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  1. Re:Why I dislike space elevators on Space Elevator Going Up · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I know what you mean. The Apollo craft didn't fly, they were simply capsules that couldn't even land properly. No the space shuttle--that was a real spacecraft.

  2. Re:Civil liberties? on Ruling on GPS Tracking Devices · · Score: 1
    Three warrants were involved. From the opinion:

    On October 23, 1999, police obtained a warrant to search the residence
    and impound and search Jackson's two vehicles, a 1995 Ford pickup and a
    1985 Honda Accord (warrant # 1). On October 26, Detective Knechtel
    obtained a 10-day warrant (warrant # 2) to attach GPS devices to the two
    vehicles while they were still impounded. The devices were connected to
    the vehicles' 12-volt electrical systems. Use of the GPS devices allowed
    the vehicles' positions to be precisely tracked when data from the devices
    was downloaded. The vehicles were returned to Jackson but he was not
    informed about installment of the devices. Detective Madsen did inform
    Jackson that the police believed he had hastily buried Valiree's body, that
    animals would likely dig her up, and that the body would be found and used
    as evidence against him. Knechtel obtained a second 10-day warrant to
    maintain the GPS devices on the vehicles (warrant # 3).


    Warrants aren't generic, The warrant authorizing search did not implicitly (or explicitly) authorize the GPS. The subsequent warrants did.
  3. Re:Civil liberties? on Ruling on GPS Tracking Devices · · Score: 1

    The police already had access to the vehicle--it had been impounded on the basis of the first warrant. During the course of this first search, the GPS tracking device was installed.

    As the installation was subsequent to the execution of the first warrant, it could not have been a necessary prerequisite.

  4. Re:Not me but a friend.. on Hybrid/Electric Vehicles: Should I Buy? · · Score: 1

    A recent story in the Washington Post (July 19) indicated that "three cars per household" was becoming the norm. Still, the majority of cars in the area seem to be single occupant SUVs.

    As for myself, well, let's just say that I'm keeping the average down.

  5. Re:You can't cybersquat.... on VeriSign Looks At Earning Money on Domain Typos · · Score: 4, Funny

    How many times do I have to say this? Posters, please verify your links before including them in your posts. I was promised bestiality--Instead, I go a link to a "Verisign is a bad company" protest site. At least it's on topic.

  6. Re:O_o on Beatles Bite Apple · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Playing lawyer today, are we? Apple's liability depends, in large part, on the exact wording of the various contracts and settlements Apple has signed over the years. Many of these documents are confidential. One cannot, therefore, determine, with any degree of certainty, which of Apple's venture, if any, infringe on these agreements.

  7. Re:Apple who? on Beatles Bite Apple · · Score: 1

    Can't different entities in different hemispheres of business share copyrights?

    I think the Beetles did eventually crack the US charts. Besides, Liverpool is west of Greenwich (53 deg 25' N, 3 deg 0' W )

  8. Re:These agreements can really screw you up on Beatles Bite Apple · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How quaint. That sort of classification died when netscape introduced its autocompletion feature, and when the register started to promote buying domain.com, domain.net and domain.org in a "package" deal.

    The autocompletion feature is the most problematic-- as the "World Wide Fund" owns the senior mark. But every time a user typed "wwf" in his address bar, the site reflecting the "junior trademark" would be loaded. Instant trademark dilution.

  9. Re:crazy on NVIDIA's New Pro Graphics Quadro FX 3000 Reviewed · · Score: 1

    even Apple's new G5 models can only address 42 bits of memory (4 TB theoretically, limited substantially by the absence of 512 GB DIMMs)... But since he also speaks of 10 GHz CPU, perhaps he knows of a hidden stash of future technology.

  10. Re:yeah but at a refresh rate on NVIDIA's New Pro Graphics Quadro FX 3000 Reviewed · · Score: 1

    but does an $8000 plasma screen have the resolution?

  11. Re:Yeah... on Linux Most Attacked Server? · · Score: 1

    I thought Red Hat's business model was based on "selling support." If Magic Carpet were to be provided as a free service, they might not sell as many support contracts.

  12. Re:I see a glimmer of goodness. on Linus to SCO: 'Please Grow Up' · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you need to go back to your economics textbooks and refresh your memory of what monetized really means. The SCO license contains a number of clauses that make it unsuitable for use as currency.

  13. Re:Spellchecker? on Linus to SCO: 'Please Grow Up' · · Score: 1

    Indeed Apparently, bated breath refers to hushed, anxious anticipation, while "baited breath" is perhaps a reference to the scent of a just eaten garlic bagel.

  14. Re:AC to Linus: Please Study English Grammar on Linus to SCO: 'Please Grow Up' · · Score: 1

    If I can understand it I don't worry about it.
    Ah, but the purpose of communication is to make oneself understood to others. If others understand ones missives to mean "I am an illiterate loon", then one has not successfully communicated.

  15. Re:Wow he was old on Edward Teller Passes Away At 95 · · Score: 1

    According to this United Nations report, 66 million people are aged 80 or older. Of that population, 59 million are octogenarians, 7 million are nonagenarians, and 135,000 are centenarians.

    As you can see, it's a rather steep curve. While Teller's lifespan of 95 years is respectable, it isn't terribly remarkable,and pales in importance next to his scientific career.

    (BTW,if the Japanese figures quoted in the parent posts were correct, the Japanese comprise 2 percent of the world's population, but Japanese centenarians make up 15 percent of the world's population aged over 100 years.)

  16. Re:Go Big Blue! on Back To SCO · · Score: 1

    The copyright holder is legally entitled to a monopoly on reproductions of his copyrighted work. If someone else infringes, then it is no longer a monopoly.

    So, when you copy that floppy, you are stealing away someone's monopoly. Of course, ever since the Progressive era, monopolies have not been perceived as entirely legitimate.

  17. Re:Faster porn? on New Breed Of Web Accelerators Actually Work · · Score: 1

    Of course, all those jpgs will be reduced to featureless blobs, as the compression is lossy. Text Porn (oh, excuse me, "erotica") will compress decently, however.

  18. Re:Save public tax dollars on Microscopy With A Film Scanner · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Of course, a film scanner is nearly useless for teaching microscopy skills-- moving the slide on the stage, filters, focusing, etc. The image isn't terribly clear at the higher magnifications--as the scanner wasn't designed to image anything but 35mm slides, And woe to any individual who wants to look at a wet sample.

  19. Re:MD5 easily fooled on ESR to Shred SCO Claims? · · Score: 1

    It's going to be a while, too. Need to translate the ftw calls to their fts equivalents. Perhaps I should read the man pages.

  20. Re:MD5 easily fooled on ESR to Shred SCO Claims? · · Score: 1

    While the concept sounds nice, any line by line comparison could easily be fooled. A run through indent, a comment change or a common search & replace on a variable will change the MD5 sum.


    So, you've downloaded Comparator, and run tests, then. (I haven't, yet--I have to port it to macosx, first.)

  21. Re:Technophobia on Spider Robinson And The State Of Science Fiction · · Score: 1

    Ah yes, I see you've fallen for Christopher Tolkien's Evil Plan. Promote the hell out of his father's work, then sell explanations and uncorrupted versions well into the next century. As for myself, I can't wait for the Quenya, edition with Gandalf as a Jungian analyst, to be published in 2035.

  22. Re:new imac problem on New iMacs (and iPods) · · Score: 1
    /proc/cpuinfo? must be linux. There isn't a proc tree on my MacOSX 10.2 machine (ibook/500Mhz). Either your powerbook has a more efficient disk, or is running under a lighter load, as
    [jeremy@callisto:~/desktop/downloads]$ du -sm *dmg
    39 MacOSXUpdate10.2.5.dmg
    [jeremy@callisto:~/desktop /downloads]$ time cp MacOSXUpdate10.2.5.dmg /tmp
    real 0m11.637s
    user 0m0.040s
    sys 0m1.670s
  23. Re:Chilean Enterprise on Cybersyn And Early Uniminds · · Score: 0

    Umm. Earl Grey is a proper name. Perhaps. "te, Conde Grey, caliente" would be more accurate.

  24. Re:Better than Mac in some ways on Woz OK's Apple I Resurrection · · Score: 1

    OS loading speed as a benchmark? You must be kidding. How often must an OS load?

  25. Re:Economist opinion column on The Economist Contrasts American, European Patent Approaches · · Score: 1

    International parliaments would be a good place to start... yes.
    Think of all the pesky IP treaties where the essential argument used by governmental agencies has been "we must harmonize our regulations with those of other countries, regardless of the first amendment implications.

    Treaties are agreements among states, and not necessarily among the peoples that will be governed by these agreements. As such, they are somewhat alienated from the people that will be ruled by the various protocols, and therefore inefficient.

    It is interesting that you mention the ICC and Kyoto Protocol. Both treaties are not actively supported by the current Bush administration. The latter treaty, despite whatever popular support it may have elsewhere in the world, is being actively undermined by the US state department.