(**) Yeah. I know; ABBA's clothes were *very* 70s, and haven't done them a lot of favours. But musically, they stand up a lot better than a lot of stuff which may have been more fashionable at the time.
"Widget" music would be perfectly within their rights to sue "Widget" computer for trademark infringement the instant they wandered into the music arena.
Just because they could sue doesn't mean they would win. Trademarks aren't copyright - if they aren't actively defended they can be considered to have lapsed.
Perhaps, but the problem isn't that. It's one of convenience - once it's too big to fit in the pocket of your shirt or suit coat, you might as well go the whole hog and have a proper full-sized lappie.
I think that most third world[1] countries need to sort out things like removing kleptocratic elites, supporting the rule of law and feeding their citizens, before they start faffing around with computers.
[1] Ooops. I meant "developing". Honest. Don't shoot me Kofi!
Like we believe anything that a person who can't spell "Kieran" says. Especially when it's his own freakin' name.
director of SCO Australia and New Zealand [...] 'Linux doesn't exist. Everyone knows Linux is an unlicensed version of Unix'.
Like we believe anything that a person descended from convicts says.
Or, as his grandfather said to the judge "That loaf of bread I was running away from the bakery with doesn't exist. Everybody knows it was an unlicenced version of a cake"
If you think this practice is new, you must not have been reading newspapers for very long.
-1 patronising
Well if your definition of a newspaper is the Sun (or whatever the leftpondian equivalent is - National Enquirer" IIRC) is a newspaper I suppose thast's correct. Paper - plenty, news - not much.
All they did was use a (reasonably on-topic) buzzword to increase the story's pull
In other words, the headline lied about the content. And so did I. Not hard, is it?
because it caught michael's eye
I did say there used to be editors. Past tense. A person who claims to be a serious journalist should know better than to perpetuate such twaddle.
This is definitely Slashdot front page material, so what are you complaining about?
One, no it isn't. Two, even if it was, have you seen some of the other crap stories? Person bulds model areoplane shaped like USS Enterprise. Linux powered hairdryer.
It's got nothing to do with Google. At all. Not even a little bit round the edges. Well, it contains the word "search", but then so does a dictionary.
Slashdot Mirror
There's an echo in here.
She tried to get an injunction preventing these jokes, but the judge said she didn't have a leg to stand on.
ROFLMAO! Extreme programming is, like, so 2002, 5ux0r!
Nana nana nah, the bastard sank!
Linux is also not vulnerable to spoonerisms. Well, it might be in Finnish...
Do they? I guess it must have just not occurred to anybody to say "hey, please don't give my job to paki".
s/runs linux/is powered by linux/
Yes? I'll get me coat.
Makes me think of close harmony singing, not politics.
[1] Ooops. I meant "developing". Honest. Don't shoot me Kofi!
Or, as his grandfather said to the judge "That loaf of bread I was running away from the bakery with doesn't exist. Everybody knows it was an unlicenced version of a cake"
Well if your definition of a newspaper is the Sun (or whatever the leftpondian equivalent is - National Enquirer" IIRC) is a newspaper I suppose thast's correct. Paper - plenty, news - not much.
In other words, the headline lied about the content. And so did I. Not hard, is it? I did say there used to be editors. Past tense. A person who claims to be a serious journalist should know better than to perpetuate such twaddle. One, no it isn't. Two, even if it was, have you seen some of the other crap stories? Person bulds model areoplane shaped like USS Enterprise. Linux powered hairdryer.It's got nothing to do with Google. At all. Not even a little bit round the edges. Well, it contains the word "search", but then so does a dictionary.
Oh. You said "brown noise". I'll get me coat.
That will only upset the little darlings more. It implies that 1) they're too stupid to work that out for themselves and 2) too ignorant to get it.
Which of course, they are.