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  1. Will they have the "Off Switch" too? on Police Given Access to Congestion-Charge Cameras · · Score: 1

    ...for when they want to clean up a case of mistaken identity and they cant say technical difficulties when they're looking for evidence against themselves.

  2. Re:ahem on AT&T Slams Google Over Open-Access Wireless · · Score: 1

    When these companies compete, the overall quality goes down, the services and innovations go down, and only the stockholders win!
    Fixed that one for you. When the field gets small enough to allow large amounts of customers to be ignored, but not small enough to appear like a monopoly, it happens.

    Keep your company out of our government.

  3. Re:This just in... on Google Maps Shows Chinese Nuclear Sub Prototype · · Score: 1

    As long as they don't end up with this kind of result, we should be safe. It's one thing to do international trade, it's another to do intergalactic trade(moreso if it's a substance similar to Spice).

  4. Re: Google Enhanced Reality, Sinicized. on Google to Acquire Postini · · Score: 1

    It also informs the Chinese government of the exact location of those who search for forbidden terms/subjects or put them on blogs- then it provides options on how to best allocate resources to "plug the leak".

  5. Re:This just in... on Google Maps Shows Chinese Nuclear Sub Prototype · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Or "China asks Google to blur region".

  6. Re:Those new Dell laptops... on The Next-Gen iMac With Brushed Aluminum In August? · · Score: 1

    Nice for knockoff quality, but even the ruination that Lenovo is doing (phasing out IPS, the Reserve Edition even existing at all, keyboards of lower quality), Dell still has a very long way to go.

  7. Stanford System on Google Purchases GrandCentral Web Phone Service · · Score: 1

    Isnt it standard protocol to do this at Google?

  8. Re:Outsourcing works on MS Moves R&D To Canada Due To Immigration Problem · · Score: 1


    That model doesn't work either. Please take an economics course before you hold up something like this as an ideal utopian plan.

    We already block some Chinese goods on the basis of safety and well-known and proven lack of quality. No harm done.
    Next, close the Cohen&Grigsby loophole, then cut taxes for those who comply to the letter and intention - Legal US Citizens first, Europe second, Asia(and any *AFTA/MFN's)last.

    We are not hurting to block them, and we have the capability to block more. Of course, if you love having a country(and/or region) responsible for Cooldent, poisoned dog food, poisoned (for domestic use) food, shoddy electronics, pirated $PRODUCT, and slave labor all in the name of "economics" - fine with you. There is a reason quality is not to be messed with.

    The model worked until you started messing with it.

  9. Re:Outsourcing doesnt work. on MS Moves R&D To Canada Due To Immigration Problem · · Score: 1

    Then quit the WTO already, and do trade with Europe on the condition that other countries that front over there are not included. Work from there.

  10. Only if you're the target country in question. on MS Moves R&D To Canada Due To Immigration Problem · · Score: 1

    "...eventually the world will have it's entire quality of life pulled down slowly but surely."
    Fixed that for you.

  11. Re:US$ is still overpriced on MS Moves R&D To Canada Due To Immigration Problem · · Score: 1

    Or perhaps a tariff to make the difference for any country is artificially devaluing their currency (or that aids/abets ones that do).

  12. Re:I call BS on MS Moves R&D To Canada Due To Immigration Problem · · Score: 1

    That explains Vista.

  13. Wiretapping? on T-Mobile Announces WiFi Meshing Cellphone · · Score: 1

    Will wiretapping be an item on the bill, or is it included?

  14. Re:Yeah make it worthless, then I can afford one!! on Free the iPhone from AT&T · · Score: 1

    ...until you factor in that it's a) unlocked and b)a smartphone / PDA combination. Yes, it's expensive - but it's par for the course for a Communicator to be $1000 at launch. Right now, the Series 80 predecessors- the 9500/9300i- are now down to half their cost, but had everything you could throw in a phone at the time that was top end (Class 10 EDGE, full bluetooth support, up to 2GB MMC).

    The iPhone would be closer to an enhanced 8800/8600, where features are cut out, and replaced by fashion.

  15. Re:HELP! I'm clueless on Second Life Lawsuit Heads to Federal Court · · Score: 1

    It's when you pretend you are the girlfriend.
    Fixed that for you.

  16. Re:Yeah make it worthless, then I can afford one!! on Free the iPhone from AT&T · · Score: 2, Informative

    Depends on if you like some Symbian based smartphones (N91,N92,N93i,N95, 9500/9300 Communicators, some of the E series). They range from just as expensive, or the price of some small laptops- but are usually not iCrippled.

  17. (In addition to parent) on Dot-Com Work Culture Making a Comeback? · · Score: 1

    Yes, I know it's from 2002, but this is the same firm that hates US citizens not in their firm or in non-business form, and has a video of their deeds.

  18. Is Cohen&Grigsby retained by your company? on Dot-Com Work Culture Making a Comeback? · · Score: 1

    I worked IT at one place where there were secretaries making more money then IT staff. Explain that one to me.
    You may want to check to see if your company has placed any H1B notices lately, or if you already see them onsite.
    Especially if you're in the area these artful dodgers practice law.

  19. Re:misconception about salaries? on Dot-Com Work Culture Making a Comeback? · · Score: 1

    The smart "bosses" are more concerned about the holistic profitability of their business
    Didn't that become a bad thing in the 1980's for blue collar, and 2003 for the rest?

  20. Re:sigh on Dot-Com Work Culture Making a Comeback? · · Score: 1

    ...followed by Offshoring 2.0 2-3 years later. This time, they not only cut off the bottom rung, they now take half of it in the name of "prosperity".

  21. Re:Strike back at Duke, get smitten? on Bush Commutes Libby's Sentence · · Score: 1

    Now that would be something Nifong could use to stop Duke's character assassination cold. There's something about a pardon that humbles the recipient and tells some affluent people to back off.

    This was suggesting that Nifong could use the same kind of deal Libby got (if not a full pardon) to clean things off. The other purpose would be to signify that further demonization is going overboard(that is, rabid bloggers and Duke Elois to back off).

    With "lacrosse-does-no-wrong" Duke, seems that their "honor" stops well before they get attacked - given the dirt on them as well.

    As for Libby and his case, we'll probably have to have an Administration and Congress clean of those connected before there's any definite answer. At least if Nifong gets a crack at the Federal level, he'd better take good notes on how to keep Duke from being a thorn in his side.

  22. Kind of like MIT's false openness? on W3C Bars Public From Public Conference · · Score: 1

    Given the person's stated background, I'm not even the least bit surprised he reached this conclusion. That being, that as someone's educational background is more exposed to restricted admissions universities such as MIT, the more they want to implement that as an end-run around the public. The only clear misinformation out of this was with the W3C.

    Now, could someone have informed him clearly about who foots the bills for the building? It's not like it's run by a organization who insists on exclusivity even though it is known for being "open"?


    They'd serve well to be more truthful about their openness, or the lack thereof.

  23. Ask Charlie "IDF" Johnson on Bush Commutes Libby's Sentence · · Score: 1

    this.

    Not good to say the least.

  24. Strike back at Duke, maybe? on Bush Commutes Libby's Sentence · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Now that would be something Nifong could use to stop Duke's character assassination cold. There's something about a pardon that humbles the recipient and tells some affluent people to back off.

  25. Re:Huh on iPhone Interest Still Going Strong · · Score: 1

    Well, they're the textbook example of what happens when you export the Singapore model of things to a 1.4bn population. No real freedom unless you're a business - not the way to go.

    You're probably overestimating that labor too, as it's not above that country to use tactics reserved by union busters in the early 20th century.