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  1. Permissions on Mobile Websites Can Tap Into Your Phone's Sensors Without Asking (wired.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    The article starts by claiming that apps require some permission from the user before they can use these sensors in question. Motion, orientation, proximity, light. That's not true on Android. Good night!

  2. I don't get why they won't just add Voice ID. You say your password clearly out loud, the phone does speech recognition and checks the password, you're in. Seems about as safe as using your face as a password.

  3. No matter how small an infraction, the employee should be fired first. It's the only way they learn. Next time they're employed by you, they'll know better.

  4. Re:This is discriminating on Finland's Algorithm-Driven Public Bus · · Score: 1

    The required app is called a web browser and as I understand you can install it on most platforms available ever.

  5. Re:Add-on on Oculus Rift Raises Another $16 Million · · Score: 1

    Most of Street View pictures come from a height of 2.5 metres above driving lanes, so you might need to include a penny-farthing on your equipment list.

  6. I take it that you disable ABS and other assists when driving rain or shine. When you next board a vehicle (bus, train, plane), remember to insist that the driver/pilot turns off any automated assists and safety features.

  7. Re:What's the problem? on FOIA Request Shows Which Printer Companies Cooperated With US Government · · Score: 2

    As a further note, right now there's no way to trace that serial number to me.

    Unless you count the printer driver, driver installer or the network connected printer itself calling home for warranty related reasons, reporting at the very least the serial number and your IP address, and whatever other personal information you probably gave it willingly.

  8. Re:Optional on For Mac Developers, Armageddon Comes Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    I don't imagine for one minute that large professional applications will ever be sold this way for the time being.

    Never say never, for the time being.

  9. Re:The devil in the details on Google, Apple and Others Accused of 'No Poaching' Deal · · Score: 1

    any cost savings go directly into the pockets of company executives and shareholders.

    Sounds like a good time to buy some shares, then?

  10. Re:Trivial on MS Design Lets You Put Batteries In Any Way You Want · · Score: 1

    For the last 3 years, I have been putting loads of batteries in kids toys and some of them just plained sux to put batteries in.

    What a weird hobby. But I guess it's like those people who put money into stranger's parking meters.

  11. Re:Out of interest on NASA Expands Role of International Space Station · · Score: 1

    I'm just amazed they were able to transport the soap bubbles to space intact.

  12. Re:If only we could harness this in RL on Baffled By the Obsession With Pretend-Business Games · · Score: 1

    Depends on the type of business. Web design or computer related stuff is fairly light on it I'll admit, but anything requiring insurance or inventory tracking is enough to scare off anyone who isn't a dedicated lover of paper shovelling.

    That's why business owners hire other people to handle that stuff. They usually want money for their trouble but you can focus on making more of it.

  13. Re:Hmm, how about the document search index? on IE Flaw Gives Hackers Access To User Files · · Score: 1

    On Windows 7 the c:\ProgramData path exists. On my system the file is over 200 MB, you can't enter the Data folder without UAC asking for confirmation, and the file is in use so it can't even be opened (usually).

  14. Re:Windows XP Professional license agreement on Apple Forced To Clean Up Its Fine Print · · Score: 2, Informative

    I always thought that these notices are very odd. I mean, can I put up a sign that says "In no event shall Esben be responsible for any crime he might do" and expect it to have any effect?

    Of course not, since that claim would be false. Software maker responsibilities are a different matter. Would you hold the Apache Foundation liable for damages if someone hacks your web server due to security holes in their code? No, as they don't claim or promise responsibility any more than Microsoft or anyone else with half a mind do.

  15. Re:small on What Happened To the Bay Bridge? · · Score: 1

    That's only if you count Alaska, which is disingenuous at best, given that it's huge, and almost completely unoccupied.

    But it has more than its share of bridges, I've heard.

  16. Re:You have to lie to get the job interview on Appropriate Interviewing For a Worldwide Search? · · Score: 1

    10 years experience using programs that have only existed for 5 years

    The honest man's solution of course is to outsource your job to a team with combined experience of 10 years.

  17. Re:Paging wireless engineers... on US Cell Phone Plans Among World's Most Expensive · · Score: 1

    The number of towers is irrelevant, as the cost to maintain them must vary wildly. You might as well compare the population densities; Finland has half as many people per square km as USA (16 to 31). Since almost 100% of Finland is covered by at least one GSM network (see coverage maps from Sonera, Elisa), the maintenance cost of the networks per person should also be higher.

  18. Re:1989 called. on Desktop As a Cellphone Extension? · · Score: 1

    What if my underpants don't have pockets?

  19. Re:and the companion product.... on UK Police Want Plug-In Computer Crime Detectors · · Score: 1

    And equally trivial will be installing that driver to the custom OS they'll run from a booting CD.

  20. Re:AOL is being spun off? By their subsidiary? on Time Warner Confirms Split With AOL · · Score: 1

    AOL is a subsidiary of Time Warner, formerly known as AOL Time Warner, which also has subsidiaries such as Time Inc., Warner Bros Entertainment, etc. To learn more about the history of commerce, go to your nearest Internet.

  21. Re:Balls Out on Hosting a Highly Inflammatory Document? · · Score: 1

    Since most exterior doors nowadays tend to be glass and metal, it would be difficult to replicate the feat.

  22. Re:They Should purchase it back on US Army Files Found On Second-Hand MP3 Player · · Score: 2, Funny

    I also happen to have several low-cost memory devices that contain what might or might not be top secret US military data. I'll gladly offer them for purchase.

  23. Re:making money from illegal activity? on Anti-Piracy Firm Offering ISPs Money For Outing File-Sharers · · Score: 1

    Replace internet with road network, ISP with government that manages the roads, Nexicon with traffic police, copyright infringement with traffic violations, amnesty fees with speeding tickets, and what do you get? My first car analogy!

  24. Re:And THIS is why they don't release specs! on NVIDIA GeForce To Quadro Software Mod · · Score: 1

    If you are using the pro drivers with a consumer card, then you are using the drivers unlicensed, which is no different from using any other piece of software unlicensed.
    Likely untrue. The "License For Customer Use of NVIDIA Software" that you're supposed to click through for every driver available on their site doesn't even seem to tie you to Nvidia related hardware.
  25. Re:I like Harris' line ... on What Did You Change Your Mind About in 2007? · · Score: 1

    Who is she talking to?