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  1. Re:Ethical? on Is Setting Up an Offshore IT Help Desk Ethical? · · Score: 2

    Fair competition would be fine, but competing against child labor or with people happy to poison their own water and air is not far competition.

  2. Re:anime may be a bad sample subject on Piracy Boosts Anime Sales, Says Japanese Government Study · · Score: 1

    You sure know a lot about this topic.

  3. Re:Well... on Piracy Boosts Anime Sales, Says Japanese Government Study · · Score: 1

    Because they only have the right to try to profit from their labor. I sometimes use my labor to play video games and no one pays me. Same with most of my software development and any art I create. You have no entitlement to profit.

    Tell me why a government granted monopoly is the only way they can do that?

  4. Re:anime may be a bad sample subject on Piracy Boosts Anime Sales, Says Japanese Government Study · · Score: 1

    Really these people like dubbing?
    I do not watch anime really, but in foreign films I much prefer subtitles. Dubbing always looks distractingly wrong.

  5. Re:Well... on Piracy Boosts Anime Sales, Says Japanese Government Study · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And what exactly is wrong with copyright infringement?

  6. Re:anime may be a bad sample subject on Piracy Boosts Anime Sales, Says Japanese Government Study · · Score: 1

    How much does the condition the professional releases are in impact this?

    Often the shows are edited into childrens' cartoons or at the very least drastically changed.

  7. Re:and a secure solution would look like what? on Security Warning Over Web-Based Android Market · · Score: 1

    Sandbox every app, then have the user allow specific permissions. This would mean however than a user could avoid adds in a free app by not letting it talk to the network.

  8. Re:Really? on Security Warning Over Web-Based Android Market · · Score: 1

    No, I would say they are the same problem. The issue is then an app with a rootkit and how you got it does not matter.

  9. Re:Really? on Security Warning Over Web-Based Android Market · · Score: 1

    The notification stays until you clear it. If there are apps with rootkits in them in the market then you have bigger problems.

  10. Re:old debacle: convenience vs security on Security Warning Over Web-Based Android Market · · Score: 1

    Mod parent way the heck up.

    If you can get my google account sure it is worth more, but you can also buy stuff via google checkout which is a way bigger risk to me.

  11. Re:2GB is far too little for "unlimited" on Verizon To Throttle High-Bandwidth Users · · Score: 1

    Not a troll at all. She paid for unlimited data, she is getting it. If they want to not sell unlimited data then they should not. They do not have such a fee structure, verizon is $30/month data unlimited. You cannot buy more than that.

  12. Re:Okay, can someone please break it down for me? on Google Says Honeycomb Will Not Come To Smartphones · · Score: 1

    It may not be, but it would be perfect. Pretty much all good apps in my mind are designed command line first, then other inputs on stacked on top of that. This means the same app can be used to make output for a webpage, or with touch input or used via a gui in the DE of your choosing.

  13. Re:WTF? on Senate Panel Backs Patent Overhaul Bill · · Score: 1

    What if I am just morally opposed to patents?
    In software I sure as hell am, and would never patent any software "methods" I came up with.

  14. Re:A no go on PS3 Piracy Threats Cause Phone-Home DRM · · Score: 1

    Just get some low self discharge NIMH batteries and stop paying for bottled electricity. It is just as wasteful as buying bottled water.

  15. Re:Okay, can someone please break it down for me? on Google Says Honeycomb Will Not Come To Smartphones · · Score: 1

    No reason for them to need to be capable of it. My netbook can't do enough pixels in hardware either for my other monitor at the same time, software rendering to the rescue! If you are not familiar with linux video not know that is something we can forgive.

    No need for separate applications either, the applications just would have to have gtk/qt frontends and android ones.

  16. Re:2GB is far too little for "unlimited" on Verizon To Throttle High-Bandwidth Users · · Score: 1

    Wow, you don't use your device at all compared to say me, and you then find that you don't use much data. What a fucking surprise. It is not the 24/7 streamer, he pays his bills, it is AT&T refusing to upgrade their network to actually provide the service they sell.

  17. Re:2GB is far too little for "unlimited" on Verizon To Throttle High-Bandwidth Users · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Contributing to the problem" is one odd fucking way of spelling "using the service she is paying for". Do you work for verizon or just shill for free?

  18. Re:Not enough RF? on Verizon To Throttle High-Bandwidth Users · · Score: 1

    The free market does not do that when you have a monopoly or a duopoly. We have so few players in the Nationwide Cellular service market that there is little meaningful competition. To make matters worse we have multiple standards for these networks. The main purpose of that is prevent customers from being able to easily change providers.

  19. Re:Not enough RF? on Verizon To Throttle High-Bandwidth Users · · Score: 1

    That is a simple problem to solve, but it must be done in steps.
    1. All carriers will use one standard for 4G, does not matter which just that they are all forced to be inter-operable.
    2. No carrier may ever have more than X% of the market. If it exceeds that size it shall be broken in half.
    3. All devices that conform to the predefined standard shall be allowed on any carrier network.
    4. Any carrier locked phones must be unlocked once the phone is paid for or after 6 months of usage on said network, which ever comes first.
    5. All carriers must sell each other transport and service at fixed market prices.

    The above would mean the market could function. This is because customers would be free to seek other providers and forced sales of signal to competitors would insure even the smallest provider could have nationwide coverage so long as they were willing to pay for it.

  20. Re:Why don't carriers just use these exact terms? on Verizon To Throttle High-Bandwidth Users · · Score: 1

    So then Netflix or any other streaming video is now totally worthless. Thanks.

  21. Re:Okay, can someone please break it down for me? on Google Says Honeycomb Will Not Come To Smartphones · · Score: 1

    No reason the video out must be constrained to the same resolution as the phone screen. There is also no reason why the touch input would need to be simulated. At worst case you have it you a different desktop environment.

  22. Re:Okay, can someone please break it down for me? on Google Says Honeycomb Will Not Come To Smartphones · · Score: 2

    1. My phone has both a real keyboard and will accept a bluetooth one.
    2. The tablet can be placed in a cradle if you plan to use it for long periods.
    3. There are many android phones with HDMI out. This means having a small screen while on the go and a large one at your desk are not at odds with each other. Multiple Monitors would require more HDMI outs, but that is not a huge limitation.

  23. Re:Apple can do it... on Google Says Honeycomb Will Not Come To Smartphones · · Score: 3, Informative

    There are not minor adjustments between the two. Diesel engines lack spark-plugs and are compression ignition, this is totally different than both Otto and Atkinson cycle engines. Dies-Otto does blend the two concepts but it is quite unlike both of its parents.

    It seems your knowledge about android is as limited as your knowledge about engines.

  24. Re:Heh... Riiight... on Google Says Honeycomb Will Not Come To Smartphones · · Score: 1

    Go check out nookcolors running 2.2. Makes a heck of a good tablet.

  25. Re:Apple can do it... on Google Says Honeycomb Will Not Come To Smartphones · · Score: 1

    People have already run it on desktop/laptops. It does not make sense for a server, which are generally headless never mind not having a touch interface.