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  1. Re:jesus fucking H christ!! on Google Preparing "Google Mine" For Organizing and Sharing Your Stuff On Google+ · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If by first collaborate you mean the first to fight the requests and release the number of requests to the public then yes. There is also a huge difference between the potential to use a power for evil and actually doing it. They ain't perfect but they're miles better than *all* of their competitors, explaining the FUD spread by ACs like you over the last few years.

  2. Re:No thanks on Google Fiber Adds 14th City: Lee's Summit · · Score: 1

    HTTPS, and I strongly recommend looking into DNSSEC.

  3. Re:hipaa violation? on Surgeon Uses Google Glass and iPad To Capture Live Procedure and Stream It · · Score: 0

    using an iDevice with a Google product is a 'Hipsta' violation.

  4. Re:FDA Approval on Surgeon Uses Google Glass and iPad To Capture Live Procedure and Stream It · · Score: 1

    Do they need to do it with cameras they use?

  5. Encryption on GCHQ Tapping UK Fiber-Optic Cables · · Score: 3, Informative

    As usual, the solution is to encrypt as much as possible. Your SSL traffic is safe, and those who use encrypted email are safe. The point is that you really shouldn't have to protect yourself from your own government. It sounds like they're no longer *your* government.

  6. Re:What OSes support high DPI well? on Samsung Launches 3200x1800 Pixel ATIV Book 9 Plus Laptop · · Score: 1

    Linux with KDE.

  7. Re:Proprietary ports? on Samsung Launches 3200x1800 Pixel ATIV Book 9 Plus Laptop · · Score: 3, Informative

    The magnetic connector was used on deep fryers for a very long time before Apple managed to get a patent on it.

  8. Re:Just for windows? on Samsung Launches 3200x1800 Pixel ATIV Book 9 Plus Laptop · · Score: 2

    I'd love this as a Linux laptop to replace my Acer ultraBook. I haven't seen any mention of a price though, and that worries me a bit. The Acers play quite nicely with Linux ... I hope Samsung sticks to fairly mainstream supported hardware for wireless, etc.

  9. Re:Commoditized Apple on Samsung Launches 3200x1800 Pixel ATIV Book 9 Plus Laptop · · Score: 0

    The problem is that Apple is now a couple of years behind Android and needs come up with something really outstandingly *new* to get the free advertising they've received in the past. I don't really think it's gong to happen. They'll come up with a refreshed OS, maybe their own 'magical' proprietary NFC or something, or perhaps s new service, but the odds are slim of anything beyond that.

  10. Re:Now all I want is on Amazon Vows To Fight Government Requests For Data · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Thunderbird and EnigMail actually work very nicely as well. Someone has mentioned that there is actually a browser add-on or something that will allow you to do it with webmail as well, but I'm not familiar with it. K9 supports encryption on Android as well. Using encryption is really not that much trouble. The only inconvenient part is getting non-techies to set up their keys.

  11. Re:What did you expect? on Java API and Microsoft's .NET API: a Comparison · · Score: 1

    Bingo. This is generally known as 'extend'.

  12. Re:I don't want to be "that guy", however on Java API and Microsoft's .NET API: a Comparison · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ISO is no longer a standards body in many people's opinion after some of their previous dealings with Microsoft. They can quite obviously be bought.

  13. Thanks on Deb Nicholson Talks About the Open Invention Network (Video) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Despite the snide comments here, I appreciate the work the OIN does, and wish more people would get involved. Perhaps if they did we'd have a better chance of getting software patents abolished, or at the very least made more trouble than it's worth. Thanks!

  14. Re:Missed the Problem on UnGrounded: British Airways Attempts to Bottle Some Startup Spirit · · Score: 2

    Why is it (or should it be) any different for a daughter than a son? Lots of other people have the same problems and gender should have nothing to do with it.

  15. Re:Would anyone care if it crashed? on UnGrounded: British Airways Attempts to Bottle Some Startup Spirit · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'd guess that you'd prefer to have funding, not be wasting time begging for it, and be working on developing or improving your ideas. Just guessing of course.

  16. Re:Not for long. on Cerulean Studios Releases Trillian IM Protocol Specifications · · Score: 1

    Many devices support encryption, and it seems to be becoming more common. It takes a lot of the worry out of it.

  17. Re:Not for long. on Cerulean Studios Releases Trillian IM Protocol Specifications · · Score: 1

    SpiderOak does that right now, as a DropBox like service, and CrashPlan offers it as one of their security options for their backup service. I highly recommend both of them. It really isn't that hard to manage your private keys. I really wish people would start doing it for email as well, but I guess everybody just uses FaceBook these days anyway. Sigh.

  18. Re:Duh, they are a publisher on MS To Indie Devs: You Have a To Have a Publisher · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... or they're lying ... again.

  19. Re:kill them all on Saudi Arabia Set To Ban WhatsApp, Skype · · Score: 1

    Weren't the Nazis really more about killing or subjugating everyone who was not a Nazi? That actually sounds a lot like Islam as well, according to its 'holy books'.

  20. Re:Beware Internet Echo Chambers on Microsoft Reputation Manager's Guide To Xbox One · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I still won't buy a PS4. Microsoft may have screwed themselves over, but Sony can't be trusted. As I said above, play games on a PC, in Linux ideally.

  21. Re:Damage control on Microsoft Reputation Manager's Guide To Xbox One · · Score: 5, Informative

    Must connect to the internet once a day or locks you out, extreme limitations on lending or buying used games, etc. An excellent reason to play Steam games under Linux overall.

  22. Re:Incredible on Larry Ellison Rejuvenating Hawaii's Sixth-Largest Island (Which He Owns) · · Score: 1

    ... or buying Apple devices.

  23. Re:Benevolent dictator on Larry Ellison Rejuvenating Hawaii's Sixth-Largest Island (Which He Owns) · · Score: 1

    Most people don't even bother using the whole word most of the time.

  24. Re:Incredible on Larry Ellison Rejuvenating Hawaii's Sixth-Largest Island (Which He Owns) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The problem with Oracle is two-fold. Large organizations have products chosen by buyers, not developers, and PostgresSQL et al do not buy lunches, golf outings, or vacations. In addition, many people after having Oracle around for a bit make the mistake of using it as more than just a database, putting business logic, etc, in their database layer using Oracle's proprietary extensions. This makes it extremely difficult to switch products. Oracle can raise prices quite a lot and people pretty much have to keep paying. This is why typing your business to a proprietary product or format with a single provider is generally a very bad idea.

  25. Re:impossible on Larry Ellison Rejuvenating Hawaii's Sixth-Largest Island (Which He Owns) · · Score: 4, Funny

    "God-Emperor" is probably more suited to his tastes.