User: James VAR

Link to court decision

On: FCC Dealt Setback In BPL Push

The CNET article used a wrong URL when linking to the decision by the appellate court. The domain name should be pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov. You can download the PDF of the opinion here.

Re:Roj Blake Was Totally a Terrorist.

On: Blake's 7 Remake In the Works

I'm a little surprised, though not disappointed, they chose to remake this, as the show's protagonists are essentially a small group of terrorists hell-bent on revenge against the government. They were rebels, underdogs, and guerrillas; committed to fucking The Federation's shit up, proper. Surely that was and is the point. The Federation with all its horrors is what many on the Left like to think Bush's America is, or Thatcher's Britain was.

Re:What the machine might do

On: Arthur C. Clarke Is Dead At 90

Actually, the Foundation trilogy is by Isaac Asimov, but Clarke was certainly a thinker of equal scope.

They should quit while they're ahead

On: Name the New Gamma-Ray Space Telescope

GLAST is already a catchier name than Hubble.

Re:The Count of Monte Cristo

On: Email In the 18th Century

Modern-day optical connections get Monte Carlo interference.