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  1. music services on RIAA Continues Distributing Dud CDs to Satisfy Settlement · · Score: 1

    Even a cheapster like myself can listen to music, and totally free via sites like opsound.org or magnatune.com. Ofcourse there is also the good old radio and icecast/shoutcast on the Internet.

  2. Naah, not in atleast twenty years or so... on The Internet Meets the Neural Net · · Score: 1

    Because MS has already patented the technology.

  3. Re:True, however on German Court Says GPL is Valid · · Score: 1
    As copyrights are made stronger, the GPL is also made stronger. The GPL is a beautiful and skillfull judo move.

    Aikido move, not Judo.. GPL is really more like Aikido, fighting without fighting, resisting with non-resistance.

  4. Re:This whole SCO thing goes to show.... on Groklaw Debunks SCO's ELF Heist · · Score: 1

    When I was studying french it (the computer) was called `data ordinateur', that was in 1990 -- 1995.

    But I think the word `data' could have been thought as a borrowed english word and been taken away. I heard they once issued a law about using borrowed english words in public places where the police could fine you if noticed.

    But, I'm from Finland and thus can not prove 100% anything I say about the french so...

    It's just like it is, grapewine speak.

  5. nice on German Court Says GPL is Valid · · Score: 1

    in germany that can't work out as PD doesn't really exist here

    No wonder GNU/Linux is such a big hit in Germany :)

    It reminds me of GNU/Linux in China: http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/34952.html.
  6. Christian Faith on Game with God · · Score: 0

    In a matter of fact you can not `practice' Christian Faith. It is a matter of faith. You either believe in Jesus Christ or you don't. That's the difference in being a Christian or not being one.

    Faith is not something that can be perfected with time. You either believe or you won't. Acting like a Christian doesn't make one a Christian either. It's all just a matter of believing.

  7. Re:Let's see them censor this! on China Will Monitor, Censor SMS Messages · · Score: 1

    Actually, real troublesome messages would be like the next:

    Meet me tomorrow 8pm, flowers and white wine. Yours, XXX

    I bet the governments will have hard time decoding those..

  8. copypaste on The Latest And Greatest Console Applications? · · Score: 1
    lynx - also for www, when I need to use the mouse to copy and paste

    Hmm, why not just use links and use the mouse to copy and paste? Works quite nicely here, although having to press shift whenever copying. Same goes for vim in :visual.
  9. Re:For when you're not playing games... on The Latest And Greatest Console Applications? · · Score: 1

    links -g -driver directfb

    That would be my choice.

  10. Funny? on ESR's Halloween XI -- Get the FUD · · Score: 1

    That post is insightful if you asked me..

    And I do plenty stretching excercises every day, being a Christian that is. :)

  11. I think you've got it wrong.. on ESR's Halloween XI -- Get the FUD · · Score: 1
    Your beliefs aside, what ESR said was "If there is actually anyone still left on the planet who thinks the term free software was a good idea, I hope they're paying attention."

    So I belive that ESR is arguing that the term Free Software is a bad idea. And I have a direct quote in support.

    I suppose he is talking to those who believe Free Software being a good idea. Quoting the sentence in a way you did could seem he didn't think FOSS was good, but instead of reading the sentence as itself without including the rest of the article as an argument and really considering the whole thing you'd then know this certain sentence is just a little bit exaggerated one. In a wider sense it doesn't mean he thinks ill of free software or anything like that. I will emphasize: You've quoted the sentence out of context.
  12. I'm a Linux user and... on Lessons Learned From Blaster · · Score: 1

    I find the parent quite Funny indeed, not that the post has too much truth in it though. ;)

    Seriously, I think we've already compiled our kernels.. Next!!

  13. ..on the other news.. on Why Does SCO Focus On A Minix-to-Linux Link? · · Score: 1

    I heard McBride is claiming he's gotten quite many death threats from the Linux posse.

  14. Re:Mainstream. on Scanlation: Distributed Manga · · Score: 1

    Baka..

  15. Re:Download and Read on Scanlation: Distributed Manga · · Score: 1

    I read manga too, I do download them, but I so much prefer printed books and comics to reading stuff from the monitor. I hate it when I can't carry my computer with me wherever I go. So I try to buy manga as much I can. The only problem here is that there are only a couple of series sold in Finland that are translated into finnish; Dragonball and Ranma ½.

  16. Alternate OS'es on Worm Developed for Nokia Series-60 Phones · · Score: 1

    Yep, here it is, the solution. Let's buy a Linux phone! :) I wonder if BSD could be made a mobile OS too.

    Other than Linux and BSD, phones could have OS'es like Geos, BeOS, OS/2, etc. But God forbid, no Windows! ;)

  17. I hope... on Microsoft's Magical 'Myth-Busting' Tour · · Score: 1

    ...the bus comes to Finland :)

  18. Contracts with recording labels.. on Labels Find New Method of Payola · · Score: 1

    You have a copy of such a contract? I'd be interested in reading one. No I'm not going to sign those with any record label, I'd just like to know what's written in them.

  19. What's this? on BT Plans Move To IP Telephony, Starting Next Year · · Score: 1

    Bittorrent going into telephony?

    I want to participate..
    Where's the link to the seed?

  20. Re:Who's it for? on Open Access To Scientific Literature: Can It Work? · · Score: 1
    Actually, publishing in Nature is free, unless you have big color prints.

    If so, can I pay them in nature too?
  21. You can get transparency for Windows too on What Keeps You Off of Windows? · · Score: 1

    Here! Although it has a price. But it's possible! :)

  22. Nooo... on What Keeps You Off of Windows? · · Score: 1

    ..that path leads to the dark side..

  23. Re:Once you go Free, you'll never go back on What Keeps You Off of Windows? · · Score: 1
    OO.org is great, but Impress presentations don't always look perfect in PowerPoint, which I have to use for the actual presentation

    Ever considered saving your documents as .pdf for demonstrations? They look quite good that way. I'm sorry but I don't remember the control combo to fullscreen in Acrobat Reader in Windows since I have not used Windows in a while. You can probably google for it, or perhaps someone at /. is nice enough to reply here and share it with us. :)
  24. damn, you beat me to it... on What Keeps You Off of Windows? · · Score: 1

    I liked it too.. I'd want to change my sig too, the one I have is so stupid..

  25. Reading /. while downloading patches? WRONG on What Keeps You Off of Windows? · · Score: 1

    I'm reading /. while Installing Linux.