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  1. Re:And being Indian ... on Going Beyond Fermat's Last Theorem · · Score: 1

    He was gay. See this Wikipedia article for more information.

  2. Re:So which is it? on Measuring Acceleration/Speed for Small Vehicles? · · Score: 1

    Touché.

  3. Re:So which is it? on Measuring Acceleration/Speed for Small Vehicles? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Actually you can't. Acceleration is a vector and speed is a scalar. Speed is the magnitude of velocity. Additionally, the derivative of speed is not the magnitude of acceleration, but rather the magnitude of the tangential component of acceleration.

    /nitpick ;)

  4. Re:Ubuntu is great on Is Ubuntu a Compatibility Nightmare for Debian? · · Score: 1

    Well that may have been your experience, but it wasn't mine.

    I am new to Linux as of 2005. I installed Ubuntu 4.10 and had no problems. In fact I was amazed at how smoothly the experience went for me as an utter novice.

    It left my WinXP installation in perfect shape too -- although I have since nuked it because I found that I don't need Windows for anything anymore.

  5. Re:Future versions of the GPL on GPL 3.0 to Penalize Google, Amazon? · · Score: 1

    Ordinarily that would be the case, however, the first version of the GPL was indeed specified as version 1.

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    The section about specifying which versions you wish to apply to your code is verbatim.

  6. Re:Future versions of the GPL on GPL 3.0 to Penalize Google, Amazon? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Specify
    (1) To state explicitly or in detail.

    If they state only "Licensed under the GNU General Public License", then they have not specified a version. The fact that they distributed a copy of version 2 with the code is irrelevant.

    When it comes to things like licences or contracts, what is "strongly implied" does not matter. What matters is what is actually said. So if you wish to release your code under version 2, simply say "Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2". Don't beat around the bush.

  7. Re:Some people pay attention on Credit card signatures: Useless? · · Score: 1

    If the credit card company tells you to confiscate the card, you now have the authority to do so. Read the back of your card. It is not your property; it remains the property of the issuing bank/credit card company.

  8. Re:As anal as Debian is, this is kind of sad. on Debian Release Mgr. Proposes Dropping Some Archs · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes. Ubuntu is based on debian.