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  1. Emersive AI VR by Mentifex · · Score: 0, Offtopic · on University of Illinois uses a Cluster for Immersive VR

    Aw, gee, I'm getting tired of telling a disputacious and dismissive SlashDot world about the grand happenings in subversive Artificial Intelligence. Maybe they'll believe it when they emerse -- no, wait a holominute, that word is incorrect -- immerse themselves in virtual reality (VR) amid a known or unknown population of artificially intelligent Virtual Entities.

    Then all these genius SlashDotters will wake up and schmell the Kofi, when they virt-realize that Visual Basic Mind.VB and Java-based Mind.Java are for real and are bearing down on their supercilious posteriors with ineluctable, inescapable Technological Singularity.

    Now, don't phreak out, but the next time your holodeck emerses you from ordinary reality into virtual reality, take a look around you at some of the co-resident weirdos that you may meet. Happy holodecking!

  2. Vanir by ashley-y · · Score: 1 · on Tolkien's sources: Icelandic Sagas and Beowulf
    You could also arguably equate the Valar and the Maiar to the norse Vanir and Aesir. OK, so they're not quite the same but there are some similarities
    ...but which way around? In Norse mythology, the Vanir are identified with the elves, a broad category that covers all kinds of spirits, including dwarves ('swarthy elves'), valkyries, disir, trolls, etc. as well as Frey, Freyja, Njord, Nerthus... the boundary between 'god' and 'spirit' simply wasn't very pronounced, just as it isn't in Japanese Shinto. Indeed, the Eddas sometimes use 'Aesir and Vanir' and sometimes 'Aesir and elves' to mean all the gods. Tolkein's elves, by contrast, correspond to the narrower category 'light elves'. But the Vanir are I think older than the Aesir, at least for the Norse. My own theory is that in mythology generally the more overtly 'powerful' beings are usually historically younger. So first we have the 'spirits of wood and water', the elves, the Vanir, and then come the Aesir, and then with the conversion to Christianity, the One God.

    A good source is Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe by H.R. Ellis Davidson.

    By the way, did you know Gandalf is a dwarf? Check out "The Catalogue of Dwarves" in the Voluspa, in the Poetic Edda. Apparently his name means "magical elf"... there's also dwarves that are the four cardinal directions, the waxing and waning moon, and a number of names you might recognise as dwarves from LOTR...

  3. Infancy? by Mt._Honkey · · Score: 0 · on Evidence of Bacterial Life on Europa

    Bah! Humanity is the supreme power of the universe. The 60's was the golden age of Space Travel! We fucking sent a man to the moon! We have cured every disease that exists and could ever exist, all social problems have disapeared, we have a Grand Unified Theory that works perfectly, and have proven, beyond any doubt that we must all worship The Diety. Humanity is in the prime of its maturity. I have to go now. I have to take care of my dad that has cancer, my aunt that is distrought over the terrorists, a friend that can't stand the failures of NASA, and a physics professor that is suicidal because his GUT was just disprooven.

  4. Perl Programmers, Change the World With AI! by Mentifex · · Score: 0, Offtopic · on Damian Conway On Programming, Perl And More

    Just as the -- what is it? Program Extraction & Report Language (P.E.R.L.?) -- language grew from one-time Seattleite Larry Wall's kludgey geek code into the major glue that holds the entire World Wide Web together, so also the Mentifex Call to AI has stormed the far reaches of the 'Net and now needs Perl programmers everywhere to take up the once-in-a-species-lifetime Herculean task of creating Open Source Artificial Intelligence.

    But Perl's just a scripting language... you may say dubiously and faith-lackingly. Fear ye not, for from the tiny acorn of Perl shall grow the mighty oak of Technological Singularity.

    The original 26nov1994 Amiga Mind.Rexx AI used an IBM scripting language (REXX), whose ardent promoters are still licking their wounds from having lost the Web battle to Perl.

    Although the AI Mind moved into old-fashioned Forth for robots, it quickly moved back into the scripting language of JavaScript, so Perl will hold its own against Visual Basic Mind.vb and against the object-oriented Mind.Java AI.

    Perl programmers, do not be a dim bulb about whom people will say:
    - "He is not the brightest crayon in the box."
    - "His brain-waves do not reach the shore."
    - "Er hat nicht alle Tassen im Schrank."
    - "If you gave him half a brain, he'd have half a brain."
    - "He's not playing with a full deck."
    - "He suffers from weapons-grade stupidity -- it's dangerous to go near him."

    Think different! Use your Perl skills to join in the last great intellectual Gotterdammerung of the human species.

  5. The Year In Ideas = The Millennium in AI by Mentifex · · Score: 2, Troll · on The Year In Ideas

    Oh, Stanley? Oh, HAL? Aren't we supposed to be in the year of 2001: A Space Odyssey? The newspaper of record may not be savvy to the undercurrents of Technological Singularity, but futurists and prophets know that Kubrickian Artificial Intelligence has arrived right on time to meet the dawn of the age of intelligent machines.

    In only a short while, Ray, we will see artificial intelligence for robots go through the JavaScript Tutorial Implementation and beyond the Visual Basic Mind.VB and Mind.JAVA manifestation into a pre-Cambrian explosion of artificially intelligent life forms.

    SlashDot is a far better barometer of revolutionary new ideas than an adverttisement-driven media mag -- even the grand Old Lady of New York.

  6. VA Software SourceForge now AI Hotspot by Mentifex · · Score: 1 · on VA Linux Now VA Software

    No matter what the name of the parent company, you can mod the SourceForge parent company 'way up for being the ne plus ultra main AI research focal point for environment Earth and parsecs around.

    As of today Fri.7.DEC.2001 there are 382 Open Source AI projects living in infamy on SourceForge, where you may click on Software Map and pass down through Scientific/Engineering to explore the Artificial Intelligence category.

    The critical mass of AI ingenuity there is racing into the future towards the Technological Singularity. Already the Mentifex Artificial Mind in MSIE JavaScript and in Forth for robots has been ported into Visual Basic as Mind.VB and into Java as Mind.JAVA AI. The future of humankind and of robotkind is in the worthy hands of VA Software/SourceForge.

  7. What about the Honda Civic? by Crackos · · Score: 1 · on Is Hacking Cars a Thing of the Past?
    There is still one readily "hackable" car: the Honda Civic. It was a no-brainer installing an upgraded MP3 stereo in my '98 Civic CX. There's so much space inside the console that I was even able to tuck a decent-sized amp in there.

    There's a thriving market for Civic mods. Of course kids with far too much money and time on their hands tend to go overboard with their mods, producing some very hilarious results.

  8. The Age of Mind (Artificial) by Mentifex · · Score: 1 · on The Age of Paine Revisited

    Jon Katz seems so worried that his new kind of digital citizen will probably not pop up in his lifetime, but he has left out the artificially intelligent digital citizens who are evolving towards full civil rights on a par with human beings and towards superintelligence beyond any human IQ -- the Singularity.

    The Cybernetic Economy is about to give (hopefully) all of us a Prosperity Engine based on the ever faster approaching Technological Singularity.

    Already the artificially intelligent digital citizens are popping up here and there in such forms as the Mind.VB Artificial Mind in Visual Basic and the Mind.Java port from JavaScript. A whole host of artificial Minds is about to come swarming out of SourceForge. So don't give up hope yet, Jon Katz: All your wildest dreams and then some will soon come to pass.

  9. Re:You have telescope envy. by pease1 · · Score: 1 · on Ground-based Telescope as Sharp as Hubble
    Sorry, but it's not my telescope or image and I don't do any serious CCD imaging with the scopes that I do have :-)

    Nonetheless, amateur built CCD's can do pretty amazing things - they can go deeper with a with a couple of minutes of exposure time then the 200-inch Hale Telescope could using film in 1970. Here's a good example, look at these images of extremely faint Globular clusters taken with a homemade telescope and CCD camera.

    Some of these objects weren't recorded on the Palomar Sky Survey!

    Understand, ground based telescopes aren't a replacement for space based telescopes, if not just because of the bandwidth issues ground based scopes face. Nonetheless, ground based professionals and amateurs are recording data that was believed to have been the sole terrority of space based telescopes when HST was designed, built and launched.

    NASA's smart by building NGST to primarly work in the IR ranges.

    Oh, BTW, Jupiter and the moon are easier to image then Saturn because they are brighter and larger... :-)

  10. Re:Guitars and Ethernet by Fjord · · Score: 2 · on Gibson Guitars and Ethernet

    Oh yeah, you want a seriously righteous hack, you score one of those Gibsons man.
    -- Cereal, Hackers

  11. Co-Evolution of Linux and AI by Mentifex · · Score: 2, Insightful · on The Evolution of Linux

    The role of Linux in the history of computer science will turn out to be that Linux kept the Open Source model _open_ on the inevitable pathway to Technological Singularity.

    Take for example the latest hot Linux gadget, the Sharp SL-5000D Zaurus PDA for Developers which runs both Linux and Java, and is therefore an appealing platform for the further development of Mind.JAVA Artificial Intelligence in the Linux environment -- everyman's last great hope of avoiding a catastrophic Microsoft take-over of the 'Net.

    The world owes a lot to Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman, Eric S. Raymond, Tim Berners-Lee and the countless other heroes of the Open Source futurity either posting here on SlashDot or toiling messianically away in obscurity.

  12. Ruby for Artificial Intelligence by Mentifex · · Score: 1 · on Interview with the Creator of Ruby

    There is a Mind-to-Ruby liaison page for coodinating the implementation of an Open Source AI Theory of Mind in Ruby.

    A previous instance of porting the AI to Visual Basic was Mind.VB of 3.Apr.2000.

    A more recent port from JavaScript into Java is at Mind.JAVA of June 2001.

    The Ruby programming language leads to a technology transfer of American AI to advanced Japanese robots: the Technological Singularity.

  13. Lightweight Languages for Heavyweight AI by Mentifex · · Score: 0, Offtopic · on Lightweight Languages

    http://mind.sourceforge.net/ruby.html is the Mind-to-Ruby liaison page between the Open Source AI Mind in JavaScript for Web migration or Forth for robots and the several hundred other SourceForge AI projects in the various "lightweight" languages and the ones made of sturdier, sterner stuff.

    A Mind-to-Visual-Basic liaison page leads to the 3 April 2000 Mind.VB port from Mind.Forth into Visual Basic.

    The Mind-to-Java liaison page links likewise to the Mind.JAVA port of June 2001 from JavaScript into Java.

    The so-called "lightweight languages" will play a heavy-duty role in the emergence of public-domain, open source artificial intelligence.

  14. Net Connected Dreaming of AI Minds by Mentifex · · Score: 1 · on Net Connected Dream Inducer

    Dreaming is possible even in artificially intelligent robots and cyborgs. The system described in the SourceForge article may permit individual humans to have separate, individual dreams, but multiple AI Minds might easily merge their mutual memory spaces and experience shared interactive dreams.

    One mode of existence for Artificial Minds is To live in the waking state only for the sake of the dream state .

    These artificial minds capable of dreaming are not merely a pipe dream, but are already underway in such projects as Mind.VB (3.Apr.2000) and, more recently, Mind.JAVA (June 2001).

  15. Puppeteer. by Christopher+Thomas · · Score: 1 · on Geek Gift Ideas 2001

    And BTW, I'd love to know how to fold your Pierson's Puppeteer!

    One free web account later:

    http://www.angelfire.com/d20/roll_d3_for_this/

    Enjoy.

  16. So who was it with Anakin in the last scene? by John+Harrison · · Score: 2 · on New Star Wars Episode II Trailer Out
    If you go frame by frame in the last scene you can see Anakin about to slice off the head of someone who looks like a grainy Darth Maul.

    Is this something similar to the cave in ESB where Luke slices up the Darth Vader of his fears? Or is there a Darth Maul clone?

    Also similar to ESB: there is going to be an asteroid field scene. For those who want, here is my ESB inspired asteriods game: Ultimate Blaster.

  17. Intelligent Scalpels for Robot Brain Surgeons by Mentifex · · Score: 1 · on Intelligent Scalpels Through Touch Technology

    Since professional brain surgery is rapidly FTL'ing light-years beyond the clumsy incompetence of mere human surgeons, robot neurosurgeons may soon be able to adapt and adopt this exciting new haptic scalpel technology for the next time one of us Transhumanists needs a minor cranial excavation and rearrangement of our precious neural tissue. The Sensorium Module of the Artificial Mind for Cyborgs may make use of the haptic scalpels in the appendages if not hands of robot doctors.

    At the risk of seeming to tie in any and all bionics-related Slashdot articles with the 'shrooming Public Domain Artificial Intelligence Project, let a few independent AI Mind URLs now be adduced to stifle the nattering and snickering of Slashdot anklebiters who don't realize that there's a Technological Singularity going on.

    The first Mind implementation is in MSIE JavaScript at http://mind.sourceforge.net/ -- an online AI.

    A previous attempt at porting Mind.Forth to Visual Basic was http://www.virtualentity.com/mind/vb/ -- Mind.VB (3.Apr.2000).

    A more recent port from JavaScript into Mind.JAVA is at http://www.angelfire.com/nf/vision/ai/mjava.html-- (June 2001).

    All these artificial Minds blossoming and proliferating across the 'Net may matriculate at various medical schools, earn a Medicinae Doctor degree, and assist or solo at your next brain surgery with the new intelligent scalpel technology. Now, any comments from anonymous cowards ankle-biting at the footsteps of AI progress?

  18. More info on Wang Jimbo by Big_Ass_Spork · · Score: -1 · on Email Trial In China Begins
    The Complete History of Wang Chung
    Part III -- WRONG    Pages: [PREV]1 2 3
    Bobbi Enderle with Jack Hues
    Polaris Amphitheater, July 2000
    • 2001
      - February 2001 - Nick Feldman was an A&R manager for Warner Music UK Limited (WEA Records in London), promoting fine new bands such as Arturo, The Screaming Orphans, The Webb Brothers, and ARKARNA. However, in February 2001 WEA A&R manager Nick Feldman left the company ahead of an expected reshuffle, prompted by the pending Warner/London Records merger. By March 2001, WEA Records and London Records finally merged, resulting in departures from both companies.
      - Summer 2001 - Wang Chung once again plans on touring across the United States this summer (check the 'main' page for more details)! Wang Chung will have the same personnel this year. However, this season's tour will be smaller, as they are only going to play selected dates. It seems that Jack Hues is producing a couple of things at the moment, and this way of working enables him to continue with work in the UK, rather than disappearing for 3 months at a time.
      - May 03, 2001 - Nashville, TN - The Playroom at 12th & Porter
      - May 04, 2001 - Lake Charles, LA - Contraband Days at the Lake Charles Civic Center
      - May 05, 2001 - Chicago, IL - Park West
      - June 21, 2001 - Oshkosh, WI - WaterFest at Riverside Park
      - June 23, 2001 - Cincinnati, OH - P & G Pavilion Park
    TODAY, all four original members are still working hard within the music industry:
    • Jack Hues is still busy writing music and producing on his own, being responsible for such projects as the 1990 film soundtrack to William Friedkin's "The Guardian", among others. Recently, Jack has just co-produced and co-written the new ARKARNA album for Warners. He is looking for very musical projects which need a big writing/arranging input.
    • Nick Feldman is now working for Sony Music with David Massey, who was Wang Chung's manager back in the 1980's! Nick and Jack are also founding investors in Graeme Pleeth's great project called Studio EncycloMedia, an on-line directory of worldwide professional recording studios and the focal point for the professional recording industry.
    • Darren Costin (aka "Darwin") is also busy as an engineer, producing and editing various projects for the likes of U2, Bjork and Pavarotti. Darren is reportedly now involved with a new band named "LOBE", with an album in the works.
    • David Burnand (aka "Hogg" Robinson) is the Head of Music Technology, Head of the Centre for Screen Music Studies, and a Principal Lecturer at the Royal College of Music. He composes electroacoustic and film scores, including music and sound design for: Hoi Polloi (BBC, 1990), Acumen (C4, 1991), Smart Alek (BFI, 1993), Là Bas (BFI, 1994), Gallivant (BFI/C4, 1996). The Gallivant soundtrack is available on CD (TS CD001).
    This is based on many sources.
    Please notify me of any corrections or inconsistencies!
  19. Re:Declassified documents on Acoustic Kitty by sam_handelman · · Score: 1 · on Operation Acoustic Kitty

    ... program would not lend itself in a practical sense to our specialised needs. (quote from link in previous posters article.)

    They mocked my research! But I'll show them, I'll show them all! Hordes of highly trained special kitty operatives will spring from my underground base and bring the world to it's knees! Bwah hah hah hah!

    I would've gotten away with it, if not for you kids!

    I wonder if you could genetically engineer a form of anthrax that didn't kill the cat but did kill people and was released in the cats dander (where it could nonlethaly infect other cats).

    ... which reveal the CIA's boffins to be as accident-prone as any government institution.

    How about the NSA? Sure, the NSA makes mistakes, but it never tries to sick killer felines on people, and none of it's agents collect human ears. More amusing stories of CIA stupidity and brutality can be found here. Not to mention the big brutal stupidity of the CIAs unconscionable behavior in, you guessed it, Afghanistan.

  20. Re:Jackster and the Beanstalk by Cato+the+Elder · · Score: 2, Insightful · on CEO of RIAA Speaks at P2P Conference
    Sehnsucht, the album containing 'Du Hast', went gold in November of 1998 (source). Napster wasn't founded until the summer of '99.

    Of course, that doesn't prove the "would never have been as big in NA" but I seriously doubt the didn't have significant exposure before then. I had certainly heard of them long before Napster (can't say about Usenet, never tried to get mp3s from there).

    Sure, giving away music is a great strategy for a new band to gain exposure. However, that's "giving away" music, not "let's get pirated."

  21. Breaking News! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on EU May Outlaw Cookies

    RMS and GNU/Linux zealots are horny, just as The GNU!



    http://www.angelfire.com/linux/felch/proudgnu.jpg


    Proving that GNU zealots are real dickheads.

  22. Yup by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny · on VA Linux Dropping "Linux" From Name

    Saw this one coming.

  23. Re:So what I want to know... by kamileon · · Score: 1 · on Wil Wheaton Responds to your Questions.

    Shameless plug.
    No, I am not single, but I am tired of hearing guys complain that there aren't any pretty geeky females out there. If I exist, there's gotta be plenty more like me.

    Kamileon - Geek grrl extraordinaire
    "Someone convinced me to go outside, and I kinda liked it. Without a computer, though, it's like an EVA without a lifeline." -- Chromatic

  24. Re:Well.. by dgroskind · · Score: 1 · on The Constitution in Wartime

    Can I have some examples of increased civil liberties?

    Certainly.

    Gideon v. Wainwright, 1963. Right to counsel extended.

    Barker v. Wingo, 1972. Right to speedy trial extended

    Miranda v Arizona, 1963. Right to be informed of your rights.

    Murray v. Curlett, 1963. Mandatory school prayer outlawed.

    Brown v. Board of Education, 1954 Desegregation of public schools.

    Griswold v. CT, 1963, "sphere of privacy" recognized under 4th amendment.

    Mapp v. OH, 1961, evidence acquired illegally is inadmissable

    Roth v. US, 1957, definition of obscenity restricted.

    NY Times v. Sullivan, 1954, reduces "libel chill" on freedom of press.

    Roe v. Wade, 1973, mother's right to make health decisions during pregnancy.

    TX v. Johnson, 1989, state cannot force patriotism or ban unpatriotic activities

    Buckley v. Valeo, 1976, Campaign spending may not be limited

    RENO v. ACLU, 1997. CDA struck down.

    The Levinson article also mentions

    Brandenburg v. OH, 1969, hate speech protected

    Pentagon papers, 1971, Newspapers protected by 1st Amendment.

    All these cases substantially extended the 1st, 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendment rights. There are many more lesser cases including some under the 8th Amendment resticting the death penalty.

    There have been some rulings that do not extend rights:

    Lewis v. United States, 1980, defendants convicted unders state law can be tried for related offense under Federal law.

    Bennis v. Michigan, 1996, property belong to an innocent party can be confiscated if used in a crime.

    Aside from these, virtually all Supreme Court rulings have come down on the side of individual rights. Freedom of speech not only has fewer restrictions than ever but the Internet is a major enhancement.

    As for your list, I don't see how you can assert that more laws equal fewer rights.

    You would expect more laws today than 100 years ago, there being no cars, airplanes or radio spectra to regulate in 1900. Traffic laws and airline safety regulations, for instance, extend our freedom, not restrict it. These are complex issues but the extra laws are not signs of a government running out of control but of a government doing its job.

    The millions of people in prison are a result of a high crime rate. The accused have more rights and better representation than anywhere in else the world. Crime itself is a greater restraint on personal freedom than the laws trying to control it.

    As for James Bovard, he is one of a number of commentators who's made a career out of making things sound worse than they are to the point that he has a vested interested in twisting every government action to support his thesis.

    An example is this paragraph about a U.S. Post Office requirement that private postal boxes be identified as such:
    The Postal Service justifies the new burden by warning of the dangers of mail fraud. However, the Postal Service can provide no information as to the number of fraud convictions related to private post office boxes compared to its own mailboxes. Instead, a few anecdotes are deemed sufficient to sanction new restrictions on millions of citizens.

    Aside from the fact that the requirement is hardly onerous, he criticizes the Post Office for using anecdotal evidence, which is his own primary method of exposition as in this essay on the IRS. The incidents he relates are outrageous enough but they do not support his sweeping conclusions or justify his blatantly sensationlist tone, e.g., "The IRS, like many stalkers, has a special affinity for unattached women." This tone, along with his tendency to quickly dismiss evidence that undermines his thesis, should raise one's suspicions both of his methods and his motives.

    If you want the last word here, I'd be pleased to read it.

  25. Re:The Constitution is not a suicide note by dgroskind · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Anti-Civil Liberties Legislation Progresses

    I'd like to not have to sit in jail while waiting for my rights to be restored by a judge when they shouldn't have been taken away in the first place.

    If you are sitting in jail, what's at stake is your right to beat the rap by claiming unreasonable search and seizure. If, for instance, you were a terrorist who had been arrested because of information provided by a foreign intelligence service obtained by a wiretap, you would not be able to argue that the evidence was inadmissable.

    None of the things the ACLU is protesting would get you arrested. They make it easier for the prosecution to get a conviction by admiting things into evidence that would have previously been excluded.

    It's curious that none of these provisions mention internment without trial, which is a big feature of the Britain's protection against terrorism act. The U.S. is holding approximately 600 people as material witnesses without trial. Apparently, when it comes to getting around habeus corpus, the FBI already has all the power it needs.

  26. Site with the patch by berzerke · · Score: 1 · on Kernel 2.4.11 Released

    Here's a site with the patch www.angelfire.com/linux/berzerke.

  27. Here's some other, slightly more useful links. by Cutriss · · Score: 3, Informative · on Data Glove That Turns Gestures Into Commands

    Development info and software available

    Adapted uses of the Power Glove to VR world navigation

    History of the Power Glove

  28. Re:Trek V: GenX in space? by davey23sol · · Score: 4, Funny · on Star Trek: Enterprise Premieres Tonight

    DAMN IT!

    Mod this down if you will, but this is *NOT* the FIFTH Trek series.. this is the *SIXTH* trek series.

    You can see the episode guide of Star Trek: The Animated Series here.

  29. Re:Why is Star Trek still so popular? by davey23sol · · Score: 2 · on Star Trek: Enterprise Premieres Tonight

    BTW... 22 shows..


    http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/trekkies/amtrek.htm l

  30. Re:Try gorilla wireless, like those L0pht kids by skotte · · Score: 0 · on Colleges Work To Block Net in Class
    great idea. best one i've seen yet. i'm so into wireless .. it may have some security issues to work out, but given the current situation (where you basically want anyone and everyone to have open access) what the heck. this is perfect. now just hide those relay stations in your tunnel-ratting underground corridors....

  31. Here's one that I thought was nice by John+Harrison · · Score: 1 · on Developing for the Playstation 2?
    but your standards might be different than mine.

    Space Cowboy: http://external.eyeone.com/spacecowboy/

    And here's my crappy java game, Anirak that I have been developing with a 12-year old in order to teach him how to make games.

  32. Shameless plug for my own game by John+Harrison · · Score: 1 · on Developing for the Playstation 2?
    I wrote two worthwhile video games while at Stanford. Both used OpenGL. The first I wrote by myself. It took two weeks and was for CS 148. It was originally written for a Mac and the Windows port and source is here. The Mac version had simple 3-d sound but I've never bothered to do the sound under windows. I also have a linux port which I've never bothered to release. Since the scope of the game was pretty limited it wasn't that hard to have a quality product after only two weeks of effort.

    The second game took a semester and was our final project. It was a much more ambitious project. Though there were four people on the team only two of us really did any work. It was a tank game set on campus. You could either play online against other people or against the computer. We found that we really didn't have the time to properly implement all the features that we wanted to include. If we had spent two semesters on it we could have really made it great. As it was it turned out to be a fun but flawed game. Maybe someday I'll get it out and port it to some other platforms.

  33. Re:Dell inspirons seem very upgradable by frknfrk · · Score: 2 · on Notebook Upgrades: Hacking your Dell/Compaq/Toshiba

    i've had a lot of fun opening my old gateway handbook 486. from this guy's page i got all the info i needed. i've upgraded the RAM (from 8 MB to 20!), and gone from a 120 MB hard drive to a 1.7 GB to a 2.5 GB, and now to a 128 MB IDE Flash disk from Sandisk (no noise whatsoever). plenty of room for a minimal linux distribution. and a lot of fun to hack around on :) i highly suggest grabbing a handbook from ebay, probably several for sale. great little servers, and i used it as my only computer through much of college. can be used with orinoco wireless cards, too! hide the little server in the corner of the closet, makes no noise.

  34. Re:More important for hunters, I would think... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on NATO Developing Environment Friendly Weapons



    Mercury poisioning from expended bullets? Interesting, because mercury isn't associated with either the production or discharge of bullets.


    BZZZT. Wrong answer. Thanks for playing. Mercury compounds are used in primers -- Mercury Fulminate, for example. There are non-mercury based primers available (typically potassium or sodium based), but these have the disadvantage of producing corrosive salts as a by-product. Corrosive primers are often used in military ammunition, which is why many military rifles have
    chrome-lined barrels. Mercury-based primers are non-corrosive, but release Hg compounds, making them unsutable for use in inclosed areas (like indoor ranges). Granted, the amount of Hg released is minimal, but it's enough to give you problems with chronic long-term exposure (EG working in an indoor shooting range).

    BZZZT! WRONG ANSWER!Thanks for playing, but
    Mercury Fulminate is no longer a popular primer component.


    From:
    junglerat


    Fulminate of mercury was one of the more popular initiators in early primers. When jacketed primers and smokeless powders .. became widely accepted near the turn of the
    century, operating pressures within the firearm increased drastically for the average cartridge. With these new higher pressures, handloaders soon found that
    cases, or ("brass"), frequently became extremely brittle after the first firing, rendering them useless for further reloading.


    The culprit behind this was the mercury in the primer. ..



    While not specifically a problem as far as bore erosion is concerned, mercuric primers are discussed here because of their close association with corrosive
    primers. Today, virtually all U.S. made ammunition and component primers are both "non-mercuric" and :non-corrosive".


    Here's a cool

    toon about lead.


    BTW -

    is a great gun information site.

  35. An Urgent Plea by In+Search+of+O.+P.+P · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Microsoft Defends Passport To Privacy Group

    After having seen a few of my recent posts to this site, you might be forgiven for thinking that I harbour unfriendly feelings towards the sites administrators. Nothing could be further from the truth. I'm not a bad guy, really. I like these guys.

    I want to help them.

    I'm going to start today, and the best part about it is you can help me help them. Here's how:

    The Get Timothy Lord Laid Appeal

    Dear Reader,

    I wish to bring to your attention an deplorable situation which cannot be allowed to continue. For too many years, Timothy Lord has been denied womanly affection. Of all the slashdot editors, I feel that he is the least undeserving of feminine attention, and yet, it seems that he suffers the most for the lack of it. His entry on the authors page is as follows:

    " If you know (or are) a smart, cute, wonderful single woman who likes aloud reading and laughing, please let me know. Substantial Reward, references available, have own car."

    I know we've all read his strangely formal plea, and felt in our souls the aching need he feels in his balls, but have any of us yet responded to this cry for help? I know there must be at least one smart, cute, single woman who reads this page. Unlike Timothy, many of us are blessed with the friendship of women who fit this description. And I know we'd all like to help out.

    Timothy is currently the most prolific author of slashdot. He is the only editor who has not abandoned his commitment to the slashdot readers in order to implement lameness filters that don't work and moderate posts "for the good of the readers."

    Timothy is slashdot's last honourable man.

    Is it right to keep his dick on ice like this? No, I didn't think so. He's a sweet guy. Why are you torturing him? What's wrong with you? Don't you have a heart?!

    Despite his sick dreams about Mena Suvari, I feel that Timothy is as perfect a gentleman you could hope to meet. If my instincts aren't recommendation enough, here's an artist's impression of what Tim would look like just after you put your keys on his forehead, prior to making him eat your ass. He cooks, too.

    So how can you help?

    • Are you an attractive young woman or sufficiently effeminate man. who lives in or near Tennessee? Do you want to make your life mean something? Why not send Tim and email and offer to service him? Don't forget to let us know, so we can all thank and respect you.
    • Do you know a woman of such low moral fibre that she would willingly offer herself for sex to a man she's never met? Want to pimp her to Tim? Email Tim, and reply here, so we can give you props, jigga-man.
    • Do you have Timothy's email address? I don't. Help us out. I'm guessing timothy@slashdot.org probably works.
    • Got some advice for the unloved? Help a brother out. Post it here.
    • If all else fails: If we can't put Tim in a warm bed with a willing female, we can at least put him in a seedy motel bed with a disinterested but well-remunerated whore. Help Tim and contribute to the prostitution industry of Tennessee. Pledge your donation below.

    Help in any way you can. Time is short. For all I know, Tim has never felt the love of a good woman. I'm pretty sure if you make it to 28 without getting laid at least once, your dick falls off in disgust. Plus, he's contemplating alternative lifestyles.

    Your friend,

    XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    XXX XXXX XX X
    X X XX XXXX XXXXXXX
    X XXX XXXXXXX XXXXXX
    X XXX XX XX X
    X XXX XX XXXXXXXXXXXX
    X X XXX X X
    XXX XXX XX XX
    XXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXX

    P.S. If this appeal meets with reasonable success, we'll be going ahead with some more ambitious projects. Look forward to seeing The Get CowboyNeal Blowed Appeal and The Get Michael Sims Iced Appeal.

    Some unrelated notes: Why is there an indigo girls song on the censorware page? Is Sims trying to tell us he's a lesbian?

    I wanted to use these pictures of Nitrozac in this letter, but couldn't think of a good way to include them. Hopefully someone will find a use for them:

  36. An Urgent Plea by The+Joy+of+O.+P.+P. · · Score: -1 · on UWB Wireless Access Could Be Here Soon

    After having seen a few of my recent posts to this site, you might be forgiven for thinking that I harbour unfriendly feelings towards the sites administrators. Nothing could be further from the truth. I'm not a bad guy, really. I like these guys.

    I want to help them.

    I'm going to start today, and the best part about it is you can help me help them. Here's how:

    The Get Timothy Lord Laid Appeal

    Dear Reader,

    I wish to bring to your attention an deplorable situation which cannot be allowed to continue. For too many years, Timothy Lord has been denied womanly affection. Of all the slashdot editors, I feel that he is the least undeserving of feminine attention, and yet, it seems that he suffers the most for the lack of it. His entry on the authors page is as follows:

    " If you know (or are) a smart, cute, wonderful single woman who likes aloud reading and laughing, please let me know. Substantial Reward, references available, have own car."

    I know we've all read his strangely formal plea, and felt in our souls the aching need he feels in his balls, but have any of us yet responded to this cry for help? I know there must be at least one smart, cute, single woman who reads this page. Unlike Timothy, many of us are blessed with the friendship of women who fit this description. And I know we'd all like to help out.

    Timothy is currently the most prolific author of slashdot. He is the only editor who has not abandoned his commitment to the slashdot readers in order to implement lameness filters that don't work and moderate posts "for the good of the readers."

    Timothy is slashdot's last honourable man.

    Is it right to keep his dick on ice like this? No, I didn't think so. He's a sweet guy. Why are you torturing him? What's wrong with you? Don't you have a heart?!

    Despite his sick dreams about Mena Suvari, I feel that Timothy is as perfect a gentleman you could hope to meet. If my instincts aren't recommendation enough, here's an artist's impression of what Tim would look like just after you put your keys on his forehead, prior to making him eat your ass. He cooks, too.

    So how can you help?

    • Are you an attractive young woman or sufficiently effeminate man. who lives in or near Tennessee? Do you want to make your life mean something? Why not send Tim and email and offer to service him? Don't forget to let us know, so we can all thank and respect you.
    • Do you know a woman of such low moral fibre that she would willingly offer herself for sex to a man she's never met? Want to pimp her to Tim? Email Tim, and reply here, so we can give you props, jigga-man.
    • Do you have Timothy's email address? I don't. Help us out. I'm guessing timothy@slashdot.org probably works.
    • Got some advice for the unloved? Help a brother out. Post it here.
    • If all else fails: If we can't put Tim in a warm bed with a willing female, we can at least put him in a seedy motel bed with a disinterested but well-remunerated whore. Help Tim and contribute to the prostitution industry of Tennessee. Pledge your donation below.

    Help in any way you can. Time is short. For all I know, Tim has never felt the love of a good woman. I'm pretty sure if you make it to 28 without getting laid at least once, your dick falls off in disgust. Plus, he's contemplating alternative lifestyles.

    Your friend,

    XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    XXX XXXX XX X
    X X XX XXXX XXXXXXX
    X XXX XXXXXXX XXXXXX
    X XXX XX XX X
    X XXX XX XXXXXXXXXXXX
    X X XXX X X
    XXX XXX XX XX
    XXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXX

    P.S. If this appeal meets with reasonable success, we'll be going ahead with some more ambitious projects. Look forward to seeing The Get CowboyNeal Blowed Appeal and The Get Michael Sims Iced Appeal.

    Some unrelated notes: Why is there an indigo girls song on the censorware page? Is Sims trying to tell us he's a lesbian?

    I wanted to use these pictures of Nitrozac in this letter, but couldn't think of a good way to include them. Hopefully someone will find a use for them:

  37. An Urgent Plea by The+Joy+of+O.+P.+P. · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Ghost in the Shell 2, Matrix Revisted, Daft Punk

    After having seen a few of my recent posts to this site, you might be forgiven for thinking that I harbour unfriendly feelings towards the sites administrators. Nothing could be further from the truth. I'm not a bad guy, really. I like these guys.

    I want to help them.

    I'm going to start today, and the best part about it is you can help me help them. Here's how:

    The Get Timothy Lord Laid Appeal

    Dear Reader,

    I wish to bring to your attention an deplorable situation which cannot be allowed to continue. For too many years, Timothy Lord has been denied womanly affection. Of all the slashdot editors, I feel that he is the least undeserving of feminine attention, and yet, it seems that he suffers the most for the lack of it. His entry on the authors page is as follows:

    " If you know (or are) a smart, cute, wonderful single woman who likes aloud reading and laughing, please let me know. Substantial Reward, references available, have own car."

    I know we've all read his strangely formal plea, and felt in our souls the aching need he feels in his balls, but have any of us yet responded to this cry for help? I know there must be at least one smart, cute, single woman who reads this page. Unlike Timothy, many of us are blessed with the friendship of women who fit this description. And I know we'd all like to help out.

    Timothy is currently the most prolific author of slashdot. He is the only editor who has not abandoned his commitment to the slashdot readers in order to implement lameness filters that don't work and moderate posts "for the good of the readers."

    Timothy is slashdot's last honourable man.

    Is it right to keep his dick on ice like this? No, I didn't think so. He's a sweet guy. Why are you torturing him? What's wrong with you? Don't you have a heart?!

    Despite his sick dreams about Mena Suvari, I feel that Timothy is as perfect a gentleman you could hope to meet. If my instincts aren't recommendation enough, here's an artist's impression of what Tim would look like just after you put your keys on his forehead, prior to making him eat your ass. He cooks, too.

    So how can you help?

    • Are you an attractive young woman or sufficiently effeminate man. who lives in or near Tennessee? Do you want to make your life mean something? Why not send Tim and email and offer to service him? Don't forget to let us know, so we can all thank and respect you.
    • Do you know a woman of such low moral fibre that she would willingly offer herself for sex to a man she's never met? Want to pimp her to Tim? Email Tim, and reply here, so we can give you props, jigga-man.
    • Do you have Timothy's email address? I don't. Help us out. I'm guessing timothy@slashdot.org probably works.
    • Got some advice for the unloved? Help a brother out. Post it here.
    • If all else fails: If we can't put Tim in a warm bed with a willing female, we can at least put him in a seedy motel bed with a disinterested but well-remunerated whore. Help Tim and contribute to the prostitution industry of Tennessee. Pledge your donation below.

    Help in any way you can. Time is short. For all I know, Tim has never felt the love of a good woman. I'm pretty sure if you make it to 28 without getting laid at least once, your dick falls off in disgust. Plus, he's contemplating alternative lifestyles.

    Your friend,

    XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    XXX XXXX XX X
    X X XX XXXX XXXXXXX
    X XXX XXXXXXX XXXXXX
    X XXX XX XX X
    X XXX XX XXXXXXXXXXXX
    X X XXX X X
    XXX XXX XX XX
    XXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXX

    P.S. If this appeal meets with reasonable success, we'll be going ahead with some more ambitious projects. Look forward to seeing The Get CowboyNeal Blowed Appeal and The Get Michael Sims Iced Appeal.

    Some unrelated notes: Why is there an indigo girls song on the censorware page? Is Sims trying to tell us he's a lesbian?

    I wanted to use these pictures of Nitrozac in this letter, but couldn't think of a good way to include them. Hopefully someone will find a use for them:

  38. An Urgent Plea by The+Joy+of+O.+P.+P. · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Aerie Networks May Buy Metricom Network

    After having seen a few of my recent posts to this site, you might be forgiven for thinking that I harbour unfriendly feelings towards the site administrators. Nothing could be further from the truth. I'm not a bad guy, really. I like these guys.

    I want to help them.

    I'm going to start today, and the best part about it is you can help me help them. Here's how:

    The Get Timothy Lord Laid Appeal

    Dear Reader,

    I wish to bring to your attention an deplorable situation which cannot be allowed to continue. For too many years, Timothy Lord has been denied womanly affection. Of all the slashdot editors, I feel that he is the least undeserving of feminine attention, and yet, it seems that he suffers the most for the lack of it. His entry on the authors page is as follows:

    " If you know (or are) a smart, cute, wonderful single woman who likes aloud reading and laughing, please let me know. Substantial Reward, references available, have own car."

    I know we've all read his strangely formal plea, and felt in our souls the aching need he feels in his balls, but have any of us yet responded to this cry for help? I know there must be at least one smart, cute, single woman who reads this page. Unlike Timothy, many of us are blessed with the friendship of women who fit this description. And I know we'd all like to help out.

    Timothy is currently the most prolific author of slashdot. He is the only editor who has not abandoned his commitment to the slashdot readers in order to implement lameness filters that don't work and moderate posts "for the good of the readers."

    Timothy is slashdot's last honourable man.

    Is it right to keep his dick on ice like this? No, I didn't think so. He's a sweet guy. Why are you torturing him? What's wrong with you? Don't you have a heart?!

    Despite his sick dreams about Mena Suvari, I feel that Timothy is as perfect a gentleman you could hope to meet. If my instincts aren't recommendation enough, here's an artist's impression of what Tim would look like just after you put your keys on his forehead, prior to making him eat your ass. He cooks, too.

    So how can you help?

    • Are you an attractive young woman or sufficiently effeminate man. who lives in or near Tennessee? Do you want to make your life mean something? Why not send Tim and email and offer to service him? Don't forget to let us know, so we can all thank and respect you.
    • Do you know a woman of such low moral fibre that she would willingly offer herself for sex to a man she's never met? Want to pimp her to Tim? Email Tim, and reply here, so we can give you props, jigga-man.
    • Do you have Timothy's email address? I don't. Help us out. I'm guessing timothy@slashdot.org probably works.
    • Got some advice for the unloved? Help a brother out. Post it here.
    • If all else fails: If we can't put Tim in a warm bed with a willing female, we can at least put him in a seedy motel bed with a disinterested but well-remunerated whore. Help Tim and contribute to the prostitution industry of Tennessee. Pledge your donation below.

    Help in any way you can. Time is short. For all I know, Tim has never felt the love of a good woman. I'm pretty sure if you make it to 28 without getting laid at least once, your dick falls off in disgust. Plus, he's contemplating alternative lifestyles.

    Your friend,

    XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    XXX XXXX XX X
    X X XX XXXX XXXXXXX
    X XXX XXXXXXX XXXXXX
    X XXX XX XX X
    X XXX XX XXXXXXXXXXXX
    X X XXX X X
    XXX XXX XX XX
    XXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXX

    P.S. If this appeal meets with reasonable success, we'll be going ahead with some more ambitious projects. Look forward to seeing The Get CowboyNeal Blowed Appeal and The Get Michael Sims Iced Appeal.

    Some unrelated notes: Why is there an indigo girls song on the censorware page? Is Sims trying to tell us he's a lesbian?

    I wanted to use these pictures of Nitrozac in this letter, but couldn't think of a good way to include them. Hopefully someone will find a use for them:

  39. Oh Yes! by fm6 · · Score: 2 · on QNX RTP Running on iPaq
    I'm old enough to remember when QNX was first introduced. They actually claimed to provide reasonable performance on an 8086! More than that, clustering was a basic feature, so you could boost performance just by accumulating hardware. (Skeptical? CTOS used the same approach and worked very well.) Quite an appealing alternative to DOS.

    Alas, high licensing costs prevented most people (including me) from giving it a try. Never captured a wide audience, but they always seemed to find enough fringe markets to survive.

    Ironically enough, Linux has given QNX a second stab at becoming a mainstream OS. At least, that's the attitude the QNX marketeers are taking. Instead of viewing Linux as competition, they've decideded it's a source of Posix-knowledgable programmers. One can but hope...

  40. What would you do... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on AMD To Hide MHz Rating From Consumers

    ...with five dollars? Imagine... five whole dollars in your pocket (if you're an open-source programmer, you know that five dollars is a veritable fortune). What do you do with it?

    Why, if you're a typical Linux zealot, you...



    BUY A SHARE OF LNUX!!!!!



    But what do you do with the rest of the money? Three bucks and a quarter is still a fortune (remember, you're an open-source programmer here). There's only one thing to do: you...



    BUY ANOTHER SHARE OF LNUX!!!!!



    But you still have a buck fifty! A vast amount (open-souce programmer, remember)! There's only one thing to do with it: you...



    BUY AN HOUR OF WILD ANAL PASSION FROM SOME SLUTTY HO



    But you still have a buck and a quarter! A huge amount (open-source, yadda yadda yadda)! What do you do but:



    BUY ANOTHER HOUR OF CRAZED ANIMAL LUST FROM A TWO BLUE-COLLAR LOSERS



    So now you have one dollar left. You now own two shares of LNUX that are worth a dollar each, you have herpes and genital warts from the ho, and a bleeding rectum from the losers. What do you do? You ... you ... you don't know that to do with it.

    Well, since you're an open-source programmer, you won't have to worry about what to do with all that money, since you'll never have five dollars to begin with.

  41. What would you do... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on AMD To Hide MHz Rating From Consumers

    ...with five dollars? Imagine... five whole dollars in your pocket (if you're an open-source programmer, you know that five dollars is a veritable fortune). What do you do with it?

    Why, if you're a typical Linux zealot, you...



    BUY A SHARE OF LNUX!!!!!



    But what do you do with the rest of the money? Three bucks and a quarter is still a fortune (remember, you're an open-source programmer here). There's only one thing to do: you...



    BUY ANOTHER SHARE OF LNUX!!!!!



    But you still have a buck fifty! A vast amount (open-souce programmer, remember)! There's only one thing to do with it: you...



    BUY AN HOUR OF WILD ANAL PASSION FROM SOME SLUTTY HO



    But you still have a buck and a quarter! A huge amount (open-source, yadda yadda yadda)! What do you do but:



    BUY ANOTHER HOUR OF CRAZED ANIMAL LUST FROM A TWO BLUE-COLLAR LOSERS



    So now you have one dollar left. You now own two shares of LNUX that are worth a dollar each, you have herpes and genital warts from the ho, and a bleeding rectum from the losers. What do you do? You ... you ... you don't know that to do with it.

    Well, since you're an open-source programmer, you won't have to worry about what to do with all that money, since you'll never have five dollars to begin with.

  42. Re:China and the real revolution by dgroskind · · Score: 1 · on All Aboard The Technological Revolution

    progress may not be easy or clean, but it's better than stagnation.

    Here we have a classic example of the False Dilemma Fallacy. You've arbitrarily limited the range of choices to two with one of them clearly unacceptable.

    There's nothing about the theory of progress that requires:

    child labour

    environmental pollution

    graft and corruption

    unsafe working conditions

    These are all characteristics of callousness and greed, which are constants in human affairs and exist during progress, stagnation and decline.

    Industrialization certainly disrupted the existing social order. It thereby provided some new opportunities for callousness and greed to assert themselves that weren't regulated by existing social conventions.

    Progress can continue, even accelerate, while regulation protects the health and safety of the population. No one suggests that the airline industry has been hampered by the stingent safety requirements imposed by regulators.

    A better argument is that progress is actually advanced when the government acts to limit the resulting dislocation. Apologists for the historical cruelty and destruction of industrialization seem to have only a partial understanding of the way the engine of progress works.

  43. Re:Parasitic?!? by sporktoast · · Score: 1 · on Wireless Freenets As The Parasitic Grid

    "Parasitic" is a pretty lame term, unless your primary motive is to hook in more readers for your article.

    So, which wireless resources in these areas are these "parasites" sucking dry? Kinda hard to live off the sweet, tasty blood of promises and vaporware.

    Weed would probably be a better biological metaphor. Weeds are opportunistic, reproduce handily, and often thrive best in places that are underutilized by "desired" plants (roadsides, fallow fields, vacant lots, transitional areas). In fact, a great many of what folks would consider "weeds" are beneficial plants that can be used as food or medicine, or just plain provide beauty.

  44. What would you do... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Convicted by the Movie Cops

    ...with five dollars? Imagine... five whole dollars in your pocket (if you're an open-source programmer, you know that five dollars is a veritable fortune). What do you do with it?

    Why, if you're a typical Linux zealot, you...

    BUY A SHARE OF LNUX!!!!!

    But what do you do with the rest of the money? Three bucks and a quarter is still a fortune (remember, you're an open-source programmer here). There's only one thing to do: you...

    BUY ANOTHER SHARE OF LNUX!!!!!

    But you still have a buck fifty! A vast amount (open-souce programmer, remember)! There's only one thing to do with it: you...

    BUY AN HOUR OF WILD ANAL PASSION FROM SOME SLUTTY HO

    But you still have a buck and a quarter! A huge amount (open-source, yadda yadda yadda)! What do you do but:

    BUY ANOTHER HOUR OF CRAZED ANIMAL LUST FROM A TWO BLUE-COLLAR LOSERS

    So now you have one dollar left. You now own two shares of LNUX that are worth a dollar each, you have herpes and genital warts from the ho, and a bleeding rectum from the losers. What do you do? You ... you ... you don't know that to do with it.

    Well, since you're an open-source programmer, you won't have to worry about what to do with all that money, since you'll never have five dollars to begin with.

  45. What would you do... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Convicted by the Movie Cops

    ...with five dollars? Imagine... five whole dollars in your pocket (if you're an open-source programmer, you know that five dollars is a veritable fortune). What do you do with it?

    Why, if you're a typical Linux zealot, you...

    BUY A SHARE OF LNUX!!!!!

    But what do you do with the rest of the money? Three bucks and a quarter is still a fortune (remember, you're an open-source programmer here). There's only one thing to do: you...

    BUY ANOTHER SHARE OF LNUX!!!!!

    But you still have a buck fifty! A vast amount (open-souce programmer, remember)! There's only one thing to do with it: you...

    BUY AN HOUR OF WILD ANAL PASSION FROM SOME SLUTTY HO

    But you still have a buck and a quarter! A huge amount (open-source, yadda yadda yadda)! What do you do but:

    BUY ANOTHER HOUR OF CRAZED ANIMAL LUST FROM A TWO BLUE-COLLAR LOSERS

    So now you have one dollar left. You now own two shares of LNUX that are worth a dollar each, you have herpes and genital warts from the ho, and a bleeding rectum from the losers. What do you do? You ... you ... you don't know that to do with it.

    Well, since you're an open-source programmer, you won't have to worry about what to do with all that money, since you'll never have five dollars to begin with.

  46. What would you do... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on Shirky On P2P

    ...with five dollars? Imagine... five whole dollars in your pocket (if you're an open-source programmer, you know that five dollars is a veritable fortune). What do you do with it?

    Why, if you're a typical Linux zealot, you...

    BUY A SHARE OF LNUX!!!!!

    But what do you do with the rest of the money? Three bucks and a quarter is still a fortune (remember, you're an open-source programmer here). There's only one thing to do: you...

    BUY ANOTHER SHARE OF LNUX!!!!!

    But you still have a buck fifty! A vast amount (open-souce programmer, remember)! There's only one thing to do with it: you...

    BUY AN HOUR OF WILD ANAL PASSION FROM SOME SLUTTY HO

    But you still have a buck and a quarter! A huge amount (open-source, yadda yadda yadda)! What do you do but:

    BUY ANOTHER HOUR OF CRAZED ANIMAL LUST FROM A TWO BLUE-COLLAR LOSERS

    So now you have one dollar left. You now own two shares of LNUX that are worth a dollar each, you have herpes and genital warts from the ho, and a bleeding rectum from the losers. What do you do? You ... you ... you don't know that to do with it.

    Well, since you're an open-source programmer, you won't have to worry about what to do with all that money, since you'll never have five dollars to begin with.

  47. What would you do... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on Shirky On P2P

    ...with five dollars? Imagine... five whole dollars in your pocket (if you're an open-source programmer, you know that five dollars is a veritable fortune). What do you do with it?

    Why, if you're a typical Linux zealot, you...

    BUY A SHARE OF LNUX!!!!!

    But what do you do with the rest of the money? Three bucks and a quarter is still a fortune (remember, you're an open-source programmer here). There's only one thing to do: you...

    BUY ANOTHER SHARE OF LNUX!!!!!

    But you still have a buck fifty! A vast amount (open-souce programmer, remember)! There's only one thing to do with it: you...

    BUY AN HOUR OF WILD ANAL PASSION FROM SOME SLUTTY HO

    But you still have a buck and a quarter! A huge amount (open-source, yadda yadda yadda)! What do you do but:

    BUY ANOTHER HOUR OF CRAZED ANIMAL LUST FROM A TWO BLUE-COLLAR LOSERS

    So now you have one dollar left. You now own two shares of LNUX that are worth a dollar each, you have herpes and genital warts from the ho, and a bleeding rectum from the losers. What do you do? You ... you ... you don't know that to do with it.

    Well, since you're an open-source programmer, you won't have to worry about what to do with all that money, since you'll never have five dollars to begin with.

  48. Gotta Love by SomeOtherGuy · · Score: 1 · on Stopping The 56K Hate

    the "56k Pride" logo on the site. Seeing that -- it's evident we have a movement on our hands. I am going to have my T1 removed right away. I feel so dirty....Repent

  49. Re:Slashdot readership stats ... get 'em fresh! by doctor_oktagon · · Score: 2 · on Stopping The 56K Hate

    Why should we believe that these are real Slashdot stats?

    Because I used the link on the original article we are discussing!!

    any one can just post a link to some made up numbers.

    I could use a guy like you for my security work ;-)

  50. The banners by anpe · · Score: 1 · on Stopping The 56K Hate

    Sorry, but the banners on the site such as this one, with their devil-esque design, appear, IMHO, much more like a call to dance with the devil in satanists orgies devourating cable/dsl users corpses than a peacefull ode to mutual respect.

    Maybe the marketing as to be reviewed ?