screen 3 times daily.

    The real problem with greasy smartphone screens comes not from touching them with your finger instead of a stylus, but holding them against your head to talk on them.

  15. Re:USB Power? on The Next-Gen Consoles and Power Consumption · · Score: 1

    Mine does, but only if the controller is plugged in before I shut down the 360. The 360 stays powered up (the fan continues to run, but the light on the front is off and there is no video output) until the controller is fully charged, at which time it shuts down completely.

  16. Re:Repeat of DOS is not done? on Apple's Windows Apps Not Ready For Vista · · Score: 5, Informative
    "DOS is not done, till DR-DOS wont run"

    That doesn't make any sense. The quote was "DOS isn't done until Lotus won't run."

  17. Re:still on Why the iPhone Keynote Was A Mistake · · Score: 1

    No, not really. The license to transmit on GSM frequencies may be more tightly controlled than that to transmit on the 2.4 GHz ISM band, but any device that transmits on any frequency, licensed or unlicensed, is classified by the FCC as an "intentional radiator" and must go thorugh the same testing & approval procedure before it can be shipped.

  18. Re:Wow on Vista Runs Hot on Macbook Pro · · Score: 1
    (unless they continually broke it intentionally, and were specifically devoting engineering efforts to artificially "breaking" Windows on only Mac OS X versions of Parallels and VMWare products


    Kind of like how Apple "breaks" Mac OS X so it won't run under Parallels or VMWare?

  19. Re:What's the big deal? on U.S. Scientists Call for a Time Change · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, to be perfectly accurate, they will get an extra pip at 2005-12-31 23:59:60.

  20. Re:Where's the Code? on Bill Gates Is Coming To A College Near You · · Score: 1

    Well, here's one sample written by Bill for which the source code is available.

  21. Re:Itanic hits Iceberg. News at 11. on Microsoft Drops Windows XP for Itanium · · Score: 1

    Actually, Intel did own Alpha at the end.
    See, for example, http://slashdot.org/articles/01/06/25/1359207.shtm l

  22. Re:Strange definition of 'remote exploit' on DJB Announces 44 Security Holes In *nix Software · · Score: 1
    Here's the scenario: You are the TA for a CS course. You have 700 NASM programs to grade. What do you do? Compile them and see if they run and return the expected results. Well by doing that, I just compromised your entire account. From the comfort of my own home.

    Bad example -- if the TA assembles and runs the programs without looking at the source, you don't need a bug in the assembler -- a perfectly legal source file could just compile into a program that compromises the account.

  23. Re:What the hell ever happened to honesty? on Avi Rubin and More on Electronic Voting · · Score: 5, Insightful
    But, we should get receipts showing how we voted for our own records.

    No, we shouldn't. This would cause more problems that it would solve. Being able to prove to someone who you voted for would make it possible for them to buy your vote. Right now, you could take their money and then still vote for someone else, since no one will know who you vote for. This makes it much more difficult to conduct this kind of fraud.

  24. Re:Windows CE developers step forth please? on New Phone Uses WLAN or Cel Networks · · Score: 1
    People seriously need to start thinking before they post uninformed crap...

    You're new around here, aren't you?

  25. Re:Why it has to die on Joel On Microsoft's API Mistakes · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Having to look at the source code is bad for at least two reasons:

    1. It's an excuse for providing poor documentation
    2. Peeking at the source code is a great way to make your application dependant on details of the implementation rather than the interface