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  1. Re:Tipping point on EFF Wins Release of Secret Court Opinion: NSA Surveillance Unconstitutional · · Score: 2

    Wide swaths of your government from top to bottom is repeatedly ignoring your constitution in order to act against the people of your country. Revolution is most certainly an acceptable answer.

  2. Re:Suggestion List on Uncle Sam Finally Wants To Hear From Us On Digital Copyright Law? · · Score: 1

    I think you need to do that now. I remember WKRP not being able to be re-broadcast because the music wasn't licenced. If you see it now, some of the music is different.

  3. Re:Easy solution on Netflix Comes To Linux Web Browsers Via 'Pipelight' · · Score: 2

    I'm pretty happy with NetFlix on the devices I can use it on, but I've been thinking about dumping it because of the lack of Linux support. It's very inconvenient using the workarounds (Wine, VMs, etc) as a paying customer. Torrents are looking pretty tempting.

  4. Re:Apple review process = a few seconds? on "Jekyll" Test Attack Sneaks Through Apple App Store, Wreaks Havoc · · Score: 2

    Microsoft offers free developer licenses for Windows 8. These licenses allow developers to test and evaluate their apps before submitting them to the Windows Store. Each developer license license will expire after some time, but you can repeat the process to acquire a new license in the future.

    Is that no longer accurate?

  5. Re:Apple review process = a few seconds? on "Jekyll" Test Attack Sneaks Through Apple App Store, Wreaks Havoc · · Score: 2

    The point of Android is openness and choice. If you don't like Amazon getting a cut, use F-Droid, manually load APK files, or use one of the many other sources for Android applications. Apple is very difdferent than most other software repositories in that it's the only one you are allowed to use. Microsoft is pushing hard for this model with Windows 8 and their Metro apps an it's very profitable and you can lock out competition if you wish.

  6. Re:That's a catch 22 on Security Researcher Makes His Point By Hacking Into Zuckerberg's Facebook Page · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sell it on the open market, plenty of money.

  7. Re:Slashdotting the Internet on Researchers Release Tool That Can Scan the Entire Internet In Under an Hour · · Score: 2

    Well, it is time for a new Apple product cycle.

  8. Re:Won't pay? on Security Researcher Makes His Point By Hacking Into Zuckerberg's Facebook Page · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Perhaps they should pay him extra and thank him ... he could have done much, much, worse, and from a dummy account. He quite obviously wanted to help. Being a dick to people trying to help you is not a great way to encourage others.

  9. Re:Returning start-up drop outs? on Big MOOC On Campus: Georgia Tech's $6,600 MS In CS · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Being a decent coder has little to do with CS. It's a very valuable skill in its own right, but quite different.

  10. Re:Good to see the progress on KDE Software Compilation 4.11 Released · · Score: 2

    4.10 is my main desktop at home and at work and it's very stable these days.

  11. Re:nice on Android 4.3 Based CyanogenMod 10.2 Nightlies Arrive · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I find their hardware is decent, and they have some cool add-on features, but they sure aren't doing Android any favours with the nasty interface wrapper they have.

  12. Re:No algorithm should mean no patent on Bill Gates Seeking Patent To Make Shakespeare Less Boring · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... also known as a software patent.

  13. Re:I don't understand on Federal Judge Rules NYC "Stop and Frisk" Violated Rights · · Score: 2

    I think vast majority of people questioned or stopped for violent crimes are also male. Are you insinuating that that shouldn't be the case?

  14. Staistics on Federal Judge Rules NYC "Stop and Frisk" Violated Rights · · Score: 1

    I remember reading an article showing that based on the descriptions of those actually committing crimes, visible minorities were significantly under-represented in the people frisked. If this "Stop and Frisk" this is supposed to be random or something, it sounds like there's a bias, but based on trying to stop crime, apparently not.

  15. Re:Android on New Attack Uses Attackers' Own Ad Network To Deliver Android Malware · · Score: 1

    Out of curiosity, has anyone here actually run into any Android malware? Most of the people I know have been using Android for quite some time and nobody has encountered any (but they do tend to tick to the Play or Amazon stores).

  16. Re:American hi-tech has a significant ethics probl on Inside the Decision To Shut Down Silent Mail · · Score: 1

    You make it sound like they have a choice (other than leaving the country or shutting down).

  17. Re:PGP does not run on mobile devices on Inside the Decision To Shut Down Silent Mail · · Score: 1

    K9 mail + APG for PGP support? PGP *is* supported on mobile devices (Android at least, and I can't see reason for Apple to ban it). I think APG supports the Android GMail client as well.

  18. Re:American hi-tech has a significant ethics probl on Inside the Decision To Shut Down Silent Mail · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There's negligible money in complying with these (illegal) 'requests' fro data. Why spread FUD? If you want to do something about it, fix the damn US government. Personally,I'm still surprised a few of those companies haven't moved to Canada.

  19. Re:i keep looking for the punchline on Microsoft Is Working On a Cloud Operating System For the US Government · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yep. All the security of Windows, with the availability of Office 365.

  20. I always assumed that AOL was one of the first companies that started with the trend of removing letters from their name to sound trendy, and the name was pronounced "A-hOLe".

  21. Re:He was the Creative Director on As AOL Prepares To Downsize Patch, CEO Fires Employee During Meeting · · Score: 1

    People in Boston were not necessarily running to get photos. Most were running to help. Despite our pessimism, the world is not completely populated by selfish assholes.

  22. Re:you know what they say: you cant trust google on Google Posts Images, Binaries For New Nexus 7 · · Score: 1

    Respond all you want, until you start paying, these FUD attacks will continue. FaceBook was caught funding them, and there's almost zero reason to believe others aren't still.

  23. Re:He's right, of course. on Bill Gates Promotes Vaccine Projects, Swipes At Google · · Score: 1

    Entirely correct? Right as learning about preventing disease, building shelter, improving sanitation, etc is a complete waste of time. He's being an asshole.

  24. Re:Amazing device. on Google's Second Generation Nexus 7 Benchmarks · · Score: 1

    The Nexus 4 is the same. I have the previous Nexus 7 tablet, and the Nexus 4 is vastly faster and smoother. The N7 is apparently a very similar, slightly faster processor. Sucks about the current AOSP situation though.

  25. Re:Android 4.3 breaks many Bluetooth keyboards on Google's Second Generation Nexus 7 Benchmarks · · Score: 1

    It supports low power mode (as does the previous version as of 4.3) ... wonder if the implementation on the tablet or the keyboard is a little sloppy.