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  1. Re:Seems Kinda Weird / Wired on Possible uses for Power over Ethernet · · Score: 1

    I would love for my TV to run on PoE. Then if my TiVo multicast channels [TV] life would be perfect.

  2. Re:SuSE personal? on Novell Linux Desktop Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hmmm, sounds like you just described SLES. Except that SLES contains ReiserFS and can be fully admined from a text terminal. Not really apples to apples comparing RHEL to SuSE Personal

    I don't know about RHEL 3.0, but with 2.1 it was necessary to fire up an X session to do a few things. Sure I can set almost anything up manually via the CLI, but when I pay almost $2k for an OS I need some automation.

    With SuSE (Novel) the full config utility runs under both X and a VT100. And the prices are much more affordable, not if Novel can help SuSE maintain Oracle certifications.

    Here is SuSE's product lifecycle page if you are interested.

    http://www.suse.com/us/business/products/lifecyc le s.html

  3. Re:Can someone explain? on Internet Televison Content Coming of Age · · Score: 1

    Local affiliates do not have the distribution rights to stream the majority of thier content via the Internet. Sure they could stream their local news, and some do, but the real content is controlled by contracts and money.

  4. Re:shortcomings to sql? on An Alternative to SQL? · · Score: 1

    You could do this with a bridge table--an intermediary table that stores foreign key pairs from two data tables.

  5. Re:Where's the problem here? on University Bans Wireless Access Points · · Score: 1

    There is no law requiring the use of unregulated spectrum. The fact that 2.4 is unregulated gives you the right to use it. Btw, it is not truly "unregulated," it is regulated for unregistered low power use. Being 2.4 is regulated as a low power spectrum, it is likely that the use of the spectrum falls under general property right. It is perfectly legal to negotiate away a legal right in exchange for something else. Just as a library can require you not to listen to music at an otherwise legal volume in exchange for library service, a university should be able to require similar behavior while on their property. I think this will easily hold up in a courtroom.

  6. Re:It ends when they get some tech folks in there on More Microsoft Patents · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think there should be a three month public review system with bounties. Patent applicants should issue a non-trival bond. If someone is able to prove the patent to be invalid, they should be compensated by grant of the bond.

    Basically, we create an insentive for public review, maybe even create a cottage industry, while at the same time creating a penalty for abusing the system or failing to do basic research.