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daspion··on Police Now Can Switch off iPhone Camera and Wi-Fi
Per the FCC, "Federal law prohibits the operation, marketing, or sale of any type of jamming equipment, including devices that interfere with cellular and Personal Communication Services, police radar, Global Positioning Systems, and wireless networking services (Wi-Fi)."

Although, I'm sure an exception would be made for law enforcement on the grounds of national security.

daspion··on Candy Crush Saga is earning $200m+ a year
However, like most app games that potential revenue isn't sustainable. Users stop downloading, stop playing, stop paying. Some new app game comes along and users move on.
daspion··on Pay $100.000 if you link to Saygent's website
Maybe I haven't had my coffee yet, but why wouldn't they want people to link to their site? That's the point of the Web.
daspion··on [dead]
This is pretty much why I hate ticketmaster. Too many brokers/scammers using programs like this, so the everyday consumer can't purchase tickets as they're sold out before the presale!
daspion··on Live video of House SOPA hearing
Are there any sites out there keeping track of how Congressional reps will vote? I just got a letter from my Senator saying she supports SOPA (and turns out is a sponsor of the bill). Gillibrand-NY
daspion··on Medical Patents Must Die
One cannot patent anything that naturally exists. But one can patent strategies. Business methods, medical, and, until recently, tax strategies can be patented. Tax strategy patents were recently banned in the America Invents Act. There has been legislation to ban medical strategy/method patents, and frankly I'm surprised it hasn't been banned yet legislatively. And the federal courts in the past have limited business strategy patents (Bilski v. Kappos). It seems to me SCOTUS should move to limit medical strategy patents in their decision. But if they don't, this may spur Congress to actually do something.
daspion··on I was annoyed with sites asking for too many Facebook privileges and made this
This is a great and much needed. It's unfortunate Facebook doesn't offer this as a general setting when you're prompted. Thanks for putting this together!
daspion··on Cautious Optimism Follows SOPA Hearings: Don't Get Cocky
The same reason that pizza is now a vegetable, they only want to tackle topics that are backed by their donating special interests. We need to fight back against those corporations that are supporting this bill.