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Since I seem to have been unjustly voted overrated I'll back up my assertion with a quote from CmdrTaco himself:

Ravn: Slashdot is well known for its bias (if you'll forgive the term) towards Open Source Software. Slashcode itself is Open Source. Why is this? What was involved with the decision to make Slashcode OSS? Why do you think it is important? What, in your opinion, makes Open Source Software so great?

CmdrTaco: I'm a very biased person. And I bring many of my biases with me to Slashdot. No apologies are necessary ;) Slashcode is open source because my readers clammored for it in the late 90's. Today thousands of websites use the code. That's very cool. Unfortunately almost none of them contribute anything back, so while it was great for them, it continues to be a burden for us. Not every open source project is the kernel ;)

http://www.cyberarmy.net/library/article/994

Ok, perhaps that quote doesn't perfectly illustrate a pro linux and anti microsoft bias. If you need anymore comfirmation though I suggest you look no farther than slashdot's "borg Gates" image they use for any microsoft related story. For better or worse, slashdot does have a bias and anyone thinking otherwise is quite foolish.

"I have spent the last week in the press.

I have been called a HIJACKER - PodJacker - RSS Hijacker - Extortionist - and more.

All (every word untrue) The issue has to do with a GIANT MISUNDERSTANDING!

But since it got slashdotted today... it will get worse.

The idiot podcaster - signed up for my free search engine that I did last year.

He admits - showing up - and signing up!

( a fact omitted in the original news )

He asked to be removed - and was removed without question!

he lost 1000 of 1500 visitors because he asked me too.

He asked me to put them back I told him that he could do it himself, but that I would not change the code without negociating fees.

Erik took this as extortion and took it to a lawyer and the press.

The articles started flying... and I have been all over the press since.

I have been on national us radio programs - podcasts news articles in europe - former USSR - china - australia and more.

Unreal....

gets worse actually - but could use some ideas...

Need to get the story straight...

but the flood of articles may be too much for me to personally keep up with."

So there you have it. The guy belongs to the same organization as I do. Before someone criticises me for that, we are a group of IT enthusiasts and nothing to do with script kiddies as shown by our mission statement.

"I have spent the last week in the press.

I have been called a HIJACKER - PodJacker - RSS Hijacker - Extortionist - and more.

All (every word untrue) The issue has to do with a GIANT MISUNDERSTANDING!

But since it got slashdotted today... it will get worse.

The idiot podcaster - signed up for my free search engine that I did last year.

He admits - showing up - and signing up!

( a fact omitted in the original news )

He asked to be removed - and was removed without question!

he lost 1000 of 1500 visitors because he asked me too.

He asked me to put them back I told him that he could do it himself, but that I would not change the code without negociating fees.

Erik took this as extortion and took it to a lawyer and the press.

The articles started flying... and I have been all over the press since.

I have been on national us radio programs - podcasts news articles in europe - former USSR - china - australia and more.

Unreal....

gets worse actually - but could use some ideas...

Need to get the story straight...

but the flood of articles may be too much for me to personally keep up with."

So there you have it. The guy belongs to the same organization as I do. Before someone criticises me for that, we are a group of IT enthusiasts and nothing to do with script kiddies as shown by our mission statement.

It's a hypothetical statement to make a point, though it is also a statement about a payment option I may opt for in the future if the MPAA continues on their current path. Or, did you not read "almost". Nor did you make the connection, probably obvious to everyone else, about how movie/library records can be used in criminal investigations, and a CC receipt would give your name, whereas cash wouldn't.

Ever since they made it a federal crime to video tape in theaters, how long before the MPAA starts pushing for a database of movie goers to connect to the IP numbers (and subpoena'd names) they see in P2P programs. They won't sue anymore. If you are caught sharing the same movie you went to go see, well, then, you had to have been the video taper, and thus, you'll go to federal prison. But, why stop there, if you support P2P and don't download movies, I'm sure they can get the Piracy Czar on your ass anyways.

I don't have a credit card, I have a debit card, which can act as a credit card. Last movie I saw at the theater was Batman Begins. The last DVD I saw was A Walk to Remember (not by choice). The next movie I plan on seeing on DVD is Constantine. My sign is Gemini, and I like long walks on the beach. You asking me out, or you trolling me?

Public face on Slashdot? This is my public face everywhere on the Internet. I am the Ikioi. This is the same me that is on my personal site I8-D. This is also me, and this, and this, and this. Your slashdot face is the top result on a search for your name, and you have no real info in your profile.

Let me guess, because you have a low UID and I have a high UID you thought that'd I'd make a good newb target to troll on. Sorry to disappoint you, but my online presence, and recent mod history, is better than your's pal. Try trolling the 900,000's.

Let's see... it came up with:
http://www.geoapps.com/ie6crash.shtml: Image exploit that does something to mozilla, but nothing serious
...and I'm having a hard time finding anything else. I remember seeing a few before, but I can't find them, and I really should be doing homework right now. CyberArmy used to have a crash page, but I can't find that either. Oh well... but they do exist.
-ReK

If all else fails, we have the CyberArmy to fall back on... :)