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W3C Recommends XML Signature Syntax
__past__ writes: "The W3C released a recommendation on XML Signature Syntax and Processing. The interesting point is not only that this is quite an important step for secure XML processing (esp. with regarding to web services), but also because there are some possibly ugly patent issues."
*BSD is dying
Yet another crippling bombshell hit the beleaguered *BSD community when last month IDC confirmed that *BSD accounts for less than a fraction of 1 percent of all servers. Coming on the heels of the latest Netcraft survey which plainly states that *BSD has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. *BSD is collapsing in complete disarray, as further exemplified by failing dead last in the recent Sys Admin comprehensive networking test.
You don't need to be a Kreskin to predict *BSD's future. The hand writing is on the wall: *BSD faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for *BSD because *BSD is dying. Things are looking very bad for *BSD. As many of us are already aware, *BSD continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood. FreeBSD is the most endangered of them all.
Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.
OpenBSD leader Theo states that there are 7000 users of OpenBSD. How many users of NetBSD are there? Let's see. The number of OpenBSD versus NetBSD posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 NetBSD users. BSD/OS posts on Usenet are about half of the volume of NetBSD posts. Therefore there are about 700 users of BSD/OS. A recent article put FreeBSD at about 80 percent of the *BSD market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 FreeBSD users. This is consistent with the number of FreeBSD Usenet posts.
Due to the troubles of Walnut Creek, abysmal sales and so on, FreeBSD went out of business and was taken over by BSDI who sell another troubled OS. Now BSDI is also dead, its corpse turned over to another charnel house.
All major surveys show that *BSD has steadily declined in market share. *BSD is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If *BSD is to survive at all it will be among OS hobbyist dabblers. *BSD continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, *BSD is dead.
*BSD is dying
After 600+ posts and 20 articles, my karma has been peaked at 50 for what seems like forever now. My new campaign: Karma Suicide!! Every post from now until my karma's back at zero will be this short crapflood posted with my +1 bonus (which i've lost already). So moderators: Do your worst! You got only 11 more points to go! Mod me troll/OT/Overrated/etc to get my karma back to where it began. Do this ASAP! And as for the rest of you, commit karma suicide today!
The One Rule Of Chess You'll Ever Need: Don't play someone who carries a kit in their bookbag.
Some of you might be surprised to learn that this "karma" has no value whatsoever!!! When Slashdot goes under (and don't worry, it will) you won't be able to exchange that "karma" for Denny's coupons, anime DVDs, or anything worth a shit!!!
And don't think there's any spiritual value either! Slashdot "karma" won't help you break the cycle of reincarnation, it won't get you "high", and it won't even win you friends at Magic: The Gathering tournaments!
Fellow Slashdotter, you have been deceived!!! You will not achieve immortality by posting "Imagine a Beowulf cluster of this!" or "Linux is really good for the desktop!" The only way you'll ever be remembered when this decrepit weblog tumbles into nothingness is to post something really FUCKED UP!!! I can't stress this enough!!!
Don't waste your time chasing the "karma" cap! Don't whine about your stories not being published when you know that the news on this site is randomly chosen by monkeys!!! The only way you'll be remembered long after CmdrTaco returns to his old position as shift leader at Pizza Hut is by posting ABSOLUTE FREAKING MADNESS!!! Do it now!!! Do it often!!! And karma be damned!!!
Liberate your mind in two clicks or less.
OK, I've had my share of legit posts on this board, but never until now felt like I had a reason to be here. Thank you, neal n bob, for showing me the true and most noble calling - that of a slashdot troll.
Should
Alan Thicke
Be Killed?
Every so often, you'll be sitting in front of the television, flipping between channels, and you'll see one of them... one of those "faded stars" hosting a game show, or starring a made-for-TV movie and you'll experience many different emotions at the same time. Sadness, because you remember how funny they used to be; pity, because you can imagine how pathetic their lives have become; anger, because you realize that they suck now and you want them to get the hell out of your living room. These "actors" or "comedians" are well past their prime with absolutely no chance of a meaningful comeback. They're taking two-bit roles in infomercials and CBS comedies from the mouths of this nation's up and coming personalities. It's time that we come together and end this needless suffering.
These people can't be happy with the turn their lives have taken. My guess is that they contemplate suicide about 10-15 times a week. All they need is that extra push to send them over the edge. It's more than our duty to thank them for their years of entertaining us by giving them that push.
Below, I have compiled a brief list of actors and comedians, reasons for their needed demise, and some methods suggested:
Alan Thicke
Hosted "Thicke of the Night", a talk show that lasted about 27 seconds
Hosting "Pictionary" in syndication
Tremendously boring and unfunny
Needs to die as soon as possible; asphyxiation from Pictionary marker fumes would suffice
Marilu Henner
Hosted "Marilu", a syndicated talk show that also failed miserably
Starred in some made-for-TV movie that sucked
Protests dairy products (what did cheese ever do to her?)
Her voice is piercing, and she babbles on about the dumbest crap when she's on Conan O'Brien
Drowning in milk would be wonderful
Note to actors: Don't work with this alien.
Martin Sheen
Automatically deserves death by starring in the "ALF" movie back in '96
Ed Begley Jr.
Starred in "Parenthood" the series
Also in that horrid little "ALF" movie
Should have died on the set of "St. Elsewhere" from injuries due to an exploding latex glove covering Howie Mandell's head
Bob Newhart
Starred in "Bob" on CBS
Stars in "George and Leo" on CBS
The guy just doesn't cut it unless his last name is in the title of the show
I personally still like Bob, and he isn't really hurting anyone by being on CBS, but I have to admit that his time has come
He's also tremendously old, so either natural causes or beaten to death by gang-bangers would be acceptable
John Ritter
Hosted "Worlds Greatest Magic" on FOX
Basic strain on society
Should be forced to live in an apartment with two women and pretend to be gay until it drives him to suicide...oh, wait...
Howie Mandell
Hosts "The Howie Mandell Show", a talk show that's almost as bad as Magic Johnson's show
He's turned into a male Rosie O'Donnell, and there's no excuse for that.
Remember that latex glove explosion I mentioned?
Howie Mandell: Implement of Kamikaze Destruction?
So write your congressman now and demand that legislation is passed to keep these people from further damaging our society. Please, for God's sake, think of the children. Mark Richardson spelled asphyxiation correctly on his first try.
Should Alan Thicke Be Killed?
Every so often, you'll be sitting in front of the television, flipping between channels, and you'll see one of them... one of those "faded stars" hosting a game show, or starring a made-for-TV movie and you'll experience many different emotions at the same time. Sadness, because you remember how funny they used to be; pity, because you can imagine how pathetic their lives have become; anger, because you realize that they suck now and you want them to get the hell out of your living room. These "actors" or "comedians" are well past their prime with absolutely no chance of a meaningful comeback. They're taking two-bit roles in infomercials and CBS comedies from the mouths of this nation's up and coming personalities. It's time that we come together and end this needless suffering.
These people can't be happy with the turn their lives have taken. My guess is that they contemplate suicide about 10-15 times a week. All they need is that extra push to send them over the edge. It's more than our duty to thank them for their years of entertaining us by giving them that push.
Below, I have compiled a brief list of actors and comedians, reasons for their needed demise, and some methods suggested:
Alan Thicke
Hosted "Thicke of the Night", a talk show that lasted about 27 seconds
Hosting "Pictionary" in syndication
Tremendously boring and unfunny
Needs to die as soon as possible; asphyxiation from Pictionary marker fumes would suffice
Marilu Henner
Hosted "Marilu", a syndicated talk show that also failed miserably
Starred in some made-for-TV movie that sucked
Protests dairy products (what did cheese ever do to her?)
Her voice is piercing, and she babbles on about the dumbest crap when she's on Conan O'Brien
Drowning in milk would be wonderful
Note to actors: Don't work with this alien.
Martin Sheen
Automatically deserves death by starring in the "ALF" movie back in '96
Ed Begley Jr.
Starred in "Parenthood" the series
Also in that horrid little "ALF" movie
Should have died on the set of "St. Elsewhere" from injuries due to an exploding latex glove covering Howie Mandell's head
Bob Newhart
Starred in "Bob" on CBS
Stars in "George and Leo" on CBS
The guy just doesn't cut it unless his last name is in the title of the show
I personally still like Bob, and he isn't really hurting anyone by being on CBS, but I have to admit that his time has come
He's also tremendously old, so either natural causes or beaten to death by gang-bangers would be acceptable
John Ritter
Hosted "Worlds Greatest Magic" on FOX
Basic strain on society
Should be forced to live in an apartment with two women and pretend to be gay until it drives him to suicide...oh, wait...
Howie Mandell
Hosts "The Howie Mandell Show", a talk show that's almost as bad as Magic Johnson's show
He's turned into a male Rosie O'Donnell, and there's no excuse for that.
Remember that latex glove explosion I mentioned?
Howie Mandell: Implement of Kamikaze Destruction?
So write your congressman now and demand that legislation is passed to keep these people from further damaging our society. Please, for God's sake, think of the children. Mark Richardson spelled asphyxiation correctly on his first try.
Future articles promise to delve into greater detail about other aspects of Apache.
Even I can do it.
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