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Posted by brian on Wed July 31, 12:56 AM
from the have fun hitting reload page dept.
Yahoo! News is reporting that IBM is acquiring PriceWaterhouseCoopers Consulting. With teh recent coopperation between the two companies its not surprising that they're discussing a closer relationship. What implications wuold a merger of these two companies have on Accenture Ltd. , formerly Andersen Consulting.? Will we see new developments in consulting?

This story sounds like it came straight out of the Slashdot Random Story Generator... Now, I know what some of you are saying, that all of Slashdot's stories sound like they come out of the Slashdot Random Story Generator...but somehow this story just seems more so...it just has that ring to it.

Here's a trailer review of the trailer for Signs they talk about in the NYT article.

...compared to the new Ford Exorbitant.

• pedophilia - virtual child porn, after being ruled illegal, was ruled legal on appeal, as long as no actual children were involved
• rape - From what I can tell, most psychiatrists acknowledge 2 kinds of rape - 1 where the rapist derives pleasure from hurting/controlling the person(probably wouldn't translate into VR) and 1 where the rapist is merely looking for a way to get off, or convinces himself of consensuality where there isnt any. The second kind could partake in VR-sex, but in any case, since pornography is already too easy to find, I doubt they would seek it out.
• murder - Go play GTA3, SoF2, Q3, UT, CS, god, pick any acronym you want, and it will correspond to a first person shooter.
• theft - usually the majority of the thrill someone gets from stealing is in the acquisition of the goods, meaning the increase in their wealth, with notable exceptions. In the case of these exceptions, I doubt that a petty shoplifter needs VR. It's simply not cost-effective, and it won't really help any more than chewing gum helps w/ the oral fixation part of quitting smoking. Yes, it's a compulsive behavior, but knowledge that the VR is merely therapy quickly takes away any thrill/adrenaline rush incurred in stealing.

Wahoo, time to make a mockery of Steve Balmer.
Developers, Developers, Developers.
I was going to try and post the catchy two minute remix of the balmer video, but here is a nifty one instead. Mpeg here and Real media here.

Wahoo, time to make a mockery of Steve Balmer.
Developers, Developers, Developers.
I was going to try and post the catchy two minute remix of the balmer video, but here is a nifty one instead. Mpeg here and Real media here.

Wahoo, time to make a mockery of Steve Balmer.
Developers, Developers, Developers.
I was going to try and post the catchy two minute remix of the balmer video, but here is a nifty one instead. Mpeg here and Real media here.

By the way, I'm trying out the Opera browser for the first time, and the text I'm typing in this comment box is damn small. Any way to fix this or is Opera just gay? Criminy! iCab doesnt render /. right, netscape 4.08 sucks, newer netscapes suck more, ie is evil, Opera makes text look gay...maybe I'll try Mozilla next. or maybe lynx. fuck, i'll just use raw telnet to port 80.

I almost wish that Slashdot would have a modified form of story moderation like K5. Then at least people who have experience in this area could make a better judgement than those who haven't a clue and become editors based on some other criteria. Stories like this wouldn't even show up.

Is it any wonder that there are fake Slashdot story generators? Doesn't this also say something about the quality slowly eroding from this site?

i can see your point — if the sexiest geek alive contest is not the best place to look for sexy geek girls, then i really don't know what is. yes, it's cute that this look of 2001 sexiest geek was inspired by this sandra bullock's look, but was it the most sexy clothing on the contest? i mean, it's a contest for the sexiest geek, right? so it's supposed to show some sexy bikini or lingerie, right? do i not get something here? that's not that i don't like her, the photo from the article could be better (in fact, i was wondering if it's not one of those onion kind of articles when i saw it — you know, like the linux developer gets laid), but i guess she looks kinda cool here and here (a little makeup and she could be quite sexy i guess) — however i'm looking for pictures in somehow more erotic clothes and poses. do you know any place where i could find some?

Truly, life indeed imitates art(satire). Microsoft Bundles Worm with IIS .

...XBox developers are going to be the first to move into Microsoft's new headquarters.

and

Death Star Opens Day Care Center

Pure classics. I remember when I first came across them quite some time ago. A couple examples of the few jokes that just don't wear out.

T

Find a story to submit to Slashdot!

and

Death Star Opens Day Care Center

Pure classics. I remember when I first came across them quite some time ago. A couple examples of the few jokes that just don't wear out.

T

Find a story to submit to Slashdot!

It's a good thing that Sony is stepping up to the plate.

One one hand, it makes for great copy protection.

On the other, they'd compress wickedly well for distribution... :)

Maybe. There was an article on how people are already bootlegging Spider-Man 2, so if you believe that, perhaps you're in luck :-)

All you need is the advanced EEG imaging system along with Apple's new QuickTime 6.0 beta with Brain2Vid technology!

from Copies of Spider-Man 2 Already on the Web

bbspot have a very good take on this whole thing - http://www.bbspot.com/News/2002/05/markers.html

bbspot have a very good take on this whole thing - http://www.bbspot.com/News/2002/05/markers.html

This is correct, that in general the english definition of effective is not necc the same as the DMCA def of effective. No argument from me there. But, even looking beyond the plain meaning to the definition that you provide, my first paragraph is still acurate. It is not an effective control in terms of requiting the application of information...blah blah blah if it just requires a cheap pen to swipe a strip away. Anyways, thanks for bringing up the distinction, b/c it is important to bear in mind. It leads to sloppy argumentation not to make that distinction clear, and I appreciate you keeping me honest, though I did mean it would not be a violation of DMCA under any definition of effective control.

Nice to read your response though. I have been following this whole saga you are having with AFGA on Declan's list. Of course, I am sure your program has been dl in great numbers in the last week or two, and now I would guess that the amount of people that knew about the program prior to AFGA's stunts and post-publication is a factor of 100-1000 times. I would also guess that many people did not know this was possible to do with fonts until AFGA made an issue about it. Anyways, good luck with your fight.

For some humor on this subject, the DMCA/Sharpie one that is, look here.

... and Sony's lawsuit.

If you're a huge Google fan (and aren't we all) check out Google Weblog.

One of the links they provided was for info on Google's new Find Anything service...check it out.

(Smiley captioning for the humor-impaired: sed "s/out./out. :-)/g")

Everyone's favorite Senator has already proposed legislation to stop the menace of the marker.

Seriously, why are we so fascinated with failure. It's like some gossip rag that's so excited by some movie star getting busted for drugs.

The word is spelled L-O-S-I-N-G.

to loose: to let go of something willingly
to lose: to have no choice in its departure

I encourage you to internalize this.

Aside from that, you misspelled "against" and you should have written "John Katz was hung up on" rather than "John Katz got hung up on."
Additionally, you use the plural "they" when referring to the singular "person" in the clause, "the person you'll speak to receives a paid bonus if they convince you not to cancel." Consider replacing "they" with "he," "she,", "he or she," or simply "the person."
Finally, your last sentence should be divided by a semi-colon rather than a comma since the two clauses are independent.

I find it strange that on your homepage you make fun of the poor spelling on Slashdot.

Consulting for several large companies,

Recently however, a top online investment firm asked us to do some work

using Linux. The concept of having access to source code was very appealing to us, as we'd be able to modify the kernel to meet our exacting standards

which we're unable to do with Microsoft's products.

Although we met several technical challenges along the way (specifically, Linux's lack of Token Ring support and the fact that we were unable to defrag its ext2 file system),

So you can imagine our suprise when we were informed by a lawyer

Part of this license states that any changes to the kernel are to be made freely available.

Unfortunately for us, this meant that the great deal of time and money we spent "touching up" Linux

to work for this investment firm would now be available at no cost to our competitors.

Furthermore, after reviewing this GPL our lawyers

advised us that any products compiled with GPL'ed tools - such as gcc - would also have to its source code released. This was simply unacceptable.

Although we had planned for no one outside of this company

to ever use,

let alone see the source code, we were now put in a difficult position. We could either give away our hard work, or come up with another solution.

Although it was tought to do, there really was no option: We had to rewrite the code, from scratch, for Windows 2000.

I think

the biggest thing keeping Linux from being truly competitive with Microsoft is this GPL.

Its draconian requirements virtually guarentee that no business will ever be able to use it.

After my experience with Linux,

I won't be recommending it to any of my

associates. I may reconsider if Linux switches its license to something a little more fair, such as Microsoft's "Shared Source".

Until then its attempts to socialize the software market will insure it remains only a bit player.

Thank you for your time.

Another, related question:

Alan, do you know this developer??

This is a spoof about people not thinking before clicking, but not very far from the truth

Obligatory BBSpot link: The dMac and vMac.

In a recent interview Satan confirmed that the use of Windows does not automatically condemn you to an eternity of hellfire.

"Well as it turns out, most of my subjects were Windows users, but there's no direct relationship. However with the MS purchase of evil who knows what's in store for the future."

This is so true. If we learn our children when they have 5 years that interaction with machines is easier and more "cool" than interaction with other people, they will never have a normal sex life when they are 15 years old. Otherwise, the article Linux Developer Gets Laid wouldn't have been so great news for everyone.

it's good that you raise this topic!
check this out:
Black Linux Month

"A Moron and Windows 2000 are a perfect solution for any company planning to enter the e-commerce marketplace."

If you ask me, webpages are designed too well. This proves it.

In a move that is sure to get the prior art police out in full force, Slashdot has patented teh process they use to make trolls come out of the closet. Pope John Paul II is quoted in a BBC article as saying, "I think Slashdot has some real issues regarding this patent. Are we to believe that they are teh first corporation to ever get trolls out of the closet?"

For more information, see here.

I would also like the ability to fly, bend metal objects with my mind, and understand women.

Previous attempts at adding flight functionality haven't had less than stellar results...so it'll probably be a while before we see it again.

However, I can assure you that when you choose to bang your head against after using Microsoft's new operating system against some metal object, it will end up dented.

As for your third request, it simply isn't possible. I recommend that you request that Microsoft add the "cooking", "laundry", "dishes", "sex" and "stop bugging me and leave me alone" features. That should solve your problem.

This is funny coming after they killed their cow during job cuts.

See BBSpot for details...

Looks like the mainstream (well, ZDNet) has found the slashdot story generator

Jon ... I fear your slashdot headline generator has become jammed in the "on" position again.

I found this review to be much better than Katz, then again I'm sure a couple monkeys jumping on a keyboard could produce a better review than Katz.

Now I can't watch commercials for any visual and/or interactive media without checking for "In a world where..."

Panic Room Trailer Review

Well, same thing happened over at BBspot. The site that published the Microsoft Purchase Evil from Satan article has joined the MSN network.

We are badly in need of facts from someone schooled in heat transfer and/or geology

I'm no expert in heat transfer: I slept through most of the (7AM!) Thermodynamics course I took back when I was a student. I decided to bone up on it, however, the book is lodged in the middle of a stack of textbooks holding up one side of the shelf that my monitor rests upon. So, instead I'll bullshit my way through it. Just think of the earth to a big computer: the crust is the CPU, the atmosphere is the heatsink and the seas are the liquid cooling system God put in so He could overclock the world.

After thoroughly reading Tom's Hardware Guide, HardOCP, and a bunch of other sites on the web, I can say with all the authority of an expert in a completely different science making a bad analogy that we just need to shave a few mountains, apply a nice, thick layer of thermal compound and put tall enough (must reach beyond the atmosphere) heatsink/fan combos on top. Or maybe the Overclocked Jesus can turn the seas to liquid nitrogen and save us all! Of course, I'd never have a taste of fried halibut again, but I'm willing to make sacrifices.

If, in fact, there is a global warming trend, which I'm not inclined to dispute as there may well be, just what can we realistically do to prevent it? At this point, I'd suggest adapting, since there's only one other certain solution...

How does one express in an image one's adoration for Linux? I think Vampire Nuns Having Sex With Penguins was a pretty good idea.

Why not just use the microsoft spam solution??

Fortunately, Microsoft has rendered this problem obsolete.

Like XP or Red Bull (Red Bull gives you wings).