Wow. I guess the Internet does bring people together.

I imagine this says something such as "If you can't read this round eye wait about 50 years"

China Spam

] The courts will decide whether that hope will ever be
] rewarded with a big payoff. If SCO loses, the company is
] likely toast. But winning will be a tall order. SCO must
] show that the old, murky contracts between AT&T (which
] developed Unix), Novell (which bought the operating
] system from AT&T in 1993), and the old Santa Cruz
] Operation deliberately transferred the Unix copyrights to
] the new SCO Group; it also must show that it owns the
] rights to derivative flavors of Unix, like IBM's AIX.
] Finally, and perhaps most difficult, SCO must prove IBM
] and other Linux programmers around the world got sloppy
] and ported proprietary code into Linux. Legal experts
] tracking the case think each hurdle - let alone all three
] - is difficult to clear. The odds are clearly against
] SCO.
A fantastic overview of SCO's business tactics since 2002. It states exact how many lawsuits SCO is in, against who, and about what.

SCO: 2002 - present

] "Kim said, 'look if you don't buy our freeze proposal and
] buy it soon, we are going to test a nuclear weapon,' and
] it continued to go on this way for the duration of the
] meeting," this official said.
]
] Pyongyang has offered to put its nuclear program on hold
] in exchange for compensation, including huge amounts of
] energy aid.

N. Korea Threatens Nuclear test

] A Comparison of Open Source Licenses

A nice table comparing the major F/OSS licenses, and what you can and cannot do with certain licenses

A Comparison of Open Source Licenses

] Cheney contends that forcing him to disclose his task
] force's 2001 contacts with industry executives and
] lobbyists would hurt the White House's ability to receive
] candid advice.

Receive candid advice, have their PAC paid strings dance them around, the usual.

High court hears arguments on Cheney task force

] Air Force testing robot guard vehicles

Behold the T-0000.01

Air Force testing robot guard vehicles

] "If they give themselves up without force within one
] month maximum from the date of this speech, we can
] promise them that they are going to be safe."
]
] Abdullah said all such people would be dealt with fairly,
] in accordance with Islamic law.

"Ok, put out your arm, we have to chop it off... oh wait, you were killing infidels on a jihad... er... you are free to go."

Saudis offer terrorists month to surrender

] After reading the terms of the Linux GPL, the NSA
] realized they needed to post this enhancement to the
] Internet in source code form for the world to see.
] Unbelievably, any person with a PC and an Internet
] connection can now logon to the NSA%u2019s website and
] print out the blueprint for NSA s Security Enhanced Linux
] software.

As I said in my last meme, I've been doing alot of FOSS license research. Its amazes me how few people understand the GPL. The above statement is totally false. There is nothing in the GPL which forces you to release any changes you make to GPL software. From the GPL FAQ:

The GPL does not require you to release your modified version. You are free to make modifications and use them privately, without ever releasing them. This applies to organizations (including companies), too; an organization can make a modified version and use it internally without ever releasing it outside the organization.

But if you release the modified version to the public in some way, the GPL requires you to make the modified source code available to the program's users, under the GPL.

The NSA chose to do what it did. Don't try and say the GPL has reduced our National Security. You can find the GNU GPL FAQ here:

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html

No one seems to get the GPL

] On Friday, July 9th our keynote will be renowned hacker,
] fugitive, author, radio host, and subject of our
] documentary ("Freedom Downtime") Kevin Mitnick.
]
] On Saturday, July 10th we're pleased as punch that Steve
] Wozniak (of Apple fame) will be giving the keynote
] address.

] We wrap things up on Sunday, July 11th with another
] keynote by Jello Biafra (musician, activist, media
] hacker)
]
] But the keynotes are just one part of the speaker
] program. We have nearly 70 talks, panels, and workshops
] scheduled. Our list of scheduled talks is as follows.

The Fifth HOPE - Speaker Schedule Up

] Mary: Why would God make us so different if he wanted us
] to be the same?

Go see this movie. Now.

Saved! (2004)