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  1. Re:Speak the truth brother Linus.. on More on Recent SCOings On · · Score: 1

    Translation of ESR's gunspeak.

    He uses cheaper solid projectile at the range where all he need to do is to make holes on paper.

    For home defense purpose, he uses glaser-safety projectile bullets that has the added benefit of completely transfering its kenetic energy upon impact (the bullet does not penetrate). Having a round that does not penetrate is important in home defense. If you hit your target, you don't have to patch up holes in your house. If you miss, the bullet won't travel to your neighbor's house, and it doesn't bounce around inside your hose. Glaser round are more expensive than the solid rounds.

    However, if ESR is having a bad night shooting an intruder, he reserve the last round in his magazine of bullets for a solid projectile. This loading pattern is actually fairly standard for home defense purpose.

  2. Re:Faith? on Judge Orders SCO, IBM To Produce Disputed Code · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is their All Your Code Are Now Belong To Us legal theory.

  3. Re:Does SCO has an evidence? on SCO Names 1st Lawsuit Target: AutoZone [Updated] · · Score: 1

    As Joe Bob Briggs alwyas says "never let plot get in the way of the story". In this case, never let fact get into the way of your lawsuit. Fact, we don't need no stinking fact.

  4. Re:Eh on EV1 Servers CEO Responds To Customers · · Score: 1

    No, SCOX is quite clever about not telling you what you've just bought. As far as I'm concern, the only IP you've bought is the letter I & P on that piece of paper. As such, they don't have to turn any of that over to Novell.

  5. Re:You may already know that but... on GitS Sequel and Appleseed Remake Are Coming · · Score: 1

    Bandai Entertainment (The US subsidary of Bandai Inc.) co-produced the show out of their own pocket, so the licensing is never that much of an issue.

    From what I can tell is the extremely slow release schedule in Japan (2 episodes per month on Pay-Per-View) and the fact there is a second season (2nd GIG) that's holding up the R1 release.

  6. Re:Come on on NSA Releases Updated SELinux · · Score: 1

    Ahm, it's their chartered function. They won't be doing their job if they weren't monitoring domestic communication irregardless of who's in the White House.

  7. Re:Drones made it obselete on US Army Scraps Comanche Helicopter · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Stealth isn't too much of an issue when the likely enemy is picking it out with bare eye-ball. Unless they've come up with genuine optical stealth technology, this bird is simply too costly, and does too little for its intended purpose.

  8. Re:For how long? on Rapid Internet Growth In Iran · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What makes you think the hardliners in Iran ever lost control? The mulla class allow the so-call reformers a voice in the Parliment, but more or less as an amusement and PR stunt. Pretty much ALL of the major issues that the reformers want to change got vetoed by the Supreme Islamic Council, which remains firmly in the hardliner's hand.

    All they've done is to end the charade of the democratic process.

  9. Re:Great time for a party... on SCO Lists Specific Code-Infringement Claims · · Score: 1

    What for? Those code belongs to IBM, fair and square. Just because some shakedown scam decided to target your properties doesn't mean you have to oblige.

  10. All Your Code Belong to Us on SCO Lists Specific Code-Infringement Claims · · Score: 1

    That's the leading legal theory that SCOX is operating under. If you take that theory to heart, and firmly believe in it, everything SCOX did in the last 18 months makes perfect and logical sense.

  11. RestartNow on Lindows becomes Lindash · · Score: 1

    Of course, according to this article, the new name is RestartNow

  12. Re:Holy rumour mongering... on Novell Quotes AT&T on Derivative Works · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I cannot speak for the previous period. But recently, SCOX restructured their PIPE finance/loan from Baystar/Royal Canadian Bank to have a floor price of conversion for the $50 Million invested. Thus, Baystar would be guarentee of their initial investment. Should the stock price falls below the floor price, SCOX have to pay the difference.

    Since the trade volume is so light, it doesn't take much effort of trading amounst friends to maintain the price.

  13. All Your Codes Are Now Belong To US (SCOX/Caldera) on SCO Complaint Filed -- Including Code Samples · · Score: 1

    It makes perfect sense from the universe that SCOX/Caldera is living in. If you even heard the word UNIX, everything you write are now their property, subject to their copyright/trade secret control.

  14. Re:Best part of the hearing... on SCO Adds Copyright Claim to IBM Suit · · Score: 1

    Yep. That's one fine Perry Mason moment of one lawyer catching another failing to do their own research.

  15. Re:Stalling on SCO Adds Copyright Claim to IBM Suit · · Score: 1

    This judge does not have the power to throw out the case. Furthermore, IBM want to go through the entire motion of the trial, SCOX's and IBM's countersuit (even if SCOX don't particuliarly wants to). What this judge can do is to strike out extraneous claims and evidence that SCOX needs to do that ole razzle dazzle, and left without nothing to actually go to trial with. IBM wants to teach all would-be punks an object lesson. Don't be like SCOX, or you'll end up like them.

  16. Re:You are right and you are wrong on SCO Adds Copyright Claim to IBM Suit · · Score: 2

    Not really. Pretty much all of IBM's contribution to Linux are created with a strick adherance to clean room developement method.

  17. Re:News Flash on SCO Adds Copyright Claim to IBM Suit · · Score: 1

    The stock uptick might have to do with the fact that SCOX is restructuring their $50M financial deal from Baystar/RCB's.

  18. Re:If you aren't on Another Serious MSIE Hole · · Score: 2, Informative

    Google Tool Bar? You oboviously aren't aware of the Firebird Google Bar Extension.

  19. Re:Darl forgot to mention... on SCO Lobbying Congress Against Open Code · · Score: 1

    You missed SPECTRE.

  20. Re:Lobbying Impact on SCO Lobbying Congress Against Open Code · · Score: 1

    SCO only loose if they're a software company. Seeing that they're a lawsuit company, it bothers them not one bit.

  21. Jupiter on Mine The Moon For Helium-3 · · Score: 1

    Doesn't Jupiter have much much more He3 than Moon?

  22. Good, I'm already 2/3 there. on Caffeine vs Type II Diabetes · · Score: 1

    I currently drink 4 cups a day. Just another excuse to fire up my espresso machine for a double shot latte.

  23. Back to Ice Age on Global Dimming · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Back in the '70s, the climate scientists were saying that Earth is overdued for an Ice Age. In the 80-90s, culminating in Kyoto Protocol, it's the global warming. Now, we're back into another round of Ice Age advocates.

  24. Actually fairly standard practice. on SCO Code to be Protected in Closed Court · · Score: 1

    In a case like this, the actual code disclosure is pretty much always sealed with the case, and both party usually agreed to this up front. The problem was that SCO hasn't even began to send any kind of information to IBM yet. It's not like Cravath will disclosed this code to IBM Germany Linux team.

  25. Re:My Take on Cartoon Network Serves Up More Anime · · Score: 1

    Tsukihime is definately coming to R1. Genon (formerly Pioneer Entertainment) co-produced the show. It'll probably never be broadcast, consider how slow pace (and sometime bloody) the show is.