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Comment Re:Original works which are fan-fiction friendly? (Score 1) 210

None that I can think of off the top of my head.
What I would do is label it CC-BY-NC-ND, then make it explicit you make an exemption for using your characters or whatever.
Or, you could go the usual route, and say "copyright 2011 Sasayaki, all rights reserved", and then just ignore/support people when they're all right with you.

(Of course, if you really expect your project to go anywhere, you'd be best off with a real lawyer.

Comment Re:Did anyone vote against this? (Score 1) 422

Yes, the vote was 74-13.
It took more digging than it should have (neither Slashdot nor Bloomberg gave links or dates; good going, guys), but here's some pertinent info:
The bill is S.1038, passed May 24, 2011. It was sponsored by Harry Reid, and cosponsored by Mitch McConnell.
I can't see a way to see the actual vote on either the Senate or Library of Congress pages, so here it is from the Washington Post. Votes for: 40 Republicans, 34 Democrats. Against: 3 Republicans, 9 Democrats (and Bernie Sanders, Independent).

As always, please contact your Senator and tell them how you feel about how they voted. Find their information through here. (Remember, a written letter carries a hell of a lot more weight than an email. A hand-written letter will probably go right to the Congressman's desk, rather than their staff.)

And FYI: The House version, H.R.67 is still in subcommittee. The House and Senate versions will have to be reconciled before they're passed. You should probably write your Representative too.

Comment Paper mirror (Score 5, Informative) 325

EvilHom3r over on Reddit seems to have mirrored the paper (as images) here.

My verdict: Yeah, it looks all nice and smooth, but with all upscaling, it's basically interpolating data. The original just didn't have that much detail, so you can only get so much out of it. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
(Oh, and it makes all text look pretty bad. Kinda Comic Sans-y, if I can say that without invoking instant hate.)

Comment Re:Power (Score 1) 470

Nuclear power, when done properly, is safe.
Of course, there's always the human element, and that's the source of the problem in every nuclear event I can think of.
"This sort of thing has cropped up before... And it has always been due to human error."

Comment Re:Hey buddy! (Score 1) 294

Yeah, that one's timeless. There's also a variant in which you set the desktop to a broken-LCD image (i.e. corruption, garbage) and hide the icons and taskbar.
Of course, the fact that the cursor still works would be a giveaway. (Unless you change that too--but that's a bit too much.)

Comment Re:In Perspective (Score 2) 73

That's because fluids are the same, no matter where in the universe you go.

(Now if you were to go to another universe, I can't guarantee the local laws of physics will apply there as well. Which does not bode well for hyperdimensional porn studios.)

Comment Re:Chuck it. (Score 1) 585

It reduces the temptation to waste an evening (or more) trying to scrounge together a frankenstein system, reading old newsgroups to figure out how to resolve IRQ conflicts and write an autoexec.bat, and all that evil stuff.

One man's "waste" is another man's "enjoy". ;)

Okay, maybe those particular activities aren't particularly enjoyable, but tell me you don't get some enjoyment out of getting an old system working again.

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