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  1. Re:Brand? on 17-Year-Old Radio Astronomy Mystery Traced Back To Kitchen Microwave · · Score: 1

    I got a 28-year-old GE nuker.

  2. That's because it's not entirely copyright anyway on Gritty 'Power Rangers' Short Is Not Fair Use · · Score: 1

    The stupid idea of "intellectual property" (which of course is neither) muddles the lines between copyright and trademark.

    As I understand what's being violated is mainly trademark - and not only that of Saban but of Toei as well, because the basic design elements (and even the use of "Ranger") actually belong to Toei rather than Saban, and Saban is just using them under license.

  3. Had to check the calendar on Microsoft Announces Windows For Raspberry Pi 2 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...it's still two months to April Fool's day...

  4. Re:Rare? on Rare Recalled NES Game Stadium Events On Ebay For $99,000 · · Score: 1

    LJN was one of Acclaim's labels, along with Arena and Flying Edge.

  5. Re:Rare? on Rare Recalled NES Game Stadium Events On Ebay For $99,000 · · Score: 1

    You say that as if Acclaim and LJN were separate companies.

  6. Re:It sounds so WARM! on Vinyl's Revival Is Now a Phenomenon On Both Sides of the Atlantic · · Score: 2

    I start to think what they call "warmth" is "muddiness".

  7. Re:Yellow Journalism on The World Is Not Falling Apart · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it's called "if it bleeds it leads".

  8. Re:Limited Theatrical Release on Sony: 'The Interview' Will Have a Limited Theatrical Release · · Score: 1

    Guerrilla marketing, then?

  9. Re:The Pirate Bay on The Pirate Bay Responds To Raid · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "Intellectual property is neither"

  10. Re:The fact remains... on DOOM 3DO Source Released On Github · · Score: 1

    How about people with androgen insensitivity? Genetically male (XY) physically female.

  11. Re:There is no single "fair" value. on UK Announces 'Google Tax' · · Score: 1

    Paul even more openly supported it, in Romans 13.

  12. Re:only an idiot would buy services from comcast / on Comcast Forgets To Delete Revealing Note From Blog Post · · Score: 1

    Or someone whose option is that or have no internet at all?

  13. There is also... on GNOME Project Seeks Donations For Trademark Battle With Groupon · · Score: 1

    There's also that *x for the Apple IIgs, GNO/ME... (where GNO is a recursive acronym for Gno's Not Orca... sound familiar?)

    -uso.

  14. Re:system or method of operation on Computer Scientists Ask Supreme Court To Rule APIs Can't Be Copyrighted · · Score: 3, Informative

    Prior to 1984, they DID prevent people from connecting non-AT&T phones to their network. That's why stuff like acoustic couplers existed.

  15. The flipside of the Lake Wobegon effect on Too Many Kids Quit Science Because They Don't Think They're Smart · · Score: 1

    IIRC, this is the other side of the Dunning-Kruger effect from the better known, "Lake Wobegon effect" side.

  16. Re:Remember when WSJ had a modicrum of decency? on Automation Coming To Restaurants, But Not Because of Minimum Wage Hikes · · Score: 5, Informative

    They turned into a Murdoch rag is what happened.

  17. Re:Oh yeah, that guy on Assange: Google Is Not What It Seems · · Score: 1, Interesting

    He's just the face and the bullseye on the target.

  18. Rather... on Will Fiber-To-the-Home Create a New Digital Divide? · · Score: 1

    It will simply widen the existing one.

  19. Re:Why still 32bit builds? on Lost Opportunity? Windows 10 Has the Same Minimum PC Requirements As Vista · · Score: 1

    Probably to entice the last few (million) XP holdouts.

  20. Re:FP? on David Cameron Says Brits Should Be Taught Imperial Measures · · Score: 2, Funny

    Canada was probably willing to do it just to be different from America.

    America wants to be different from the rest of the universe because they think they're special. Well, as I can prove, they're not special, they're special ed!

  21. Re:FP? on David Cameron Says Brits Should Be Taught Imperial Measures · · Score: 1

    You think changing the UK is hard, try changing just one state in the US.

  22. Re:Idiot on David Cameron Says Brits Should Be Taught Imperial Measures · · Score: 1

    US recipes use US measurements, but a lot of recipes I've seen from elsewhere do in fact use metric.

  23. FP? on David Cameron Says Brits Should Be Taught Imperial Measures · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's time for national units to finally be put out to pasture. Both US units and UK units.

    -uso.

  24. It's been in bash a while. on Flurry of Scans Hint That Bash Vulnerability Could Already Be In the Wild · · Score: 1

    The vuln test shows 3.01 has the weakness too.

    dash, Busybox ash and ksh93, afaict, do not.

  25. Re:Why not KDE on Debian Switching Back To GNOME As the Default Desktop · · Score: 2, Informative

    MATE is also more familiar to users of previous versions of Debian, which is why I use it on my netbook.