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  1. Just in case.. on Air Force Sets Date To Fly Mach-6 Scramjet · · Score: 1

    I know where my towel is!

  2. Re:I confess I'm a thief: A True Story on Anyone Can Play Big Brother With BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    He fully expected the sale to anyone that WATCHED that movie.

    Let me tell you a true story very much like the theoretical example you posted. When I was a kid there was a Rolling Stones song I loved, but I had no money to buy the album and my parents hated rock music. Our neighbors had that album, and I used to run to the backyard to listen when they played it. Was I stealing?

    (RIAA) - Did your neighbours have the permission to broadcast it publicly?

  3. Fujitsu iPAD on Apple's "iPad" Out In the Open · · Score: 1

    Now this will become an interesting legal fight.

    Fujitsu iPAD (scroll down)
    http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/retailing/technology/hardware/?navid=608#

  4. Re:I'm grateful on Photoshop Disaster Draws DMCA Notice For Boing Boing · · Score: 1

    "Hey babe, your barcode looks kinda thin to me!"

  5. Re:Kind of obvious on Netbooks Have a Huge Impact On the PC Industry · · Score: 1

    I've been looking around for the same one, yet in Belgium. Nobody seemed to be selling it, only the windows version.

    Cheers

  6. In other news.. on Finally, a True Green Laser · · Score: 1

    Clearchannel has developed a new business income stream after it finally found the means to project its posters on the moon!

  7. Re:Another lesson... on Special Effects Lessons From JJ Abrams' Star Trek · · Score: 1

    The first time I saw these (that I can clearly remember) was in Saw II. It struck me immediately that they were different from the "change reels" ones, as they were bright yellow, in the middle of the screen. They're perfect for ruining a great scene as others have already mentioned.
    Thanks to Fight Club I already noticed most of the "change reels" ones, now thanks to Saw II I also notice those CAP ones ...

    Regards..

  8. Re:Now that's excessive! on A Look at Excessive Portable Storage · · Score: 1

    You got an RFC for that?

  9. Re:Targeting Linux? on Analyzing Microsoft's Linux Lawsuit · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What prevents TomTom to format their device with another filesystem (e.g. ext2/ext3, ...) and deliver a windows compatible driver in their installation package?
    Almost all hardware out there comes with installation media and drivers for Windows and/or Mac. Why not have that filesystem driver included, and get rid of FAT once and for all?

    Regards..

  10. Re:My guess as to how it's done... on Boot Windows Vista In Four Seconds · · Score: 1

    Pretty easy. Of course, in Linux I don't ever see any reason to shut the machine down anyway. My laptop pretty much only gets rebooted when there's a kernel update to install. Other than that, it just gets suspended. So, kind of pointless in Linux, but easy. The same would apply to *BSD.

    The only reason I see is to make my electricity bill a bit lighter..

  11. Re:What about the other .3% ? on Linux Kernel Surpasses 10 Million Lines of Code · · Score: 1

    That leaves .3% that is unaccounted for. What was it written in?

    Notepad, for the comments.

  12. Re:Multicast on Watching Tonight's Presidential Debate Online · · Score: 1

    It's meant for audio/video also, not text.

    Not necessarily. Multicast is being used for a variety of data in different sectors.
    e.g. Lots of financial data is being subscribed through multicast streams within several financial institutions.

  13. Re:Asking slashdot? on Down Time At Work — What Do You Do? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Usually, during downtime, the IT department is the one that needs to START working, in order to get things up again!

  14. Re:Yea! on SCO Amends Novell Complaint · · Score: 1

    They have done nothing else but trying to boost the value of their shares since the beginning of the whole thing.
    They dropped under $4, so now they're trying to raise it again with some more PR, so that their name gets in the news.

  15. Re:New York Times Ad on Firefox 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    "most secure browsers"...

    Ok, they forget to mention the detail which says that it's at the bottom of the list.

    haploc.

  16. Re:Mars Defense System on Spirit Rover Communications Error · · Score: 1

    Maybe they don't have water, but they surely must have oil there!

    Chris.

  17. Re:Imports on UK Music Industry Stomps on Imported CD Seller · · Score: 1

    In Japan, bands often release special editions with extra bonus tracks or material, to make the more-expensive domestic releases more interesting than the imported ones.

    That also means that big fans around the world will want to have those special editions :-)

    Chris.

  18. Re:What monoculture? on Reliance On MS A Danger To National Security · · Score: 1

    A Win32 monoculture.

    Chris.

  19. Re:MIDI on DirectX Flaw Leaves Windows Vulnerable · · Score: 1

    It's C# that causes the problem.

    Chris.

  20. Re:"Someone inside SCO" on Did SCO 'Borrow' Linux Code? · · Score: 1

    ... like a swan song for them, except it's a very fucking nasty and twisted song in this case, and someone should get a stick and kill the swan already with a good blow to the head.

    Swans don't sing when they die.

    Haplo

  21. Re:a really bad idea on E.U. Commission Suggests Permissive Copyright Rule · · Score: 1

    How about Freenet?
    I suppose that that one doesn't involve any spyware.

    Might be a good incentive to start using that one, even though it might need some work still.

    Chris

  22. Re:Elvis is going to have to start flipping burger on European Copyrights Expire; RIAA Nervous · · Score: 1

    Start?
    Read the bible of the Apocalypse as in 'Good Omens' and discover the truth!

    Chris.

  23. Re:Better lawyers needed? on DeCSS Injunction Ruling · · Score: 1

    I agree on this part, but if you go look at some of the names of the websites (for example www.dvd-copy.com) then you can imagine how some people, who might not know much about the entire case (like the main reason for DeCSS's existence) would react when they see such sites, and think that DeCSS's main purpose was to copy DVDs.
    Maybe give them the interviews with Jon for literature. And if the defence has to come up with evidence for the fact that it was about playing DVDs in Linux, bring up LIVID's source maybe and start distributing that one instead of the main DeCSS code..

    Dunno, just a reaction..

    Chris.