This.
Really? She solved a problem they've been working on longer than she's been alive?
What does that say about them?
They need a new PR rep. They should have at least offered her an internship or job there. I think that would have been the easiest way to silence her. Since she'd be working for them, they would own everything she does.
Progress is made with collaboration, not litigation.
Oh I forgot, companies aren't interested in progress, just money. Carry on then.
Yup.
In fact 100% of the traffic to this site (and the other news sites I read) by me is through iGoogle. When that's gone, I don't think I'll be visiting many of them anymore...
This.
I use iGoogle as my browser homepage. I have it open all day every single day.
I have not found anything better (a few contenders though), so I will also use it until it finally gone.
Besides, doesn't this article come around every time Google does their spring/fall cleaning?
I'm really not sure why copyright gets to be involved here anyway.
Because software (including firmware) is copyrighted and unlocking the phone requires changing the software or firmware (circumventing) to enable features the carriers/manufacturers don't want you to use. If they didn't care, all phones would already be unlocked, even on subsidy.
It's our broken system that allows this.
That is correct. I even tried to look up credit card information after reading this, and didn't see anything.
Additionally, as a developer I found the information useful.
My app is region specific, and several of the users who purchased my app didn't even live in the area the app is designed to work in (why they bought it, I don't know).
However I used the location information Google provided me to add support for those regions into my app. Granted my use case is probably not as common, however it's valuable information.
IIRC, the transaction is actually between the seller and buyer. Google is only the middle-man.
I'm a published developer with a paid app, and I've seen this. I thought it was odd at first. The customer can choose to hide their email, but I didn't see an option for hiding city location. However, I suspect this is so because of taxes.
Each developer is responsible for paying sales tax for their jurisdiction (since they are the seller, not Google). Without that information it would be impossible for some people to do so (depending on the area).
Google can handle this for you, but they have a disclaimer that the developer is responsible for any and all taxes, even if Google handles it.
I also decided to vote against this before I saw the original article. Too bad the other 80% didn't. I suspected it would pass, but I had no idea it would by such a large margin.
I don't know how the got that list, but I participated in the SOPA blackout, and my site isn't in the archive.
Granted, my site isn't very important. It just has various photographs I've taken over the years.
I live in CA, and every election, I vote for someone else. Every election, I hope she goes away. Every election, I'm disappointed.
It seems most voting Californians don't realize how bad she is. They just keep voting for her because they recognize her name, or think "the devil you know."
The first I heard of this I immediately cloned his SVN repo (at least the Tricorder sources) locally. If I have some time, I may even make some improvements myself.
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Re: Re: Pet Peeve
Oops, disregard. I misread your post. Sorry.
Re: Pet Peeve
I don't know if that was true at one point, but at least two sources say 'flak' means both now:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flak
http://oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/am erican_english/flak?q=flak
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I use linux, I thought you GNU.
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3. Don't sell or steal our stuff, or be nasty to us.
4. Don't use our stuff to deceive or mislead others.
Hmm, I think the NSA has violated both points.
Bit late
So you tell us at 5pm, when the day is nearly over.
Re: IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
Sadly, most Americans still don't care. Until that changes, this will never happen.
Re:
This.
Really? She solved a problem they've been working on longer than she's been alive?
What does that say about them?
They need a new PR rep. They should have at least offered her an internship or job there. I think that would have been the easiest way to silence her. Since she'd be working for them, they would own everything she does.
Progress is made with collaboration, not litigation.
Oh I forgot, companies aren't interested in progress, just money. Carry on then.
Re:
I was just going to post this as well.
Please explain, Mike.
Re:
Only $0.35? I'm not sure where you live, but in the US, the federal reimbursement rate is $0.565.
Besides I've been to a Wal-Mart before, I don't want any of those people touching my stuff (especially food).
Re: Took me forever to find an RSS feed reader I liked...
Yup.
In fact 100% of the traffic to this site (and the other news sites I read) by me is through iGoogle. When that's gone, I don't think I'll be visiting many of them anymore...
Re: iGoogle
This.
I use iGoogle as my browser homepage. I have it open all day every single day.
I have not found anything better (a few contenders though), so I will also use it until it finally gone.
Besides, doesn't this article come around every time Google does their spring/fall cleaning?
Re:
Because software (including firmware) is copyrighted and unlocking the phone requires changing the software or firmware (circumventing) to enable features the carriers/manufacturers don't want you to use. If they didn't care, all phones would already be unlocked, even on subsidy.
It's our broken system that allows this.
Re: Re: Re: Sales tax
That is correct. I even tried to look up credit card information after reading this, and didn't see anything.
Additionally, as a developer I found the information useful.
My app is region specific, and several of the users who purchased my app didn't even live in the area the app is designed to work in (why they bought it, I don't know).
However I used the location information Google provided me to add support for those regions into my app. Granted my use case is probably not as common, however it's valuable information.
Sales tax
IIRC, the transaction is actually between the seller and buyer. Google is only the middle-man.
I'm a published developer with a paid app, and I've seen this. I thought it was odd at first. The customer can choose to hide their email, but I didn't see an option for hiding city location. However, I suspect this is so because of taxes.
Each developer is responsible for paying sales tax for their jurisdiction (since they are the seller, not Google). Without that information it would be impossible for some people to do so (depending on the area).
Google can handle this for you, but they have a disclaimer that the developer is responsible for any and all taxes, even if Google handles it.
Re:
I also decided to vote against this before I saw the original article. Too bad the other 80% didn't. I suspected it would pass, but I had no idea it would by such a large margin.
zOMG, the childrenz!
Re: My site wasn't there
should be "how they got that list". Sorry.
Also, Jan 18th is my birthday, so it gave me a personal reason to participate. :-)
My site wasn't there
I don't know how the got that list, but I participated in the SOPA blackout, and my site isn't in the archive.
Granted, my site isn't very important. It just has various photographs I've taken over the years.
Can't get rid of her
I live in CA, and every election, I vote for someone else. Every election, I hope she goes away. Every election, I'm disappointed.
It seems most voting Californians don't realize how bad she is. They just keep voting for her because they recognize her name, or think "the devil you know."
Re: Re: Just to let everyone know... (as Daniel)
It's already open source:
http://code.google.com/p/moonblink/source/checkout
The first I heard of this I immediately cloned his SVN repo (at least the Tricorder sources) locally. If I have some time, I may even make some improvements myself.