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  1. Re:What the hell, Google? on Privacy Advocates Slam Google Drive's Privacy Policies · · Score: 2

    There's a difference between signing over your IP rights and giving someone a license. If I write a book and then bring it to the print shop to have it printed, I'm giving them a license, not handing over the copyright. The difference is that I'm free to (1) make further copies myself, and (2) grant licenses to others without limit.

  2. Re:Why don't U.S. carriers also use ski-jump? on Satellite Spots China's First Aircraft Carrier · · Score: 1

    F-14s are long retired. Carrier fighter wings are based on the F-18. The F-18 combat radius is 400 nmi.

  3. A much worse example on Comic Sans, Font of Ill Will · · Score: 5, Funny

    Last year I visited the museum at Rideau Hall, the official residence of the Governor General of Canada (the representative of the Queen). They had a copy there of the royal letter formally appointing the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. It was set in Comic Sans. I am completely serious.

  4. Re:This is good, but maintain consistency on Wikipedia Wins Defamation Case · · Score: 1

    Actually, she only nominated the article the 1st and 3rd times. The rest of the deletion attempts were by other editors.

  5. Re:scofflaws on The Pirate Bay About To Relaunch Suprnova.org · · Score: 2

    Well, that and armed rebellion.

  6. Re:Folksonomy??? on Top Irritating Words Spawned by Internet · · Score: 1

    Hmm, that seems farfetched. How often does one have occasion to use the word "folksonomy"? I call -

  7. Re:So.... on Is Your GPS Naive? · · Score: 1

    This is an official Department of Motor Vehicles broadcast. All drivers should now go to Case Orange. Repeat: This is an official Department of Motor Vehicles broadcast. All drivers should now go to Case Orange.

  8. This is nice, but... on Cheap, Open-design Humanoid Bot - Runs Linux, Too · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm assuming that the hardware is completely incompatible with Ubuntu. Linux for human beings, you see...

  9. Re:Nigerian? on Nigerian Scammers Scammed · · Score: 1

    Could simply be the result of Nigeria's huge population (128 million), and improved communications availability due to oil wealth.

  10. Impersonating an officer on Nigerian Scammers Scammed · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Anyone notice that, toward the end of the scam, he writes an e-mail as a police officer? Impersonating an officer is, I believe, illegal in most western jurisdictions.