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  1. Re:Obvious countercounterargument on Gates: Say No to GPL, Yes to the Microsoft Ecosystem · · Score: 2

    BSD also had at least a 10 year headstart over Linux. I was using 4.1BSD back in '82, and 4.2 in '83.

  2. Re:I use Solaris_x86 on Sun Reconsidering Solaris 9 for x86 · · Score: 2

    I use it to compliment my SPARC.

    Good SPARC. Nice SPARC. Now, if you were to complement your SPARC with Solaris x86, then that's an entirely different matter.

  3. Re:Test it out if you have IE on Don't Hit That Back Button · · Score: 3, Informative

    I have the patch for MS02-015 (Q319182) installed, and Minesweeper fired up.

  4. Re:Test it out if you have IE on Don't Hit That Back Button · · Score: 2

    Win2KSP2/SRP1 with IE5.5SP2.

  5. Re:Mourning the death of "The Amateur Scientist" on R.I.P for D.I.Y Or Long Live Open Source? · · Score: 2

    No, maybe they used Aerotech for production purposes, but the story had them building their own motors. Remember when they had to go get the moonshine to stir up their solid fuel (air gaps were causing kabooms)?

  6. Re:Mourning the death of "The Amateur Scientist" on R.I.P for D.I.Y Or Long Live Open Source? · · Score: 2

    your own rocket (5 feet high! Made of metal!) powered by oh-so-explosive powered zinc

    Isn't this how they started off in October Sky?

  7. Re:I think this is the same / links to MRAM articl on No More Rebooting? · · Score: 2

    However, systems such as you talk of, don't NEED to be forcibly power-cycled. However, they are generally shut off, to avoid unnecessary power drain. But when entering a threat area, they are turned on.

  8. Let's overlook the obvious shall we? on Best Buy Backs CD Copy Impairment · · Score: 2

    According to the article, the 10% decrease in music sales in 2001 was caused mostly by Internet file swapping

    Gee, I guess there's not a chance in hell that the decrease in music sales in 2001 was caused mostly by THE ECONOMY GOING INTO A RECESSION, now, could it?

  9. ObKatzBash on Burrough's Martian Tales Optioned · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Only if Kenny from South Park plays JonKatz.

    "Oh my G-d! They killed Katz! You HEROES!"

  10. Re:How do you option public domain? on Burrough's Martian Tales Optioned · · Score: 2

    Just a nitpick.

    Tarzana is not a separate incorporated city, it is part of the city of Los Angeles. It is, however, a separate named community within that city.

    If the San Fernando Valley secedes from the City of L.A., Tarzana will become part of the city of San Fernando Valley (I think that's what they chose).

  11. So... on Evangelion Reviewed In LA Times · · Score: 1, Troll

    So DVDs aren't evil this week? Oooh... shiny!

  12. Re:Yay - now get Messenger outta my face on Microsoft Gives Up on Hailstorm · · Score: 2

    Oh come on. That's much clearer than

    % rpm --erase mediaplayer-8

  13. Re:This time, M$ discovers that FUD is a 2edged sw on Microsoft Gives Up on Hailstorm · · Score: 2

    ? As far as I'm concerned, Windows, IE, and WMP were all solo projects based more on ignoring standards than setting them.

    Don't know 'bout Windows or WMP, but remember, MS bought IE. They bought Spyglass Mosaic and relabelled it.

    Of course, since MS gives away IE for free, I suspect that Spyglass' royalties aren't very much... On the other hand, maybe Spyglass is entitled to a cut of every "integrated" copy of Windows?

  14. Re:Face it...the Days of the Free Internet is over on Minnesota Bill Would Prevent Disclosure of Web Habits · · Score: 2

    Already, TV and radio ad buys are down...

    Then why are there more commercials and less programming? Commercial breaks are longer, there are more commercials in them...

  15. Re:It's a pity it isn't Harvard, on The Periodic Table of Comic Book Elements · · Score: 1

    With apologies to Tom Lehrer, of course!

  16. At first... on FTC Extends Deadline on National DNC List Comments · · Score: 2

    I thought it meant "Democratic National Committee"... but then, they spam.

  17. Did anyone find... on The Periodic Table of Comic Book Elements · · Score: 2

    Illudium Phosdex, the Shaving Cream atom?

  18. Re:Your bill determined by others? on Time Warner to Charge Extra for Over-Quota Bandwidth · · Score: 2

    This also blows a hole in Sen. Hollings "Broadband adoption initiative"

    In my comments to the Judiciary Committee, I said that people don't say "I'd get broadband if only there were high quality Hollywood content available". No, they say, "I'd get cable modem or DSL if it didn't cost a fortune and was available in my area."

    Now, more than ever...

  19. Re:this article... on Life on The Net in 2004 · · Score: 2

    no industry has ever quickly and successfully changed formats...

    And how many vinyl LPs do you have? The change from vinyl to CD was astonishingly fast.

  20. Re:In this case on Tattered Cover v. Thornton Reversed · · Score: 2

    What is more, the constitution as a whole protects the right to privacy, as violating our privacy is a power not expressly granted the government except in very narrow cases (and therefor, according to the 10th amendment, explicitly denied the government).

    And implicitly recognized (not granted) as a right of the people by the Ninth Amendment.

  21. Re: When that day Happens on DVD Format Changing Movie-making · · Score: 2

    "The Olsen Twins.. Grown up.. and XXX-RATED"

    Ewwww! I feel.... dirty... somehow. Now how do I get that horrid image out of my head?

  22. Re:What if ElcomSoft loses? on Elcomsoft Case Proceeds; U.S. Claims Jurisdiction · · Score: 1

    No problem, Abreu.

  23. Re:copyright extensions on Lessig on the Future of the Public Domain · · Score: 3, Funny

    your children should have find their own damn way of making money

    Tell that to the Italians.

  24. Re:But... on Your Own Luxury Submarine! · · Score: 2

    Yeah. I think it's from Valhalla Rising.

  25. Re:What My Senator and Representative Had to Say on Seeking Arguments Against the CBDTPA? · · Score: 2

    Holy sh*t! This Isakson guy gets it! You're damn lucky to have him as a Congressman (Disclaimer: I don't know his opinions/stands on any other issues -- YMMV).

    Maybe he and Boucher should start some sort of caucus...