Well, at the beginning George Lucas planned a Triologie of Triologies (and, for some odd reason started with the 2nd Triologie... oh well)
But since Starwars 1 & 2 was met with rather lukewarm reception, he decided to call off the 3rd Triologie (for now)
Not quite.
If the decision stays unchallenged (like in all good juristic systems there is a way to challange the verdict of the court a few times) it will become a example-case in Germany.
Other courts in Germany will probably follow its verdict in similar cases (but are not legally bound to), courts in other EU countries have to deal with other law texts and will probably have to create their own "example" case.
When I read the story I thought "what the heck".
I can understand that Google offers an e-mail account with a 1GB storage (it was a great publicity deal, and the Google founders were - and probably are still - at least partly geeks.
But now honestly speaking, I agree that ~2MB is too small, ~10MB sound ok for users that don't get many attachments, ~50MB are good, ~100MB are comfortable for almost everyone, BUT what are you going to do with 250MB+ of e-mail storage space (well, except illegal activities or storing Pr0n - "honey, I just gotta check my e-mail" er... )?
I think its great that many providers upgrade from they measly space allocations (2MB at hotmail, 6MB at Yahoo etc.) but I fear many will overdo it, just to make sure they don't "lose out" to Google's Gmail, and have to face the consquences sooner or later (reducting storage again -> public backlash, not reducing -> being exploitet by "power users")
The Internet Connection Firewall is now enabled by default, which should improve security for SOHO users. However, in a corporate environment it could cause problems for users trying to connect to network resources. The firewall will also now activate much earlier in the boot cycle, even before the network stack is enabled. On shutdown, it will now remain active until after the stack is disabled.
A smart start in my eyes - even though network admins might curse until the properly set up all PCs, John Doe is probably safer now.
The Messenger service is now disabled by default.
Praise the Lord, another evil gone (or at least disabled by default)
A pop-up ad blocker has been turned on by default.
Hmmm... probably useful, but as long Internet-"Security Hole"-Explorer is still default, with Active-Security Breach, er.. Active-X turned on it won't help much...
A unified security application called the Windows Security Center has been added (for more information on this feature, see this News.com article). It is supposed to bring all of the most basic security configuration information into one easy-to-manage place that will show whether your firewall is enabled, if your antivirus software is working, and if you have the latest software updates installed.
Again something good for John Doe, though I don't feel comfortable for MS checking out my PC
NX support is added to Windows XP. NX (no execute) will allow NX-enabled CPUs to mark certain areas of memory as non-executable; that is, any code pushed into those areas (perhaps by malware such as Blaster or other viruses) will just sit there, unable to run and therefore will be rendered harmless. This will harden the OS against the notorious buffer overrun threats. NX is currently only supported for AMD?s K8 and Intel?s Itanium processors, but 32- and 64-bit support for this important security feature is expected in most future processor releases.
Probably a good thing, fixing some of the oldest exploits in programming, but with Palladium sneaking round the same corner I have a not that good feeling
DCOM (the Distributed Component Object Model) gets a new set of restrictions in the form of an access control list for nearly every action of any COM server. There will also be a more detailed set of COM permissions, which will allow administrators to fine-tune COM permission policies.
Sounds reasonable
There is improved port management. It will no longer be up to the application to close ports after it is finished. Before, if a developer left out the closing routine or the application crashed, a port could remain open and leave XP open to attack. SP2 encourages port management with an application white list that only a user with administrator privileges can alter. Placing an application (such as a peer-to-peer program) on the white list causes ports to be managed automatically. Such applications can also now be run as a regular user rather than needing local administrator privileges to open ports in ICF.
As with the other Firewall changes, a sensible thing.
New RPC restrictions help tighten communications. The XP SP2 changes in this area let administrators fine-tune RPC services. This granular control over RPC will allow you to specify that a port be used for RPC even if the application is not on the white list. There are a lot of changes for RPC, including a new RestrictRemoteClients registry key that by default blocks most, but not all, remote anonymous access to RPC interfaces on the system. The RPC interface restriction will require an RPC caller to perform authentication, which makes it much more difficult to attack an interface, and helps mitigate against Trojan attacks.
Good... I guess...
All in all, what are the disadvantages?
Some hassle for Sysadmins till they get the settings right, some compatibility trouble with programs that have dynamic code, but all in all a big plus for security.
Seems good to me
I think Germany has found a pretty much acceptable way:
You are required to carry your driver's license while driving (duh) - it acts as an ID too (contains a picture of you, your adress etc.)
Also its recommended that you carry your ID (Personalausweis) but not absolutely required.
They can ask you for your ID if they think you did something wrong/committet a crime (shoplifting, whatever) or are a (imporant) wittness for a crime or routine checks while driving (usually only for trucks) - if you cannot provide an ID then you will be taken to a police station where your identity will be confirmed (pretty logical, otherwise we'd have alot of "John Smiths" here who just had forgotten their ID while being criminally active)
The only other time you will be asked for ID is near the border, where (since the normal border checks were no longer used) police will randomly stop cars (where randomly usually means, looking somehow suspicious) to check for illegal aliens, wanted criminals etc.
And of course there are the ever popular "suprise" checks near the border to the Netherlands, looking for illegal drugs (lots of drugs are smuggeled in this way)
Sadly there is only one thing that can safe the Star Trek universe (and thus the Franchise):
a COMPLETE rehaul
By now there are hundreds (thousands?) of methods to solve impossible sitations, just by reversing the polarity of something (and yet these methods will only be used ONCE, no matter how benificial the effects are - probably some big company instantly gets the patents once the crew uses them once - I blame the Ferengi)
There are paradoxes and plotholes large enough to dump an entire series in, to never be seen again (Enterprise would be my favorite here...) and if I see one more pointless time travel...
The universe needs a complete overhaul, remove all the horrible glitches from the official Canon (as far as possible) and then start with a clean plate. (e.g. the Borg - if you HAVE to have a Borg "Queen" - how about having the Queen just be an avatar of the Collective will? Make her less bitchy and more emotionless like the Borg used to be and most of the fans would no longer be out to stake you)
And honestly, I think Michael Straczynski and Bryce Zabel might be able to do that.
I know, probably they will only create another ST Series - but hey, one can dream, right? (and still, even if they "only" create another series - at least its gonna be less sucky that Enterprise)
Also, many Japanese publishers (espically the giants) are not turning "a blind eye" but are looking into whatever legal angles they have available in this country and abroad to bring scanlation to an end.
Well, if they want the scanlations to be stopped they just would have to ask.
Look at the links I put in my post.
TW scanlated Naruto & Hikaru No Go, they got licensed and TW stopped scanlating them.
SnoopyCool also stopped hosting certain mangas after being asked to (yes, hosting - they are still working on scanlating the manga - because the publish really only asked to stop hosting the manga, and not stopping the scanlation, weird but true.)
You see, if the publishers or artists really would mind they could get the honorable groups to stop.
Also I don't quite understand your argumentation: If I were a publisher and found a manga that has a HUGE scanlation fanbase, I'd think the following: Lots of people already like the manga. They are only a fraction (33%?)of all the people the might like the manga -> If I bring it over, and sell it I still will make a big profit even if the scanlation people don't buy any of the manga (which is unlikely)
In fact the CSU has total Majority (>50%) in the Bavarian Parliment.
They have the majority in many (most) cities(towns/villages), Munich being, ironically, the big exception.
This is primarily due the fact that people vote primarily for "political parties" during state-wide elections, and during city council elections they vote for "people". So one charismatic (or proven) candidate can totally change the outcome.
And regarding why the Munich CSU says "no" to Linux - cuz the SPD (which is the ruling party in Munich) says "yes".
CDU/CSU & SPD are eternal enemies - if one of them says something you can be sure that the other one opposes it, sad but true...
This sort of breathless fanboy tripe, that deliberately tries to blur the lines between legitimate activites (Free Software/Open Source) and illegitimate activities (scanlation) doesn't deserve space on/.'s front page. *snip*
Ok, I see two possibilities there:
1) You really don't like manga - if so, noone is forcing you to read it. Still no need to trash and flame.
2) You are trying to troll/flaimbait here.
My guess is #2
Scanlations actually act for Mangas, just like Fansubs for Animes, as a launchpad for Licensation.
I severely doubt that Naruto or Hikaru No Go would have become licensed, if they didn't already have such an big fanbase in English speaking countries - they might have disappeared into obscurity outside Japan instead.
The IP theft issue is not a real problem here - the artists like when their manga gets scanlated (after all, it shows how much it is liked). The publishing companies turn a blind eye to the scanlation groups, as they have nothing to loose (non-japanese Speakers wouldn't buy the manga anyways) but alot to gain (Getting alot of US fans = good chance that the manga gets licensed for the US) and most of the high-quality groups honor the request to stop scanlating licensed manga.
Finally, here are a few intresting links to Scanlation Pages for those that got interested in Manga: Toriyama's World produced high-quality Hikaru No Go and Naruto Scanlations until they got licensed, now offers e.g. Hunter X Hunter Snoopy Cool offers alot of intresting Scanlations, like Yakitate!! Japan - a manga about beaking bread(?!) and many others.
Enjoy
The Root DNS servers are kept up-to-date.
But they don't supply subdomain DNS services (www.google.com), only TLD DNS services (google.com)
Otherwise the rootservers would be overwhelmed with the amount of data they would have to handle.
If you look for e.g. www.google.com, first you lookup the.com part, for IP of the responsible DNS server. This server you query regarding the IP the google.com server (and the DNS server responsible for google.com).
Then you ask the google.com DNS server for the www.google.com IP adress.
Unfortunately that last server is not responding, so you get stuck. But luckily, in this case, the google.com IP adress (recieved from the DNS server for.com adresses) points to a working google server and you can use that one instead.
The problem, as I understand it, is that Yahoo, Google & co. "outsourced" their DNS service.
I could have accepted that medium-big sized IT companies don't want to run their own DNS servers, but giants Google & co. should have enough money to do so instead of relying on servers located somewhere else.
Funnily enough www.google.com still works for me (thanks to DNS caching I guess)
Hmmmm.....
Is that the "Binky, the happy Paperclip"-free version of Office 2003?
If so... nah... maybe I could have given Office and Encarta as a "present" for a cousin of mine (no internet access -> no danger:p ), but the other stuff would have to go into toxic waste disposal, and ya all know how expensive that is nowadays.
I saw an report on this on TV
The totally amazing thing was that the dog could not only learn new Words rather fast, but also pick up an Toy he had not known in the past.
How it worked?
He knew all the other toys, and was smart enough (after being told "No" one, two times, when he reached a false one) that he was supposed to pick up a toy with a name he could not associate. Ruling out all Toys he knew he went to the new Toy - which is the same thing 3 year olds can do.
I dunno if that was supposed to be funny, sarcastic, or possible a trolling attempt (though I give you the benifit of doubt, and select no. 2)
Let me tell you why Redundancy is a good thing:
It reduces the (critical) importance of the single system and allows for back-up in case of failures.
What is bad about Redundancy is that is costs, possibly wastes, alot of money.
But still I fail to see why you think this is bad - basically this system gives people the choice between GPS and Galileo, with the distinction that the former is controlled by the US and the latter by the EU + other countries - and I can't see where offering this choice is a bad thing.
So, you'd not need to drink the full 100 cups to speed up to hyper-fast (making the rest of the world going in slow-mo in coparison to you)?
Great! My bladder thanks you:)
Kazaa had Google remove several links to Kazaa Lite pages, and not long ago Scientology tried the same against a Scientology-critical site.
While some here cheer that Google put a reference to the the Kazaa Lite pages removed (or rather to the DMCA notice which includes the URLs of those pages), effecly nullyfing the effect, it is worrying me instead.
Fact is that Companies and Organisations can force the removal of Links from Search Engines, and if those Engines don't act as smartly as Google here (be it due to fear of lawsuits from those Organistions or due to simple lazyness) we might not even notice it....
I mean, I love to read, many generes - from Terry Pratchett over Tad Williams to Karl May
But when I'm faced with interactive fiction I always get the feeling to have to "split up".
"So were all the subtile hints true? Is the conspiracy real? For Yes, go to page 56, for No go to page 241"
Slashdot Mirror
Well, at the beginning George Lucas planned a Triologie of Triologies (and, for some odd reason started with the 2nd Triologie... oh well)
But since Starwars 1 & 2 was met with rather lukewarm reception, he decided to call off the 3rd Triologie (for now)
Not quite.
If the decision stays unchallenged (like in all good juristic systems there is a way to challange the verdict of the court a few times) it will become a example-case in Germany.
Other courts in Germany will probably follow its verdict in similar cases (but are not legally bound to), courts in other EU countries have to deal with other law texts and will probably have to create their own "example" case.
Oh yeah! :)
Thats one of the games I was waiting for sooo long
[Insert HalfLife 2 / Duke Nukem Forever joke here]
When I read the story I thought "what the heck".
I can understand that Google offers an e-mail account with a 1GB storage (it was a great publicity deal, and the Google founders were - and probably are still - at least partly geeks.
But now honestly speaking, I agree that ~2MB is too small, ~10MB sound ok for users that don't get many attachments, ~50MB are good, ~100MB are comfortable for almost everyone, BUT what are you going to do with 250MB+ of e-mail storage space (well, except illegal activities or storing Pr0n - "honey, I just gotta check my e-mail" er... )?
I think its great that many providers upgrade from they measly space allocations (2MB at hotmail, 6MB at Yahoo etc.) but I fear many will overdo it, just to make sure they don't "lose out" to Google's Gmail, and have to face the consquences sooner or later (reducting storage again -> public backlash, not reducing -> being exploitet by "power users")
The Internet Connection Firewall is now enabled by default, which should improve security for SOHO users. However, in a corporate environment it could cause problems for users trying to connect to network resources. The firewall will also now activate much earlier in the boot cycle, even before the network stack is enabled. On shutdown, it will now remain active until after the stack is disabled.
A smart start in my eyes - even though network admins might curse until the properly set up all PCs, John Doe is probably safer now.
The Messenger service is now disabled by default.
Praise the Lord, another evil gone (or at least disabled by default)
A pop-up ad blocker has been turned on by default.
Hmmm... probably useful, but as long Internet-"Security Hole"-Explorer is still default, with Active-Security Breach, er.. Active-X turned on it won't help much...
A unified security application called the Windows Security Center has been added (for more information on this feature, see this News.com article). It is supposed to bring all of the most basic security configuration information into one easy-to-manage place that will show whether your firewall is enabled, if your antivirus software is working, and if you have the latest software updates installed.
Again something good for John Doe, though I don't feel comfortable for MS checking out my PC
NX support is added to Windows XP. NX (no execute) will allow NX-enabled CPUs to mark certain areas of memory as non-executable; that is, any code pushed into those areas (perhaps by malware such as Blaster or other viruses) will just sit there, unable to run and therefore will be rendered harmless. This will harden the OS against the notorious buffer overrun threats. NX is currently only supported for AMD?s K8 and Intel?s Itanium processors, but 32- and 64-bit support for this important security feature is expected in most future processor releases.
Probably a good thing, fixing some of the oldest exploits in programming, but with Palladium sneaking round the same corner I have a not that good feeling
DCOM (the Distributed Component Object Model) gets a new set of restrictions in the form of an access control list for nearly every action of any COM server. There will also be a more detailed set of COM permissions, which will allow administrators to fine-tune COM permission policies.
Sounds reasonable
There is improved port management. It will no longer be up to the application to close ports after it is finished. Before, if a developer left out the closing routine or the application crashed, a port could remain open and leave XP open to attack. SP2 encourages port management with an application white list that only a user with administrator privileges can alter. Placing an application (such as a peer-to-peer program) on the white list causes ports to be managed automatically. Such applications can also now be run as a regular user rather than needing local administrator privileges to open ports in ICF.
As with the other Firewall changes, a sensible thing.
New RPC restrictions help tighten communications. The XP SP2 changes in this area let administrators fine-tune RPC services. This granular control over RPC will allow you to specify that a port be used for RPC even if the application is not on the white list. There are a lot of changes for RPC, including a new RestrictRemoteClients registry key that by default blocks most, but not all, remote anonymous access to RPC interfaces on the system. The RPC interface restriction will require an RPC caller to perform authentication, which makes it much more difficult to attack an interface, and helps mitigate against Trojan attacks.
Good... I guess...
All in all, what are the disadvantages?
Some hassle for Sysadmins till they get the settings right, some compatibility trouble with programs that have dynamic code, but all in all a big plus for security.
Seems good to me
I think Germany has found a pretty much acceptable way:
You are required to carry your driver's license while driving (duh) - it acts as an ID too (contains a picture of you, your adress etc.)
Also its recommended that you carry your ID (Personalausweis) but not absolutely required.
They can ask you for your ID if they think you did something wrong/committet a crime (shoplifting, whatever) or are a (imporant) wittness for a crime or routine checks while driving (usually only for trucks) - if you cannot provide an ID then you will be taken to a police station where your identity will be confirmed (pretty logical, otherwise we'd have alot of "John Smiths" here who just had forgotten their ID while being criminally active)
The only other time you will be asked for ID is near the border, where (since the normal border checks were no longer used) police will randomly stop cars (where randomly usually means, looking somehow suspicious) to check for illegal aliens, wanted criminals etc.
And of course there are the ever popular "suprise" checks near the border to the Netherlands, looking for illegal drugs (lots of drugs are smuggeled in this way)
Sadly there is only one thing that can safe the Star Trek universe (and thus the Franchise):
a COMPLETE rehaul
By now there are hundreds (thousands?) of methods to solve impossible sitations, just by reversing the polarity of something (and yet these methods will only be used ONCE, no matter how benificial the effects are - probably some big company instantly gets the patents once the crew uses them once - I blame the Ferengi)
There are paradoxes and plotholes large enough to dump an entire series in, to never be seen again (Enterprise would be my favorite here...) and if I see one more pointless time travel...
The universe needs a complete overhaul, remove all the horrible glitches from the official Canon (as far as possible) and then start with a clean plate. (e.g. the Borg - if you HAVE to have a Borg "Queen" - how about having the Queen just be an avatar of the Collective will? Make her less bitchy and more emotionless like the Borg used to be and most of the fans would no longer be out to stake you)
And honestly, I think Michael Straczynski and Bryce Zabel might be able to do that.
I know, probably they will only create another ST Series - but hey, one can dream, right? (and still, even if they "only" create another series - at least its gonna be less sucky that Enterprise)
Also, many Japanese publishers (espically the giants) are not turning "a blind eye" but are looking into whatever legal angles they have available in this country and abroad to bring scanlation to an end.
Well, if they want the scanlations to be stopped they just would have to ask.
Look at the links I put in my post.
TW scanlated Naruto & Hikaru No Go, they got licensed and TW stopped scanlating them.
SnoopyCool also stopped hosting certain mangas after being asked to (yes, hosting - they are still working on scanlating the manga - because the publish really only asked to stop hosting the manga, and not stopping the scanlation, weird but true.)
You see, if the publishers or artists really would mind they could get the honorable groups to stop.
Also I don't quite understand your argumentation: If I were a publisher and found a manga that has a HUGE scanlation fanbase, I'd think the following: Lots of people already like the manga. They are only a fraction (33%?)of all the people the might like the manga -> If I bring it over, and sell it I still will make a big profit even if the scanlation people don't buy any of the manga (which is unlikely)
In fact the CSU has total Majority (>50%) in the Bavarian Parliment.
They have the majority in many (most) cities(towns/villages), Munich being, ironically, the big exception.
This is primarily due the fact that people vote primarily for "political parties" during state-wide elections, and during city council elections they vote for "people". So one charismatic (or proven) candidate can totally change the outcome.
And regarding why the Munich CSU says "no" to Linux - cuz the SPD (which is the ruling party in Munich) says "yes".
CDU/CSU & SPD are eternal enemies - if one of them says something you can be sure that the other one opposes it, sad but true...
Ah, but remember Anime Law #1:
#1 - Law of Metaphysical Irregularity
The normal laws of physics do not apply.
(For reference check the Anime Laws)
This sort of breathless fanboy tripe, that deliberately tries to blur the lines between legitimate activites (Free Software/Open Source) and illegitimate activities (scanlation) doesn't deserve space on /.'s front page. *snip*
Ok, I see two possibilities there:
1) You really don't like manga - if so, noone is forcing you to read it. Still no need to trash and flame.
2) You are trying to troll/flaimbait here.
My guess is #2
including exporting obscenity laws from less liberal jurisdictions
Don't do it!
Last time the US exported obscenity laws to Japan we got Tentacle Porn
I really don't want to find out what we would get this time!
Scanlations actually act for Mangas, just like Fansubs for Animes, as a launchpad for Licensation.
I severely doubt that Naruto or Hikaru No Go would have become licensed, if they didn't already have such an big fanbase in English speaking countries - they might have disappeared into obscurity outside Japan instead.
The IP theft issue is not a real problem here - the artists like when their manga gets scanlated (after all, it shows how much it is liked). The publishing companies turn a blind eye to the scanlation groups, as they have nothing to loose (non-japanese Speakers wouldn't buy the manga anyways) but alot to gain (Getting alot of US fans = good chance that the manga gets licensed for the US) and most of the high-quality groups honor the request to stop scanlating licensed manga.
Finally, here are a few intresting links to Scanlation Pages for those that got interested in Manga:
Toriyama's World produced high-quality Hikaru No Go and Naruto Scanlations until they got licensed, now offers e.g. Hunter X Hunter
Snoopy Cool offers alot of intresting Scanlations, like Yakitate!! Japan - a manga about beaking bread(?!) and many others.
Enjoy
The Root DNS servers are kept up-to-date. .com part, for IP of the responsible DNS server. This server you query regarding the IP the google.com server (and the DNS server responsible for google.com). .com adresses) points to a working google server and you can use that one instead.
But they don't supply subdomain DNS services (www.google.com), only TLD DNS services (google.com)
Otherwise the rootservers would be overwhelmed with the amount of data they would have to handle.
If you look for e.g. www.google.com, first you lookup the
Then you ask the google.com DNS server for the www.google.com IP adress.
Unfortunately that last server is not responding, so you get stuck. But luckily, in this case, the google.com IP adress (recieved from the DNS server for
The problem, as I understand it, is that Yahoo, Google & co. "outsourced" their DNS service.
I could have accepted that medium-big sized IT companies don't want to run their own DNS servers, but giants Google & co. should have enough money to do so instead of relying on servers located somewhere else.
Funnily enough www.google.com still works for me (thanks to DNS caching I guess)
Hmmmm..... :p ), but the other stuff would have to go into toxic waste disposal, and ya all know how expensive that is nowadays.
Is that the "Binky, the happy Paperclip"-free version of Office 2003?
If so... nah... maybe I could have given Office and Encarta as a "present" for a cousin of mine (no internet access -> no danger
I saw an report on this on TV
The totally amazing thing was that the dog could not only learn new Words rather fast, but also pick up an Toy he had not known in the past.
How it worked?
He knew all the other toys, and was smart enough (after being told "No" one, two times, when he reached a false one) that he was supposed to pick up a toy with a name he could not associate. Ruling out all Toys he knew he went to the new Toy - which is the same thing 3 year olds can do.
I dunno if that was supposed to be funny, sarcastic, or possible a trolling attempt (though I give you the benifit of doubt, and select no. 2)
Let me tell you why Redundancy is a good thing:
It reduces the (critical) importance of the single system and allows for back-up in case of failures.
What is bad about Redundancy is that is costs, possibly wastes, alot of money.
But still I fail to see why you think this is bad - basically this system gives people the choice between GPS and Galileo, with the distinction that the former is controlled by the US and the latter by the EU + other countries - and I can't see where offering this choice is a bad thing.
For more information look at the Article featured on Slashdot about 6 months ago.
:)
Galileo System To Include Jamming Capability
It's Water-Cooled HL2 Casemod?
Let's hope he doesn't get any leakes - with high temperatures his PC would become Vaporware.
So, you'd not need to drink the full 100 cups to speed up to hyper-fast (making the rest of the world going in slow-mo in coparison to you)? :)
Great! My bladder thanks you
Did anyone compress the source and translate it from hex yet?
In not related news:
The RIAA seeks to ban Gzip and large prime numbers as they are methods to circumvent copyright protection...
Kazaa had Google remove several links to Kazaa Lite pages, and not long ago Scientology tried the same against a Scientology-critical site.
While some here cheer that Google put a reference to the the Kazaa Lite pages removed (or rather to the DMCA notice which includes the URLs of those pages), effecly nullyfing the effect, it is worrying me instead.
Fact is that Companies and Organisations can force the removal of Links from Search Engines, and if those Engines don't act as smartly as Google here (be it due to fear of lawsuits from those Organistions or due to simple lazyness) we might not even notice it....
I mean, I love to read, many generes - from Terry Pratchett over Tad Williams to Karl May
But when I'm faced with interactive fiction I always get the feeling to have to "split up".
"So were all the subtile hints true? Is the conspiracy real? For Yes, go to page 56, for No go to page 241"
I somehow cannot stand such books. Sorry.
Hmmm... so you can insure yourself against the perils of using Open Source (like getting sued by SCO).
What I want is a Slashdot Karma Insurance.
(In fact I could use one right away now, since this gonna end up (-1, Offtopic) ^^; )