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  1. Re:Out of business on eBook Sales Outpace Hardbacks · · Score: 1

    This has already happened with some music provider, IIRC some Microsoft company. They're not even out of business, they just shut down the servers, and people who want to move their music files to a new computer are screwed. I don't remember the details, but I'm sure some other reader does. Maybe they issued vouchers or replaced the files with non-DRMed ones, I don't know.

  2. Re:Replacement to DOSBox? on Wine 1.2 Released · · Score: 1

    Anyone expecting their 20-year-old legacy system to run on a modern OS is insane.

  3. Re:Good Idea on Leaving a Comment? That'll Be 99 Cents, and Your Name · · Score: 1

    No, it's Zoidberg, but he can be excused if he wanted to stay anonymous.

  4. Re:Thankfully, the Japanese have given us a soluti on Tokyo Rail Billboards Scan Viewer's Age, Gender · · Score: 1

    Won't infrared leds be a lot safer, and still serve much the same purpose? Or good old duc[kt] tape?

  5. Re:Including _fair use_! on Brazil Forbids DRM On the Public Domain · · Score: 1

    And that copy would be in contravention of copyright laws. Just because fair use allows you to quote a small portion of a copyrighted work, does not mean you can legally reconstitute the entire work by piecing together those quotes.

  6. Re:That's how we will colonize the galaxy on Teaching With Robots · · Score: 1

    Didn't you read Alastair Reynolds?

  7. Re:Let them eat laptops! on OLPC's XO-1.75 Laptop To Have a Multitouch Screen · · Score: 1

    Excellent...

  8. Re:my point of view (developer) on 36-Hour Lemmings Port Gets Sony Cease and Desist · · Score: 4, Insightful

    the only thing that is definitely "used" is the name (Lemmings) and the original EGA graphics from the game.

    Oh, and the original, copyrighted, artwork...

  9. Re:That would put our country into complete chaos. on Senate Panel Approves Cybersecurity Bill · · Score: 1

    The unlimited international calling to some specific countries you're talking about is probably implemented with VOIP, so no.

  10. Re:LOL? Wut? on Uwe Boll, Other Filmmakers Sue Thousands of Movie Pirates · · Score: 1

    There is an AND at the end of clause A, so that probably means that both A AND B have to be true for this rule to be applicable. It's like Prolog, but in English. I shall call it... PROBOL.

  11. Re:"times are tough" on Getting Paid Fairly When Job Responsibilities Spiral? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No raise means they're paying you less each year, due to inflation.

  12. Re:Bad, Bad Idea on Getting Paid Fairly When Job Responsibilities Spiral? · · Score: 1

    Teamplayer? He is the team.

  13. Re:Broken? More like fixed. on J. P. Barlow — Internet Has Broken the Political System · · Score: 1

    No, it'll turn into something like Snow Crash.

  14. Re:Great on Google Relents, Will Hand Over European Wi-Fi Data · · Score: 2, Interesting

    They could have announced it after they destroyed it.

  15. Re:Asterisks are offensive... on Decency Group Says "$#*!" Is Indecent · · Score: 1

    You can decode them on the fly, but G-d can't.

  16. That explains idle.slashdot.org on Malware on Hijacked Subdomains, a New Trend? · · Score: 5, Funny

    That explains idle.slashdot.org :-)

  17. Re:Wasn't this proved to be a scam? on Cherrypal Mini-Laptop Now Runs Android · · Score: 1

    Company Rating F
    Our opinion of what this rating means:
    We strongly question the company’s reliability for reasons such as that they have failed to respond to complaints, their advertising is grossly misleading, they are not in compliance with the law’s licensing or registration requirements, their complaints contain especially serious allegations, or the company’s industry is known for its fraudulent business practices.

    No, really?

    The Bing is the Thing! Runs XP, 13.3', the maxi laptop for the price of a mini.

    Cherrypal is dedicated to changing the world, one computer at a time. In this regard, we have three main values that we work hard to incorporate into our day-to-day dealings: being green, open and fair. We also believe that it’s crucial to bridge the “digital divide”, and make computers affordable for everyone. That’s why we’ve developed the most energy efficient, user-friendly and green laptop ever created – at the lowest price point the world has ever seen!

    Thanks to Cherrypal’s innovative design team, the Bing is the fastest and most affordable 13.3" laptop on the market today. Plus, it consumes less power than any other Intel Atom N280-based computer on earth. The Bing comes with Microsoft Windows XP Professional, all included.

  18. Re:There's a simple test for this. on Ball Lightning Caused By Magnetic Hallucinations · · Score: 1

    If you turn your head, the magnetic field will be different in your brain, so the hallucination might change as well.

  19. That's a coincidence... on Record-Breaking Galaxy Cluster Found · · Score: 2, Funny

    The aliens that inhabit SXDF-XCLJ0218-0510 recently discovered the Milky Way, and decided to call it SXDF-XCLJ0218-0510. This is going to get confusing.

  20. Re:Adobe's is breaking their own License agreement on Is HTML5 Ready To Take Over From Flash? · · Score: 1

    For information on licensing Adobe Runtimes for use or distribution on devices see http://www.adobe.com/licensing.

    Adobe is at liberty to license their software however they see fit. It's the same thing that allows the copyright holders of a GPL program to distribute a proprietary version next to the FLOSS version.

    Adobe is probably offering Apple a very generous licensing agreement that does allow Apple to distribute it for the iPad "web pad"/tablet.

  21. Re:It's not that big of deal on MATLAB Can't Manipulate 64-Bit Integers · · Score: 2, Informative

    No, they don't. Read the article posted earlier today for more information.

  22. Re:Security through obscurity? on Don't Talk To Aliens, Warns Stephen Hawking · · Score: 1

    Couldn't we just put a big mirror in orbit and return the favor? Or point the beam at the incoming ships? And doesn't the beam get attenuated after traveling (at the very least) several light years?

  23. Revelation Space on Don't Talk To Aliens, Warns Stephen Hawking · · Score: 1

    Sounds like Mr Hawking just read some of Alastair Reynolds' work.

  24. Re:Hopefully they didn't use federal funds... on Supermassive Black Holes Can Abort Star Formation · · Score: 1

    They can perform embryonic star cell research using federal funds now.

    Also, the singular is phenomenon, the plural is phenomena.</grammarnazi>

  25. One man, two women? on UK Scientists Create a Three-Parent Embryo · · Score: 1

    What is this, The Discovery of Hell?