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• On the post: Awesome Stuff: A New Approach To Smartphone VR

  

  Woadan ( profile ), 29 Nov, 2015 @ 09:40pm

  It would have been really really nice if you had bothered to tell us up front but this was for the iPhone 6 / 6 s and the + versions only. That way I won't waste time when I don't own one. It's just as much the fault of the project owners because they don't fess that up at the Kickstarter page either, but for f**** sake, you had to have figured it out, and you should have told us.

• On the post: Reputation Management Bro Destroys His, And His Client's, Reputation With Threatening Phone Calls To Defense Lawyers

  

  Woadan ( profile ), 31 Oct, 2015 @ 12:03pm

  Looks like somebody let his alligator mouth overload his hummingbird ass!

• On the post: Law Enforcement: Traveling From Anywhere To Anywhere Is Suspicious Behavior

  

  Woadan ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2015 @ 10:58am

  Wow, how many college courses did you need to get to this conclusion? I think you did too much LDS in the 60s in Berkley.

• On the post: Two Of The Most Ridiculous Statements From Senators At Yesterday's Encryption Hearings

  

  Woadan ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2015 @ 12:23pm

  Re: Parental responsibility

  If the iPhone is version 6 or later, it is encrypted by default. I am aware of no way for you to decrypt it. (Even a factory reset would still result in an encrypted iPhone.)
  
  What parents can and should do is set it up so they have control over the phone through parental controls. However, we know that it has always been the case that most kids know more about the phone than the parents so parents who do this may not change anything.

• On the post: Universal Music's Anti-Piracy Ads Even Crazier Than You Can Imagine

  

  Woadan ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2015 @ 01:01pm

  Stop destroying the bands I like.
  
  Say no to music industry accountancy.

• On the post: Awesome Stuff: Handwritten Input For Anything, Anywhere

  

  Woadan ( profile ), 24 May, 2015 @ 05:35am

  The first tablets from Microsoft around 2000 had Windows XP tablet edition installed. They all had excellent pen input, and they had plenty of screen real estate. Despite all of the badmouthing they've gotten over the years, Windows tablets actually got the handwriting thing right. And yet nobody ever gives them credit.

• On the post: Anti-Piracy Activist Issues Takedown To Chilling Effects To Take Down Her Takedown Notice To Google

  

  Woadan ( profile ), 09 May, 2015 @ 08:03am

  The one thing she doesn't tell us, any where at her site, is what DMCA notices she has delivered to the sites at the links.
  
  It's one thing to ask Google to take the links out of search results. But the links would become a moot point if she delivered a take-down notice to the site hosting the infringing content (assuming the site complies, of course). But then again, maybe that is just the point-- it's easier to send one DMCA notice to Google and list all the infringing links that Google shows in the results of a search, than to issue take-downs to hundreds of sites, only to see new sites the next day.
  
  At a glance, she doesn't seem to be very competent at rooting out piracy. But then again, she only has one film to her credit at IMDB.com, so she must not be too competent at writing, producing, or directing, either.
  
  And thus, she has all this time to obsess over piracy.

• On the post: Senior Police Officer Suggests Companies Allowing People To Use Strong Crypto Are 'Friendly To Terrorists'

  

  Woadan ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2015 @ 10:18am

  Imagine if we used this same logic to gun control. Oh, wait...

• On the post: State Legislators Pushing Bills To Shield Police Officers From Their Own Body Camera Recordings

  

  Woadan ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2015 @ 05:06am

  Haven't we been told by Law Enforcement for years that if we have nothing to hide, we have nothing to worry about?
  
  Seems what's sauce for the goose is NOT sauce for the gander...

• On the post: Virginia Towns Using Federally-Funded License Plate Readers To Collect Local Taxes

  

  Woadan ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2015 @ 11:26am

  So, they find you owe more than you are allowed to, and they confiscate your vehicle.
  
  Now you can't get in to work, because they impounded your car.
  
  Now you lose your job, and have to allow your house to be foreclosed upon.
  
  Clearly somebody did little thinking about the ramifications. Or they thought about them and decided to ignore them.

• On the post: Competition In The Music Space Is Great: Fragmentation In The Music Space Is Dangerous

  

  Woadan ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2015 @ 11:08am

  I'm sorry Jay-Z. But I respect music.
  
  You are, however, missing the point. (Just like Taylor Swift did with her rant against Spotify.)
  
  People have respect for music. But we don't valuate it as high as you do. And until you understand that, you'll be chasing the respect chimera.

• On the post: BART, The Train Service, Goes After Brewery Over BART, The Beer

  

  Woadan ( profile ), 23 Mar, 2015 @ 11:54pm

  Does Bay Area Rapid Transit get their trains on time? If not, maybe they should focus on that first?

• On the post: NY Police Commissioner Bill Bratton Latest To Complain About Phone Encryption

  

  Woadan ( profile ), 23 Oct, 2014 @ 04:15am

  For the police to consciously, for a modest gain in time, to thwart my legal constitutional rights and to break encryption, shame on them.

• On the post: Using Spreadsheets In Bioinformatics Can Corrupt Data, Changing Gene Names Into Dates

  

  Woadan ( profile ), 31 Jul, 2014 @ 12:50am

  Re:

  The likelihood is that MS responded to many Excel community requests to make data entry easier for some sorts of data, such as dates, and so Excel now "senses" a date has been entered and converts the data to its default date setting.
  
  Excel is used by many organizations for many purposes. You need to at least be aware of how the software functions. Otherwise why are you using it?

• On the post: Using Spreadsheets In Bioinformatics Can Corrupt Data, Changing Gene Names Into Dates

  

  Woadan ( profile ), 31 Jul, 2014 @ 12:40am

  Re: So instead of spreadsheets...

  Sheets app for Android; OpenOffice or LibreOffice. (Not sure if they share similar issues.)

• On the post: Using Spreadsheets In Bioinformatics Can Corrupt Data, Changing Gene Names Into Dates

  

  Woadan ( profile ), 31 Jul, 2014 @ 12:37am

  Re:

  Click on the square above row 1 and to the left of column a to highlight all cells, then right-click a cell, choose format, choose text, OK as many times as needed to get out and get back to the sheet.

• On the post: Using Spreadsheets In Bioinformatics Can Corrupt Data, Changing Gene Names Into Dates

  

  Woadan ( profile ), 31 Jul, 2014 @ 12:57am

  Why is a major undertaking like what BMC Bioinformatics was doing not being entered into a database? Use the right tool for the job, and Excel is not the right tool for this job.

• On the post: The Trials Of Being A BestNetTech Writer Volume 1: Stupid Copyright Popups When Pressing CTRL-C

  

  Woadan ( profile ), 07 Jul, 2014 @ 11:41pm

  I can remember when, a few years back now, I found a site that had a picture of something I wanted made for me, and when I tried to right-click the picture, the site had some javascript or something running that caused a pop-up to appear telling you the images were copyrighted.
  
  I knew how to work around it, so I did. It took a bit, but after trolling through the code, I finally found the link for the image, made sure it worked, and passed on the link.
  
  The idea that you would go to such lengths seemed far out of proportion to the degree of protection it actually offered.
  
  More importantly, the site owner and designer decided that it was more important to "protect their rights", and changed the way a browser is designed to work. I mean even right-click and choosing back was disabled.
  
  Technology is designed agnostically so that it works best for everyone who uses it. You're pounding your copright square peg into a technolgy round hole when you do this.

• On the post: Once Again, As Details Of Questionable Copyright Trolling Practices Come To Light, Troll Desperately Tries To Run Away

  

  Woadan ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2014 @ 02:24pm

  Art Vandelay?

  Guardelay? Vandermay? Wait, is this a scheme involving At Vandelay?

• On the post: Google Urges Google Glass Users To Stop Being Weird, Ordinary Human Beings

  

  Woadan ( profile ), 21 Feb, 2014 @ 12:19am

  (sigh)
  
  Clearly many of you do not even know how the device operates.
  
  If you are taking a picture or capturing video, it will be obvious either through hand gestures (taps and swipes to the right side of the device) or voice commands. You could have it set up to take a picture by way of an exaggerated wink, bu you still need a tap to get it started.
  
  I have found that it's easier for me to tilt my head back and say "OK, Glass, get me directions to [insert address]" and let it give e tur-by-turn directions via the device and not my phone. (With earbuds in my ear, I don't have to worry about noise from the road, vehicle or music interfering.) The map only shows up just before an intersection or turn, so it isn't overtly intrusive.
  
  While I am driving, with just a tap, I can have it read a message or news story to me. Admittedly, the stunted voice of the computer is a bit jarring. But my ears are on the story, and my eyes on the road and traffic.
  
  Maybe the problem with Glass is that people just don't know enough about how it works. If true, then perhaps the good folks at Google should spend more time educating us about what it is, and is not, than admonishing Geeks to not be Geeks.
  
  (shrug)

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