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Sundance Channel Showing "Revolution OS" Monday Night

SnickleFritz writes "Monday the 18th at 9pm the Sundance Film channel will be broadcasting a documentary about the OSS Movement. It will feature interviews with Linus Torvalds, Eric Raymond and Richard Stallman. It labels them as "computer visionaries." While it will probably be old news to most people here, I will still tape it and loan it to every OSS doubting Thomas in my shop." CD: It should be noted that cmdrtaco is in this, talking about free software while lounging on an inflatable sofa at linuxworld. Clearly you'll want to go buy a big screen TV to watch this. This is the same movie that was screened at SXSW last year and at LinuxWorld a few times. Other people featured in the movie include Michael Tiemann, Bruce Perens and Larry Augustin.

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  1. No sundance! by akvalentine · · Score: 1

    I don't get Sundance. Somebody want to tape it and mail me a copy? ;-)

    1. Re:No sundance! by littlerubberfeet · · Score: 0

      I am sure it will be availible on one of the P2P networks soon.

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    2. Re:No sundance! by d.valued · · Score: 2


      Can't. Violates Copyright law. ;)
      </sarcasm>

      AFAIK, it's only on digital cable and minidish systems.

      fyi

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    3. Re:No sundance! by ThatComputerGuy · · Score: 1

      Or, somebody, please divx it and throw it on Gnutella.. I want to see this too, but no Sundance.

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    4. Re:No sundance! by flewp · · Score: 1

      We get the Sundance Channel through Time Warner Cable, and it's standard cable, not digital. (No real special packages either, just HBO and Sundance as the premium channels)

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    5. Re:No sundance! by sam_handelman · · Score: 5, Funny

      Silence! This is slashdot! You will not speak of analog media here!

      Make a DivX out of it and distribute it on Gnutella, Kazaa, OpenNap etc.

      Anyone who mails a VHS tape will be consigned to the same hell as people who think .NET is neat.

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    6. Re:No sundance! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I think .NET is neat! ... opps.

    7. Re:No sundance! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      .NET rules and if you'd take the time to think for yourself instead of being religious you may find that you like it too. Or, maybe you won't like it, but at least you'd realize that it's a decent technology.

    8. Re:No sundance! by dkh · · Score: 1


      Its also available on 4DTV (big dish digital)

    9. Re:No sundance! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Okay. I don't like it, but I also realize it's not decent technology.

    10. Re:No sundance! by bigbadwlf · · Score: 1

      Or, somebody, please divx it and throw it on Gnutella.. I want to see this too, but no Sundance.

      No kidding. Sundance doesn't exist in Canada, but I seriously want to see this.
      Someone please divx this.

    11. Re:No sundance! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      but at least you'd realize that it's a decent technology.

      Its just Java & Jini (Which most of you kids wouldn't even know). Sun has done all of this already.

    12. Re:No sundance! by grammar+fascist · · Score: 1

      Never underestimate the bandwidth of a van full of VHS tapes.........er...

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    13. Re:No sundance! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yeah, a DivX copy means I can watch it when I want to. I'm not missing the first WWF RAW after Wrestlmania X8

    14. Re:No sundance! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I guess that applies to some of the Gnome developers! :-)

  2. Help by alexmogil · · Score: 2, Funny
    It should be noted that cmdrtaco is in this, talking about free software while lounging on an inflatable sofa at linuxworld. Clearly you'll want to go buy a big screen TV to watch this.

    Am I seeing a jab here, or is my humor a bit off today?

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    1. Re:Help by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Am I seeing a jab here, or is my humor a bit off today?

      I'm taken aback you'd even consider that a joke.
      Of course they expect you to buy a big screen TV for this!

    2. Re:Help by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I've met the pear-shaped Taco in person and he is indeed pear-shaped. You could probably see all of him with HDTV; but you'll probably want to opt for widescreen (16:9 - I believe) to get the full-effect.

      Jokes aside, this is a great documentary and even I learned some things (I'm posting anon so you don't know who _I_ am) but anyway, enjoy it...

  3. yeah, I just can't wait by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    And the god's speak again! Let's all rally behind what they say, like sheep.

    1. Re:yeah, I just can't wait by $carab · · Score: 1

      It should be noted that cmdrtaco is in this, talking about free software while lounging on an inflatable sofa at linuxworld. Clearly you'll want to go buy a big screen TV to watch this.

      Wow...Rob Malda and Open Source Software and an inflatable sofa?

      Where's my wallet?...I'm gonna go get me a big screen TV and a TiVo!

  4. ESR? by Dionysus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will ESR talk about how M$ will collapse within six months again?

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    1. Re:ESR? by Macrobat · · Score: 1

      He never said Microsoft would collapse. He said their market dominance would erode within six months so they would no longer enjoy the monopoly status they do now. Don't recall if he was talking about server side, desktop, or something else, though. I also don't know how you'd test that statement, but in any case, he wasn't as far out-of-whack with his prediction as you think he was.

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    2. Re:ESR? by King+of+the+World · · Score: 0

      He said their monopoly would collapse within six months. It was just another misleading attention grabbing headline[TM]

    3. Re:ESR? by Dionysus · · Score: 1

      and when did he say that? Was it not, oh, back in Dec 2000?

      Microsoft could collapse in 6 months

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    4. Re:ESR? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Has it ever occurred to you that Microsoft may actually want their monopoly to collapse? Has microsoft's situation not occurred because their competitors lack brains and general business savvy? Go figure.

    5. Re:ESR? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No, I think Microsofts position is something to do with IBM giving them a contract for PC-DOS. Microsoft drove all their competitors out early. Do you know what Lotus 1-2-3 is? Or Wordperfect? On DOS, Microsoft didn't stand a chance against these. So they moved the goalposts (Windows 3.x) and surprise surprise, released their own software!

      Microsofts competitors usually don't stand a chance. Nor would you, if you kept having the rug pulled from your feet.

    6. Re:ESR? by Billnvd65 · · Score: 1

      If he starts yapping about HURDS & HIRDS, opps, I mean GNU/HURDS & GNU/HIRDS, I am gonna lose what little mind I have left. We really need a, ummm, living in the 90's, public spokesperson. I like these guys, but come on. They are freaky! Let's hope he does not read his example letter to someone that sends you an email with a .doc attachment. People will RIOT for his arrest.

    7. Re:ESR? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      ESR once wrote a column to I think iw was Linux Magazine, explaining that when hi-tech stocks crashed Microsoft would go down too. All of the employes' stock options would become worthless and talent would bail to better paying companies. He did not use the words "Microsoft will collapse", but that clearly is what he meant.

  5. How can I see it? by MrZaius · · Score: 1

    I've never heard of the Sundance Channel, I can't get to film festivals or linux conferences, but I'd still like to see it.

    Did the filmmakers take Stallman's rantings to heart and distribute the film under a free liscence? Can a copy be obtained online?

    1. Re:How can I see it? by christooley · · Score: 1

      Some smaller movie places are playing it. In Austin , TX (home of SXSW) the Alamo Drafthouse is showing it in a week and a half.

  6. What kind of visionaries? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    It will feature interviews with Linus Torvalds, Eric Raymond and Richard Stallman. It labels them as "computer visionaries."

    What kind of visionaries? Wrong ones?

  7. heh by nomadic · · Score: 4, Funny

    They've been running commercials on IFC for a few days; first time I saw I had a moment of cognitive dissonance--"Wha? What's Richard Stallman doing in my TV? He's supposed to be in my computer..."

    1. Re:heh by AnalogBoy · · Score: 3, Funny

      And all this time, *I* thought he was supposed to be in a mental institution :)

    2. Re:heh by Phexro · · Score: 2

      Or in a barber shop. Ye gods, have you seen the beard on that man?

      Does anyone else see an uncanny resemblance?

    3. Re:heh by AnalogBoy · · Score: 2

      Good god.. I do see your point, in both items.

      In the linux.hr photo.. why do i get the feeling there's a HUGE hookah under the table..

    4. Re:heh by dwbryson · · Score: 3, Interesting

      I saw this movie in denver when it was here for a film festival a couple months ago. And the director JTS Moore had a little question/answer session afterwards. He said that during the 6-9 months he filmed this he interviewed RMS like 4 times on different trips to the east cost( a couple months apart) and *every time* he was wearing the same shirt. Watch the movie, look at his shirt... same in ever shot... you'd think it was shot in one sitting... but you'd be wrong.

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    5. Re:heh by pedro · · Score: 2

      Heh, indeed.
      Squint just a bit, and he looks a tad more like Ron Jeremy!

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    6. Re:heh by nomadic · · Score: 2

      Maybe he's like a cartoon character with a closet full of the same shirts.

    7. Re:heh by AnalogBoy · · Score: 5, Funny

      AnalogOS STOP 0x00000001:
      Disgusting_Cross_Reference(RMS_Naked)
      Reference d from RonJeremy.o
      By Pedro@0xSLASHDOT

      Purging Stomach... OK
      Purging Memory.... OK
      Eliminating Pedro. OK

      {cerebrum} ok _

  8. so... by EnderWiggnz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    i guess what you're saying is that BSD^H^H^HLinux is dying?

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  9. Publicity by littlerubberfeet · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think that any publicity showing the 'alternate' (non-wondows) side of computing is good. Linux and the other non-mainstream systems deserve some amount of publicity along with the people behind them. What was that movie, made for TV on TNT I think it was called Pirates of Silicon Valley. Hopefully this will be a little better.

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    1. Re:Publicity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I very much enjoyed Pirate of Silicon Valley. If you dont realize what a psychopath Steve Jobs really is, then this is the movie for you to see. Mr. Steve "The World Revolves Around ME" Jobs... excellent work on the part of the actors, only a seasoned pro could begin to portray the raving lunatic that Mr. Steve "The World Revolves Around ME" Jobs really is...

    2. Re:Publicity by zaffir · · Score: 1

      Definately, Steve is nuts. Great flick, and great acting, especially on Whiley(sp)'s part.

      I'm a bit bummed that i haven't seen it for sale in stores or online, however. And it isn't to be found on any of the p2p networks either... :(

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    3. Re:Publicity by zaffir · · Score: 1

      Muchos points for you my friend. I checked for it at Amazon just last week and it wasn't there. Ahh well, maybe i'll wait for the DVD... :)

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  10. the sundance channel?! by edrugtrader · · Score: 4, Funny

    what cable package comes with that?! time to get the old black box out.

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    1. Re:the sundance channel?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I will still tape it and loan it to every OSS doubting Thomas in my shop.

      And they will:

      A: Embrace you in amazement at the life-changing show you have just given them, burn all their Microsoft CDs and become Open Source evangelists

      or

      B: Wonder why that wanker who runs Linux cares so much they they don't.

    2. Re:the sundance channel?! by trentfoley · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      DirecTV's got it. Satellite... Go ahead, give in. It didn't hurt that bad. I've almost completely healed.

      On an off topic: Today, I finally got a Sony DSS box hooked up to a pc so SnapStream can change channels! It ain't Tivo, but it ain't bad. I got the cable instructions from Snapstream's website. Certain RCA boxes can also be used.

  11. Don't you mean.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    GNU/Visionaries?

  12. Awesome! by Oliver+Defacszio · · Score: 4, Funny
    Yeah, show a whole bunch of people who have never heard of OSS before Stallman and Raymond. If you're lucky, Stallman will spend a half-hour flipping out over the term "open source" and Raymond will regail us all with his harrowing ascent into riches. Why not throw Dan Bernstein or Theo de Raadt in there too, just to make sure absolutely everyone is turned off?

    I've said it before and I'll say it again- using those two malcontented weirdos to "sell" anything is professional suicide.

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    1. Re:Awesome! by Fweeky · · Score: 3, Funny

      > I've said it before and I'll say it again- using
      > those two malcontented weirdos to "sell" anything
      > is professional suicide.

      Yup, never mind breaking up Microsoft or forcing them to open their API's, just make them to take on RMS as their chief marketing bod.

      Of course, we'll have to run him through a copy of sed -e s/GNU/Microsoft/ first to make sure he has the desired effect.

    2. Re:Awesome! by guamman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      What we really need is Alan Keys to offend EVERYONE. Then it's time for prime time.

    3. Re:Awesome! by Theo+DeRaadt · · Score: 5, Funny
      Why would it be a problem if I were to be on the show? I've created the most secure, stable operating system available under a truely Free license. I forked from NetBSD. I turned shit into gold with my Midas touch. People ought to be paying me to appear on television.

      If nothing else catches their eye about open source software, maybe it would be the assurance that a team of experienced developers out there are developing the next generation of freely available information security tools (OpenSSH and OpenSSL, anyone?) that are already tightly integrated with a strong, BSD-based OS. We've already started working closely with several crypto-card manufacturers to write drivers for lightning-fast VPNs.

      You are right about ESR, though. He's a nut.

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    4. Re:Awesome! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I actually thought of doing this for paradoy effect. Take a look at (http://www.microsoft.com/business/downloads/licen sing/Gpl_faq.doc) and then watch their reasoned arguments once you replace ...

      s/GNU/Microsoft/g
      s/GPL/MS EULA/g
      s/Shared Source/Software Lease/g
      s/viral/anti-competitive/g
      s/community/I P owner/g

    5. Re:Awesome! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "shit into gold"? You forget that the real Theo de Raadt did not leave NetBSD because he wanted to - he left because he was (more or less) forced to. Please troll more carefully in future, you wouldn't want to have to post at 0, would you?

    6. Re:Awesome! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Hey, lookhow some dumb fucks swoon ovr monkey looking rasta Negroes
      with hair like braided strands of shit. Stallman should have it made.

    7. Re:Awesome! by CoolVibe · · Score: 2
      Hmm, is that really a good idea? I already see him harpng on about Microsoft/LInux and MIcrosoft HURD...

      No, don't run 'im through sed. RMS is great like that as he is ;-) (yes, that's sarcasm)

    8. Re:Awesome! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You're not the real Ted the Rat are you??

    9. Re:Awesome! by Reality+Master+101 · · Score: 1, Troll

      From Theo DeRaadt's bio...

      If you don't already know who I am, maybe you should question why you're posting here.

      Sheesh, and I thought I was arrogant and conceited. Just for the record: Your name only sounds vaguely familiar to me, as a 20 year veteran programmer who has programmed in dozens of different operating systems, languages, and markets. Apparently you are the founder of OpenBSD. Well, I guess that's pretty cool and everything, but frankly BSD is below my radar.

      Just a suggestion... you might want to get over yourself. You and the BSDs are just not that important.

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    10. Re:Awesome! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    11. Re:Awesome! by Shade,+The · · Score: 1

      *Looks confused*
      Modded "Funny" - why? Please take pity on a clueless slashdotter and tell me... :)

    12. Re:Awesome! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      will someone with an actual sense of humor please mod the parent comment back up to +5 where it belongs?

    13. Re:Awesome! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      A troll off a troll. Impressive!

  13. Shameless.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    This story was shamelessly ripped from kuro5hin

    see?

    Lets give credit where credit is due

    1. Re:Shameless.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yeah, but with all the navel-gazing that occurs on K5, who wants to read it there? Obviously K5 got it from somewhere too. They weren't the "original source" of the entire event.

    2. Re:Shameless.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      Have you ever noticed that a large portion of the stories posted to Slashdot come from Memepool??

      Talk about your shameless rips... (and shameless plugs for a lesser known, but cool website)

    3. Re:Shameless.... by AdamBa · · Score: 1
      Only the ones that don't come from Techdirt.

      - adam

    4. Re:Shameless.... by Surt · · Score: 4, Funny

      oh the kuroshin jealousy is just so transparent it's painful to watch. many people who submit stories submit them to multiple sites, hoping to get noticed somewhere. slashdot just has better quality control than kuroshin, so it takes a little longer for the stories to get posted (not that slashdot quality is perfect, just better than kuroshin).

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  14. Moving to the mainstream? by yog · · Score: 2, Troll

    It's nice to see OSS moving to the mainstream, if only on a cable channel. The web site has a lot of reviews but doesn't really suggest a mainstream audience. Probably it would be mostly people who are power users of Windows or else programmers who already understand the significance of OSS. I hope it does signify a trend, though.

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    1. Re:Moving to the mainstream? by slugfro · · Score: 2

      Moving to mainstream??? I am not sure about the rest of the people here but I have certainly never heard of the Sundance Channel before I read this post. Sundance Film Festival yes but not the channel. Does anyone here acutally get the Sundance Channel with their cable?

      Maybe someone can put it up on the web so we can all see it

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    2. Re:Moving to the mainstream? by ArnoldYabenson · · Score: 1
      Of three cable systems I've used in the last 4 years, all three included Sundance (and the Independent Film Channel) as part of their first-tier "premium" (that is, the deal that gets you Lifetime and Cartoon Network as well as the broadcast channels). Of course, that's in the L.A. and NYC areas, so YMMV

      Having these two channels has successfully preserved me from signing up for HBO, Showtime, or any other channel that forcefeeds you nightly showings of Bruce Willis end-of-the-world movies.

    3. Re:Moving to the mainstream? by /dev/trash · · Score: 1
      Having these two channels has successfully preserved me from signing up for HBO, Showtime, or any other channel that forcefeeds you nightly showings of Bruce Willis end-of-the-world movies.

      Argh my system includes Sundance as a Showtime Movie package member!!!

    4. Re:Moving to the mainstream? by J3zmund · · Score: 1

      Does anyone here acutally get the Sundance Channel with their cable?

      I do. I have had Sundance Channel for years. I even have friends who were in movies that were shown on Sundance Channel.

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    5. Re:Moving to the mainstream? by HeyLaughingBoy · · Score: 1
      Moving to mainstream??? I am not sure about the rest of the people here but I have certainly never heard of the Sundance Channel before I read this post. Sundance Film Festival yes but not the channel. Does anyone here acutally get the Sundance Channel with their cable?


      Are you kidding? 90% of the reason I got dish network was for Sundance and IFC (Independent Film Channel)
  15. I think I understand now.... by evilviper · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So, everything related to GNU or Linux is revolutionary, but the thousands of people writing Open Source operating systems & programs before the GPL got popular, were just a fluke? Just and oddity that doesn't deserve a second look?

    Or are we just pandering to your love of buzzwords? Oh yeah, make sure you have an American Flag in the corner too... That would complete the picture.

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    1. Re:I think I understand now.... by insta · · Score: 1, Insightful

      To come together on a project of this scale is indeed revolutionary. Nice troll though.

    2. Re:I think I understand now.... by bytes256 · · Score: 3, Insightful
      I concur...the BSD folks were far more visionary...they kinda invented the concept of built-in networking and made a very nice portable interface for networking (sockets)...they invented the visual editor (vi)...and they wrote the first alternative to the Bourne shell (csh)

      Now those are visionaries...I appreciate the work of Linus and crew, but for all intents and purposes they're rewriting UNIX...the BSD folks did that more than 20 years ago.

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    3. Re:I think I understand now.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Actually, in some ways it's more revolting.

      Unless by 'revolution' you mean spinning 'round and 'round and 'round.

    4. Re:I think I understand now.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Why just an American flag? Is the US the only contributor to the open-source movement?

    5. Re:I think I understand now.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Is the US the only contributor to the open-source movement?M/I>

      Yes.

    6. Re:I think I understand now.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Did you know that the French invented the < symbol?

    7. Re:I think I understand now.... by evilviper · · Score: 3, Insightful

      First off, I can understand how anyone living outside the US would not understand the implication.

      Ever since Sept 11th 2001, every News program on TV has had an American flag in a corner throughout the show. Most new commericals show people standing in front of multiple waving flags.

      This is not to mention the hundreds of thousands of people sticking US flags on their cars, and Red White & Blue pins on their person. (A sort of sign saying "I'm a mindless tool" if you ask me.)

      In addition, the film is being shown in the US and I must say that I believe Americans do at least make up the majority of Open Source developers.

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    8. Re:I think I understand now.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The part that gets me about the American Flag Boom is that now the sides of streets are littered with beat up dirty American flags. People put them on the lawn on little sticks or on the side of their car... and they're starting to get tattered and dirty. I found three of them on the property I am buying, and I've folded them up the way required by law and stored them. But the streets are littered with flags, which are supposed to be either flown or stored or disposed of respectfully.

    9. Re:I think I understand now.... by Lord+Ender · · Score: 1

      Flying a flag is like saying "I'm a mindless tool?"

      Funny, I thought it was a way of saying "I love my country." It doesn't even necessarily mean you support the current administration's method of protecting national interests (although most people do, and it seems to be working well so far since no terrorists have been able to pull anything off yet), just that you love your country.

      You must live in a hateful world, little man.

      Oh and in case you were wondering, my life and the lives of my countrymen are more important to me than the lives of citizens countries.

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    10. Re:I think I understand now.... by netsharc · · Score: 1
      Well, jwz (one other person recognizable by his initials) said it nicely in his rant here

      evilpiper said "Most new commericals show people standing in front of multiple waving flags.". What would you call that if not blatant abuse of a country's symbol by idiots trying to sell Gap T-shirts or God knows what else.

      Somewhat related, I'm worried about how Bush is going to fuck up the world thinking he's right, let's see how many more hate-the-US-extrimists his current moronic policies will bring, damn, even I am starting to dislike him (there goes any chance of me getting a Visa to visit the US).

      Also, wasn't it comforting to hear about how "We killed 400 Al Queda's in one day!", imagine the newscaster bringing the news "400 US soldiers were killed today.". As much as we believe we (the US, the western ("civilized") world) we are right, and that "God is with us."(TM), so do bin Laden and friends believe that they are right, and that "Allah is with us.".

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    11. Re:I think I understand now.... by Lord+Ender · · Score: 1

      "God is with us" has nothing to do with it. We have seperation of church and state in this country. Good principle. Your country should try it. Our military action is just to protect our citizens. THAT is what a government is supposed to do. Al Queda hasn't been able to pull anything off since we wisely used our military to stop them. Mission accomplished.

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    12. Re:I think I understand now.... by saintlupus · · Score: 2

      We have seperation of church and state in this country.

      Then why were our senators and congresscritters singing "God Bless America" on 9/12 or so?

      Why can't I swear on a copy of "Origin of Species" when I'm in court?

      And how come I can't get any currency that says "In Entropy We Trust"?

      --saint

    13. Re:I think I understand now.... by netsharc · · Score: 1

      saintlupus said it nicely. Haven't you heart any of Bush's speeches, he's been saying "God is with us" from day one. Which god? If you take bin Ldaen's point of view, Allah is with him and will send Bush to hell or whatever it is that everybody wants the Deity to do for themselves. Standard religion-is-evil rant.

      Al Queda hasn't been able to pull anything off since we wisely used our military to stop them. Mission accomplished.

      No one knew on 9/10 that something really awful was about to happen the next day. How can you be so sure that our world is safe now?

      To the people at NSA reading this, no, I don't know any terrorist and if something bad does/did happen, this post didn't have anything to do with it.

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    14. Re:I think I understand now.... by Lord+Ender · · Score: 1

      Look, seperation of church and state doesnt mean you have to be an athiest. It also doesn't mean you can't express your religious viewpoints. Swearing on bibles and stuff is just a harmless tradition (and isn't even done it some courts today). Now, if Bush says "God wants us to destroy Iraq, so we are doing it." that would be different. Don't be a fool. Politicians can still be religious and can still express their opinions and beliefs. They just aren't supposed to use religious justification for their political decisions.

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    15. Re:I think I understand now.... by pendragn · · Score: 0
      Funny, I thought it was a way of saying "I love my country." It doesn't even necessarily mean you support the current administration's method of protecting national interests (although most people do, and it seems to be working well so far since no terrorists have been able to pull anything off yet), just that you love your country.

      WOW! A whole six months without a terrorist attack! That must be some kind of a reccord. Seriously though, you can agree or disagree with the administration's pollicies, it's really no sweat off my back, but don't give them credit for doing the ordinary.

    16. Re:I think I understand now.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Where was your flag on Sept 10th? WHERE WAS IT???

    17. Re:I think I understand now.... by evilviper · · Score: 2

      If you'd asked me what I would do if I was a terrorist (or what I'd though terrorists were going to do next) up to a year before Sept 11th, I'd have said they'd hijack a commercial jet and crash it into the Empire state building.

      I though that on my own, without any research, and knowing nothing about the conspiracy the CIA uncovered in 1995 that Bin Laden's people were going to crash a jumbo jet into CIA headquarters.

      I'm not saying I'm psychic, or any crap like that. It's simply a matter of using logic.

      You know what logic tells me today?

      Things I know:
      1. It's easier to kill someone with a sharpened pencil than a 2" pocket-knife.
      2. If people are stupid enough to sit around as someone's neck is slashed with such a ridiculous weapon, every last one of them deserves a collective darwin award.
      3. The same type of people could be cohearsed by hanging some wires out of a box and claiming it's a bomb that will blow up the plane.
      4. Cockpit doors are no thicker than they ever were before.
      5. People in the US and around the world are not getting any smarter.
      6. The FAA still has avoided the credit they deserve, and as long at that is the case, they have no motivation to actually increase security.
      7. It's still Clinton's fault that the Bin Laden threat was never taken care of. 3 Murderous bombings, and dozens of unfulfilled plots is no subtle warning.
      8. There are plenty of bacteria that will show no signs for weeks before they kill you.
      9. Our few sources of fresh water are unprotected, and no ammount of filtering can set rid of all viri.

      In otherwords, the world in no safer today than ever before. It's no less safe than ever before either. Pretending to be patriotic is not helping... It's just turing the USA into some damn big mindless & ignorant cult.

      (No, this doesn't really relate to your point, you just provided a good setup for me to rant a little!)

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  16. Is this the one with.. by antis0c · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..the nude commentary by Cowboyneal at end? .. No wait.. that was a drea.... nevermind.

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  17. Encode it in Divx by Link-chan · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Someone should encode it in Divx for all the Slashdotters. I might not be able to see it (not sure if I have the Sundance channel) and others might not be able to see it either.

    1. Re:Encode it in Divx by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Do you mean tarkin or perhaps even MJPEG.

    2. Re:Encode it in Divx by Kythorn · · Score: 1

      Or maybe he just meant xvid...

  18. Kewl by zuriW · · Score: 1

    If someone sent me a VHS of it, i wouldn't mind ripping it and hosting it on my dsl line... ..wait - I don't wanna get slashdottet! (Besides I live in denmark :P ) First post ever! - N00b, I know :/

    1. Re:Kewl by JaBean · · Score: 1

      ...yes, but 'kewl' is so 18 months ago. Maybe its just getting to denmark. Congrats on the FP.

      ***A bean has whipped you into Java***

    2. Re:Kewl by zuriW · · Score: 1

      Personal Memo: Never use those darn "cool danish expressions" again" *slips back under the rock from which i came* "Ya'll haven't seen the last og me - and yes, that is a threat" Goddamn... to much beer @ 2.25 in the morning... hehe

  19. This showed at HIFF Too!!! by InfoSec · · Score: 1

    The Hawaii International Film Festival rolled this out last year too. It was great!! The theatre was packed (over 200 people), and the movie itself was excellent. The history behind the cyGNUs name is rather interesting.

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    1. Re:This showed at HIFF Too!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I was at that "sold out" screening. Unfortunately, the majority of seats were bought up by the film sponsor. Needless to say, there were more empty seats than occupied ones.
      As for the film, I thought it was OK. Not very original though. A lot of it consisted of interviews;people looking at the camera and talking.
      The film that I really liked at the festival was "e-dreams" about the rise and fall of Kozmo.com, which was filmed in real time.

  20. That reminds me... by labratuk · · Score: 1
    cmdrtaco is in this, talking about free software while lounging on an inflatable sofa

    Actually, I saw something similar to this recently, only with CowboyNeal instead. Interestingly enough, the programme didn't seem to be related to free software.

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  21. At 9:00... on a Monday? by bziman · · Score: 1

    Oh no! I'm afraid I'm going to have to miss it this time. I have to watch Ally McBeal, and I haven't figured out how to record one channel while watching another...

    1. Re:At 9:00... on a Monday? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Ally won't be on next week... American Embassy is on instead.

    2. Re:At 9:00... on a Monday? by phalse+phace · · Score: 1
      Not to worry. There will be several other show times besides the one on Monday.

      In addition to the Monday, March 18 @ 9:00PM ET showing, you'll also be able to catch it on:

      Friday, March 22 @ 6:00 PM ET
      Sunday, March 24 @ 1:00 PM ET
      Sunday, March 31 @ 9:00 PM ET

    3. Re:At 9:00... on a Monday? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Actually, Ally won't be back on until the 15th of April. Fox is slotting "The American Embassy" on Modays at 9:00 until then.

  22. Argh.. don't copy it.. by divert · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Ehh.. the video isn't GPLed.. don't copy it.. go here.. http://www.revolution-os.com/page1.html and do as it says.. mail them and hopefully they will put it out on video or DVD then you can buy it..

    1. Re:Argh.. don't copy it.. by JaBean · · Score: 1

      Isn't that the whole idea behind this darn "open" and "free" movement?! HAHA just kidding... there was sarcasme there. But seriously, do I have to still pay?

      VooDoo on your SIG

    2. Re:Argh.. don't copy it.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Free is great as long as it's free for me, but don't you DARE touch MY stuff!

      That attitude is all too common in the OSS comunity. No future in that kind of thinking.

  23. Weeeeee! by Leven+Valera · · Score: 5, Funny
    Clearly you'll want to go buy a big screen TV to watch this.

    It's the only way they could fit RMS's ego on the screen. :)

    Relax, it's a joke. I can feel the flames already.

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    1. Re:Weeeeee! by MisterBlister · · Score: 2, Flamebait

      RMS isn't even that fat compared to most of these other tubby OSS hippies. He is, however, clearly nuts.

    2. Re:Weeeeee! by abe+ferlman · · Score: 1

      Yeah, like the rest of the list are the meek who will inherit the earth. What a load of flerbage.

      :)

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    3. Re:Weeeeee! by bADlOGIN · · Score: 1
      "RMS isn't even that fat compared to most of these other tubby OSS hippies. He is, however, clearly nuts."

      This moderating system is a bit wierd. I wanted like hell to rate the above statement "redundant" simply because it contained the words "RMS", "hippies" and "nuts". Then I realized that would take points away from the poster.

      I'll just go home now....

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    4. Re:Weeeeee! by nomadic · · Score: 2, Informative

      Flames? For making fun of RMS? Geeze, why does everyone on here do that.

      "Oh, I'll get flamed/modded down for this, but I think RMS has an ego".

      For some reason this aspect of /. just irritates the hell out of me; it's like, "I know I'll get modded down for expressing these views that everyone else on slashdot agrees with, but [extremely popular view]."

      It's like the people who insist they're going to get modded down for criticizing windows, but here goes.

    5. Re:Weeeeee! by Iffy+Bonzoolie · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      This is way off-topic, but I like how it's okay to discuss things unrelated to the story by saying "This is way off-topic." If you don't claim it, you'll get modded down, but as long as you "call" it, it's okay.

      Blackout! No tag backs!

      -If

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    6. Re:Weeeeee! by nomadic · · Score: 1

      EXACTLY!

    7. Re:Weeeeee! by majestyk2000 · · Score: 1

      It's reverse psychology. They are trying to avoid the onus of the "-1 Redundant" tag.

  24. Re:FP! by JaBean · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...and you move about as fast as my grandpa

  25. Huge? by DeadBugs · · Score: 5, Funny

    "cmdrtaco is in this, ....while lounging on an inflatable sofa at linuxworld. Clearly you'll want to go buy a big screen TV to watch this"

    Now I have never seen 'taco but is he a large man that requires an extra size TV to view?

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    1. Re:Huge? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      he's skinny, you just need it so you can see his fiancee turning tricks better, she's off in the background

  26. Re:Linux: the hype is over by JaBean · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    you are obviously inept and know nothing. I like my posts like my SIG, Brief.

  27. International by King+of+the+World · · Score: 0
    How might citizens (Kings inc.) of other countries see this documentary?

    I live in New Zealand. I believe Sundance is on Sky. Is Sundance a global station, or does this just refer to Sundance US?

  28. Popularity/Coverage of Sundance Channel? by SocialWorm · · Score: 1

    Does anyone have hard numbers as to the popularity and coverage of the Sundance channel? I tried a Google search after seeing several people here comment that they don't get it, but was unable to find anything. I was able to find that they are affiliated with the sundance film festival, which is for indy-films only. See http://www.sundancechannel.com/about/

    (Hopefully this doesn't spark another Altavista vs. Google debate...)

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    1. Re:Popularity/Coverage of Sundance Channel? by aka-ed · · Score: 2

      You need to sharpen your Googling skills. A search for "Sundance Channel" (include the quotes) brings up their fancy-schmancy website at the top. It's not even a hard URL to guess.

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    2. Re:Popularity/Coverage of Sundance Channel? by aka-ed · · Score: 2
      Obviously, I misunderstood you in my previous response.

      The media metrics guys don't measure viewership or penetration for any channel that is not a client. Sundance and Independent Film Channel are both "niche" channels, there primarily to market to the crowd drawn by "art" and independent film, and I am sure they have not signed up for any metrics services.

      Recent Cable Nielsen results are here, but Sundance and the Independent Film Channel aren't even counted.

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    3. Re:Popularity/Coverage of Sundance Channel? by aka-ed · · Score: 2
      sorry, bad url...recent Cable nielsens here.

      ...this time I will preview...

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  29. no sundance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I don't get the sundance channel where i live is someone could tape it e-mail me at hewhocomeswiththedawn@shaw.ca
    I'll Pay shipping!!

  30. I'll have tape running.... by MsGeek · · Score: 1

    ...'nuff said.

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  31. Maybe if we're lucky by Pope+Slackman · · Score: 2

    ESR'll give us some "sex tips for geeks" too!

    C-X C-S

    1. Re:Maybe if we're lucky by chez69 · · Score: 0

      That's just wrong. He's still suprised by wealth.

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    2. Re:Maybe if we're lucky by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Thats better than mutherfuckin Roblimo's "love Advice for Geeks', the worst article ever on slahsdot.. well... not the worst. thats a tough call.

    3. Re:Maybe if we're lucky by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      hi their esr is VARY gay pls fix thx! :) :) :)

  32. I've seen it by joeflies · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I think that the film plays linus fairly close to his public personality (carefree about the implications of linux, doing it because he likes it), and it does show raymond, perens, and tienman as the evangelists.

    But the most suprising portroyal is how Stallman comes out. It shows a much more ballanced view of the GNU philosophy without coloring it with all the other stuff that Stallman gets knocked around for. They do show some of the conflict coming out between Stallman and his view of Linux, especially the footage of the LinuxWorld 99 acceptance speech.

    Movie is better than I expected, and I like the fact that there is so much story behind where Linux came from, although it does paint a fairly narrow view of where Linux is going. Majority of it comes from the linux-mania of 99, and a footnote regarding VA Linux's stock runup and down.

    1. Re:I've seen it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "But the most suprising portroyal is how Stallman comes out."

      Yes; Stallman is a little like a Scientologist when he's selling Open Source, it all seems quite reasonable until you get involved.

      ...and then you realize you will never be free of it...

      He is truly the biggest handicap and impediment to Open Source, he never manages to stay reasonable for long.

    2. Re:I've seen it by popdookey · · Score: 2, Informative

      The film played earlier this year at the Hawaii International Film Festival. Yeh, we have an international film festival. The film was a superior Documentary about the revolutionary qualties of Linux. It introduced Richard Stallman and the whole concept of GNU. You meet Bruce Perens and learn about Open Source. Both "movements" are very objectively and positively portrayed for their respective contributions to Linux. It is a documentary, not a commentary. If you possibly can, watch this film. At least talk to your local video store, or maybe have your linux user's group buy a copy. To see these visionaries in "person" is quite impressive and a good reminder that they are only people. (though they are freaks) If you are trying to get someone to understand this whole thing, the movie does a great job for you.

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    3. Re:I've seen it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's a 35MM reel. What is your local video store supposed to order?

    4. Re:I've seen it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Actually YOU'RE the biggest handicap.

      Zoooooober

  33. No Cowboy Neal ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If Cowboy Neal isn't featured .. then what's the point ?

  34. on 35mm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I spoke to the director at last year's Atlanta Film Festival and it was only available on 35mm film print at that time.

  35. How can you aford that bigscreen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    When every chance at making money from coding is taken away from you? That statment is philosophically invalid.

  36. wrong title by elmegil · · Score: 2

    It should have been "OS OS Revolution".

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  37. They let CmdrTaco in this? by mikek · · Score: 1
    it should be noted that cmdrtaco is in this

    dammit. i modded his interview down but i guess the rest of you idiots actually found it inciteful

  38. This ain't "The Code" is it? by eddy · · Score: 1

    I saw that one not long ago. It was funny, in a tragic sort of way.

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    1. Re:This ain't "The Code" is it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0


      I saw "The Code" too.. very nice movie... and it doesn't seem to be the same one.

      (They have different websites, with different "screenshots"...)

  39. it's also playing in Austin, TX on the big screen by max+cohen · · Score: 2

    The Alamo Drafthouse North theater in Austin, TX will also be showing the film. It opens on March 22. Those of us who saw it last year at SXSW can now see it again on the big screen, almost exactly one year later! :)

  40. WMF: Official Format of the Sundance Festival by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I emailed comments to both the CA and CO Sundance offices when they made the announcement that they were using WMF for Sundance, but to no avail. Walk the talk, Sundance.

  41. big screen by (startx) · · Score: 1

    some of us don't have mad cash from subscription services to buy a big screen with :-)

  42. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 2, Informative

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  43. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 4, Informative

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  44. Hackers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Taken from their Website :

    ROB MALDA
    Malda (a.k.a. CmdrTaco) is the editor of the famous hacker website Slashdot.

    I'm a hacker now because I read News for Nerds... Hmm.... I have some calls to make. ;-)

  45. Uh... by autopr0n · · Score: 2

    maybe the same person submitted it to both sites...

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  46. stop the screen graffiti by bliss · · Score: 1

    this screen scewing and modification has got to stop and it's been happening waaaaay too much to be cute anymore. Something also appears to be interfering with the proper printer stream.

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  47. Read the review by g8oz · · Score: 1

    Read the review from the NY Post @
    http://www.rottentomatoes.com/click/movie-10001 221 /reviews.php?critic=all&sortby=default&page=1&rid= 290179

    The best line in the piece: "fans of passive-aggressive potshots will be in heaven"

    Some how that rings a little too true.

  48. The funny thing is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I use linux and I love to look at naked females. Screws your theory over dosn't it.

  49. MP4 by Sivar · · Score: 1

    Slashdot could encode this show into DivX/MPEG4 and allow downloads by subscribers (as allowing downloads of such a large file from every user wouldn't leave anything left over for the website)

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  50. SURPRISED BY COCK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny
    A few hours ago, I learned that I am now (at least in theory) absurdly gay.

    I was at my machine, my 386 with 4 megs of RAM running Linux, masturbating to pictures of RMS, when I got an email congratulating me on the success of Slashdot. I was working on my latest small project-- a clever little text parser that takes input from the user and puts it in a little cartoon-style word balloon coming out of-- get this!-- a giant, erect ASCII penis's bulging head! Hahaha! It's called COCKSAY. You can download it here.

    "Congratulations? That's interesting," said I to myself. "I didn't think Slashdot was coming out until tomorrow." And I oughtta know; I'm on VA's Board of Directors, recruited by Larry Augustin himself, to be VA Linux's "corporate conscience," and it's public record that I hold a substantial share in the company's semen pool. I tooled on over to Linux Today, chased a link like it was a naked hippy's ass-- and discovered that Rob Malda had taken the fast action we had discussed at the last board meeting. Slashdot had come out first thing that morning with a headline on its own site-- and I had become the figurehead of the Gay Faggot Slashdot Empire while I wasn't looking.

    Well, that didn't last long. In the next two hours, 369 VA employees also disclosed that they had AIDS, leaving me with a bit of the proverbial semen on my face.

    You may wonder why I am talking about this in public. The first piece of advice your friends will give you, if it looks like you're about to come out of the closet, is: keep quiet! It's really nobody else's business-- you don't want to look like you're lusting for cock, though you may want to be deluged by an endless succession of men dressed up as Navy sailors demanding blowjobs from you; fat, hairy men (the bears) wanting to fuck you in the ass; and sweet, young, hairless boys offering you the beauty of their youth.

    Trouble with the "keep it quiet" theory is that I've always solicited gay male faggot sex in a very public way. When you're already a media figure, like myself, and your name is on the Faggot Manifesto your whole organization chose to use to come out, and email from friends and journalists starts coming in like crazy as the gayness of your empire breaks records even on the first day, playing it coy swiftly ceases to look like a viable option.

    But it wouldn't be fair to dissemble. I serve the gay community. I'm wealthy today because my efforts to spread faggotry and venereal diseases on behalf of that community helped infiltrate the business world and earned the trust of a lot of young, naive boys. Fairness to the twinks.

    -Eric S. Raymond

  51. Post Screening Poll by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    run a post showing poll find out how many actually watch it :)

  52. The funny thing is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    this also happens with netscape 4.6 on NT as well.

  53. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 2

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  54. Can somone Tivo this for me? by -ryan · · Score: 1

    I have DirecTV and get IFC and Bravo but not Sundance. Would someone mind Tivo'ing this and hooking me up with the mpg? I have broadband.

    Thanks,
    -ryan

  55. autopr0n r4wKz by -ryan · · Score: 1

    Shameless plug, hit: autopr0n
    pr0n for geeks, by geeks.

    1. Re:autopr0n r4wKz by Corporate+Troll · · Score: 1
      pr0n for geeks, by geeks

      No thank you, I prefer pretty girls...and I never met a pretty geekette.

      Oh, you meant there are computers on the pics? That makes it different: I always get a hard-on when I see a PDP-11 ;-)

    2. Re:autopr0n r4wKz by chez69 · · Score: 0

      Then I suggest you go outside and get some air.

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    3. Re:autopr0n r4wKz by autopr0n · · Score: 2

      Shameless plug, hit: autopr0n [autopr0n.com]

      Heh, actualy I think I'm doing a good enough job of that on slashdot myself. If you really want to help, plug ap on other sites :P

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  56. Road Runner in NYC by etymxris · · Score: 1

    Sundance and IFC come standard. Kinda cool.

    1. Re:Road Runner in NYC by /dev/trash · · Score: 1
      Sundance and IFC come standard. Kinda cool.

      Damn...my system IFC is shared with Bravo and Sundance is a Showtime Movie Package

  57. Re:Shameless....mod 'im up! by aka-ed · · Score: 2

    That isinformative...especially for those who need the VCR plus codes or the rebroadcast times....you could work on your people skills though...

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  58. You sold out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Man, you know all the wind's gone out of your movement when you proudly declare "THE REVOLUTION WILL BE TELEVISED, MONDAYS ON THE SUNDANCE CHANNEL!"

  59. Alternate viewing opportunities? by KaizerWill · · Score: 1

    Unfortnately, I'm on a lame cable service (charter in gville, SC) and i dont get the sundance channel. Does anyone know of another way to get the broadcast? like a video tape mailorder or soemthing? I know, its a long shot, but i really want to see this.

    any ideas?

  60. IMDB surfing by mistered · · Score: 2, Informative
    So I happened to look up Revolution OS in imdb and found the following interesting tidbits:

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  61. Additional Showings by ssheth · · Score: 2, Informative

    Searching via my Tivo, I see that there are several showings planned on the Sundance channel:

    Monday, March 18 @ 11:00 pm
    Thursday, March 22 @ 8:00 pm
    Saturday, March 24 @ 3:00 pm

    All times Central Standard time .. adjust for your time zone.

  62. DVD by caldroun · · Score: 3, Informative

    I just got an email from J.T.S. Moore, the director. He tells me that the DVD will be out sometime towards the end of the year.

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    1. Re:DVD by poot_rootbeer · · Score: 2


      But how are you going to watch it on a Linux box???

    2. Re:DVD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You'd better be joking. DVD is a snap under Linux. I'm watching a DVD under Linux right now.
      There are even software DVD players that support menus(Like Ogle).

  63. GUESS Who sucks ass! by VAXGeek · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You do with your long dirt!

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  64. Kathleen, read this reply! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Kathleen, see that interview!

    8^D

    Trolling away with my baby, it starts to rain...

  65. That's no lady, sir... by pcwhalen · · Score: 3, Funny

    "cmdrtaco is in this, talking about free software while lounging on an inflatable sofa"

    If you look carefully, you will see this is NOT AN INFLATABLE SOFA but intead its Stallman's INFLATABLE DATE.

    OK. Mod me down. It was worth it. Watch where you sit, Taco my boy.

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    1. Re:That's no lady, sir... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Please tell me the difference between an inflatable sofa and an inflatable date?

  66. Was just talking to ESR by rechlin · · Score: 1

    Literally minutes ago I shook Eric Raymond's hand. He's at my university now, and he gave what was probably the most enlightening speech I have ever heard.

    Something that might be found interesting -- he broke the news to us that he has been asked to join the TransGaming board of directors. He's seriously considering it, because he thinks that their "street performer" business model is very promising.

  67. Revolution: OS in Austin by Ryan+Amos · · Score: 2

    The Alamo Drafthouse North in Austin, TX will be showing this movie for a couple weeks. While not a wonderful piece of filmmaking, it's an interested watch. Plus the Drafthouse has good sandwitches and cold beer (though you might be confused by the free speech, free beer thing because you had to pay for yours.)

  68. DVD!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Just tell me when the Special Edition DVD box set with remastered visual effects is going to be released. Oh, what? This isn't a Lucasfilm flick? Nevermind.....

    (Damn me for not having any damn clue what my slashdot password is and not being willing to reboot into windows just to check what it is!!! Hence, the AC post...do me favor, and if you feel inclined to mod this up, don't waste your points, give 'em to someone else(wow, the PS is longer than the comment))

    -1, Dumbass

    1. Re:DVD!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Thankyou all. You have made the right choice.
      Can I maybe gat a +1, Sympathy?

  69. Nonsense. It's not Linux that is revolutionary. by orichter · · Score: 1

    Linux is a reinvention of a reinvention. Many UNIXes existed before, and even open source ones. What Linus really invented is a management style. Most people won't argue if you tell them BSD is better, just like most people won't argue if you tell them a Mac (or Amiga) is (or was) better. They won't argue with you because it is irrelevent. Linux is more widespread than BSD primarily because of the management style. Linus made it easy for everyone to contribute... so they did. Read the Cathedral and The Bazaar for more info on this.

  70. Re:Doh! Sorry wrong link... by Dr_DTHP · · Score: 1

    No, the correct link is here (14MB High-Q quicktime, I'll let you guys work it out for the other formats)

  71. Heaven's Gate... by Psarchasm · · Score: 2

    I dunno, I head Heaven's Gate still has an opening or two...

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  72. you're not missing much by syf0n · · Score: 2, Informative

    I saw this in October at the Savannah Film Festival...(SCAD). It's one of the places it was first shown. A lot of people thought it was wildly inacurrate and did a bad job of portraying a lot of good people (Torvalds, etc.). You'll really have to see for yourself, but if you don't get sundance, don't think you're missing anything incredible.

    1. Re:you're not missing much by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0


      I haven't seen this one but I can recommend the "finnish version", named "The Code", www.linuxthemovie.com.

      That one was quite good.....

  73. Oh well by Goonie · · Score: 2
    It couldn't be as bad as Antitrust :-)

    Though I don't imagine this one has Rachael Leigh Cook and Claire Forlani in it . ..

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    Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo
    --Andy Finkel (J. Klass?)
  74. HP Support by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I saw this film at an HP sponsored open source day at the local movie theater. It was really cool; you get a lot of history and see a lot of the key players in the OSS movement. Bruce Perens also spoke in person about Linux around the world and open source and Linux support within HP, including direction of Linux standards. One guy in the audience actually asked the director of the film (he was there) why the film itself wasn't open source....

    1. Re:HP Support by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      How would a film be made Open Source?

      You guys. You suggest that Novels, films, etc. be open sourced. I dare you to go to a Monster Truck Rally and suggest it be open sourced. Maybe they'll open source the seats in your car with the blades of their Leathermans.

  75. same shirt? Ohgawd! by pedro · · Score: 2

    Geez. I tend to do the same thing. Have for years.
    I like big, floppy tees with pockets. They don't restrict, and leave my neck alone. This reassures me that I am Safe(tm).
    Maybe the familiar textures and aroma(s) allow one to maintain a connection to a known and stable frame of mind.. Eccentrics have long been known to carry some comfortable element of their environs around with them for this very reason.
    Einstein would be a good example of the aforementioned fussiness.

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    Thundercleese: A light switch.. of TOTAL DEVASTATION!
    1. Re:same shirt? Ohgawd! by dwbryson · · Score: 1

      well funny thing was, i met RMS this summer at the EFF party during LWE-SF and i got a picture of me with him. So i went home after seeing the movie to see if he was in the same shirt... checked out the picture. RMS was wearing a different shirt but i was wearing the same one ;-)

      http://www.cs.du.edu/~dbryson/pictures/lwe/lwe-0 17 .jpg

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  76. Re:Nonsense. It's not Linux that is revolutionary. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Exactly what I was going to post. Glad I don't have to type it all now :)

  77. you can see the first eight minutes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    here:

    http://www.ifilm.com/ifilm/product/film_info/0,3 69 9,2419320,00.html

  78. Re:Nonsense. It's not Linux that is revolutionary. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I wouldn't say Linus invented a management style.

    I would say he wandered on the stage at just the right time (when all the bandwidth started flowing cheaply) and at the point in time when all those 386 and 486 boxes were being orphaned as Windows bloated onward.

    It's a 'window of time' thing, not anything special Linus did or is.

  79. ESR? Computer Visionary? by blair1q · · Score: 2

    You mean the guy who stole the Jargon File?

    --Blair

  80. New revenue source for OSDN? by Phroggy · · Score: 2

    Clearly you'll want to go buy a big screen TV to watch this.

    I know how OSDN is strapped for cash these days. What if companies paid them to add some relevant links to Slashdot editor comments?

    Clearly you'll want to go buy a Sony big screen TV to watch this.

    Is Slashdot above product placement? Tell me you weren't thinking about it when you read the article!

    (I would have used Philips in my example, but their site is broken in Mozilla.)

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    1. Re:New revenue source for OSDN? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's not only Mozilla. I tried their site in Internet Explorer 6 and their menu is still oddly out of place.

  81. Dishnetwork by hruzaden · · Score: 1

    On DishNetwork it's channel 332...but it's part of the showtime channels package.

    Mar18 9pm est
    Mar22 6pm est
    Mar24 1pm est

  82. any reviews? by passion · · Score: 2

    Has anyone seen this movie? Can anyone comment on the quality of narrative, or the interview continuity, etc.

    Is this worthwhile to introduce to my non-tech family members, or will I see Capt. Kirk at the end telling us all to go home, move out of our parent's basements, and get a life?

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    - passion
  83. Alternate Timeslots by msobkow · · Score: 2
    Revolution OS shows at:
    • 3/18 9:00pm
    • 3/22 6:00pm
    • 3/24 1:00pm

    Gotta love TiVO listings. DirecTiVO takes care of that watch one record another thing just fine, too.

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    I do not fail; I succeed at finding out what does not work.
  84. Watch the first 9 minutes over at Ifilm.com by EraseEraseMe · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Blatant stealing of link from previous poster

    My review of the 9 minutes:

    Linus seems like a nice enough guy, quiet, proto-typical geek, tends to talk a bit too technical but uses metaphors, comparisons to get his point across...Overall grade: B
    Bruce Perens knows what he's talking about, but is either A) Amazed at the shiny flashing light on the top of the camera or B) staring at himself in the reflection of the camera. He needs to sit back, relax, and stop swinging around like a monkey...Overall Grade: C+
    Mr Stallman handles himself well enough with an interviewer, but tends to talk over the heads of any non-technical viewer. His anecdote is interesting though, the loss of freedom because of having to use passwords..I wonder if he'd still give the same argument...Overall grade: B-
    Eric Raymond scares me...and his obvious loathing for Microsoft is dripping off of every word "I'm your worst nightmare" That's jokes we tell around the office, not in public...Overall grade: C

    9 minutes was enough of an anti-MS stance for me...the female voice, reading Bill Gates' letter to the hobby club was embarassingly melodramaticized.

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    "Anybody who tells me I can't use a program because it's not open source, go suck on rms. I'm not interested." (LT 2004)
    1. Re:Watch the first 9 minutes over at Ifilm.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      linus is bland. bruce speaks like a retard. stallman should be in a cage. raymond is a try-hard ("i'm your worst nightmare" is the type of lame line an unsociable dweeb would use...).

      this must be anti-OS/linux material, right?

  85. Do your research--click one more time by Macrobat · · Score: 1
    and when did he say that? Was it not, oh, back in Dec 2000?

    Microsoft could collapse in 6 months

    And if you read the article that that story links to, you will find the accurate quote:

    "I think Linux will become dominant before it is really ready technically for the end users. And the reason I believe that is because I now think that Microsoft monopoly is going to collapse for other reasons in the near future."

    (Emphasis added for people who cannot discern subtleties in written text.)

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    "Hardly used" will not fetch you a better price for your brain.
  86. Little sum up by zeth · · Score: 1
    Note, it was a long time ago I saw it, so this may not be entrirely correct.

    Last night I saw it, The Code, Linux...

    The first thing you see is Eric Steven Raymond being interviewed in what looks like a library.

    The movie not only brings up Linux, but other related topics such as open source and GNU are also covered.

    There are some information about Linus Torvalds upbringing aswell. His mother and father talks about his upbringing and first contact with computers. His father also talks about his politic standing and how it has affected Linus.

    Other important people interviewed were for example Linus right hand Alan Cox. He talked about the kernel and how it is built by people all over the world, but Linus also talkes about the beginning and the Linux 0.01 release. The original e-mail to comp.os.minix is also cited.

    The gurus talked and discussed the history of computing aswell as the future. Topics such as World wide web and even Arpanet were covered.

    The only bad thing with this movie was probably the speaker voice. Is was a Finnish woman speaking English. The only thing was that she could not speak any English. In my opinion the creators should have chosen another speaker voice. Enough complaining though...

    I believe this movie is too non-technical for Linux people, but it is probably a good thing for all non-technical people out there.

    To sum it up I have to say this is a good movie explaining the movement surrounding Linux, and it is a must-see for everyone, not just for the Linux community as it widens your mind and makes you aware of other options available.

    For more information about the movie please visit http://www.linuxthemovie.com.

  87. huh?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    what the fuck is OSS?

  88. Hi Sarah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    I just LOOOOOVE Jelerial's site! Especially the fash section, where I learned how to piss off AOLers to gratify my own decaying sense of self-worth! Oh, and the "Wank Party" photos!

    Of course, don't forget to read Jelerial's e-mails! Here you'll discover how truly difficult it is to decide what to do on the weekends... A circlejerk? A wankfest? Make lame attempts to troll Slashdot with all your friends? Plagiarize other troll's comments and censor anybody who complains about it?

    In short, if you haven't been to Jelerial's site, you don't know what you're missing!

  89. muahaha ... by nograz · · Score: 1

    from http://www.revolution-os.com/page5.html:

    ROB MALDA
    Malda (a.k.a. CmdrTaco) is the editor of the famous hacker website Slashdot.

    hackers?

  90. big screen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I can't afford a Big Screen TV, 'cause I blew all my money on a /. subscription. darn it.

    Does it need to be a big screen because all this subscription money is making Taco too fat to fit on the small screen? ;)
    .

  91. RMS as a spokesperson? pfft by Monkiboy · · Score: 1

    Could not agree more, I've met RMS, and heard him speak- he flipped out when people mentioned open source. He got really nasty- and extremely child like. He got extremely agitated- apparently because he had been asked to speak about something other than his current baby project- and continuously said things like: "I wanted to talk about XXXXXX but HE (Points to organiser) wanted me to talk about other stuff..". He slammed anyone that asked any questions- and definitely gave you the impression that he saw himself as above everyone- and they should just accept it. RMS as any kind of spokesperson is probably the least wise decision I can think of. The real question- is how many pro-OSS'ers agree?

  92. On monday and tuesday I am boycotting Slashdot... by Travoltus · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Just in case a follow-up on this is posted, which will certainly result in Richard Stallman being flamed by all the under-achieving gen-x legends in their own mind species of trolls and ingrates, whose very enjoyment of the freedom granted by GNU/Linux was because of Stallman's creation, propagation, and defense of the GPL.

    (How's that for the world's longest run-on sentence??)

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    --- Grow a pair, liberals... stop letting the Republicans bully you!
  93. d*mn.... I'm in Europe by __aahlyu4518 · · Score: 1

    I'd love to have that to show some people around here. And to watch it myself ofcourse :-)

    Someone know how to get my hands on it?

  94. On TiVO it is under search by Title by joeler · · Score: 1

    It's easy to find in the Dtivo, under title search "rev", list it as 1 1/2 hr doucmentary

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  95. open source it! by ironhide · · Score: 1

    Can somebody please opensource this thing and encode it with the gpl'd codecs XVID and OGG and unleash it with P2P software so the masses can watch it?

  96. Channel in Europe playing this? by Machuidel · · Score: 1

    Yesterday my uncle called and told me about this,
    he was talking about a channel I never heard of
    and that it would start around 22:20 (GMT+1).

    Now when looking in the tv guide I cannot find
    anything even close. There I no channel called
    Sundance Channel at all, I know there should be
    another channel also playing this documentary.

    My uncle told me the channel is a german/french
    channel, and it's available in whole of Europe,
    can anyone living in Europe (Netherlands) please
    fire up his tv guide and look for the channel.

    Bad luck I cannot reach my uncle at the moment.

    --
    Mike Machuidel
    1. Re:Channel in Europe playing this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's Arte.

      But it start's on 23:15 MET (German title "Codename: Linux"). Before (22:15) comes a french documentation about "hacktivists" (whatever that means) and later (00:10) another french documentation about finland as start-up/high-tech country.

  97. Breakfast by Nastard · · Score: 2

    Revolution Os: The revolution will not be televised. However, it will be part of this complete breakfast.

  98. Name change? by zeth · · Score: 1

    Why did they change the name of the documentary?

    In Sweden and Finland it was called The Code. http://www.linuxthemovie.com

    Why change it to Revolution OS? http://www.revolution-os.com

  99. ...and CmdrTaco by Joseph+Vigneau · · Score: 1

    Hey Rob, only 40 more appearances to catch up to Wil!

  100. Visionaries by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Yeah, Visionaries. Let's give everything away for free to everyone and not make a profit. I think that's called communism or at least marxism. I wouldn't call that new. And as far as Linux goes, that crap is so old it's not even funny.

  101. Share it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Someone encode it to MPEG or DivX and post the link here.... I wanna see it! =)

  102. Where's Freedom Downtonwn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Anyone else see it at H2k?

  103. CmdrTaco's Bacon Number by ckd · · Score: 2

    Though for whatever reason "Rob Malda" is not listed in the Oracle of Bacon at Virginia's database, other folks who appear in Revolution OS are listed. Since Bruce Perens has a Bacon Number of 3, for his appearance in Revolution OS, CmdrTaco's Bacon Number is also 3.

    Now, the question is, does he have an Erdös number?

  104. ESR & RMS are not the same guy by Vamphyri · · Score: 2, Interesting
    You seem to be talking about Richard M. Stallman. Yes, Eric Raymond and Richard Stallman were roomates in M.I.T. but they are not the same person. Get your facts straight.

    ESR is an excellent spokesperson and Open Source advocate. I've met him a couple times. Check out his webpage Eric Raymond's Homepage.

  105. OT...Re:That reminds me... by Drizzten · · Score: 1

    The picture on his website looks very close to a guy I saw on a cable access show a few weeks ago...but the guy I saw on TV was decidedly unhinged, smoking pot, and ranting about alien conspiracies, government coverups, and generally spazzing out and speaking in tongues near the end. The people sitting next to him weren't much better. This wouldn't be what you're talking about, would it? It was frankly frightening to see an overweight beared man drooling and screaming unintelligibly.

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    "All mankind is at the mercy of a handful of neurotics". - Norman Douglas
  106. Heh. by autopr0n · · Score: 2

    I knew a very beautiful girl who was into computers and stuff, and not only that she was impressed by computer ability.

    Sadly, I never got any naked pictures of her :(

    Oh, also Asia Carrara considers herself a geek. keslin is a geek sig-spammed k5 and slashdot for a while to get people to go to her porn site. You could probably say she was a geek, but. you probably wouldn't say she was that good looking...

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    1. Re:Heh. by Corporate+Troll · · Score: 1
      Okay, so you knew *one* very beautiful girl that was into "computers". So *you* were the lucky one that was around when that rare animal finally came out of her server room. Good, now I envy you, now :-)

      About Asia Carrara. I visited her site before, but I thought it was just a clever marketing ploy that played on the fact that many nerds (like myself) rely on porn and of course download it from the internet. Good, I was wrong, it seems for real...I took time to read the FAQ this time. But then, Asia isn't probably *that* nerdy since she doesn't post on slashdot ;-)
      As for keslin , I never ever read her sig. Must have not been paying attention. She is not really what I call super-pretty, but she's probably 1000 times better than anything I could get...I bet.

      Thanks for proving me wrong...I'll just have to leave my own server room from time to time too.

  107. Re:Shameless.... wrong. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I know who submitted this... and he submitted to both sites at the same time. So who's to blame for it being here last?

  108. Says who? by FallLine · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why should we believe that Linux's success, never mind "freedom", owes to the GPL? Here's a more probable hypothesis for why Linux is under the GPL license:

    a) there were a bunch of free tools out there that happened to make life a little easier for the developers and were/happened to be under the GPL.

    b) the developers, not much caring for any particular open ideology, decided that it was worth the hassle to go GPL to get those tools.

    c) the viral nature of the GPL ensured that it continued to remain under the GPL and not OTHER open licenses. note: This is not the same thing as saying that that the GPL kept it open and/or alive, just that it remained under GPL.

    Even if you accept that the GPL played some kind of important role (which is a real stretch if you ask me), it's JUST an idea and a rather trivial piece of work at that. For people that espouse the ideas that "information deserves to be free", it seems rather ironic to believe that you owe some kind of tithe to the person(s) that originated the idea ("obvious")and the text ("trivial") of the GPL. You laugh at patents and copyrights that do more and expect less...

    1. Re:Says who? by Captain+Smooth · · Score: 1

      To suggest that the GPL is a rather trivial piece of work is obsurd. Stallman was the only one that wrote a liscence with provisions to prevent hijacking by proprietary technology. And it's not just Linux. Though you could argue the code for the Linux kernel might be the same under say the BSD or X11 liscence, theres no doubt Linux would be a shadow of it's former self if it weren't for the GNU project and other GPL software endeavors.

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      The ability to monopolize an industry is insignificant, next to the power of the source.
    2. Re:Says who? by FallLine · · Score: 2
      To suggest that the GPL is a rather trivial piece of work is obsurd. Stallman was the only one that wrote a liscence with provisions to prevent hijacking by proprietary technology.
      Why? Give me a reason to believe otherwise. It's just a license and a rather simple one at that. It's something that any decent lawyer that is sufficiently aware of the issues could write up in a couple days. Anyways, this presumes that you think the provisions about preventing the so-called "hi-jacking" of source is worthwhile, never mind not counter-productive.

      Though you could argue the code for the Linux kernel might be the same under say the BSD or X11 liscence...
      I argued precisely that. It makes sense.

      theres no doubt Linux would be a shadow of it's former self if it weren't for the GNU project and other GPL software endeavors.
      Firstly, you need to make a distinction between works of the GNU Foundation and works that were licensed under the GPL. If you accept the fact that the GPL software is indeed viral in nature, virtually any GPL'd code that makes it into the code base will practically have the effect of spreading itself into other parts. So it's disingenious to assert that GPL software inputs into the project are the same as a contribution by those that need or advocate the position of the GPL.

      Secondly, while there may be no doubt that Linux used GNU code and products in the development of Linux, it does not automatically follow that Linux required either GNU code or any contributions of RMS. Would you make similar assertions about projects developed on Microsoft platforms? For instance, "if it weren't for Visual C++, then Photoshop would have never happened or been as good as it is." It's quite ludicrous, you need to evaluate the alternatives and the cost or feasibility of simply developing them from scratch. Don't confuse the GPL's pervasiveness in open source software with GNU's importance. They may be obliged to follow the licenses for using the code, but that doesn't mean they actually owe any further debts to GNU. Just as someone that develops on a Microsoft platform with Microsoft tools and code need follow the licenses and agreements, that doesn't mean they actually owe anything further; at the time of development the developers decided the costs/conditions of using the MS "stuff" was worth the benefits, but that's as far as you can reasonably go with it.
  109. Revolution OS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I read the Readers Digest version. It was better!

  110. You're not clueless... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You're just humorless.

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  112. If You are in Austin, Tx... by WhiteyJohnson · · Score: 1

    Revolution OS will be showing at Alamo Draft house (north) from March 23 - March 28.
    That's the movie theater that serves beer and the only reason I leave the house anymore.

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    Save a Tree. Eat a Beaver.
  113. Re:Nonsense. It's not Linux that is revolutionary. by bigmammoth · · Score: 0

    the same could be said just about every historial event that has ever taken place that involved people. the right place at the right time.

  114. Re:Shameless.... wrong. by ArnoldYabenson · · Score: 0
    First let me say there is much about the slashdotroids that I hate.

    But faster processing of submissions is bound to happen thanks to the smaller workload at kuro5hin (way less submissions just being part of what eases their job). Neither site is profit-bearing, so the slimmer site is bound to be more "efficient."