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  1. Re:Okay, but what's the alternative? on An Insider's View of Software Patents · · Score: 1

    [Sorry - replying to myself]

    Actually, I've been thinking about this a little and have a few more suggestions:

    1. Same as above ie. charge % of revenue
    2. Patents filed must have a working prototype
    3. Patents filed a put into a sandbox for public review for 1 year before being granted to allow submissions of prior art etc.

  2. Re:Okay, but what's the alternative? on An Insider's View of Software Patents · · Score: 1

    Here's an idea: The charge levied for filing a patent would be a percentage of the company's revenue.

  3. Re:What if someone just said "no"? on An Insider's View of Software Patents · · Score: 1
    You go to jail for a short time.
    ... and of course you'll be the first to step up to the plate?
  4. Re:crypt() not necessarily the crypt algorithm on The Death Throes of crypt() · · Score: 2, Funny

    340282366920938463463374607431768211456 is a rough guestimate [16^32] :-)

  5. Re:Who do you root for? on Israeli Ministry of Commerce Picks OO.org Over MS · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't really be necessary to say this, but there is a distinct difference between voicing criticism of the actions of Israel (a secular state) and voicing anti-jewish comments. The parent post was in fact the former ...

  6. Balmy??? on 7th World Solar Challenge Underway · · Score: 1

    Since when has Adelaide been known as balmy ... capital of the driest state on the driest continent on the world ...

  7. CD Spec? on Crippled CD Deemed Defective In France · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Possibly a stupid question: Does a copy-protected CD actually follow the CD specification from Philips et al.?

  8. Re:Dyson DC06 Robot? on Roomba Robot Vacuum Gets Siblings · · Score: 1

    It doesn't have a filter though ... imagine the carnage if it were cracked.

  9. Modding? on Roomba Robot Vacuum Gets Siblings · · Score: 1

    ... mod the damn thing to blow instead of suck ie. roboblow. Would make a convenient lazy-boy to fetch drinks, crips etc - all controlled by the remote.

    Of course you'd need someone to load the beer/coffee onto it ... but a minor details.

  10. Re:Worst customer support ever on The Apache Newsletter · · Score: 1

    Two points:

    1. Diddums
    2. You're honestly saying Apache httpd doesn't compete with IIS?? Me thinks you should put that tin-foil cap back on.

  11. Re:Anyone use Velocity? on Jakarta Velocity Tools 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Weave it with Tapestry:

    http://jakarta.apache.org/tapestry

  12. Re:The future of TV and commercials on Turner CEO: "PVR Users Are Thieves" · · Score: 1

    I can see it now: TV viewing credit being auctioned off on Ebay :-)

  13. Slightly offtopic, but... on TiVo Series 2 Review · · Score: 1
    Whilst browsing around tivo's UK site I found something mildly amusing:

    "TiVo is committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information. We have reprinted it here for your convenience...." :-)