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We appear to be at the mercy of the strategy of organized groups convincing large numbers of ignorant folks to accept things which are then forced on the rest of us...Of course, we are also sometimes those ignorant folks...-ewemoa (July 01, 2012, 08:07 AM)
And they have "The Right to Read":-Renegade (July 01, 2012, 06:25 AM)
When I originally read this I had not appropriately absorbed:It was also possible to bypass the copyright monitors by installing a modified system kernel. Dan would eventually find out about the free kernels, even entire free operating systems, that had existed around the turn of the century. But not only were they illegal, like debuggers—you could not install one if you had one, without knowing your computer's root password. And neither the FBI nor Microsoft Support would tell you that.
Not even 10 years since publication and already people have been in a position to not (by default anyway) have administrative access on devices they purchase! (e.g. Android devices)-ewemoa (July 01, 2012, 06:56 AM)
Thanks for the response.
One problem I have with these devices is that without root you aren't guaranteed the ability to backup / restore the data / settings generated by the apps on it. I am thus wary of creating data in this context...-ewemoa (July 01, 2012, 12:07 AM)
Everyone knows the US is a terrorist police state.-Renegade (June 29, 2012, 08:48 PM)
Maybe this should be taken to the soapbox? I ignore it for a reason. I might not believe in everything that the US does, and disagree with quite a bit. But to stand by while such flamebait is posted? A little too much to ask. And I don't want to bring such things into the mainstream of DC- doesn't usually work out.-wraith808 (June 30, 2012, 12:23 PM)
I picked mine up for KRW 700,000, but I expect that we'll see that drop to much better levels in the next couple of years or so.-Renegade (April 30, 2012, 08:04 AM)
If you don't mind me asking, did you ever root your tablet?-ewemoa (June 30, 2012, 05:38 AM)
I have a Raspberry Pi B Linux Computer in my possession.
Master of Similes was not given without thought.-Rover (June 27, 2012, 10:34 PM)
Still waiting here... Sometime in August I should get them... Ordered 2 as shipping was almost $15, so figured I might as well get free shipping and buy 2. 
I've already got some plans in the works for it, and am currently going through some of the learning curve for some new programming techniques and whatnot that I'll be using once I get them in August. Crossing fingers and hoping that this all works out...I had the same problem, and found out through my trials that there's not really anyway to stop them. They put bogus reply addresses (in many cases, they use an account on your server) so that they can get past some spam checks that don't use something akin to the Sender Policy Frameworkw check to make sure it's actually from that domain. It can also get your domain blacklisted. This was several years ago that I had this problem, so I'm not sure if something better has come along in the meantime.-wraith808 (June 29, 2012, 12:52 PM)
- The raid was carried out illegally by NZ police/military/SS officers (where "SS" means some kind of Special Services/Secret Services);
- This illegal (QED) act was carried out at the apparently documented behest of the police/SS agencies of a foreign power (USA);
-IainB (June 29, 2012, 08:12 PM)
Sort of techie news, a cautionary tale of sortsSWAT team throws flashbangs, raids wrong home due to open WiFi network
But the family in the home was released without any charges as police realized their mistake. Turns out the home had an open WiFi router, and the threats had been made by someone outside the house. Whoops.
http://arstechnica.c...o-open-wifi-network/-rgdot (June 28, 2012, 08:30 PM)
Even though I'm not an expert in the matter, this seems like the kind of stuff that exists already. Looks like an outgoing firewall which allows only VPN packets out would solve it. However, you would have to disable it when connecting at browser-based authentication site.-jgpaiva (June 28, 2012, 12:27 PM)
Give the gift of F*CK!
Hey... we're all jaded and sometimes you just don't give a flying f*ck... but wouldn't it be nice if you could? Now you can give a flying f*ck to a friend or loved one. This fine r/c helicopter is in the form of a giant hovering F*CK. It has two-channel control meaning it is always moving forward slowly. You control the hover and right and left turns. It's really a genuine gift from the heart... Rather than telling someone you don't care a rats ass about them, you can let them know you respect them enough to give a flying f*ck. Awww... We're tearing up right about now.
I'd still love to see someone manufacture a large-format tablet -- something with a 8.5 x 14 inch screen or higher.-mouser (June 28, 2012, 08:18 AM)
I can get an older Galaxy S for around $200 though. I might window shop a little longer to give some of the newer ones a chance to come down in price.-daddydave (June 28, 2012, 05:15 AM)
These were not my first two 'droids.
-Rover (June 27, 2012, 10:16 PM)
I've been a highly functioning alcoholic for about 4 months now.-Rover (June 27, 2012, 10:24 PM)
WANT WANT WANT OMG WANT!-Stephen66515 (June 27, 2012, 06:42 PM)
I thought that was nudone's chant ?
-4wd (June 27, 2012, 08:22 PM)
