* Posts by Itsevilbert

6 publicly visible posts • joined 4 Dec 2012

For PITY'S SAKE, DON'T BUY an iPHONE 5S, begs FSF

Itsevilbert

My first reaction to a fingerprint based security is that muggers will have to chop off fingers.

Credit card donations to WikiLeaks restored as Mastercard breaks ranks

Itsevilbert

We refuse you permission to give your money to whom you want.

If they keep this up, then Bitcoin will eventually takeover and their old business model of skimming/gouging ever transaction will end. But who knows maybe they will take over as the middlemen when/if Bitcoin gets big enough.

DARPA planning 100 Gbps wireless

Itsevilbert

My prediction

Someone will use the Genetic algorithm to breed a solution, that will be as optimal as it can be given the constraints. It will probably involve some form of compression, with massive pre-calculated lookup tables. It will probably have a higher peak throughput and a lower average throughput than is required.

Adobe demands 7,000 years a day from humankind

Itsevilbert

Re: It all depends on what the EULA says about what the word EULA means.

Aples EULA actually has a bit in it about not using this software (e.g. itunes) for ... "the development, design, manufacture or production of nuclear, missiles, or chemical or biological weapons."

- check for yourself http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula/

Taken literally this means that the US and UK government can not use Apple software and products!

Also I've often wondered how legal a click in a check box, suppose you get your cat, fluffy, to check the tickbox for you, would that work.in a court of law " I'm sorry your honor but it was fluffy my cat what that done it, not me."

Facebook invites users to vote away voting rights, some privacy

Itsevilbert

Would be good if the article actually gave the link to the voting system in facebook:

https://apps.facebook.com/fbsitegovernance