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* Posts by saned

8 posts • joined Thursday 17th March 2011 21:58 GMT

saned

Want to lower tuitions? Get the government out of guaranteeing loans. College institutions have no incentive to lower costs because government just pays for whatever they ask for. 50+ years ago, college could be paid by a normal blue collar worker... how? there was no guaranteed loans.

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Linux

Copyleft, 0th entry:

0. the freedom to use the work

From the FSF.

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Holmes

The Lumias are supposed to be budget phones, not top-of-the-line phones like those a year ago.

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Linux

Yawn...

Maemo on N900 had Skype integrated video chat and Google Talk since its release on Nov. 2009.

Android is late to the party, but welcomed regardless...

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N900

or Maemo5 on N900 launched with Google Video Chat support built-in, as well as Skype's, in Oct. 2009.

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Big Brother

Choice

Except that I can choose not to use Google. I wish I could choose a different government...

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Big Brother

Cash gone

Also, don't forget about implanted RFID tags, already being tried in several countries (ie. Mexico).

The end of cash is also the end of anonymity. Frightening, indeed.