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  1. Re:I'm nervous about this on FSF Settles Suit Against Cisco · · Score: 1

    Probably not. If it is a separate program that happens to run in Linux, it can have its own licence separate from the rest of the distribution.

  2. Re:Fear on FSF Settles Suit Against Cisco · · Score: 1

    It is only if you distribute the libraries, or derivative works made from the libraries that anything kicks in.

  3. Re:FSFAA! on FSF Settles Suit Against Cisco · · Score: 1

    There is still the value of the non-monetary compensation you have to agree to in order to be able to use the software.

    In any case, when did actual loses come into it? The RIAA sues for hundreds of thousands of dollars for a track that is available on itunes for 99c.

  4. Re:This is the first time we've had to go to court on FSF Settles Suit Against Cisco · · Score: 1

    Had you not heard of Eben Moglen?

  5. Re:The problem... on Sun To Build World's Biggest App Store Around Java · · Score: 1

    apt-get can download from lots of different repositories on a cron job, so why can't WindowsUpdate?

  6. Re:Write once on Sun To Build World's Biggest App Store Around Java · · Score: 1

    It was more "write once, crash anywhere" web animations such as "punch the monkey", but Adobe Flash has taken over as the development platform of choice for that sort of thing.

  7. Re:The problem... on Sun To Build World's Biggest App Store Around Java · · Score: 1

    And you get prompted at the time when you least want to do the upgrade - when you load the program and want to use it.

    There is nothing more annoying than going to view a pdf file, and having to update Acrobat, reboot the computer and then go back to the site to re-open it. It would be much better if it could update at 3am along with my Windows Update run.

  8. Re:This is great on Soccerbots Learn How To Fall Gracefully · · Score: 1

    Every Portuguese soccer player and in particular those from FC Porto knows that the most important skill is knowing when and how to fall. And that you shouldn't stay upright for more then 30 seconds at a time.

    Fixed it again for you.

  9. Re:All I have to say is... on Australia, UK To Test Vehicle Speed-Limiting Devices · · Score: 1

    So why doesn't the A74(M) in Grenta, Scotland have a speed limit of 110mph?

  10. Re:All I have to say is... on Australia, UK To Test Vehicle Speed-Limiting Devices · · Score: 1

    In Britain they don't book you unless you are going at more than 1.1x speed limit + 2mph. That's 68mph in a 60 zone. Your speedo typically shows you as going 5% faster than you actually are, so you can have just over 71mph on your speedo without getting booked.

    Part of the reason is that if they booked you for doing 61mph, you could challenge the accuracy of their speed measuring devices, but you would have less chance of success at 69mph.

    Speedos are not alowed to show you going any slower than you actually are, but are allowed to show you as going up to 10% faster than you actually are, so most manufacturers callibrate them to somwhere in the middle of that range.

  11. Re:All I have to say is... on Australia, UK To Test Vehicle Speed-Limiting Devices · · Score: 1

    Outside a school at closing time is a 20mph limit, at least for any school I know of.

    Problem is it tends to be a 20mph limit on a Sunday morning during the summer holidays as well when there is no need for it.

  12. Re:All I have to say is... on Australia, UK To Test Vehicle Speed-Limiting Devices · · Score: 1

    Driving too slowly can get you booked as well, at least in England and in Scotland. It does happen sometimes.

  13. Re:Hmmm . . . . on Google Tricycles To Map Footpaths For Street View · · Score: 1

    Yes, in the centres of a lot of cities, you find pedestrian precincts or bus/taxi only roads.

    For example, Princes Street in Edinburgh is somewhere people want to see - main shopping street on one side, Edinburgh Castle on the other, but it isn't on streetview because it is buses only. Or at the moment no traffic at all, because they are laying tram tracks on it.

  14. Re:Amusing story on US To Require That New Cars Get 42 MPG By 2016 · · Score: 1

    We buy our petrol in litres, but we still generally talk about fuel economy in miles per gallon rather than litres per 100km.

  15. Re:Unlocked Blackberries on What OS and Software For a Mobile Documentary Crew? · · Score: 1

    Also, if the local phone network doesn't support GPRS, you will have to change the internet settings from dialing *99# to dialing whatever the phone number for the local internet access point is.

  16. Re:TeX vs. Office on MS Word 2010 Takes On TeX · · Score: 4, Informative

    Word does have version control.

    It is possible to change styles if you set it up properly when you are typing the document. Most people don't. It isn't the easiest thing to do, though apparently it is better in 2007 than 2003 which I use.

  17. Re:Servers... on The Hard Drive Is Inside the Computer · · Score: 1

    No no no. The wireless router is the "main server".

  18. Re:Meh on The Hard Drive Is Inside the Computer · · Score: 1

    Before you go out and buy a hard drive, you need to first establish what type your friend wants - (ATA, SATA, USB, SCSI, Firewire, etc), the size (2.5", 3.5" etc), and the capacity.

    When you make those enquiries, you will quickly find out if it isn't actually a hard drive she needs.

  19. Re:Meh on The Hard Drive Is Inside the Computer · · Score: 1

    You might be able to repair rather than replace the hard drive.

    I'm not sure what the non-techie people round my way call it. They use the term "hard drive" to describe data storage devices you plug into a USB port that are bigger in size and capacity than a "memory stick". A "memory stick" is what we call a USB flash drive, not Sony's proprietary memory card.

  20. Re:Can only improve on great from here on Office 2010 Technical Preview Leaked · · Score: 1

    Oh dear.

    If you have more than 65536 records or 256 fields, you really really shouldn't be using Excel.

  21. Re:Let me be the first to say: on Office 2010 Technical Preview Leaked · · Score: 2, Informative

    Expression Design is their equivalent program. I guess it targets Adobe Illustrator more than OpenOffice Draw.

    However, their "Mac support" is a copy of Parallels. Sorry, that isn't going to work.

  22. Re:Capitalism maximizes for profit on Letting Time Solve the Online News Dilemma · · Score: 1

    The Guardian is self-financing, and doesn't need any donations, but it is owned by a not-for-profit organisation.

  23. Re:tell me again... on Gartner Tells Businesses to Forget About Vista · · Score: 2, Informative

    Clear Type font rendering.

  24. Re:Insightful analysis... four years late. on Gartner Tells Businesses to Forget About Vista · · Score: 1

    That's usually the case with Microsoft, but I would say that Windows 2000 was their best OS release ever in terms of stability.

  25. Re:I know where . . . on Hosting a Highly Inflammatory Document? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you pay cash for your printer, I can't see any way to trace it back to you; and I doubt very much that the shops have the facility to record serial numbers of individual printer sales, link them to credit cards, and report them to the authorities.

    This is probably more useful for where they get a search warrant for your place, and they can establish whether or not it was your printer that was used to print it.