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polaris:

--- Quote from: SavannahLion on February 16, 2011, 04:39:56 pm ---Ethical noose? That may work with someone like Mother Teresa but a lawyer?

Not saying that lawyers are unethical but IP law isn't necessarily about ethics, its about money. There's a whole lotta wrong and not much right there.



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i refer you to post no 42 your honour :D

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: shmokes on February 12, 2011, 04:18:03 pm ---Wait . . . jailbreaking is unconstitutional now?  What can I say, con law was a tough class.  I totally missed that part.

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Only if the phone is gay.  A gay phone has the right to marry any service provider regardless of physical protocols.

Blanka:
Does it also work on Android?
I run Android on my iPad as iOS stinks.

BTW Apple is playing ass again, if you have iBooks, you can't view them on jailbroken iThings any longer with the latest update.

shmokes:
Glad I never jumped on iBooks.  It made no sense with the platform agnostic Kindle on the market.  I've already got a bunch of Kindle books which I've read on my Kindle (sold to get the iPad), Blackberry and PC.  I use the Ipad and Blackberry regularly since my wife and I are frequently reading the same books.  Anyway, it's nice to know that when I dump the iPad for an Android or Windows or Blackberry tablet my library will follow me.


Hey Ark . . . here's something fun.  Sony finally released a public statement about the new(ish) PS3 jailbreak:


--- Quote ---"Notice: Unauthorized circumvention devices for the PlayStation 3 system have been recently released by hackers. These devices permit the use of unauthorized or pirated software. Use of such devices or software violates the terms of the 'System Software License Agreement for the PlayStation 3 System' and the 'Terms of Services and User Agreement' for the PlayStation Network/Qriocity and its Community Code of Conduct provisions. Violation of the System Software Licence Agreement for the PlayStation 3 System invalidates the consumer guarantee for that system. In addition, copying or playing pirated software is a violation of International Copyright Laws. Consumers using circumvention devices or running unauthorized or pirated software will have access to the PlayStation Network and access to Qriocity services through PlayStation 3 system terminated permanently.

"To avoid this, consumers must immediately cease use and remove all circumvention devices and delete all unauthorized or pirated software from their PlayStation 3 systems."

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Let's see what they're saying here:

- Jailbreaking violates the system software license agreement?  Check
- Jailbreaking violates the terms of services and user agreements?  Check
- Violating the license agreements voids your warranty?  Check
- Jailbreakers will be banned from PSN?  Check
- Copying/playing pirated software is illegal?  Check Check Check  (three checks seeing as they're going out of their way to tell you what is illegal)
- Jailbreaking is illegal?  Hmm . . . maybe they just forgot to include it.  Probably just an oversight.


shmokes:

--- Quote from: Donkbaca on February 16, 2011, 12:27:00 pm ---So.... is it worth it to install XBMC on it?

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If you want to stream media to your device, without question.  It streams flawlessly.  However, the interface is not where it needs to be yet.  There is almost no gesture control implemented.  You can swipe to jump back a level while browsing or double-tap something to get the equivalent of a right-click, but otherwise your finger just acts like a mouse.  It makes scrolling through lists of media difficult as you have to use the scroll bar at the side of the list, which is too small to grab consistently.  Other things are too small as well, particularly a few buttons you use when setting up your sources.

The quirks are substantial, but most of the frustrations involve initial setup, so at least it's not an ongoing thing.  And it's gonna be a matter of weeks before it's skinned with a proper, gesture-driven skin.  You might want to wait for that to happen, especially since I'm sure it's right around the corner.  But if you just want good streaming without having to run a transcoder on another PC, you may as well hit it now.  The streaming is super solid and there's no degradation of quality (though on a screen the size of an iPod/iPad this may not be an issue).  Also, upgrading is a apparently a one-button affair in Cydia, so when a newer, better version comes out you shouldn't have to do a bunch of work all over again.

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