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>If you wish to go to a system whereby there is no patent system, then recognize that people wouldn't be revealing their inventions, and thus things like android couldn't exist, be…

>I usually multiple bytes * 10 to account for overhead I don't disagree with your point, but this bit is faulty. If you want to account for some overhead you should multiply by a n…

So does almost everyone, when asked. The depressing thing is, when it comes to actual results, the x.99 pricing still works (well, I read this on the BBC a couple of months ago - d…

>You can also set up IPv6 for yourself or your home network via a tunnel (which is a pretty fun exercise), and get access to the IPv6-enabled Internet. All recent operating systems…

>Finally, that's the first comment I get, instead of someone extolling the virtues of swap and babbling warmed-over 1990s rules of thumb about "twice the RAM is the recommended siz…

>emacs and vi are console based editors. Don't know about emacs, but vim has an (optional) gui. >In Sublime you can select text with your mouse And in vim - even in the console ver…

Where did you get that idea?

>For one thing, eFreedom.com actually answers your question. This is different from ExpertsExchange (which promises you might get an answer if you fork over $, yeah right) Not sure…

Indeed. My work's web server logs show that the number one referrer is a Google search for the full URL of the site.

That's even worse. Users habituate themselves to the two-step process in exactly the same way, only now they're annoyed because you're forcing them to do extra unnecessary work.

>Firefox doesn't hide that much of the details. You can still see the gory details of URLs and HTTP requests surfaced quite clearly, and the experience of using the web is that muc…

>USB drives are the most common form of data transfer because of the assurance that they will be compatible with most machines. At $orkplace I have the 'opportunity' to see how non…

On average, I use a USB connector about 3 times a day. I have yet to see a Bluetooth device that isn't a phone (I literally don't know a single person who has a Bluetooth controlle…

>The alternative, and very likely real reason for the suit, is that Oracle actually cares about its intellectual property and would prefer that Google not do what they will with it…

It's not as sudden as that. For reference, I admin a mail server for a small charitable organisation, and our mail graph for the last year looks like this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/…

I wish I could find a link to an article I was reading a while back, which pointed out that most users who actually use search engines beyond typing 'facebook login' every morning …

I wasn't aware that the FSF agreement needed to be physically posted, so thank you for pointing that out. I will point out in return that their requirements have indeed caused a nu…

If you honestly think there's a way they could plausibly have made it harder, start by naming a project which has a higher barrier to entry.

I'm starting to wonder if anyone's even bothering to read what I'm writing. You've pointed out yet another example of a project which does not require a postal form, supporting my …

>The OpenJDK CA process was put in place a long time ago by Sun, generally well-liked in open source circles last I knew. Sun was never well liked outside of the Jave gated communi…

Well let's see, the choice of license is a starting point. The EPL is, per se, a bad license (intentionally incompatible with the GPL and with the showstopping choice-of-venue clau…

>Patches, bug reports are welcome :) Well, not really. My biggest beef with clojure is that it masquerades as an open source project by strictly following the letter (it is release…

Dude, don't feed the trolls.

Well, you live and learn - looking those up I think I've always called them 'those beans, you know, the black and white ones we used to have to rehydrate and which would sit in the…