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  1. Oh God on EV1 Servers CEO Responds To Customers · · Score: 1
    I was afraid there were businesspeople gullible as this. Not only was EV1 ripped off, they're supporting a lawsuit that doesn't have case.

    SCO might win now, as stupid and greedy as they are.

    Imagine how many Slashdot subscriptions you could buy with that $1+ million EV1 wasted.
  2. the Eyes are Moving! on Do Your $20 Bills Explode In the Microwave? · · Score: 2, Funny
    Do you know what exploded on American money?? The right eye of Andrew Jackson on the new twenty, every bill was uniform

    Of course they're in his eyes. The government is using them to track or 'watch' us! ;)

  3. (CC) on Creative Commons Moving Images Winners · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Wow, I hadn't heard of Creative Commons before. What do they get their authority from?

  4. Government & Open Source on Get Listed Free In Gov't Open Source Directory · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I thought the government was primary running Windows. Are they going to pay attention to this directory or will it end up going nowhere?

  5. Re:Solar problems on Mars Rovers Update · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure those plastic sheets would lower the amount of energy the panels could produce - just another layer to block sunlight from an already inefficient system.

  6. Re:All good things ... on Search Beyond Google · · Score: 1
    Not equal weightage - what if I were to generate thousands of pages linking to specific sites? Indeed, more popular sites have a higher 'weightage' - this is definitely true - but that is not the only factor. There are many more things to factor in the algorithm.

    Even things as simple as link placement on the page, size, color, context ("this site sucks and is a scam: [link]"), and more.

  7. Article Full Text - for Reference on SCO Licenses Now Available · · Score: 1
    SCO Intellectual Property License for Linux

    Many customers are concerned about using Linux since they have become aware of the allegations that Linux is an unauthorized derivative work of the UNIX(R) operating system. These customers unknowingly received illegal copies of SCO property and many are running critical business applications on Linux. Some customers have asked their Linux distributors to indemnify them against intellectual property infringement claims in Linux. Due to the limitations of the GPL and lack of adequate IP controls in Linux, such customers have been unable to obtain satisfactory assurances, whether through adequate indemnification programs or otherwise, from distributors that their use of Linux will not cause them exposure to liability for this use.

    SCO has an obligation to stockholders, customers and employees to protect the value of its assets. SCO is also sympathetic to the end-user's predicament. SCO has determined that it can accommodate both conditions by offering a license that cures the IP infringement in Linux. This new license is called "SCO Intellectual Property License for Linux" and applies to commercial use of the Linux 2.4 and later versions. The license insures that Linux end users can continue to run their business uninterrupted without misusing SCO's Intellectual Property.

    End users who purchase this license are granted the right to use the SCO IP in Linux in binary format only. The license is available immediately and can be purchased by credit card through our online store.

    A pretty blue button with the text "Buy Now!" follows.

  8. Re:One nit on this... on The World's Safest Operating System · · Score: 1

    What's IANASBIPTBOOS? I am not a ...

  9. Free Standard Game Server on EFF Continues Fight On Blizzard Vs. Bnetd Case · · Score: 1

    What happened to FSGS? I remember playing on this Battle.net clone years ago. It seems they got shut down too.

  10. Re:Growing Distros on Giant List Of Linux-based Live CDs · · Score: 1

    Can computers BOOT from DVD? And DVD ISOs are not as widespread.

  11. Re:Their search has apparently improved as well ! on Google's Bigger Index · · Score: 1

    Indeed, I read about people making $thousands off their Amazon affiliate links by getting listed in Google. It was serious abuse of the system. They were quite angry when Google dropped them all late last year (a couple months ago). I'm glad.

  12. Re:Correct use of "steal"! on SCO Lists Specific Code-Infringement Claims · · Score: 1
    You can steal money and bananas. You cannot steal music and movies.

    But you can steal copies of music and movies. Yet perhaps that's your point - that this is incorrect use of 'steal': Unless you're saying going to Best Buy and taking a bunch of music and movies without paying for them isn't stealing.

  13. Re:That's crazy! on Lindows becomes Lindash · · Score: 1

    Microsoft owns W.

  14. Re:Wow on Lindows becomes Lindash · · Score: 1

    I think this needs more explanation... why Dashslot, exactly? I guess I'm missing some unapparent relationship between this and the story.

  15. Re:Wow on Lindows becomes Lindash · · Score: 1

    I can't find that windildo product anywhere. Even Google turned up 0 matches.

  16. Re:Totally Idiotic. on Lindows becomes Lindash · · Score: 2, Informative
    How'm I supposed to search for "lin---s" in google, for example?

    That's what "Lindash" is for.

  17. Windows source on Microsoft, Monocultures, Security FUD & Other Fun · · Score: 1

    Now that the Windows source code is released, when can we expect the first Windows distro?

  18. Re:Profitable on AMD Back in the Black · · Score: 1
    Tricks with driver versions and other such foolery

    Ah, so THAT's where "tomfoolery" came from: Tom's hardware.

  19. Really Buy It on The Galaxy's Largest Diamond · · Score: 1

    They sell stars, or at least the ownership, claim, or naming of them. It's a symbolic thing to claim a star, and that specific star is "yours" and only yours forever. Why not do the same with this overgrown diamond?

  20. Re:McDonalds and SCO on SCOoby Snacks · · Score: 1
    SCO Linux

    Linux != Unix

  21. Re:Afloat you say? on Intel Devises Chip Speed Breakthrough · · Score: 1
    Debt is not necessarily bad. Even if we continued like this forever, who cares? Gin up your short term illusion of prosperity indefinitely. Millionaires including Robert Kiyosaki will tell you that debt - the RIGHT KIND of debt (not consumer debt) - is GOOD. In fact, many millionaires keep unpaid mortgages and pay them monthly along with their added interest.

    It's as if money itself is an illusion. Yet... it is. No modern currency is backed by gold or anything. Money relies on people's thinking that it has value. Just this perception gives money its value.

  22. Linux Tux toy on Toy Penguins and Male Egos Drove Linux Acceptance · · Score: 1

    I found a Tux stuffed penguin toy about 4 years ago. It says SuSE Linux on the tag. Is it a collectors' item?

  23. Re:Still binary.. on Intel Devises Chip Speed Breakthrough · · Score: 1
  24. Re:Still binary.. on Intel Devises Chip Speed Breakthrough · · Score: 1
    Already posted, see related comment.

    Hope this helps.

  25. Privacy concerns on WiFi Free-For-All · · Score: 1

    Can hackers, crackers, and file sharers take advantage of this public WiFi?