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Comment sure it is (Score 5, Funny) 1079

by platypussrex on Tuesday April 14, 2009 @03:44PM (#27575545) Attached to: College Police Think Using Linux Is Suspicious Behavior

This would be funny except it's scary instead . . .

Comment Re:tinfoil is the answer (Score 4, Funny) 724

by platypussrex on Monday March 30, 2009 @02:04AM (#27384801) Attached to: Reliability of Computer Memory?

I have an even better idea. You know how water cooling makes your computer run better? Well my theory is that water cooling would work the same way for the OP. He needs to get a large tank, fill it with ice water, and be sure to keep his head fully submerged while doing all his computer work. I'm sure he'll be amazed at his increased productivity.

Comment Re:Food security is a measurable risk (Score 1) 361

by platypussrex on Friday March 27, 2009 @01:31PM (#27360111) Attached to: The Underappreciated Risks of Severe Space Weather

Read TFA, they say that bringing them back on line might take up to a year, because the transformers are custom made, and don't exist as readily available replacements. So yes, I'm sure it would be a priority, but how will those millions in NYC last the nine months or so it will take (according to TFA) to get them back on line?

Comment Re:Install Ubuntu (Score 1) 823

by platypussrex on Wednesday December 24, 2008 @11:36AM (#26223443) Attached to: Configuring a Windows PC For a Senior Citizen?

except that "easier" is contained in "no harder" so the parent was correct :-)

Comment Re:From the comments to TFA (Score 5, Informative) 648

by platypussrex on Tuesday December 23, 2008 @09:47AM (#26210847) Attached to: Psystar Claims Apple Forgot To Copyright Mac OS

Registration is not required to secure a copyright on a work. Copyright is secured automatically when the work is created. So the very fact that Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard exists is a copyright.

However, Apple must have registered their copyright on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard before they can file suit for infringement on this copyright.

Read about all that at copyright.gov:
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html

This would all seem to be moot though. According to copyright.gov, Apple registered their copyright on Mac OS X Leopard Version 10.5 on January 24, 2008, Registration Number: TX0006849489.

http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=4&ti=1,4&Search_Arg=Mac%20OS%20X%20Leopard&Search_Code=TALL&CNT=25&PID=-H_wcyyigtEZ3UT-QtRpXsTJUefv&SEQ=20081222171112&SID=1

I have no doubt that there is something we're missing here, as it seems unlikely that Psystar's Lawyers couldn't do a simple search at copyright.gov for "Mac OS X Leopard". But this article offers little more than an announcement that Psystar has responded to Apple's copyright suit.

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