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  1. Re:Yes, Solar is great... on Molten Salt-Based Solar Power Plant · · Score: 1

    Well, its not San Francisco, but we do have 2 nuclear power plants operating along the California coast. Frisco isn't the only place in California that has earthquakes, either. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Onofre_Nuclear_Generating_Station http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_Canyon_Power_Plant How bout Japan? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Japan

  2. Re:Use the right tool for the job on Professional Plone Development · · Score: 1

    Your argument would be lot stronger if the person you were replying to (Alexander Limi) wasn't a major contributor to Plone.

  3. Re:Single points of failure on Blackberry Network is Down · · Score: 1

    IMAP's version of push is insufficient, however. It requires an already-established TCP/IP. This means that you could not use the device to make phone calls or send/receive SMS messages if you wanted to be notified of new incoming mail.
    I really wish I could post a comment refuting your claim but my TCP/IP connection is already in use by the internet radio station I'm listening to. But seriously, how does having an established TCP/IP connection prevent the phone from doing other things?
  4. Re:Sounds like Mac OS X 3 years ago. on What's Different About Vista's GUI? · · Score: 1

    Just in case you didn't know, X11 has been doing remote 3d calls for years. You have a point though, RDP works much better over low bandwidth/high latency links. NX bring that kind of performance to X11 but its not really X11.

  5. Re:YOU ARE NOT AN IP LAWYER on Open Source Alternative for Skype · · Score: 1

    Well, your wrong on several points. First off, the output of GPL programs is not required to be licensed under the GPL. For this reason it is irrelevant what licenses GCC and your obfuscator are covered by. But you seem convinced otherwise so lets assume your right.

    Its also irrelevant at what point the software becomes bound by the GPL. At the point you distribute your software it is already under the GPL by your own argument. According to the GPL you are required to make the source code available for any GPL software you distribute. In this case, source code is defined as the prefered form for modification of the software. By definition obfuscated code isn't this prefered form, so you are in violation of the GPL.

    As for your last statement, IANAL, but I think it would be pretty easy to prove that your code was obfuscated and not simply following some unusual standards.

  6. Re:YOU ARE NOT AN IP LAWYER on Open Source Alternative for Skype · · Score: 1
    From section 3 of the GPL:
    The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it.
    So code that has been run through an obfuscator is not "source code" as defined by the GPL and you are not satisfying the terms of the license if that is all you are releasing.
  7. Re:They Care. on Zen and the Art of Apache Maintenance · · Score: 1
    I'd rather do business with a group that's motivated by money because I have something to bargain with. If it's just a group who does it for fun, who's to say they won't just stop? Or find another interest? What then?
    Then you can start paying them for service you had been happily receiving for free. I have a feeling that paying them to support something they've put so much of their time into just might motivate them to keep at it.
  8. Re:Well, I can see it now. on Debian to be Marketed to Japan and China · · Score: 3, Funny

    In Korea, only old people use Debian Stable.

  9. Re:No, no, no, this is all wrong.... on Should the UN Replace ICANN? · · Score: 1

    root DNS server... you keep using that term, but I don't think it means what you think it means.

  10. Re:"Service Delivery" on On Moving Toward Software Rentals · · Score: 1

    But do they have a flag?

  11. Re:Slackware and Vanilla? on No 2.7 Linux Kernel Branch Due Soon · · Score: 1

    Why does Linus refuse to address this issue? Is it because he's a horse, or because hes got blinders on! No peripheral vision!

  12. Re:If the poster is correct on GIF Slips Away From Unisys; Your Move, IBM · · Score: 1

    Maybe because its a security risk.

  13. Re:We need to bring balance to the force. on Interesting Uses for Trusted Computing · · Score: 1

    Unsanctioned? So I should be required to have Microsoft's permission to modify my own property (X-Box)? I should be required to get permission from Microsoft to run the X-Box Media Player (an inovative little piece of perfectly legal software)? Running Linux on my X-Box? There are plenty of legitimate reasons for modding an X-Box. In the end it comes down to Microsoft wanting to control your property after they've sold it to you. Its about restricting fair use.