Comment Re:Math, SF, more importantly, good reads (Score 1) 278
"Digital Fortress", by Dan Brown (cryptography)
"the handsome code breaker solved the hard code"
Comment Re:Who ARE these people? (Score 1) 132
I did this and it came up with those for the UK , not my location - which was The Cars? Really ? A town that has a University?
Comment What about the sofa? (Score 1) 87
The important question is how does the sofa get round that bend in the stairs?
Bible.com Investor Sues Company For Lack Of Profit 181
The board of Bible.com claims that it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than to make money on the domain name, but an angry shareholder disagrees. From the article: "James Solakian filed the lawsuit in Delaware's Chancery Court against the board of Bible.com for breaching their duty by refusing to sell the site or run the company in a profitable way. The lawsuit cites a valuation done by a potential purchaser that estimated bible.com could be worth more than dictionary.com, which recently sold for more than $100 million."
Astronaut Sues Dido For Album Cover 264
An anonymous reader writes "Astronaut Bruce McCandless is suing Dido for her album cover that uses a famous NASA photograph of a tiny, tiny, tiny McCandless floating in space. McCandless doesn't own the copyright on the photo, so he's claiming it's a violation of his publicity rights ... except that he's so tiny in the photo, it's not like anyone's going to recognize him."
