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Re:Easily Abused? by commodoresloat · 2008-01-01 16:59 · Score: 1 · on Wikia Search Engine to be Launched on January 7th

What this means is that no matter what you search for, the top hundred results will be to porn sites. So what's the problem here? This is exactly the functionality that was once promised in the vaporware project Net Nymph.

Re:magnets!! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-08 10:03 · Score: 0 · on Detoxing With Magnets for Fun and Profit

You should check out this interview, quack or not the guy is pretty entertaining.

This guy isn't funny..but this guy is.... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-23 12:53 · Score: 0 · on He Writes Back

This guy has none of the style of the owner of this site , who wrote to various corporations (i.e. Bic Shaver) asking if they were y2k compliant. AND they wrote back. Much more enjoyable than this /. story.

Open Source? More Like Openly Racist by Lethyos · 2002-03-13 08:53 · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Google's Weakness, AltaVista's Strength

The Open Source movement, otherwise known as 'Free Software', has been a topic of considerable debate on the Internet's most controversial site. The majority of this debate has centered around the technical merits of the software, with the esteemed editors argueing against adopting Linux by employing the full depth of their considerable intellects, and the other side hurling death threats and similar invective. This has allowed many who would not otherwise receive quality information about Open Source software to be made aware of many of its ramifications, but one issue has been left alone: The overt racism that is deeply embedded in the movement.

Allow me to explain.

Alan Cox; Richard Stallman; Bruce Perens; Wichert Akkerman; Miguel DeIcaza.

What do you see in this list of names? Are there any African-Americans on it? Absolutely not, none of those names sound like one a self-respecting black person would have! No Maurice, no Luther, no Lil' Kim. There are many other lists such as this, you can see one here. Flip through each page, do you see anything other than white faces? Of course you don't, because Open Source and its adherents are ardent racists and they absolutely forbid access to the sacred 'kernel' by any person of color.

Lets look at another list, this time a compendium of the companies using Linux. Are there any black owned companies on that list? Nooooooo. How about these companies? They all have something to do with Open Source software, any of them owned by an African-American? No again. Here is an extensive collection of photographs from a LUG (Linux User Gathering) meeting, more can be viewed at that link. What is odd about these pictures, and every other photograph I have ever seen of a LUG meeting, is that there is not one single black person to be seen, and probably none for miles.

More racist overtones can be found by examining the language of Open Source. They often refer to 'white hat' hackers. These 'white hats' scurry about the Internet doing good, but illegal, acts for their fellow man. In stark contrast we find the 'black hat' hackers. They destroy the good works of others by breaking into systems, stealing data, and generally causing havoc. These two terms reflect the mindset of most Linux developers. White means good, black means bad. Anywhere there is black, there is uncontrollable destruction and lawlessness. Looking further we see black lists that inform other users of 'bad' hardware, Samba, an obvious play on the much hated Little Black Sambo book, Mandrake, which I won't explain except to say that the French are notorious racists. This type is linguistic discrimination is widespread throughout the Open Source culture, lampooned by many of its more popular sites.

It is also a fact that all Unix 'distros' contain a plethora of racist commands with not so hidden symbolism.

It can hardly be coincidence that the prime operating system of choice of the 'open source supremacists' - Linux, features commands which are poorly disguised racist acronyms. For example: 'awk' (All White Klan) , 'sed' (shoot nEgroes dead), 'ln' (lynch negroes), 'rpm' (raical purity mandatory), 'bash' (bring a slave home), 'ps' (persecute sambo), 'mount' (murder or unseat nubians today), 'fsck' (favored supreme Christian klan). I could go on and on about the latent racist symbolism in Linux, but I fear it would take weeks to enumerate every incidence.

Is there a single unix command out there that does not have some hidden racist connotation ? Suffice it to say that the racism pervades Linux like a particularly bad smell. Can you imagine the effect of running such a racist operating system on the impressionable mind ? I don't have to remind you that transmitting subliminal messages is banned in the USA, and yet here we have an operating system that appears to be one enormous submliminal ad for the Klan!

One of the few selling points of Open Source software is that it is available in many different languages. Browsing through the list I see that absolutely none are offered in Swahili, nor Ebonics. Obviously this is done to prevent black people from having access to the kernel. If it weren't for the fact that racism is so blatantly evil I would be impressed by the efforts these Open Sourcers have invested in keeping their little hobby lilly white. It even appears that they hate the Japanese, as some of these self proclaimed hackers defaced a web site with anti-Japanese slogans. Hell, these people even go all the way to Africa (South Africa mind you, better known as White Africa) and the pictures prove that they don't even get close to a black person.

Of course, presenting overwhelming evidence such as this is a bit unfair without some attempt to determine why these Open Sourcers are so racist. Much of the evidence I have collected indicates that their views are so deeply held that they are seldom questioned by the new recruits. This, coupled with the robot-like groupthink that dominates the culture allows the racist mindset to continue to permeate the ranks. Indeed, the Open Source version of a Klan rally, OSDN (known to the world as Open Source Developer's Network, known to insiders as Open Source Denies Negroes) nearly stands up and shouts its racist views on its demographics page. It doesn't mention the black man one single time. Obviously, anyone involved with Open Source doesn't need to be told that the demographic is entirely white, it is a given.

I have a sneaking suspicion as to why their beliefs are so closely held: they are all terrible athletes.

Really. Much like the tragedy at Columbine High School, where two geeks went on a rampage to get back at 'jocks', these adult geeks still bear the emotional scars inflicted upon them due to their lack of athletic ability during their teen years. As African-Americans are well known for their athletic skills, they are an obvious target for the Open Source geeks. As we all know, sports builds character, thus it follows that the lack of sports destroys character. These geeks, locked away in their rooms, munching on stale pizza and Fritos, engage in no character building activities. Further, they interact only with computers and never develop the level of social skill that allows normal people to handle relationships with persons of color.

Contrasted with the closed source, non-geeky software house Microsoft, Open Source has a long, long way to go.

Join me in my next article where I will lay bare the rampant anti-semitism in the Open Source community.

Funny Previous Interview by WhamJack · 2001-06-07 02:14 · Score: 1 · on Alex Chiu on Science, Religion, and Politics

I kind of get the feeling that everyone takes Alex with a grain of salt. Not a total nutjob (he seems bright), but not a hardcore scientist. One thing we can all agree on, though, is having a laugh at his expense. Here's a Fade to Black interview that will brighten your Thursday afternoon. Here's a sample question:

3) With the popularity of Viagra and other aphrodisiacs on the market it seems that sexual health is very important in our society. Do you plan on offering any devices for this purpose? I was thinking something along the lines a metal device you can clamp on to your scrotum and wear around the house when doing house chores, or playing with the kids.
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If there were gods, how could I bear to be no god?

The whole interview will be Redundant! by kilroy_hau · 2001-06-01 01:50 · Score: 1 · on Ask Internet Icon Alex Chiu

Check this interview and see for yourself how a great scientist is this guy

Fade To Black 2) How exactly does the "Eternal Life Device" work, and what exactly does it do?
Alex Chiu I first came up with only the pinky rings. Later found the toe braces would function like the pinky rings. (Magnets located on toes similar to the fixture of the magnetic rings on the pinkies.) My theory is the fingers and toes are transistors of the human body. If a little bit of energy is induced into the toes/fingers, a bigger energy gate would open up allowing more chi flow throughout the body enhancing blood circulation and metabolism. The device based on my experience stops aging completely and also alter aging. So if a 50 year-old puts on the eternal life device, maybe 10 years later he would look physically 20 years younger. The alter aging process depends on the strength of the device.

His experience? is he a 60 year old that looks like a 30 something? Then it must be true!

The Best Alex Chiu interview is already online by Anonymous Coward · 2001-06-01 00:46 · Score: 1 · on Ask Internet Icon Alex Chiu

Fade to Black Comedy Magazine did a great interview with Alex a while back. Well worth the read. Very Funny stuff.

Fade to Black Alex Chiu Interview

Re:Harsh Language by andy@petdance.com · 2001-05-08 05:43 · Score: 2 · on Bell Labs, Preserving Delicate Sensibilities

My favorite is all the conservative websites out there that designate movies to be "good" and "bad" simply by counting all the times they have the word fuck....

The best of these would be capalert.com. He hasn't rated "Freddy Got Fingered", but he has nothin' good to say about the South Park movie. "*South Park* is another movie straight from the smoking pits of Hell."

Fade To Black somehow got Cap from CapAlert to do a Q&A column. It's a hoot.
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Re:Harsh Language by andy@petdance.com · 2001-05-08 05:43 · Score: 2 · on Bell Labs, Preserving Delicate Sensibilities

My favorite is all the conservative websites out there that designate movies to be "good" and "bad" simply by counting all the times they have the word fuck....

The best of these would be capalert.com. He hasn't rated "Freddy Got Fingered", but he has nothin' good to say about the South Park movie. "*South Park* is another movie straight from the smoking pits of Hell."

Fade To Black somehow got Cap from CapAlert to do a Q&A column. It's a hoot.
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Good scientific method in presidential debates by Anonymous Coward · 2000-10-20 11:47 · Score: 1 · on Politics and The Almighty Buck

This is four years old now, but I find it particularly relevent.

The Fade to Black Truth Meter. See how truthful your politicians really are!

Chromosomal Ads? by pluteus_larva · 2000-07-07 06:58 · Score: 1 · on Artificial Chromosome Inheritance

For me the real question with something like this is when will corporate interests try to "monetize" something like this, and how? Right now the research being done is nominally medical; that is, it's focused on curing disease or improving health. But at some point, there are going to be some bad--but profitable--ideas on the table. Will Coke pay a town millions to have a "prefers Coke to Pepsi" gene given to residents? Sure it sounds crazy now, but how different is this from getting a school to spell out the word Coke with its students?

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Re:Coke day? by hikari · 2000-06-07 23:39 · Score: 2 · on No Logo: Taking Aim At The Brand Bullies

An interview with the kid is in

http://www.fadetoblack.com//int erviews/mikecameron/

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