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  1. Re:Icann's motto... on EU Claims Internet Could Fall Apart Next Month · · Score: 1

    Doesn't seem like the owners of i.root-servers.net think it belongs to ICANN : http://i.root-servers.org/

  2. Re:Fall Apart? on EU Claims Internet Could Fall Apart Next Month · · Score: 1

    The falling apart probably comes about when the EU countries stop paying the $0.20 per domain name ransom to ICANN and ICANN follows through on it's threat to drop the CC TLDs from the ICANN root.

  3. Re:Icann's motto... on EU Claims Internet Could Fall Apart Next Month · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It may be fun to think of the UN as some crazy foreign power ... but the USA is one of the original founding members of the UN (Britain, China, France, Russia & the USA).

  4. Re:Icann's motto... on EU Claims Internet Could Fall Apart Next Month · · Score: 1

    One complaint that was voiced in the past has been the level of fees charged by ICANN for CC TLDs .. if you don't pay ICANN your TLD gets dropped from the root. Why would a country pay ICANN for their CC TLD ?

  5. Re:More than I'll ever use? on 200gb Hack for iPod Nano · · Score: 1

    I still remember my 32MB hard disk.

  6. Re:sounds like a great idea on Splashpower Boasts Wireless Power · · Score: 1

    My ipod has a hard drive.

  7. Heat shielding on 20,000 Show up for X-Prize Expo · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There's also the heat issue ... the reason things re-entering the atmosphere get hot is because orbital velocities and atmopspheric friction don't go well together.

  8. Starchaser blew up on 20,000 Show up for X-Prize Expo · · Score: 3, Funny

    There's a surprise ... pretty much an every time occurance for them.

  9. Re:Introductory sentence on Another Victim Countersues RIAA Under RICO Act · · Score: 1

    Copyright is automatically granted to the writer of a work. It does not have to be applied for. Your example is one where your friend would be legally in the wrong for stealing your work but you can't necessarily prove that it's your work.

    You may be thinking of copyright registration, the difference between registered and unregistered copyrights is that to receive damages for infringement of an unregistered work you have to prove the amount of money it has cost you (or how much the infringer profited). Infringement of a registered work carries a statutory damages amount per copy that you are entitled to demand, this is usually many times the likely actual damages.

  10. Could this be the solution on Apple to Replace Faulty Nano Screen · · Score: 1

    I have no connection with this company, they were just the first google hit when I searched on polishing out scratches in polycarbonate.

  11. Re:A Few Comments on Euro-Russian Manned Space Vehicle Planned · · Score: 1

    from wikipedia :

    "Currently the most powerful expendable launch system of the U.S.A. is the Titan IV with a thrust of approximately 17 MN, and a lift capacity of 21,700 kg to LEO and 5,800 kg to a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) (thus being much weaker than the Saturn V). The European Ariane 5 performs significantly better with the newest versions Ariane 5 ECA delivering up to 12,000 kg to GTO. The Delta 4 Heavy, which launched a dummy satellite on December 21, 2004, has a capacity of 13,100 kg to geosynchronous transfer orbit. It is the most powerful rocket in operation. And, lastly, the Atlas V rocket delivers up to 25,000 kg to LEO and 13,605 kg to GTO."

  12. Re:Brain Dump on Old News on Euro-Russian Manned Space Vehicle Planned · · Score: 1

    What about Delta-V required to achieve the return flight ?

  13. Re:What would happen if the RIAA won? on RIAA Suit Rejected With Prejudice · · Score: 1

    I civil judgment is a debt, debts cannot be enforced against a minor or the minor's parents.

  14. Re:invitation only? on Yahoo! Mail Superior to Gmail ? · · Score: 1

    If you had an email address I would send you an invitation.

  15. Re:if they're drm'ed, they're NOT CD's! on Playing CDs a Privilege Not A Right · · Score: 1

    Very true ... but so far the labels are not using the Compact Disc trademarks on the DRM protected discs.

  16. Re:if they're drm'ed, they're NOT CD's! on Playing CDs a Privilege Not A Right · · Score: 1

    huh ?

    Philips told the record companies not to use the Compact disc trademarks in connection with DRMed discs as far as I know they have complied ... so much for impotent ... Philips can't sue them for making not quite CD's because the patents on CDs have expired or will very soon.

    I don't know where the MPAA fits into all this seeing as their job is motion pictures, but as an aside the electronics industry is many many times the size of the movie industry.

  17. Re:if they're drm'ed, they're NOT CD's! on Playing CDs a Privilege Not A Right · · Score: 3, Informative

    you will notice that DRMed discs ... do not have the "Compact Disc - Digital Audio" logo anywhere on them or the packaging. CD players are not guaranteed to play them.

  18. Re:That's nice... on GBA SP Updated with Brighter Backlit Screen · · Score: 1

    The GBA SP screen breaks from just being looked at funny. The original GBA seems a lot tougher.

  19. Re:my.mp3.com on Google Responds to Authors Guild Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    Copying without distribution is not any kind of infringement that I've ever heard action being taken on. Even the RIAA won't sue you for copying CD's to your computer.

  20. Re:This is no different... on Google Responds to Authors Guild Lawsuit · · Score: 2, Informative

    But they're not going to be distributing the text of the book ... just allowing you to find out which books contain the terms you're looking for, along with a brief excerpt like they do for websites.

  21. Re:I call BS... But the room number is bad enough! on What's On Your Hotel Keycard · · Score: 1

    How is the lock powered ?

  22. Re:Music servers on The Chumbawamba Factor · · Score: 1

    They could be mislabeling too ... during the napster case, there was a lot of talk about misrepresentation of copyrights because the labels claimed ownership of works that they'd licensed. Some bands even went as far as to demand that labels allow their music to be downloaded on napster because as artists they had not granted online distribution rights to the labels and therefore retained that right themselves.

  23. Re:Music servers on The Chumbawamba Factor · · Score: 1

    Maybe I just buy music from bands who won't sell their copyrights then.

    Although ... if the labels had bought the copyrights ... why did they try to get congress to assign them ownership of the rights a few years ago.

  24. Re:Music servers on The Chumbawamba Factor · · Score: 1

    oh no ... you bought into the BS The record co is not the copyright holder usually. They're just a licensee ... check a copyright notice on a CD. Says something like "Copyright 2005 Band Name here. Published by very big music corporation".

  25. Re:Doom and Gloom on Global Warming Past The Point of No Return · · Score: 1

    I may be wrong ... but I believe there are some early maps of the land under the poles, that turned out to be suprisingly accurate comapared to ones using technology to "look through" the ice.