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  1. Re:Who is Wallace and why did he sue? on Wallace's Second Anti-GPL Suit Loses · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think you're wrong. Consider a "traditional" license.

    I give you permission to redistribute/modify my code if you pay me X dollars.
    You don't pay me X dollars.

    The GPL is:

    I give you permission to redistribute/modify my code, as long as any derivative works from it are GPL.
    You don't do so.

    It's the same thing. Why would the judge take a dim view?

  2. Re:Why hate MS? on Should Students Be Taught With or Without an IDE? · · Score: 1

    I would kill for the VC 6 IDE with the VC7.1 or VC2005 backend.

  3. Re:Best Part of Star Trek Cannot Be Bought on Giant Paramount Auction of Star Trek Items · · Score: 1

    Did you ever hear the music they listen to on Star Trek?

    "Bitter Dregs...."

    "Headin' out to Eden!"

    and let us not forget....

    KLINGON OPERA!!!!!

  4. Re:WTF? Redacted? on .xxx registry sues US government · · Score: 1

    one which, in the *cough* post-9/11 era

    If we allow pr0n to have a .xxx domain, then the terrorists have won!!!

  5. Re:Doesn't make sense... on UK Law May Criminalize IT Pros · · Score: 1

    Sorry NiteShaed, I should have put a smiley on that one. No hard feelings?

  6. Re:Doesn't make sense... on UK Law May Criminalize IT Pros · · Score: 1

    It's called asynchronous warfare,

    So they're fighting at different times? I think you mean asymmetric warfare.

  7. Re:it's the nature of these tools on UK Law May Criminalize IT Pros · · Score: 2, Informative

    The problem is part b. As TFS said, Larry has to know that evil h4xx0rZ are likely to use Perl as part of their attacks. Therefore, he's guilty under part b of the proposed law.

  8. Re:The real question is... on CNN Sits Down With Linus Torvalds · · Score: 1

    Then the Oracle is wrong. I came up with a number of 10, and I'm sure its not optimal.

    Susan Egan (Revolution OS) is the key.

  9. Beating a dead horse.... on CNN Sits Down With Linus Torvalds · · Score: 1

    Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of Linus Torvaldses!

  10. Re:Best Quote on CNN Sits Down With Linus Torvalds · · Score: 2, Funny

    He'd be in big trouble if they did. His wife *is* a karate champ.

  11. Re:Interesting how things change on BlueSecurity Fall-Out Reveals Larger Problem · · Score: 2, Informative

    After all, it was made to endure nuclear war,

    Myth. See the entry on Paul Baran here

  12. Re:Bah! on Microsoft Releases Vista Hardware Requirements · · Score: 1

    NT4 Server said "33MHz 486 with 16MB RAM" on the box.

  13. Re:People gave gov't power to govern on NSA Chose Invasive Phone Analysis Option · · Score: 1

    And those restrictions do not seem to apply to your financial information, nor do they seem to apply to the phone numbers you called.

    Really. Where is the power granted to the Feds (per the 10th) to acces my private financial info, or to keep track of who I talk to (given that the freedom of assembly is explicitly mentioned in the 1st)?

  14. Re:People gave gov't power to govern on NSA Chose Invasive Phone Analysis Option · · Score: 1

    Yes, but we specifically restricted the power of the government. See the US Constitution, particularly Amendments 1, 4, 5, 9, and 10.

  15. Re:Privacy Issues on NSA Chose Invasive Phone Analysis Option · · Score: 1

    And then throw in the 9th for good measure.

  16. You owe us... on RIAA Sues XM Satellite Radio · · Score: 1

    Dear Mr. Coward,

    For the unauthorized use of the above lyrics, you owe our client, the RIAA, 24 BILLION dollars. Please imagine us holding our pinky to our mouth as you read the previous sentence.

    We take cashier's check, money order, or small unmarked bills.

    Sincerely,

    Takeda, Monet, and Runne, Attorneys at Law

  17. Re:Clarity in reporting please. on U.S. Supreme Court Deals a Blow to Patent Trolls · · Score: 1

    Q: What's yellow and makes you laugh and cry at the same time?

    A: A half-empty school bus full of lawyers going over a cliff.

    ---

    Q: How do you save a drowning lawyer?

    A: Throw him a rock.

  18. Re:It can be worst on Baby Meets Big Brother For Science · · Score: 1

    That's nothing. I used to work with a guy named Richard Bender, and he voluntarily went by Dick. So his name was "Dick Bender".

  19. Re:The mom... on Baby Meets Big Brother For Science · · Score: 1

    That was a GE appliance commercial, right?

  20. Re:Nixon would never make it. on Reporter Phone Records Being Used to Find Leaks · · Score: 1

    Until Watergate, Nixon was actually on his way to being one of the best Presidents of the 20th Century.

  21. Re:Might be some good here? on U.S. Government Intervenes in EFF vs. AT&T · · Score: 1, Insightful

    But we still have to make trade offs for security.

    They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin

  22. Re:Band-aid on a gunshot wound. on Congress To Restrict Social Security Number Use · · Score: 1

    Ages ago, when I went to wustl.edu (1980-82), the student ID was your SSN.

  23. Re:Who does fedex work for, customers or the MPAA? on MPAA training Dogs to Sniff Out DVDs · · Score: 1

    Good point. Back in the '80s the government actually allowed shipment of classified material via FedEx. I suspect that this sort of thing might prevent that, and such materials will now have to be couriered.

  24. Re:Uhh. Yeah. It's called an account manager. on Microsoft Customers Balk at Hard Sell · · Score: 2, Informative

    RTFA. She was threatening license audits.

  25. Splenda - not NutraSweet(tm) on The Soda Situation - Succulent Drinks w/o the Sweets? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Diet Coke with Splenda has all the sickening sweetness of regular Coke.