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  1. US - or European-developed only? on Chinese Linux Developers Allegedly Violating Licenses · · Score: 1

    First quote in article:
    "China has a history of being able to take U.S.- or European-developed software or technology products and then try and take control of [them] by wrapping a Chinese applications layer around it and saying it is now their technology," White said (emphasis mine).
    That's just a very small portion I presume, since most open source- and/or free software projects involve people from all over the world.

  2. Re:Hmm.,. on Slackware 8.0 Released · · Score: 1

    And the Slackware store page takes (took) about 120kB to load.

  3. Cascading Styled Scripts on C Styled Script - C-like Scripting Language · · Score: 1

    ...could perhaps replace the other CSS abbreviations.
    For cascading your script languages with style.

  4. It's creative though on Microsoft and the GPL · · Score: 1

    First it was "un-American"; now it's "virus", a "cancer" and--are you ready for this--"Pac-Man".

    Imagine such creativity used for constructive reasons...

  5. Temperature on Jupiter moons on Another Look at Life On The Jovian moons · · Score: 2

    I thought I saw on Discovery that massive gravitational forces can also generate warmth, because movement/strain in the moon's surface.
    That could mean higher temperature than expected.
    But IANA*

  6. Palm - the Liquid on Palm In Trouble? · · Score: 1

    I like Palm - the liquid, personally. Don't sue them please ;)

  7. Is this the next generation Muppetshow? on Star Trek's Next Series · · Score: 1

    I always thought pointy ears was a good idea, but jumped on the abandonwagon when they introduced more species than the next guy.
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  8. What's Freenet about then? on Germany Denies Plans to DoS Neo-Nazis · · Score: 1


    I think the Free Network project a.k.a. Freenet is a technical method of keeping speech free as it should be.

    And please don't force racists into learning about (avoiding) DoS attacks... I like 'em the way they are - low IQ, ignorant, centuries behind in ideas, some more in evolution - makes 'em easy to spot.

  9. Re:Was DTE a Canadian film? on Laughs: Down To Earth & Monkeybone · · Score: 1

    Heh heh, funny (seriously). Because I live in Holland (Netherlands, not Michigan) it's hard for me to distinguish between commonly known cliches and actual creativity, but I had a good laugh when I saw a guy here, protesting with a sign saying:
    "Legalize (Maple leaf here) Canada!"

    My sig is late for work again

  10. Re:JonKatz on Laughs: Down To Earth & Monkeybone · · Score: 1

    I would rather mod you up if I could. I think 'them Katz flaming dudes' probably missed the /. troll HOWTO.
    Personally, I like 'em all; cat, cats, Katz, whatever. This guy has the most impressive flame-suit I've seen...

    On the sixth day, God created man. On the seventh, man returned the favour

  11. Re:The microphone problem in DTE as marketing on Laughs: Down To Earth & Monkeybone · · Score: 1

    If the microphone dangling lasted the whole movie I'm pretty sure it was intentional. Keeping the viewer wondering what's going on there (and not using it in the script) at least led to talking about the movie here....

    Who killed signal11?

  12. Chess - An unsuccessful example? on Turn-Based Games: What Happened? · · Score: 1

    Interesting point, I guess.
    I really enjoyed games like X-Com, Civ, and the text based Zork on my C64 back in the day. I think there still is a future for TB games, if the TB aspect is used functionally. Try playing chess without it for instance, in my opinion the ultimate TB game. Don't tell me this one doesn't count, lots of people play it in some sort of digital form; via e-mail, 2D, 3D, battlechess, etc. Does it really matter that it doesn't generate zillions of money for a company?
    I could also think of lots of examples in which sharing the same game space in different points in time could add value to a(n existing) game.
    But then again, I won't, so I don't.

    We haven't even started burying the artificial dinosaur skeletons yet - HHGG

  13. Re:Read, think, Correct. on Making Sense Of An Employee IP Agreement · · Score: 1

    You're right, thanks for correcting my 'addition posted as correction'.

    I found this quote in Dutch, translated from Chinese, and reproduced it in English. Not the best way to achieve accuracy, too. But you improved my (future) 'correctness' and use of the English language, which is appreciated !)

  14. Re:Read, think, Clint? on Making Sense Of An Employee IP Agreement · · Score: 1

    Rule 3: Clint Eastwood said "A man's got to know his limitations".

    As much as I like Clint, and the statement, I feel a small correction is in place. It was Sun Tzu (Chinese warlord some 3000(?) years ago) who said:

    "A wise warrior knows his limitations."

    IANAHistoriJan