Comment Re:Congress, our representatives? (Score 5, Informative) 302
So did Thomas More in the sixteenth century and Plato in about 400BC, it's not a new thing.
Comment Re:This is gonna suck... (Score 1) 445
Sabayon development was discontinued
When did that happen? I've got kernel 2.6.39? and KDE 4.6.4 waiting to be installed right now, presumably they were packaged recently?
And the Sabayon binary package manager is called Entropy
Comment Re:Uh, unless you're a programmer... (Score 3, Interesting) 766
You missed 95, 98, ME, 2000 and Vista off. Wouldn't make such a convincing argument then, would it?
XP has been supported for so long because they couldn't offer anything better so their customers (read corporates) insisted on them doing so. Being unable to get Vista/7 to run on Netbooks didn't help them either.
XP has been supported for so long because they couldn't offer anything better so their customers (read corporates) insisted on them doing so. Being unable to get Vista/7 to run on Netbooks didn't help them either.
Comment Re:"overselling" it (Score 1) 220
Except that they're a BT reseller, so your service is dependent on a third party, they subscribe to the IWF, so your service is filtered, and their FUP lists all the ways they don't allow you to use the service, for example spamming.
I have no problem with them, I'm with a similar BT reseller, but don't delude yourself about what you're getting.
I have no problem with them, I'm with a similar BT reseller, but don't delude yourself about what you're getting.
Comment Re:Well, duh. (Score 1) 207
If they partnered with MS and then had their tech stolen that would seem to be a clear breach of contract, so a civil suit alleging that and seeking damages would seem to be in order, not a BS patent spat.
Assuming they had a contract, right? He who sups with the Devil.....
Assuming they had a contract, right? He who sups with the Devil.....
Comment Re:Bad omen? (Score 1) 303
By running an exe you found on the 'net, that asked you for your password.................
Comment Re:Debates about Fair Use... (Score 1) 169
I'm fairly certain you missed
IANAL, and don't know wtf I'm talking about
from there somewhere.
Comment Re:Which just means escalation to a different acco (Score 1) 259
Yes, except the basic problem was fixed in the kernel so whether the X server runs as root or not is irrelevant.
Submission + - Oracle sues Google over Android (actualeurope.info)
rmonteux writes: Oracle Corp sued Google Inc, alleging patent and copyright infringement in the development of the popular Android smartphone software.
http://actualeurope.info/technology/oracle-sues1938-082010.html
http://actualeurope.info/technology/oracle-sues1938-082010.html
Submission + - How to act like Microsoft? Get sued over Java... 1
chaboud writes: Like a blast from Microsoft's past, Java's new keepers at Oracle have filed what will probably end up being an unfashionably out-of-style double-breasted lawsuit over Google's use of Java in Android, throwing in all of the usual sweet legal nothings, such as "willful," "injunction," and "damages."
I wish someone had told me earlier that the way to make money off of software was to stand around with a law degree.
Submission + - Oracle sues Google to shutdown Android (theregister.co.uk)
InFire writes: Oracle has now demonstrated why they purchased Sun and seems to be going after the title of biggest patent troll. The suit asks for the seizure of all Android products.
Submission + - Oracle sues Google for patent infringement (theregister.co.uk)
bit4byte writes: Various sources are reporting the Oracle is sueing Google for patent infringement on the Andriod paltform.
This mainly resovolves around Java and patents that Oracle America now owns due to the purchance of Sun Microsystems.
Here is a link to the actual complaint:
http://regmedia.co.uk/2010/08/13/oracle_complaint_against_google.pdf
This mainly resovolves around Java and patents that Oracle America now owns due to the purchance of Sun Microsystems.
Here is a link to the actual complaint:
http://regmedia.co.uk/2010/08/13/oracle_complaint_against_google.pdf
Submission + - Oracle sues Google over Android (itnews.com.au)
harmic writes: Looks like Oracle are taking a tough line with Java — according to this article they have filed a lawsuit stating that Google has violated both patents and copyrights in the Android platform.
Comment Re:Is such a ban stupid or what? (Score 1) 601
Since it was a European airport it's pretty unlikely to be a US law ;)
Airlines / ports generally don't like people taking pictures of their staff, because they're potentially a weakpoint in security. Staff sometimes have families and other leverage points, and might be persuaded to do things that they otherwise wouldn't. They take the privacy and safety of their staff very seriously, and I'm not convinced they're wrong to do so.
And surely there are better places to get a picture of your departing loved ones than a check in desk.
Airlines / ports generally don't like people taking pictures of their staff, because they're potentially a weakpoint in security. Staff sometimes have families and other leverage points, and might be persuaded to do things that they otherwise wouldn't. They take the privacy and safety of their staff very seriously, and I'm not convinced they're wrong to do so.
And surely there are better places to get a picture of your departing loved ones than a check in desk.
Comment Re:Does it really matter? (Score 1) 203
Fact: IE has tabbed browsing before any of its current competitors.
On which planet? NetCaptor had tabbed browsing, and NetCaptor used IE as the rendering engine. That's not the same thing as IE having tabbed browsing.
