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Slashback: Eldred, Cruise, SOAP

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the just-where-is-maxwell-afb dept.

Slashback tonight with several updates, ranging from patent encumbrances to SOAP 1.2 to the transcript for Eldred v. Ashcroft, with more bits in the middle on the recent Geek Cruise in the Caribbean, the all-important cable TV lineups, and more. Read on below for the details! A little light reading. hayek writes "The transcript of oral argument at the Supreme Court in Eldred v. Ashcroft is now available online."

And then we saw the sharks. a9db0 writes "Part II of Doc Searl's travelogue recounting his experiences on the Geek Cruise has been posted here by the fine folks over at the Linux Journal"

In an earlier report from Geek Cruise, Linus predicted 2.6 by June 2003. If you liked the list of features being considered for 2.6, you can thank puriots0 for "the list of what's been included in time for the feature freeze for Linux 2.6", as found at kernelnewbies.org.

Peel back your eyelids and let these images flood your brain. strredwolf writes "I think we had half the story when Cartoon Network said they were going to remove Zoids and G Gundam in their Toonami block. It was more like remove Zoids, move G Gundam to Midnight Run with GI Joe, put HeMan and Transformers on full weekdays, and double up on DB and DBZ. The website and broadcast prove it now. (This report was done while watching to Toonami live.)"

And Stalke writes "Recently, rumours about Stargate SG1 7th season included it both being renewed as well as speculation that it might be cancelled. MGM and Scifi put those rumours to rest today by officially announcing a 7th season. It will begin filming next year with a full 22 episodes ordered. No word about Daniel Jackson returning though :("

Cracking down on alien fraudsters. yep writes "Administrators of the alien-hunting distributed computing experiment SETI@home have announced they will crack down on cheats who rort statistics on computing power lent to the project. The announcement follows a united protest from the chief contributors. SETI@home director David Anderson announced SETI@home would do its best to investigate users returning suspiciously high amounts of work and delete their accounts if it uncovered solid evidence of cheating."

Sure they're not. tiltowait writes "The Hartford Courant article "The FBI Has Bugged Our Public Libraries" has been retracted (this was mentioned here - but the older article has been removed). Even if the retraction can be trusted, this doesn't change the fact that the FBI can still bug libraries as freely as the CIA can assasinate with impunity, or that more McCarthyism is on the way."

This story retracts the claims of bugging made in the previous one. Since the FBI has little incentive to tell the truth on this count, I don't see what incentive anyone has to believe their denial.

Cleaning up the future for SOAP. Makarand writes "A major hurdle in finalizing the SOAP 1.2 specification has been removed. Both Epicentric, a subsidiary of Vignette, and WebMethods, which makes integration software, had said in earlier statements that they may have patents that cover the technology used in the SOAP 1.2 specification which would have made SOAP 1.2 non royalty-free hindering approval by W3C. Epicentric has now amended its earlier statement saying they no longer believe they hold any such patents, and even if they did, they are interested in making them available on a royalty-free basis. WebMethods has made no comments yet."

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  1. Direct link to a 50 page PDF file? by ekrout · · Score: 5, Funny

    If I were you guys I'd probably avoid Slashdotting the Supreme Court...

    Just a thought, though, not a sermon ;-)

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    1. Re:Direct link to a 50 page PDF file? by minion · · Score: 2, Funny

      Karma: n. the total effect of a person's actions during successive phases of their existance

      Karma: n. A thing on /. which every geek envies, but has absolutely no idea what it is.

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  2. FBI Conspiracy Theory by CatWrangler · · Score: 5, Funny
    OK... The FBI may or may not be bugging libraries. The FBI is closely in alliance with the Secret Service. The Secret Service is run by the Treasury Department. The Treasury Department is run by Paul O'Neil, who used to run Alcoa. Alcoa is the largest producer in the world of Tin Foil.

    It all makes sense folks. The truth is out there.

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    1. Re:FBI Conspiracy Theory by aero6dof · · Score: 3, Funny

      So what does this have to do with Kevin Bacon?

  3. No matter what a stripper tells you by cscx · · Score: 4, Funny

    There's no sex on the Geek Cruise. None. Oh, there's geeks on the Geek Cruise -- but you don't want geeks. You want sex. And there's no sex on the Geek Cruise.

  4. Why couldn't I go on the cruise? by ekrout · · Score: 5, Funny

    Free cruises are a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of free as in free speech, not as in free beer.

    Free cruises are a matter of the vacationers' freedom to sail to, study, change and improve cities all across the globe. More precisely, it refers to four kinds of freedom, for the users of the cruise:

    - The freedom to ride on any ship, for any purpose (freedom 0).
    - The freedom to study how the ship works, and adapt it to your vacationing needs (freedom 1).
    - The freedom to redistribute free cruise passes so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2).
    - The freedom to improve the cruise, and release your improvements to the event coordinator, so that the whole community benefits. (freedom 3).

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    1. Re:Why couldn't I go on the cruise? by Dr.+Awktagon · · Score: 5, Funny

      Remember, boarding a ship without permission from the ship owner makes you a PIRATE.

  5. Patents on SOAP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is that why RMS doesn't use it?

  6. FBI, Libraries, and You by carb · · Score: 4, Funny
    Well, if I recall back to David Fincher's "Seven", there's an interesting scene where Morgan Freeman's character explains to Brad Pitt's character that the country has specific books flagged, and that if you're reading them, they know it (or something to that degree).

    My point here is - I've never known movies to be wrong.

  7. the FBI has ways of making you believe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    This story retracts the claims of bugging made in the previous one. Since the FBI has little incentive to tell the truth on this count, I don't see what incentive anyone has to believe their denial.

    Early tomorrow morning, around 4:30am, you will receive some surprise guests at your door, and after they let themselves in, you will learn exactly what your incentive is.

    Hint: save yourself a lot of trouble and have your computers unplugged and boxed up.

    By tomorrow afternoon, I predict you too will retract your statement.

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  8. Re:SciFi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Yea? I remeber when SciFi and Jim Henson annouced more seasons of Farscape and full seasons ordered."

    When dead people say stuff, you damn well listen!

  9. Cancelled by Sloppy · · Score: 4, Funny
    MGM and Scifi put those rumours to rest today by officially announcing a 7th season.
    Yes, but then they cancelled when they realized they wouldn't get the full 95 years of copyright protection to recover their investment. 75 years just wasn't enough.
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