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  1. Re:license agreements useless on Novell Quotes AT&T on Derivative Works · · Score: 1

    Well, yes, it would, but according to Mickey-B, the GPL is unconstitutional.

  2. Re:b) Bulletproof your gear on The 100-Million Mile Network · · Score: 1

    Just watch out for those space modulators.

  3. Why not repeaters? on The 100-Million Mile Network · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Look, when we get to the other side of the sun, we're not going to get very good communications between here and there. Isn't there some way to place some sort of sattelite in solar orbit to act as a repeater network, or for that matter, is there some really good reason why we can't do this?

    Considering how enthralled we are about seeing Mars up close and personal now, I'd think this would be a Really Good Idea.

  4. Isn't this what keysigning is for? on Worried about Digital Evidence Tampering? · · Score: 1

    The theory here is that, if somebody keysigns evidence to be entered, alterations to the evidence should be foregone. Granted this only works after the fact, but you can probably branch from there.

  5. Re:Learning lessons from Hitler on Verisign Considers Restarting Sitefinder · · Score: 1

    Godwin's Law is almost appropriate here. Almost.

  6. And it still will break DNS... on Verisign Considers Restarting Sitefinder · · Score: 1
    "VeriSign officials said they have taken pains to remedy any technological problems that Site Finder caused and maintained that Internet users benefit from the service."

    In otherwords, they didn't just enact "sitefinder.verisign.com" and make it a VOLUNTARY SERVICE, like they should have in the first place, rather than having it resolve to (nxdomain) and fsck up DNS.

  7. Re:Old tech? on When was the Last Time You Used Gopher? · · Score: 1

    Heh, that's nothing for high ping times. =^_^=

  8. Objection! on Worst Terms of Service Ever · · Score: 1

    That EULA should be taken out and shot!

  9. Re:Rest Assured... it's all ok on SCO Complaint Filed -- Including Code Samples · · Score: 1
    In otherwords, SCO is trying to claim AN OS/2 PRODUCT?!

    C|N>K

  10. Probably not sex on What to Get My Geek for Valentine's Day? · · Score: 1
    If you've been together for three months, sex may or may not be an issue. Do that if you want, but speaking as a married man, sex when pressured is anything but enjoyable.

    Instead, might I suggest taking that $100 you have for the purpose and going out someplace nice to eat (say, Japanese)? Get an idea of where he'd like to go and enjoy yourselves.

  11. Old tech? on When was the Last Time You Used Gopher? · · Score: 1
    Anybody remember Fidonet? Or UUCP?

    I don't use UUCP anymore because...well, it's UUCP, and I don't use Fido anymore simply because everyone's left the boards of old - and the only people left are the people who seem to make it "Fightonet".

  12. Something to remember on Congress Eyes Whois Crackdown · · Score: 2, Informative
    Remember that bill from about a year or so ago that, if passed, would allow (say) the RIAA to hinder your machine's operations if they thought you were harboring copyright materials? Berman is the one who authored that bill, too.

    Anyone else seeing a pattern?

  13. Re:I love it on Google Traffic Takes Down Web Site · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Sue for trademark infringement?

  14. Re:What about casinos? on Computer Solitaire Patented? · · Score: 1

    Which if that's the case, he has just shot himself in the foot. Oh, mafia....

  15. OK... I got your prior art right here, pal on Computer Solitaire Patented? · · Score: 0

    If I can dig up my old Apple //c floppies and assuming they still work, I can provide evidence in the way of an Apple BASIC Blackjack program under ProDOS 1.1.1.

  16. Re:WTF on California Cybercafe Regulation Decision Released · · Score: 1

    I'd say do it anyway, but make it clear that you're doing this not to comply with the government, but for the safety and security of your patrons. Sort of backhanded compliance with the decision.

  17. Re:Gang bangers at cybercafes? on California Cybercafe Regulation Decision Released · · Score: 1

    The problem was not that the cafes were fostering gang activity, it's that the viet gangs in the area just kind of gravitated there. Frankly, it could have been anywhere they could have gravitated to - pho houses, donut shops, a particular boba tea place in Little Saigon, or even the Albertsons supermarket or Sizzler restaurant on Harbor and Garden Grove Boulevards. I think that it was a cybercafe was only semi-coincidental.

  18. This decision isn't so bad actually on California Cybercafe Regulation Decision Released · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Frankly, if patrons work on any public computer, whether at a cafe here in my home town of Garden Grove or wherever, they should expect to be monitored, preferably by the local admins. If I'm running a public network, I don't want some jerkoff downloading kiddy porn on my box - it's a liability to me.

    If however it's for the city government to watch...well, mayor Broadwater, I hope you have a significant nest egg for that retirement.

  19. Re:Well... on Switching from Another Industry to Engineering/CS? · · Score: 3, Funny

    You're right, you're more likely to take lives when you get into IT. =O.o=

  20. Another approach here, simpler on PVR-like Software for Audio Streams? · · Score: 1

    Is there a reason the VAC couldn't get two-way radios or somesuch from the municipality you dispatch for?

  21. IRS on Fighting for Your Overtime? · · Score: 1

    Yes, a little irrelevant, but perhaps the IRS would be interested in this company? I mean, if they refuse to pay overtime, perhaps they're not keeping up on taxes either?....

  22. I don't know about you... on SCO Offers $250K Bounty for MyDoom Author's Arrest · · Score: 1

    ...but if I find the moron who does this (yeah, right), I plan on paying off a few bills and giving the remainder to the ODSL defense fund.

  23. It doesn't seem to be the admin themselves on Why Do Email Admins Make Viruses Worse? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Rather, it seems to be the AV screen they install. I just moments ago got one that indicated that I sent a copy of Mydoom to a user on Lucasfilm's network, which is kind of funny since I run Linux....

    (fp!)

  24. Flowers? on Genetically Modified Flower Detects Landmines · · Score: 1
    Wouldn't it be more efficient to just get a cache of mad cows and send them into the mine fields, like in this game?

    (Note, I don't work for Cheapass Games.)

  25. Isn't this what form W2 or W9 is for? on IBM Patents Method For Paying Open Source Workers · · Score: 1

    I mean, think about it people. Here in the 'states, you use one of those two forms to declare to the IRS (or is that a W4 rather than a W2?) exactly what's being withheld from your check. So what's the big deal, Big Blue?