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i'm wondering how much hate mail he'll get from people who don't get it...
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i think there was a lot more truth in Hemos' first post last night than any of us suspected.
my interpretation of it is that the "spring cleaning" is metaphorical; while the internet is not, in reality, being "disconnected", so much of the internet is rendered unusable by the kind of jokes that have gripped slashdot today that it might as well be "down for system maitenence". So no, it's not down, but it's also useless, and people might as well take Hemos' advice and follow your example and disconnect their "terminals" for the day.
that being said, the whole slashdot-marketing thing was really funny.
Malkovich!
Irritable, left-wing and possibly humorous bumper stickers and t-shirts
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Glückwünsche, haben Sie Slashdot ermordet, indem Sie zum korporativen Druck beugten und Subskriptionen einlei
All l33t skript k1ddi3z sh0u1d ch3k 0u7 th1s!!!!
/raD, d00dz!!!!!
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My journal has hot
> Actually, you will discover that for at least some A.C.'s the objective is to shine a bright light on some of the incredible lying bullshit that gets said on this site.
While the majority, OTOH, are trying to obstruct the feeble light shining from this site by posting loads of incredible lying bullshit.
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Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
April 1st is the worst day for the Internet, I'm not browsing anymore today.
JEFF
Check out Microsoft and the Freedom to Innovate I don't think it was just put up today, But it was certainly the biggest joke I've seen today! *grin*.
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I dink dis be a case uh filta' descriminashun.
I dink it's time Andova' get's deir asses sued. Right On! :)
I theenk thees is a cese-a ooff feelter descreemineshun.
I theenk it's teeme-a Undufer get's zeeur esses sooed! :)
Excellent new search feature at Google. Release April 1!
http://www.google.com
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I still like F150Online's April Fools joke better.
-Kris
The Sku11s . Only an 3l33t f3w are invited to join...
Want to work at Transmeta? Hedgefund.net? AT&T?
Can your IM do this?
Fight Spammers!
leaving Linux to join Microsoft. dude, you should like, be worshiped or something. I mean come on man, you rule. Not.
Don't get me wrong... I too, love Linux to death. I do feel the pain though, when I am forced to rely on the whim of others - who are not writing this software for profit - to get things bugs fixed, hardware supported, and projects finished. Personally, I like Free Software, but do little to help its success.
This brings up a question I've been thinking about for a while (Slashdot Poll anyone?):
How many people out there use free software extensively? How many of those who use it actually help support free software by writing GPLed code themselves, beta-testing (and reported the bugs!), or even answering questions on newsgroups for newbies? Everyone likes a free lunch, but I wonder how many out there actually dedicate their time
to produce software (without getting paid).
I know I for one would like to help out, but it is so hard to get motivated after a long workday of programming to code some more "just for fun".
I feel that free software is sort of like public TV. You can watch it without paying, but its more ethical if you do something to help out. The question is, how many of us "help out"?
I'm an er33t hax0r. i 0wn j00
1 g0t r3wt on all j00r box0rs.
h4w!
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon? :P)
(If you can't figure out how to E-Mail me, Don't.
At least if I were Tux it would be my dream come true.
Yours WDK - WKiernan@concentric.net
Redmond (AP) -- The software industry was rocked today by the revelation that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer had been secretly sheltering persecuted Free Software programmers within the company's various business divisions. Ballmer, with the help of a sympathetic aide, had kept a list of programmers he knew to be writing code for open source operating systems such as Linux and FreeBSD, and had sought to place them in obscure positions in the company where they could work unmolested.
One midlevel executive, who asked not to be identified, said "We're all shocked. Apparently Steve was placing workers in divisions he knew we'd pay little attention to -- places like Quality Control, the Macintosh Products Division -- those sorts of places." It is now believed that between 1994 and 1997, Ballmer had attempted to place most free software workers within the Internet Explorer division. With most of Microsoft concentrated on the Microsoft Network (MSN), the release of IE as a freely downloadable program was to be merely a prelude to the release of the IE source code itself.
However, others executives including Gates became suspicious of Ballmer's motives, and in 1998 a new policy was implemented for Internet Explorer. From then on, IE was to become part of the Windows 98 operating system itself, and many of Ballmer's workers were scattered to other divisions.
Ballmer's motivations and his scheme were exposed last week, when during a board meeting he proposed opening the source code to Windows 2000 as a means of placating the Justice Department in its lawsuit against Microsoft. It is now believed that the promotion of Ballmer to CEO was engineered by Gates to lure him out into the open. Microsoft's other board members yesterday voted unanimously for Ballmer's removal as CEO of the corporation.
As he left the Redmond campus this morning, a weeping Ballmer expressed regret that he did not do more. Pointing to his Rolex watch, a teary-eyed Ballmer said "You see this! This could have paid for a few more device drivers!" Referring to his Porsche sports car, he said "And this! This could have paid for a whole new window manager!"
Reaction within the free software community has been one of shock. Reached at his Cambridge, Massachussetts home, open source advocate Richard M. Stallman expressed gratitude that Ballmer had sheltered Free Software programmers within Microsoft, but still held reservations about his prominent role within the corporation. Nevertheless, on Monday, Stallman will propose changing the GNU Public License to declare Ballmer a "Righteous Closed Source Worker", the highest honor that can be bestowed upon someone who is not Free Software programmer.
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- I could actually read the 1337 speak without too much trouble.
- Slashdot posted a story in 1337 speak.
- I'm replying to the article.
God save us all.Slashd0t f0und3rs tr0ll
Sudd3nly ACs R p1ss3d
B00t 0n 0th3r f00t
--- Hot Shot City is particularly good.