@Anciegher: "exchanged gunfire" implies that the criminals were shooting back. Since everyone can have guns here, its pretty necessary for guards to be able to carry them too.
We all know its different in other countries and frankly there's no way to change that now.
"Why Photoshop for iPad Marks the End of the Desktop Computing Era"
It's awfully hard to type efficiently without a physical keyboard. And it's awfully hard to code without being able to type efficiently. And it's awfully hard to MAKE THE FUCKING TABLET APPS without being able to code.
Sorry, but desktop computers (including laptops) aren't going anywhere for a long time. Replaced mostly by laptops, perhaps. But its not shifting to 100% tablets any time soon.
"Meaning? More games that work just as well with 3D switched off. Meaning? Why the hell did you buy the 3DS in the first place?"
that's a retarded question. Why did you buy an xbox? Why did you buy a gamecube? Why did you buy a sega genesis? Why did you buy a playstation? Why did you buy a gameboy?
@das7002: GPL doesn't mean you can do whatever you want with it, in fact its one of the more strict open source licenses out there which requires you open-source any programs which utilizes GPL'd code under the GPL (or lesser) license and as usual you need to stick the GPL license in your distribution somewhere and a host of other restrictions.
If you're developing for a proprietary system (consoles, anything which requires you to sign an NDA to have access to the API really) they FORBID you from using GPL code because of this restriction (open sourcing your project violates the NDA because you use proprietary APIs).
Hence google very easily could have violated the GPL license by not open sourcing EVERYTHING (or not requiring all manufacturer-specific mods like motoblur or htc sense to also be open source), forgetting to put in a license notification, or a host of other mistakes.
1. (non-gmail) email keeps alerting that I have unread messages just cause I don't bother to open/mark EVERY email on my phone (annoying cause I read most of them on my computer anyway)
2. keeps alerting me about a system update I can't install cause the phone is rooted