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  1. Re:remember freedom? on Suit Claims Diebold Voting Machines Violate GPL · · Score: 1

    It is no different from them downloading their copy of Windows 2000 from thepiratebay.org and installing that on their machines.

    Very few people would question why anyone would want to use the Microsoft EULA given those circumstances.

  2. Re:The thing is on Suit Claims Diebold Voting Machines Violate GPL · · Score: 1

    No. They have to actually sell you the Linksys router for you to be entitled to the source.

    You are not entitled to the source for your internet café's Linksys, however the café owner is.

  3. Re:Are they distributing the software? on Suit Claims Diebold Voting Machines Violate GPL · · Score: 1

    Distribution the output of the software ie the ballots, is outside the scope of the GPL.

    Letting people use your computer which contains free software is also outside the scope of the GPL.

  4. Re:Are they distributing the software? on Suit Claims Diebold Voting Machines Violate GPL · · Score: 1

    The outcome may be that you get the source to the ghostscript library that runs on the machine, which probably looks like the source to every other ghostscript library in the world.

    Or rather, you probably won't get it. The election officials who ordered the machine will get it.

  5. Re:that's part of the point of this relicensing on GFDL 1.3 Is Out, Allows Migration To CC · · Score: 1

    As an example, you have Wikipedia and Wikitravel, both of which have information about various locations. You aren't allowed to copy between the two as Wikipedia uses GFDL and Wikitravel uses a cc licence.

  6. Re:Disconnect on Air Force To Rewrite the Rules of the Internet · · Score: 1

    But if the secret information is gathering all the youtube videos that terrorists make to promote their methods of conducting terrorism, then there is going to have to be a link to the public network somewhere.

  7. Re:Jurisdiction... on Air Force To Rewrite the Rules of the Internet · · Score: 1

    They've got to find the target first though. When it is bounced through a load of different proxy servers, that's not so easy. You can bomb the proxy, but they just move onto another one.

  8. Re:Does this... on Wayland, a New X Server For Linux · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Didn't Microsoft do this in NT4, and wasn't it a very bad move for security and stability?

  9. Re:Linux: 4096 on Windows 7 To Be 256-Core Aware · · Score: 1

    Windows 7 doesn't run on them. News at 11:01.

  10. Re:Linux: 4096 on Windows 7 To Be 256-Core Aware · · Score: 1

    If it is running on an NX server, you could have a lot more users per machine. I guess network bandwidth would run out before the 4096 cores does.

  11. Re:Another excuse not to RTFA on Windows 7 To Be 256-Core Aware · · Score: 1

    Apart from MS, the only Silverlight site I've seen is itv.com

  12. Re:Hmm on Windows 7 To Be 256-Core Aware · · Score: 1

    And you are forgetting all the different server editions.

    There's Home, Small Business Std, Small Business Premium, Business Essentials Std, Business Essentials Premium, Standard, Enterprise, Data Centre, Web Server and probably loads more that I've forgotten about.

  13. Re:Hmm on Windows 7 To Be 256-Core Aware · · Score: 1

    Windows 2003 does have a themes service. It is just disabled by default. All you need to do is go to services.msc, enable it and set it to start by default, then you can change to the Luna theme just like you do in XP.

  14. Re:Hmm on Windows 7 To Be 256-Core Aware · · Score: 1

    Vista is 1 DVD, Small Business Server 2008 Premium is 5 DVDs, so we are in 2008 where DVD number is a determining factor in what you ship. In a few years time, they will be able to ship on Blueray, but it will have bloated to the point that the number of Blueray disks will be a limiting factor.

  15. Re:How it came to be lost? on In UK, 12M Taxpayers Lost With USB Stick · · Score: 1

    Using the standard 40 bit encryption which Elcomsoft AOPB can crack in about a day.

  16. Re:How it came to be lost? on In UK, 12M Taxpayers Lost With USB Stick · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing this USB drive contained an MS Word file with the passwords written in it. I'm sure it is nothing as sophisticated as a SecurID key.

  17. Re:XP outsells Linux, guess why on Asus To Phase Out Sub-10" Eee PCs · · Score: 1

    I use Ubuntu. I'm just guessing SuSE Enterprise is better than the "Linux Lite" distros that most of the other netbooks have as you get a full KDE or Gnome interface.

  18. Re:Why would China do this? on How China Will Use Cyber Warfare To Leapfrog Foes · · Score: 1

    Well, one of the reasons for higher oil prices is the situation in Iraq.

    The huge budget deficit hasn't helped the banking situation either, as you depend on Chinese, Iranian and Venezuelan investors lending money to you.

  19. Re:Why would China do this? on How China Will Use Cyber Warfare To Leapfrog Foes · · Score: 1

    And District of Columbia? I believe there are some issues with voting rights there.

  20. Re:Why would China do this? on How China Will Use Cyber Warfare To Leapfrog Foes · · Score: 1

    Iraq? They cancelled some elections when it looked like people weren't going to vote for the "right" candidate.

  21. Re:XP is closer to "just works" for most on Asus To Phase Out Sub-10" Eee PCs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I've not seen anyone use Outlook Express for a long time. They use Internet Explorer for their email - via a webmail service. I guess that's why Windows 7 isn't going to ship with an email client.

  22. Re:XP outsells Linux, guess why on Asus To Phase Out Sub-10" Eee PCs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The HP netbook has SuSE Enterprise, so not all netbooks have retarded GUIs.

  23. Re:As always with DRM on Doom9 Researchers Break BD+ · · Score: 1

    Yes, but having cracked it once, it is surely a lot easier to crack it the next time round.

  24. Re:As always with DRM on Doom9 Researchers Break BD+ · · Score: 1

    So all you need to do is examine the update and pull the new key out of it.

  25. Re:Welcome to the future - UK on Why Netbooks Will Soon Cost $99 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    In the UK a typical deal is

    Mobile broadband on its own - £15 per month
    Mobile broadband with a "free" eeePC worth £200 - £35 per month for two years.

    So you are paying £240 for the free laptop. That works out like a loan at 8.6% APR. Better than most store HP deals but still definitely not free.