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  1. Re:Perfect, fools working to our benefit on FBI Anti-Piracy Seal · · Score: 1

    I don't see anything in the announcement exempting, say, Linux distributions or independent record labels from the requirment to display the seal and warning text.

  2. Re:Learn how to Learn Your Trade in College on System Administrators - College or Career? · · Score: 1

    Einstein didn't finish high school but he later
    made up the work, and completed a degree at the
    Swiss Federal Institute of Technology before doing
    the work he's known for.

  3. Re:maybe you're confused? on Dual 1Ghz G4 PowerMac With Extra Yummy · · Score: 1

    No need to buy used -- Apple hasn't discontinued the
    CRT-based iMac, which starts at $699 for schools.

  4. Re:Dr. John Post at the University of Arkansas on Slashback: SmoothWall, Gopher, Be · · Score: 1

    For what it's worth, there is a Dr. John Post
    recently hired as an Assistant Professor of
    Electrical Engineering at Arkanasas Tech.

  5. Re:Just buy a sunblade 100? HELL NO on No Solaris 9 for x86 · · Score: 1

    The Netra E1 is a PCI expansion chassis, not a computer.

    The Sun Fire servers don't have a built-in network interface unless you count the one on the system controller, but you can't buy them without a bundled network card.

  6. Re:Octave on Open Source Symbolic Math Program? · · Score: 1

    But the symbolic toolbox is just an encapsulated
    version of Maple, and not very well integrated.
    If your primary goal is symbolic math, MATLAB is
    still a silly choice.

    Not that it's not very very good at its main purposes.

  7. Re:Specially customized content = *BAD* on Another Software Spy · · Score: 1

    Fox, ironically enough, seems to use JavaScript to check your browser version. So, while Netscape 4.something for Linux doesn't work, I might be able to view their site with a sufficiently old version.

  8. Re:Does Microsoft have the cash? on First Class Action Suit for Microsoft · · Score: 1

    You're right of course. I still have some doubts. Haven't bundled sales been allegedly non-mandatory since that consent decree a few year back? I could imagine that MS might be protected because they've already reached an agreement on a similar/overlapping matter. I am not a lawyer, of course.

  9. Re:Does Microsoft have the cash? on First Class Action Suit for Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Even if they lose the suit, it's only the retail copies they'd have to pay for. Not insignificant, but I doubt it would break the bank.

    It is worth noting that Windows 98 sells for around $180, while MacOS 9 sells for $85. Of course, upgrade versions are generally cheaper, and retail versions of MacOS are probably only used on machines that came with an older version of MacOS, but...

  10. Re:.mp3 ,VCR It's all the same (long-winded versio on Easy MP3 Distribution · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't it have been easier just to take the darn CD to your friend's house once, and make an exact copy there?

    By the way, I recall that there were lawsuits by TV networks against makers of early VCRs. But that was quite a while ago, so I'm not sure.