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  1. download to? on Nuclear Training Software Downloaded To Iran · · Score: 1

    Since when can you download to something? You can upload to something, or you can download from something.

  2. Re:The stage is set on The End for Vonage? · · Score: 1

    The telecom industry in the US is fucked.
    There's the real problem.
  3. XML is like violence... on California Joins Open Document Bandwagon · · Score: 0

    ...if it doesn't solve the problem, use more! :P

  4. Whoop whoop whoop! on New Sub Dives To Crushing Depths · · Score: 1

    It's Zoidburg!

  5. Libel isn't oral. on Woman Wins Right to Criticize Surgeon on Website · · Score: 1

    "...or oral defamatory..."

    That would be slander. Libel is only written or pictoral.

  6. good on Microsoft Applies To Patent DRM'ed OS Modules · · Score: 1

    If this goes through, we won't have to wory about anyone else making DRMed drivers.

  7. "I agree" on Restrictions On Social Sites Proposed In Georgia · · Score: 1

    How will putting a little button that says "I and my parents agree to the above conditions" stop sex offenders on social networks any more than "I agree" buttons on nonfree software when the EULA comes up prevent sharing?

  8. Re:The Register isn't qualified to report on this. on Chinese Official Vows to "Purify" the Net · · Score: 1

    IANAL, but I'm doubtful about the legality of that.

    They should just have a tiny version of their logo at the top for that anyway, it's not misleading.

  9. The Register isn't qualified to report on this. on Chinese Official Vows to "Purify" the Net · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Anyone who confuses the Web and the Internet isn't qualified to report about either.

    And anyone who puts a ® at the end of an entire article as if it was a copyright symbol isn't qualified to copyright or register as a trademark anything.

  10. Oxymoron of the day: on EU Countries Call Out iTunes DRM · · Score: 2, Funny

    open DRM.

  11. whoa wtf on MIT-Led Study Says Geothermal Energy Is Viable · · Score: 1
    US Department of Energy, led by MIT
    Since when does MIT lead the US DoE?
  12. Re:What an effing minefield on Expert Says Cisco's iPhone violates GPL · · Score: 1
    I think the GPL is different to an EULA... (my personal bias shining through)
    Bias has nothing to do with it. The GNU General Public License is a copyright license, not an agreement.
  13. 'within 18-24 months' on Firefox 3 Plans and IE8 Speculation · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Translation: several years.

  14. Re:Porting will be bad on A Sneak Preview of KDE 4 · · Score: 1

    You're totally missing the point. Anyway, what if they've only talked to one person a little about GNU/Linux and that person called it GNU/Linux?

  15. Porting will be bad on A Sneak Preview of KDE 4 · · Score: 1

    If KDE4 is ported to Windows, many users will think "Hey, I can have the same thing as GNU/Linux, so why would I switch?" and they'll keep running nonfree software.

  16. Re:Shutdown the Web! on Australia Rules Linking to Copyright Material Also Illegal · · Score: 1

    It's impossible to copyright something that short.

  17. Damn! on Time Magazine Person of the Year — It's You · · Score: 1

    That's what I was gonna post when I first saw the title...

  18. Someone pull the America alarm! on German Minister Seeks Jail Time For FPS Players · · Score: 1

    I'll get the extinguisher!

  19. easy solution on Cost of Game Development is 'Crazy' Says EA · · Score: 1
    Jeremie Belpois:
    Return to the past now!
    (Return to 2D games.)
  20. ignorance or bullshit on Apple's Billion Dollar Patent & Other Stories From Patentland · · Score: 1
    Open source software is an example of non-commercial development work
    Sigh...
  21. Has anyone in that case actually read the first? on Clinton Prosecutor Now Targeting Free Speech · · Score: 1
    Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
  22. not Debian on Fedora Core 6 Review · · Score: 1

    On the contrary, providing it is a disservice to users. Proprietary software is dangerous (go to any popular GNU/Linux IRC channel and wait for some newb to come with his system screwed up by proprietary drivers) and takes away users' freedoms.

    Fedora is not Debian. It does not endorse proprietary software.

  23. Re:Best distro for a small home server ? on Fedora Core 6 Review · · Score: 1

    I'm using FC on my server. I'll have time to upgrade it on the weekend.

  24. Re:nVidia drivers in Linux on Fedora Core 6 Review · · Score: 1

    The drivers nVidia makes aren't free. Fedora doesn't include nonfree software.

  25. lots of thing on Firefox Accepting Feature Suggestions for Version 3 · · Score: 1
    In order from most strongly wanted to least:
    1. Get rid of the nonfree crap so we don't need the GNUzilla/IceWeasel fork. I heard that Mozilla and Google are doing something to replace the nonfree bug report extension. But there's still the plugin finder, which recommends only nonfree software. For PDFs there are plenty of free readers; for Flash, Gnash is getting there; and the GCJ plugin instead of Sun's Java. Recommend Mozplugger for anything else.
    2. Stability
    3. Stop stealing window focus! I miss so many IMs because the Firefox pushes the IM windows under.
    4. Fix print previews.
    5. KDE integration, especially the file selection dialog.
    6. An easy way to get rid of the search bar. I never use it.