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  1. Re:Nexus 9 had finish issues on Google To Take 'Apple-Like' Control Over Nexus Phones (droid-life.com) · · Score: 1

    You could use a OTG SD, or OTG cable and flash drive(s) for those times.

    $2

  2. Re:Nexus aren't satisfactory on Google To Take 'Apple-Like' Control Over Nexus Phones (droid-life.com) · · Score: 1
    I think he's talking about "Adaptable Storage Devices", not RAM.

    For users, âoeAdaptable Storage Devicesâ entails that they can move an appâ(TM)s code plus its private data to external storage without having to turn to third-party tools or OEM hacks. Looking at a technical aspect, the setup will format the external storage to be in league with the internal one and will wrap it in a layer of specific encryption. So to Android, it becomes a part of a greater storage layout. In laymanâ(TM)s terms, Android M will treat an external storage device like an SD card as if it were internal storage, letting users move apps and other data between storage devices.

    Android M Offers Support for External Storage Devices

  3. Re:Afraid you don't grok Canada on Canadian Government Lobbies Europe To Pass CETA (freezenet.ca) · · Score: 2

    They specifically said they would not repeal C-51 actually. You're thinking of the NDP maybe? "Repeal C-51" doesn't even make any sense. Does it mean scrapping the legislation that it created and leave us with no anti terror legislation? Or does it mean bringing back the 3 pieces of legislation that it replaced? The repealers would never answer that question so nobody trusted them.

  4. Re: Justin Trudeau on Canadian Government Lobbies Europe To Pass CETA (freezenet.ca) · · Score: 1

    Backpedalling how? They've been very consistent actually.

  5. Re:Obama's foreign policy on Russia Forming Space Alliance With Iran, May Fly Iranian Astronaut (examiner.com) · · Score: 1

    What's Steve Ballmer got to do with this?

  6. Re:Our friends up north are just like us apparentl on Reactions Split On What Canada's Liberal Majority Means For Tech Policy Future (freezenet.ca) · · Score: 1

    Or maybe you're talking about the liberal government that promised "I will repeal the GST?" Easy to have extra money when you realize your budget kinda sucked, but if you just decided to out and out lie, hey, good to go extra cash in hand!

    They promised to replace the GST with a harmonized tax, and the HST is still an option for any province that wants it.

    I am one of the "wealthy". My family's income is just a bit more than twice the minimum wage Trudeau proposes. I claim the full Family Tax Cut. I am scared to see what Trudeau believes is poor. Perhaps there's children scavenging garbage dumps? Because, damn, earning well below the average family income in Canada and being able to max out that "Tax cut for the rich" instantly makes ones wealthy.

    What is this minimum wage you speak of?

    I worked out what I will lose under the new regime. $1200. That's a lot of money when you live hand to mouth. Trudeau is giving tax cuts to the moderately rich (richer than me! $89,000 a year!!!) and taking it from those earning less but able to use the "rich" tax cut. I can't wait to pay for a double tax cut for those who happen to have two mediocre jobs (totalling more than I earn) instead of one decent one. That will be "rich"

    Please post the math. I'd love to see it.

  7. Re:Our friends up north are just like us apparentl on Reactions Split On What Canada's Liberal Majority Means For Tech Policy Future (freezenet.ca) · · Score: 1

    I can't tell if your being serious or not. Compared to the alternative? The largest mass incarceration of Canadians in history:

    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m...

  8. No.

    http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/polit...

    Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau vowed that the upcoming general election will be the last one using the first-past-the-post voting system.

  9. Revoking what? There's talk of moving to proportional representation (which there isn't a lot of support for outside of the NDP), or a ranked ballot.

  10. Re:Our friends up north are just like us apparentl on Reactions Split On What Canada's Liberal Majority Means For Tech Policy Future (freezenet.ca) · · Score: 1

    Being investigated and being found guilty of something are two completely different things. The Liberals booted everyone involved in Adscam and prosecuted them. They did not give hush money to senators, or prorogue parliament to avoid answering questions about it, or pass laws retroactively absolving people for it like the harper cons did.

  11. Re:Our friends up north are just like us apparentl on Reactions Split On What Canada's Liberal Majority Means For Tech Policy Future (freezenet.ca) · · Score: 1

    Harper spent the entire 2008 election saying there was no recession, he didn't know what everyone was talking about. Stimulus spending would be irresponsible. Then after he was elected there was stimulus spending and it was significantly lower than $56 billion that year. It was misdirected spending like building $100,000 gazebos in Tony Clement's riding. Since then and even today we have very little growth. We are the only ones still in recession because everything is about Oil to them, and now oil is cheap.

  12. Re:Our friends up north are just like us apparentl on Reactions Split On What Canada's Liberal Majority Means For Tech Policy Future (freezenet.ca) · · Score: 2

    I can't WAIT to check back with you in 6 months to a year, to listen to you whining about how bad the liberals are, and how they sold everybody a big lie, because they're not as liberal as they promised.

    The previous Liberal governments that preceded the one we just kicked out, worked out very well. It's very nice to have them back. They balanced our federal budget back in the 90's and used surpluses to fund debt repayment and personal income tax cuts for the middle class mixed with corporate tax cuts. Within a few years the Harper Conservatives turned a 8 billion dollar surplus into a record 56 billion dollar deficit. They gave tax credits and cuts to corporations and the wealthy, and wondered why their trickle down economics didn't work. It was always somebody's fault. Sometimes it was the Americans fault, sometimes Chinas that our economy didn't grow for 10 years.

  13. Re:Our friends up north are just like us apparentl on Reactions Split On What Canada's Liberal Majority Means For Tech Policy Future (freezenet.ca) · · Score: 0

    A leader whose actions are dictated by public opinion is not a leader at all,

    Thats the kind of stuff that gets a "leader" like Harper tossed the F out. During the last election, he promised to not make any changes to the Canadian Wheat Board (A crown owned grain marketing firm) without giving farmers a vote first. He won, didn't give them a vote, they held their own plebiscite and voted overwhelmingly to keep it. The "leader" decided to sell it anyway. Farmers wanted to buy it themselves and put in a bid. They sold it to Saudi Arabia for less money instead.

    Good riddance to Steven Harper and his tough-on-crime, Reaganesque war-on-drugs. Go far, far away Harper.

  14. Re:Our friends up north are just like us apparentl on Reactions Split On What Canada's Liberal Majority Means For Tech Policy Future (freezenet.ca) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well, it can. About the only time I was proud of my country was when Schroeder said no to Iraq war. A conservative government would have followed Dubya without even thinking twice about it.

    Oh they definitely thought about it. Some Steven Harper quotes:

    "[Y]our country [the USA], and particularly your conservative movement, is a light and an inspiration to people in this country and across the world."

    I don't know all the facts on Iraq, but I think we should work closely with the Americans.

    This party will not take its position based on public opinion polls. We will not take a stand based oÂn focus groups. We will not take a stand based oÂn phone-in shows or householder surveys or any other vagaries of public opinion⦠In my judgment Canada will eventually join with the allied coalition if war on Iraq comes to pass. The government will join, notwithstanding its failure to prepare, its neglect in co-operating with its allies, or its inability to contribute. In the end it will join out of the necessity created by a pattern of uncertainty and indecision. It will not join as a leader but unnoticed at the back of the parade.

    Having this new government is like waking up from a terrible nightmare.

  15. Re:Nothing good on Reactions Split On What Canada's Liberal Majority Means For Tech Policy Future (freezenet.ca) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Trouble is, Canada has a two party system that pretends to have more parties, but has never once elected them to run the country.

    The Liberals have also promised this will be the last election under our current first-past-the-post system. Depending on the result of that, there may be a lot more MPs elected who arent from the two parties, and it may be the last majority government in Canada.

  16. Re:outrageous on Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht Sentenced To Life In Prison · · Score: 1

    Same as eBay, seller reputation.

    End prohibition. Stop the violence.

  17. Re:outrageous on Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht Sentenced To Life In Prison · · Score: 1

    The system can't seem to find a victim though. The system is broken.

  18. Re:outrageous on Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht Sentenced To Life In Prison · · Score: 1

    Silk Road had dispute resolution too.

  19. Re:outrageous on Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht Sentenced To Life In Prison · · Score: 1

    Does this mean that eBay is responsible for those fake SD cards I got? I'm in.

  20. Re:Is it on the main download page? on Trojanized, Info-Stealing PuTTY Version Lurking Online · · Score: 2

    We have that. Apt-get install ssh-client.

    Windows will catch up someday.

  21. Re:Personally I like Microsoft hardware on Ask Slashdot: Good Keyboard? · · Score: 1

    Microsoft have never (to my knowledge) produced bad hardware.

    Zune.

  22. Re:Danger of SSDs on Samsung's Portable SSD T1 Tested · · Score: 4, Funny

    Intel 5400 RPM enterprise SSDs are the industry leader. I've never had issues with the ones I have.

    I keep mine on a 33 1/3 RPM turntable. Less centrifugal force. Damn cables keep getting tangled though.

    WTF?

  23. Re:It would be great if google and apple enter ... on Apple Hiring Automotive Experts · · Score: 1

    The future is now...

  24. Re:Ain't freedom a bitch... on RMS Objects To Support For LLVM's Debugger In GNU Emacs's Gud.el · · Score: 2

    That's one way of looking at it. I see RMS as abrasive and pedantic, but all-in-all a visionary and due some respect. RMS has always marginalized himself, and life has gone on anyway. In his view GPL is more free because it ensures freedom to the user from being trapped in a ball of proprietary shit, or tries to anyway.

  25. Re:Ain't freedom a bitch... on RMS Objects To Support For LLVM's Debugger In GNU Emacs's Gud.el · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I believe his position is that the mainline GNU Emacs should not accept patches that cater to non-GPL licensed plugins. The freedom exists for any user to apply those patches anyway. RMS is the original author of Emacs, and personally has copyright of a lot of that code. The current maintainer has said he will apply the patches anyway so it's really a non issue. None of that seems to be mentioned in the summary at least.