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The comment you're replying to made a good point about how aggressively Disney has lobbied to keep extending copyright law to keep Mickey Mouse and such out of the public domain, w…

As a Dvorak typing sysadmin who used to use QWERTY, the vi navigation keys work just fine on Dvorak. As it turns out, once you're used to Dvorak, you see that having the keys next …

In the US, such orders usually have to be in writing, be pretty specific, and the meaning has to be fairly clear. You would have a very difficult time holding someone in contempt f…

You actually can't make that assertion in confidence. To do so, you have to measure the utility of the benefits to a given individual, and the utility of the money they spend on it…

I got my first Mac about 1 year and 4 months ago. I've been pretty happy with it. My fallback plan was just to install Windows or Linux on it. To me, the worst case scenario was th…

I've been buying Amazon ebooks for the Kindle. I like the Kindle 3 keyboard without special offers well enough, but I don't really like the "we want to make money when you use the …

Just never give authorization for recurring billing. I use my credit card for one-time payments for monthly services all of the time, and I never authorize recurring billing. When …

I went to a good school for CS, and some of the professors did work for private industry and interesting research, and why hardware like this can seem so dated came up a few times.…

http://emacswiki.org/emacs/SetFonts

The last time I played with Opera's built-in mail client, it was pretty similar.

I think Theo actually encourages clean installs. It's no surprise the upgrade procedure would leave something to be desired.

I believe I think in words even more than average. I don't know if anyone can say how. I don't know how my brain puts together words. It's no effort for me to make a sentence; it's…

http://catb.org/~esr/writings/unix-koans/ten-thousand.html

I doubt the reason is technical. Showmanship is a big part of Apple's corporate DNA.

I doubt anything technical prevents instant updating. Showmanship is a big part of the corporate DNA.

I doubt anything technical prevents instant updating. Showmanship is a big part of the corporate DNA.

I think one of the problems with Windows is monoculture. One of the great UNIX ideals is 'reject all claims of the one true way.' Microsoft always advocates the one true way--Windo…

We, the human race, made up property . And we made up intellectual property . So if you want to argue to me about morality and legality, save it. Those aren't arguments, those are …