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  1. Re:Another shining example of what copyrigh laws d on Court Rules Against Photographers in Copyright Suit · · Score: 1
    This isn't so much a copyright fight as over contracts. This has been going on for a number of years. Writers and photographers sold certain publication rights to their work, but since then, new media like web pages and CDs have come along that weren't covered in the original contract. New contracts generally cover these uses.

    At least it isn't like '60's TV shows where people got paid nothing for later syndication even though some shows are still being played (over and over and over...) to this day. It wasn't in their contract--they usually got paid to do each show, period.

  2. Re:2 possibilities on Jodrell Bank Telescope Gets No Signal From Beagle · · Score: 1

    I know! Princess Anne's bull-terrier got the Beagle as well as the Queen's corgi.

  3. Re:Calling all Bookies! on Jodrell Bank Telescope Gets No Signal From Beagle · · Score: 1
    Colin Pillinger, professor of Planetary Sciences at the Open University and Beagle's lead scientist has not placed any bet. He feels it would be like insider trading.
    Insider? Only if he was a Martian. .. .. Hey, wait a minute!
  4. Re:Question on ArsTechnica Explains O(1) Scheduler · · Score: 1

    I can't dive into the pre-neutered version right now (turkey overloadzzzz), but won't this also help systems with large numbers of processors because it won't be recalcing and shuffling processes across processors as much?

  5. Re:that article sucked on ArsTechnica Explains O(1) Scheduler · · Score: 1
    It depends on the audience. For people that have taken OS courses and worked with scheduling, it's a basic refresher. For the rest, it's a good explaination of the issues so that they'll have a hope of understanding a technical article.

    You have to sucker them in slowly before smashing their brains out with a small timeslice of Linux wrapped around a large gold brick.

  6. According to Google on Weird Presents Anyone? · · Score: 2, Funny
    I did a search for "weirdest christmas gift", including quotes. Nothing too interesting, but the sponsored link was for:
    Kangaroo Scrotum Gifts
    Wacky good fun from down under.
    The gift for all occasions mate!
    www.kangarooscrotums.com
    Umm, okay.
  7. Re:CAUSE OF PROBE BLACKOUT DISCOVERED! on Beagle 2 Probe Lands; No Signal Received Yet · · Score: 1

    And what NASA engineers would those be?

  8. But first... on Company Offers Disaster-Proof Storage For Records · · Score: 2, Funny

    When testing, you should always mount a scratch mountain!

  9. Re:Um? on Company Offers Disaster-Proof Storage For Records · · Score: 1

    It's something to keep your mind off things while opening the last can of beans. "Ohmygawd, I forgot to file my taxes!" :^P

  10. Re:Um? on Company Offers Disaster-Proof Storage For Records · · Score: 1

    Or tax records. You could be one of the last people alive left to pay off the entire national debt!

  11. Sturdy site on Company Offers Disaster-Proof Storage For Records · · Score: 2, Informative
    It's survived a slashdotting (so far). And they do support old things:
    Requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.X or later for Windows 95 or Netscape Navigator 2.X or later, Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.X or later for Macintosh.
    Checking the record:
    Perpetual Storage, Inc. (PERPETUALSTORAGE-DOM)
    6279 E. Little Cottonwood Canyon Road
    Sandy, UT 84092
    US

    Domain Name: PERPETUALSTORAGE.COM

    Record expires on 21-Jun-2006.
    Record created on 22-Jun-1997.
    Seems good for at least 2.5 years.
  12. Talk to $cientology about vaults on Company Offers Disaster-Proof Storage For Records · · Score: 3, Funny

    They have several vault sites where they keep the works of Elron Hubbard preserved. Quite elaborate and expensive. Seems redundant, you can find all the used copies of Dianetics and Battlefield Earth you could ever want at 2nd hand books stores.

  13. Re:The long-life of the Blaster worm is the ISPs f on Stop Christmas-Gift PCs From Feeding Worms · · Score: 1

    In the case of Blaster, I believe that the packets had forged source IP addresses. The ISPs shouldn't let them out past their border routers if the IP address didn't originate from inside their network.

  14. Re:Did anyone else think of Enterprise ... on Fingers Crossed for Beagle · · Score: 1

    Meanwhile the Hubbard tribe gets extremely rich. (shot of $cientologists picking each others' pockets.)

  15. It's not just XP on Stop Christmas-Gift PCs From Feeding Worms · · Score: 3, Informative
    Any distro of anything should be installed with some caution about exploits that may have popped up since the distro was made.

    Some might argue that WinXP comes with the Best Before date already expired, but there's a lot of CDs for many OSs out there with "open security". (The main problem with standard XP is the stupid requirement to phone home to register before downloading the patches to make it safe to be on the net in the first place.)

  16. Re:But surely, according to SCO... on Internet History In Pictures · · Score: 2, Funny

    What the denotations bring, the connotations take away. A bench-mark isn't exactly the same as a bench-stain.

  17. Re:SCO's impact on New Survey Finds No Linux 'Chill' From SCO Suit · · Score: 1
    quite a few people have walked out over the Linux/SCO fiasco.

    No expensive termination packages, excellent!

  18. Re:Remedies for this crap on New Survey Finds No Linux 'Chill' From SCO Suit · · Score: 1
    1. the media choose to listen to me and print what I say

    Just use PRNEWSWIRE. They'll even print $cientology press releases verbatum.

  19. Re:But surely, according to SCO... on Internet History In Pictures · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's supposed to be people who left a mark. Darl is going to leave a stain.

  20. Re:What is that on Strained Silicon Chips From Intel · · Score: 1

    If my silicon is always straining, should I dap a little Preperation H on the heat sinks?

  21. Re:Ohio Scientific 6502 on First Computers · · Score: 1

    Yes, but which one? I'd guess the Challenger 1P? They had some huge hard drives for their III model. (50 meg or larger!)

  22. Re:The Anti-CoCo conspiracy on First Computers · · Score: 1

    Still got an MC-10 -- with the 16k RAM expansion. (Got one when Radio Shack was giving them away.) One day I might put an IDE drive connector on it. Zoom zoom!

  23. Museum, why? on First Computers · · Score: 1
    I dunno why I'd put my Explorer-85 in a museum.
    EXPLORER-85 VER 1.4 COPYRIGHT 1979 NETRONICS R&D NEW MILFORD, CT.
    It's not like it's broken or anything.
  24. Re:The Anti-CoCo conspiracy on First Computers · · Score: 2, Funny
    Strange since with the later versions of the Coco and Microware OS-9, you had a pretty kick-ass little Unix-clone for its day.

    I guess Darl had all history of it silenced. (Their ctypes.h was almost certainly in violation.)

  25. Re:Did anyone else think of Enterprise ... on Fingers Crossed for Beagle · · Score: 1
    Be worried. They're going to change the format of the show to go with the trend in "reality TV".

    Stay tuned for StarTrek: Survivor.