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  1. Re: Shouldn't have used the name 'Breakout' on Kit Kat Accused of Copying Atari Game Breakout (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    This is trademark infringement, commercial use of what's appears to be Atari's registered trademark without license to do so. Demonstrating the harm that Atari has suffered from free advertising and association of their video game with candy is going to be the tough part.

  2. Re:Just a reminder on Trump Adviser Steve Bannon is Leaving White House Post (nytimes.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    He was fired because Trump's conflict-avoiding personality has lead to a psychotic monomania by which he fires anyone with whom he has conflict rather than simply shrinking back into passive-aggressive disquiet.

    Trump's... conflict-avoiding... personality... Were you by any chance in a coma during his campaign leading up to his presidency?

  3. Re:Hurray! on Trump Adviser Steve Bannon is Leaving White House Post (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ah yes, the "no true nazi" logical fallacy.

  4. Unless you can then resell the token for real world currency, good, or services (not limited to some video game which most of the world does not value at all) then the headline is only true for a very small subset of people.

  5. Re:The only problem... on Man Used DDoS Attacks On Media To Extort Them To Remove Stories (itwire.com) · · Score: 1

    I know, every time I've tried typing it, the computer auto-corrects his name to Doljonijiarnimorinar.

  6. Re:What's what!? on UK Security Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Outbreak Arrested in US (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I doesn't beg the question. Post hoc ergo propter hoc. Suspicion alone falls under unreasonable search and seizure. I hope those detaining Hutchins have a proper warrant for their actions against him. If they do not, I sincerely desire to see them dragged through court causing inconvenience in proportion with what they've caused him.

  7. Now take the next logical step on Offensive Trademarks Must Be Allowed, Rules Supreme Court (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Acknowledge that all trademarks infringe on the first amendment right to free speech.

  8. Alternate headline on Nutella Used An Algorithm To Design 7 Million Unique Labels (inc.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Italian firm runs software that produces permutations of the original input." News at 11.

  9. Re:Compression Tweaks on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your View On Sloot Compression? (youtube.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, in the past they used a 0 with a slash through it to make it different between the letter O. In Binary that is not needed, because you could use either a 0 or an O. Now you can combine the two and get 50% reduction to write instead of 01010101 you write à à à Ã. or 4à As the à is always the same, you can use 4.

    That is 0101 in binary or à à or 2à or 2. That is 01 in binary or just Ã

    So I reduced 01010101 to à using the spaces between the bits. Easy.

    Unicode is a form of lossy compression on /.

  10. Re:Good luck on that appeal on Bruce Perens Explains That 'GPL Is A Contract' Court Case (perens.com) · · Score: 1

    And why do you imagine that to be the case? Artifex made it publicly known they are willing to allow a more permissive license than the standard copyright that is applicable in both the USA and South Korea (in this case the GPL). Hancom made it clear they were aware of Artifex's requiring a licensing fee to use the software without the GPL stipulations. Hancom then plagiarized the copyrighted code, followed by getting caught doing so.

    Car analogy time. Suppose you made publicly known that other people could drive you car for free while you sleep, provided they fill up the gas tank and return it before you're awake. Borrowers of you car must also leave a note indicating any trouble they've noticed with the vehicle, or any modifications they may have made to the vehicle while they were using it.

    Barring this anyone may pay you a flat fee to cover wear and tear while borrowing your car. In exchange they don't have to leave a note regarding problems or changes to your vehicle.

    Someone then decides to takes your car for a spin and decides neither to pay nor to inform you that they took it, but then decides to post videos online saying what a wonderful time they had driving your car.

    You decide to take them to court, and the judge decides to rule out grand theft auto because you've publicly declared your own terms, and both parties were aware of them and understood them.

  11. Re:So... dual license even if we don't mean it? on Bruce Perens Explains That 'GPL Is A Contract' Court Case (perens.com) · · Score: 2

    You maintain your copyright in either case, offering a single or dual license option. In case you decide to pursue legal action, yes you would be wise to officially offer a dual license. An infringing party being aware of your dual license and proceeding regardless sets a baseline for damages. A jury/judge would probably take into consideration other similar software options if you, say for example, tried to set licenses at $100 billion.

  12. Re:NSA will backdoor ANY browser tech on Chrome To Deprecate PNaCl, Embrace New WebAssembly Standard (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Insinuating that "Web" is a single platform to target when developing applications, that's amusing.

  13. Re:More vulnerabilities on Chrome To Deprecate PNaCl, Embrace New WebAssembly Standard (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Isn't it missing 3 oxygen atoms to be a chlorate?

  14. Put delivery robots on equal footing with pets on 'Our Streets Are Made For People': San Francisco Mulls Ban On Delivery Robots (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If they're as hazardous as pets, give them the same requirements. For example a leash, a license, and being accompanied by a human all have precedent. Put it to a vote and solve the issue rather than lamenting potential lost jobs.

  15. Re:The judge should have thrown out evidence... on EFF Sues FBI For Records About Paid Best Buy Geek Squad Informants (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    depends, what if you said there was a problem with the trunk latch and you wanted him to look at it?

    "Hi, my CD drive isn't working. Oh and while you're at it, can you take a look at my unallocated drive space?", said NO ONE EVER.

    "Hi, I accidentally deleted a large number of files and can't log into my machine any more. Oh and while you're at it, can you try to both recover the files and make my system usable again?", said lots of customers.

  16. Re:Make it such that 'Close Counts'! on US Interceptor Missile Successfully Intercepts Test ICBM, Says Pentagon (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Attach a horseshoe as well, just to be certain. Close is good enough in horseshoes, hand grenades, and nuclear arms.

  17. By going the prior 2 weeks without food, or having already exhausted bodily stores of food that would allow a human body to go 3 weeks without. While someone with fat reserves in their body could go 3 weeks without food, an already malnourished person cannot.

  18. Re:So glad I never use BA - (the Sucky Airline). on British Airways CEO Won't Resign, Says Outsourcing Not To Blame For IT Failure (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    I'll take the bait... Do you imagine that Ted is the good twin, or that they are identical evil twins?

  19. Have women do the compliance work to catch up with the ongoing demands. That way it will only cost $70,000.

  20. Re:Here's my definition of the web... on And Now, a Brief Definition of the Web (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Pre-Internet: < 1995, THE WEB, post-Internet: > 1995 </ 1995, THE WEB, post-Internet: >

    You left out the closing tag. This is the web after all.

  21. Suing over trivial and frivolous design patents is Apple's business model. Microsoft might be able to license the technology from them.

  22. Is this why WoW gets slower with every release?

    It's the reason all raid fights have to fit into a 30 second window now.

  23. dupeception on China Is On Track To Fully Phase Out Cash (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Experts believe it won't be long before China, the first country to introduce paper money, becomes the first to go totally cashless.

    Many experts believe it won't be long before China, the first country to introduce paper money, also becomes the first to phase it out to become fully cashless.

    You managed to dupe your own article within itself, is that a record?

  24. Re:When did the big bang happen though? on The Vatican Invites World's Leading Scientists To Discuss Cosmology (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Funny

    The best part is that God only created the universe so that He could fake the moon landing.