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  1. Re:hmmmm on House To Enact Anti-Spyware Law · · Score: 2, Interesting

    In contract law it is valid. In practice it is unenforceable on public policy grounds.

  2. Re:would this invalidate the GPL? on Euro Patent Restart Demand Repeated by Parliament · · Score: 1

    Copyrights do not apply to purely functional items.

    Patents fill this gap by giving limited protection to an invention.

    Business method & Software patents really hose all this thinking by allowing concepts to be patented rather than an implementation.

  3. Re:Yes, you've got a problem over there on Euro Patent Restart Demand Repeated by Parliament · · Score: 2, Informative

    The commission is the executive branch ... like the cabinet ... the parliament is the legislative branch.

  4. Re:Twats on Euro Patent Restart Demand Repeated by Parliament · · Score: 1

    The main power that the parliament has is to remove the commissioners from office and replace them. Something they should consider if the commission keeps ignoring them.

  5. Re:Even more scary.. on U.S. Kids Don't Understand First Amendment · · Score: 1

    I guess the police & fbi are a bunch of lefist/socialists for helping schools to enforce these rules then ?

  6. Re:This shouldn't be surprising... on U.S. Kids Don't Understand First Amendment · · Score: 1

    But that's the whole point ... the constitution is the people telling the government what it's limits are. It isn't a document telling the people what their rights are. It is stated that rights not granted to the government are reserved by people.

  7. Re:put yourself in thier shoes on U.S. Kids Don't Understand First Amendment · · Score: 1

    Defamation laws exist to prevent your exercise of your rights from denying somebody else theirs.

    Imagine if your local paper ran a story tomorrow saying you were a child molestor, you'd want something done about it, right ?

  8. Re:Tivo's popular because of non-technical people. on TiVo to Offer SDK · · Score: 1

    Thats about $77 in US Dollars .... the everything on it digital cable package here in the states is WAY more than that ... at least with Comcast anyway.

    I miss sky TV

  9. Re:Judging by other Bush Admin decisions... on Should Taxpayers Pay Twice For Weather Data? · · Score: 1
  10. Re:Mindbender question about lightspeed. on Blazing Speed: The Fastest Stuff In The Universe · · Score: 1

    Thats 186,000 miles per second not per hour.

  11. Re:Plant A Seed, Get sued... on Plant a Seed, Get Sued? · · Score: 1

    Maybe, maybe not.

    not in iraq anyway : http://www.grain.org/articles/?id=6

  12. Re:Size matters on Saturn V Preservation Efforts · · Score: 1

    They're not that close to us ... although they do visit occaisonally. There was a lot of excitement about the discovery of another moon orbiting earth last year (or maybe the year before)... until somebody realized that the spectral signature from the moon was identical to the white paint used on the apollo 3rd stages.

  13. Re:A unique and amazing ecoregion - WRONG. on Countries Plan Land Rush in Warming Arctic · · Score: 1

    I don't think the difference in density is as great as you are suggesting.

  14. Re:"I'm not sure why so many were used this month" on Laser Painting Could Lead to 25-Year Prison Term · · Score: 1

    That requires intent to be reckless ... seriously.

  15. Re:Only 25 years? on Laser Painting Could Lead to 25-Year Prison Term · · Score: 1

    Actually the constitution applies to anybody in the united states, it's terrotories, or even in the custody of it's government.

  16. Re:monitor for damage as the shuttle ascends... on New Shuttle Fuel Tanks Ready · · Score: 1

    The procedure for the return to launch site abort mode scares the hell out of me ... essentially the shuttle would be turned such that is was facing up range while still being carried downrange by momentum, the main engines would then be used to slow the craft before shutting down the engines dumping the fuel tank and gliding back to the landing strip at the cape.

    It would be quite a sight to see i'm sure.

  17. Re:Wikipedia on The Coming Atlantic Mega-Tsunami · · Score: 1

    ice shouldn't displace more that it's mass in water ... unless there is some physical barrier preventing it from floating.

  18. Re:Legality? on Green Security Clearance Laser Pistol Available · · Score: 1

    Another rocket hobbyist?

  19. Re:But is there any tolerance for error? on Boeing Successfully Launches Mammoth Delta-4 Heavy · · Score: 1

    Ok ... lets wait for the report and see what happened.

    Usually there are few reasons for premature / uncommanded engine shutdown ... either a failure in fuel / oxidiser supply or a failure of the combustion chamber itself.

    My post referred to an earlier boeing mishap report about another delta rocket which experienced uncommanded engine shutdown after the coast phase of the flight.

    It turned out that the entire third stage of the rocket had exploded.

  20. Re:But is there any tolerance for error? on Boeing Successfully Launches Mammoth Delta-4 Heavy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Premature shutdown of an engine is usually a polite way of saying it exploded.

  21. Re:Wow... on Arrests Made Near D.C. Over Modded Game Consoles · · Score: 4, Funny

    I actually heard of a cop threatening an "Attempted involuntary manslaughter" charge once ... give you a headache just thinking about it.

  22. Re:You're wrong. on Valve Cracks Down on 20,000 Users · · Score: 1

    Sorry that's not true.

    Selling a defective product constitutes breach of contract by the seller. Remedies for breach of contract in this case include a refund & payment of damages to the customer.

    An "all sales are final" notice just means that non-defective items can't be returned.

  23. Re:You're wrong. on Valve Cracks Down on 20,000 Users · · Score: 1

    Stealing is taking something with the intent to permanently deprive the rightful owner of it.

  24. Re:Sirius... on XM to Launch Satellite Radio Handheld? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually it appears that $100 million is for programming 3 24/7 channels on Sirius rather than just bringing his morning show.

  25. Re:I don't get it... on Stern Will Jump To Sirius In 2006 · · Score: 1

    It was from the FCC.

    Clear channel had no rights to fine stern or terminate his contract because of the shows content. You can view the contract at : http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0722041stern1 .html