SCO is not actually dead. It's case is alive and well in the Utah court. It is currently in Judge Nuffer's court. The parties are waiting for him to respond to the latest motion (which was so long ago, I don't actually remember when the motion was made).

While it is true that SCO may have no money, no friends, no ownership of copyrights, no standing to have sued IBM, and no brains; they technically still exist in a state of bankruptcy, and their court case is active.

We should expect to see some action in SCO's case in the Utah court within, I'd say, within no more than one quarter of a galactic turn. So please be patient waiting on Judge Nuffer to make a decision. I'm sure he is diligently giving the matter all of the careful attention that it deserves.

If you like to use sample sizes that are too small, then I would like to interest you in another useful technique.

Correlation is causation.

For example:

The tides cause the moon. The correlation proves it.

Similarly, murder rates are higher in the summer, and ice cream sales are higher in summer months. Therefore ice cream causes murder.

I hope that was helpful.

> A Disney search engine with hidden phallic symbols

I cannot think of anyone who would be interested in hidden phallic symbols.

> explain the success of the Pirates of the Caribbean films.

50 % of the population has below average intelligence.

Can't we just outsource prisons?

Send poor people to serve time in some third world hell hole. Send rich people to serve time in some vacation paradise.

When naming your blog, why did you choose an oxymoron of such contradictory terms? Sort of like Microsoft Morals. Or Apple Humility.

Thanks

Hi Florian,

Thanks for being interviewed on Slashdot.

Could you please give us an estimate, if you have one, of how much innovation has been destroyed by patent trolls? Also, if you happen to know, how many startups?

Thanks

Who (or how many parties) paid you to do a Q&A on Slashdot?

Thanks

While I agree with what you say about height, I think it overlooks something of greater importance. I am more interested in increasing the size of something else rather than overall height.

Over a year ago I could pick up sub $100 Android tablets at my local Walmart. And there are actual third party applications that are available for Android. Sub $100 Android tablets make good children's toys.

Windows OS X -- Mount'n Lyin'
Windows OS X -- Leo Pard
Windows OS X -- Snowl Epard

(sorry, the 1st one, Mount'n Lyin' brazenly copied from a comment on Ars)

Or as I've heard suggested elsewhere, Microsoft could use the <adjective> <animal> naming convention:
Abscessed Albatross
Bubonic Bat
Chlamydic Chigger
Dyspeptic Deertick
. . . .
Masturbating Monkey
etc.


Buy why would Microsoft scrap Windows 9 and go to Windows 10?

Because Microsoft had promised Windows 9 as a free upgrade to (some) Windows 8 users, and viewed this as a way to screw over Windows 8 users a second time. (cue evil laughter and mustache twirling)

Notice Windows 9 on Wikipedia now redirects to Windows 10.

Linux to Microsoft: Changing the name or the graphics won't make you cool.
Apple to Microsoft: Culture is more than something that grows in your ears.

My mathematical model tells me that they will keep the show going for as long as possible as long as ratings are good. Then it will suddenly end. Maybe on a cliffhanger.

You step on the accelerator. Chemical reactions occur within thousands of small cells, instantly releasing vast amounts of pent up energy as huge volumes of electrons are forced through the path of least resistance through the motors that propel the vehicle. The huge torque of electric motors causes sudden intense acceleration that pushes you back in your seat. The car gains speed. Faster. Faster.

Finally, it reaches MECO1 and the back half of the car falls away and gently glides back to earth to soft land vertically at the launch pad.

India was able to do a Mars satellite so cheaply by cutting lots of corners that NASA would have required.

For example, India failed to generate documents necessary to form a committee that would make plans to do a study on how to begin planning the mission. Definitely cutting corners.

SpaceX could still face a major setback if states make SpaceX sell launches only through dealer networks.