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AMSN is quite good, and is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Considering what a piece of shit MS Messenger for Mac is, it's a breath of fresh air. Only downside is it looks quite clunky and doesn't really fit in with most any desktop environment.

See here.

I very much doubt it.

Attempted copyright infringement my ass. So, basically, if I go to http://joe-baldwin.net/lotsofcopyrightedmovieswhoo psielol! with the express intent of downloading copyrighted movies (even though there are none there), that's "attempted copyright infringement"?

For fucks sake. They'd have a better chance just downloading some real torrents and looking at who they're uploading to...

I thought you'd say something retarded. And boy, you delivered the goods.

For a start, I don't and didn't "love" WMP. I pointed out that your bullshit assumptions about Amarok being infinitely better were, well bullshit. Logically flawed, at least.

As for the Debian thing:

My homepage
Debian ftpmaster new packages list (do a search for "Joe Baldwin")

Note correlation between Slashdot homepage, the link I gave above (and the software package linked to from the front page of it) and the name and software package listed on the ftpmaster page. (By the way, I'm not a Debian developer, saying so implies I hold some kind of formal position within the Debian structure. I just happened to get a package mentored. Big difference.)

Oh, and you've pulled out the old "astroturf" card. How nice for you. I've given you evidence (photographic evidence, even) that I work for a supermarket (and not TEH EVUL M$) for fucks sake, but, hey, it's your delusion.

The BBC's news forums are a mess precisely because they don't have the sort of moderation system Slashdot affords. I blogged about the problems with the BBC forums...to summarise; the moderation isn't restrictive as to who can moderate (every registered user can) and there's only one moderation option (moderate up, or "recommend"). That and a lack of decent threading or quoting makes it hell to be on.

Sorta on-topic I suppose...

No offence here, your post is good, but saying something looks just as good as Windows 98 is like saying something smells just as good as fresh dog shit. Win98 looked terrible, WindowMaker still does (doesn't have to though) and TWM isn't even up to Win98s low standards. Enlightenment is great for eye candy though :)

My page does actually validate now. I put a shorter doctype in, one that doesn't look too hacky, and put the character encoding meta tag back in. I had taken that out because it seems so incredibly unnecessary, but once you're already looking at the validator page, and there's one more error left, it's hard to resist.

Have you checked joe-baldwin.net? He's fixed it. His attitude towards validation is similar to mine - once it's rendering right, it's not as important. Which is strange, because my site validates perfectly and I don't know if it renders ok in Internet Explorer yet.

It's funny how that works out. The most invalid site I visit works really well in most browsers. Its only real bug is in Konqueror, where the forum list turns to mush. All because the guy in charge of it uses Firefox, and so he has to put at least the minimum of effort into cross-browser compatibility. This is how I see the struggle for compatibility being won, because it's the way that 'appeals' to non-nerds (this isn't intended as a rebuttal to any of your points by the way).

How I love thee, except for one small problem. My website. It doesn't render properly in Opera, on any platforms. Scrolling erases all the content, and I have no idea why. If anyone can work out why this happens, I'd love to know...