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  1. Re:He is no hero, no Aaron Schwartz, no EFF. on Dotcom Wins Right To Sue NZ Government · · Score: 1

    I think this speech sums it up nicely.
    Sir Thomas More in "A Man for All Seasons" on the rule of law.

    No-one is above the law, and we should all abide by the law.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDBiLT3LASk

  2. Re:so what? on Homeland Security Stole Michael Arrington's Boat · · Score: 2, Informative

    The paperwork was government supplied, not his. His paperwork showed the correct amount in Canadian dollars.
    He tried to get the paperwork fixed at the time and the agent refused to amend to show the correct currency to him to sign a truthful document.

    Remember there is also an exchange rate difference between US & Canadian dollars (although its not much).
    So writing down that the boat is worth $100k USD when its actually only worth $98212 USD ($100k CAN) impacts on the import taxes you have to pay.

  3. Selfish or Social on Is "Left" Vs. "Right" Hard-coded Into Your Brain? · · Score: 1

    You're either out for the individual (and Selfish) or out for the herd/pack/tribe (and Social).

  4. Re:Still missing the point a bit? on Lawmakers Say CFAA Is Too Hard On Hackers · · Score: 2

    If the victim (hacker target, mugging victim, etc) doesn't want to press charges or continue with the case and can show no duress or influence to cause this decision (not being threatened, etc) then the case should be dropped. Not picked up and ran with by the local DA/DOJ

  5. Re:CEO Switchout on Tesla Motors Battles the New York Times · · Score: 1

    They said the same thing when TopGear tested one of their cars.
    They provided the show with a sports car and they drove it like a sports car and commented that it didn't have the range.
    Tesla said they were driving it wrong. TopGear said they were driving it like a sports car as thats what it was promoted as.

  6. Download the free one? on Ask Slashdot: Where Do You Draw the Line On GPL V2 Derived Works and Fees? · · Score: 1

    Or ignore those that charge and get the one with the source available...

    http://code.google.com/p/adosbox/downloads/detail?name=aDosBox-v0.2.5.apk

  7. So what we learn from this is.... on Researchers: PATRIOT Act Can 'Obtain' Data In Europe · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Host your own data. Do not trust the cloud.

  8. Re:For those of us alive when this was launched, on Voyager 1, So Close To Interstellar Space That We Can Taste It! · · Score: 2

    Instead, they cancelled things like JIMO and a load of other robotic missions which were being developed.
    ESA (the Europeans) picked up the pieces on some of the join missions and continued alone without NASA - but a load of serious good tech got canned because of Bush's change in direction for NASA. Then Obama came along and cancelled Constellation.

  9. Move the router? on Ask Slashdot: DIY 4G Antenna Design For the Holidays? · · Score: 1

    Find out where the closest 4G transmitter mast is and then move the router to that side of the house, preferably with a little additional material between it and the outside. Maybe put the router upstairs. You can always pull cables and stick an additional wifi routers around the house to provide complete coverage.

  10. Re:We should NOT be using nuclear in space on New Small Fission Reactor For Deep-space Missions Demonstrated · · Score: 2

    Quick - shut down that large unshielded nuclear furnace in the sky!
    Oh yeah, thats the sun.

    Properly used - nuclear is a very green energy and no greenhouse gasses or climate change to worry about.
    You need something to provide a constant baseload for the times when the sun don't shine and the wind don't blow.

  11. Re:Litigate Kickstarter out of existence on Form1 3D Printer and Kickstarter Get Sued For Patent Infringment · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Their claim is that Kickstarter knowing sold infringing the products to the project backers, and that as a seller they are liable.
    They don't see Kickstarter as an innocent middleman, they see them as an active reseller.

  12. Re:Curious ... on Popular Android ROM Accused of GPL Violation · · Score: 1

    If you use a different phone with same/similar components, you can reuse the code to write the device drivers.
    Thats part of the point of the GPL - you don't have to re-invent the same code over and over.

  13. Re:See also Marconi being sued by telegraph compan on Meet the Lawyer Suing Anyone Who Uses SSL · · Score: 1

    Marconi bought all the patents from Oliver Lodge for radio, aswell as moving coil loudspeakers.
    Lodge was after Telsa, but patented stuff.

  14. Re:PayPal is not a bank - it is in Europe! on PayPal Security Holes Expose Customer Card Data, Personal Details · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Paypal Europe is a Luxembourg based Bank and regulated in the EU as such.

  15. Re:Apple went about it the wrong way on Apple Loses Trademark Claim Against iFone in Mexico · · Score: 1

    Except ITV was already in use before Apple even existed

  16. Re:Wow on Curiosity Spies Unidentified, Metallic Object On Mars · · Score: 1

    The only reason NOT to go to Mars before we can live there is if we found life.

    Best way the screw over any life we found would be to turn up and start living there too.

  17. Re:Also, Apple would need NFC in their phones on Apple's Secret Plan To Join iPhones With Airport Security · · Score: 1

    Thats because Jobs added "on a mobile device" to the patent application :-)

  18. Re:A 1984 device ? on Apple's Secret Plan To Join iPhones With Airport Security · · Score: 1

    Wheras their manufacturing conditions and end users are explored in "The Road to Wigan Pier."

  19. So they win in the US and lose elsewhere on Apple Seeks To Block 8 Samsung Products After Court Win · · Score: 4, Informative

    They lost the cases in the UK, Netherlands, Germany but win in the US.

    Part of the ruling in the UK was to put a notice on the website stating that Samsung did not copy Apple.

  20. I'm sure the Brits have some spare on Rover Fuel Came From Russian Nuke Factory, But Supplies Running Low · · Score: 2

    The British have been reprocessing nuclear fuel since they started nuclear power, so they're bound to have some Pu available.
    They used some in some fast breeder reactors, but should still have plenty left, and I'm sure the National Park next to the reprocessing site would be happy to have it leave.

  21. Apple infringed first on Who Cares If Samsung Copied Apple? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Apple should start playing by they own rules.
    If a company infringes someone elses patents then they should lose the right to defend their own.

    Apple doesn't license other peoples patented technologies - they just infringe. Ask Nokia how they magically got around $650 million from Apple last year along with an ongoing royalty payment for every iPhone. Because Apple refused to license key Nokia technology and just blatently infringed when they refused the terms Nokia offered. They then went to the courts claiming that Nokia were unfair to them in the terms and so shouldn't be allowed to hold the patent.

    And it wasn't a "key technology" like rounded corners - it was GSM to make it work like a phone!

  22. Re:N95 on Use Google's Nexus 7 Tablet As a VoIP Phone, For Free · · Score: 1

    Except the Nokia N95 was about 7 years after the 'smartphones' started appearing - and were being called smartphones.
    Like the Nokia 9210 Communicator and the Sony Ericsson p800.

    Smartphone was actually used in the 1990's.

  23. Re:They are too generous on Ecuador Grants Asylum To Julian Assange · · Score: 1

    The British will likely say that will uphold the rule of law without making any guarantees to anyone.
    Then they'll put a no-fly zone over the district and then stop & search any vehicles leaving the building.

  24. Re:Extradition to US on Ecuador Grants Asylum To Julian Assange · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They offered for Swedish investigators to come to the embassy and interview Assange there - they refused.

  25. Re:Trickleware on Nokia Researcher Puts Firefox OS On Raspberry Pi · · Score: 2

    Farnell seem to be quicker at fulfilling orders than RS - plus you get a t-shirt.