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China & Russia are heavily involved in the middle east as well as Africa. Much of the current war is also a proxy war with them. It's the same war

Its called a membership and most museums offer them.

In most cases it is about 3 times the price of a regular one time ticket and gives you unlimited access to the museum as well as discounts in the stores, early access to exhibitions etc...

Well snooping on you to sell info to advertisers is a core business element.

Bottom line - snooping is part and parcel of the business plan, they won't go against it, nor will they give it up.

We use Ninite Pro extensively within our network. Not only does it allow remote updates (whereas locally it requires administrative rights most users don't have) it also allows disabling of update notification and disabling of shortcuts.

The update process Adobe employs is a nag for admins, the constant flow of acrobat updates and flash updates is a bombardment of announcements which most users in a corporate environment don't have control over.

I prefer paying ninite for the hassle free service, rather then adobe who seem to have no clue or interest in making users life easier. From my perspective, i don't care who profits as long as I can achieve my goals with a minimum of hassle. Ninite provides this, Adobe does not.

I think it largely depends on who will be found as the culprit.

If it would be found that this is an Islamist terror attack the aftermath will be much more pronounced then a scenario where the blame will be on say some extreme right wing group.

Much of the lose of freedom we all suffer from is due to entrenched xenophobia becoming political agenda, it seems much harder to enact changes when the criminals are white Americans ala Timothy McVeigh or some horrific mass shooting

This. Facebook has a problem on mobile devices. A great number of users use them but the real estate for advertising is greatly diminished. I wouldn't be surprised if in the next iteration, ads of some kind will pop up. In fact its probably the entire reason for this project.

"Computers will die. They're dying in their present form. They're just about dead as distinct units.” ― Don DeLillo, Cosmopolis

even the word "computer" sounds hopelessly old-fashioned

I always viewed porn actors as some kind of gladiatorial occupation. possessing bodies and skills practiced (and often designed)for a specific cause. the disclaimer to me, is implicit. In the same way that most action movies are not in any way a proper schooling on how to handle weapons, the viewer will find very quickly in a real life encounter that his actions are not working for him/her.

There is no doubt that the easy access to porn is shaping contemporary expressions of sexuality for all genders. But maybe focusing on just young 20 something men as a sexual partner can hold a problem in an of itself.

From my late thirties point of view... early twenties don't know much about anything.

As a sidenote:

So much of porn is free to access, i wonder about the paywall (what with the "educational" statement, why not make it free? and get Durex or Astroglide to foot the bill". Making a the site a paysite, just makes it yet another specialized porn site, albeit for specific tastes.

This entire fiasco is insulting to sexual assault victims, as it trivializes their plight, unless the person in question is of some repute.

Has any international incident ever happened over a college date rape?! Do you recall an incident that a nation threatens to violate sovereignty of another nation over questioning of sexual misconduct?! Maybe the Trojan war!

An Interpol Red notice issued over sexual misconduct, while Assad is butchering the Syrian population by the thousands...

A farce.

This segmentation for two kinds of Android users is exactly the problem. If you are an IOS user, whether a poweruser or not, you will get the latest upgrade and a range of new features by default. This delights users, they don't have to care about the issue to be satisfied with the device.

Perhaps I am lazy, perhaps I am somewhere in between those two archetypes you mention. I want to hold the device i buy before i buy it, as such i need to go to my provider store and see it, dare i say, touch it. This fact alone eliminates the option of seeing the nexus variant.

You don't have to follow the Techrags or details to want the latest and greatest.

ICS ecosystem is almost vaporware, it is supposed to be the best release yet, but i actually never saw it. Maybe its the best thing since sliced bread, but if nobody uses it, what exactly is the point?!

Your chances of getting ICS on your legacy device are virtually zero. whereas getting IOS 6 on the iphone 4S is assured.

[EDIT] I have been an android user since it was essentially released, and have only recently switched to IOS, there are many things that i find absolutely maddening with IOS and find some elements poor in comparison to android.

That said, I grew tired of upgrading my phone on my own. Cyanogen was great, but it became a real hassle, I just want a device that works, and upgrades easily.

I am very disappointed with Android, primarily because its unfulfilled promise. We can blame the phone manufacturers for this mess and we will be right, but a chunk of the blame goes to Google as well, it was blind to entrenched interests, and now the users are paying the price. It smacks of arrogance, and lack of strategy.

The Public seems to be fairly on the side of pirates, if the numbers flaunted by MPAA and RIAA etc, are to be believed. by those lobby accounts,piracy is exploding all over, so I would bet the public is concerned with privacy. their own.

All the laws currently debated are either negotiated in secret, or have significant dangers of overreach. As such, "Privacy" and "freedom of expression" are not fig leaves yet.

Perhaps when the conversation is not completely hijacked by MPAA and their ilk. and politicians stop masking these laws as functions of "protecting our children" from online predators (the fig leave du jour for any politician seeking online legislation) We might have a sensible conversation.

In the meantime, many people face the dilemma so comically illustrated by the oatmeal http://theoatmeal.com/comics/game_of_thrones It is ridiculous to expect the public to have continued patience with an industry that insist on playing by rules that only benefit them. If they change, they will get a foothold in the public mind, not before.

I can do both at the same time. A win win scenario. I get the movie for free and save money for my friends to.

You convinced me.

I got more time than money, and I am willing to spend that capital in exchange for a movie. A fair exchange (unless the movie sucks, in which case i want my time back, or in lieu of time, i am willing to get payed by the MPAA to watch crap movies.

Now that i realize I am actually giving the movie industry my most valuable assets, re my mind and attention, I feel Compelled not to give them my money, enough is enough.

A valid argument.But few students have the wherewithal to "lawyer up". Not to mention that the "kid" wanted to make movies, not get himself in his own court room drama.

So defensive it may be, but that is just a symptom of an exceptionally litigious system, that overwhelmingly favors big players.

I am probably a very small minority in this regard, but in this , for me, and to grubers point, it's the hardware not the software.

The hardware is an aesthetic superior design. But I run windows 7 on it. I find windows 7 to be a far superior user experience to osx, faster, and at least on this hardware more stable. Apple provides the easiest driver install procedure for windows then any other provider, I just find osx itself... Rather primitive, most likely imo due to the insistence of Apple on providing a hermetic user experience.

No tech company, no matter how smart, has all the answers in one box.

Debates used to be run by the League of Women Voters. Questions had more substance, and substance is the enemy of the modern candidate.

Perhaps, but people who make their living as writers, should be more of aware of the power and drawbacks of analogies they use.

They smoke, but don't inhale.

Consider the Postal service, A highly regulated platform bound to international agreements that control traffic.

The evolution of the postal service was an important milestone for international communication networks and how they are governed, and like the internet, utterly revolutionary in its day.

The postal service today suffers from many problems, and faces competition from private entities that are faster in delivery, but the very regulation that govern its operation still offer some advantages over FedEx, UPS and the like. the extensive regulation does not seem to have a substantial effect on the success of the alternatives.

the UPU is the second oldest international organization worldwide. and has survived two world wars, not all regulated fields are alike.

I think the idea of Net neutrality is important and should be pursued, ideally as an international agreement similar to the UPU - http://www.upu.int/

Since the only place you can install software on iOS devices is through the store, it is important to demonstrate the attack vector by which it can be gained.

It indicates both a security flaw in the platform itself, and a security flaw in the app store approval process, both should be highlighted.

VLC is great if you want to keep it lean, Winamp will give you better library management, upnp device support, Android support (wireless as well) and easier discovery.

Ill be more then willing to pay per view for HBO content as well as other providers on the list. But if it follows the same model as it HBOGO, then i guess I will keep getting my HBO content via torrents for free and stream them on the very same xbox360.

I am not alone in this, I am willing to pay this provider, I am not willing to pay for the idiotic bundle inflated priced plans the cable provider offers that include hundreds of channels i never ever watch.

Imagine the amount of hacks and abstractions that go into making a GUI work on top of UNIX. the complication is compounded, it is easier for the end user (for some tasks not all) but the complexity he is talking about isn't solved by fancy widgets.

It depends what kind of user you are. Few user require fussing around with D-Bus etc..

From a development perspective its an Android. Write once,.sell in two stores. Let's see how it goes

Strange that he does not mention Android at all, maybe its his disdain to the platform, but its a strong advantage .

I bet software in the Amazon app store will work right out of the gate, that's a ready made eco system in a new device

The fire will benefit from the Android development community. this is a great win. And that Gruber, is what it means that the platform is open. Everybody benefits, and the platform is agile enough to afford different business models

hmmm, spend 500$ on the elegant jacket, or buy this new gadgets that just came out. I cant decide.

Kidding aside (or maybe not, its a dilemma sometimes, first world problems).

As a sysadmin by trade, that actually attends not a small number of social events, I often dress in a suit. I feel great wearing them and get complimented often. But i cant imagine myself sitting in my office, in front of my screens wearing the latest fashion, it just doesn't work, I will feel overdressed and uncomfortable.

Oh and i love my t-shirts, I go to some lengths to find cool ones, silly and geeky. I know.

Are you suggesting that this is not how guns usually get used?

This line is repeated everywhere now, and it is hard to swallow. A deterrent is only useful if you employ it from time to time to demonstrate its power.

If you have offensive capacity you will be bound to use it.

Guns don't kill people, People kill people. Sure, but guns make it much easier, and by design, have the capacity for landing in the wrong hands.

For the sense of duty that keeps all of it,ON. http://xkcd.com/705/