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  1. Re:prediction on Optimum Copyright Period Decided by Math · · Score: 1

    I don't know. 10-20 years has been the interval most thrown around in Slashdot, by far, so I'm guessing 14 years fits with the rough estimates I've seen (and agree with, BTW).

  2. Re:Would like to see more of Fable 2 on E3 Previews - Fable 2 and Fallout 3 · · Score: 1

    Visuals sell, what else is there to say?
    At any rate, with a market of mostly casual gamers, what's the point in spending money on AI when normal gamers get beat up on easy as is? (It's a real downer to realize that I'm dumb, though :) )

  3. Re:Crickey on Scanner Spots Open Source Installations · · Score: 1

    You know, you don't have to install the whole Debian distribution... geese.

  4. Re:I updated to version 3 today on GPLv3 Released · · Score: 1

    You could do it with GPLv2, and the FSF has adviced it for a while. It just isn't common practice and widely publicized.

  5. Re:Hey Homeland Security! on Sci-fi Writers Join War on Terror · · Score: 1

    Yeah, cause europe just lets foreigns die of TB. Get a fucking clue. Even if only to avoid bad PR, he'd be well treated.

  6. Re:The advantage then of buying real CD's on Apple Hides Account Info in DRM-Free Music · · Score: 1

    And yet, labels make tons of money. Weird, huh?

  7. Re:ZFS on Does ZFS Obsolete Expensive NAS/SANs? · · Score: 1

    I don't know, interesting because they're questions that he wanted answered and so did others? Is there an actual harm in not knowing?

  8. Re:Have they fixed the startup time? on Sun Debuts JavaFX As Alternative To AJAX · · Score: 1

    Amusingly enough, I just (as i read this) had to jump around on the adobe site because it insisted in showing me only the solaris version. Just a coincidence, obviously, but a cute one.

  9. Re:Whatever - Flamebait Story on MS Silverlight a Step Back For Linux Users · · Score: 1

    Like, using SVG and adopting OGG as the default media for the format? That kind of innovation that MS is stalling in the comitte on which it has no intereset to succed?

  10. Re:But it's truthful. on Wikipedia May Require Proof of Credentials · · Score: 1

    No, he's right. I'd love to blog about it and reference it to others. Not that I'm an influential person even in my limited acquaintances, but still... I mean, it's not the first time I see those accusations, not the second, and I believe that with great power comes great corruption, but it's too little to evidence to convince me.

  11. Re:I don't understand on What the GPLv3 Means for MS-Novell Agreement · · Score: 1

    Even if Novell didn't intend to split the community, they would have to be pretty dumb not to foresee Ballmer's attacks, so yes, it's their fault too.

    It's not reassuring to find out that Horsvepian made almost 5 million dollars because of it, either.
    http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=214380&c id=17418140

    He received 778,470 shares of stock awarded 12/20/06.
    http://money.cnn.com/quote/insiders/insiders.html? symb=NOVL

    From this page you can see he's historically not a big holder:
    http://money.cnn.com/quote/insiders/insiders.html? symb=NOVL&mode=person&pid=101687

    778,470 @ $6.20 is $4,826,514. No doubt he was hoping for more presents under his tree. Perhaps there will be more for him after the dust settles. Certainly would have been nice for him if the Street had liked the deal and he got a good bump. Too bad.

    It's interesting that seven of ten managers listed here are new to the company in 2006, and almost all are new in the last 18 months: http://finance.google.com/finance?q=NOVL

    If I were a stockholder looking at that, and the recent change of course in the company, I might be concerned. The theme is familiar, but I can't remember where I saw it before... Maybe someone else will reply with that answer.
    Also, from the reply,

    http://money.cnn.com/quote/sec/sec.html?symb=NOVL& sequenceid=1&guid=4732459

    They owed a ton of cash that was due in 2024, but callable in the event they failed timely filing of reports with the SEC. Apparently that Microsoft money saved their bacon on that one, since immediately after the deal was done it was reported the money had already been paid out to debtors. Their SEC reports should make interesting reading for some time to come.
  12. Re:I don't understand on What the GPLv3 Means for MS-Novell Agreement · · Score: 1

    Novell already jeopardized it's business. Their protection agreement will be worth nothing in 5 years when it expires. If they allow Microsoft to smoother other distributions, there's no reason they wouldn't do the same to them. By dividing the community they have splintered themselves from it because we are not dumb.

  13. Re:well.. on Copyright Law Used to Shut Down Site · · Score: 1

    I may be naive, but have you thought about replacing the site with the legal notice and some form of witty comment, instead of just taking it down?

  14. Re:Blame Canada (a Canadian's perspective) on U.S. Senators Pressure Canada on Canadian DMCA · · Score: 1

    No, I'm sorry. I'm referring to the fact that, as any all-might-WIPO-worshiping-country, sharing is illegal against the clear intent of it's citizens.

  15. Re:Plausible Deliability on AMD Claims Intel Inadvertently Destroyed Evidence in Antitrust Case · · Score: 1

    Well, that certainly explained that decision for me, so, it was worth it.

  16. Re:Number #1 broken rule on 9 Laws of Physics That Don't Apply in Hollywood · · Score: 1

    Time is actually discreet, though. If only I could recall where I saw that...

  17. Re:Blame Canada (a Canadian's perspective) on U.S. Senators Pressure Canada on Canadian DMCA · · Score: 1

    You call a law that makes criminals of half the population reasonable?
    Interesting.

  18. Re:Potential for abuse important, not overriding on Cybercrime Treaty — Hidden Costs For All · · Score: 1

    You only suggested what needs to be stopped, which no one disagrees with, but not how, which is the issue at hand. And this legislation only feels like fuel to the witches fire.

  19. Re:Let's go over this slowly on US Group Wants Canada Blacklisted Over Piracy · · Score: 1

    Negros is the correct word in Portuguese and pretos (blacks) is the evil one.
    Sigh :)

  20. Re:Must be missing something... on Launch of OSS For Mobile Phones · · Score: 1

    As if. If they distribute a version that has a GPL licence, both they and the developer have to abide by it, not any other thing.

  21. Re:How is this provocative ? on China Tests Anti-Satellite Laser Weapon · · Score: 1

    God, that's dismal. I wish I could say you are wrong, but you aren't. However, I feel that the UN at least gives us hope that we will be able to make it better, and the forces are starting to move. There is really no other way for us not to kill each other in the too near future.

  22. Re:Making DRM-aware applications even more annoyin on Alan Cox Files Patent For DRM · · Score: 1

    I had forgotten VM. But forcing sync on every change can still be a performance problem, I think.

  23. Re:Making DRM-aware applications even more annoyin on Alan Cox Files Patent For DRM · · Score: 1

    True, but slow

  24. Re:Against the spirit of Trek on Shatner Leaks Trek XI Details · · Score: 1

    i like your posts and all, but for heaven's sake, socialism is not communism is not the crap that people sold as a people's revolution.

  25. Re:Comparison to Objective-C? on The D Programming Language, Version 1.0 · · Score: 1

    First of all, you catch it in testing ;)
    Second, you can always see if the method is there before calling it.
    I don't see it as a big deal, although I only used it a bit with python. (which keeps the usual syntax, object.likelymethod() ). I prefer the benefit of rapid development to verbosity.