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Comment Re:It's not a catapult OR a trebuchet (Score 2, Informative) 149

by SilverRayn on Friday January 18, 2008 @01:23AM (#22090016) Attached to: Industrial Robot Arm Becomes Giant Catapult

What categorizes a trebuchet as a trebuchet is the counterweight (not the sling). The qualifying factor for the catapult is the stored tension. This has neither. Sling or not, it's a robot, not a trebuchet or catapult.

Submission + - Germany declare hacking tools illegal (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by dubbelj on Thursday May 31, 2007 @10:55AM

dubbelj writes: Germany have updated their computer crime law to declare "hacking tools" illegal. This will make most of the network admin and computer security people in a gray area at work. How will this affect Linux distribution in Germany as most of standard Linux distributions come with these kind of "hacking tools" installed by default? How will the rest of EU member countries react on this law, will there be lobbying for the other countries to implement this kind of laws also? Articles in ars technica and The Register.

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