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  1. Re:And why _aren't_ you voting for Bush? on Dept. of Homeland Security Enforces Expired Patent · · Score: 1
    Non citizens do not have the right to speedy trial.
    The U.S. Constitution may not say they do, but the U.S. is a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Therefore, unless it has made use of Article 4 to derogate its obligations under Articles 2, 9, 14 and 26 (in which case, I'm amazed that it didn't make the news), non-citizens do also have that right.
  2. Re:Customer Focus? on Latest Ballmergram Bashes Linux TCO · · Score: 1

    What he forgot to mention was that the customer isn't included in the tab list, and if you try to give it focus with your mouse a modal dialog pops up to get in the way.

  3. Disappointed on Latest Ballmergram Bashes Linux TCO · · Score: 1

    I saw "Oh that one is easy" and expected an explanation of Aleph-1 > Aleph-0.

  4. Re:From Linux to Windows on Latest Ballmergram Bashes Linux TCO · · Score: 5, Funny

    Judging by the way you count, I think you're speaking from experience...

  5. Re:so become a citizen of another EU country on Blunkett Backs Down on UK ID Cards · · Score: 1

    I've just sent off for a new passport, so I'll be fine for five years, but I must say I'm also considering trying to get together the data to prove entitlement to an Irish passport. Have to hope they don't follow Blunkett.

  6. Re:ID cards are great, because... on Blunkett Backs Down on UK ID Cards · · Score: 0
    And if you're having a small car accident somewhere and both parties don't want to bother calling the police you can quickly exchage your (authenticated!) name.
    It's against UK law to fail to notify the police of an accident. And the card Blunkett proposes isn't just the same data as the passport: he wants biometrics on it, because he thinks they're infallible, and he wants a centralised database which can be accessed by police, banks, etc.
  7. Re:I'm a DBA for a large government on Blunkett Backs Down on UK ID Cards · · Score: 1
    3rd normal form? whats that?
    Going wildly off topic, I wish the DBAs at my bank knew what 3NF is. That way maybe when I move house I'd only have to tell them once.
  8. Re:You'll still be carrying multiple IDs on Blunkett Backs Down on UK ID Cards · · Score: 1
    The UK ID scheme requires that an individual register with the state *and tell it where you live*. You move house and forget to tell the government, you get fined.
    It's already the case that if you have a UK driving licence and you don't tell the DVLA when you move, you can be hit with a thousand pound fine.
    You don't tell them you also live at your girlfriends? That's an offense.
    My emphasis. I don't recall seeing anything about that when I read the draft Bill. Do you have a reference for that claim?
  9. Re:Differs from a drvier's license, how? on Blunkett Backs Down on UK ID Cards · · Score: 0

    I live in Cambridge. A lot of people I know cycle rather than drive.

  10. Re:Not a good move, Nintendo on Nintendo Threatens Suicidegirls Over IP Use · · Score: 1

    Given that Mario is a common name in several countries, Google's unlikely to rank a page which mentions the game once above the hundreds of home-pages which will both use the word a lot and have it used in the anchor text of referencing hyperlinks.

  11. Re:script? on TCCBOOT Compiles And Boots Linux In 15 Seconds · · Score: 1

    BOOTP? (Please don't mod this informative: that's a genuine question rather than a rhetorical one).

  12. Re:what is gnoppix for? on Ubuntu For PPC, And As A Live CD · · Score: 2, Funny

    Releasing Sarge? Clearly you didn't get the memo...

  13. Re:Long-deceased? on Project Gutenberg Threatened Over PG Australia · · Score: 3, Informative
    Well, Peter Pan is copyright in the UK *forever*.
    Not true. The copyright expired in 1987, was extended in 1996, and will expire again in 2007. However, Great Ormond Street Hospital will continue to receive royalties for performances etc in the UK. (References: GOSH FAQ; Schedule 6 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988).

    As to their case against Disney: Peter Pan is currently copyright in the US (where one presumes that the prequel was made) and the EU (where the original work was created), so the only real defence would be a question of timing issues relating to the expiry of the original copyright and extension thereof by EU and US law.

  14. Re:Stupid stupid stupid. on Project Gutenberg Threatened Over PG Australia · · Score: 1

    I'm strongly reminded of the stallholder in Havana who asked which country I was from. When I said I was from England he asked whether I was from Dublin or London.

  15. Re:Discrimination! on Amazing Things Your Automobile Can't Do · · Score: 1

    Since the article's published or broadcast, rather than spoken, you can sue for libel instead. Bigger damages!

  16. Re:Indeed. on Nuclear Rockets Moving Along · · Score: 1
    efflunziation
    Nice word. Interestingly, Google reckons that you mean "feminization".
  17. Re:AOL is the 90 pound Chimp on Sender-ID Back From The Dead · · Score: 1
    I have a deep-seeded hatred for such errors, they make me loose my mind.
    Where's the +0 Ironic mod when you want it?
  18. Re:First Post on Sender-ID Back From The Dead · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sender-ID may do that: SPF addresses the authenticity of the MAIL FROM SMTP command rather than the headers.

  19. Re:Required? on Ask Ubuntu Founder (And Astronaut) Mark Shuttleworth · · Score: 1

    I manage files from the terminal. IMO file management isn't a task for which GUIs are well suited.

  20. Re:Amazing! on Olympus Preps MP3 Player With Cam & Color Display · · Score: 1

    I bought a digital camera yesterday which can play mp3s. It was the best value-for-money camera in my budget range without the mp3 player.

  21. Re:Geek Vote? on Would John Kerry Defang the DMCA? · · Score: 1
    Politics is so confusing these days.
    Nonsense. Politics is simple. Here is the complete list of the axioms of politics:
    1. Politicians lie.
  22. Re:Is Shuttleworth your real name? on Ask Ubuntu Founder (And Astronaut) Mark Shuttleworth · · Score: 2, Funny
    See, I got this great start up idea. Can sell you shares cheap... cut me own throat...
    Does this start-up involving selling sausages on sticks?
  23. Required? on Ask Ubuntu Founder (And Astronaut) Mark Shuttleworth · · Score: 1

    Why do you say that the trash icon is required? I never use mine.

  24. Due to Lomont and Brillhart on Greatest Equations Ever · · Score: 1
    Proving this was the highlight of my symbolic summation dissertation. Markup in LaTeX:
    \begin{displaymath} \sum_{j = 0}^{s} \frac {(-1)^{j} (m + n - 2j) {m \choose j} {m - j
    \choose m - s} {n \choose j} {n - j \choose n - s} {m + n \choose j} {m + n - s - j -
    1 \choose s - j}} {{s \choose j}^{2}} = 0 \end{displaymath}

    For the benefit of those who can't read TeX, that's

    SUM from j = 0 to s of (-1^j (m + n - 2j) mCj (m - j)C(m - s) nCj (n - j)C(n - s) (m + n)Cj (m + n - s - j - 1)C(s - j)) / (sCj^2) = 0
    where
    aCb = a! / (b! (a - b)!)
    is a binomial coefficient.
  25. Re:Einstein's FULL equation on Greatest Equations Ever · · Score: 1

    Douglas Adams already explained dark matter. It's the polystyrene packing that telescopes are protected with in transport...