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  1. Obligatory google search. . . on ESA's Beagle 2 Hits Signal Snag · · Score: 1
    Bet no-one's ever thought of saying THAT before.

    Sorry. The Beagle has landed

  2. Re:Exactly what constitutes a SCO customer on Culture Clash: SCO, OpenLinux, Linus And The GPL · · Score: 1
    This is why they have to keep making new clarifications of their position every day. As they turn in one direction they begin to come too close to the danger on one side, then when they turn back they come too close to the danger on the other.

    This is the best description/analogy I've heard of for this whole mess. It makes you wonder if there goal is anything but pump and dump.

    The one thing they do seem to understand is that they need to keep this all as talk. Each legal action they take might brings them closer to the fall, so they are streching those out as far a possible.

  3. Re:Original LWN discussion on SCO Protest And Anti-Protest In Provo · · Score: 1
    What ever happened to professionalism?

    I'm pretty sure they left the company years ago.

  4. Re:Whoop deedoo on Website Posts Partial SSNs of Politicians in Protest · · Score: 1
    It's bothered me for years that the credit bureaus are protected from liability for wrong data, so I find your story hard to believe. I'm not saying I know it's wrong, but it doesn't agree with what I know about the industry. According to the fair creadit reporting act, they only have to make a good faith effort to report data given to them and they can't be sued.

    I tried really hard to find a link that supported or contradicted your story, but I failed.

  5. Re:What does the NDA encompass? on My Visit to SCO · · Score: 1, Interesting

    We need someone to ask to sign the NDA, but refuse to sign it after reading it.

  6. Space Dual on Two Players, One Console, Cooperative Play? · · Score: 1

    Sorry, it's not a console game but a classic arcade game. It's my favorate cooperative game. Think two player astroids in color, with the two ships tied together. I doubt you can find it in the arcade anymore and I wouldn't suggest doing anything, uhmameuh, illegal.

  7. Re:It's Easy on USB 1.1 Renumbered To USB 2? · · Score: 1
    Sorry, I guess I missed your mistake. There already was a USB 2.0 when they renamed 1.1. So there was a "corresponding system with the same name and version number already in existence when they changed the numbering scheme", but only for USB.

    Sorry, normally people complain I'm to litteral and anal, I guess I'm not as bad as people think. :-)

  8. Re:It's Easy on USB 1.1 Renumbered To USB 2? · · Score: 1
    What are you talking about? There wasn't a Java 2.0 when they renamed 1.2. There's no confusion (or fraud) here. It's not like Sun made a better Java 2.0. I don't care if they rename USB 1.1 into 1.999+. The problem is that 2.0 already existed and is far better than 1.1 and now they are calling worthless 1.1 products 2.0.

    It seems to me you've totally missed the point.

  9. Re:What's the justification? on USB 1.1 Renumbered To USB 2? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There's no requirement that companies sell "USB 1.1" products as "USB 2 Full Speed". I say pay close attention to which companies think that confusing customers is acceptable. My quick search finds a number of scanner makers using this trick.

  10. Blood! on Microsoft Files 15 Lawsuits Against Spammers · · Score: 1

    We root for blood. Blood from both sides. Lots and lots of blood. Huge legal fees, vindictive subpoenas, fines, appeals, injunctions, and contempt of court! I want legal blood spilled!!!!!

  11. Re:One More TIme... on Microsoft Files 15 Lawsuits Against Spammers · · Score: 2, Informative
    I can decode the headers, but I normally let spamcop do it. The trend changes every few months, but right now most of my spam comes from unsecured cable modems. Over 90% of the websites advertised are under one ISP in China (shaidc.com/online.sh.cn). Shaidc has been the big player for almost a month now.

    Before that it was chinanet.com.net (or some other stupid variation). They stopped about two weeks after Sprint started asking for copies of the spams. Thank you Sprint.

  12. Open Government, Please on Oyez.Org Releases Supreme Court MP3 Archives · · Score: 3, Insightful
    It drives me crazy that the highest court in the land is afraid to let the American public see what's really happening. I can't fly out to Washington every time there's a court case, yet they think allowing the public in the room is good enough. Reporters taking notes on paper and people drawing pictures in 2003 is silly. They even admit they don't trust the public to understand what's really happening. Too bad TV/radio didn't exist when the constitution was written.

    I'm very glad to see that some kind of recording is made and may be released someday.

  13. Re:Apple is just too small a player in wireless on Wireless LAN Equipment Shipments Up · · Score: 3, Informative
    Plus Apple doesn't make their own wireless gear. They OEM it from others. Lucent at one point.

    Lucent changed to Orinoco and now Proxim, which surprise surprise is on the list.

    BTW, these Orinoco/Proxim cards are some of the best. Great range, good drivers (wardriving patches) and an external connector for even better range.

  14. Re:Who are we cheering for? on IBM Doesn't Comply With SCO's Deadline · · Score: 1
    There are a couple more important points related to the fact that SCO and IBM had a contract. It was more than an NDA. They've talked some about trade secrets and other IP, but they've never been specific.

    Also, points 3 and 4 have nothing to do with "this case", but as you say, only have to do with SCO suing Linux end-users.

  15. Re:I crush you... on Non-Spherical Stars · · Score: 2, Funny
  16. Re:What about false positives? on Handheld Scanner to Detect Cancer · · Score: 4, Informative

    The article in New Scientist has some more details, but still no information on false positives.

  17. What about false positives? on Handheld Scanner to Detect Cancer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    93% sounds great. Even the 66% for breast cancer is amazing. What the article doesn't mention is false positives. I could identify 100% of all cancers if you let me have unlimited false positives.

  18. Re:Secretly investigate? on FTC Wants Secret Spam Investigation Powers · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does sending an e-mail to "remove@hotmail.com" or whatever fake address is included in the spam count as a good faith effort for notification?

  19. Re:Fraud is common on Confronting Address Space Hijackers · · Score: 1

    If he is anything like other spammers we've heard from, he probably thinks it's moral for him to do this. It's the people blocking him he blames.

  20. Re:Software fix? on Landsat 7 Satellite Might Be Dead · · Score: 2, Informative
    I thought that's what I said, but I guess not. If you look at the picture I linked, you'll see what the data might look like with the SLC off. If you only used every other scan, you'd have parallel scans. The entire image would be at a lower resolution and the scan lines would not be orthogonal to the path of flight, but it might be better then nothing. I work with data far less regular than this (airborne LIDAR). The images we use from satellites always get resampled to fit our map projections anyway. I don't see this as any different.

    Of course I don't know how Landsat 7's SLC works, or how it's broken. If they can't predict what the SLC is doing, then it's worthless to try to fix it in software.

    I think you're wrong about the shuttle. I did some searches and Landsat 7 is orbiting at 438 miles. The shuttle's safe limit is 300 miles (design is 600 miles).

  21. Software fix? on Landsat 7 Satellite Might Be Dead · · Score: 3, Interesting
    It looks to me like software fix would be possible, but the quality will be reduced. From this page it looks like a broken SLC would reduce the resolution of the image.

    The images must not look too bad, since it took them over a week to notice the problem.

  22. Re:Jesus Christ... on Have Humans Come Close To Extinction? · · Score: 2, Informative
    I don't know why this story was news. I've known it since college.

    Anyway, farts is the problem, but indirectly. If you are lactose intolerant, you're body can't break down lactose, so you get few calories from it. The energy is wasted on fart generating bacteria.

    Hey, I never knew you could watch a post drop each time you hit preview!

  23. Re:And this is a problem ... why, exactly? on Why Johnny Can't Handwrite · · Score: 1
    Atinlay isay oingday inefay.

    Opps. Wrong latin.

  24. Re:Use it? on Game Boy Advance SP Sells 1.1 Million in U.S. · · Score: 1
    I still can't see mine even with a lamp. The problem is either the lamp glares or it doesn't light the screen. Of course, I can move the glare around as needed, so I can still play most games, but it's not much fun. This is very different from my GBC which has a much larger sweet spot and was playable under most lighting.

    I did work with my skilz, but I reallized I'd need something like a right hand circular polarized filter to install a backlight. I never got around to ordering samples.

  25. Re:I'm almost thinking it's a hose... on Nano-coating To Make Implants MRI Safe · · Score: 1
    I did some searching and I think I found a patent for this. From a quick read, it looks like the nano-coating is only for blocking magnetic fields. The Biophan's website talks about "Carbon-composite coatings". These might be for RF shielding.

    The website is pretty weak on details and the New Scientist article doesn't make sence.