No doubt looking for something important to patent.
Perhaps movement of fish through water by fin propulaion?

That's an excellent post, Above.
thanks!

"This lawsuit makes me want to recommend the Nook to more people."

you just did. and thank you,

I see your Arbuckles, and raise you the Wichitas!

Yup, that little programmer published in Transactor Magazine for the C64 was a life changing event.
    None of this instant, ebay gratification you whippersnappers have. 4 weeks and 2 email (Fidonet) exchanges
    with the author and I had something that burned a 2732 in less that 5 minutes!
    And God was it horrible looking.

Read RFC1912 - no, it's not for SMTP, but a requirement of being on the net in general.
Note the "loss of internet services" - of which smtp is.

      Make sure your PTR and A records match. For every IP address, there
      should be a matching PTR record in the in-addr.arpa domain. If a
      host is multi-homed, (more than one IP address) make sure that all IP
      addresses have a corresponding PTR record (not just the first one).
      Failure to have matching PTR and A records can cause loss of Internet
      services similar to not being registered in the DNS at all. Also,
      PTR records must point back to a valid A record, not a alias defined
      by a CNAME. It is highly recommended that you use some software
      which automates this checking, or generate your DNS data from a
      database which automatically creates consistent data.

Glad you brought up the RFCs - isn't a proper rDNS entry for a server a requirement?

"When MySQL launched, PostgreSQL was always an option."

Note: the article picks on all "OLDSQL" engines, so don't be so smug in having Postgres to choose
from. It's are next on the bashing list.

If people were complaining about how /slow/unreachable/screwed up/ Facebook was, this might have
been an actual article and not FUD about Mysql. But they aren't. Even Google has an investment in
mysql. and there is very little complaint about how reachable they are. If it ain't broke - invent something
new and PROFIT!

    I can only think about the massive lawsuit Mr. Allen attempted last year was
    to be a further fund arm for projects like this.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20025438-37.html

    Ok, Google, you have Google Sky, you got out of a stupid lawsuit, here's
    a tax writ ..... good project!

Please read the BOFH where the IT guy plugs the pc's network connection into an AC wall outlet. Problem solved! There are no illegal devices on the net.

Good! I'm glad someone is paying attention to these home grown extremists. Perhaps one of you guys at COX COMMUNICATIONS will see the light and get Westboro Baptist Church off your ip space. see: www.godhatesfags.com and: www.godhatesamerica.com

Not until Windows 13, or whatever it was that he was working on.

Did anybody think to open the control panel and search the Espionage Viewer? Oh Damn! Somebody rebooted!

I can't believe you like money too. We should hang out.

Agreed. And any customer who invests in a company wasting their time on artificially protecting their "IP" and adding it to the customers expense shouldn't be rewarded. It's akin of Stanley telling you that you can't drive a screw with a hammer. Why should they care. As soon as AT&T sells an open Android phone (not that Motorola flip) , Apple will receive the results of my angst.