The Slate article does make clear that this only works on something with the old Commodore 64 character set (PETSCII). And that it is a loop.It's not exactly a great article, but it does get these things right.

Their application was rejected. The patent examiner said, "sorry, this just looks like a bunch of chicken scratches!"

(They were actually sparrow scratches, but never mind that.)

Dude, they're helicopters. Just fly them back when you're done.

I got one of those calls once. It was a woman with a very strong Indian accent, and for no particular reason I decided to pretend it was phone sex ("I have viruses? Oh my God, that's so hot!"). This just confused her for a little bit - I don't think she really followed what I was saying - and she kept on trying to continue with her script. Finally, I said she really needed to find a better job, and she cursed and hung up.

The old one got assimilated. Yes, corporate dronedom is even more powerful (or at least more stultifying) than the Borg.

That only brings happiness if they fit into it.

They do make 64-bit versions for Windows and Linux as part of the nightly builds. There are also a couple of projects which make "optimized" versions of some of these - Pale Moon (palemoon.org) and Waterfox (waterfoxproject.org).

The biggest issue with the 64-bit versions is that they only run 64-bit plugins, unless you use something like nspluginwrapper (nspluginwrapper.org).

I'm more concerned about whether it will be talking on its cell phone (ok, X band radio) while driving. I'd hate to see it crash because of distracted driving.

What IP? They don't own the UNIX copyrights.

Or did you mean their IP addresses? Yeah, those might be worth something. In fact, that's probably the only part of SCO that's worth anything now.

That's where the pizza comes in.

There is no "I" in orgasim. Oh, wait, I guess there is!

I'd be happy with a company that thought on a 3-5 year time scale. 3-5 months seems more common (only the slightest exaggeration).

I think you have the wrong forum. This is Slashdot.

Finally, I realize why we weren't supposed to cry for Eva Peron. She gets all the hot dogs!

Right, and we were talking about Larry Ellison, so ...