Virtual Decentralized Networks: Linux's Organization

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Virtual Decentralized Networks: Linux's Organization

Posted by michael on Sunday November 4, 2001 @01:54PM from the xchat-and-pine dept.

barries writes: "Here is an interesting take on the Linux Project which tries to put it in a historical perspective and explain why traditional structures and theory don't fully apply to it. It overlooks a few things but gets most of the basics right." You might want to skip ahead a bit in the paper to get to the Linux-specific sections.

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this is not a first post... by Anonymous Coward · 2001-11-04 14:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

.... oh well
first post by Anonymous Coward · 2001-11-04 14:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

i am lame.
Re:first jeff k by Anonymous Coward · 2001-11-04 14:01 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Congratulations. This is one of the most unrelated posts I've ever read.
Am I Still Banned? by I.T.R.A.R.K. · 2001-11-04 14:06 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Why yes, yes I am.
- I throw rocks at retarded kids.

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Re:Back by popular demand by Anonymous+Pancake · 2001-11-04 14:08 · Score: -1, Offtopic

do you know why in the bukkake videos I've seen on the net the cocks are always blurred out? I find that a little odd. Not that it's a big deal or anything

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Lame lame lame... by webword · 2001-11-04 14:19 · Score: 1, Offtopic

2001-11-02 05:34:52 The Virtual Networked Organisation (articles,news) (rejected)

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1. Re:Lame lame lame... by Anonymous Coward · 2001-11-04 16:23 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Offtopic my ass! Unless this guy faked this, he submitted this news 2 or 3 days ago. This guy should get the credit. I've seen this shit too many times. Give people credit where credit is due.
Miami Dolphins by I.T.R.A.R.K. · 2001-11-04 14:23 · Score: -1, Offtopic

He was a Miami Dolphins fan?
God, I would have run him over with something a LOT bigger than a pickup truck.

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Re: Slashcode comment preview bug? by Christopher+Whitt · 2001-11-04 14:24 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Sorry about the bad HTML formatting. I guess I can't have separate paragraphs inside a BLOCKQUOTE in a comment posted as Plain Old Text. It formatted fine in preview.

this is what I saw in the comment preview. I'm too lazy to find the proper place to submit bugs to slashcode, hence the horribly off-topic post.

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Re: Slashcode comment preview bug? by damiam · 2001-11-04 14:34 · Score: 0, Offtopic

When I see the tab in the screenshot labeled "Google S...rbation". I think, "That's a little more than we needed to know".

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Re:Pseudoscientists of the world unite by Anonymous Coward · 2001-11-04 14:38 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Amen.
No kidding! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-11-04 14:55 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Lame enough to claim first post well after the fact.
Alias - Why did they cancel it??? by Anonymous Coward · 2001-11-04 14:57 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Any ideas why they cancelled Alias today?
If I hadn't already posted, I'd mod this funny! by Christopher+Whitt · 2001-11-04 15:03 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Nice catch!

Now here's a lot more than you needed to know.

The fourth search result is actually quite good. It's related to the math assignment I mentioned in my first post. The course in Engineering 9100 - Numerical Analysis, and joy of joys, we're doing Perturbation methods. The assignment has a dumb cubic polynomial that I'm supposed to solve approximately. I'd rather be anywhere else but in school working on this assignment right now...

Christopher

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1. Re:If I hadn't already posted, I'd mod this funny! by damiam · 2001-11-04 15:14 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  Before I posted, I actually did check my rhyming program for words ending in -rbation besides "masturbation", and the only other result was "perturbation". I decided that that probably wasn't what you were searching for, though ... guess I was wrong. :-)
  
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2. Re:If I hadn't already posted, I'd mod this funny! by man_ls · 2001-11-04 15:30 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  Well in my version of AnalogX Rhyme, "masturbation" produced 746 matches...
  
  For "S" I found
  
  SALVATION
  SANCTIFICATION
  SANITATION
  SANITATION(2)
  SAPONIFICATION
  SARMATIAN
  SATURATION
  SECURITIZATION
  SEDATION
  SEDIMENTATION
  SEGMENTATION
  SEGREGATION
  SELF-CONGRATULATION
  SELF-DETERMINATION
  SELF-PERPETUATION
  SENSATION
  SEPARATION
  SEQUESTRATION
  SIMPLIFICATION
  SIMULATION
  SINGULARIZATION
  SITUATION
  SOCIALIZATION
  SOLICITATION
  SOPHISTICATION
  SPECIALIZATION
  SPECIFICATION
  SPECULATION
  STABILIZATION
  STAGFLATION
  STAGNATION
  STALINIZATION
  STANDARDIZATION
  STARVATION
  STATION
  STERILIZATION
  STERILIZATION(2)
  STIMULATION
  STIPULATION
  STRANGULATION
  SUBORDINATION
  SUBSIDIZATION
  SUBSTANTIATION
  SUBSTATION
  SUBURBANIZATION
  SUFFOCATION
  SUMMATION
  SUPERSTATION
  SYNDICATION
  
  Thats quite a lot.
A matter of course by Anonymous Coward · 2001-11-04 16:40 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Do I want to skip ahead to the Linux section?

What a fine analogy of the current situation at Slashdot. Move the blocks around so that the Linux shows. What ever happened to that complex idea of balance? Do you not think that a primary function of propaganda is to dismiss all propaganda as propaganda, all but your own?

Mark as offtopic or flame as you will. But at least take a short moment to realize the herding of ideas that is before us. Thanks.
Re:Back by popular demand by Anonymous Coward · 2001-11-04 16:55 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I agree with that, truly an artfull troll, ne an artfull piece. I also agree that the Japs are weird. I am searching high and low for uncensored Anna Ohura titty videos, but alas I think I shall never see her quivering vagina.
Whee... by Anonymous Coward · 2001-11-04 17:53 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Hm---------G-----------------D------A(V)
Tak ljubat dzhaz, tak ljubat vino,
Tak voploschajut soderzhanije snov.
Tak vstajut na stupeni veduscheje v raj.
Tak zhivut vse, kto umret vse ravno.

Tak vynimajut gvozdj iz steny,
Tak zhdut udara so storony spiny,
Tak vyxodjat iz doma sobravshisj v raj.
Tak idut na vojnu, tak idut s vojny.

G-----D------A(V)--------Hm
A ty igraj, a ty igraj, igraj
Hm------------G----------------D
Mozhet bytj uvidish dorogu v raj.

Tak mednyj pjatak proverjajut na zub.
Tak vytirajut pocelui z gub,
Tak uzhe vstav na dorogu v raj.
Opjatj zabyvajut schtatj kazhdyj rupj.

Tak rozhdajut detej, ne znaja otca,
Tak vstajut vo vesj rost ne bojasj svinca,
Eto tak voljno - doroga v raj.
No zhiznj iz jajca, a doroga s konca.

Pr.

Kto zdesj jestj bogatyj otvetj,
Kak serebro prevraschajut v medj,
Kak vyvorachivajut nutro po doroge v raj.
Kak dobro prevrachajut v pletj.

Kak na utro legko smotretj,
Na to, kak tancujet smertj,
Na gorojachej doroge veduschej v raj.
I dazhe pytajetsja chto-to petj.

Pr.

Ty boljshoj xozain sonnoj travy,
Eto znachit tebe ne snosotj golovy,
Eto znachit rjadom doroga v raj.
Gde na guby truby nalozheny shvy.

Gde nalivajut gitaru vody,
Gde obnimajut kosjasj na lady,
Gde vidja son pro dorogu v raj.
Uspevajut prosnutsja za mig do bedy.

Pr.
AZ Diamondbacks World Series Champions !!!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-11-04 18:15 · Score: -1, Offtopic

The Diamondbacks Win !!!!!!

The Diamondbacks Win !!!!!!

The Diamondbacks Win !!!!!!

and did i mention ....The Diamondbacks Win !!!!!!
1. Re:AZ Diamondbacks World Series Champions !!!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-11-04 18:47 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  hey fuck you moderator!
  
  I forgot how much sports are offtopic to the typical nerd/geek
  
  Fuck you, fuck you again, and fuck you very much.
  
  The a-typical slashdot nerd/AZ sports fan/programmer has left the building.