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Slashback: Python, Giveaway, Collection

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the better-to-sleep-late-than-die-early dept.

Slashback tonight with more on poseable Python figures (sorry Guido, the other Python -- your turn will come), Brian K. West (sigh), preserving transient websites for historical purposes, and giving away Free software. Bulk order from CheapBytes, perhaps? GigsVT writes: "From FreeLinuxCD.org: CD reserves getting very low: If you have been thinking about contributing CDs, it is the best time to do so. We are running dangerously low on our reserves. With the best of luck we will only be able to go one more week after which we will have to pause until the next batch of contributions comes in. Please consider giving back to the Linux, Open Source and Free Software communities that has helped you in many ways in the past so that we can keep taking Linux, BSD and other Free Operating Systems to people who will have their lives changed by them."

Let's make this a closed collection, please. gmr2048 writes "In the WashTech section of the Washington Post there is a story about organizations (working with the Library of Congress) trying to catalogue and store web pages from the attacks of Sept 11, 2001. Towards the end of the article is this request for help: "...are developing a cataloguing system to help navigate the terrorist attack archives, and they are seeking the public's help in identifying Web pages that should be included. Their Web site is at www.webarchivist.org.

I thought slashdot'ers could lend a hand. I know I got most of my info the day of the attacks from /."

Hopefully, they will include Robert Liedlein's site. Lieblein writes: "Quick backstory, 4 or 5 years ago I shot footage for an IBM commercial down in the World Trade Center area. It was actually one of my favorite days that I ever spent in New York, just me and a camera. I kept thinking about that day after the tragic event. 5 years in New York city and only once was I right directly in the area that is ground zero, and I happened to have a camera and an objective of the day was to film the people, the energy, the life. A few days ago I finally found an old VHS tape that had about an hour of transfers of the footage. I knew I had that tape somewhere. I wanted to watch just for the reason of being able to go back there, to understand what it was like and what had happened. I realized that I had footage that was refreshing from the devastation we are all viewing and cut it into a 4 1/2 minute video. I hope the memory of the WTC alive and breathing life gives hope to a new day when that energy and vitality can thrive again."

Outliving the presumption of innocence. Keefe writes "I am sure that we all remeber the name Brian K. West. He is 24 year old sales and support employee for an internet service provider in SE Oklahoma. Mr. West alerted a local business to a serious security flaw in their website. The business had him investigated by the Justice Department for helping them fix a website security hole. The online community cried out to help him because of his innocence. It turns out that he actually was intending to modify the newspaper's Web applications -- written in the Perl language -- and modify them and market his own versions."

Patsy! Patsy! Patsy! (It's only a model.) Shere Ermilio wrote to point out that if you're interested in the Monty Python action figures hemos posted about not long ago, this could be your lucky month -- here's the link to Sideshow Toys' Monty Python giveaway for October. Those with spare cash and less hope can buy them the usual way. (And No, I'm not getting any free dolls ;))

35 of 194 comments (clear)

  1. John Ashcroft by jiheison · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Speaking of Crackers. . .

  2. First Pr0st by Yebyen · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Look at me! First post! I rock so much.

    --
    Restating the obvious since nineteen aught five.
    1. Re:First Pr0st by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      i like to get naked and slather my whole body with my own feces. then i like to get licked clean by the pink and wet tongues of twenty dozen naked little boys. then i play with their willies all day!!

      -- linux torvalds

  3. blah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    1st post... or something

    1. Re:blah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      must be something

  4. Speaking of WTC by Pope · · Score: 3, Offtopic

    While just about everyone else was watching "Enterprise" on Wednesday, I was out seeing "The French Connection" (came out in 1971) at a local rep cinema. One interesting shot: a WTC tower under construction, with cranes on the roof and everything. Pretty weird in light of recent events...

    --
    It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.
  5. Re:I want by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You play with your little man quite enough as it is.

  6. Re:Am I the only one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dude, the lithium is over there on the table.

    Truly, the lunatics have taken over the asylum.

  7. There is no such thing as racism against blacks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Racism is when one race degrades another due to the color of their skin. However this does not apply to niggers. Niggers are not human, they are proto-humans more closely related to monkeys. There are many features that make them qualify as monkeys. The sloped forehead, slouching posture, less complicated language centers in the brain (which causes them to speak in ebonics instead of Standard English) and of course their high tendency towards violence. People say that all races are equal. However do a quick comparison between Africa and western (predominately white) countries. While the western countries forge ahead technologically, African nations are still fighting over bananas and watermelons. So it is easy to see.. that niggers are not humans. They belong in zoos with the other monkey species we display there.

    1. Re:There is no such thing as racism against blacks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yeah, but they can cook great fried chicken. Mmmmmmm greasy fried chicken mmmmmm

    2. Re:There is no such thing as racism against blacks by HBD · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      omg...you ppl r sick

      -i am not racist..i just hate the whinny minorities

      --
      -- Note to self - 'Don't push that button'.
    3. Re:There is no such thing as racism against blacks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      well, the liberal spin machine is working overtime again, this time blaming the recent terrorist bombings on our "gun culture". I'm not sure which is more amazing - that someone would make that claim, or the number of soccer moms that belive it.

      Let's examine the facts.

      The usual argument is, other countries outlaw guns and don't have the violence or terrorist bombings that the US does. An interesting argument that gets repeated a lot, but has no bearing on reality.

      Where are these "other countries"? China, where "dissidents" (anyone who doesn't bend over and like it) are run over with tanks, or improsoned and executed only to have their body parts sold on the black market?

      Europe, home of 2 world wars in the last century? Germany, where jews were stripped of their guns, and then herded into gas chambers? England, where car bombs are a daily fact of life, and children are stoned while trying to go to school since two versions of Christianity can't coexist?

      Or Maybe Switzerland, that stayed neutral twice while death swirled all around is the gun-banners model country. The only problem is, in gun-rights issues, Switzerland is more similar to the United States than any other country. For example, while we have a 2nd Amendment guaranteeing the right to possess firearms and form militias, all male Swedes between the ages of 18 and 50 are required to serve 2 weeks of army duty per year, and all households are required to have at leat one fully automatic rifle.

  8. Re:Brian West by blkros · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Or, maybe, it was the fnords. Damn them, they're everywhere.

    --
    Damnit, Jim, I'm an anarchist, not a F@#$!^& doctor!
  9. Re:Am I the only one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey, we bought the island fair and square. $24 went a lot farther back then. The indians were happy, we were happy.

    Of course, then we killed them.

  10. Re:I want by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OK. Gerbils and astroglide sold seperatly.

  11. whee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i smell like an old goat's anus!

    1. Re:whee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Is that an old goat's anus I smell? Yes, it is. I do believe it is you, sir.

    2. Re:whee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      How do you know what an old goat's anus smells like? Is it very different from a young goat's anus? They can smell very good if you feed the goat the right food. (Violets are my favorite.)

    3. Re:whee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      i feed my goat my jizzum
      he likes to nibble on my cockmonster
      then i squirt
      down his throat
      yummy
      and then i lick him
      at
      the
      other end

    4. Re:whee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      me too

  12. Re:The Danger of E-Records...? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Insightful? It's not even parsable.

  13. EWAF by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face
    words and music by: Billy Idol/Steve Stevens, 1983

    I'm all out of hope
    One more bad dream could bring a fall
    When I'm far from home
    Don't call me on the phone
    To tell me you're alone
    It's easy to deceive
    It's easy to tease
    But hard to get release

    Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face
    Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face
    Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face
    Got no human grace your eyes without a face.

    I spend so much time
    Believing all the lies
    To keep the dream alive
    Now it makes me sad
    It makes me mad at truth
    For loving what was you

    Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face
    Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face
    Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face
    Got no human grace your eyes without a face.

    When you hear the music you make a dip
    Into someone else's pocket then make a slip.
    Steal a car and go to Las Vegas oh, the gigolo pool.
    I'm on a bus on a psychedelic trip
    Reading murder books tryin' to stay hip.
    I'm thinkin' of you you're out there so
    Say your prayers.
    Say your prayers.
    Say your prayers.

    Now I close my eyes
    And I wonder why
    I don't despise
    Now all I can do
    Is love what was once
    So alive and new
    But it's gone from your eyes
    I'd better realise

    Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face
    Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face
    Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face
    Got no human grace your eyes without a face.
    Such a human waste your eyes without a face
    And now it's getting worse.

  14. Party time!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A case of beer

    Some acid

    Three gerbils

    Duct tape

    Two young goats

    A twelve-year old virgin

    Nipple clamps

    Four enema bags

    Styrofoam penuts

    A lot of lube

    And a cardboard cutout of George W. Bush

    Oooh boy am I gonna have fun tonight!!

  15. Re:WTC video by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Quite like the rainforests then. Oh, wait, we destroyed them, so it's OK.

  16. Re:i couldn't help it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I certainly don't.

  17. oh shit!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    uh oh... its bleeding really badly.... i think i just broke my penis!!! it came off in my hand!! was I wanking too hard? someone help call 911 i'm going to pass out here with my penis in my hand............

    oh god oh god...

  18. Re:Brian West by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I don't get it. Someone please explain.

  19. MOD PARENT UP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    no text you stupid filter

  20. Re:Brian West by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    look for the monty python "dead parrot" sketch. "that parrot's dead!" "is not, he's just pining for the fjords!" (it was a rare norweigan blue)

  21. Re:Dear Ann Landers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    typical crap, nada mas, read at +1 and ignore it all

  22. Re:MODERATORS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    opinions that are too fucking retarded often get modded down.

    moron.

  23. Stephen King, author, dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.

  24. Re:WTC video by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    loser.

  25. Re:Am I the only one... by orangesquid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Damn, Who isn't?

    I mean....

    --
    --TheOrangeSquid Is it any wonder things seem so awry? We swim in a sea of confusion and don't have to think to survive
  26. Re:you forgot one of the prongs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OH FOR FUCKS SAKE

    Read the stories on this guy - he did not break into a poorely protected site and let the admin know - he worked for weeks to get in - stole files and passwords and bragged about it to friends and the people he hacked

    Hes guilty
    he is a moron

    lets get over this shit and stop defending this moron