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  1. This sounds like good news on Groklaw Explains Microsoft and the GPLv3 · · Score: 1

    Microsoft gives money to Novell to distribute software. Novell distributes GPL3. Microsoft can not distribute software. Novell keeps the money. Novell sues Microsoft for not following up on their contract. Microsoft coplies and releases all their software under GPL.

    Ok, the last two steps are imagination.

  2. Re:References? on Politically Incorrect Observations About Human Nature · · Score: 1

    Wow. I like the science you put into that "most likely". Or have you looked up how many laberours there realy are and are withhelding those facts from us?

  3. Re:TANSTAAFL on Robert A. Heinlein's 100th Birthday · · Score: 1

    Theologians can pursuade themselves of anything. Anyone who can worship
    a trinity and insists that his religion is a monotheism can believe
    anything -- just give him time to rationalize it.
                                                          Robert A. Heinlein, JOB: A Comedy of Justice

  4. Re:What a joke... on Sprint Drops Customers Over Excessive Inquiries · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am from Sprint and I hear you. I have looked into it and have coorected the procedure. This should be active in 28 hours.

  5. That is nothing on RIAA Forces YouTube to Remove Free Guitar Lessons · · Score: 2, Funny

    My roommates have called in the RIAA to stop me singing under the shower.

    They have even videotaped it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTp7UrhCOmk

    However I was singing my own song and I am now have asked the RIAA to sue THEM for putting my nusci on line.

    You know, those people realy are there to protect me, REALLY!

  6. Re:CSI, Criminal Minds on UK Proposal To Restrict Internet Pornography Sparks Row · · Score: 1

    However, the really bizarre bit is that if a UK citizen makes screenshots of this legal TV programme, for the purpose of sexual arousal - even privately and doesn't distribute them - it would be illegal.


    So should I^ha friend of mine take down my^h^his screenshots from the teletubbies?
  7. Re:Prehaps instead.. on UK Proposal To Restrict Internet Pornography Sparks Row · · Score: 1

    And your point being ... ?

    Do you want to ban anything that causes people to die because of their own stupidity? I know of a person who died, because he tied a rope at the ceiling, climed on a chair, put the rope around his neck and jumped of the chair.

    That would mean we should ban: ropes, ceilings, climing, chairs and jumping.

    Also interesting that you bring up the crossdressing part. Why is that importand? Did he fell because of his high heels? Otherwise it sounds as if you are just using it to point out that he is a "pervert" in your eyes, making it clear that you are intolerant of what people do in their lives.

  8. Re:Thats management for you on Panic Over Failing QuikSCAT Satellite Overblown · · Score: 1

    So basicaly you tell that you should yell WOLF all the time? Sounds like a great plan.

  9. An interview about it on Belgian ISP Forced To Block P2P Traffic · · Score: 1

    This movie is for those who do not understand what paricy is.

    It is a pity that those new fangled technowlegees killed the movie industry.

  10. Not blocking, filtering on Belgian ISP Forced To Block P2P Traffic · · Score: 1

    Not that that is much better, but it is not as bad as it looks. At least it is realy directed at copyrighted material, not at the protocol in itself.

    Some information on the tool they most likely will be using and the thoughts about that tool
    http://www.eff.org/share/audible_magic.php
    http://www.eff.org/share/audible_magic.php?f=audib le_magic_letter.html
    http://www.eff.org/share/audible_magic.php?f=audib le_magic2.html

    They claim is that they can filter 70%. That means that can't filter 30%. Let's see how fast that 30% becomes 100% and still have the same amount of download.

  11. Re:Bad news on Belgian ISP Forced To Block P2P Traffic · · Score: 1

    Yes, if you looked at only the largest three. There are other alternatives. I use Evonet. One of the reasons is that they are not scared if you use the word Linux talking to them.

  12. I just want to know on MPAA Sets Up Fake Site to Catch Pirates · · Score: 1

    MiiVi also offered client software to speed up the downloading process.


    Does this run on Linux?
  13. Re:This is Bad? on Top Linux Developers Losing the Will To Code? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I would say it is the other way around. The higher you get up, the lesser you code.

    I also do not see this as a bad thing. One good coder with manager skills or manager with coding skills can be more productive when he manages people.

  14. Re:Locking was done differently in Australia on Cart Locking System Released as Open Source · · Score: 3, Informative

    The same is done in most (all?) European countries. You even get keyhangers specialy designed to act like a coin, so you do not need your change.

    I went to a store and needed change, instead they gave me two plastic coins I can use. I leave them in my car and use them whenever I go shopping.

    One disadvantage: after the introduction of the Euro, it is not very clear what coin to use. It varies between 50cent, 1 and 2 EUR coins. Sometimes all three, other stores just one.

    I rarely see carts. Apparently people are more interested in the little money then in the cart itself. I also see not many homeless people, so the demand for carts is a bit lower perhaps then in the states.

  15. Re:So, the debate is over then? on Google Protects Healthcare From Michael Moore · · Score: 1

    I see Google as a sort of mesenger and it is not cool to shoot the messenger.

    Now they are activaly looking up an industry and offer their help. To me that is not about being a messenger anymore. That is about choosing sides.

    Where were they when companies like Microsoft slung around FUD? Where this they say to the OSS community on how to solve the issue and how to make it easier finding facts?

    Perhaps you will argue that we, as an Internrt community, are able to do this ourselves. Well, if we can, so can the poor healthcare companies.

  16. Re:Realy nice, now make it usefull for travellers on Google Maps Now Does Interactive Re-Routing · · Score: 1

    Well, I think I am a better programmer then all of Google is, because it took me and the people who helped me about one hour to make such a thing for my Tomtom
    http://houghi.org/tomtom/

    Now who can ante me up and make it in php?

  17. Realy nice, now make it usefull for travellers on Google Maps Now Does Interactive Re-Routing · · Score: 1

    I, as many others, have a GPS system. More specific a TomTom. It would be really nice to have an extra feature where I can save the map as a TomTom (or any other device) Itternery and then load it onto my GPS.

    They could just add a link, so it would read at the right above the map:
    []Print []Email []Link to this page []Download route for GPS

    That would mean the best of both worlds and at least I would use google maps.

  18. Re:Good. on No OLPCs for Cuba, Ever · · Score: 2, Funny

    land of the free!


    Or as Osama Bin Laden says: "I am still free, how about you?"
  19. Re:Now all we need is a similar add-on for SMBs on OpenSuSE to Release Linux Distro for Educators · · Score: 1

    The you are the ideal person to ask for it and let others do the actual programming. If nobody asks for specific SMB stuff, then nobody will make it.

    You can tell them WHAT those SMB's might want and need. The programmers will not have that information. Don't think that because you don't program you can't contribute. Feedback is contribution. Interacting by actively joining the mailinglist is even better.

    Let them know. Tell them directly and they will listen.

    Oh and just to show you that Novell is doing tjings for the community: http://idea.opensuse.org/ A week hundreds of programmers can use payed time to do what they like

  20. Re:Now all we need is a similar add-on for SMBs on OpenSuSE to Release Linux Distro for Educators · · Score: 2, Informative

    Ask them, or even better, ask them to release the tools to make your own addons.
    They already released the code to make your own distribution trademark free and information how to make your own openSUSE based ditribution.

    Join their mailinglist, discuss and you might be amazed of what is possible. The educators part came there because of demand.

  21. Re:Not yet on Is the CD Becoming Obsolete? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So tnhe same engineers who are able to make vinyl sounds great, suddenly loose the ability to do so when you have a CD? Wow.

    Nothing has been lost. If you want to listen to live music, just put in a second soundtrack with background noise and lower the quality a lot.

    When I bought Paris from Supertramp, I first bought it on vinyl. Later I bought it on CD and I could hear tones and sounds that I could not hear before. I could hear individuals comenting in the first row, something that was not clear to hear on the album.

    This was with an identical system. All I can conclude is that you LIKE the sound better of vinyl. That does not make it a lower or higher in quality.

  22. Re:Newspaper ad on US Prepares for Eventual Cyberwar · · Score: 1

    - The Government (it's not Terminator this time, I swear)


    Please show respect to the person actualy issuing the order.

    The correct signature should read:
    - Governor Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger
  23. Re:I second SUSE laptop experience on A CIO's View of SUSE's Enterprise Viability · · Score: 1

    Do not forget he tested SLED, not openSUSE, which is the product you have used. It used to be called S.u.S.E, the SuSE, then SUSE and now openSUSE. SUSE is now 100% for SLES and SLED.

    One of the main differences is that openSUSE updutes are free and will be available for 2 years. SUSE ones you need to pay and are available for 5 years. Pretty importand for a company, I would say,

  24. Thanks for the heads up on Internet Radio Will Go Silent on June 26th · · Score: 1

    Now I can start bittorent, so I have for at least 24 hours music

  25. Re:What cloud of his future? on Charges Dropped In PA Video Taping Arrest · · Score: 1

    I have and if they ask, you can tell them to shove it and file a complaint against the company. Only certain jobs will have a need for any type of clearance.

    Either sombody has done his time and is safe to return to society, he he doesn't and should stay locked up.

    The moment a company does a background check and recieves ANY information and then on gorund of that does not hire you, both that company and the company giving information will be doing something illegal. And it doesn't stop there. Just yesterday I had the police on the phone asking for information of one of our clients. Well it apeared to be somebody with a fake ID, so the client was not realy our client.

    I did NOT gave him any information, although I had it in my hand. I told hinm he knew the procedure and that I would keep the papers on the side till I get a court order to hand them over. In no way would I or the company work for hand over that information.

    At another company I saw police being escorted out of the building, because they did not have the court order with them.

    Privacy is more importand then the catching of one person and putting him rightfully in jail.