I think he is suggesting the RIAA and MPAA are going to convince their respective government that the land of clogs needs some 'democracy'

FUD I know, but I guess that's what you expect from COD players.

yes, but being truthful Windows mobile was around for a very long time. What I found was that it was up to the carriers / manufacturers to update and keep support of the older devices and neither of them had any incentive to do so. Why upgrade a phone for free when you can force them into a new contract? I had that experience for years before I switched but then I was always cooking roms on xda developers.

you sound almost as cynical and twisted as I am :D

For me the whole adware/spyware issue with Ubuntu put me over the edge and I switched to Mint w/ cinnamon but I really hated the idea of using Unity and still stuck to gnome.

I do think you are being a little harsh on mountain lion, yes it has some addition touch centric stuff but the majority of the uI hasn't changed. I just drop the addition icons out the dock on a fresh install.

I'm also still stuck on Win 7, I personally hate metro but I can half see it being useful on a mobile device. I'm just disturbed that MS is trying to force me to use something I'm not into. The truth though which they are trying to avoid is that, like the old windows media center - if you can turn it off, most people will.

oh christ was my first thought to that....

I'm not a huge fan of Microsoft but I do feel for Nokia and the bus that their staff were thrown under.

I'd be kinda surprised if this is true though, Microsoft are known for flaunting failed products for years to save face. This would be another reason to add to the list for why metro sucks ... it's pretty sad that the whole windows ecosystem was imho designed from the mobile up rather than an extension of the desktop.

This sounds like FUD though and for once it's not coming out of Redmond.

thank you for the information... after some googling though - I still can't find anything nefarious that ghostery is actually doing? It's probably a good idea to move away from this service but is there a smoking gun yet?

Are they doing anymore than no script or adblock when it comes to being selective about what they block or collect?

And this here fellow /. readers is a prime example of a pedantic troll with no social skills.

Instead of saying 'I don't use either but it shows nothing for me, btw - did you know ghostery is ad industry funded and here is why?'

You attempt to belittle me for choosing the tool-set I do and provide absolutely no evidence to support your claims

http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/31/ghostery-a-web-tracking-blocker-that-actually-helps-the-ad-industry/

There, I just gave you one because I'm kind - any proof they are doing anything nefarious? like oh I don't know - adblock that whitelists people that pay?
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/02/05/reddit-whitelisted-by-adblock-plus-for-using-acceptable-online-advertisements/
http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/adblock-plus-accused-of-shaking-down-websites/

OMG, I provided another source - are you learning yet?

So troll, go back to your lynx browser - I have to wonder what the domain rpxnow.com knows about you though :)

is that you just catching on to that?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/12/arts/television/doomsday-preppers-and-doomsday-bunkers-tv-reality-shows.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2012/aug/30/america-religious-fundamentalists-rewrite-history

I have discovered they apparently know nothing about me..

+1 no script /ghostery

I'm still waiting on it happening...

Although with Windows 8 the writing is already on the wall.

it has,

it's in all the devices around them and they don't even know it.

I think most of them went to digg and then reddit.

All the best for slashdot me thinks.

go down to your local LUG group and see if anyone has offered to sell 2nd hand un*x computers.

it's a shame his bandwidth wont be wide enough to cope with all that communication to the mothership....

and what's the comparison of power usage compared to your maxed out G4 and a consumer grade NAS?