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  1. My own private app store... on Apple Reverses Rejection of Ulysses Comic · · Score: 1

    I think, from what I read in the developers agreement, that for a small fee, you can get a development system that lets you put just about anything you want on your iphone, where 'your' is some smallish set of individual devices.

    Reaching a bit, that means that a group of like minded people could trade apps around, in source form, which each member could build in their individual development environments and install on their phones.

    The fee (in the food store analogy, COSTCO membership) likely has some renewal period...

    That said, I didn't read the agreement carefully, and never joined up because, well, its a phone, and seems to work quite well as it is.

  2. Love the guardian on Pentagon Seeking Out Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Julian Assange is painted as a real life Jason Bourne; not so much. I hope, if Julian has these papers, he can get them released. The world of secrets is so yesterday, and the Pentagon/NatSecure pretending this is a security issue would be a joke if they hadn't murdered so many people already. Does the Pentagon really think it is a secret that they are woefully foolish, bigoted, and misanthropic? Really, what else do these contain when `all the presidents men' are willing to roll over on active spies for vindictiveness.

    Rock on Julian; forcing what these lunatics say and think into the public sphere is a service to all, and will help change the world for the better.

  3. Although... on 2 In 3 Misunderstand Gas Mileage; Here's Why · · Score: 1

    You do need a pretty large, high riding vehicle if you have difficulty bending down or standing up while moving laterally; a motion commonly required to enter and exit these smaller, low slung vehicles.

  4. Need a car analogy.... on Apple Surpasses Microsoft In Market Capitalization · · Score: 1

    How is Porsche doing in market share? Market share only makes sense within some boundaries, and 'computer' isn't any better than 'vehicle'; each of those is stratified. What market is apple competing in? The only-computers-that-aren't-shit market? I think their doing very well...

    Thriller had market share in 'albums', selling far more than, say Dark Side of the Moon or Abbey Road.

    Dennis Miller quipped that 2 for 1 was not a bargain, because 2 of shit is just more shit. If they really wanted to fuck you, they'd make you take 3.

    But, they would gain market share....

  5. Re:bad at math on Gulf Gusher Worst Case Scenario · · Score: 1

    I stated:
    1. I didn't read the article because it might make me sad.
    2. Regardless, I gave an opinion.
    Result +5, not for Funny. Go figure.

  6. Re:bad at math on Gulf Gusher Worst Case Scenario · · Score: 3, Insightful

    According to the summary, that is from the largest vent. I didn't read the actual article either, the summary was kinda long and seemed like it had a sad ending.

  7. Re:Demotivators on The Desktop Security Battle May Be Lost · · Score: 1

    With Gnome, you don't need malware...

  8. Demotivators on The Desktop Security Battle May Be Lost · · Score: 1

    Quitters never win.
    Winners never quit.
    But those who never win and never quit
    are idiots.
    -- despair.com

  9. 76%-90% on Brain-Scan Lie Detection Rejected By Brooklyn Court · · Score: 1

    Without a headlong dive into probability here, isn't 50% the baseline [ie. cointoss]? If so, isn't 75% only 50% better than guessing and 90% only 80% better than guessing? A description of "fMRI lie detection is 50%-80% better than tossing a coin" doesn't seem so impressive.....

  10. Haliburton unleashes BlackWater in the Gulf. on How Bad Is the Gulf Coast Oil Spill? · · Score: -1, Troll

    The science is far from settled, and these whining want-to-live forever types won't let up. Oh, we are burning too much oil, we are going to ruin the earth. Fine, so we just pump it, unburned, straight into the ocean, and that doesn't make them happy either. Well, next time they are munching sushi, they will know we are pumping it straight down their throats. bloody hippies.

  11. oblig... on What Happened To Obama's Open Source Adviser? · · Score: 1

    Very true. It is too bad the rotten million spoil it for the good few.

  12. Gotta call you on this one. on PowerPoint of Afghan War Strategy · · Score: 1

    I've witnessed your citizens grasp of foreign languages. I think it would be fair to say you would be speaking american loudly and slowly.

  13. Re:For non-Canadians on Climate Researchers Fight Back · · Score: 2, Informative

    Nice try. Parry Sound didn't have electricity in the 80s, much less TV. I spent some time up north in those years, nothing but bikers, whores and hockey players. Staring stoned at your goldfish bowl is not TV, but is a bit more informative than Global.

  14. Re:I don't see the relevance... on Climate Researchers Fight Back · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Of course we can't; not until the planet is uninhabitable will we know with absolute certainty (ie. can make the statement). We do know the effect of greenhouse gasses, and that we are pumping an unprecedented level of them, on a continuous basis, into the atmosphere, and that the environment is warming.

    The best evidence that the environment is warming is the sudden interest in Arctic ownership and access. The same governments and businesses which undermine climate change are jockeying for rights and access here. Do they know something we don't?

  15. a bit naive... on Climate Researchers Fight Back · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The national post are already bankrupt, so whatever they have to pay out will come from their backers - the oil industry - which means we'll all pay for this needless dalliance with truth and justice. Look at how much the oil industry have had to pay to take over governments, dismiss science, and promote "the responsible truth as it pertains to the maintenance of oil industry profits". It's not like they dig this money of the ground - they extract it from you and I. The longer you resist, the more you will suffer.

  16. "The time for study is over" on Climate Researchers Fight Back · · Score: 5, Informative

    Said Canada's environment minister John Baird in 2006. He then proceeded to eviscerate all government funding for climate research.

  17. Re:For non-Canadians on Climate Researchers Fight Back · · Score: 1

    I guess you don't get Global, it was faux before there was faux. Only in Toronto could a TV station with a 100km broadcast range call itself "global".

  18. I'll bite.... on Fatal Flaw Discovered In Invisibility Cloaks · · Score: 1

    What will the sniper see, looking out from behind this device. Unless the next HP book spawns a form of lightless vision, light transmitted by the target has to strike the eye of the sniper for the murder to occur. What happens to light when it strikes the imaginary carpet? It might be better to convince your victims to wear them, then they couldn't see you coming....

  19. Re:Yes of course on Rupert Murdoch Hates Google, Loves the iPad · · Score: 1

    iTunes is a tough nut to crack. It has been derided here (and many places) for its shortcomings, but in the spectrum between napster and wallmart, it has been responsible for a shift in the commercial perspective of online media. Not enough, to the napster side; too much, to the wallmart side.
    I wonder, without iTunes, what state online media would be in today....
    Is the central question about the evilness of DRM, without regard to its silliness, or about what sort of bridges need to be presented to appease the imaginary property morons.
    There was nary a whimper when apple decided to offer DRM-less downloads once the stupid folk discovered they were making money from this new-fanglded distribution media. DRM, it seems, was little more than bait.
    Murdoch and his cohorts are just the next set of dummies. Ok, Murdoch is especially dumb, but is a powerful and insane force in the world. They need to be appeased, to the same degree the clueless columbia folks needed to be, in order for this to move forward. Whether they come on board or not, they will be steamrolled, but it will take a while.
    Removing the cost of distribution is the key to all online services. The Register, in its ever expanding domain, is an expert level service in many areas. Where I live, the Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, and to a much dumber level the (Toronto/Ottawa/Calgary) Sun regularly run columns which are vague reprints of El Reg articles. Relevance is key; the Reg have it, and most "old media" either don't, or are spending it like a drunken sailor.

    Welcome Murdoch to the new age - his sycophantic empire will do poorly in it; as is deserved. Don't set up ideological road barriers - you won't beat the Murdochs by pitting your religion against his. His religion has more money.

  20. and the terrorists win. on Judge Finds NSA Wiretapping Program Illegal · · Score: -1, Troll

    This judgement wouldn't have been handed down if Bush were still in power. Judges are only effective if they are afraid for their lives.

  21. Re:Moral compass? on Magnetism Can Sway Man's Moral Compass · · Score: 1

    Spelling aside, I took it from the article that the magnet caused confusion, so the subjects could only cling to the most obvious, least nuanced understanding; thus the tea party crack.

    The stereotypes of all walks evoke and reject 'means justify ends' as it suits their bias.

  22. Moral compass? on Magnetism Can Sway Man's Moral Compass · · Score: 1

    Maybe the tea party logo should be a great big magnet....

  23. Re:Conversely on US District Judge Rules Gene Patents Invalid · · Score: 1

    Maybe they can strike claims to them, like in mining.

    "The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights." JP Getty.

  24. Re:It's probably just lab figures but on 50% Efficiency Boost From New Fuel Injection System · · Score: 1

    I think I'd like to invest in them. If you want, we could put all our money together and stake a more substantial claim in them. I'd be willing to collect.

  25. Re:Note: Apache ON WINDOWS on Serious Apache Exploit Discovered · · Score: 1

    There is an interesting note at security focus http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1765 about how IIS is implemented securely by requiring kernel dll's to perform the heavy lifting. Kernel dll's, from what I understand, setup a shared state [ie. lump of memory ] between the application and the kernel for the given API.

    After the foreplay is over, the application's privilege is lowered, however it still has that lump of shared memory that the kernel will rely on. It seems from the parent article about this exploit, that some jump table is being relied upon in the kernel that the app has done a poor job of cleaning up. Bad app! Worse Kernel!

    Strangely, security focus seems to think this is an example of least privilege. This interface design is what has made windows so hard to lock down; and is what calls BS on the apologists. Although UNICES often have glaring holes in, for example, ioctl services, I've never seen one that was stupid as to callback into the application....