Comment Thanks for learning to live your faith (Score 1) 1027
Thank you David.
I rarely log in, but I needed to comment on this post (the OP).
Comment Re:What momentum may that fork have? (Score 1) 198
One word: btrfs
All the posts here mostly talk about the wonders of zfs. I was enamored of zfs myself when it first came out.
Thing is, even if they got rid of the license problems, the thing is still not very linux kernel-friendly. The way it is, it will only ever exist in user-land/fuse. Yes, it can be made to work. So what?
Btrfs is better, uses zfs ideas and leaverages the linux kernel natively.
http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Btrfs
Submission + - Running shoe generates electricity (sciencedaily.com) 1
pevans writes: Yes, we've all seen similar things over the years using "ceramic transducers, which are hard and rigid" but this one uses a "a low-cost, polymer transducer, a soft, flexible material that replaces the shoe’s heel shock absorber without sacrificing user experience." I ran across this at http://inhabitat.com/2010/04/27/shoe-generator-harvests-power-from-walking/ first.
Submission + - BP Cofferdams Explained via Fishtank (guardian.co.uk)
wonkavader writes: The Guardian has a cute little video demonstration [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2010/may/06/cofferdams-bp-solution-deepwater-horizon] of what BP has in mind to stop the oil leaks which are creating the mess in the gulf of Mexico, which just recently made landfall [http://www.bellona.org/articles/articles_2010/spill_hits]. Apparently, BP has constructed a 180 ton plastic water bottle, then cut it in half and... well, the video makes things pretty clear.
Submission + - Robot with knives used in robotics injury study (ieee.org)
An anonymous reader writes: IEEE Spectrum reports that German researchers, seeking to find out what would happen if a robot handling a sharp tool accidentally struck a human, set out to perform a series of cutting, stabbing, and puncturing tests. They used a robotic manipulator arm, fitted with various sharp tools (kitchen knife, scalpel, screwdriver) and performed striking tests at a block of silicone, a pig leg, and at one point, even the arm of a human volunteer. Volunteer, really?! The story includes video of the tests.
Comment Re:Well... (Score 1) 385
But that's the job. You control what you can and try to mitigate what you can't.
Amen brother. Amen.
Comment Re:fuckfuck (Score 1) 183
AC troll, yes. But to write that number of words on it means you are a seriously sick, twisted individual. Wow. The detail.
Even for
It takes a lot for me to log in and post but holy hannah you are one sick puppy, even for a troll.
Comment Re:I concur but! (Score 1) 3
Well, I could only one up you by a couple of years on using a computer to program something. Yes, that is what I do for a living, no, nothing you've ever heard of
But the real topic is the legal remedies that could be availed of and are not. I see your idea about patches being applied over existing law, but the analogy fails for common law I think. Law does change and gets amended, as you point out, but in common law some laws can always trump others. IANAL tho.
There really will always be bickering. Lets have laws that stop the obvious trolls in their tracks to the point that the really weak challenges don't even get to step one.
Submission + - Some older common law should be applied today. 3
pevans writes: Over on Redhat's opensource.com I found this neat summary of a few old laws that could really help us today with the patent trolls. The article 'What's wrong with champerty?' is brief, but full of legal goodness that seems to have fallen by the wayside.
"Let's bring back barratry, maintenance, and champerty for patent lawsuits. Combine that with a limitation on the assignment of patents and a lot of patent trolls would be out of business."
"Let's bring back barratry, maintenance, and champerty for patent lawsuits. Combine that with a limitation on the assignment of patents and a lot of patent trolls would be out of business."
