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  1. Re:Piracy by any other name... on Would You Pay 5 Cents For a Song? · · Score: 1

    That's why I pointed my answer was just on the legal aspect, not ethical.

    The best place to buy music is still at the concert places, directly from the group ;)

  2. Re:Piracy by any other name... on Would You Pay 5 Cents For a Song? · · Score: 1

    It is maybe illegal to use in the US, but most european countries allows you to download copyrighted material (for your own use), irrespective of licensing/authorization, as it is a private copy.

    So, from my point of view and the law of the country I live in, it's legal. Apparently, it's also legal for them in Russia to make the song for me, so I don't give a sh*t about RIAA or IFPI crying about it.

    (I am not taking about the ethical issues).

  3. Re:I want AM on Sony takes on iPod Shuffle · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but the Terratec doesn't have any speakers.

    There's also this linksys, but I read pretty bad reviews on it.

    If you know any other (fixed) wlan mp3 player with speakers.

  4. Re:I want AM on Sony takes on iPod Shuffle · · Score: 1

    WiFi-based MP3 Player : Philips Streamium MC-i250

  5. Re:It's an easy choice.. on Allofmp3.com Wins Court Case · · Score: 1

    It is legal*.

    * Depending on your location. Do not apply in the USA. It is legal to download copyrighted material in most european countries & Canada.

  6. Re:And she want's to run the World Bank!? on An Engineer's View of Carly Fiorina's Leadership · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... or run the US Patent & Trademark Office ?

    Ref. "Everything that can be invented has been invented." (Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899)

  7. Re:Yes it helps on Do F/OSS Contributions Make You More Marketable? · · Score: 2, Funny

    So you're a C++ newbie ?

  8. News ??? on Videogames on Library Shelves · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's almost 10 years since belgian "mediatheque" (= libraries for music & video) expanded to also features CD ... and at least 7 years for games.

    I suppose it's the same in most countries.

  9. Re:In Europe the ATMs inform YOU! on Magnetic Stripe Snooping at Home · · Score: 1

    For BE/CH, the cards stores the language preference and display the correct one in "home country" . That's separated for the "shop view" and "customer view" meaning that when I shop here, the sale guy see its interface in German and I've got the terminal in French, both saying same messages.

    When abroad, the ATM obviously first ask "Which language ?" but this isn't limited to the official ones, I've got a fair choice of french, german, spanish, italian, ...

    And, I think it's the same for my belgian cards, altough it's a long time I used them.

  10. Re:Interview questions on How to Hire a Linux Administrator · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, the question would be more like "Can you find the incorrect answers on this website ?"

    Here are the first two (easiest) ones :

    "Q: What is HTTP Tunneling
    A: HTTP Tunneling is a security method that encryptes packets traveling throught the internet. Only the intended reciepent should be able to decrypt the packets. Can be used to Create Virtual Private Networks. (VPN)"

    "Q: What is the difference between a soft link and a hard link?
    A: A symbolic (soft) linked file and the targeted file can be located on the same or different file system while for a hard link they must be located on the same file system."

  11. Re:Why No Standard? on AOL Opening Up AIM Community to Third Parties · · Score: 3, Insightful

    In fact, that's part of the problem ... they are 3 different standards now :

    * SIMPLE (RFC3428, based on SIP)
    * XMPP (RFC3920, based on jabber work)
    * WirelessVillage (from the OpenMobileAlliance)

    Fun, eh, there are as many open standards as proprietary networks.

  12. Re:Learn more about OpenBSD technology on Theo de Raadt gets 2004 FSF Award · · Score: 1

    Free as in Guiness ?

  13. Re:local leftism is the way to save America? on Patents and Eminent Domain · · Score: 1

    Er, depend on which numbers ... according to OECD, NZ is at 38.2%, USA at 35.6%, EMU average at 48.6%.

  14. Re:Different things pushing memory increases on Pushing The 512MB Barrier On Video Cards · · Score: 1

    That's it, remembering that you had to "compute" the max resolution & color depth and eventually make compromises ...

  15. Re:AllofMP3/GNAA bootleg mashup on Music Site AllofMP3 Under Investigation · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You forgot the disclaimer (aka the third question) :

    This lawsuit is only availble in USA.

  16. Re:why does france hate google? on France National Library Attacks Google Book Effort · · Score: 1

    Disclaimer : language evolution is just a theory, not a fact.

    Please refer to theTower of Babel for further discussions.

    Thank you

  17. Re:I'm not sure if I'll ever understand this on Anti-Muni Broadband Bills Country Wide · · Score: 1

    1. Public transport system (especially trains)
    2. Police
    3. Healthcare

    YMMV depending on your country, of course ;)

  18. Re:I don't understand this whole "service pack" th on Ready or Not, Here comes Windows XP SP2 · · Score: 1

    Well, no, Windows minor releases do not last longer ...

    Mac OS X
    10.1 25.09.2001
    10.2 18.09.2002
    10.3 24.10.2003

    Windows
    5.0 (2000) 14.05.2001
    5.1 (XP) 10.09.2002
    5.2 (2003) 24.04.2003

  19. Re:I don't understand this whole "service pack" th on Ready or Not, Here comes Windows XP SP2 · · Score: 1

    Well, not at all, you pay as well for the minor point releases for Windows ...

    Windows 2000 is actualy version 5.0, Windows XP 5.1 & 2003 5.2 ...

  20. Re:Ah memories... on Mobile Phone with PC running Linux 2.6 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You know what, such phones still exists ... Nokia 1100 for example.

  21. Re:No on Are nVidia's SLI Cards Worth the Investment? · · Score: 1

    Well, I'm still using a G400 as well, but you should remember that your card was one of the fastest card available in ... 1999 ?

  22. Re:"Approved licenses" vs freedom on OSI Hopes To Decrease Number of Licenses · · Score: 1

    There's nothing to reconcile, OSI != FSF

  23. Re:Kind of like on Cisco Evolving Into A Security Company · · Score: 1

    Umh ... quite a change eh, ... seems like NAC is the main alternative to "trusted network" and TCG projects. Again, this NAC is directed towards enterprises not ISP.

    Moreover it seems the EU is putting some pressure on TCG spec for privacy issues, and I have few doubt they'll continue for (e.g.) anti-trust issues.

    Now, if your government decides that ISP have to impose such control of their network to counter terrorist threats ... have fun ;)

  24. No on Are nVidia's SLI Cards Worth the Investment? · · Score: 1

    Next question.

  25. Re:better yet-- on SHA-1 Broken · · Score: 2, Informative

    You neither, just run ROT-7.5 26 times and it should decrypt any ROT-13 encrypted message.

    Of course, ROT-6.5 is faster (just 2 times).