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  1. Re:No win for the consumer on High Court Allows Remote-Storage DVR System · · Score: 1

    Yes. The case was simply about whose pocket your money goes into.

  2. Re:Law is bullshit on Of Catty Rants and Copyrights · · Score: 1

    It would help if people could agree on the postulates. The Constitution? What does the 2nd amendment really say? It depends on you point of view. The commerce clause? And so on.

  3. Hey Mods on RIAA Defendant Moves For Summary Judgment · · Score: 1

    The GP is just a better-obfuscated version of this. Why is a troll warning modded Offtopic?

  4. The Ulysses mission accomplished a lot on Ulysses Space Mission Finally Coming To an End · · Score: 5, Informative
    Here is a short summary of its results. I especially like this one:

    Ulysses collected rare samples of interstellar helium isotopes, supplying evidence to support the idea that the Universe will expand forever because insufficient matter was created in the Big Bang to halt its outward march.

  5. Re:Ulysses on Ulysses Space Mission Finally Coming To an End · · Score: 1

    I always thought he was Greek.

  6. Re:I can see this happening in the US on Pirate Bay Retrial Denied, Judge Declared Unbiased · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mom? Dad? You're both gone now, but I know can hear me, and I just want to thank you so much for giving me what I always wanted, my very own troll.

  7. I can see this happening in the US on Pirate Bay Retrial Denied, Judge Declared Unbiased · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Judge Bauregard P Burnside today justified his membership in the KKK saying, 'I have to keep up on current civil rights developments.'"

  8. Re:As I recall, about 2 years ago. SCOTUS on Tennesee Man Charged In "Virtual Pornography" Case · · Score: 1

    Well, if the evidence was photographic, they'd probably put you in jail for kiddieporn.

  9. Re:As I recall, about 2 years ago. SCOTUS on Tennesee Man Charged In "Virtual Pornography" Case · · Score: 4, Interesting
    TFA:

    Tennessee's laws state that in prosecuting the offense of sexual exploitation of a minor, "the state is not required to prove the actual identity or age of the minor."

    I wonder if that's been tested. It sounds scary, in that it assumes the "minor" part.

  10. Re:3.4? on Google Funding the Next Big One? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Without significant fault lines? This article seems to suggest otherwise.

  11. Re:Um, is this at all credible? on The Imminent Demise of SORBS · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So is the FSF, but that alone is not reason to disregard it.

  12. Potential bidders? on The Imminent Demise of SORBS · · Score: 1

    SORBS is officially "For Sale" should anyone wish to purchase it as a going concern

    Now that Alan Ralsky is out of business, who would want to buy it?

  13. A possible experiment on Robotic Ferret Used To Fight Smugglers · · Score: 1

    Insert roboferret, close container. Ferret scans for a particular combination of scents. If it detects this combination, it self-destructs. But the container being closed, the state of the robot is unknown until it is reopened.

    Voila! Schrodinger's ferret.

  14. Re:Single Best Story I have read on Slashdot on Tracking Thieves With 'Find my iPhone' · · Score: 1

    Kudos indeed. s-waffle's UID show he signed up not long after I did, which would make him one hell of a mole.

  15. Re:that's nothing- try the political conventions h on Mass Arrests of Journalists Follow Iran Elections · · Score: 1

    The last decade? Guess you missed the '68 DNC in Chicago.

  16. Re:Yet another IT company gets to live my dream! on Oracle Kills Virtual Iron · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Such people do exist. Like this bank president. Yes, bank president.

  17. Re:Of course a settlement was reached on Analysis of MediaSentry Wins Music-Download Suit · · Score: 1

    It depends on the judge. I remember a case where a judge ruled that data that was "stored" only in volatile RAM, no matter how short the time, and never never making it to any backing store, was "stored data" and had to be retained. Think routers. The case didn't depend on that ruling, but it goes to show how that where technology is concerned, judges can make foolish decisions.

  18. Re:Big deal on FCC To Probe Exclusive Mobile Deals · · Score: 1

    You are correct. It's not just AT&T+iPhone, it's also Verizon+Storm and Sprint+Pre. No way is the FCC going to stand up to all three.

  19. U.S. readers, take note on German Parliament Enacts Internet Censorship Law · · Score: 1

    Please consider this: Just one really egregious kiddieporn case could result in similar legislation here. How many politicians dare to vote against ForTheChildren legislation? Throw in right wing militia, terrorist, and "hate" sites in general for the win.

    I think I'm preaching to the choir here, but other than /. readers, how many people really care? DMCA? Patriot Act? ACTA secrecy?

  20. Re:WTF on Montana City Requires Workers' Internet Accounts · · Score: 5, Funny

    The ad is actually for positions in their sister city, Bozeman, Nigeria.

  21. So how do you launch them? on Jet Stream Kites Could Power New York City · · Score: 1

    TFA speaks about 20000-50000 feet. How do you get that much tether, and a kite big enough to hold it, up that high? Do you start with the tether attached to the ground or the kite?

  22. This is a good opportunity for a new myth on Fifteen Classic PC Design Mistakes · · Score: 5, Funny

    It would go something like this:

    Well sonny, I remember it was back in the '80s. There were these guys who loved their Apple IIIs so much that, despite its faults, they kept them running for years beyond their useful lifetimes. They did this by filling their offices with industrial-strength fans pointed at those Apple IIIs. Ever since then, we've called people who continue to support obviously flawed products "fanboys"

  23. Re:And... on Twitter "Twitpocalypse" Snags Mac, iPhone Apps · · Score: 1

    You send anonymous tweets?

  24. I like the 'secure cages' on Data Center Overload · · Score: 1
    Let's see. "trading engines of several large financial exchanges" secured by cages sitting on a raised floor. What could possibly go wrong?

    I hope they at least have cameras or under-floor motion detectors.

  25. Re:Modular design? on BIND 10 Development Now Fully Underway · · Score: 1

    daemontools per se is actually a pretty cool package, and an example of what I was trying to say. If Dan had made it easier to repackage, or even simply allowed you to configure alternatives to /command and /service, more people might be using it today.