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Comment on Douchebag’s Row Reluctantly Welcomes Hamilton Nolan by JT

JT — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 03:19:20 +0000

No one thought Jobs was god, so if that’s Hamilton’s angle, congrats to him for setting up the largest straw man in the history of writing. Amazing how everyone – with the exception of a Gawker freelance scumbag – waxed at length about Jobs’s accomplishments without using the word “god” once.

Comment on Douchebag’s Row Reluctantly Welcomes Hamilton Nolan by Alan Gomes

Alan Gomes — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:55:19 +0000

Yeah, Nolan is spot on. His argument makes sense – Steve Jobs was a great innovator, but he wasn’t god. It’s certainly a better argument than the idolatrous drivel and sophomoric insults you spout.

Comment on Oh Look! Another Egregious Android Security Exploit by JT

JT — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:25:53 +0000

Google has sway with the “stuff” added by the carrier, if they cared enough to stipulate what they can and cannot do to their code. It’s pretty much the same philosophy that Google uses when it allows carriers to dump crapware on their phones. They could stop it; they just don’t give enough of a shit to.

Take it up with the carrier or “flash a version of android built from the source code”? Now who’s kidding? As I point out, 99.5% of the people using these phones don’t have the ability to flash their phones, nor do they want to. You’re obviously in the .5% that can and do. For everyone else, Android is an insecure platform rife with malware, exploits and carrier garbage that they are utterly clueless about – and the iPhone doesn’t have.

Comment on Oh Look! Another Egregious Android Security Exploit by someone

someone — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:20:25 +0000

you have to be kidding man. First The carrier IQ stuff is added by the carrier. So no amount of security could stop it. They simply could click “accept” if it even asked for permissions to log everything. Second this current exploit is AGAIN carrier software that is poorly written and allows exploits to be used against it.

How is this googles fault or problem? Should they lock down the phone like crapple? I dont think so if people have problems with these issue they need to take ti up with their carrier or flash a version of android built from the source code to not have this crap on it.

just realized this web site is “the mac advocate” so im guessing all this falls on deaf ears since no matter how shitty apple makes a product you fan boys will keeping buying it all for WAY to much money.

PS I have owned iphones… they suck and you cant do a lickin thing with em unless you circumvent their security. which goes to show you how secure iphones really are since they’ve been hackable since they came out and apple can’t lock them down…

Comment on Knock-off Shartphone Sufferers: Take a Look at What Carrier IQ Knows About You by JT

JT — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:49:30 +0000

Yes. Those 2% of all Android phones sold don’t have it. Yay Google. As I mention in the post, just because the carriers are the ones effecting Carrier IQ’s install doesn’t exonerate Google or the device makers. At the very least, for Google to pass on an OS into the hands of others’ to be modified for that purpose is willfully negligent and something Apple would never allow. And if you think Apple’s information gathering and anonymous aggregation is even in the same universe as what Carrier IQ is pulling on Android, I’d question your anti-flame war starter status.

Comment on Knock-off Shartphone Sufferers: Take a Look at What Carrier IQ Knows About You by Justin

Justin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:18:02 +0000

The last thing I want is flaming trolls to descend as a result of this post, but a couple of points should be made:

- All sim-free unlocked nexus phones (one, S, and galaxy do not have carrier IQ – it is an aftermarket operator addition)

- Not so long ago Apple were shown to be collecting all of your movements all of the time. Just sayin’

Comment on Android Market’s Rovio Scam: I Said Ha-ha by Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:58:38 +0000

But then even the Garden has weeds too! Right at this moment in the App Store I can see “Angry Chickens” – in the top 25 no less.
And there was that Tiny Wings clone that featured a flying turd… Unfortunately the name escapes me just now.

I don’t get how this stuff gets approved, particularly when there are provisions in the rules that such superfluous submissions may be rejected.

Comment on Adobe Releases Photoshop Touch for…bwhahahahaha! by david cree

david cree — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:01:55 +0000

Your last paragraph . . . . . . perfect, just bloody perfect.

Comment on Douchebag’s Row Reluctantly Welcomes Hamilton Nolan by JT

JT — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:52:43 +0000

I care about your opinion as much as I do Hamilton’s, but I’m sure Hamilton’s mother will feel better after reading your comment, assuming she isn’t the one who wrote it.

Comment on Douchebag’s Row Reluctantly Welcomes Hamilton Nolan by naill

naill — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:25:39 +0000

Your criticisms come off as shrill and childish. Someone named Hamilton upset you with a difference of opinion and you decided you needed to throw your feces around. I’m sure some of your points may be valid but their validity is lost in a tone that makes it seem as if you sat at your computer recalling all the different ways in which you were obviously teased and bullied, shaking and whimpering like the ineffectual, small human you are. It’s not Hamilton’s fault you’re an unlikeable douchebag. It’s yours.