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  1. Re:Why are slashdotters on Hidden Music Claimed In Da Vinci Painting · · Score: 1

    From wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheet_Music http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Supper_(Leonardo)

    There was even machine-printed music 20 years before The Last Supper.

  2. Re:Bringing own gun is a good idea on Datacenter Robbed for the Fourth Time in Two Years · · Score: 1

    Perhaps the guards are off-duty cops or ex-cops.

  3. Re:ideal for episodic TeeVee... on Joss Whedon Back on TV · · Score: 1

    But they implied that Dushku will start remembering bits from previous jobs.

  4. Re:Conclusions... on Patterns in Lottery Numbers · · Score: 1

    Guessing 2 minutes per spin, any single wheel would come out 13 blacks in a row on average about once per 20 days.

  5. Re:just taking care to take care. on Anti-Terrorism and the Death of the Chemistry Set · · Score: 1

    The previous poster said it was "The Dead Past", by Asimov. I'm pretty sure it was collected in _Earth Is Room Enough_.

  6. Re:It will always be alive on Who Says 2D Gaming is Dead? · · Score: 1

    Go to http://ifcomp.org/ for this year's IF competition, if you'd like to judge.

  7. Re:My real fear about this issue on Software Company Sues Popular Australian Forum · · Score: 1

    What's to stop a company from using the same argument against whoever is providing the Usenet feed?

  8. Re:Colour me unconvinced on Belgium May Prosecute the Church of Scientology · · Score: 1

    IHOP has a blue theme, IIRC.

  9. Re:Misleading summary on GPL Violations On Windows Go Unnoticed? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Part of the GPL says that they must "give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License along with the Program." (section 1 at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.h tml ). If the program did "included GPL and LGPL software without any mention of the GPL", it's a violation as far as any GPL software is concerned. I looked over the LGPL briefly, but didn't see any problems. ( http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html if anybody else wants to look.)

  10. Re:prety much on GPL Violations On Windows Go Unnoticed? · · Score: 2, Informative
  11. Re:Can someone explain on Contractor Folds After Causing Breaches · · Score: 1

    One possible explanation is that there are difficulties with a computer behind one firewall communicating with a computer behind a different firewall.

  12. Re:Maybe I have the bad networking kungfu on Deep Packet Inspection and Net Neutrality · · Score: 2, Informative

    See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffie-Hellman_key_ex change

    A passive attacker (Eve) can witness the entire key exchange and be unable to work out the key.

  13. Re:Inflammatory misleading headline on Executive Order Overturns US Fifth Amendment · · Score: 2, Informative

    You claimed "And the US Coast Guard has nothing to do with the Treasury Department.", but the US Coast Guard article you linked says "The roots of the Coast Guard lie in the United States Revenue Cutter Service established under the Department of the Treasury in 1790."

  14. Re:Interesting idea, but... on Optimum Copyright Period Decided by Math · · Score: 1

    I think that method comes from horse racing; IIRC, the equivalent is called a "claiming race".

  15. Re:Why is parent modded up? on McCain on Net Neutrality, Copyright, Iraq · · Score: 1

    Wasn't Spanish-American fought under McKinley, not Roosevelt (though both were Republicans).

  16. Re:two words: "Property Taxes" on The Case For Perpetual Copyright · · Score: 1

    ISTR the V. C. Andrews estate getting into trouble with the IRS for not listing her name as an asset.

  17. Re:He may not get to resign on Justice Department Promises Stronger Copyright Punishments · · Score: 1

    At the time, there was a law (the Tenure of Office act) that blocked him from removing a cabinet member prematurely; that law has since been repealed.

  18. Re:Next up in the news ... on Resolution To Impeach VP Cheney Submitted · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yes, it appears that, following the Constitution, Cheney would preside over his own impeachment. (It appears that the rules were chosen to err on the side of acquittal; the VP does not preside over the President's impeachment because he is next in line of succession.)

    Kinda related: IIRC, if a Presidential election goes to the HOR, the VP counts the votes; in 1960, Nixon counted votes in his own election.

  19. Re:Next up in the news ... on Resolution To Impeach VP Cheney Submitted · · Score: 1

    What would the Supreme Court have to do with this? AFAICT, the Chief Justice presides over the Senate during an impeachment of the President; when any other person is impeached, the VP presides over the Senate.

  20. Re:Dead at 66? on Captain America Dead at 66 · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and I heard they brought back Jason Todd & Bucky. But that's how it was classically stated.

  21. Re:Dead at 66? on Captain America Dead at 66 · · Score: 1

    The version I heard (called "The Bucky Clause") was "Nobody stays dead in comics, except for Bucky, Uncle Ben, and Jason Todd."

  22. Re:Free Speech?? on Google Ads Are a Free Speech Issue · · Score: 1

    ISTR that News of the Weird mentioned a woman active in the NAAWP or KKK who was denied advancement because she was black; I didn't see how that one ended.

  23. Re:Other arguments against Christians. on Two Ways Not To Handle Free Speech · · Score: 1

    I thought that the Christians took Jerusalem in the first Crusade, though they didn't keep it for long.

  24. Re:your country is fucked on Fighting Porn Vs. Ruining Innocent Lives · · Score: 1

    These days? I believe that singular has been the custom since 1865.

  25. Re:Actually... on Sony, Nintendo, id Lauded With Emmys · · Score: 1

    I thought the ASCIIpad for SNES was excellent: I could independently set (normal, turbo, auto) on (A, B, X, Y, L, R). All the playstation and later controllers I saw had turbo for each button linked.