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Comment Re:Ouya was more relevant, before. (Score 4, Informative) 196

I'm using one of the common Android-on-a-stick hdmi dongles, and I've played with others. They're not very good.

The Ouya out-specs most of them, the software ecosystem sounds promising, and the controller that works will be nice. Not all TV's do CEC and the gaming function of the controller is nice.

I really hope these work out to be good devices.

Comment Re:Need for padded poles. (Score 1) 76

If it is really a stupid choice, evolution will do the rest. No need for name calling, ape.

I've never driven a car with such a device on so I don't have an opinion on whether or not it's safe.

But when people do unsafe things while driving, people that are being safe are often on the receiving end of that stupidity. So maybe let's not get fast and loose with the 'evolution will do the rest' line.

Comment Re:Check truth in political speech (Score 1) 149

He or she is probably referring to Fox News' coverage during the lead-up to the election, where they'd report on the results of early polls where Ron Paul often came in first or second among other Republicans, but just completely omitted his name... like he didn't exist. It was really weird.

Just skip to 1:15 to get past the drama. You'll get a good laugh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMO7YG3Ul5g

Comment Re:Speechless (Score 1) 272

We've given MS a lot shit over the years.

That might be understatement of the day. ;)

Lately, though, MS seems tame (as they are not a serious player in the markets that matter) compared to some of these companies of today.

Believe it or not, they're doing quite well for themselves.

http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/01/microsoft-fails-to-notice-the-death-of-the-pc-posts-record-revenue-figures-instead/

I should have known nobody wants to hear that, before I submitted it. I'm a dummy.

Comment Re:Uh ... What? (Score 2) 320

Not to worry, neither am I, but we're in pretty plain territory here. :)

Copyright Basics, from copyright.gov
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf

Copyright protection subsists from the time the work is cre
ated in fixed form. The copyright in the work of authorship
immediately becomes the property of the author who cre
ated the work. Only the author or those deriving their rights
through the author can rightfully claim copyright.
In the case of works made for hire, the employer and not
the employee is considered to be the author. Section 101 of
the copyright law defines a âoework made for hireâ as [...]

Comment Re:Uh ... What? (Score 2) 320

Public domain may not be the default status of a published work, at least in the USA.

Not may not, it is not. Copyright is automatic. The terms of use you assign, either by agreeing to a ToS or an explicit license, are largely separate.

This means that code is essentially untouchable in its whole form. Without a declaration, the originator owns it, IMHO.

That's not just your opinion, that's how it is. You own your work unless you've assigned ownership to someone else, or done as work for hire, under contract, etc. That's licensed or not. You continue to "own" your work, even if you eventually license it permissively. That means you can do a fork of your own work that's completely closed too, if you like, so long as you don't run afoul of any previous or interim contributors' work and licensing.

Don't confuse that with the ability to retroactively revoke the terms of a permissive license though. You can't just yank GPL licensed code back from people that are using it. The license is designed that way.

Comment Re:Cost of business (Score 1) 60

I really should have said, I don't know that there's anything illegal about selling an exploit to your own government, even if it's through a broker (as is the case in the article).

But comparatively evil? I would say so. I think I'd rather get paid pretty well and just have Google fix the software for everyone.

Such activities are out of my league anyway, though.

Comment Re:More context provided in the extended clip. (Score 5, Funny) 330

I think we can agree that the founding fathers, Jefferson most of all, preferred Star Trek at the time. You'll notice that live long and prosper appears in the Declaration. What's true is that Lincoln, arguably a less cerebral man, was a drooling Lucas fanboi. This explains the lines regarding his use of the force in a time of rebellion in the Emancipation Proclamation.

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