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  1. Re:Under pressure... on Last NTP Patent Tentatively Thrown Out · · Score: 1
    Maybe in this case the outcome is good, but I wonder what if the patents were good?

    IIRC, they were software and business-method patents.

  2. Re:Things haven't changed since 1976... on Microsoft Licensing Fee Intended To Reduce Hobbyists · · Score: 1

    IIRC, the computer industry is what it is today because an 800-pound gorilla didn't get its way. That gorilla was IBM.

  3. This sounds great, but... on Linux Powers Military UGV · · Score: 2, Funny
    ... now might be a good time to remind them:
    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
  4. Re:IN CAPITALIST AMERICA on 19 Charged in Alleged Software Piracy Plot · · Score: 0

    Perhaps they mean piracy on the high seas? Not software "piracy"?

  5. Re:Summary is misleading on ReactOS Code Audit · · Score: 1
    In a nutshell, in the US you gotta have one person reverse engineer and write documentation, and another write the code.

    My understanding is that you don't actually have to do that, but that it's a heck of a lot easier to successfully argue in court that there was no copying if the person who wrote the code *couldn't* have copied it.

  6. Re:you're very confused on Newspaper Lobbyists Take Aim at Google News · · Score: 1
    As someone who runs the IT for a weekly community paper in addition to my day job, I'm currently trying various methods of reducing the Google effect to less than its current (and steadily increasing by 5-10% per month) 4.5 Mb/s of bandwidth usage for hits from Google search results.

    robots.txt?

  7. Re:Fuzzing and Obfuscation on Mitnick on OSS · · Score: 1

    Ah, yes. I missed the part where you wrote, "Agreed ./ in your path is bad."

  8. GREAT JOB!!! on Poor Spelling Beats Google's China Filter · · Score: 1

    Next year, it won't work, thanks to antifoidulus.

  9. Re:Fuzzing and Obfuscation on Mitnick on OSS · · Score: 1
    Assuming you had ./ on your path you would want it to be first.

    No, you wouldn't, unless you like scenarios like this:

    # cd /home/suspicious-account
    # ls
    removed `/bin/ash`
    removed `/bin/c++`
    removed `/bin/cc`
    removed `/bin/csh`
    removed `/bin/sh`
    removed `/bin/lsmod.modutils`
    removed `/bin/lspci`
    removed `/bin/mt`
    removed `/bin/netcat`
    removed `/bin/pidof`
    removed `/bin/rbash`
    removed `/bin/setpci`
    removed `/bin/win`
    removed `/bin/sh.distrib`
    removed `/bin/dos`
    removed `/bin/bsd-csh`
    removed `/bin/afio`
    removed `/bin/arch`
    removed `/bin/bash`
    removed `/bin/chgrp`
    removed `/bin/cat`
    removed `/bin/dd_rescue`
    removed `/bin/chmod`
    removed `/bin/chown`
    removed `/bin/cp`
    removed `/bin/cpio`
    removed `/bin/dash`
    removed `/bin/date`
    removed `/bin/dd`
    removed `/bin/dmesg`
    removed `/bin/df`
    removed `/bin/dir`
    removed `/bin/egrep`
    removed `/bin/echo`
    ...
  10. Re:Peter Griffin on Wisconsin on Obesity Contagious? · · Score: 1

    It's not a subatomic particle; It's a hormone. Procrastin, specifically.

  11. Re:Huh? on Scientific Brain Linked to Autism · · Score: 1

    Obviously, Einstein's whims should be taken just as seriously as his major work.

  12. Re:Fuzzing and Obfuscation on Mitnick on OSS · · Score: 2, Interesting

    IIRC, old versions of Slackware (3.5) and Red Hat Linux (5.1) had "." in their default PATH. I remember because I didn't learn about "./" until I switched to Debian.

  13. Re:Glad this wasn't settled out of court on RIM - The Whole Story · · Score: 1

    We'll throw some broken helicopters at you!

  14. Re:I'll feel sorry for him when... on Climate Expert Says NASA Tried to Silence Him · · Score: 1

    Apparently everyone who has a degree is an expert...

  15. Mod this post down on Faulty Microsoft Driver Saps Intel Core Duo power · · Score: 1

    KB899179 looks curiously like a shade of olive green.

  16. Re:More info on Uberman on Are Alternative Sleeping Patterns Effective? · · Score: 1

    I find that my level of "sleepiness" depends more on how much sleep I had during the last 3-4 days than how much sleep I had the night before. I also find that although I may feel good when I lack sleep, I tend to act like someone who is slightly drunk.

  17. Re:DRM on Debian Team Discusses GPLv3 · · Score: 1
    So, let me get this straight: You think a judge would rule that the mere title of the GPL overrides section 9, even though the GPL consistently refers to itself as "this License", and not "the Program", which is defined in section 0?

    I remain unconvinced.

  18. Re:Are they hiring? on Hopes Rise for RIM · · Score: 1

    AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! So ORIGINAL and FUNNY!

  19. Re:Escrowed code does not address main threat on Blackberry Blackout Threat to Software as Service? · · Score: 1
    Microsoft poofed off the planet tomorrow, I could continue to run my Windows based operating systems and applications for an undefined amount of time.

    I have three words to say to you: Windows Product Activation.

  20. Debian? on MacWorld's iMac Core Duo Benchmarks Debunked? · · Score: 1

    Blarg. In my RSS viewer, all I saw was "MacWorld's iMac Core Duo Benchmarks Deb...", and I thought the last word was "Debian". I'm so disappointed.

  21. Re:Steve Gibson... on Ancient Flaws May Leave Mac OS X Vulnerable · · Score: 1
    I think you made that up. I hope you made that up.

    On the other hand, this is Steve Gibson, inventor of non-SYN-cookies, that we're talking about...

  22. Re:I don't get it... on Linus Says No GPLv3 for the Linux Kernel · · Score: 1
    Is Linus on crack?

    Of course he is. This is well-known. ;-)

  23. Re:DRM on Debian Team Discusses GPLv3 · · Score: 1
    Linus does state the version of the license, therefore the above clause does not apply.

    Where is this stated, in Linux 2.0?

  24. Since the late 1800s? It's worse than that. on 2005 Was the Hottest Year on Record · · Score: 2, Interesting
    As predicted, 2005 was the hottest year since accurate temperature recording began in the late 1800s.

    The evidence is a little more compelling than that. Greenhouse gases, which are closely linked with global temperature, are at the highest levels they've been at for the last 650,000 years.

  25. Re:Well, this is how it goes: on Linus Says No GPLv3 for the Linux Kernel · · Score: 1
    How could someone make a retroactive license change on a released piece of software?

    They can't, unless the license contains provisions allowing this. However, they can grant additional permission to distribute the work under another license.