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  1. Re:i wasn't going to watch it anyway on The Hurt Locker Producers Sue First 5,000 File-Sharers · · Score: 1

    that's what I was thinking. Since I really have no interest in even seeing the movie I might download it just to seed a few days.

  2. Re:Apple has become a parody of itself. on iPhone's PIN-Based Security Transparent To Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    No your not the only one. Itunes has frustrated the hell out of me since my first ipod 10+ years ago with this bullshit. I don't understand how hard it is to put some code into the program to allow simple sorting.

  3. Re:Locspoof Iphone app on Telcos Waking Up To the Value of Your Location · · Score: 1

    No I'm aware that by communicating with a cell tower they can triangulate to some extent were you are. With GPS they know to the meter. I am also not on my phone 24/7 so what ever they do with that big data hole is not really a concern. Of course if someone really still wants to track you I suppose you need to spoof mail / internet turn off push notifications, & not use it as well.

    How they are going to know what brand of liqueur I buy at which bar is a mystery to me but hey that wasn't my example. I can't stop making calls but I can stop apps that have no business knowing were I am (I'm looking at you MusicID & Shazam) from using, or bugging me by and asking to use my location data every time I start the damn thing.

    That was really my only concern.

  4. Locspoof Iphone app on Telcos Waking Up To the Value of Your Location · · Score: 1

    Are you a paranoid tin foil hat wearing fool like myself. Do you worry 'they' are tracking you on your Iphone and want certain or all of your apps to appear like you are in Antarctica?

    Well there is an app for that!

    http://thebigboss.org/2010/01/13/location-spoofer

    Not my product just a happy customer.

  5. Re:Value on Telcos Waking Up To the Value of Your Location · · Score: 1

    Or this?

    http://www.saurik.com/id/5

    Cydia has a python package for apple. The "Appbackup" application uses it. Something tells me your posting about a non-jailbroke phone cause the previous poster linked for android as well.

  6. Re:Google Voice? on Proposed Law Would Require ID To Buy Prepaid Phones · · Score: 2, Insightful

    they don't care what number the person dials into only what number / carrier they need to wire tap. I don't think google helps.

  7. Re:no on Emergency Dispatcher Fired For Facebook Drug Joke · · Score: 1

    What part of my post mattered were you are from? Hate is hate no matter what the source.

    Unfortunately the American justice system is inherently flawed period.

    The civilian courts it's the cops word over the individual regardless of what they tell kids in school "innocent till proven guilty." Whole trials can be concocted on something as small as a cops intuition. Not to mention the fact that they hold you while your awaiting trial shows which way the system leans.

    In the federal system there is so much red tape that it's nearly impossible to get things done and in fact lawyers in the system use this to their advantage by prolonging dates till they are no longer relevant or even a chargeable offense. In the military there is the god head aka "The Captain" or CO who decides the fate but also has enough leeway to figuratively hang a man if he or she sees fit. The sentences are stricter for big offenses but there is a cap on how much punishment any CO can give with out a formal court marshal procedure which includes a jury. So really the U.C.M.J. has two tiers of justice. Most small stuff a CO sees tends to be a fine up to 3 days in the brig. The anvil is the Big Chicken Dinner (bad conduct discharge) which follows you for life but is only given out to offenses with more jail time, mostly they give general discharges to offenders. So really the U.C.M.J. has two tiers of justice.

    If I had to choose between the three justice systems I would probably go for the military one simply because you get to bring character references and I think the punishments are more humane.

    Thankfully I have never had to participate in a military trial I kept my nose clean in the service, but I have seen first hand how corrupt the civilian police are and how the courts work and deals with their inmates and I tell you I'd take a MP, trip in front of the old man, and two days in the brig or that any day.

  8. Re:no on Emergency Dispatcher Fired For Facebook Drug Joke · · Score: 1

    There hasn't been a draft in over thirty years get over it. Everyone in the military at this point went in under their own free will. They even stopped the go to jail or join thing over 20 years ago.

    The reason you can be changed with conduct unbecoming is your expected as a military member to exhibit behavior above civilian population. As for agreeing to what battle your in, you are expected to follow lawful orders. If you want to argue the meaning of lawful go for it I'm not interested in that argument. There is never any hiding the fact that when you sign on that line your ass belongs to Uncle Sam, as a disposable cog in a big wheel. I believe the saying is your heart belongs to jesus your ass belongs to the USA.

    Take your military hate some were else. I also am a pacifist but the sixties are over, I'm proud of our men in the militarily and I'm proud to have served quite spreading crap nonsense.

  9. Re:85% on Hundred-Ton Dome To Collect Oil Spill · · Score: 1

    Oh my god.... My family is from the Southern Jersey shore, we moved when I was about 4 but I still have family up there. I moved to Miami beach for two years a while back and the first impression I had was is was a warm Jersey Shore with 3/4 of the population speaking Spanish.

    I can imagine the horror, no I will not be watching it.

  10. Re:simply standing too close to an officer.. on Writer Peter Watts Sentenced; No Jail Time · · Score: 1

    I don't know about all that but in Miami I got a 3 am wakeup by the police for a fridge in the next door apartment which was rotting.

    Long story short I was charged with assult because I hit the officer with the door knob after telling them to pound sand.

    Assult by door knob.

  11. Re:Mohamad == pedo bear on South Park's Episode 201 — the Expurgated Version · · Score: 1

    you couldn't tell Muhammad has wings..... lol

  12. Re:and again.... on Facebook and the "Social Graph" · · Score: 1

    I always preferred "massaging the data". Sounds much more relaxing and peaceful doesn't it?

  13. Re:Money on Photos of Chinese Sweatshop Used By Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Not anon coward above but you did insinuate that in your post with the women included then talking about taking them out to dinner. That immediately makes you sound like a playboy or braggart.

    Sorry dude your right about the posting anon but your post started it.

  14. Re:In other news... on Steve Jobs Recommends Android For Fans of Porn · · Score: 1

    thanks I'm going to have to try all day to get that out of head now

  15. a question to ask slashdot smokers on American Lung Association Pushes For Ban On Electronic Cigarettes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm an ex-smoker (yeah yeah I know reformed whore), & have switched to using a vaporizer for my fine herbals. I rarely smoke anymore, but now have realized I have no means of partaking outside my home without going back to old ways.

    What electronic cigs have you used for a mid priced unit & what if any manufacturer would you recommend or stay away from?

    Thanks

  16. Re:Apple isn't an open platform. Deal with it. on Opera Mini For iPhone Submitted To App Store Today · · Score: 1

    Just because I'm conservative doesn't make me a republicant. I believe in being conservative AND free from govt tyranny or the shackles of religion. So I call myself a libertarian.

    Please don't. We are not you.

    I don't want to be associated with republicans any more then you want to be called a socialist.

    Stop now you give us real libertarians a bad name.

  17. Re:Trend online scanner nothing on computer on What Free Antivirus Do You Install On Windows? · · Score: 1

    Yes I realize there is a download / install. I suppose if you want to be a dick about it I was defining it as antivirus software that continues to run installed in the background.

    Is that clearer? sheesh

  18. Trend online scanner nothing on computer on What Free Antivirus Do You Install On Windows? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Used it for years. God help me if they ditch the old URL I'll have to start googling it.

      http://housecall.antivirus.com/

  19. what I did MoCa Bridge on Suggestions For a Coax-To-Ethernet Solution? · · Score: 1

    It was brought up before in the conversation and I just wanted to chime in. I set up my house which is three stories and needed a internet connection in every room with a TV for my DVR's.

    I bought a lot (5) of used Actiontechs on ebay for like 30 or 40 dollars and used the b side of coax cable which was no longer used as the bridge for my XBMC server downstairs and 2 DVRs. One of my five routers didn't work and was happily replaced by my seller.

    Its not the fastest compared to fiber (If I remember it clocked in just under my FIOS Speed, so faster the 10b but not 100b but I regularly watch movies downstairs over MoCa and have done so with the computer upstairs hammering away on a torrent. without so much as a hick up.

    Some people give actiontech a bad rap mostly about it's NAT tables but I have 4 running & 1 in the closet as a backup with little trouble including using torrents and these routers can be programmed six different ways to sunday.

    how to set up a Actiontech moca bridge:

    http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1145636

    If the Original poster or someone setting this up has any other questions, I'll be happy to answer.

  20. Re:what about the corals on Robots To Clear the Baltic Seafloor of WW-II Mines · · Score: 1

    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081104084210.htm

    I'd suggest you do some reading. How would you like that crow?

  21. what about the corals on Robots To Clear the Baltic Seafloor of WW-II Mines · · Score: 0

    nothing like a nice big underwater shock wave to kill all the local reef.

  22. Re:Krave on The Worst Products of CES 2010 · · Score: 1
  23. Re:gesture on Control Your Apps Without Your Finger · · Score: 1

    Not in the states. Free speech as per our SC.

  24. Re:gesture nope not illegal in the us on Control Your Apps Without Your Finger · · Score: 1

    Sorry but mods are wrong.

    Arrested yes, charged no... PAID well yes.. matter of fact he was $50,000 thank you very much.

    http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1923125,00.html

  25. You won a boat! scam. on Comcast Pays Out $16M In P2P Throttling Suit · · Score: 1

    Ok I realize I have my tin hat firmly on but does this sound to anyone like the old you won a boat trick to catch wanted people.

    Hey p2p users you can get $16 come register at our office to pick up the money.

    On another note, what happens if no one claims money like this from class action suits?