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  1. Re:Not so fast on Petition Calls For Making Net Access Inalienable Right · · Score: 1

    Consider this: Just because you can own water, doesn't mean the law should allow you to withhold that from everyone to get what you want. If you had all the water, we should take that water from you and nationalize it.

    That's generally true in the eastern US (riparian system). In the Western US (appropriation system), whoever was there first owns the water. In some places, it's illegal to collect rainwater since that water belongs to someone else.

  2. Re:Javaception on JavaScript JVM Runs Java · · Score: 1

    Sun used to have a browser written in Java. It was supposed to be really awesome but when I tried it (in 2000 or so), it was ugly and outdated.

  3. Re:They want to steal your ideas on Microsoft To Back Kinect-Based Startups · · Score: 2

    It's no worse than Y Combinator.

    We make small investments (rarely more than $20,000) in return for small stakes in the companies we fund (usually 2-10%).

  4. Re:Yay on Microsoft To Back Kinect-Based Startups · · Score: 5, Interesting

    What about utilities? Consider an image viewer program. Displaying porn, naturally. Your hands are probably not free (or covered with lube). What if it did motion detection on your cock? Slowing down (or softening up) means you're bored with the current image so it will show something else.

  5. easy: on The Convoluted Life Cycle of a News Story · · Score: 2

    They should use a public git repository. They should also release everything under a dual Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License/GFDL. They can then support themselves by giving speeches and selling t-shirts.

  6. Re:Didn't work in China on Pakistan Bans 1600 Words and Phrases For Texting · · Score: 2

    "going to Penn State"

  7. Re:For Fear Of Godwinning... on Two Porn Companies Take ICANN and .xxx Registrar To Court · · Score: 1

    In Soviet Russia*, .gov filters you!

    * also in the US.

  8. Re:just another form of censorship on Two Porn Companies Take ICANN and .xxx Registrar To Court · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    She's going to be in an upcoming issue of playboy (and upcoming torrent of images from said issue of playboy). This isn't some teasing cleavage either, it's the trifecta -- boobs, ass and vag.

  9. An even better way to decrease page load time: on Google Upgrades WebP To Challenge PNG Image Format · · Score: 5, Interesting

    block google analytics.

  10. Re:NIH on Google Upgrades WebP To Challenge PNG Image Format · · Score: 1

    Google might not have any patents on the algorithms but there may be a patent troll that does.

  11. Re:spy satellite calibration targets on Giant Chinese Desert Mystery Structure Solved · · Score: 4, Informative

    Inflatable tanks were used in WW II. Of course, they also camouflage to hide their real tanks.

  12. Re:99 cents an album! on Google Music Goes Live With Google+ Integration · · Score: 5, Informative

    That would be a success, but it's actually $0.99 - $1.29 per song.

  13. Re:Must be some AFL-CIO people .. on AFL-CIO and Big Content Advocate For SOPA · · Score: 4, Insightful

    AFl-CIO isn't a union, per-se, it's a Federation/Congress of unions. Union Member -> Union -> AFL CIO. Like Musician -> Record Company -> RIAA.

  14. Re:but but but... Apple on CarrierIQ: Most Phones Ship With "Rootkit" · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What are the "pros" to pounding yourself in the crotch with a sledgehammer?

  15. Re:Did hell just freeze over or something? on Adobe To Donate Flex SDK To Open Source Community · · Score: 1

    Nah, more like he's dead so you don't have to worry about his opinion. Or in terms /. can relate to, waiting until your parents die before coming out of the closet.

  16. Re:Just FYI on Adobe To Donate Flex SDK To Open Source Community · · Score: 1

    Not to mention the Fast Lexical Analyzer and auto-erotic technique of ass-to-mouthing yourself.

  17. Re:Just now they're "disgruntled"? on Microsoft Shareholders Unhappy After Annual Meeting · · Score: 1
  18. Re:Just now they're "disgruntled"? on Microsoft Shareholders Unhappy After Annual Meeting · · Score: 1

    They're currently paying a 3% dividend (up from 1.5% when they started) with a $3/share special dividend in 2004.

  19. Re:Just another offload. on Adobe To Donate Flex SDK To Open Source Community · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yes, let's look at that. AOL didn't just dump the netscape source code and walk away, they created the Mozilla Foundation and provided $2 million of initial financing. MF hit a jackpot with search bar royalties and while it's open source, virtually all development is from paid Mozilla employees.

  20. Re:The Legal Battle Line is Drawn ... on Siri Protocol Cracked · · Score: 0

    Preferences -> General -> About -> Legal

    It's a long list of licenses, 90% of which are the same fucking text over and over again. Maybe Stallman was right about BSD license being bad for that reason (though the GPL and LGPL are worse in that they're so much longer). A simple "this software uses $x from $y" would be more beneficial to everyone than a 300-page license dump.

    Anyway, about 90% down is the xiph/speex notice. There's also notice pertaining to ACELP

  21. Re:Ingenuity != Jobs on Is American Innovation Losing Its Shine? · · Score: 1
  22. Re:iTuned offers one minute previews now on Google Music Downloads To Go Ahead Without Sony Or Warner · · Score: 1

    iTunes has been DRM-free for years now. Mediamonkey supports the AAC files from iTunes. Apple licensed amazon's one-click patent.

  23. Re:One question on Judge Makes Divorcing Couple Swap Facebook Passwords · · Score: 5, Interesting
  24. Re:One question on Judge Makes Divorcing Couple Swap Facebook Passwords · · Score: 2

    He can't make them give up the passwords, but he can hold them in contempt of court and have them jailed if they refuse to do so.

  25. takedown notices are one-sided on Warner Brothers: Automated Takedown Notices Hit Files That Weren't Ours · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you carefully review the elements of the DMCA takedown and put-back notices, you'll note that for the put-back notice, you must provider

    a statement under penalty of perjury that [you have] a good faith belief the material was mistakenly taken down

    Fair enough. But check the takedown notice:

    a statement that [evil RIAA goon lawyer] has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

    a statement that, under penalty of perjury, [evil RIAA goon lawyer] is authorized to act for the copyright holder

    That's right -- it's a crime (perjury) to submit a take down notice if (and only if) you're not authorized by the copyright holder. It's not a crime to submit bad-fath take down notices. But disputing a bad-faith take down notice potentially is a crime and exposes you to criminal liability.