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  1. Re:John Doe - Data Retension on Judge: Schools Don't Have to Help Music Industry · · Score: 1

    By that time the data of the student's identity may have been deleted due to data retension policies.

  2. By this standard... on Jail Time For P2P Developers? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    By this standard we should hold gun makers responsible if they don't exercise "reasonable care" to ensure the gun won't be used to kill an innocent person. Give me a break!

  3. Re:Loophole on Jail Time For P2P Developers? · · Score: 1

    nevermind....you have to read the WHOLE text...

    works via the Internet or any other digital network

  4. Loophole on Jail Time For P2P Developers? · · Score: 1

    ...recordings or audiovisual works over the Internet who fails to exercise reasonable care...

    Evidently, other large scale networks, including the Internet 2, are not covered by this law....

  5. Re:When you sign, you give up legal control. on Microsoft Offers to License the Internet · · Score: 1

    IANAL, but I remember from a law class I took. One who claims to have authority (whether or not the actually have it does not matter), and a "reasonable person" could perceieve that claim as being legitimate, then the claim is binding on the company and it is up to them to deal with the rogue empployee that overstepped their bounds.

  6. Re:I wonder... on Why are Microsoft Customers Scared of Criticising Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    "Then again, there's always the lawsuit for harassment..." Not to mention the lawsuite for abuse of the legal system.

  7. Re:3 Service packs on Windows 2000 Gets Common Criteria Certification · · Score: 1

    /etc/crontab:
    10 9 * * * root /usr/local/sbin/updateupgrade

    /usr/local/sbin/updateupgrade:
    #!/bin/bash

    APT=/usr/bin/apt-get

    /bin/date >> /var/log/upgrade.log
    $APT update >> /var/log/upgrade.log
    $APT -u -y upgrade >> /var/log/upgrade.log
    cat /var/log/upgrade.log | grep upgraded
    /bin/echo >> /var/log/upgrade.log



    Simple...mindless shell script, Easilly crated. If you can't write a shell script (batch file) you don't deserve to be a *NIX Admin, or a Windows Admin for that matter...

  8. Re:Insane on Red Hat Explains Stance on KDE/Gnome Desktop Changes · · Score: 1

    Very true. If the experts who are used to Linux want it, they should still be available 'untouched' for them to install and configure. But let's face a fact here: RedHat is becoming the easiet of the distros to install and configure; making the setup and configuration less daunting for newcomers is a step in the right direction.

    Yes, RedHat is easy to Install, easy to configure? As long as you don't mind uncommented config files and upgrades that completely hose your customizations... http://www.debian.org

  9. Re:Let's face the facts on Dell To Offer Windows-Less PCs · · Score: 1

    You know...Deel could start up a subsidiary or a joint-venture to sell O/S less PCs. Dell is bound by contract...not its subsidiaries

  10. This is better than.... on Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Released · · Score: 1

    This is better than a Star Trek TNG All weekend marathon!

  11. Re:Who needs credit cards anyway? on MS Passport and... Visa · · Score: 1

    I don't know about your dollar, but on mine is printed something along these lines: "This note is legal tender for all debts public and private". Furthermore...in the US Constitution it says: "To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures". While there is no power to print money it is an impled power. To the best of my knowledge the government has not started producing and issuing credit cards therefore they are not legal tender. If they want to investigate me for spending cash, when they arraign me before a judge or magistrate I shall point to that fact...

  12. Their Legal rights... on Microsoft Claims IP Rights on Portions of OpenGL · · Score: 1

    According to IP Trade Secrecy Law (Last I knew) if someone accidently stumbles on your secret, it's your loss. One example would be Coca Cola (R). If their formula were to leak it would be perfectly legal for someone to start manufacturing it. Why do you think they keep it so secret? In order to enforce IP you have to prove to the courts that you make a good effect to keep it secret. Obviously Microsoft has not made a good effort to keep it secret if thousands/millions of people are using an open source/free version of it, huh?

  13. Re:Security Patches on MS Palladium Patent · · Score: 1

    You could always use Linux... I use Debian, personally, but Mandrake and RedHat are pretty Windows like...

  14. Re:New memory manager on Swap Performance in Linux · · Score: 1

    Yes, maybe you could use windoze which requires astronomical ammounts of memory just to boot and then it systematically and slowly chews it all up...

  15. Easy to spoof CAS on Biological Network Security · · Score: 1

    What would prevent a user of a LAN that a CAS is on from spoofing the CAS' IP address and sending a false alarm flying to every corner of the net?

  16. Re:Controversy??? on Should Aunt Tillie Build Her Own Kernels? · · Score: 1

    I would tend to agree, if granny breaks her Linux distro, guess who she has to call to fix it. A professional, that's right. It's called JOB SECURITY folks...

  17. Re:FOr EXample on Correcting Common Linux Misconceptions? · · Score: 1

    Linux, Gay? Maybe you should look in the mirror my friend...

  18. Magnetic RAM on 20 Factors That Will Change PCs In 2002 · · Score: 1

    hmmm....RAM that maintains data after the power is turned off. Sounds like an EXCELLANT oppertunity for virus makers...