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Vista also has a 3-program limited Starter version available in emerging markets. A friend of mine bought a laptop with it when she got hers stolen in Buenos Aires. She was so angry with it that she returned it and...
Commented on Mexico to fingerprint mobile-phone owners
A similar law was passed here in Argentina in July and is due to start being enforced. That is, all new phones will now need a fingerprint associated with them. Then within a 6-18 month time frame, all phones will...
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Dick Hafer was a family friend, even though my parents never quite agreed with his politics. As a result, we had copies of almost all of his books in the house. I read most of them at around 12 or...
Commented on Slim Gaillard's Vout dictionary: jazz hipster argot from the 30s
Slim Gaillard is great. One of my favorite Slim Gaillard facts is that he was one of the first to do multi-track recording. There are several recordings where is is playing all of the parts. Check out the track "Potato...
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There's no shortage of such equipment. Coincidentally, I just saw this invention the other day. Perfect Sideburns: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZUymljkR5U...
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@ #21, 30, et al: Coming in defense of SEO: Sure, the principles of SEO are pretty straightforward and can be easily explained to and implemented by a (possibly skilled) webmaster. But, as you move around the web, you've probably...
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When I saw this on metafilter, I had just come back from Brazil. The only reason I didn't make it up to the Corcovado was because of the rain and electrical storms. That's what made me feel like it was...
Commented on Spanish fan-translation of Scroogled
After reading the first page of the Spanish translated version, I wanted to see how it compared to the original. I was surprised to find a translation error by the second word. Six is translated as cinco. Sometimes my Spanish...

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GuidoDavid commented on Mexico to fingerprint mobile-phone owners
I forgot to say about the Venezuelan law: You MUST provide a landline number, if you do not, you cannot buy a cell phone, which is pretty stupid for people that has not a landline. And minors cannot buiy cellphones, when my little brother got one, I had to sign the papers....
Takuan commented on Mexico to fingerprint mobile-phone owners
so there must be a huge phone cloning business....
Germanico commented on Mexico to fingerprint mobile-phone owners
Patricio: The guns mexican soldiers carry are Heckler & Koch G3 rifles, manufactured under license by the Secretary of National Defense. They also manufacture a number of small caliber arms te be sold to permit-carrying civilians. This is the only way a mexican civilian can legally purchase a gun. All other legal permits are to legitimize guns aquired in the grey market. As for the issue in hand, the mind blowing naivete of mexican lawpassers (calling them "lawmakers" would be an overstatement). The logic behind the bill is that, cell phones are being used to commit crimes (extorsions and fraud)...
GuidoDavid commented on Mexico to fingerprint mobile-phone owners
Takuan: As far as I know, cloning is not huge, but you always can find a shop openly advertised where they can swap your number to other phone, even if it hasn't a SIM card. And cellphones are stolen pretty much all the time, and there is a huge underground net of second hand phones and plenty of private phone booths where you can anonimyze your calls....
Mister N commented on Mexico to fingerprint mobile-phone owners
I agree with Germanicci. That law will put at risk the common citizen's personal data. How are they going to acquire this data?. Ink and paper?, digitally?. If so, if it's on paper it'll be the precise thing that the criminals who use cellphones will be after, so that they shovel them around the country. Electronic?..then it's hackable and therefore you can copy all that information, use it, sell it, etc. So, they're only creating another black market instead of solving the problem of having easy accessible cellphone and protecting the companies that make and distribute them ( and also...

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