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Rowing Across the Atlantic

Posted by michael on from the gosh-are-my-arms-tired dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "Wired News has an article about 68 men and women who are rowing across the Atlantic. "All 34 boats in this year's race are equipped with Global Positioning System (GPS) devices, and practically all the rowers have satellite phones and other wireless gadgets with Internet access.""

102 comments

  1. Stroke Stroke Stroke... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I got first fucking post!

    Now STROKE! BITCHES!!!

    1. Re:Stroke Stroke Stroke... by Big_Ass_Spork · · Score: -1
      and can heat certain sensitive body parts to 100 degrees...

      I do it wrong

      Laying here in the shadows of my room, I squint up at my love. My Ms. Portman. I am sore and tired after fucking her for eight solid hours. My chapped and aching dick is soaking in grits to relieve the pain. She gets on her knees and starts lapping the grits up out of the bowl. She places her beautiful hands on my penis and starts to lick the grits off my achy piece.

      Massaging my nutsack she....

      WAIT, I DO IT WRONG!!!!

      Yanking my dick out of her mouth I throw her to the ground and shove it in to her gaping freshly fisted ass.

      "OH BIG ASS SPORK!! Fuck my ass, fuck my ass good. DEEPER, my stallion, deeper!! Make a Beowulf cluster of sperm on my back!!"

      "Imagine a Beowulf cluster of this baby!"

      I DO IT WRONG!!!!



      Rosie O'Donnel is a fat piece of ham...
      --

      Proof of the gay-linux conspiracy!

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

    wefytwew
    w
    erewr
    werwer

    1. Re:Frist by handybundler · · Score: -1

      For real yo?!

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      a/s/l here. Sorry, adding domain tags to your s
  3. Why Start In Winter? - And Why Sporting News on /. by Ieshan · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What's the purpose of starting in winter? Or are they rowing in the Southern Hemisphere? Even so, this seems like a stupid idea.

    Rowing over a major ocean during the end of storm season through winter is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of. I wish they would think before they do stuff like this.

    But I suppose the contestants, I suppose that's what you'd call them, get some sort of rush out of doing crap like this. I just don't understand what kind of rush it is.

    Furthermore, I don't understand why sporting news belongs on /., but that's another story.

  4. Hmm, a great feat, yes by imrdkl · · Score: 1

    But do the GPS and gadgets make it newsworthy? Perhaps the map-reading and navigation skills necessary? Maybe it's the strong and hearty people?

    1. Re:Hmm, a great feat, yes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Hey, it's an international sporting event. (like the one coming up next year). Leave 'em alone asshole. They're trying.

    2. Re:Hmm, a great feat, yes by Kwikymart · · Score: 1

      Yes, and everyone knows that /. reports on international sporting events! Look out espn!

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      Buying a Dell computer is equivalent to dropping the soap in a prison shower.
  5. John Carmack dead at 54. by j0nkatz · · Score: -1

    I just heard some sad news on the radio -- famous leader John Carmack was found dead in his Ferarri this morning. The details were a bit hazy, but it seems that his Ferarri was hit by a stray Rail Gun which was aiming for a person only known as "Sarge". I'm sure everyone in the community will miss him -- even if you didn't enjoy his pioneering gaming research, there's no denying his contributions to the USA's cultural development, particularly in the areas of denial of having a real life because you play too much Q3. Truly an American ico

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    1. Re:John Carmack dead at 54. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Did Stephen King pay you off?

  6. First Post ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... from the middle of the atlantic!

    Bet I don't get it though - these satellite internet connections suck!

    1. Re:First Post ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      As we can once again see, if the joke doesn't have to do with Loonux or Microsoft sucking, its just not funny.

  7. Wireless gadgets by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    and practically all the rowers have satellite phones and other wireless gadgets with Internet access

    Good ! they can read slashdot !

  8. A friend did this by Tri0de · · Score: 2, Interesting

    A friend at my old gym (Andrew Halsey) did this. Wanted to point out what an epileptic could do. Of course somebody asked what should happen if had a seizure; his reply (thick Brit Accent)well then I'd make some bloody good time then.." I remember his GPS was a unit aout the size of a briefcase.

    --
    "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts."
  9. Why all the gadgets?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So they can email the whole world and tell them that they're in the middle of the ocean freezing their butts off???

  10. How linux is still an inferior desktop OS by Anonymous+Pancake · · Score: -1


    Hello, as an experienced MCSE, I have worked with many systems before for different corporations, and although I find linux to be a suitable server OS, there are many problems that have to be addressed before it will be able to compete with windows in the desktop world. Here are some suggestions I have come up with that will help linux become more competitive.

    1) Remove the bloat. Most linux distro's ship with way to many useless programs. Desktop users do not need 10 different text editors. Give them one or two good ones and that will be enough.

    2) Dump the command line. Desktop users do not use command lines. Windows is light-years ahead in this regard. Even their server OS has a great gui, and it is not necessary to use the command line. Linux needs to follow Microsoft's lead and get rid of the command line. You could maybe include an option for advanced users, like how windowsXP has an ms-dos prompt, if you really want to use it.

    3) Dump open-source. Normal desktop users do not care about source code, they care about good programs. They do not want to compile anything. Linux needs real companies that actually know how to make good interfaces. Right now they are few and far between.

    4) A universal gui system. Linux needs ONE gui. Perhaps people should focus on developing KDE into a competitive platform. Forget about gnome and everything else.

    5) Make upgrading the software easier. Desktop users need an easy way to upgrade the kernel.

    6) Get a good web browser. Linux has no good web browsers right now. Netscape is old and bloated. Opera cost extra and lacks some features. Mozilla is still beta and isn't even up to version 1.0 yet, so it doesn't count. Linux needs a browser that is competitive with IE, and right now IE is light-years ahead of anything for linux.

    7) Proper office programs. If you want Linux to be used in offices, you need decent applications. These programs should be able to import all MS formats, past and present. Microsoft is still light years ahead when it comes to their office programs.

    8) Backward compatibility. WindowsXP can run dos programs, windows 3.11 programs, windows9x programs, windowsNT programs, ect... Linux is barely backward compatible.

    Right now I would recommend windowsXP for any sensible desktop user. Linux is still too complicated and fragmented to appeal to the typical user. Perhaps in a few years time they will be on par with windows, and a few people may try it.

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    1. Re:How linux is still an inferior desktop OS by BiffJerky · · Score: -1

      I love weekend night posts, when people are drunk

      --

      Love And Kisses,

      BiffJerky the Troll

  11. Suckle onto my MAN TITTIES by George+WIPO+Bush · · Score: -1

    THE OFFICIAL TACO-SNOTTING FAQ
    By The WIPO Troll

    What is "Taco-snotting?"

    "Taco-snotting" is a term used by one Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda, owner of the popular technology website Slashdot, to refer to the practice of sucking off a homosexual man (or unwilling heterosexual; CmdrTaco doesn't care, and is rumored to actually prefer rape) and blowing the semen back out his nose onto his partner's (or victim's) face or body. Usually a long, bubbly stream of milky-white semen is left on CmdrTaco's face, dribbling out of his nose, down his cheek: hence the term, "Taco-snotting."

    Good Lord. Why have I been receiving emails from CmdrTaco asking me if he can Taco-snot me?

    I'm guessing you've received an email similar to the following:
    From: malda@slashdot.org
    To: wipotroll@hotmail.com
    Subject: Hey, baby - jion me in a taco-snott! :)

    Hey, baby!

    Ever done a taco-snotting with anothar fellow geek? Its more fun then trolling Slashdot, trust me! all that talk you troll with about homasexual incest and stuff got me all horny and hot for you! Is it serius? Please tell me that itt is! If you want to get with me and my Slashdot bois, drop me an emale!

    ps- Please replie to me at horny_rob_6969@hotmail.com. I'd rather the guys at VA Linux are not seen this. :) :)

    --
    CmdrTaco (malda@slashdot.org)
    You most likely forgot to uncheck the "Willing to Taco-snot" checkbox in your account preferences. Whenever CmdrTaco gets bored (and who wouldn't, running a site like Slashdot all day), he roams through the Slashdot database, penis in hand, looking for people who might enjoy being Taco-snotted. How he determines this is anyone's guess; but if you have a homosexual-sounding nickname, you're in trouble. So this time, he found you. Lucky you.
    CmdrTaco has probably already got the hots for your wad, and he's probably already been lurking outside your bathroom window for weeks with a camera, some tissues and lube. There's no escaping a geek in heat, so it's probably too late for you, but you can possibly rectify this situation. To remove yourself from CmdrTaco's sights, log into your Slashdot account, go to your user page, click on Messages, and uncheck the box next to "Willing to Taco-snot." Maybe he'll ignore you. Probably not.

    I can't stop receiving these emails from CmdrTaco!?

    Probably not. If you indulge him in a Taco-snot or two, he might leave you alone. You might also want to look into mail filtering, restraining orders, or purchasing a heavy, blunt object capable of warding off rampaging homosexual geeks in heat. Trust me, when they charge... oh, the humanity. If he gets you, and you let him Taco-snot you, he might end up tying you up in his basement to use you as his sex slave for the rest of your life (or until he accidentally drowns you in spunk in a vile practice known as a "circle-snot").

    What is a "Circle-snot"?

    A "circle-snot" is a Taco-snotting circle-jerk, another practice common among homosexual geeks. This is when CmdrTaco, CowboiKneel, and Homos get together and Taco-snot each other repeatedly with their gooey, hot, and sticky cum -- spooging their dicks all over each other's faces and pasty-white bodies until they're all covered head to toe with man juice. Roblowme usually provides plenty of extra lubricant; he owns a limo service and has ample supplies of motor oil and axle grease.
    To complete this perverted orgy, fellow geeks Michael, Timothy, and Jamie often join in, dressed in black Gestapo uniforms, jack boots, and leather gloves. The whole group then proceeds to snot each other's spunk and whip each other's pudgy asses with riding crops and chains until their pasty-white geek bodies are sweaty and exhausted from all the passionate, homosexual revelry.

    Eww. Have you ever been Taco-Snotted?

    Unfortunately, yes. I first met CmdrTaco at an Open Source Convention. He invited me back to his room for a game of Quake, but when I got to there, he jumped me and tied me to his bed, stripping me. After taking his "Commander" out of his pants and made me suck him, he performed his vile Taco-snotting ritual on me three times over the next two hours, bringing me to orgasm, then snotting my own jizz back onto my face, in my mouth, then again on my belly.
    CmdrTaco invited several of his Open Source (or rather, "Open Sauce" -- man sauce) Convention buddies over to continue the snotfest. Linux Torvalds raped my ass with his "monolithic kernel," and Anal Cox used his "network stack" in a multitude of unspeakable ways on and in every orifice in my body.
    How did I finally escape? After about 16 hours of countless homosexual atrocities perpetrated against my helpless body, they all finally went to sleep, sweat-soaked and exhausted. I was left there, covered in geek jizz-snot, chained to the bed, with fat, pasty white fags lying around and on top of me. Fortunately the spooge coating my entire body worked wonderfully as a lubricant; I was able to squirm my way out of the handcuffs and slip out the back door. I'm just glad I survived the ordeal. These geeks had a lot of built-up spunk in their wads -- I could've easily been drowned!

    That's horrible. Does Jon Katz get involved in this? I thought he was a paedophile, not a homosexual.

    Actually, Jon Katz is a homosexual paedophile. He's also a coprophiliac, and, many suspect, a zoophile. Jon Katz is somewhat of a loner and doesn't involve himself in circle-snots. Mr. Katz usually engages in a game called "Katz juicy-douching" with his harem of little-boy slaves: a vile practice which involves administering an enema to himself of the little boy's urine (forced out of them with a pair of pliers), spooging the vile muck from his ass back into the enema bag, then squirting and slathering the goo all over himself, and the little boy's chained-up and naked bodies. Unwilling boys are further tortured with the pliers until they comply and allow Mr. Katz to juicy-douche them for the rest of their lives.
    As I already said, Mr. Katz is also a zoophile. As if the sexual escapades with the helpless little boys aren't enough, Jon usually enjoys his juicy-douches best when his penis is firmly planted in a female goat's anus. He is also rumoured to get off on watching his little boys eat the goat's small, bean-like turds.

    ...Are you getting hard writing this?

    Why, yes. :) Join me in a WIPO-snot? I promise I won't try and rape you or kidnap you and make you my sex slave or anything. I'm not like CmdrTaco or Mr. Katz; I only enjoy snotting on willing partners.

    What's that screaming I hear coming from your basement?

    Oh, that's just my little sister; I got her chained up down there. In fact, I just finished snotting all over her body. You should see her squirm when I spooge on her belly, lick it up, and snot it all over her face! She's such a feisty little 14 year-old bitch. Of course she's my sex slave, she's my sister. What else would she be good for? So, join me in a WIPO-snot?

    No, thanks. I'm already CmdrTaco's boi toi.

    ________________________________________
    READER COMMENTS

    1. TACO-SNOTTING is really Donkey-Punching (Score:-1, Troll)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.15 6:38 (#2567601)

      No no no, the correct term for that is "donkey-punch". I have eye-witnessed this amazing eye-popping event demonstrated on unsuspecting hose-monsters by my frat brothers in the past.. . :-)
    2. Re:the effect of knowlege laws... (Score:1)
      by AbsoluteRelativity on 2001.11.15 5:31 (#2567457)

      The WIPO Troll
      Slashdot and the Karma Lottery - News for uber monkeys, by uber monkeys.
    3. Re:Taco-Snotting (Score:-1, Troll)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.13 9:27 (#2557632)

      Oh, man that's just sick !
    4. HOW DO I GET AN ANONYMOUS PROXY? (Score:-1, Troll)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.13 9:03 (#2557604)

      TELL ME WHERE I CAN GET AN ANONYMOUS proxy please WIPO Troll. Maybe later i will join you in a snotting at my place. ;P
    5. Re:Taco-Snottage!?!?!? (Score:-1, Offtopic)
      by vikool on 2001.11.13 7:43 (#2557495)

      what is this bull shit,i feel offened that some people feel so so senseless to post stuff like these esp when such a tragic incident has occured
    6. Re:Taco-felching!! (Score:-1)
      by I.T.R.A.R.K. on 2001.11.11 22:38 (#2551890)

      Where the fuck do I sign up?!

      - I throw rocks at retarded kids

      "Adequacy.org: Where congenital stupidity is not an option, but a requirement."
    7. Re:Taco-felching!! (Score:-1, Troll)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.11 21:53 (#2551753)

      this shit is hilarious..keep up the good work.
    8. Re:Taco-felching!! (Score:-1, Offtopic)
      by rockwood on 2001.11.11 21:49 (#2551746)

      OMG! That is the most disgusting thing I have ever heard! WHo in their right mind would sit down and waste the time to construct such a replusive story. I guess I'll be skipping lunch and dinner today.. and possibly tomorrow also. The game doesn't affect reality. Reality affects the game.
    9. Re:Ban this! It's disgusting!! (Score:0)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.11 14:43 (#2550701)

      dude, this is crap-flood material if i ever saw it.
      duuuuuuuuudddddddddddddeeeeeeeee.
    10. Re:Taco-Snotting = HATE SPEECH (Score:-1, Flamebait)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.11 8:16 (#2550266)

      horny_rob_6969@hotmail.com

      Ah, so that's what the alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.horny-rob newsgroup is about!
    11. MOD THIS UP PLEASE!!! (Score:-1)
      by egg troll on 2001.11.11 5:34 (#2550024)

      +5, Arousing

      For more info check out this /. article
    12. Re:Taco-Snotting = HATE SPEECH (Score:-1, Offtopic)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.11 4:39 (#2549891)

      WINNER>
    13. Re:Taco-Snotting = HATE SPEECH (Score:-1, Offtopic)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.11 4:37 (#2549887)

      I love you. Why do you use your bitchslapped account, rather than signing up for a new account to post at +1 before getting bitchslapped by the censors here? I guess I should speak for myself, but I don't want to log out and lose all my slashdot customization properties, nor do I want to lose my 50 karma yet.
    14. Re:On Taco-Snotting (Score:0)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.09 9:19 (#2542412)

      you fucking rock! right down to the expanded cvs id!

      WIPO trolls > linux

    ________________________________________

    $Id: tacosnotting.html,v 1.7 2001/11/16 03:10:48 wipo Exp $
    --

    J. Wipo Troll, Esq.
    Crapflooder Associates
    Slashdot.org

  12. This isn't anything new... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The only thing that makes this special is the fact that they are rowing across the atlantic. Endurance and physical strength aren't geeky things either...

  13. First Taco-snotting reply!! by George+WIPO+Bush · · Score: -1

    THE OFFICIAL TACO-SNOTTING FAQ
    By The WIPO Troll

    What is "Taco-snotting?"

    "Taco-snotting" is a term used by one Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda, owner of the popular technology website Slashdot, to refer to the practice of sucking off a homosexual man (or unwilling heterosexual; CmdrTaco doesn't care, and is rumored to actually prefer rape) and blowing the semen back out his nose onto his partner's (or victim's) face or body. Usually a long, bubbly stream of milky-white semen is left on CmdrTaco's face, dribbling out of his nose, down his cheek: hence the term, "Taco-snotting."

    Good Lord. Why have I been receiving emails from CmdrTaco asking me if he can Taco-snot me?

    I'm guessing you've received an email similar to the following:
    From: malda@slashdot.org
    To: wipotroll@hotmail.com
    Subject: Hey, baby - jion me in a taco-snott! :)

    Hey, baby!

    Ever done a taco-snotting with anothar fellow geek? Its more fun then trolling Slashdot, trust me! all that talk you troll with about homasexual incest and stuff got me all horny and hot for you! Is it serius? Please tell me that itt is! If you want to get with me and my Slashdot bois, drop me an emale!

    ps- Please replie to me at horny_rob_6969@hotmail.com. I'd rather the guys at VA Linux are not seen this. :) :)

    --
    CmdrTaco (malda@slashdot.org)
    You most likely forgot to uncheck the "Willing to Taco-snot" checkbox in your account preferences. Whenever CmdrTaco gets bored (and who wouldn't, running a site like Slashdot all day), he roams through the Slashdot database, penis in hand, looking for people who might enjoy being Taco-snotted. How he determines this is anyone's guess; but if you have a homosexual-sounding nickname, you're in trouble. So this time, he found you. Lucky you.
    CmdrTaco has probably already got the hots for your wad, and he's probably already been lurking outside your bathroom window for weeks with a camera, some tissues and lube. There's no escaping a geek in heat, so it's probably too late for you, but you can possibly rectify this situation. To remove yourself from CmdrTaco's sights, log into your Slashdot account, go to your user page, click on Messages, and uncheck the box next to "Willing to Taco-snot." Maybe he'll ignore you. Probably not.

    I can't stop receiving these emails from CmdrTaco!?

    Probably not. If you indulge him in a Taco-snot or two, he might leave you alone. You might also want to look into mail filtering, restraining orders, or purchasing a heavy, blunt object capable of warding off rampaging homosexual geeks in heat. Trust me, when they charge... oh, the humanity. If he gets you, and you let him Taco-snot you, he might end up tying you up in his basement to use you as his sex slave for the rest of your life (or until he accidentally drowns you in spunk in a vile practice known as a "circle-snot").

    What is a "Circle-snot"?

    A "circle-snot" is a Taco-snotting circle-jerk, another practice common among homosexual geeks. This is when CmdrTaco, CowboiKneel, and Homos get together and Taco-snot each other repeatedly with their gooey, hot, and sticky cum -- spooging their dicks all over each other's faces and pasty-white bodies until they're all covered head to toe with man juice. Roblowme usually provides plenty of extra lubricant; he owns a limo service and has ample supplies of motor oil and axle grease.
    To complete this perverted orgy, fellow geeks Michael, Timothy, and Jamie often join in, dressed in black Gestapo uniforms, jack boots, and leather gloves. The whole group then proceeds to snot each other's spunk and whip each other's pudgy asses with riding crops and chains until their pasty-white geek bodies are sweaty and exhausted from all the passionate, homosexual revelry.

    Eww. Have you ever been Taco-Snotted?

    Unfortunately, yes. I first met CmdrTaco at an Open Source Convention. He invited me back to his room for a game of Quake, but when I got to there, he jumped me and tied me to his bed, stripping me. After taking his "Commander" out of his pants and made me suck him, he performed his vile Taco-snotting ritual on me three times over the next two hours, bringing me to orgasm, then snotting my own jizz back onto my face, in my mouth, then again on my belly.
    CmdrTaco invited several of his Open Source (or rather, "Open Sauce" -- man sauce) Convention buddies over to continue the snotfest. Linux Torvalds raped my ass with his "monolithic kernel," and Anal Cox used his "network stack" in a multitude of unspeakable ways on and in every orifice in my body.
    How did I finally escape? After about 16 hours of countless homosexual atrocities perpetrated against my helpless body, they all finally went to sleep, sweat-soaked and exhausted. I was left there, covered in geek jizz-snot, chained to the bed, with fat, pasty white fags lying around and on top of me. Fortunately the spooge coating my entire body worked wonderfully as a lubricant; I was able to squirm my way out of the handcuffs and slip out the back door. I'm just glad I survived the ordeal. These geeks had a lot of built-up spunk in their wads -- I could've easily been drowned!

    That's horrible. Does Jon Katz get involved in this? I thought he was a paedophile, not a homosexual.

    Actually, Jon Katz is a homosexual paedophile. He's also a coprophiliac, and, many suspect, a zoophile. Jon Katz is somewhat of a loner and doesn't involve himself in circle-snots. Mr. Katz usually engages in a game called "Katz juicy-douching" with his harem of little-boy slaves: a vile practice which involves administering an enema to himself of the little boy's urine (forced out of them with a pair of pliers), spooging the vile muck from his ass back into the enema bag, then squirting and slathering the goo all over himself, and the little boy's chained-up and naked bodies. Unwilling boys are further tortured with the pliers until they comply and allow Mr. Katz to juicy-douche them for the rest of their lives.
    As I already said, Mr. Katz is also a zoophile. As if the sexual escapades with the helpless little boys aren't enough, Jon usually enjoys his juicy-douches best when his penis is firmly planted in a female goat's anus. He is also rumoured to get off on watching his little boys eat the goat's small, bean-like turds.

    ...Are you getting hard writing this?

    Why, yes. :) Join me in a WIPO-snot? I promise I won't try and rape you or kidnap you and make you my sex slave or anything. I'm not like CmdrTaco or Mr. Katz; I only enjoy snotting on willing partners.

    What's that screaming I hear coming from your basement?

    Oh, that's just my little sister; I got her chained up down there. In fact, I just finished snotting all over her body. You should see her squirm when I spooge on her belly, lick it up, and snot it all over her face! She's such a feisty little 14 year-old bitch. Of course she's my sex slave, she's my sister. What else would she be good for? So, join me in a WIPO-snot?

    No, thanks. I'm already CmdrTaco's boi toi.

    ________________________________________
    READER COMMENTS

    1. TACO-SNOTTING is really Donkey-Punching (Score:-1, Troll)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.15 6:38 (#2567601)

      No no no, the correct term for that is "donkey-punch". I have eye-witnessed this amazing eye-popping event demonstrated on unsuspecting hose-monsters by my frat brothers in the past.. . :-)
    2. Re:the effect of knowlege laws... (Score:1)
      by AbsoluteRelativity on 2001.11.15 5:31 (#2567457)

      The WIPO Troll
      Slashdot and the Karma Lottery - News for uber monkeys, by uber monkeys.
    3. Re:Taco-Snotting (Score:-1, Troll)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.13 9:27 (#2557632)

      Oh, man that's just sick !
    4. HOW DO I GET AN ANONYMOUS PROXY? (Score:-1, Troll)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.13 9:03 (#2557604)

      TELL ME WHERE I CAN GET AN ANONYMOUS proxy please WIPO Troll. Maybe later i will join you in a snotting at my place. ;P
    5. Re:Taco-Snottage!?!?!? (Score:-1, Offtopic)
      by vikool on 2001.11.13 7:43 (#2557495)

      what is this bull shit,i feel offened that some people feel so so senseless to post stuff like these esp when such a tragic incident has occured
    6. Re:Taco-felching!! (Score:-1)
      by I.T.R.A.R.K. on 2001.11.11 22:38 (#2551890)

      Where the fuck do I sign up?!

      - I throw rocks at retarded kids

      "Adequacy.org: Where congenital stupidity is not an option, but a requirement."
    7. Re:Taco-felching!! (Score:-1, Troll)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.11 21:53 (#2551753)

      this shit is hilarious..keep up the good work.
    8. Re:Taco-felching!! (Score:-1, Offtopic)
      by rockwood on 2001.11.11 21:49 (#2551746)

      OMG! That is the most disgusting thing I have ever heard! WHo in their right mind would sit down and waste the time to construct such a replusive story. I guess I'll be skipping lunch and dinner today.. and possibly tomorrow also. The game doesn't affect reality. Reality affects the game.
    9. Re:Ban this! It's disgusting!! (Score:0)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.11 14:43 (#2550701)

      dude, this is crap-flood material if i ever saw it.
      duuuuuuuuudddddddddddddeeeeeeeee.
    10. Re:Taco-Snotting = HATE SPEECH (Score:-1, Flamebait)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.11 8:16 (#2550266)

      horny_rob_6969@hotmail.com

      Ah, so that's what the alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.horny-rob newsgroup is about!
    11. MOD THIS UP PLEASE!!! (Score:-1)
      by egg troll on 2001.11.11 5:34 (#2550024)

      +5, Arousing

      For more info check out this /. article
    12. Re:Taco-Snotting = HATE SPEECH (Score:-1, Offtopic)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.11 4:39 (#2549891)

      WINNER>
    13. Re:Taco-Snotting = HATE SPEECH (Score:-1, Offtopic)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.11 4:37 (#2549887)

      I love you. Why do you use your bitchslapped account, rather than signing up for a new account to post at +1 before getting bitchslapped by the censors here? I guess I should speak for myself, but I don't want to log out and lose all my slashdot customization properties, nor do I want to lose my 50 karma yet.
    14. Re:On Taco-Snotting (Score:0)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.09 9:19 (#2542412)

      you fucking rock! right down to the expanded cvs id!

      WIPO trolls > linux

    ________________________________________

    $Id: tacosnotting.html,v 1.7 2001/11/16 03:10:48 wipo Exp $
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    Crapflooder Associates
    Slashdot.org

  14. Should I be impressed? by rho · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Other than the physical exertion, what's the big deal? This isn't remarkably more dangerous than sitting down at a Nautilus machine for the equivalent ammount of time.

    Once upon a time, there were people who set out across the ocean who didn't know what might appear on the other side of the horizon, never knowing if they would get rich, get killed, or get laid. Those were adventurers. These people are simply fame-seekers.

    Bah.

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    1. Re:Should I be impressed? by nomadic · · Score: 3, Informative

      It sounds less impressive when you consider this guy did the same thing, only swimming.

    2. Re:Should I be impressed? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Holy Crap.

      Columbus et al were a bunch of pussies.

    3. Re:Should I be impressed? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      He must have been really wrinkly when he got to France.

    4. Re:Should I be impressed? by Cirvam · · Score: 1

      yeah if he acutally was swimming the whole time. If you read his schedual he was swimming for 8 hours a day in 2 hour blocks. The rest of the time was spent on a ship. Also during inclement weather he rode and excercise cycle.

    5. Re:Should I be impressed? by nomadic · · Score: 2

      8 hours a day against open ocean currents and waves. I consider that impressive.

  15. Wireless access - by mummers · · Score: 1

    Can someone please give me the contract to supply these guys with 802.11b wireless kit?

    Hmmm, just think of all those floating wireless access points...the ultimate roving (rowing?) LAN.

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    --This isn't a man who is leaving with his head between his legs.
  16. Gulf stream. by VA+Software · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The race began Oct. 7 at Los Gigantes Harbor in Tenerife, Spain, and ends in Port St. Charles, Barbados.

    Is there a good reason they're rowing against the gulf stream and the prevailing winds?

    As if rowing across the atlantic isn't hard enough already

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    1. Re:Gulf stream. by imrdkl · · Score: 1

      Maybe it's not supposed to be easy. Maybe it's supposed to be fun! those jocks... heh. anything for a thrill. oooh.

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

      I suppose you would have wanted to see a "fair trial" for Hitler too.

    3. Re:Gulf stream. by imrdkl · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      This is not yet comparable to what you refer to. But make no mistake, my sig is with you. Come out and join my sig! You may be as one! Otherwise, go jump in a lake.

    4. Re:Gulf stream. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Perhaps you're right. If I jump in a lake, I might be able to survive the nuclear blast Bin Laden will be able to pull off due to idiots like you swaying public opinion making it more difficult to go in and kill the bastard.

    5. Re:Gulf stream. by Stiletto · · Score: 0, Offtopic


      Yea you go, tough guy. Let's "kill the bastard".

      I believe it is at least customary in civilized parts of the world to give someone a fair trial and convict them, before punishing them for a crime. Or does this not apply for "people you really really really don't like"?

    6. Re:Gulf stream. by imrdkl · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      If that happens, so be it. What must be done shall be done, and it seems most of the world agrees with this manhunt. What my sig supposes is that he finds a way to give himself up. A vision? nah. But a possibility.

      Re-alliancing is the way the Afghanis hold their country together, it seems. He may be simply handed over officially. yikes.

      We gotta be ready to face this Test. I dont understand why we are being tested so much lately, but that's just the way it is.

      Now, can we leave it alone? It's just a damn sig, after all. sheesh.

    7. Re:Gulf stream. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      How about "people who have killed off 5,000 of your fellow citizens"? Where do you draw the line...

    8. Re:Gulf stream. by tiny69 · · Score: 2
      Is there a good reason they're rowing against the gulf stream and the prevailing winds?
      I don't know what you are thinking, but the Gulf Stream runs along the North American continent. The actual course that the rowers will take goes no where near the Gulf Stream. And yes, they will be going with the prevailing winds and currents.

      This map shows the courses that rowers took during a similar race in 1997.
      http://www.challengebusiness.com/row/tracking1997. htm
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    9. Re:Gulf stream. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      They're not rowing against the Gulf Stream or against the prevailing winds. The Gulf Stream flows North up the western Atlantic (North American East Coast) and West across the North Atlantic. Since the race is from Spain to the Caribbean, the Gulf Stream won't affect the rowers. The prevailing winds, the Trade Winds, in the East and Mid Atlantic blow in a Westerly direction this time of year. That's why they're starting now. Even if they don't row, they'll eventually be blown to Barbados. Hurricane season has also passed, so it's fairly safe.

      The same conditions that dictate that the race should be done in this season made it inevitable that Columbus would get to America and powered the sailing ship trade by between the Europe, the Caribbean and the Colonies.

    10. Re:Gulf stream. by mother_superius · · Score: 1

      Well, that's what the trial will attempt to determine.

    11. Re:Gulf stream. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      And it should be pretty damn easy to prove this, so let the trial happen. What's there to lose?

    12. Re:Gulf stream. by mother_superius · · Score: 1

      Yeah; exactly. If he's so guilty, then put him in a court of law. If the government puts up even a small fraction of the evidence they claim to have, it should be more than enough to convict him.

  17. Overboard! by Asahi+Super+Dry · · Score: 3, Interesting

    According to the article, some of the rowers are opting to just toss their gadgets into the sea to reduce weight. I guess that says something about their actual utility.

    1. Re:Overboard! by bradipo · · Score: 1

      Or rather it shows that they may be getting some kind of sea sickness---imagine rowing across the ocean without any kind of navigation... I suppose if they know how to guide themselves with stars they may be ok.

    2. Re:Overboard! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If they all die at sea it will be good for the gene pool.

    3. Re:Overboard! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      If they all die at sea it will be good for the gene pool.

      Unfortunately the global gene pool had already been devastated by generations of US Navy sailors...

  18. Taco-snotting . . . by George+WIPO+Bush · · Score: -1

    THE OFFICIAL TACO-SNOTTING FAQ
    By The WIPO Troll

    What is "Taco-snotting?"

    "Taco-snotting" is a term used by one Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda, owner of the popular technology website Slashdot, to refer to the practice of sucking off a homosexual man (or unwilling heterosexual; CmdrTaco doesn't care, and is rumored to actually prefer rape) and blowing the semen back out his nose onto his partner's (or victim's) face or body. Usually a long, bubbly stream of milky-white semen is left on CmdrTaco's face, dribbling out of his nose, down his cheek: hence the term, "Taco-snotting."

    Good Lord. Why have I been receiving emails from CmdrTaco asking me if he can Taco-snot me?

    I'm guessing you've received an email similar to the following:
    From: malda@slashdot.org
    To: wipotroll@hotmail.com
    Subject: Hey, baby - jion me in a taco-snott! :)

    Hey, baby!

    Ever done a taco-snotting with anothar fellow geek? Its more fun then trolling Slashdot, trust me! all that talk you troll with about homasexual incest and stuff got me all horny and hot for you! Is it serius? Please tell me that itt is! If you want to get with me and my Slashdot bois, drop me an emale!

    ps- Please replie to me at horny_rob_6969@hotmail.com. I'd rather the guys at VA Linux are not seen this. :) :)

    --
    CmdrTaco (malda@slashdot.org)
    You most likely forgot to uncheck the "Willing to Taco-snot" checkbox in your account preferences. Whenever CmdrTaco gets bored (and who wouldn't, running a site like Slashdot all day), he roams through the Slashdot database, penis in hand, looking for people who might enjoy being Taco-snotted. How he determines this is anyone's guess; but if you have a homosexual-sounding nickname, you're in trouble. So this time, he found you. Lucky you.
    CmdrTaco has probably already got the hots for your wad, and he's probably already been lurking outside your bathroom window for weeks with a camera, some tissues and lube. There's no escaping a geek in heat, so it's probably too late for you, but you can possibly rectify this situation. To remove yourself from CmdrTaco's sights, log into your Slashdot account, go to your user page, click on Messages, and uncheck the box next to "Willing to Taco-snot." Maybe he'll ignore you. Probably not.

    I can't stop receiving these emails from CmdrTaco!?

    Probably not. If you indulge him in a Taco-snot or two, he might leave you alone. You might also want to look into mail filtering, restraining orders, or purchasing a heavy, blunt object capable of warding off rampaging homosexual geeks in heat. Trust me, when they charge... oh, the humanity. If he gets you, and you let him Taco-snot you, he might end up tying you up in his basement to use you as his sex slave for the rest of your life (or until he accidentally drowns you in spunk in a vile practice known as a "circle-snot").

    What is a "Circle-snot"?

    A "circle-snot" is a Taco-snotting circle-jerk, another practice common among homosexual geeks. This is when CmdrTaco, CowboiKneel, and Homos get together and Taco-snot each other repeatedly with their gooey, hot, and sticky cum -- spooging their dicks all over each other's faces and pasty-white bodies until they're all covered head to toe with man juice. Roblowme usually provides plenty of extra lubricant; he owns a limo service and has ample supplies of motor oil and axle grease.
    To complete this perverted orgy, fellow geeks Michael, Timothy, and Jamie often join in, dressed in black Gestapo uniforms, jack boots, and leather gloves. The whole group then proceeds to snot each other's spunk and whip each other's pudgy asses with riding crops and chains until their pasty-white geek bodies are sweaty and exhausted from all the passionate, homosexual revelry.

    Eww. Have you ever been Taco-Snotted?

    Unfortunately, yes. I first met CmdrTaco at an Open Source Convention. He invited me back to his room for a game of Quake, but when I got to there, he jumped me and tied me to his bed, stripping me. After taking his "Commander" out of his pants and made me suck him, he performed his vile Taco-snotting ritual on me three times over the next two hours, bringing me to orgasm, then snotting my own jizz back onto my face, in my mouth, then again on my belly.
    CmdrTaco invited several of his Open Source (or rather, "Open Sauce" -- man sauce) Convention buddies over to continue the snotfest. Linux Torvalds raped my ass with his "monolithic kernel," and Anal Cox used his "network stack" in a multitude of unspeakable ways on and in every orifice in my body.
    How did I finally escape? After about 16 hours of countless homosexual atrocities perpetrated against my helpless body, they all finally went to sleep, sweat-soaked and exhausted. I was left there, covered in geek jizz-snot, chained to the bed, with fat, pasty white fags lying around and on top of me. Fortunately the spooge coating my entire body worked wonderfully as a lubricant; I was able to squirm my way out of the handcuffs and slip out the back door. I'm just glad I survived the ordeal. These geeks had a lot of built-up spunk in their wads -- I could've easily been drowned!

    That's horrible. Does Jon Katz get involved in this? I thought he was a paedophile, not a homosexual.

    Actually, Jon Katz is a homosexual paedophile. He's also a coprophiliac, and, many suspect, a zoophile. Jon Katz is somewhat of a loner and doesn't involve himself in circle-snots. Mr. Katz usually engages in a game called "Katz juicy-douching" with his harem of little-boy slaves: a vile practice which involves administering an enema to himself of the little boy's urine (forced out of them with a pair of pliers), spooging the vile muck from his ass back into the enema bag, then squirting and slathering the goo all over himself, and the little boy's chained-up and naked bodies. Unwilling boys are further tortured with the pliers until they comply and allow Mr. Katz to juicy-douche them for the rest of their lives.
    As I already said, Mr. Katz is also a zoophile. As if the sexual escapades with the helpless little boys aren't enough, Jon usually enjoys his juicy-douches best when his penis is firmly planted in a female goat's anus. He is also rumoured to get off on watching his little boys eat the goat's small, bean-like turds.

    ...Are you getting hard writing this?

    Why, yes. :) Join me in a WIPO-snot? I promise I won't try and rape you or kidnap you and make you my sex slave or anything. I'm not like CmdrTaco or Mr. Katz; I only enjoy snotting on willing partners.

    What's that screaming I hear coming from your basement?

    Oh, that's just my little sister; I got her chained up down there. In fact, I just finished snotting all over her body. You should see her squirm when I spooge on her belly, lick it up, and snot it all over her face! She's such a feisty little 14 year-old bitch. Of course she's my sex slave, she's my sister. What else would she be good for? So, join me in a WIPO-snot?

    No, thanks. I'm already CmdrTaco's boi toi.

    ________________________________________
    READER COMMENTS

    1. TACO-SNOTTING is really Donkey-Punching (Score:-1, Troll)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.15 6:38 (#2567601)

      No no no, the correct term for that is "donkey-punch". I have eye-witnessed this amazing eye-popping event demonstrated on unsuspecting hose-monsters by my frat brothers in the past.. . :-)
    2. Re:the effect of knowlege laws... (Score:1)
      by AbsoluteRelativity on 2001.11.15 5:31 (#2567457)

      The WIPO Troll
      Slashdot and the Karma Lottery - News for uber monkeys, by uber monkeys.
    3. Re:Taco-Snotting (Score:-1, Troll)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.13 9:27 (#2557632)

      Oh, man that's just sick !
    4. HOW DO I GET AN ANONYMOUS PROXY? (Score:-1, Troll)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.13 9:03 (#2557604)

      TELL ME WHERE I CAN GET AN ANONYMOUS proxy please WIPO Troll. Maybe later i will join you in a snotting at my place. ;P
    5. Re:Taco-Snottage!?!?!? (Score:-1, Offtopic)
      by vikool on 2001.11.13 7:43 (#2557495)

      what is this bull shit,i feel offened that some people feel so so senseless to post stuff like these esp when such a tragic incident has occured
    6. Re:Taco-felching!! (Score:-1)
      by I.T.R.A.R.K. on 2001.11.11 22:38 (#2551890)

      Where the fuck do I sign up?!

      - I throw rocks at retarded kids

      "Adequacy.org: Where congenital stupidity is not an option, but a requirement."
    7. Re:Taco-felching!! (Score:-1, Troll)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.11 21:53 (#2551753)

      this shit is hilarious..keep up the good work.
    8. Re:Taco-felching!! (Score:-1, Offtopic)
      by rockwood on 2001.11.11 21:49 (#2551746)

      OMG! That is the most disgusting thing I have ever heard! WHo in their right mind would sit down and waste the time to construct such a replusive story. I guess I'll be skipping lunch and dinner today.. and possibly tomorrow also. The game doesn't affect reality. Reality affects the game.
    9. Re:Ban this! It's disgusting!! (Score:0)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.11 14:43 (#2550701)

      dude, this is crap-flood material if i ever saw it.
      duuuuuuuuudddddddddddddeeeeeeeee.
    10. Re:Taco-Snotting = HATE SPEECH (Score:-1, Flamebait)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.11 8:16 (#2550266)

      horny_rob_6969@hotmail.com

      Ah, so that's what the alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.horny-rob newsgroup is about!
    11. MOD THIS UP PLEASE!!! (Score:-1)
      by egg troll on 2001.11.11 5:34 (#2550024)

      +5, Arousing

      For more info check out this /. article
    12. Re:Taco-Snotting = HATE SPEECH (Score:-1, Offtopic)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.11 4:39 (#2549891)

      WINNER>
    13. Re:Taco-Snotting = HATE SPEECH (Score:-1, Offtopic)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.11 4:37 (#2549887)

      I love you. Why do you use your bitchslapped account, rather than signing up for a new account to post at +1 before getting bitchslapped by the censors here? I guess I should speak for myself, but I don't want to log out and lose all my slashdot customization properties, nor do I want to lose my 50 karma yet.
    14. Re:On Taco-Snotting (Score:0)
      by Anonymous Coward on 2001.11.09 9:19 (#2542412)

      you fucking rock! right down to the expanded cvs id!

      WIPO trolls > linux

    ________________________________________

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    Slashdot.org

  19. Big deal by banky · · Score: 1

    It's still a boat. When someone bicycles across, call me.

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    1. Re:Big deal by VA+Software · · Score: 2, Funny

      Some one crossed the English channel on a tricycle in 1883

      The 1823 duck hunting machine from England (on the same page) is brilliant.

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  20. Rob Malda Dead at age 25! by j0nkatz · · Score: -1

    I just heard some sad news on the radio -- famous queerbait Rob Malda was found dead in his Holland home this morning. The details were a bit hazy, but it seems that he drowned in jizz while Taco Snotting his friend Hemos. I'm sure everyone in the /. community will miss him -- even if you didn't enjoy his queer antics and boring ass website, there's no denying his contributions to the homosesual cultural development, particularly in the areas of Taco snotting. Truly an American icon.

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  21. The REAL Question... by beee · · Score: -1

    Who the fuck cares about a bunch of dolts rowing across the ocean and why is it on Slashdot? Now is rowing a boat "news for nerds" france #1

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  22. GPS by agdv · · Score: 0, Troll

    Are they getting spam through their GPS-enabled gadgets?

  23. I wonder... by lexcyber · · Score: 0

    Do they bring back the boats or do they stay in the US?

    And Do they need a workingpermit to row on US soil?

    If they where to row into a house, by misstake. Would that be an act of terrorism?

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    1. Re:I wonder... by BrianW · · Score: 1

      Why would anyone row on the soil?

  24. Re:Why Start In Winter? - And Why Sporting News on by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    sporting news on /. -

    we had chess as an olympic sport once - http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/08/13/114825 9

  25. But do they have OnStar? by Wordsmith · · Score: 3, Funny

    They'll need OnStar if they want ads to notify them of all the great sites around the Atlantic.

  26. Original Record by Overcoat · · Score: 3, Informative

    The original trans-Atlanitc rowing record (Canary Islands to Barbados in 41 days) was set by two New Zealanders, Phil Stubbs, and Robbie Hamill back in 1997. Their fully-laden boat weighed over 2000 pounds. Stubbs later died in a plane crash.

    1. Re:Original Record by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      And then there was the German doctor who calculated he could kayak across and drink seawater and live...he lived alright - for about a week after he arrived in the US. I think this was around 1954.

  27. Ocean Rowing Society by Barnum · · Score: 5, Informative

    if you're interested in this sort of thing, I suggest you head over to OceanRowing.com. I worked for the director of the Ocean Rowing Society, Kenneth Crutchlow, for a year compiling metric assloads of data about every single ocean rower who ever attempted a crossing. It was definitely one of the strangest jobs I've ever held, but after spending so much time surrounded by this close knit community of people who want to test the limits of human endurance, you begin to understand what drives someone to want to do this. Every rower has their own personal drama to tell, and it is a riveting experience to hear them describe their lone rowboats amid 50 foot swells in mid-Atlantic hurricanes or having to jump out of their boat to spear fish when food runs out halfway across the Pacific.

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  28. Amir Klink did it solo! by glgraca · · Score: 2, Informative

    A crazy Brazilian called Amir Klink rowed from Africa to Brazil by himself.

  29. Sad Sad News by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I just heard some sad news on the radio -- famous Linux creator Linus Torvalds was found dead in bed with Bill Gates this morning. The details were a bit hazy, but it seems that he gagged to death on Gates' gigantic cock.I'm sure everyone in the community will miss him -- even if you didn't enjoy his shitty, ancient, operating system, there's no denying his contributions to the slow infiltration of Communist hippies into American society, particularly in the areas of stopping the war in Afganistan. Truly an American icon.

    1. Re:Sad Sad News by __aaklbk2114 · · Score: 0

      really? i didn't even think linus liked bill all that much. where did you find this out? what do the rest of you zealots think?

  30. wireless internet? by usernumber31337 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can see it now:
    "Hey, why aren't you rowing?"
    "I'm posting to slashdot!"

    1. Re:wireless internet? by SEWilco · · Score: 1

      "I'm trying to get post #3,000,000!"

    2. Re: wireless internet? by elemental23 · · Score: 1

      That would be great! We could get a Slashdot interview while they're halfway across.

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  31. all this tells us... by jeffy124 · · Score: 1

    ... is that it's possible to go take a vacation in a remote location to and still stay in touch with the rest of the world and know where you are. Somehow I picture that editorial cartoon with a guy on a beach receiving a fax. Is this story really all that big a deal from a technological standpoint?

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  32. What's with the interactive positions applet? by Kaa42 · · Score: 1

    Why does the people who wrote the interactive map applet on the site think that they need Full Permissions on my JVM? What file IO can they possibly need to do for example. Is it really that difficult to write the manifest to only request the permissions you really need?

    And why is it broadcasting UDP packets to 255.255.255.255 according to Tiny Personal Firewall? Is there something I don't realise about this or is the applet just doing funny stuff?

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    1. Re:What's with the interactive positions applet? by BiffJerky · · Score: -1

      uhhh what the hell are you talkin about... words.... words....

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  33. Re: by jaavaaguru · · Score: 1

    > This isn't remarkably more dangerous
    > than sitting down at a Nautilus machine for
    > the equivalent ammount of time

    Wow! I never knew *Nautilus* was that dangerous!
    I'll be sticking to Konqueror from now on then.

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  34. That's a long extension cord! by emag · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I know that my phone and other "electronic gadgets" tend to last a week with light-to-moderate usage. Either these folks are carrying some rather long extension cords, or have something else to recharge all their batteries.

    Either way, I can see why people are opting to toss stuff overboard, as I can't even begin to imagine the additional weight all those chargers would be adding...

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    "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." --H.L. Mencken
    1. Re:That's a long extension cord! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      > or have something else to recharge all their
      > batteries.

      Solar.

  35. cheese by cmdr_shithead · · Score: -1

    wh00y!

  36. Dumbasses... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Who gives a fuck?

  37. Re:Why Start In Winter? - And Why Sporting News on by john@iastate.edu · · Score: 2
    ... I don't understand why sporting news belongs on /., ...

    Coming soon:

    Husker QB orders pizza using 802.11a during rout!

    Seriously though, I agree, just because some doofus has a <insert random e-gadget here> with them does not make it News for Nerds, blah blah, blah

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  38. Not about GPS and Satellite Phones... by DaoudaW · · Score: 4, Insightful

    While the rowers say they are grateful for the wireless perks like GPS and satellite phones, Vose says the gadgets are not giving the rowers an unfair advantage.

    Both Wired and Slashdot seem to emphasize the technology. This is an amazing, grueling physical trial. The tech is for us to follow them and rescue if necessary. Their main tech tool is the business end of an oar.

  39. Sig by egg+troll · · Score: -1
    I'll be sticking to Konqueror from now on then.


    Why not just change your sig to "I'll be unable to view properly 95% of the web pages out there." Or you could use, "Konqueror: Because I love spending 80% of my browsing time just getting my fucking browser to render properly."

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  40. Mod Parent Up by BiffJerky · · Score: -1
    This poster is obvsiously a concerned and helpful slashdotter, as can be seen from this post.

    Please mod accordingly.

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    BiffJerky the Troll

  41. AP today reports "Ireland Finds US Rowers Boat" by skippywalker · · Score: 2, Informative

    I just so happened to have spent a night in Kilkee, Ireland in late September on the night that "Retired Chcago cariologist Nenad Belic, 62, was trying to become the thir person to row a boat from Cape Cod to Europe when he ran into trouble in a storm."
    I don't know if GPS would have helped or not, I can attest to the storm that night. But more than a month later only boat turned up.

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    1. Re:AP today reports "Ireland Finds US Rowers Boat" by SEWilco · · Score: 1

      "U.S. Rower's Boat Found Off Ireland"

  42. Re:Why Start In Winter? - And Why Sporting News on by mindstrm · · Score: 2

    They are rowing, as the article says, from tenerife, spain, to barbados.

    That's a near tropical origin (30 degrees N, I think) and a very tropical destination.
    What *I* wanna know is, how do they shit?

  43. Crack for Windows XP? by egg+troll · · Score: -1

    Anyone know where I can get a crack for Windows XP? That homo activation requirement is fruitier than Carmen Miranda's hat.

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    1. Re:Crack for Windows XP? by Big_Ass_Spork · · Score: -1

      Buy it, you piece of shit!! Bill Gates is starving and needs your $100! Who are you to take food out of his mouth?

      WONRG!!!! NOT FP :-( (Score:-1)
      by Big_Ass_Spork on Saturday November 17, @11:12PM (#2580136)

      -- INSERT KNIGHT RIDER THEME HERE --



      I do it wrong

      Laying here in the shadows of my room, I squint up at my love. My Ms. Portman. I am sore and tired after fucking her for eight solid hours. My chapped and aching dick is soaking in grits to relieve the pain. She gets on her knees and starts lapping the grits up out of the bowl. She places her beautiful hands on my penis and starts to lick the grits off my achy piece.

      Massaging my nutsack she....

      WAIT, I DO IT WRONG!!!!

      Yanking my dick out of her mouth I throw her to the ground and shove it in to her gaping freshly fisted ass.

      "OH BIG ASS SPORK!! Fuck my ass, fuck my ass good. DEEPER, my stallion, deeper!! Make a Beowulf cluster of sperm on my back!!"

      "Imagine a Beowulf cluster of this baby!"

      I DO IT WRONG!!!!

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  44. The safest form of transport by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Rowing is probably a lot safer than flying these days, all thanks to /bin/laden...

  45. Free, as in Beer? by Mac+Beckett · · Score: 1

    Welcome to the Open Source Travel Agency...

  46. This line is a bit odd, isn't it? by mupi · · Score: 0
    Clipped from the article:

    "It's torture and can cause a lot of mental anguish," Hamill said. "You adapt to a degree but it's always tough, sleeping for two hours, rowing for two hours and having no sex with the ladies on board. We used a homeopathic remedy and this helped us get going again at the start of a shift. As the race wore on, we had to circle jerk several times to relieve ourselves -- we were just so out of it."

    1. Re:This line is a bit odd, isn't it? by Brian+Boitano · · Score: 1

      we don't say "circle jerk" in nz :P
      it'd be more like "soggy biscuit"

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  47. Well... by Pludodog · · Score: 1

    I think I speak for everyone when I say... Don't these people have anything better to do?

  48. Taco snotting is WRONG!!! by Big_Ass_Spork · · Score: -1

    I do it wrong

    Laying here in the shadows of my room, I squint up at my love. My Ms. Portman. I am sore and tired after fucking her for eight solid hours. My chapped and aching dick is soaking in grits to relieve the pain. She gets on her knees and starts lapping the grits up out of the bowl. She places her beautiful hands on my penis and starts to lick the grits off my achy piece.

    Massaging my nutsack she....

    WAIT, I DO IT WRONG!!!!

    Yanking my dick out of her mouth I throw her to the ground and shove it in to her gaping freshly fisted ass.

    "OH BIG ASS SPORK!! Fuck my ass, fuck my ass good. DEEPER, my stallion, deeper!! Make a Beowulf cluster of sperm on my back!!"

    "Imagine a Beowulf cluster of this baby!"

    I DO IT WRONG!!!!

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    Proof of the gay-linux conspiracy!

  49. Amir Klink did it solo! -- SO do I by Big_Ass_Spork · · Score: -1

    See me here.

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    Proof of the gay-linux conspiracy!

  50. And the Kiwis win again by fredm8 · · Score: 1

    Too bloody right mate. Us Kiwis prove how stupid we really are. Surrounded by water on all sides, we prove that we can conquer someone else's ocean too !!!!!

  51. Southern Hemisphere by sgups · · Score: 1

    Umm maybe u didnt read the article. It said Spain to Barbados. I dont think either lies in southern hemisphere. (Maybe barbados, not sure but I doubt it)

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  52. When I was a kid by sgups · · Score: 1

    When I was a kid we used magnetic compasses and stars to guide us...whats up with the fancy shmancy new fangled stuff

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  53. Rowing the Atlantic is not without danger ... by rigolo · · Score: 1

    Yesterday I read a news artical about a US doctor that tried to row from cape cod to Europe.

    On the 30th of september he went missing (story) and yesterday they found this boat of the coast of Ireland (story). He had all the electronic equipment that the participants of this race have .. but that did not help him ....

    You can see his progress on the Ocean Rowing Society web page until the 30rd of september. On their web site you can also find more information about his journey.

    His younger brother has created a web site with even more information

    So those who say that the electronic equipment makes it easier ... should think again

    Rigolo
  54. No Big News by CAIMLAS · · Score: 2
    This isn't such a big deal - it's simply a marketing ploy to sell more stuff to the masses. This feat was performed many times, over 700 years ago, by Norse explorers. This is without all the modern conveniences of GPS, the Internet - you name it.

    Panzies. :)

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  55. all I can say... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...is that this post-september-11th fear of flying is really getting out of hand!

  56. SWIMMING across the atlantic... by Click+0+Nett · · Score: 2, Interesting

    A few years back a guy swam accross... He pushed a covered sled that had a bed, radio, GPS, etc... Took him about a month to get across. Sorry I dont have more info, does anybody remember this guy? He might be on the rowing team.

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  57. Making use of the medium by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    One of the leading teams has also been employing the web for promotional, informational and sponsorship purchases. The sites really nice as well (apart form the long url) - www.43degreeswest.co.uk

  58. Re:Why Start In Winter? - And Why Sporting News on by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I don't see that as a problem. After all, you'd be drifting around in the world's largest toilet. Just hope you don't leave a floater in the bowl because nature takes a while to flush...

  59. Newsworthiness by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Maybe its newsworthy because its never been done?

    That is the common theme for everything on Slashdot (except that which Katz writes about).

  60. Losers! by letchhausen · · Score: 1

    What a bunch of pussies using phones and GPS. If it was a real challenge they would just set out and then we'd just wait till someone arrived. Gutless simps.

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  61. Amyr Klink was the first who did it. by jtoj · · Score: 1

    Amyr Klink was the first man to row across the Atlantic, ALONE -- no GPS, no Sat-Phone, no internet. Following the prevalent winds and the streams, of course. You can get one his books at Amazon. Very worth reading, he's a man who can make dreams come true. If you can read portuguese, go to: http://www.amyrklink.com.br and take a look at his newest boats and projects.

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  62. Re:Why Start In Winter? - And Why Sporting News on by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Its funny you pretend like you know something about the topic when it is obvious you have no idea.

    Oh yeah, and thanks for pissing me off first thing monday morning.

  63. Re:Why Start In Winter? - And Why Sporting News on by SoupIsGoodFood_42 · · Score: 1
    Why climb mountains?
    Why go parachuting?
    Why sail across the Atlantic?
    Why cross the Antartica?
    Why circumnavigate the globe on a plane?

    Besides. Maybe you should bother doing a bit or research before you make any claims about this event?

  64. Wave by axehind · · Score: 1

    I bet if the got wiped out by a rogue wave they would blame it on /bin/laden