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  1. Re:It's time for the people to act. on UK Plans To Monitor 20,000 Families' Homes Via CCTV · · Score: 1

    Revolvers may be good at repelling muggers, but firing them at people armed with rifles might not be the best idea. How many Britons had rifles?

  2. Re:It's time for the people to act. on UK Plans To Monitor 20,000 Families' Homes Via CCTV · · Score: 1

    Scotland - William Wallace. They fought a good fight but ultimately failed. They made their point and over time, since people allowed the fight to die with him, it didn't matter.

    Scotland didn't "fail" until the Act of Union in what, 1707? And Wallace could not have been a British citizen, as no such nation as Britain then existed.

  3. Re:They better not go there... on How Wolfram Alpha's Copyright Claims Could Change Software · · Score: 1
  4. Re:Compiled binaries? on How Wolfram Alpha's Copyright Claims Could Change Software · · Score: 1

    Think about this from a Free Software purist point of view. First of all, this would mean that anything produced by a GPL'd compiler would automatically fall under the GPL - and gcc is probably the most popular compiler in the world today for any language.

    Unless the FSF stated otherwise http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#CanIUseGPLToolsForNF

  5. Re:The key word... on How Wolfram Alpha's Copyright Claims Could Change Software · · Score: 1

    from www.gnu.org http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#CanIUseGPLToolsForNF

    I use GPL-covered editors such as GNU Emacs to develop non-free programs? Can I use GPL-covered tools such as GCC to compile them?

            Yes, because the copyright on the editors and tools does not cover the code you write. Using them does not place any restrictions, legally, on the license you use for your code.

  6. Re:Apple and Linux, too? on Opera CTO Thinks IE Will Be Forced To Support SVG · · Score: 1

    OpenSuSE 11.0 includes opera (9.27)

  7. Re:Cursive in other languages? on 26 Years Old and Can't Write In Cursive · · Score: 1

    I always wonder why cursive is so unpopular in the USA. Is it a cultural thing?

    From my understanding, American schools have gotten away from such things. It doesn't promote self-esteem enough. :-)

    The last time I had to use cursive is when I took Russian.

  8. Re:Finally; a solution to the problem of Humanity on Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man · · Score: 1

    Dunno - I think I'd prefer Paula Abdul as an overlord to a Dalek. Ditzy and scatter-brained, but at least with some compassion.

    But Daleks have more compassion than Simon Cowell!

  9. Re:I'm still waiting... on Linus Calls Microsoft Hatred "a Disease" · · Score: 1

    Ballmer vs. Stallman in a cage match. With chairs.

  10. Re:Objective-C of course on The Best First Language For a Young Programmer · · Score: 1

    If I can install something on my own iPhone, can't I install it on someone else's as well? Not that I own an iPhone.

  11. Re:Objective-C of course on The Best First Language For a Young Programmer · · Score: 1

    How do you install your apps on an iPhone? Wouldn't you have to go through Apple's store?

  12. Re:Assembly on The Best First Language For a Young Programmer · · Score: 1

    Whatever language you pick, I'd start kids off by keeping them away from IDEs and letting them code in Notepad (do not make them use vi; be mindful of child abuse laws)

    What about emacs?

  13. Re:Python and Pygame on The Best First Language For a Young Programmer · · Score: 0, Troll

    But what can a 15-year old do in the standard library that would hold his or her interest?

  14. Re:Well, it could... on Stroustrup Says New C++ Standard Delayed Until 2010 Or Later · · Score: 1

    Well, it does if you just pronounce it "Cocks".

    Will Stoustrup be teaching this at the University of South Carolina?

  15. Re:Richard Stallman? on Stallman Says Pirate Party Hurts Free Software · · Score: 1

    Does GNU/Hurd have a microkernel? Damn that Torvalds for releasing something that was actually implementable!

  16. Re:Reality decloaking off the starboard bow. on Earthquake Invisibility Cloak · · Score: 1

    Live in the big flat mid-west plains, it might be boring, but it is safe.

    As long as you're not near New Madrid, MO.

  17. Re:Storing your documents OFFLINE on The Hidden Costs of Microsoft's Free Office Online · · Score: 1

    Why would Microsoft be particularly secure? I also guess that it matters whether you mean protecting the data from loss, or protecting it from unauthorized access.

  18. Re:Storing your documents OFFLINE on The Hidden Costs of Microsoft's Free Office Online · · Score: 1

    But even if he doesn't have any financial documents, that still leaves the question: Should a company store its financial documents in a 3rd-party cloud?

  19. Re:The GPL is cancerous. on 6 Reasons To License Software Under the (A/L)GPL · · Score: 1

    If it weren't for Mozilla's anti-patent zealotry and their wide market share, HTML 5 would have had a standardized video codec two years ago. It's not as if they can't afford licensing fees at this point.

    From the article:

    Another licensing issue that is often overlooked is the ambiguity of MPEG LA's future patent royalty collection plans. MPEG LA has established broadcast fees that licensees will be required to pay for distributing free (or ad-supported) streaming video content on the Internet. These fees will not be instated until the end of 2010, when the second H.264 licensing period goes into effect. The language used in the current license treats Internet streaming just like over-the-air television, implying that the licensees will have to pay broadcast fees per-region. That could prove to be extremely costly for Internet video providers who make their content available around the world.

    Is that just "anti-patent zealotry"? Indeed, is firefox the only major browser to not support H.264? Does Internet Explorer support H.264? Its market share is larger than Mozilla's.

    And even if HTML 5 had a video codec two years ago, it's not as if we had HTML 5 two years ago.

  20. Re:Antichrist Cryptography? on Strong Passwords Not As Good As You Think · · Score: 1

    OK, except for

    Typical users only use lower case letters and numbers so that keyspace would be 24^6 or approximately 10^8.2

    Wouldn't that be 36^6, which is about 10^9.3?

  21. Antichrist Cryptography? on Strong Passwords Not As Good As You Think · · Score: 1

    Now the theoretical keyspace from allowing all of these characters is 66^6 or approximately 10^10.9

    26+26+10=62. Where did you get the 66?

  22. Re:Who wants to live in Spain? on Downloading Copyrighted Material Legal In Spain · · Score: 1

    Could you be more specific?

  23. Who wants to live in Spain? on Downloading Copyrighted Material Legal In Spain · · Score: 1

    Quién quiere a vivir en España? I just wanted to try that. It won't render ¿.

  24. Re:From Mark Cuban? Take it with a grain of salt on If You Live By Free, You Will Die By Free · · Score: 1

    Yes.

  25. Re:Yeah but.... on Bugatti's Latest Veyron, Most Ridiculous Car on the Planet? · · Score: 4, Funny

    It comes with Windows Mobile on the navigation system.