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  1. Hardware failure on Microsoft Counts Down To XP Death · · Score: 1

    Hardware failure can sometimes be avoided by replacing parts - but in the case of XP, you may have to reactivate the box if you replace too many.

  2. Hardware Filters on Why the AT&T and T-Mobile Merger Is Bad For Consumers · · Score: 3, Informative

    That's not quite the case - a lot of the radios have hardware filters that can't be removed very easily - you'd be looking at desoldering surface-mount components and then replacing them with other versions...and then recertifying the entire thing to make sure you can still transmit without breaking FCC regulations (at least in the States.)

    The OpenMoko FreeRunner came in two versions - 900/1800/1900, and 850/1800/1900. It is not possible to change frequencies, and almost the entire phone is open to modification by the user.

  3. RAND doesn't work for FLOSS on Microsoft Continues Android Legal Assault · · Score: 3, Insightful

    RAND doesn't work for FLOSS projects because "reasonable" is in terms of "reasonable fee" and non-discriminatory is "same price to all comers" so while it didn't present a barrier to entry when it was dreamed up, it does to FLOSS where a fee is never charged.

    The inability for FLOSS to work with RAND patent licensing is why MPEG is thinking of moving to FRAND - F being Free as in Beer.

  4. Hang onto your old component cables... on HDBaseT Supporters Hope To Kiss HDMI Goodbye · · Score: 1

    I am sorry to inform you that this is not the case. Per earlier comments this new standard is now compliant with HDCP.

  5. Convenient dodge of the issue. on iPhone's PIN-Based Security Transparent To Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    You're missing the point. The data is supposed to be encrypted. It is not. It's not even protected by the PIN.

  6. Two kinds of "fix" on iPhone's PIN-Based Security Transparent To Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    There's "fix" as in completely remove the functionality, and "fix" as in allow the proper mounting after the PIN is supplied.

  7. Re:Sounds like a feature on iPhone's PIN-Based Security Transparent To Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    Ubuntu 10.04 has newer libraries. Also make sure you're connecting the phone then turning it on.

  8. Re:Bad Bad Apple on iPhone's PIN-Based Security Transparent To Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    It's encrypted - but the communication protocol is decrypting it for you.

  9. Re:Attempted to duplicate - not quite what they sa on iPhone's PIN-Based Security Transparent To Ubuntu · · Score: 3, Informative

    Read the advisory more carefully. You need to turn off your phone, connect it, then boot the phone while it's connected to the Lucid box.

    The security check is bypassed at boot, probably assuming the phone needed to be recovered.

  10. SASL works on Facebook Now Supports Jabber/XMPP · · Score: 1

    The sign-in is encrypted; the messages are not.

  11. What a sad case. on Why the BSA Is Less Reviled Than the RIAA · · Score: 1

    From your description the guy really needs a reality check with Free Software.

    Or at least purchasing software from companies that aren't BSA members.

  12. No need on TomTom Releases iPhone Navigation App · · Score: 1

    Already have one of those, includes laughing-at-you-because-you-asked-for-help upgrade.

  13. Anyone got a mirror? on Voting Machine Attacks Proven To Be Practical · · Score: 1

    Site is nearly unresponsive.

    And it's just hosting a 3.1MB PDF...

  14. The litmus paper is sensitive. on Apple Working On Tech To Detect Purchasers' "Abuse" · · Score: 1

    Do you have sweaty hands? If so you triggered it.

    Did you ever talk on the phone while your face was sweaty? Triggered it.

    My inexpensive Samsung has a sensor above the battery, but visible just by opening the battery cover.

    Oh wait...iPhone...no cover to open.

  15. Does your hand sweat? on Apple Working On Tech To Detect Purchasers' "Abuse" · · Score: 1

    If you sweat a lot, or talk on the phone with wet hair, this can happen.

    My wife's phone borked this way, but we just swapped out the SIM card after a few unlocked phone purchases from Woot.

  16. But in-game ads will always affect gameplay on Wipeout HD Loading Ads Scrapped After Uproar · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think ads will ruin my immersion. Every product placement I've seen has always led to something I didn't like about the game:

    Monkey Ball Series - DOLE IS EVERYWHERE in the games, and it gets kind of annoying.
    Most racing simulator games - Can't show damage on branded vehicles

    Those are the two I can think of off the top of my head.

  17. Problem #1 on Windows 7 RTM Reviewed & Benchmarked · · Score: 1

    You're using a VAIO. Sony is a lot like Apple--do what they want you to be able to do and the "experience" is great. Anything else, forget it.

  18. Re:I've no idea either on Student Sues University Because She's Unemployable · · Score: 1

    I graduated around that time and it took me 8 months. Yes. *Eight.*

    I eventually realized by the 6 month mark that not having any job at all was hurting me--so I went and got a retail job with a friend. Two months later I had a "real" job, where I still work.

  19. Re:Cue Microsoft bashing... on Microsoft Redefines "Open Standards" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "After RMS put the TiVo "gotcha" (its horrible! TiVo won't let me hack it so I can get free TiVo!)"

    Straw man.

    It was never about free TiVo as in how much you pay for it, you know. It was about DRM. TiVo can remotely delete/expire stored content, so it was actually inferior to the old VCR model in terms of letting you format/time shift.

    That being said, MythTV had a provider of subscription-based TV listings but too many people just copied them around/accessed the stream without paying and now it's gone. This idea that people think they don't have to pay for software, any software, is why we can't have certain classes of nice things.

  20. Open is the wrong word on Microsoft Redefines "Open Standards" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The GPL isn't "open" and never claimed to be.

  21. Re:My Anecdotal Evidence on Windows 7 vs. Windows XP On a Netbook · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No, it's definitely Adobe's problem. Flash is terrible; everyone I know is just too dumb to try living without it.

  22. It is... on Verizon FiOS/DSL Customers Get Free Wi-Fi Across US · · Score: 1

    Except when you want what was swallowed back.

    (There. I took your dirty reference and either cleaned it up, or made it that much worse.)

  23. Simple on Browser Vendors Force W3C To Scrap HTML 5 Codecs · · Score: 3, Informative

    They don't know who to pay.

  24. I actually enjoyed MadWorld on Sega Not Giving Up On Mature Wii Games · · Score: 1

    ...and it's unfortunate that last I checked the soundtrack was unavailable in the US.

    Doesn't seem from TFA that MadWorld turned a profit...only House of the Dead Overkill.

  25. You nearly owed me a keyboard there :) on Facebook VP Slams Intel's, AMD's Chip Performance Claims · · Score: 1

    Your humor almost cost me my Kinesis keyboard (and they're not cheap)!

    That was absolutely brilliant.