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Perpetual Skislope

Posted by michael on from the round-and-round-she-goes dept.

the hollow room writes: "How about skiing on a never ending slope? A story at New Scientist suggests that some fool is going to try to build one of these. Built like a huge tilted record player, it can spin at up to 30 km/h. Any takers?"

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  1. Ximian Evolution Rules! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Support Ximian's latest product.

    It's FIRST POST-good!

    1. Re:Ximian Evolution Rules! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      I soon might have to. WindowsME 4.90.3000 lets me to access audio tracks on an audio cd only via the Media Player. Can't rip music into superior formats like OGG or AUPECg2.

      Too bad Gnome is still slow as shit. I can see the windows and menus being drawn and the parent window being resized to accommodate more widgets. Fucking ugly.

  2. Good Troll strategy :-) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Extremely original. way to go :-)

    -sinserve

  3. Dirty Linux Hippies are Dying by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Yet another crippling bombshell hit the beleaguered Dirty GNU Hippie community when last month IDC confirmed that Rancid Smelling GNU Hippies account for less than a fraction of 1 percent of all humans. Coming on the heels of the latest Netcraft survey which plainly states that Natty haired greasy GNU Hippie have lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. Reeking Linux Hippies are collapsing in complete disarray, as further exemplified by failing dead last [sysadminmag.com] in the recent Sys Admin comprehensive /usr/bin/sh test.

    You don't need to be a Kreskin [amdest.com] to predict the future of the Stinking sweaty Linux hippie. The hand writing is on the wall: Foul-stenched GNU hippies with swampy armpits face a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for them because they are dying. Things are looking very bad for Hairy-backed GNU hippie. As many of us are already aware, they continue to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood.

    Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.

    Troll leader Anonymouse Coward states that there are 7000 goatse.cx trolls. How many ascii art trolls are there? Let's see. The number of goatse.cx versus ascii art posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 ascii art trolls. Pimply-faced GNU hippies posts on Slashdot are about half of the volume of ascii art posts. Therefore there are about 700 Cock-Gobbling GNU Hippies. A recent article put "first post" at about 80 percent of the troll market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 "first post" trolls. This is consistent with the number of first posts.

    All major surveys show that Putrid smelling greasy GNU hippies have steadily declined in market share. Slashdot is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If Grubby Smelly Linux Hippies are to survive at all it will be among troll hobbyist dabblers. Slashdot continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, Dirty GNU Hippies are dead.

    This troll was reposted from the Troll Library without permission of the original author. If you object to this post, or if you wish to add your troll to the Troll Library, please reply to this message.

  4. GJCTK+ (MOD PARENT DOWN, please) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Next time, use the GNU Joke Construction Tool Kit (GJCTK+) to make your otherwise lame-as-fuck attempt at humor funny.

    I see you started with something funny, the progression of record spin-speeds from 78 to 33 as fidelity increased over the years, but you didn't complete the joke. I mean this as constructive criticism. D-. It could have been better, Mr. Seinfeld. Go back and rewrite.

    CA (Teh lysdexic amonynous wordca)

    1. Re:GJCTK+ (MOD PARENT DOWN, please) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      What is the deal with these anonymous cowards, anyway? I can see people wanting to be anonymous, but who signs up to be a coward? I mean, if you're walking along the street and you see a big sign that says "Cowards Wanted," who would go, "Oh, well, I'm a coward. Let me go sign up." The real question, of course, is what seperates your anonymous cowards from your everyday, run of the mill sorts of cowards. Personally, I think it should be karma. Once you achieve a certain amount of karma, you should officially be able to post as an Anonymous Hero.

  5. Pipe by October_30th · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Mmm... I wish I could have a pipe full of hash right now.

    Yet, I have to settle for beer. Bummer.

    --
    The owls are not what they seem
  6. Why the hate? by The+Comic+Book+Guy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Worst troll ever.

    --

    I'm interested in upgrading my 28.8 kilobaud Internet connection to a 1.5 megabit fiber optic T1 line....
  7. Re:Doesn't the snow get worn out? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    One problem with allowing average members to moderate: The moderators become as stupid as the average Slashdot member--say wadetemp, for example.

  8. Re:Hang on... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yeah... they might use optical illusions in the park to prevent vertigo.. but.......... people with good memories might remember and fall down anyways!!!

    hahaahahaaha

    and when they drive home.. they might veer into opposing traffic!!

    LOLOLOL :P

    kick86_1999@yahoo.com