Comment Let me... (Score 5, Insightful) 360
What.. the... f*ck?
Is the rest of the world watching China for guidance in this matter? What's happening?
Seriously, this is just insane.
Comment Re:Theatre? (Score 0, Informative) 1870
I believe he meant that THIS verdict is just a theatre for the media because this verdict is not acted upon until all the instances has been worked through.
This was "TingsrÃtten", next is "HovrÃtten" (which is where they can appeal), and if that fails, they can apply for a ruling by "HÃgsta domstolen" (The Supreme Court), and The Supreme Court will need to get clarifications and additional comments from the European Court of Jusice (EU) which Sweden is a member of.
So; this verdict is not the final outcome of this story...
Comment Re:Blog to a Blog to nowhere. (Score 0) 133
... "otherwise you get the impression that Linux is a European thing."
Well... it is.
And Asian, and African, and Australian, and American. Hell, it's even an Arctic thing.
Whither the 19th IOCCC? 124
dazedNconfuzed writes "Whatever happened to the 19th IOCCC? The opening thereof was announced over two years ago and the winners' names were posted, but the source code was never released — leaving the results of the 2006 contest unknown as we get well into 2009. Emails to questions@ioccc.org just bounce. Surely the quiet absence of a high point of geekdom becomes news at some point!"
Comment Ancient egyptian gods and goddesses (Score -1) 1397
Sobek, Shu, Bastet, Anubis, Sokaris, Osiris and so on... kickass names.
More names at http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Egyptian_gods_and_goddesses
Comment Re:Crimson Editor (Score -1) 1131
Agreed.
Comment Second! (Score -1) 1
Oh wait... first!
Given its high penetration this comes as a:
SHOCKER!
NASA Exploring 8 New Space Expeditions 106
coondoggie writes "NASA is trying to decide among eight space exploration missions that include further exploring Venus and comet composition as well landing on an asteroid or examining the space around Jupiter. The space agency today began accepting solicitations for these space exploration opportunities and will ultimately pick one of them to begin perusing in 2009 with a launch date targeted at 2018. The solicitations and ultimate expedition are part of NASA's New Frontiers program, which has as its main objective to explore the solar system with medium-class spacecraft missions that will conduct high-quality, focused scientific investigations, NASA said. The first New Frontiers mission was selected in 2003 and will result in the launch of Juno, a Jupiter polar orbiter mission set to blast off in 2011."
Comment Second! (Score -1) 1
Oh wait... I'm first!
UPnP is great, but it's not really that easy to use just yet.
Streaming a movie from the laptop to my PS3 while using the cellphone as a remote controller is great and all... but to achieve that setup you need to work your phone, setup the system on the laptop and make sure the movie your streaming is of a type that the PS3 supports (unless you do transcoding).
The point is that it's not all just fun and dandy until "Joe the Plumber" (tm) can do it without blinking.
This is obviously a step in the right direction though and I applaud the people behind it!
