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  1. New business model on What Would You Do With Open.org? · · Score: 1

    1) Buy domain
    2) Ask Slashdot
    3) ...
    4) Profit?

    Maybe they can resell it to someone that actually has a use for it for more than they paid for it? Quids in that way ..

    Essentially the Linux Fund are just domain squatters.

  2. Re:Last straw that broke the camel's back on Canonical To Divert Money From GNOME · · Score: 2

    If I release something as FLOSS, that doesn't mean you can just turn around and sell it. FLOSS gives you the right to modify and redistribute, it doesn't give you ownership nor does it take ownership away from me

    Actually, that is exactly what it means.

    However if you have a copyright on the name, e.g. firefox, and i want to redistribute/sell my modified version, i might have to rename it to something like iceweasel first.

  3. Re:BCC still existed? on The Death of BCC · · Score: 0

    BCC doesnt show other recipients, so if your boss scenario actually happened, either you don't know how to use BCC yourself, or he added everyone in by hand.

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

  4. Re:Vandalized? on Attacked By Anonymous, HBGary Pulls Out of RSA · · Score: 1

    No, the sign means that some kid on 4-chan saw that he was coming to his area and decided it would be funny. People who portray anonymous as some sort of sinister agency just don't understand what it is. There is no anonymous. There are no leaders or plans. There is only an anonymous forum where random strangers occasionally post suggestions. If enough people think they are funny they happen.

    No, the sign could mean that the booth next to them did it, or a competing company with a booth did it,or an attendee, or the conference organiser himself did it, or a cleaner or a janitor or anyone.

    Reread the last part of what you wrote. Anonymous isn't just a collection of idiots on IRC, it's fucking anyone that attributes an action under that umbrella name. And that could have been anyone, even someone that just thinks HBGary are a bunch of idiots and was up for a laugh themselves but has no real implication in anything else and will never again.

  5. Re:streaming live media on As HTML5 Gets 2014 Final Date, Flash Floods Mobile · · Score: 1

    It'll kind of suck though if the HTML5 video tag is useful for only youtube-esque sites, it would be nice if it was thought out enough to also work with live streams, as other wise we're still going to need all manner of plugins and things, and might as well just stick to flash and not bother with it?

  6. Re:streaming live media on As HTML5 Gets 2014 Final Date, Flash Floods Mobile · · Score: 2

    No, it's not related to DRM at all

    From http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/blog/11887/html5-video-not-quite-there-yet

    HTML5 does not specify a streaming mechanism yet. While this is being worked on (W3C: Fragments, Media Multitrack API), it means that live, DVR and long-form video content cannot be played using a video tag. Most browsers do provide an alternative, such as utilizing the range request header to do pseudo-streaming, but this is no long-term solution.

  7. streaming live media on As HTML5 Gets 2014 Final Date, Flash Floods Mobile · · Score: 1

    Do the video tags adequately support live streaming media yet? I've read, and probably experienced unknowingly, that the video tags do a good job of streaming normal media, but some of the stuff I've been reading suggests that live streaming for sporting events and such is fubar?

  8. Debia what? on Why Debian Matters More Than Ever · · Score: -1, Troll

    sorry I use ubuntu and really dont give a shit about it's grandparents.

    less politics, more pretty, then maybe we can hug and go back to 2001 and cuddle

  9. Re:Passwords on Are You Sure SHA-1+Salt Is Enough For Passwords? · · Score: 1

    I have to use an RSA key fob now to sign in to several bits and pieces and it's REALLY EXCITING!

    I feel a bit like a spy typing in different secret codes every day.

  10. Would Slashdot reveal the IPs .. on Sony Lawyers Expand Dragnet, Targeting Anybody Posting PS3 Hack · · Score: 0

    of those criticizing Sony?

  11. Re:Everything dies on PS3 Piracy Threats Cause Phone-Home DRM · · Score: 2

    I happen to like some of their games, thanks. More than enough to ignore this particular incident.

    What's that comment about them coming for the communists, but I wasn't a communist, then they came for my XBox but I had a PS3 and then they came for me and there was no one left to fight for me?

  12. Re:This doesn't compute on Apple App Store Hits 10B App Download Mark · · Score: 1

    I've probably downloaded 50 free apps from the app store for my iPhone, they all suck and have mostly been deleted, but it's not that tricky!

  13. Re:More allergenic? on Scientists Advocate Replacing Cattle With Insects · · Score: 1

    I just don't want to eat bugs, they're creepy!

  14. Re:Paranoid Mode: ON on Modeling Software Showed BP Cement As Unstable · · Score: 1

    I can click on the links just fine ...

  15. I didn't realise .... on Australian State Govt. To Fund iPads For Doctors · · Score: 4, Funny

    That MB Games had released Operation for the iPad ...

  16. er what on Largest Genome Ever · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The genome would be taller than Big Ben if stretched out end to end.

    How big is this flower .... ?

  17. Re:Why not just bill him? on Firefighters Let House Burn Because Owner Didn't Pay Fee · · Score: 1

    He gambled that his house wouldn't catch fire in order to save $75, he lost.

    If you're ever in charge of a casino or lottery, please give me a bell because I swear I would have bought those numbers I just wanted to wait until the results came in ...

  18. Re:This is what taxes are for on Firefighters Let House Burn Because Owner Didn't Pay Fee · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is the kind of thing taxes are for - essential public services. The fact that the home burned to the ground was a travesty, but not so great as the lack of funding for the fire department in the first place. All that being said, charging residents $75 just in case is absurd. His county should pay his losses and fix their tax situation!

    A publicly funded fire brigade? What's next? Public healthcare? You dirty socialist!

  19. This happened to me once! on Firefighters Let House Burn Because Owner Didn't Pay Fee · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This one time I didn't have contents insurance and got robbed and all the insurance companies stood around doing nothing because I didn't have a policy with any of them!

  20. What happens .. on Genetically Altering Trees To Sequester More Carbon · · Score: 1

    When we've turned all the carbon in to trees?

  21. Why not just use Youtube? on Wikimedia Trying P2P Video Distribution · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Why not just use Youtube to host the videos, after archiving them in a Wikimedia store?

    Or is this more about control than openness? What value does hosting them at Wikimedia have over Youtube?

    Youtube isn't that restrictive as long as you aren't infringing copyright..

  22. How many of those kids .. on Study Says Your Personality Doesn't Change After 1st Grade · · Score: 3, Interesting

    took acid later in life?

  23. Type of attack .. on Cell Phone Interception At Def Con · · Score: 1

    The article suggests he's doing a MITM style attack, is he spoofing a cell tower?!

  24. Yeah on Is Open Source SNORT Dead? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah, it's dead. HTH.

  25. Don't call me shirley .. on World Cup Prediction Failures · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Surely the last couple of years are evidence enough that the financial industry can't predict or manage the markets? We didn't need football to tell us this :D