makes me miss Quakeworld? Whatever preceded game spy.

Damn. All the mods and servers in one place.

Why a cell phone? Why not just a usb dongle + software?

I think this is the joke.

XML for the win

  (and for programmers for the next 50 generations)

synergy(the software, NOT the buzzword) is awesome. I hope it never gets renamed to something I won't be able to find down the road.

Oh.

You said Iraq.

Carry on.

As $YOUR_DIETY is my witness, I swear to name any illegitimate children I spawn (yeah, yeah, except it really COULD happen in my case) Havoc.

(Winky, Smurfette, and Booger will be very jealous though)

Exactly. If the EFF decides to pursue this to the end, it will more than likely give others pause when trying to stop people from USING their PURCHASED electronic devices.

They aren't talking about "hacking IP". They are talking about using hardware, think linux on Intel hardware. If Intel required signed bootloaders, do you think the law would protect them too?

Funny you should ask this during this thread :-)

It applies to the source of much of Led Zepp's music (old bluesmen that never saw a dollar, or credit for their work)

Got shouted down in a most disgusting way when it was brought up.

You have to realise that nobody shoots for the middle (workable) ground.

You have to aim for NO copyright to get "reasonable" copyright.

Tell me I am wrong please.

Asphalt has it's issues in cold climates.

Up here in Toronto, highways are concrete (yes concrete) with an asphalt layer on top.

Every summer the asphalt has to be repaired, leading to our two seasons.

Winter, and Road Repair.

Things may be similar in the midwest but I am only speculating.

*too afraid to comment*

I may not completely understand graphic cards but,

I think in this case clock cycles actually *DO* mean something.

Really?

top running on an X-less server.

Confusing and foreign enough for the masses.