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  1. The one language they understand on Linux Centrino Driver Update · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Think like a capitalist and vote with your wallet.

    Until they have a proper Linux driver, buy an AMD based system instead.

  2. Re:Jon wrote 1000 lines of code with no comments on DVD-Jon Breaks iTunes Encryption For Linux Users · · Score: 1

    All comments are property of SCO.

  3. Economic Crimes on DVD-Jon Completely Clear · · Score: 1

    Remember, they got Al Capone on tax evasion. Not for being a gangster.

  4. Re:The lower Manhattan nightmare scenerio on Automagic No-Fly-Zone Enforcement · · Score: 1

    Only planned emergencies permitted. Unforeseen fuel leaks, engine fires, collisions and so on are not permitted and the airplane should self-destruct automatically

  5. crashing air planes on Automagic No-Fly-Zone Enforcement · · Score: 1

    How about this one: Radar Detected Airplane before White House Crash
    Describing the airplane which crashed into the White House when Clinton was president.

    I thought everybody remembered that one.

  6. Re:Car ads on The State of Automated Commercial Skipping · · Score: 1

    I don't know about you, but I always decide it's time to get a new car when I'm driving the old one (or repairing it). Advertising has zero influence.

  7. Re:OnStar-enabled terrorism on OnStar Considered Harmful · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Worse. If they can get an inside man at OnStar, they can stop the victim's car at a suitable location, lock his doors and move in for the kill.

    Just one bad apple with sufficient clearance at OnStar and the bad guys will have a field day.

  8. Re:But isn't he confusing on Blockbuster Chief: End DVD Region Codes · · Score: 1

    Of course its about controlling the market. (And side-stepping free-trade agreements) Why else have region coded discs fo Casablanca? I do believe they have managed to release it in all countries by now :-)

  9. DRM killed DAT tapes on Intertrust Plans Universal DRM System · · Score: 1

    Thanks to DRM nobody wanted to buy DAT tapes for music.

  10. Re:bandwidth on Have You Fought Your ISP Over Bandwidth Limits? · · Score: 1

    How about complaining about false advertising? Most countries have laws about that.

  11. Re:About the MT-32 on Roland Backs Down On MT-32 Emulator · · Score: 1

    There was a sound card for PCs that used the MT32 for MIDI sounds.

  12. Keyrings on Real Security? · · Score: 1

    The problem is: There is no good keyring for us to store passwords in.

    If you have 15 keys and you must carry them all in your hands at all times (no keyring, no pockets, no putting them down) then you get the same kind of problem as walking around remembering 15 different passwords at once (especially when all 15 must be changed every 60 days)

  13. Re:Norwegian courts on DeCSS: Jon Johansen Retrial Begins · · Score: 1

    Money is not a limiter.
    Under Norwegian law the state pays for the lawyer in a criminal case. You can choose your own lawyer, so you're not limited to a lesser qualified one. The state pays for "reasonable" fees. (Meaning he can't charge more than his normal fee, and you cant hire dozens of lawyers without a good reason)

    As for disincentive: for a major case, there will often be two rounds in court almost automatically, and the first round serves as a way to make sure that all sides of the case are properly presented.
    However if the case is sufficiently clear, and there is little doubt, both sides may think that they will have little or nothing to gain by another round, and the ruling from the lower court stays. Naturally this happens more often for lesser crimes and misdemeanors.

  14. Level of justice? on DeCSS: Jon Johansen Retrial Begins · · Score: -1, Troll

    In the US he would have been declared Enemy Combatant and shipped to Cuba without the need for trial?

  15. Norwegian courts on DeCSS: Jon Johansen Retrial Begins · · Score: 5, Informative

    Norway has a two-phase court system.

    If either party disagree with the verdict at the lower court they can appeal and get a new trial with more judges (and depending on the type of crime, either a jury or a panel of judges)

  16. Re:Exclusion for Independently Generated Info on Who Owns The Facts? · · Score: 1

    The classic way of distinguishing between case 1 and case 2 is to insert dummy entries with non-existing information.

    For instance they can add one John Smith with an unused phonenumber living in a non-existing street.

    This entry will only exist in case 1.

  17. Re:Oh, that's nothing...in San Francisco.. on L.A. County Bans Use Of "Master/Slave" Term · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The really scary part is that "I'm just kidding. I hope no one believes this." was necessary.
    It could actually happen. Unless we start electing people who are closer connected to reality.

  18. Re:The way I think of it... on Apple Claims Ownership of Shareware · · Score: 1

    Except that you're only leasing it out from 9 to 5.

    If I'm working 24 hours a day I want paid for all 24 as well.

  19. Re:Its not all bad news on UK Becomes Sixth Country to Implement EUCD · · Score: 1

    Does this mean that downloading or copying a CD is a worse crime than stealing it in the store?

  20. Who could afford to read? on Copyright Extension In Australia · · Score: 1

    If all who wanted to to read and all who wanted to write anything had to pay a license to the descendants of the inventors of the alphabet?

  21. Re:What is so sad??? on Security Versus Science · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What is so wrong with locking up foreign nationals and not providing any of the rights that Americans get, when they have no claim to America? What is wrong is that this totally undermines the basis for the existence of the United States. Maybe you remember an old piece of paper saying "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights..." ?

  22. Re:Tracking your change on Gillette Pulls RFID Tags In UK Amid Protests · · Score: 1

    But nobody can see the serial numbers of the cash in your wallet.

    With RFID soon you can tell exactly how much cash a person is carrying, and who had those notes before.

  23. Re:It's not going to happen again on Protecting Cities from Hijacked Planes · · Score: 1

    Actually this technology makes another 911 a sure thing. All you have to do is replace the database with your own version. A version where the ONLY allowed flight path is smack into [Insert Target Here]
    Just like mod-chipping Xbox, only now they'll be mod-chipping a 747 instead.
    And the terrorist stays safely on the ground laughing all the time.