User: ryuko

Freshfields is not an American Law Firm

On: Foreign Data Unsafe From US Patriot Act, Says American Law Firm

FWIW, Freshfields is a UK-headquartered law firm, one of the Magic Circle law firms.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshfields_Bruckhaus_Deringer

There's no mystery here!

On: The Case of Apple's Mystery Screw

There's no mystery to this screw. It's perfectly clear who Apple is screwing. ;)

Re:Hell, I'd be happy if Blizzard

On: Good Games For Christmas?

I run SC under Win2k. When I exit the game, the system doesn't freeze, but the executable won't exit cleanly. Walked through with tech support for 2 months before they gave up. Since the executable won't exit cleanly, my system (if I just leave it up after SC) will BSOD after a few minutes. That's about the only reason I don't play SC more...

Re:Not just language... it's all in implementation

On: The Fastest Web Language On The 'Net?

Um, not to be biased or anything, but I should trust the benchmarking results on the _vendor's_ site?

If that's true, Microsloth has benchmarks that says that ASP is the fastest language and they have a bridge to sell for only 2 dollars.

Ever lovable and always scrappy,

Re:An interesting perspective..

On: Second Thoughts: Microsoft on Trial

Um, netscape has always been free, to my knowledge. Sure, they charged if you wanted a CD, but if you just downloaded it, it has been free.

Of course, I'm old and I can't remember as well as I used to. =P

Let's assume that netscape has always been free. Why should M$ charge for it? Wouldn't that put their product at a competitive disadvantage? That doesn't make sense.

*shivers* Egads, now I have to go cleanse myself. I just defended M$...

Ever lovable and always scrappy,

Re:This is like suing Google over MP3 web sites

On: OpenNaps Targeted; Gnutella "Validated"

If all judges were reasonable, Dubya wouldn't be in office. ;)

It is just like that other slashdot story about how a NY ISP is paying due to the content they hosted.

Ever lovable and always scrappy,

Re:Were you expecting otherwise?

On: OpenNaps Targeted; Gnutella "Validated"

The quote is said by JFK, during his inaugral speech, I believe. =)

Ever lovable and always scrappy,

Re:The cat is out of the bag, dudes

On: OpenNaps Targeted; Gnutella "Validated"

That's what warez sites are for. ;) They've been doing this long before Napster, and they'll be doing this long after Napster. ;)

Ever lovable and always scrappy,

Re:how did stuyvesant get an edu address?

On: Cal Schools May Nix SAT In Admissions Process

In the grand days of computing, before domain names cost money, and InterNIC become a fuckedcompany named NSI, edu addresses were available to any institution that provided education. (duh!)

Now, it is restricted to American institutions that provide education on a four-year degree basis.


Ever lovable and always scrappy,

Re:Big deal...

On: LinuxPPC Inc Becomes Non-Profit

Um.. Red Hat and VA are both for-profit organizations. They sell stock. :) Redhat is RHAT and VA is LNUX, both on the NASDAQ.

I'm not sure about Caldera, but I think it is owned by a for-profit organization. Don't quote me on it though.

Flexible Transistors? As a liquid?

On: More On Flexible Transistors

Cherie talks about using the transistors as a liquid, which she can use to spray onto objects, like ink. Is it me or is that like the idea of putting 'LCD' anywhere? :) Like an ultra-thin sheets of displays that can be stuck anywhere? Or am I off base on this technology?

Re:There Goes...

On: New 'Planet' Discovered in Solar System

Hope they name the planet with a letter that corresponds to a topping. ;)

Then you can have My Very Easy Mother Just Served Us Nine Pepperoni Pizzas or My Very Easy Mother Just Served Us Nine Cheese Pizzas, or whatever. ;)

Ever lovable and always scrappy,
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