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>It's that simple.

Not always. Not everyone lives in the US with access to amazing services like Netflix, Google Play and iTunes.

>perhaps the next day it will be nuclear reactor facilities that are sent into meltdowns.

Considering some scientists were fearful that Stuxnet would cause a mini Chernobyl-like disaster, we can safety say that's not an unlikely scenario.

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-01-17/news/27087828_1_r...

I think it's a bit naive to think that's what's been dubbed 'hivemind' behavior is absent on HN. I think it appears on every site, differing just by degrees. The threads on the recent GitHub hack were quite telling.

It's not exactly vapid speculation. It's what's been reported by Fox news. I'm not sure how trustworthy their source is but here is the quote:

>“It was because of his kids,” one of the two agents recalled. “He’d do anything for his kids. He didn’t want to go away to prison and leave them. That’s how we got him.”

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/06/exclusive-unmaskin...

It's getting easier though, at least in Europe... a common currency (mostly) and an ongoing harmonisation of data protection (just started), business and IP laws. It's not there yet but at least it'll make European countries a lot easier to enter eventually.

>Meanwhile, 50 million people could care less what's inside an iPad.

I assume you mean 'couldn't care less'. [1]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw

That's not the same point.

Edit: At least the poster now acknowledges this. Anonymous downvotes? And people claim we're not edging closer to Reddit more and more each day.

I thought it was generally acknowledged that Apple was committed to removing GPL software [1] and was doing everything to avoid GPLv3, even keeping outdated software to avoid it.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3559990

>Very few people completely lack any self-awareness; if you know you have a health problem, whether mental or otherwise, it is your responsibility to seek help. It's a responsibility you owe yourself, your family and friends, and society.

Clearly you've had the good luck to never have had to deal with any mental health problem ever. The problem with mental health problems is that when your mind isn't functioning properly, how can you be expected to diagnosis yourself and seek treatment? It's like expecting a broken robot to repair itself. For example, when depression robs you of all motivation and the very will to live, how can you be expected to recognize the symptoms and go out there and seek help?

T think this is the Mozilla demo for intents: https://mozillalabs.com/blog/2011/07/web-apps-update-experim...

Likewise in Ireland, under certain conditions[1]. Interestingly there are ongoing proposals to unify all EU data laws to make business easier/less expensive between EU countries and the "right to be forgotten" is one key feature that is being championed.

[1] http://www.dataprotection.ie/ViewDoc.asp?fn=/documents/right...

>I'm not finding any great hardship these days.

You must not watch many videos in your browsers then outside the odd one on Youtube. The reality out there is that Flash is still the main choice for delivering video. Flash is a necessary evil. It may be dying but for many it's still necessary and its removal from Firefox removes significant usability for its users.

And where the Vatican unites with fundamentalist Muslim countries to attack gay rights [1], womens rights, freedom of speech and secularism.

[1] http://www.albionmonitor.com/0305a/copyright/ungayrightsvote...

While technologically there is a valid case we all know that in reality the system will be abused once implemented, named by oppressive regimes like Iran and China. It's no surprise that China and Russia are pushing schemes like this. Both Iran and China have already stated they want 'their' own version of the internet and China is already succeeding. Theoretically any country could claim to have an 'open' internet but in practice charge insane fees for international traffic, effectively censoring their citizens. Let's hope that doesn't happen.

The Spark is a Zenthink ZT180 so the Wifi module will be a RTL8192, which afaik has open source drivers.

I wasn't getting any error message but now I am. Must be traffic. Clearly there's a lot of interest.

"Application Error

An error occurred in the application and your page could not be served. Please try again in a few moments.

If you are the application owner, check your logs for details."

For some reason I can't get to work in Firefox 10 or IE9 on Win7. Please tell me this is not another webkit only site.

At a bare minimum I would except the site to default to HTTPS (with no warnings). Got an "Untrusted Connection" when trying to use HTTPS. That's not a good sign if you want people to enter personal medical information.

"FT.com articles are only available to registered users and subscribers."

My thoughts exactly. Maybe I'm wrong but I was under the impression sponsored links were not adequate to fund the growing site.

Somewhat disconcerting news about ChromeOS if it's true. To me it now looks like Android was just a stepping stone for Google to eventually become the doorway to the internet for a huge audience, something it couldn't achieve alone with Chromebooks. The privacy implications of using ChromeOS in this way are frightening. Say you log in with a Google account. Assuming you are like most people and don't read/know/care/understand about privacy options Google could theoretically have your web history, your email (GMail), viewing habits (Youtube), your documents (Google Docs), your social interactions (Google+), purchase history (Checkout) and now your location at all times (aGPS), contact list and call history. Now with Dart, NaCl and their Web Store they'll also be responsible for licencing you your games and applications. Assuming they will want all this (I have no doubt they will) they now have a new 'privacy' policy they can combine all this data. That's a kind of control and knowledge Microsoft hasn't even dared dream about. I'm not calling Google evil. No one is forcing users to do this and Google are not alone in doing this....

Well done to Gabriel. I love the clean design and customisability of DDG and the privacy policy. However I wonder if he's figured out a way to monetise it without sacrificing user experience [1] to keep it viable into the future.

[1] https://duck.co/topic/financing-model

Is the Falcon 1e in commerical operation yet?

You seem to have a very narrow view of what libraries provide. Libraries, at least where I'm from, are far more than book storage facilities. They're essential community centers which promote education, literacy and social interaction. They host events from kids competitions to senior citizens groups. You can't replicate that online.

You make a good point. It certainly would discourage or kill small businesses but, as you suggest, I'm sure larger more powerful ones will get special treatment (native ones particularly so). Considering China was willing to let Google leave the country it appears that the balance of power is shifting already.

I took a look at it. It's not a binary. It's a python file (easily readable) that acts as a wrapper for ssh. Extract the contents of the tar.gz[1] for example to see it. It's great if it works because it apparently doesn't need changes to the remote ssh server.

[1] https://launchpad.net/~mohammad-sepent/+archive/ppa/+files/i...

Edit: Non SSL link: http://ppa.launchpad.net/mohammad-sepent/ppa/ubuntu/pool/mai...

>Maybe but they'll lose the productivity gains from networked organizations and communities

Absolutely but the effect will be not be huge in my opinion because of the language differences. All my Chinese friends here in the EU still use mainly Chinese language website, most of which are based in China, especially the social networking ones.

>Forcing countries like China, Iran and US to go into dark ages if they don't use the new all encrypted networks.

The problem is some governments would be perfectly happy with that. In fact for the most repressive ones it's long term goal.

China wants to create a separate internet for Chinese users and they're half way there. They have their own local censored versions of Google, Twitter and Facebook. Soon most internet users in China won't care if the rest of the internet disappears. Likewise for Iran, except they have been more open about it [1].

[1] http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870488940457627...

I think your comparison isn't valid. You seem to be equating open source with an easy ability to pirate. Look at Thingiverse for example. My friends objects and mine are licensed under Attribution - Share Alike - Creative Commons. That's a valid licence that specifically allows modification and redistribution under certain conditions. That's not the same as "Early programs weren't protected either".

>the very lack of protection creates a more vibrant user community

Thingiverse has a vibrant community while not allowing copyright and trademark infringement.

>and the numbers of cases is so small that one might question its statistical significance.

You clearly miss the point. The fact is that liver disease is increasingly significantly in age groups it was not historically a problem in. This was widely reported in the UK last year, I may not have picked the best article.