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  1. Re:Good thinking on Holographic Storage Slated to Hit Market This Fall · · Score: 1

    ever buy a CD-R? Not an -RW, just an -R.

    Although, at that price, I admit, it seems exorbant, unless they expect thos things to have liftimes in the thousands of years range.

  2. Re:That ad about Windows on stock exchange on NY Stock Exchange Moves To Linux · · Score: 1

    The disks I can probably tell you

    secure whole-disk wipe applications + band saw.

  3. umm, not quite... on NY Stock Exchange Moves To Linux · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Okay ... so when someone buys one, register an 'option purchase' plus a 'bond purchase' by going under this menu ... then use this 'merge' feature ..."

    should be

    "Okay ... so when someone buys one, register an 'option purchase' plus a 'bond purchase' by piping these commands together on the command line... then use this 'merge' feature ..."

    OK, yeah, that's a decade ago, but it still seemed funny to me.

  4. Re:hmm on NY Stock Exchange Moves To Linux · · Score: 0

    they are moving to Linux AND AIX according to TFA, I suspect the AIX might be fore the stability part, though I don't know. As much as I may hate it for other reasons, Linux can be pretty stable with the right hardware and configuration - I'll certainly give it that.

  5. Re:That ad about Windows on stock exchange on NY Stock Exchange Moves To Linux · · Score: 1

    The article made it sound like they were moving from some other form of Unix server. But it didn't actually state *what* server type they were moving from.

    Then again, I typically don't think of MS as a mainframe os provider, usually I think of stuff like VMS, HPUX and AIX.

  6. Re:Not ice on Strange Alien World Made of "Hot Ice" · · Score: 1

    The problem isn't the latest phase diagram - every phase diagram easily obtainable, even the latest, would probably be for normal ice - the same that you have seen. You would need a special phase diagram showing the various types of ice (or at least one not noraml) to get this information.

  7. Re:Not ice on Strange Alien World Made of "Hot Ice" · · Score: 4, Informative

    I belive that is only applicable for Ice I[h] (normal ice). One property for such phase transition diagrams is that the solid is less dense than the liquid, rather than the reverse being true. There are several crystaline (and possibly non-crystaline?) forms of ice, which are more dense than water at the same pressure. These types of ice wouldn't match that phase diagram and could exist.

  8. Oh no! It's ice 9! on Strange Alien World Made of "Hot Ice" · · Score: 4, Funny

    We're doomed!

  9. Re:Yes. on Congress May Outlaw 'Attempted Piracy' · · Score: 1

    That limited time is what, 99 years?

    The artists typically don't live that long, and from what I've heard, copyrights seem to drop after 99 years. Now in some cases there are translations that they charge for, as copyrighted, which does make sense.

    Still, if you don't like what they charge, don't use it.

    As for your situation, it was the transferral and not a duplication, one person stopped having access when another obtained it. I see nothing wrong with that, because that access is payed for.

  10. Re:Yes. on Congress May Outlaw 'Attempted Piracy' · · Score: 1

    That is not my way, not exactly.

    They have a right to make money on people obtaining their products, but people have a right not to obtain said products. As such they can charge whatever they want. If people don't buy it for the requested prices/fees, then they do not have the right to use it.

    My problem with piracy and anti-copyright, is that these people think they have a right to the material without paying, which is equally incorrect. The artist/creator didn't have to release his/her work to the world.

    Do I hate whats going on with this DRM and consumer abuse crap? Yes, but I fight it in a simpler manner - I don't buy blu ray, I don't get the encrypted/DRMed digital cable that is offered in my area. Not only do I not pay for these things, I don't pirate them either, I enjoy my life well without them.

    They aren't necessary for life after all.

  11. Re:Yes. on Congress May Outlaw 'Attempted Piracy' · · Score: 1

    rephrase, people have the right to make money off the work they do that (a) provides a benefit to others in some way/shape/form, and (b) this work is not forced upon others/they are not obliged to use it.

    The others, however do not have a right to this work without proper compensation.

    There, is that better?

  12. Re:Why does the law punish attempts at all? on Congress May Outlaw 'Attempted Piracy' · · Score: 1

    They attempted to connect to a server and obtain copyrighted materials without success.

    Apparantly without this law, that's not illegal.

    "Surely shooting a gun at someone with intent to kill is a crime..?"
    Without attempted murder/assault laws/clauses, that's what, firing a gun within city limits (only when within a city!) Recless endangerment? Not much of a crime in either of those cases.

  13. Re:Why does the law punish attempts at all? on Congress May Outlaw 'Attempted Piracy' · · Score: 1

    so, there are cases where such laws are missing, I would say the problem is those cases, and not the cases where they are present.

  14. Re:Yes. on Congress May Outlaw 'Attempted Piracy' · · Score: 0

    Yes and no...
    Making attempted infringement illegal is ok, IMO, because people have the right to make money off of their work if they want to.

    That being said, WTF, life imprisonment? What the hell kind of copyright infringement could warrant that, let alone attempted?

  15. Re:Why does the law punish attempts at all? on Congress May Outlaw 'Attempted Piracy' · · Score: 4, Insightful

    An attempt doesn't mean that the act was unsuccessful, it simply means that it was tried. Success or failure are not part of the word (although legally, failure is usually implied).

    And as one person said, attempted crimes are often persecuted, with murder as a clear example. Robbery is another.

    I'd laugh if I saw this plea in court:
    "Yeah I tried to rob the store, but the cop stopped me! Let me go free, I didn't actually do that"

  16. Re:I hate PDF on Norway Moves Towards Mandatory Use of ODF and PDF · · Score: 1

    Actually, I found that there are several readers, particularly Foxit in windows, and KPDF in most other operating systems, which handle PDFs quickly and efficiently.

    That being said, even sticking to just adobe's reader/generator, and printers, I have found PDFs to print differently on multiple printers, and while usually reproduced fairly accurately, it's rarely a 100% thing.

  17. Re:You could see this coming on Final Season of Battlestar Galactica Confirmed · · Score: 0, Troll

    well then you wouldn't be wasting time would you?

    Your statement lacks internal consistancy.

  18. Yep, cold related deaths down on Could Global Warming Make Life on Earth Better? · · Score: 1

    but remember, heat-stroke related deaths? UP!

    That being said, evidence that I've read a while ago suggests that the earth was at it's peak biodiversity/total-biomas when it was 4 degrees celsius, on average, hotter than it was around 1995.

  19. Re:An honest question: on FF XII Re-make, New RPG Announced By Square/Enix · · Score: 1

    I would agree with this.

    IV had one of the most interesting storylines of any gave I've ever played.

    except remove the "one of", and make storylines singular...

  20. Re:You could see this coming on Final Season of Battlestar Galactica Confirmed · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'd say Stargate and Dr. Who are good.

    Of course, we can't hold SciFi accountable for Dr. Who since they can't touch it other than playing it, thank all that is good.

    but seriously, when these go off the air, I'm probably just gonna ditch cable.

  21. Re:An honest question: on FF XII Re-make, New RPG Announced By Square/Enix · · Score: 1

    possibly, but I've gone back, and still think 4 and 5 are the pinnacles of the series.

    But yeah, it can vary by the person.

    Then again, I do think the Materia system was not just unique, but very interesting, and Square should have done that a bit more, instead of this skill grid crap.

  22. Re:interesting quote on Some Truth to Wii as GameCube 1.5? · · Score: 1

    I've never actually seen a PS3 commercial to be honest.

    Should I be scared?

  23. Re:interesting quote on Some Truth to Wii as GameCube 1.5? · · Score: 1

    Don't make assumptions, take your own advice.

    I actually think the Wii is a good piece of work, but the fact taht Sony and MS are having so much trouble against it given it's much lower technical specs, and that it's much worse in every area they strived to get right, it does indicate that they don't know what they are doing, and Nintendo does.

    If what you assumed was my assumption (quite inaccurately so) dropped my credibility to the floor, what's that do to yours?

  24. Re:An honest question: on FF XII Re-make, New RPG Announced By Square/Enix · · Score: 1

    Yes it's very much the story, although the gameplay is fun too, although as I said, it's gone downhill. and of course, I forgot to mention, that's just me, there are certainly other reasons for other people.

    Yes, it's like a book from an author you think is good.

  25. Re:An honest question: on FF XII Re-make, New RPG Announced By Square/Enix · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I didn't get introduced to anime before FF games, so it's not that.

    Until recently, they didn't have any continuous storlines - each was in a world of it's own, so it's not that.

    Honestly, in my oppinion, the gameplay is fun (though it's gone downhill since 7 IMO), the graphics are usually pretty nice for the systems, the music is pretty good, but a with a few exceptions, and the usually have very nice storyline in any given game.