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  1. Re:You mean NASA is going to follow the law? on NASA May Have to Buy Trips to Space · · Score: 1

    Here's a thing - google "united space alliance" - basically it's boeing and lockheed - their logo even incorporates a space shuttle - Nasa may run mission control but United Space Alliance is the one services and prepping the thing.

  2. Re:This isn't so strange on NASA May Have to Buy Trips to Space · · Score: 1

    Boeing and Lockheed operate the shuttle too.

  3. Re:Cost Effective? on NASA May Have to Buy Trips to Space · · Score: 1

    That describes almost exactly the way NASA works - if you think the space shuttle is too expensive to run, then blame boeing and lockheed who operate it on behalf of NASA.

  4. Re:It ok'd the WARRANTLESS use of GPS on Court Rules GPS Tracking Legal For Law Officers · · Score: 1

    Even if it's ok to track somebody without a warrant, how can they install something in your car without one ?

    As far as I can tell it would be hard to make a hang on magnet type device that could receive a signal from the underside of the car, therefore I'm thinking the actual installation must have been something invasive that should have required a warrant.

  5. Re:Police don't have "rights" on Court Rules GPS Tracking Legal For Law Officers · · Score: 1

    we do ?

  6. Re:Another Misleading Article Title on Dance Copyright Enforced by DMCA · · Score: 3, Informative

    The difference between registered and unregistered works is that statutory damages are available for registered works without having to prove actual damages. For infringements of unregistered works you are still entitlted to damages but only in an amount that you can actually prove.

  7. Re:abuse of moderation on Bill Gates Brags About Vista, Reacts to Apple's Latest Ads · · Score: 1

    If that's troll then what is flamebait ? :-)

  8. Re:They're asking for patented ones... on Become the Fifth Space Tourist · · Score: 1

    It's a shame, really, that they're limiting the competition to UK citizens.

    At least by doing that they don't run the risk of being thrown into jail for violating some obscure US law.

  9. Re:How could this be practical? on Transistor Made From Bose-Einstein Condensate · · Score: 1

    The use of the word degree is probably more redundant than it is incorrect.

  10. Re:Apple get the terminology WRONG!!! on Apple Mac/PC Ads With a UK Twist · · Score: 1

    Even if you accept that MAC is a subset of PC there's no harm in differentiating the MAC from other PCs in this way. Remember the adds for a CDMA phone provider something about "The clear alternative to cellular" - CDMA is just another cellular protocol not an alternative at all.

  11. Re:Apple get the terminology WRONG!!! on Apple Mac/PC Ads With a UK Twist · · Score: 1

    And you SUV won't stand up to being blown out of a volcano or driven underwater either - but there's a difference between marketing fluff and outright fraud. The apple commercials are clearly the former.

  12. Re:Fair enough -- as long as they follow the rules on 'Full-Pipe' FBI Internet Monitoring Questionably Legal · · Score: 1

    should have previewed ... lost some of my parameters to tcodump - but the point is still the same.

  13. Re:Fair enough -- as long as they follow the rules on 'Full-Pipe' FBI Internet Monitoring Questionably Legal · · Score: 1

    They don't have "tcpdump -w " ?

    Maybe they shouldn't run an ISP on windows then.

  14. Re:Talk to the person who offered the package on Dealing w/ Relocation Package Bait and Switch? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Without a labor lawyer this gets complicated. Generally you are also protected from being fired for excercising any rights given to you by state law. In particular the right to be paid as agreed for the work you do.

  15. Re:hmm on New Ice Age Theory · · Score: 1

    Really, I thought the ozone layer was caused by interaction between upper atmospheric oxygen and solar radiation.

  16. Re:Models, Theories & Proof on New Ice Age Theory · · Score: 1

    Yes we are - I think it was mentioned in the fall.

  17. Re:Really? on Scientists Unveil Most Dense Memory Circuit Ever Made · · Score: 1

    To quote king george "Nothing important happened today". Of course he didn't have the benefit of instant communication :-)

  18. Re:Don't they want string theory to succeed? on String Theory Put to the Test · · Score: 2, Informative

    That's what experiments are for, you disprove a current theory and then start work on the new theory that fits the observations from the experiment.

  19. Backwards on US Attorney General Questions Habeas Corpus · · Score: 1

    He's reading the constitution backwards. It is not a list of rights granted to the people, but rather a limited list of powers granted to the government by the people. The bill of rights further limits those powers.

  20. Re:This is just a negotiating tactic on XM+MP3 Going to Trial · · Score: 1

    Isn't radio subject to a compulsory license anyway ... ie the library of congress sets the royalty rate. Or is that just "free" radio ?

  21. Re:Not US Citizens... on FBI Arrests Neteller Execs · · Score: 1

    This is headline grabbing by a prosecutor that's all.

    They filed a bogus indictment under a statute that plainly doesn't apply to the conduct in question - why do I say this ? because they had another statute passed last year to make this kind of conduct illegal which doesn't take effect for like 180 more days. Trouble is it takes about 2 years for the system to figure out that the indictment is bogus.

    Until they make filing totally bogus indictments a crime with jail time this kind of thing will continue.

  22. Re:risk? on New Rocket Engine Successfully Tested · · Score: 4, Informative

    Do I have to be the first to point out that methane doesn't have a smell. This is the natural gas that gets piped into peoples homes - the smell is added so you can detect leaks.

  23. Re:So I Guess the Verdict Is In on Global Warming Exposes New Islands in the Arctic · · Score: 1

    Yes and now the mistake is thinking that the earth is 3 dimensional.

  24. Re:Somebody need to go to jail on Cisco Lost Rights to iPhone Trademark Last Year? · · Score: 1

    Here's a thing - If you hear of a widget named iWidget - who immediately comes to mind as the maker of said iWidget ?

    That's what counts in trademark law.

    Cisco has made no effort to build up any brand around the iPhone trademark. There's a product that came out a couple of weeks ago after the registration was expired. Thats it.

    If they were serious about building a brand image, anybody who referred to an apple iPhone in the press should have received a letter from Cisco's lawyers explaining that iPhone is a Cisco product and the mark should not be connected with any other company's product. Xerox has a massive department just to do this.

    Apple on the other hand has put a lot of effort into marketing the iWidget brand.

  25. Re:Plot revealed... on Shatner Leaks Trek XI Details · · Score: 2, Funny

    And random 20 minutes chunks of the movie will be repeated before major scenes so the movie will be nearly 4 hours long with only 80 minutes of storyline.