Linux is embedded in a great many products in the world and Microsoft collects a lot of money in license fees from those installations. A lot more than 20,000 I'd say.

The problem with loser pays is that almost any court case can simply be beyond the means of a small company unless they are able to defer payment of legal first (If he's gambling on being right). So destruction by lawyer firmly remains a viable tactic for big company versus small.

Alternatively make the government pay for all legal fees. After all, they make up the complex legal system in the first place. Maybe if this was in place they would try and make the system simpler. Let the combined cost of the legal system wash out in the tax structure as a cost to society.

Another approach is to regulate that the amount of legal fees paid to each side has to be the same. If one party wishes to spend more on legal fees then they have to supplement the other party by the same amount.

9 nanograms of explosive found on his hand :-)

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/24/ripa_jfl/

The very first person to be jailed by this law in the UK was a schizophrenic who was just stopped randomly at Eurostar border checkout for having a toy rocket from Estes without a rocket engine in it. They claim they found 1microgram or some other miniscule amount of explosive on him, probably when the dogs they train to sniff these things shaking it's fur. Then then wanted to look on his computer at his home and the schizophrenia kicked in and he refused. He was thrown in jail with a years sentence and then after he got out there they committed him to an asylum.

That's my memory of the news in any case. All that for bring an engine-less toy rocket back from France.

Unless you are a politician, in which case they just choose to ignore the law.

Actually, I thought it was 5 years not 2.

Thanks for that! It made for a very nice presentation.

This is probably it. Thanks.

For something ontopic. What's all that stuff about morse code in the source then? Are they providing several challenges so they can recruit people of different skill levels and I indeed different areas of expertise? It would seem the logical thing to do. Maybe there is even another even harder challenge in there to get the really really clued up people? Maybe there's a code hidden In the white space of the source code? (Just throwing down the gauntlet and teasing people).

Fraps doesn't do Linux. Whatever was used here was on Linux. That's what I want it for as well.

So what screen recorder software did the author use? It plays back nicely.

A what cost to the economy? The assumption is that the economy won't be affected by pushing cars out of the rush hour areas. What a wholely niave assumption. If people had the choice to be just as economically viable and live in quiet areas they would probably already do so. What a dangerous gamble this would be. Especially in times when people are already under huge economic pressure. It'll probably be a congestion success and the economy of the Netherlands will nose dive.