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  1. Re:Blanks? on Reports of VHS's Death Highly Exaggerated · · Score: 1

    Macrovision is also relatively easy to defeat by filtering out the spike or using fixed rather than automatic gain control.

  2. Old news on Wisconsin Corpse Plant To Bloom Again · · Score: 1

    The one in the Sydney Botanical Gardens already did this last year.

  3. Re:However on Secret Codes Protect Ancient Torahs · · Score: 1

    It depends. The original Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic texts are public domain Some older English translations like King James and some 19th century translations are also public domain, and you can easily get copies of these in .txt and other formats. NKJV, NIV and other more modern translations are still subject to copyright.

  4. Re:Takedown insurance? on DVD Decrypter Author Served With Take-Down Order · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't work unless it was originally appropriately licenced. Now that Sony(assumed to be them) have the rights to the source code, they can sue anyone using it in another program for copyright infringement in just about any country, without having to rely on DMCA-alike laws.

    Had it been GPLed, the author would have been uable to assign exclusive rights to them, because others would have already had GPL licenced copies.

    Had it even been BSD licenced I think Sony would have been unable to gain exclusive rights to it.

  5. Re:What good does this do? on DVD Decrypter Author Served With Take-Down Order · · Score: 1

    They don't just want his source code, they want the rights to it as well. That way, if anyone else gets it and tries to use it to create "Son of DVD Decryptor" they'll be able to sue them SCO style simply for copyright infringement of the source code, without having to prove intent to pirate DVDs.

  6. Re:Skyhooks? on NPR Talks Skyhooks · · Score: 1

    Shockin' me right outta my braaaiin!

  7. Re:I just have to ask... on NPR Talks Skyhooks · · Score: 1

    Thick as a brick by Jethro Tull. Not sure how long it is, but it fills both sides of a 12" LP

  8. Ob Blackadder III (from Ink & incapability) on w00t is 3rd Favorite Non-Dictionary Word · · Score: 1

    From Blackadder Hall:

    Dr. Johnson:
    This book, sir, contains every word in our beloved language.

    Edmund:
    Every word, sir?

    Dr. Johnson:
    Every word, sir.

    Edmund:
    Well, in that case, sir, I hope you will not object if I also offer the doctor my most enthusiastic contrafibularities.

    Dr. Johnson:
    What??

    Edmund:
    Contrafibularities, sir. It is a common word down our way.

    Dr. Johnson:
    Damn!

    Edmund:
    Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I'm anaspeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericumbobulation.

    Edmund:
    Of course, sir. I shall return...interfrastically.

  9. Re:How to travel with security... on Airport Screeners could see X-rated X-rays · · Score: 1

    Yep, and your armour plated plane will be so heavy, it'll never leave the ground

  10. Re:Who cares what IBM's profit margin is? on IBM Europe Workers Strike · · Score: 1

    Agreed,

    I spent my last 6 months at Sydney Water, DREAMING of being offered redundancy.

    They only turned me right way up last week.

  11. Trouble is... on Building the World's Most Powerful Laser · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just when you get it finished, some rabbit comes and steals the Q36 Explosive Space Modulator, and there is no kaboom.

  12. 3 possible reasons for this on Liquid Metal Cooling in New ATI Video Card · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. The card runs hotter
    2. The card runs faster
    3. geek cred points.

    I'm voting for 3.

  13. Re:Heh on Windows XP Starter Edition Snubs P4, Athlon · · Score: 1

    OK, against my beter judgement, I'll feed the troll.

    My Celeron 667MHz with the integrated graphics and 192Mb of RAM that runs Suse 9.2 and KDE 3.3 happily with translucent menus and all would beg to differ.

  14. Re:Computer literacy? on Microsoft Under Attack - Part 2 · · Score: 1

    It may have been done in theory, but it's still a long way from working properly in most cases.

    I could never get the Mandrake ones to work at all - they just tell me my machine needs updates, but drop out with an error every time I try, and the Fedora one actually updates about 30% - the other 70% it fails.

    The best I have found so far is YaST/You from Suse, in the sense that it works most of the time. I still had to set up the mirror for it though.

  15. Re:What about these guys? on Maui X-Stream at it Again? · · Score: 1

    If you look on the web site, in amongst all the "free steak knives" style market speak, they do mention that you get the source code on the CD.

  16. Re:Mistakes on How to Prevent IP Theft by Your Own Employees? · · Score: 1

    Customer credit card numbers have no business being in a directory that's accessible to employees, other than those who need to see them. It isn't hard to achieve that.

  17. Re:Toxic? on Next Gen Oxyride Batteries Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    A lot of toys have notices on them warning against the use of rechargeable batteries. I think this is because they only produce 1.2V instead of 1.5, and in some toys that means they behave from fully charged as though the battery is flat or nearly so.

    If these batteries put out 1.7 volts and last longer, they could be a good option for use in toys.

    NOw all I have to do is teach my six yr old not to attempt to recharge the non-rechargeable batteries...

  18. Re:Hmmm... on Brain-Implanted Chips Allow Control of Technology · · Score: 1

    Seeing as it's the BBC, what about Davros?

  19. Re:No it's not that on FBI Demands Logs From Radical Website · · Score: 1

    The point being, I suppose, that having a Tyrannical Government gives you the moral justification, but don't expect that government to welcome your choice, or to not line you up and shoot you.

  20. History is written by the winners on FBI Demands Logs From Radical Website · · Score: 1

    What always amuses me is how a regime that was founded by violence and bloodshed over 200 years ago, now fears the same thing happening to them, and for the same reasons, despite the fact that the same "founding fathers" (Thomas Jefferson?) considered it the duty of every American to do so. I'm not sure of the exact quote but it referred to the repeated requirement for "the blood of patriots". Can a USian help me here?

  21. Re:I have this already... on The World's Most Devious Alarm Clock · · Score: 1

    Mine sleeps longer than I do, but our cat fills the role quite well.

    Seems to be permanently set for 4AM though...

  22. In New South Wales.. on World's First Fuel-Cell Motorcycle · · Score: 1

    Even though it's silent and electric, It'll still need an exhaust pipe to put the compulsory sticker on. (NSW bikers know what I mean)

  23. Surely this misses the point. on Asetek's Extreme CPU Cooler Tested · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Doesn't it bother anyone that these types of extreme measures are necessary in the first place?

    Isn't it about time Intel, AMD et al developed CPUs that don't get hot enough to cook an egg on?

  24. Interesting to see his timesheet on GlobalFlyer Completes Record-Breaking Flight · · Score: 1

    If he worked for a guy that I worked for once:

    " I see you booked 67 hours to 'Round the world solo attempt'. So did you actually spend the whole 67 hours flying the plane?"

  25. Aren't we talking about the Internet here? on True.com Wants Warnings On Personal Ads · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...where the men are men, the women are men, and the little girls are FBI agents?