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  1. Essentially free? on No WiFi In 'Grantsdale' Chipset · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wireless network cards for desktops are never free. Access points are not generally free either, unless somehow bundled with the Internet service by the ISP. Maybe I am missing something.

  2. Re:for crying out loud! on US Judge Strikes Down Bootleg Law · · Score: 1
    I think you have a very good point about the ability of the recording to even exist. I would assume that at a private venue, the management has a right to prohibit recordings. Even without the explicit prohibition, whoever made the original recording clearly violated copyright law.

    Where this gets complicated is when, despite the legalities, a recording does get made. The record dealer did not make the recording, so he cannot be in violation of copyright law as far as that goes. However, in theory, he (or his heirs!) should be able to hang on to the recording until copyright protection on that work ends, and then be able to copy it and sell it at that point.

  3. Re:for crying out loud! on US Judge Strikes Down Bootleg Law · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why should a recording of a live performance have any greater copyright protection than a pressed music CD? Under the current law, 1000 years from now, that recording of the live performance would still fall under protection, which is probably unconstitutional.

  4. Re:That's weird... on US Judge Strikes Down Bootleg Law · · Score: 2, Informative

    The reason it is (or at least was) illegal to record live performances, is because of copyright. I think you are getting too caught up in the "copy" part of copyright. A copy does not need to be of another recording - a recording of a live performance constitutes a copy, because you are copying the broadcast.

  5. Re:isn't that the point? on US Judge Strikes Down Bootleg Law · · Score: 5, Informative

    Perpetual protection is unconstitutional. Article 1, Clause 8, provides Congress with the power to "promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries."

  6. Does it come with. . . on Build Your Own Solar-Powered Scooter · · Score: 5, Funny

    solar-powered headlights?

  7. Re:digital broadcasts on US Still Dithering Over Analog-Digital TV Conversion · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why watch TV at all? Just play with your damn free Dell PC all day, you pyramid-scheme-promoting hack.

  8. Re:No frills eh? on Astronaut Wants Space Program With No Frills · · Score: 1
    I know something else you can do with your gmail invite.

    Thank you, sir, for doing your little bit to slowly transform this great news forum into a place where people like you make half-witted attempts at humour in order to shamelessly promote some pyramid scam. Please take your gmail/Ponzi/ipod tease elsewhere.

  9. Re:Humans Need Confort on Astronaut Wants Space Program With No Frills · · Score: 1

    Maybe if they had some of these new propulsion systems you speak of, they could take all people like you who are peddling stupid free ipod offers and ship them off Mars where maybe they could find Martians who are interested in Herbalife and Amway.

  10. Re:What a Crock on IT (And Other) Salaries On The Rise In The U.S. · · Score: 1, Interesting

    That does sound bitter. This is America, and your income is what you make it. Job sucks? Go work for yourself - IT is a field where you can do that. No clients? Slick up the hair and hit the streets. Don't be a passive, woe-is-me, no-one-is-giving-me-a-raise, helpless ninny.

  11. Re:Oh yea.... on FTC Recommends Bounty on Spammers · · Score: 1

    No kidding! What kind of a scam is that?

  12. Re:Patents and Sender blocking.. Is not pure evil on OSI And Microsoft Negotiating Over Sender ID · · Score: 1

    Spammers are paying no heed to CAN-SPAM. I do not think they will honor patents either.

  13. Re:MOD ABUSE on OSI And Microsoft Negotiating Over Sender ID · · Score: 1

    Maybe it's your signature.

  14. Re:He'd post AC on Russian May Have Solved Poincare Conjecture · · Score: 1

    Maybe he believes that by not claiming the award, he insures that the $1 million stays where it will do the most good.

  15. Why sell them back? on Google IPO Problems Surface · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Maybe I am missing something, but why would anyone be willing to sell their shares back at a fraction of what they would fetch on the open market?

  16. Re:80% right, 100% ugly colour scheme. on Phish Scams Fooling 28% of Users · · Score: 1

    Actually, you could mouse-over the links, and the destination would appear in the status bar, at the bottom of your browser.

  17. Re:Now do the same over at MSN/Hotmail on AOL Employee Arrested in Spam Scheme · · Score: 1

    You are describing a brute force attack, not a dictionary attack. Dictionary attacks only use words in a dictionary.

  18. Re: Direct mail is not Destructive? Bull... on Confession For Two: A Spammer Spills it All · · Score: 1
    I think that some direct marketing is necessary for a healthy economy. Try launching a legitimate, competitive, value-producing startup business without it. You sometimes need to get salesmen to hit the streets. If no one knows about your product or service, you are sunk, no matter how good it is.

  19. Re:Only 11k? Am I missing something? on SCO posts Q2 Loss, Gets $11k from Linux · · Score: 1

    I think it reads $8 million the prior year.

  20. Re:No improvements forecasted on SCO posts Q2 Loss, Gets $11k from Linux · · Score: 1

    Well they are both command line based, so they must be related.

  21. The services have nothing to do with it on Online Plagiarist Sues University · · Score: 2, Informative

    The crux of the lawsuit is that the student was punished too late, to his detriment, and, arguably, the university's benefit. There is no question that whatever method was used to catch the plagiarism did produce an accurate result.

  22. Re:MS would control an industry!??! on Xbox Next to Include PC/Console Hybrid Option? · · Score: 1

    Er correction - that should be "no joke".

  23. Re:MS would control an industry!??! on Xbox Next to Include PC/Console Hybrid Option? · · Score: 1

    Moving out Dell, HP, IBM, Sony, Nintendo is joke. Those guys will not roll over. Look how successful MS was trying to squeeze into the Linksys/D-Link/Netgear crowd.

  24. Re:Spam solution already exists on SPF To Be Integrated With MS 'Caller ID' System · · Score: 1
    That works fine for your limited group of tech-savvy buddies, but the real world is different. I run my own business, and I am never going to ask a client to do this, and neither would anyone I know who runs a business. If a client cannot communicate with you - that could likely result in lost income. Downloading a key isburdonsome to do, and think about what message is sent to those clients who somehow get your email address (without key downloading instructions), try to send you an email, and are rejected. The message is "we do not trust you."

    One aspect of a workable email system must not change: you should be able to give out your address and someone can use that single piece of information to contact you.

  25. Re:in soviet russia on SPF To Be Integrated With MS 'Caller ID' System · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That is the best Soviet Russia post I have ever read.