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  1. Re:Very troubling on US Deploys 'Heat-Ray' In Afghanistan · · Score: 1

    That only applies to laser weapons, its perfectly legal to blind the enemy with microwave weapons.

  2. Re:A movie comes to mind. on The Verizon Wireless HTC Eris 'Silent Call Bug' · · Score: 1

    The Eris gets an almost instant satellite lock, even if gpsOne is not configured. However, the big providers all have gpsOne since they are required to provide E-911 information. Some of them, such as Verizon block your apps from accessing it though.

  3. Re:A movie comes to mind. on The Verizon Wireless HTC Eris 'Silent Call Bug' · · Score: 1

    And one of the things the phone company provides is the gpsOne data, see my above post.

  4. Re:A movie comes to mind. on The Verizon Wireless HTC Eris 'Silent Call Bug' · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes they do, the phone reports GPS data to the gpsOne server that the provider operates. This data is mostly used by many applications and the E911 service.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GpsOne

  5. Re:There is an app for that. on When Telemarketers Harass Telecoms Companies · · Score: 1

    Hi, I'm a professional flatulator.

    Which one are you, Terrance or Phillip? How's the weather in Canada?

  6. Re:Lincoln on Senate Panel Approves Cybersecurity Bill · · Score: 1

    He also did not end slavery (Congress did after the war), he did however suspend slavery in the south and promised that the south would get to keep slavery if they didn't try to secede from the union. Lincoln is also on record stating that he never intended to end slavery (he even owned slaves).

  7. Re:not likely to happen on Senate Panel Approves Cybersecurity Bill · · Score: 1

    You're thinking of Habeas Corpus and Lincoln did suspend this right during the Civil War.

  8. Re:The first planned spam... on HP and Yahoo To Spam Your Printer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is that the one with the paperless restroom stalls? Guess that's what the iPad is good for.

  9. Re:Motorola Has Crappy UI on Motorola Planning 2GHz Android Phone For Later This Year · · Score: 1

    You can disable MotoBlur, just like you can disable SenseUI on HTC phones.

  10. Re:More to this story? on Apple Blindsides More AppStore Developers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No, the logic is quite clear: any product that competes with Apple's ones is automatically removed.

    Can you say "anti-trust"?

  11. Re:Flamebait on Google Reportedly Ditching Windows · · Score: 1, Troll

    Obama?

  12. Re:Great. :( on Steve Jobs To Keynote WWDC iPhone Announcement · · Score: 1

    That's what you call circle-talk, its meant to mislead you into agreeing with him.

  13. Re:Whoop! Whoop! Holler! Holler! on Steve Jobs To Keynote WWDC iPhone Announcement · · Score: 1

    I seriously doubt we'll be seeing the iPhone on Verizon or Sprint in the near future, Verizon has the Incredible which just came out and Sprint is releasing the EVO/4G. Both of which are Android based phones and superior to iPhone in every way.

  14. Re:No sensible, honest person would work for HP? on HP Explains Why Printer Ink Is So Expensive · · Score: 1

    That's because you're getting cartridges that use water based ink, if you get pigment based ink cartridges (labeled 'archival quality') you will not have this problem. The pigment based stuff costs more but will last much longer and doesn't bleed when moistened.

  15. Re:No sensible, honest person would work for HP? on HP Explains Why Printer Ink Is So Expensive · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They are lying, they are trying to justify their lawsuits against third party ink vendors in an attempt to keep ink prices high.

    http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1649866/hp-names-dodgy-ink-vendor

    http://news.cnet.com/Inkjet-refiller-lashes-out-at-HP-for-lawsuit/2100-1041_3-5647086.html

    There is no need for these cartridges to cost so much, once HP has done the R&D the cartridge design and ink formula need not change when a new printer comes out, and for the most part I bet they don't. No ink is worth $8000 a gallon.

    http://hothardware.com/News/8000-Per-Gallon-Printer-Ink--Lawsuit/

  16. Re:checks and balances, sue and cash in on Arizona "Papers, Please" Law May Hit Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    But the Federal government has constitutional authority, AZ does not have authority to create immigration laws. This si why we can freely move from state to state and become residences of any state we choose to reside in.

    And the papers please aspect is also a violation of civil liberties.

    They aren't making immigration law, they are requiring their officers to arrest violators of existing law and turn them over to INS. As for your "papers please" comment, you already have to verify your identity when you are arrested or detained as part of an investigation. Why is it that you liberals always want to protect criminals, what is it you have against following the law?

  17. Re:checks and balances, sue and cash in on Arizona "Papers, Please" Law May Hit Tech Workers · · Score: 2, Informative

    This law is work for word the same as a federal law that has been on the books forever.

  18. Re:Poor jerk. on Terry Childs Found Guilty · · Score: 1

    The police do not have the authority to force you to disclose passwords. You see, here in the US we have these things called rights.

  19. Re:"the end" "continues"? on The End of the 3.5-inch Floppy Continues · · Score: 1

    Now days you can update the BIOS from inside the OS.

  20. Re:Obstruction of justice on Seattle Hacker Catches Cops Who Hid Arrest Tapes · · Score: 1

    The problem here is one of "qualified immunity." This basically means that as long as the officer was acting in good faith he cannot be prosecuted. Its a sad truth but the police are above the law. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualified_immunity

  21. Re:Can't use it in MD on Life Recorder · · Score: 1

    Doesn't matter, there is no reasonable expectation of privacy when you are out in public. Same applies if the police are recording. There is case law that supports this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katz_v._United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expectation_of_privacy

  22. Re:Can't use it in MD on Life Recorder · · Score: 1

    Police can charge you with anything, that does not mean the charges will stick. Its also perfectly legal to record public servants during the course of their duties. I even bet the police have video and audio of the interaction from their dashcams. How much do you want to bet they don't have consent for those recordings?

  23. Re:Can't use it in MD on Life Recorder · · Score: 1

    That law applies to recorded conversations when you have a reasonable expectation of privacy. Think telephone calls.

  24. Re:Rogue-like on Life Recorder · · Score: 1

    The recording doesn't matter if they take the device and destroy it.

  25. Re:Interesting on In EU, Google Accused of YouTube "Free Ride" · · Score: 1

    Why should they have to fight this in the first place? Its not like the ISPs aren't getting paid for bandwidth, that is after all what their customers pay for.