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p0ckets··on Solar panel made with ion cannon is cheap enough to challenge fossil fuels
The price of fossil fuels could also go up. We are starting to shift production from conventional drilling to more expensive methods like tar sands.
p0ckets··on Understanding the bin, sbin, usr/bin , usr/sbin split
/opt/local is already used (by MacPorts).
p0ckets··on Amazon Won’t Pay Self-Published Author For Books It Mistakenly Gave Away
I'm sure their agreement had more than one clause. It could very well contain a set of clauses that limits amazon's liability to whatever it collects from customers (in this case, $0).
p0ckets··on Growl fork maintainer banned from Growl mailinglist after fixing bugs
That is correct. The only difference a GPL license would make is that Growl would be forced to release the source code for any version that they sell. And that they wouldn't be able to sell it through the App Store.
p0ckets··on Growl fork maintainer banned from Growl mailinglist after fixing bugs
They agreed that their work would be sold for money when they contributed to a BSD licensed project. If they cared, they could release their patches.
p0ckets··on Growl fork maintainer banned from Growl mailinglist after fixing bugs
Maybe. Forsythe might have some claim to the trademark for "Growl", but things like the Growl Network Protocol should weaken it.

Note that the copyright on the code and the trademark on "Growl" are separate issues.

p0ckets··on I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode
Unless you shell out for a dedicated server, you are sharing the physical machine with other people. The cpu is probably scheduled according to the size of the instance you bought, but you might get the whole thing if your neighbors aren't running anything.
p0ckets··on Why the Mac App Sandbox makes me sad
A phone and a tablet are two different things, and it makes sense to lock down one in a way that it doesn't make sense to lock down the other. There is no indication that Apple doesn't understand that...
p0ckets··on If you can't remember why onions are in there, take 'em out.
This still wouldn't be sufficient in mechanical_fish's example. Someone might still remove the onions (and the needed proteins) after the introduction of thermometers with the reasoning that this would be a "simple" and "well understood" tweak.
p0ckets··on Turn Your Smartphone Into A Robot
You needed to pledge $650 to actually get a Bilibot, versus $78 for a Romo. It looks like for $5665 three Bilibots will be built.
p0ckets··on On Tyson's Face, It's Art. On Film, a Legal Issue
That's fine if the copyright owner wants financial compensation, but what if he/she demands that the infringing material be removed?
p0ckets··on Effect of One-Legged Standing on Sleep
The calcium in the milk helps: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/163169.php
p0ckets··on How a sports betting hedge fund works
It would be hedging if a team owner to bet against his own team.
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