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  1. Re:The danes blocked it again... on EU Patents Won't Stay Dead · · Score: 1
    You're both right. There were a lot of motions considering (software) patents in the last couple of days, the parent and grandparent describe two of them, which have been accepted. The three motions of Dutch parliament (I can remember):
    1. Compelling the Minister of Economics to abstain from voting (only takes effect if the proposal is voted on).
    2. Compelling the Government to aid any country who wants to make the proposal a voting item instead of a hamer-piece (passing it without voting)
    3. Asking the Government to propose a complete restart of the patents directive (all patents, including software)

    Correct me If I'm wrong.
  2. Re:What License? on NYPL Digital Gallery Open to Public · · Score: 1

    From reading the descripyion I would say: none. Scanning and uploading isn't a creative addition to the work, and from what I've read all the 'artists' have been dead long enough for ot to become public domain.

  3. Re:Here's my take on it on Open Source Advocacy The Right Way · · Score: 1

    The problem I have with your post, is that it seems to ignore one simple fact:

    A programming languege is a tool.

    The same is true for OS'es and compilers. Use the tool that fots the job. If you're building a website's content management system, you probably use Java/Perl/PHP/Ruby/....
    If you're doing rocket science you probably use FORTRAN (or C if you don't mind being thought of as a revolutionary).
    Discussions which language is best, without mentioning the field it's used in, are as intelligent as the Discovery Channels documentary "Why 4x4 is here to stay" or "Cranes are great".

  4. Related news: on Datamining the NSA · · Score: 1
    Related news:
    • Upon a visit to the US, Heidi was detainyed for questioning.
    • Persons who have rented or bought the DVD version of "The Sound of Music" have been placed on a watch list and are forbidden to operate aircraft in the continental US.
  5. Re:Parenting on Attempt to Apply Decency Standards to Cable/Satellite Television · · Score: 1

    What ever happened to that V-Chip...

    It kept blocking the first few scenes of Bambi.

  6. Re:I could do this without a Wi-Fi device on Irish 'Running Man' WarWalking Competition · · Score: 5, Funny

    Much easier:
    Listen for young women screaming: "Get the f*ck away from me!"

  7. Re:Route around it. on Costa Rica May Criminalize VoIP · · Score: 1

    I agree, just how is this different from the FCC trying to regulate VOIP (here) when it's combined with the PATRIOT act? Now, that combination isn't likely, but TFA said: "At its most Draconian, the proposal would make Internet telephoning a crime." (emphasis added)

  8. Re:obligatory on Engineers Devise Invisibility Shield · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or, "I'll believe it, when I see it."

  9. Re:I consider myself pretty liberal on John Gilmore's Search for the Mandatory ID Law · · Score: 1

    lol
    mod parent up

  10. Re:So there's no law... on John Gilmore's Search for the Mandatory ID Law · · Score: 1

    Isn't that related to illigal immigrants? In the port of Oostende (B) freight is checked for stow-aways because the UK imposes a fine on companies "importing" illegal immigrants. The same is true for international flights from outside the EU (passengers and freight). The point being, in this context, you don't have to fly with Ryanair if you're going from London to Glasgow.

  11. I know how you feel... on LinuxWorld Response to 'How to Kill Linux' · · Score: 3, Funny

    > My first brush with linux was 7 yrs back....
    > ....I couldnt get the proper drivers for my Philips monitor......
    > ....I had linux for about 4 months and then decided that it was a total waste of precious memory.
    >That was my firt and last stint with Linux.

    The first time I used MS Acces it died on me, I went back to the trusty pen, paper and storage cabinets...

  12. Re:Just a stab in the dark... on Bill Gates Proclaims US High Schools Obsolete · · Score: 1
    ...cannot teach all our students what they need to know today."

    He obviously means that students should know:
    • How many restarts it takes for Windows to install stuff.
    • How to get into the registry to make sure an option you've selected in the GUI actually gets executed.
    • All the ways an EULA can be broken.
    • Step 2 from:
      1. 1) Install Windows Longhorn
      2. 2) ????
      3. 3) Profit!