Comment: Re:A little anti clamantic... (Score 1) 202
WebKit is based on KHTML. KDE adds patches back from WebKit when they can, but they're not that different when it comes to web standards and performance.
Comment: Re:Bet it will sound better than the CD album (Score 1) 82
That seems like a hard feat since the bass part is virtually indistinguishable from the guitar part in most of the songs.
Comment: Re:There's no justice... (Score 1) 82
Ulrich can barely play Dyer's Eve with a double bass pedal. Metallica had to record the double bass sections separately in order to maintain accuracy and speed. Also, Ulrich is an old fart in comparison to the endurance and speed of your typical death or black metal drummer.
Comment: Re:Not good enough. (Score 1) 1044
Most states in the US have the age of consent set at 16 or 17. Many more have laws regarding small age differences not being illegal. What you're looking for is pornographic laws.
Ted "A Series of Tubes" Stevens Found Guilty 565
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from the now-a-series-of-cells dept.
techmuse writes "According to a series of tubes sites, Senator Ted Stevens has been found guilty of lying about free home renovations that he received from an oil contractor. He faces up to 5 years in jail, and the outcome of his current reelection bid is now in doubt. 'The conviction came after a tumultuous week in the jury room. First there were complaints about an unruly juror, then another had to be replaced when she left Washington following the death of her father. Finally, jurors on Monday discovered a discrepancy in the indictment that had been overlooked by prosecutors. Jury deliberations in this historic trial have at times been as contentious as some of the proceedings The Justice Department indicted Stevens on July 29, and the Alaska Republican took a huge legal gamble and asked for a speedy trial in order to resolve the charges before Election Day. Judge Emmet Sullivan complied with Stevens' request, and in less than three months from the time of his indictment, Stevens was found guilty.'"
Today is Fair Use Day!->
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jZnat writes "Several websites are reporting that today marks the third-annual global Fair Use Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness of copyright issues. The idea was first put into action by Eric Clifford on 11 July 2005 to raise awareness of the ever-increasing shift of power in copyright issues around the world. Other reports on this include Ars Technica's, TorrentFreak's, Boing Boing's, and the Pirate Party's (US)."
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Putting Piracy in Perspective
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An anonymous reader writes "Over the past year, Slashdot has pointed to many industry claims and
governmental pressure (here,
here,
and here)
arguing that Canada
as a piracy haven. Canadian law prof Michael Geist has produced Putting Canadian
"Piracy" in Perspective, a video that
demonstrates how the claims are hugely exaggerated. For example, it
shows how despite the MPAA's claim of movie piracy, Canada was the
industry's fastest growing market last year. Similarly, while the
recording industry says Canada is the world's top P2P country, the data
shows that the Canadian music industry is experiencing record gains and
that most of the decline from the major labels is due to retail pricing
pressures."
Clear Channel: indie artists must waive royalties->
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Theodora Michaels writes "As part of Clear Channel's payola settlement with the FCC, the radio networks agreed to air 4,200 hours of local and independent music on their stations. Per the settlement, the broadcaster set up an online application for artists to submit their music for airplay on each of its stations. The application requires the artists to waive their right to digital performance royalties."
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Con Kolivas releases last ever -ck patchset->
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FreeGamer writes "Anybody who ever tried ricing their Gentoo in order to attain half-decent audio/visual perforance, or knows much about kernel patchsets, will no doubt be aware of the -ck kernel patchset. It is a patchset for the Linux kernel that is aimed at providing an optimal desktop experience.
Today saw the last ever release of the -ck kernel patchset. Read on for an overview of the reasons why Linux is losing one of it's most talented contributors."
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Today saw the last ever release of the -ck kernel patchset. Read on for an overview of the reasons why Linux is losing one of it's most talented contributors."
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Turns Out Ubuntu Dell Costs $225 More 361
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kdawson
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from the implemented-and-reneged dept.
An anonymous reader writes "One week ago this community discussed the apparent price advantage of Ubuntu Dell over Vista. The article linked to a Dell IdeaStorm page with the status: 'Implemented.' Today the status has changed on that page to 'Reneged: Ubuntu Dell is $225 More Than Windows Dell.' The full price of a Ubuntu Inspiron 1420N is indeed $50 cheaper than the identical hardware configuration with Vista — except that a $275 free upgrade to 2GB memory and a 160-GB hard drive is available for Windows only."