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  1. IP on DUI Defendant Wins Source Code to Breathalyzer · · Score: 1

    It's intellectual, and therefore NOT property. :)

  2. Screamers on First Armed Robots on Patrol in Iraq · · Score: 1

    Autonomous Mobile Swords... Well, so they're not autonomous yet, but just you wait. :)

  3. Motorola on RIAA Directed To Pay $68K In Attorneys Fees · · Score: 1

    Someone had to say it.

  4. Psychohistory on Military Running a Parallel Earth Simulator · · Score: 1

    This sounds like Psychohistory to me.

  5. Let's do it properly... on NY Times To Data-Mine Its Visitors · · Score: 0

    In Soviet America, the paper reads you!

  6. ePaper on Finding a Display You Can Read in the Sun? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I recommend e-paper. The device I've tried, the iRex iLiad, works in all well-lit environments. It even runs Linux.

  7. Where are the chicks? on Multi-Threaded Programming Without the Pain · · Score: 2, Funny

    I browsed through the 411 MB ogg file, but could not find any chicks. Where are they?

  8. How? on Bird Flu Pandemic Could Choke the Net · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's not like we run all our IP over Avian Carriers.

  9. Artanis' quotes on The Evolution of StarCraft · · Score: 1

    "What do I look like, an orc?" "This is not Warcraft in Space!" "It's much more... sophisticated!" "I know it's not 3-D!"

  10. Piracy, the better choice on The Insanely Great Songs Apple Won't Let You Hear · · Score: 2, Interesting
  11. Re:phone net neutrality..? on Has Verizon Forfeited Common Carrier Status? · · Score: 1

    We actually have phone net neutrality in Sweden. In most areas, you can use any operator regardless of who owns the landline.

  12. On topic on How Many Windows? · · Score: 1

    I use Windows xp with the classic theme. I have at most one window open persistently, and when I'm working I try to keep it to five windows or less. I can do about ten tabs in SeaMonkey before it gets too cluttered for me. I also have about 14 Notification icons.

  13. Re:Hello on Pentagon Reveals News Correction Unit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Your UID isn't prime. 16654877 is divisible by 73.

  14. Re:"a proprietary form of the Linux kernel" on Wii Will Have an Updatable Linux OS · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hardware is not licensed under the GPL. Only the software is. This is why Linus is right and RMS is wrong.

  15. Re:SimCity 2000 on A Buckyegg Breaks Pentagon Rules · · Score: 1

    Naysayers say nay!

  16. Adblock on LiveJournal Introduces "Sponsored Content" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You know, they could just install Adblock and forget about it.

  17. Re:Egads!! on Wal-Mart Threatens Studios Over iTunes Sales · · Score: 1
    MIDDLE MEN
    Half the human race is middle-men, and they don't take kindly to being eliminated. (Obligatory Firefly reference.)
  18. Instability on Highlighting HL2 Episode One's Commentary Track · · Score: 1

    When I tried to play through the game the second time around, it would crash every 15 minutes or so. I think my power supply is to blame, but still... with those load times, it's not fun.

  19. Re:Open Source Firewall for Windows.. on Microsoft Research Builds 'BrowserShield' · · Score: 1

    ipCop is a Linux distribution, not a personal firewall. FYI, a personal firewall protects a single computer and can, among other things, prevent specific programs running on that computer from accessing the network.

  20. Re:That's not even the real danger... on Microsoft Research Builds 'BrowserShield' · · Score: 1
    Some people will respond to this with "ahh.. I'll just use a firewall". Those people do not realise that firewalls will contain DRM, too.
    That's why we need an open-source personal firewall for Windows.
  21. Re:Freedom on UK Gives Go-Ahead to Gary McKinnon Extradition · · Score: 1
    B.)Unauthorized access of a federal government computer is still a federal crime?
    US federal laws don't apply in the UK.
  22. 10Mbps in Sweden on How Much Should Broadband Cost? · · Score: 1

    I pay 200 SEK (about 27 USD) per month for my full-duplex 10Mbps connection. Rather cheap even by Swedish standards. :)

  23. Re:Distributed tracking on ThePirateBay.org Raided and Shut Down · · Score: 1

    Exeem was a commercial piece of krap. What's needed is a free, OSS solution. It won't be picked up hella-fast, but I know it's technically possible.

  24. Distributed tracking on ThePirateBay.org Raided and Shut Down · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This, I think, clearly shows the need for a distributed publish/search mechanism for BitTorrent, like eMule's Kad network.

  25. Re:The Political Pirate Party on ThePirateBay.org Raided and Shut Down · · Score: 5, Interesting

    > Strike out immaterial law. Every last bit of it.
    Not every bit. They want a five-year commercial-only copyright term; allowing for non-commercial copying and use during that period.
    Also, personal information and trademarks are to retain their protection.

    > Disregard WIPO and WTO completely. Even though the US will "go bananas" as they put it.
    Again, not completely. The WTO regulates some non-IP issues, on which the Pirate Party has no opinion.