Well, if I use this, I'll be sure to put my phone on lock mode. I never really felt the need before, since it's a small hassle to punch in the pass every time I want to use it, but I'm sure I'll lose it somewhere at some point.
Looks like it could be handy, and there's a lot more info at the PayPal site, do a search for 'phone'.
US cell phone companies should be ripped on, as loud as possible, at any chance we get. Same with Canadian ones. They're fucking us in the ass at every turn. I know most people would agree, do you not see it that way?
Decouple the cell industry (stop the bullshit deals between phone manufacturers and service providers), and we'll see much more selection, at much better prices. It apparently has done wonders for India's cell market.
I'm one of the people mentioned that don't like to tie myself into monthly contracts. The fact that a phone will make less profit for the phone companies should not make a difference as to whether it is sold here. I'm sure there are many people who just want a phone to be a phone.
Crappy (for us, the 'consumers') corporate decisions like this happen every day, and we're going to need to speak up sooner or later if we want anything to change.
Right now, it takes a story on/., the Register, and a few more online news sources before the mainstream media realizes they can't ignore it much longer and starts to cover the story (being careful of course to not step on the toes of any of their advertisers), getting the (usually watered-down) message out to the unwashed.
These situations seem to require getting to that point before the companies will 'take a look at' their actions, Sony's DRM CD being the latest example. Your customers don't know what a rootkit is? They have a better idea now.
Making noise about these things is making a difference, however small it may be.
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Fair enough. I found them laugh-out-loud funny, though I may be no more quick-witted than the average mouth-breather.
There is truth in what you say, but perhaps you are unrealistically optimistic.
I completely agree.
The most sorely needed geeks are folks like Lessig (Eldred, Creative Commons), Rick Boucher (DMCRA), and Russ Feingold (voted against PATRIOT Act), who can actually do something. Law trumps code, and law definitely trumps Slashdot.
So let's continue to clarify the issue for those that don't understand, and do what we can to get the knowledge of things like that out there. Hopefully more knowledgeable people, both media(/politician/big business)-friendly and not, will result. As well, more artists need to be properly informed as to how it affects them. It's bad news for everyone.
They can all share photos, movies, and music (purchased or not) regardless of whether or not they are authorized. They only need to be authorized if you are storing the media file on that machine.
iTunes shares all your music to be streamed through a playlist of your stuff on other LAN-connected machines, purchased or not. You can select which playlists, etc. you want to share, or view if you're on the other end.
Then how did Hollywood manage to get the U.S. Congress to enact the DMCA bilaterally over the collective head of the technology industry?
We didn't make enough noise, not enough people got involved, and the collective heads of the paid tech journalists did a piss-poor job of reporting on the facts involved and what was at stake.
Don't take this as directed at you, tepples (your site is helping things), it's just blather I felt like posting and probably isn't well thought out (heh):
As far as playing devil's advocate, that is an important viewpoint (the opposite in any case) to have in any argument. It is necessary in a formal discussion to ensure both sides are presented equally and as fairly as possible. The problem comes with people who have a general idea of the importance of such things, but don't yet see the larger picture. They cluelessly think they are the devil's advocate, instead of analysing a situation and deciding when to use it as a technique to further fair discussion.
It becomes a hindrance to the ability to think critically* when our primary goal is to think we're in some kind of superior position simply because we think that playing a role is important. We lose focus of the larger issue(s) at hand in every discussion at that point.
Unnecessary side note:
It took me some time to come to many realizations, including one important one: I had to experience many things for myself, no matter how clearly someone explained something to me or how open and willing I thought I was in listening and understanding.
The whole point is, we as a community are trying to start a new computer industry. Fuck it if they say it won't fly, fuck it if they say we don't have enough 'investors', fuck it if they say we don't have the power.
We have to push for change. Every day that you accept things the way they are and post 'oh, just give up' diatribes, you're hurting your community.
We ultimately decide who's in power as far as technology goes. We tell the non-techs what to buy, and they believe us. Dell and MS commercials play a large part in obstructing our goals, lying to our non-tech friends and confusing them, but as long as we don't just give in and start to believe the lies there is hope.
We don't want MS to have this much power any more. We are doing something about it, telling friends about alternatives and helping people get off their ignorant MS addiction.
Seriously, what the hell has MS done for you to make you so loyal to them? With their ill-acquired billions, do you think they need you defending their actions? They don't care about your loyalty, they consider you less than dirt and would do anything they can to use you and your info for profit. You're nothing to them, just another user.
If you're immature enough to let a Slashdot post get to you, you really need to work on your critical thinking skills.
Whee, you went and read an article full of lies, then came back here and complained about the anti-MS bias? Sorry, but they've earned that.
Are you in denial? Are you not aware of all the shit MS has pulled over the years?
Who is this loser? How can we still be stuck listening to this garbage?
Are we not men? Are we not people with critical thinking skills?
Where is the independent security consultant, the person who cares only for the study and the results? This Oliver Friedrichs guy only cares about profits. If a company doesn't agree with you that their product has vulnerabilities, then you publish the study anyway, and give them the results.
Where is the OSS front line these days? Do we even have a goal, or are we just hoping that things will work themselves out?
That was all true before they got rid of their ads and released their kick-ass phone browser. It's a whole different story now, and I'd say they have some good momentum going.
I'm considering it to replace my G4 as well, a dual 450. However, it's very difficult for me to consider having multiple external firewire drives hooked up all the time. (80 GB music/movie drive, 120 GB audio recording drive which are currently internal) I'm also sort of holding out to see what the new Power Mac/Mac Pro will have, in terms of drive space. If the new machine can still only hold 2 drives, I think I'm going to pick up a dual 1.25 or dual 1.42 and stick with that for a while. Four drive bays, and 2 optical. I also use a couple of expansion cards, and a PCI Radeon for a second monitor. No way to use a second monitor with the Mini. Can't believe a few-year old MDD G4 would be more attractive than a G5 or Mini. Ugh.
Not to mention that all those great iLife programs have free PC equivalents
Have you lost it? Please, mention anything free that comes close to GarageBand. Not a chance. Same with the other apps. Don't bother mentioning Picasa, it can't do a quarter of what iPhoto can.
It's a fact. The software you get with a Mac is a hundred times better than what comes with Windows. Movie Maker? Don't make me puke.
I played this game on many Macs over the years, Casady & Greene did a great job on it. Mind you, I never played it in colour, but it was still a ton of fun.
Read more about the history of Crystal Quest here. Makes me wonder if we'll ever see a new version of Dark Castle. (The best black & white game ever)
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Well, if I use this, I'll be sure to put my phone on lock mode. I never really felt the need before, since it's a small hassle to punch in the pass every time I want to use it, but I'm sure I'll lose it somewhere at some point.
Looks like it could be handy, and there's a lot more info at the PayPal site, do a search for 'phone'.
She'd have a blast with an iBook, and for a pretty good price.
You have two relatively new cell phones? Is one smart, and the other smarter? I don't get it.
Man, am I bored.
Please explain or provide a link to more. This sounds like what we should be pushing for here.
This phone would be perfect for my parents
Same here, and they wouldn't even use the address book.
US cell phone companies should be ripped on, as loud as possible, at any chance we get. Same with Canadian ones. They're fucking us in the ass at every turn. I know most people would agree, do you not see it that way?
Decouple the cell industry (stop the bullshit deals between phone manufacturers and service providers), and we'll see much more selection, at much better prices. It apparently has done wonders for India's cell market.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=18072 9&cid=14955026
The idea is that people interested in having a simple phone want just that - a simple phone.
Monochrome display lengthens the battery life, colour screen shortens it. Simple.
I'm one of the people mentioned that don't like to tie myself into monthly contracts. The fact that a phone will make less profit for the phone companies should not make a difference as to whether it is sold here. I'm sure there are many people who just want a phone to be a phone.
/., the Register, and a few more online news sources before the mainstream media realizes they can't ignore it much longer and starts to cover the story (being careful of course to not step on the toes of any of their advertisers), getting the (usually watered-down) message out to the unwashed.
Crappy (for us, the 'consumers') corporate decisions like this happen every day, and we're going to need to speak up sooner or later if we want anything to change.
Right now, it takes a story on
These situations seem to require getting to that point before the companies will 'take a look at' their actions, Sony's DRM CD being the latest example. Your customers don't know what a rootkit is? They have a better idea now.
Making noise about these things is making a difference, however small it may be.
Fair enough. I found them laugh-out-loud funny, though I may be no more quick-witted than the average mouth-breather.
There is truth in what you say, but perhaps you are unrealistically optimistic.
I completely agree.
The most sorely needed geeks are folks like Lessig (Eldred, Creative Commons), Rick Boucher (DMCRA), and Russ Feingold (voted against PATRIOT Act), who can actually do something. Law trumps code, and law definitely trumps Slashdot.
So let's continue to clarify the issue for those that don't understand, and do what we can to get the knowledge of things like that out there. Hopefully more knowledgeable people, both media(/politician/big business)-friendly and not, will result. As well, more artists need to be properly informed as to how it affects them. It's bad news for everyone.
You can authorize up to five computers.
They can all share photos, movies, and music (purchased or not) regardless of whether or not they are authorized. They only need to be authorized if you are storing the media file on that machine.
iTunes shares all your music to be streamed through a playlist of your stuff on other LAN-connected machines, purchased or not. You can select which playlists, etc. you want to share, or view if you're on the other end.
Over Front Row? I haven't tried it yet.
Then how did Hollywood manage to get the U.S. Congress to enact the DMCA bilaterally over the collective head of the technology industry?
We didn't make enough noise, not enough people got involved, and the collective heads of the paid tech journalists did a piss-poor job of reporting on the facts involved and what was at stake.
Don't take this as directed at you, tepples (your site is helping things), it's just blather I felt like posting and probably isn't well thought out (heh):
As far as playing devil's advocate, that is an important viewpoint (the opposite in any case) to have in any argument. It is necessary in a formal discussion to ensure both sides are presented equally and as fairly as possible. The problem comes with people who have a general idea of the importance of such things, but don't yet see the larger picture. They cluelessly think they are the devil's advocate, instead of analysing a situation and deciding when to use it as a technique to further fair discussion.
It becomes a hindrance to the ability to think critically* when our primary goal is to think we're in some kind of superior position simply because we think that playing a role is important. We lose focus of the larger issue(s) at hand in every discussion at that point.
Critical thinking
Unnecessary side note:
It took me some time to come to many realizations, including one important one: I had to experience many things for myself, no matter how clearly someone explained something to me or how open and willing I thought I was in listening and understanding.
You sound like you would welcome this crap.
The whole point is, we as a community are trying to start a new computer industry. Fuck it if they say it won't fly, fuck it if they say we don't have enough 'investors', fuck it if they say we don't have the power.
We have to push for change. Every day that you accept things the way they are and post 'oh, just give up' diatribes, you're hurting your community.
We ultimately decide who's in power as far as technology goes. We tell the non-techs what to buy, and they believe us. Dell and MS commercials play a large part in obstructing our goals, lying to our non-tech friends and confusing them, but as long as we don't just give in and start to believe the lies there is hope.
We don't want MS to have this much power any more. We are doing something about it, telling friends about alternatives and helping people get off their ignorant MS addiction.
Stop fighting your community.
Seriously, what the hell has MS done for you to make you so loyal to them? With their ill-acquired billions, do you think they need you defending their actions? They don't care about your loyalty, they consider you less than dirt and would do anything they can to use you and your info for profit. You're nothing to them, just another user.
If you're immature enough to let a Slashdot post get to you, you really need to work on your critical thinking skills.
Whee, you went and read an article full of lies, then came back here and complained about the anti-MS bias? Sorry, but they've earned that.
Are you in denial? Are you not aware of all the shit MS has pulled over the years?
Or are you just unable to think for yourself?
Oliver Friedrichs?
Who is this loser? How can we still be stuck listening to this garbage?
Are we not men? Are we not people with critical thinking skills?
Where is the independent security consultant, the person who cares only for the study and the results? This Oliver Friedrichs guy only cares about profits. If a company doesn't agree with you that their product has vulnerabilities, then you publish the study anyway, and give them the results.
Where is the OSS front line these days? Do we even have a goal, or are we just hoping that things will work themselves out?
That was all true before they got rid of their ads and released their kick-ass phone browser. It's a whole different story now, and I'd say they have some good momentum going.
Which is lame enough as it is.
Is the Play-Yan better than the 'Movie Player'? I want to be able to run all the homebrew stuff.
I'm considering it to replace my G4 as well, a dual 450. However, it's very difficult for me to consider having multiple external firewire drives hooked up all the time. (80 GB music/movie drive, 120 GB audio recording drive which are currently internal) I'm also sort of holding out to see what the new Power Mac/Mac Pro will have, in terms of drive space.
If the new machine can still only hold 2 drives, I think I'm going to pick up a dual 1.25 or dual 1.42 and stick with that for a while. Four drive bays, and 2 optical. I also use a couple of expansion cards, and a PCI Radeon for a second monitor. No way to use a second monitor with the Mini.
Can't believe a few-year old MDD G4 would be more attractive than a G5 or Mini. Ugh.
try ffmpegx, it might convert it to something useable for you.
http://homepage.mac.com/major4/
Not to mention that all those great iLife programs have free PC equivalents
Have you lost it? Please, mention anything free that comes close to GarageBand. Not a chance. Same with the other apps. Don't bother mentioning Picasa, it can't do a quarter of what iPhoto can.
It's a fact. The software you get with a Mac is a hundred times better than what comes with Windows. Movie Maker? Don't make me puke.
I played this game on many Macs over the years, Casady & Greene did a great job on it. Mind you, I never played it in colour, but it was still a ton of fun.
Read more about the history of Crystal Quest here. Makes me wonder if we'll ever see a new version of Dark Castle. (The best black & white game ever)
you're on crack, he took off yesterday morning.