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Comment As long as there's ... (Score 1) 219

enough lifeboats.

Obvious serious downsides (No pirate jokes)

1. Less bandwidth capacity - higher latency (forced to use sat. solution)
2. Very very non-green. Ships put out awful emissions. One running tons of electrical equipment is no better.
3. Curious to know if the sea's movements will affect disk latency - tests have been conducted that if you scream at a hard drive it can slightly affect their latency due to the sound waves.
4. International waters. Nuff said.
5. I'd be willing to say a ship crew - security, EXPENSIVE ship repairs and maintenance far outweigh the profitability.

Comment Re:idiocy? Incompetence? (Score 1) 269

The -REAL- Y2K is the unix epoch - where HARDWARE base storage chips that keep time (really just a count of all the seconds since the beginning of the epoc) will essentially overflow because they can't store a number that large.

Submission + - Copyright, Contract and a Minor (slashdot.org) 4

HuckleCom writes: Many years ago when I was 15 (22 now), I entered a project for a pay-for-news site with a 'client'. There was no signed or written contract (There was a quote, which later meant nothing because the scope of the project changed).
I eventually finished the project and had moved across the US in the process where I finally received payment. After many years of free support, and even some free hosting — I instructed the client to pay for their hosting and I would transfer the site to the new server. This request was never met, so I pulled the plug on the site and archived the files. Yesterday, I received a demand letter from an attorney requesting I send the code, data and content to the client. I was threatened with court seeking personal property seizure and/or wage garnishment with no monetary amount mentioned. I am fine with sending the data/content. But the code itself contains a few 'trade' secrets and redistributable code. My understanding is that the code belongs to me, the author under US copyright law. Is it reasonable to require monetary reimbursement to give ownership of all the site code? How would this case go over in a court?

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