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GNU-Friends Interviews

Jonas Öberg writes "GNU-Friends is doing a series of interviews with long-time free software hackers that I think people would be interested in. Check out interviews with Arnold Robbins, Karl Berry, Andrew L. Moore, Guido van Rossum, David MacKenzie and Chet Ramey. More to come, but that should keep people occupied for a few minutes." The GNU-Friends should have a show right after Superfriends.

93 comments

  1. first monkey post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    a great big monkey typed this post.

    1. Re:first monkey post by Ralph+JewHater+Nader · · Score: -1

      Liar. Niggers can't use computers.

      --

  2. I was wondering by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Coul it be, maybe, possibly, maybe, possibly, maybe, possibly, maybe, possibly, maybe, possibly, maybe, possibly, perhaps

    fp?

    1. Re:I was wondering by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Aaargh.. don't you first posters *EVER* get tired?

  3. Fuck Off Geeks by Icebox · · Score: 0, Funny

    This post brought to you by one of l33t j03's karma whore accounts.

    <chrisd> ne1 heard about this SSSA thing??//
    <cmdrtaco9> newp
    <hemos> eh
    <COWBOYNEAL> MY BEDSORE HAS A FIRST NAME, IT'S B-L-O-O-D-B-O-I-L, MY BEDSORE HAS A SECOND NAME, IT'S P-R-O-B-A-B-L-Y-M-A-L-I-G-N-A-N-T
    <chrisd> well its this new law they r trying 2 make and if u have linux on ur machien u can go 2 jail... or sumtimn
    <cmdrtaco9> W T Fffffff
    <hemos> goOd thing I live in hollandbeliguim
    <hemos> :^)
    <cmdrtaco9> thats sooOoo gay -- we should call the EFF
    <michael> i think the EFF blocked *@slashdot.org on their mail server and got the phone company to block any calls from your house, rob
    <cmdrtaco9> oh stfu
    <JonKatz> Hello my post-apocalyptic cyberpunk neurogenial school shooting probates
    <cmdrtaco9> wtf doze that mean
    <COWBOYNEAL> OK SERIOUSLY
    <COWBOYNEAL> LIKE
    <COWBOYNEAL> THEY NEED TO MAKE MICROWAVEABLE STEAK ALREADY
    <hemos> hahahaahah
    <michael> sigh.
    <JonKatz> bbl.
    <cmdrtaco9> u should make a ask slashdot post aboutt that cowboynael and u would find out
    <chrisd> IM tryING TO tALK abOUT THE SSSSSSA
    <chrisd> ITS A BAD LAW
    <COWBOYNEAL> IS IT A TARIFF ON PORK>?
    <COWBOYNEAL> HOLY BUDDAH MY WORST FEARS ARE REALIZED
    <cmdrtaco9> can u send me cowboy.bebop.se01.ep02.mpeg so me and my fiansee can watch it 2gethedr
    <cmdrtaco9> ne1 here
    <hemos> yes lol
    * COWBOYN34L has returned, ALL YOUR CAKE IS BELKONG TO ME
    <cmdrtaco9> ROFLFFLFOLFMAO
    <hemos> hahahazz
    <michael> So. Anyone else think astroglide's flavor could be greatly improved?
    <timothy> oh shut up ur just a compl8nr
    <cmdrtaco9> ne1 seen my fiansee
    <slutchick37> yes im here lol
    <cmdrtaco9> lol join #analloveshack :)))))
    <hemos> EW!! heterosechsual sex :Q lol.
    <COWBOYN34L> DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO GET A1 SAUCE OUT OF JOCKEY BRIEFS?

    --
    Icebox
    1. Re:Fuck Off Geeks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      oh my god, someone mod this up! this is the funniest troll ever!

    2. Re:Fuck Off Geeks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      asking for a mod up and then calling it a troll is self-defeating.

    3. Re:Fuck Off Geeks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I know its pointless and off the topic, but god damned that is hilarious.

    4. Re:Fuck Off Geeks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      What ever you wany to call it... it's still very funny. Too bad for /. censoring.

  4. early post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey, habe ich eine Menge Respekt für alle Sie Halteseile, die wie Pussy essen, weil es zu wenig von Ihnen heraus dort gibt. Und ich bin nicht die einzige Frau, die dieses sagt. Ausserdem einige von, das Ihnen tun Halteseile, die ihm den alten Hochschulversuch geben, nicht zu gut, so möglicherweise diese kleine Lektion Ihnen heraus hilft. Wenn eine Frau einen Mann findet, der guten Kopf gibt, wird ihr ein Schatz gefunden, den sie nicht ließ von zu schnell gehen geht. Dieses ist ein seltener Kunde und sie kennt ihn. Sie nicht sogar erklärt ihr, daß Freundinnen über ihn oder dieses Halteseil der populärste Mann in der Stadt werden. So erinnern Sie sich, können die meisten Halteseile bumsen und die, die sie normalerweise zufriedenstellend tun können, aber das Halteseil, das guten Kopf gibt, hat er ihn gebildet.

    Die meisten Frauen sind über ihre Körper schüchtern. Selbst wenn Sie die gorgeous Frau der Welt im Bett mit Ihnen haben, wird sie sich sorgen um, wie Sie ihren Körper mögen. Erklären Sie ihr, die er schön ist, erklären Sie ihr, welche Teile Sie gut mögen, erklären Sie ihr, daß alles, aber sie veranlassen, Ihnen zu vertrauen genug ließ Sie unten zwischen ihren Beinen.

    Jetzt stoppen Sie und betrachten Sie, was Sie sehen. Schön, nicht ist er? Es gibt nichts, das eine Frau einzigartiger als ihr Pussy bildet. Ich weiß. Ich habe viel von ihnen gesehen. Sie kommen in alle unterschiedlichen Größen, in Farben und in Formen; einige werden nach innen wie das cunnie eines kleinen Mädchens verstaut und einige haben starke luscious Lippen, die herauskommen, Sie zu grüßen. Einige werden in den Bürsten des Pelzes genistet und andere werden mit transparenten Fäserchen bedeckt. Schätzen Sie einzigartige Qualitäten Ihrer Frau und erklären Sie ihr, was sie speziell bildet.

    Frauen sind ziemlich viel mündlicher als Männer, besonders während des Liebe-Bildens. Sie reagieren auch mehr auf mündliche Liebe, die bedeutet, mehr, die sprechen Sie mit ihr, es, sie weg zu erhalten das einfacher ist. Die so ganze Zeit sind Sie petting streichend und ihren schönen Pussy, Gespräch zu ihr über es.

    Betrachten Sie es jetzt wieder. Ziehen Sie leicht die Lippen auseinander und betrachten Sie ihre inneren Lippen, lecken sie sogar, wenn Sie zu wünschen. Verbreiten Sie jetzt die Oberseiten ihres Pussy oben, bis Sie ihr clit finden können. Frauen haben clits in allen unterschiedlichen Größen, gerade wie, das Ihnen, haben Halteseile unterschiedliche sortierte Hahnen. Es bedeutet eine Sache nicht bis zu ihrer Kapazität für Orgasmus. Alles, das es bedeutet, ist mehr von ihr wird versteckt unter ihr foreskin.

    Wann immer Sie den Pussy einer Frau berühren, überprüfen Sie, daß Ihr Finger naß ist. Sie können ihn lecken oder ihn mit Säften aus ihr heraus anfeuchten. Seien Sie, auf jeden Fall, ihn vor Ihnen naßzumachen berühren ihr clit sicher, weil es keine Säfte von ihm soll besitzen hat und es extrem empfindlich ist. Ihr Finger haftet an ihm, wenn er und dieses Hurts trocken ist. Aber Sie möchten nicht ihr clit irgendwie berühren. Sie müssen bis zu dem arbeiten. Bevor sie geweckt wird, ist ihr clit zu empfindlich angefaßt zu werden.

    Nähern Sie sich ihrem Pussy langsam. Frauen, sogar so als Männer, zu neckende Liebe. Das innere Teil ihres Schenkels ist ihr zartester Punkt. Lecken Sie es, küssen Sie es, bilden Sie Designs auf ihm mit der Spitze Ihrer Zunge. Kommen Sie gefährlich nah an ihrem Pussy, schwimmen Sie dann weg. Lassen Sie sie ihn vorwegnehmen.

    Lecken Sie jetzt den Knick, in dem ihr Bein ihren Pussy verbindet. Nuzzle Ihr Gesicht in ihren Busch. Bürsten Sie Ihre Lippen über ihrem Schlitz, ohne auf ihm herunterzudrücken zum weiter Aufregen sie. Nachdem Sie dies zum Punkt, in dem Ihre Dame oben von ihrem Sitz und sie Kompensations ist, belasten, um mehr von Ihnen näeher an ihr zu erhalten getan haben, dann setzen Sie Ihre Lippen, die auf ihren Schlitz recht sind.

    Küssen Sie sie leicht dann stark. Jetzt benutzen Sie Ihre Zunge, um ihre Pussylippen zu trennen und wenn sie erschließt, lassen Sie Ihre Zunge auf und ab zwischen die Schichten des Pussyfleisches laufen. Verbreiten Sie leicht ihre Beine mehr mit Ihren Händen. Alles, das Sie mit einer Frau tun, Sie im BegriffSIND, um zu essen müssen leicht getan werden.

    Zunge-bumsen Sie sie. Dieses glaubt zu definieren. Es neckt auch die Hölle aus ihr heraus, weil jetzt sie etwas Aufmerksamkeit wünscht, die zu ihrem clit gegeben wird. Überprüfen Sie es heraus. Sehen Sie, wenn ihr clit stark genug aus ihm heraus hat spähen gemußt bedeckt. Wenn so, lecken Sie es. Wenn Sie nicht es sehen können, konnte es Sie noch darunterliegend warten. Holen Sie so Ihre Zunge herauf tot, das er von ihrem Schlitz übersteigt und glauben Sie für ihr clit. Sie können es kaum erfahren sind Anwesenheit. Aber, selbst wenn Sie nicht der kleinen Perle glauben können, können Sie es Aufstieg bilden, indem Sie die Haut lecken, die Abdeckungen es. Lecken Sie stark jetzt und betätigen Sie sich in ihre Haut.

    Ziehen Sie leicht die Pussylippen weg und schlagen Sie Ihre Zunge gegen das clit, die bedeckte Haube oder nicht. Tun Sie dies schnell. Dieses sollte ihr Beine shudder veranlassen. Wenn Sie abfragen, steht sie dort in Richtung zum Orgasmus auf, bildet Ihre Lippen in ein O und nimmt das clit in Ihre Öffnung. Beginnen Sie, leicht zu saugen und Gesicht Ihrer Dame für ihre Reaktion aufzupassen. Wenn sie sie anfassen kann, fangen Sie an, stark zu saugen. Wenn sie sie gräbt, saugen Sie sogar stark. Gehen Sie mit ihr. Wenn sie ihre Pelvis in die Luft mit der Spannung ihres steigenden Orgasmus anhebt, bewegen Sie mit ihr, kämpfen sie nicht. Hängen Sie an und halten Sie Ihre heiße Öffnung auf ihrem clit. Lassen Sie nicht gehen. Das ist, was sie auch sagen wird: ' stoppen Sie nicht. Nicht überhaupt stoppen Sie!',

    Es gibt einen Grund für den, die meisten Männer stoppen zu früh. Gerade wie mit dem saugenden Hahn, ist dieses etwas wert ungefähr erlernen und wert das Lernen, gut zu tun. Ich kenne einen Mann, der ein lousy Bumsen ist, einfach lousy, aber er kann Pussy essen, wie niemand, das ich weiß und er nie Mühe hat, ein Datum zu erhalten. Mädchen fallen ganz über ihn.

    Aber zurück zu Ihrem Pussyessenlernabschnitt... gibt es eine andere Sache, die Sie tun können, um Vergnügen Ihrer Frau zu verstärken. Sie können Finger-bumsen sie, während sie Ihre clit-Leckentalente genießt. Vor, kurierend oder nachher. Sie mag es wirklich. Zusätzlich zu den erogenous Zonen, die ihr clit umgeben, hat eine Frau einen anderen extrem empfindlichen Bereich am Dach ihrer Vagina. Reiben gegen, dieses ist, was Sie oben wenn Sie sie fucking sind. Gut da Ihr Hahn von Ihrer Öffnung hübsches weit weg ist, müssen Ihre Finger den Fucking tun.

    Finger des Nehmens zwei. Eins ist zu dünn und drei ist zu breit und kann nicht genug tief folglich erhalten. Überprüfen Sie, daß sie naß sind, also Sie nicht ihre Haut reizen. Schieben Sie sie nach innen, langsam anfangs, dann wenig schneller. Bumsen Sie sie mit ihnen rhythmisch. Beschleunigen Sie, nur wenn sie. Hören Sie zu ihrer Atmung.

    Sie informiert Sie was zu tun. Wenn Sie ihr clit und Finger-finger-fucking sie gleichzeitig saugen, geben Sie ihr weit mehr Anregung, als Sie sie mit Ihrem alleinHahn geben würden. So können Sie auf ihm zählen, daß sie auf diesem hoch erhält. Wenn es irgendeinen Zweifel gibt, überprüfen Sie sie heraus auf Symptome. Jede Frau ist einzigartig. Sie können ein haben, wer Nippel erhalten stark ist, wenn sie aufgeregt wird, oder nur wenn sie einen Orgasmus hat. Ihr Mädchen konnte Rot spülen oder tremble anfangen. Beginnen Sie zu wissen, daß ihre Symptome und Sie ein empfindlicherer Geliebter sind.

    Wenn sie beginnt, einen Orgasmus, für sakes des Himmels zu haben, lassen Sie nicht von diesem clit gehen. Hängen Sie innen dort während der Dauer. Wenn sie beginnt, unten vom ersten Orgasmus zu kommen, betätigen Sie Ihre Zunge entlang der Unterseite des clit und Ihre Lippen lassen, welche die Oberseite umfassen. Verschieben Sie Ihre Zunge in und aus ihrem Cunt. Wenn Ihre Finger nach innen sind, verschieben Sie sie wenig auch, leicht zwar, Sachen sind extrem empfindlich gerade jetzt.

    Wenn Sie Ihre Karten nach rechts spielen, erhalten Sie einigen mehrfachen Orgasmen auf diese Weise. Eine Frau bleibt eine volle Stunde lang aufgeregt, nachdem ihr ein Orgasmus gehabt ist. Verwirklichen Sie die volle Auswirkung dieser Informationen? Das Potential? Eine Frau wurde bei 56 Orgasmen bei sitzendem einem abgestoppt. Wissen Sie, was Effekt Sie auf einer Frau haben würden, die Sie 56 Orgasmen zu gaben? Sie würde lange Ihre so sein, wie Sie sie wünschten.

    Der letzte Rat, den ich für Sie habe, ist dieser: Nachdem Sie sie haben kommen lassen, bilden Sie sie Ihren Sklaven, indem Sie ihr den besten Kopf, den geben sie überhaupt gehabt wird, lassen Sie nicht ihr alleingerades noch. Sprechen Sie mit ihr, streichen Sie ihren Körper, streicheln Sie ihre Brüste. Halten Sie, Liebe ruhig zu bilden ihr, bis sie vollständig unten gekommen ist. Ein Mann kann und gehen, im gleichen Atem zu schlafen und kein remorse, keine Richtung zu glauben weg erhalten des Verlustes. Aber eine Frau durch Natur benötigt irgendeine Empfindlichkeit von ihrem Geliebten in jenen ersten Momenten nach Geschlecht.

    Mundgeschlecht kann die aufregendsten sexuellen Erfahrungen sein, die Sie haben können. Aber es ist, was Sie es bilden. Dauern Sie Ihre Zeit, üben Sie häufig, Bezahlungsaufmerksamkeit zu den Signalen Ihres Geliebten, und am allermeisten, amüsieren Sie sich.

  5. GNU/Friends by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    So I can't even have friends anymore, I have to have GNU/Friends? Damn you RMS!

    1. Re:GNU/Friends by rbgaynor · · Score: 1

      Only if you are willing to freely share any modifications you make to GNU/Friends.

      --
      "Good things don't end with eum, they end with mania or teria." - H. Simpson
    2. Re:GNU/Friends by mark_lybarger · · Score: 1

      it's a whole gnu world out there these days. you gotta dump those old friends every now and then anyway. now's a great time to get some gnu ones.

    3. Re:GNU/Friends by grammar+fascist · · Score: 4, Funny

      So I can't even have friends anymore, I have to have GNU/Friends? Damn you RMS!

      That's right, and GNU/Joey, GNU/Chandler, GNU/Rachel...

      Admit it. Without the GNU tools, those people would be nothing at all.

      --
      I got my Linux laptop at System76.
    4. Re:GNU/Friends by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Bravo.

    5. Re:GNU/Friends by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      So can you touch, finger, and mount a GNU/Friend as well?

    6. Re:GNU/Friends by uochoa · · Score: 2, Funny

      Only if you are willing to freely share any modifications you make to GNU/Friends

      then it sure won't be GNU/Girlfriend, that is something that won't be shared

    7. Re:GNU/Friends by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Don't forget GNU/Coffee from the GNU/Coffee house, made with 100% GNU/Beer

    8. Re:GNU/Friends by psamuels · · Score: 2, Informative
      then it sure won't be GNU/Girlfriend, that is something that won't be shared

      Sigh, another misunderstanding of the GPL. You don't have to distribute your GNU/Girlfriend at all. It's just that if you do, you also have to share a complete sample of her DNA.

      The DNA sample can either be provided with the GNU/Girlfriend, or you can keep it on file and run off copies as people request them, for a reasonable media (test tube? DVD-ROM of sequence? not sure) duplication fee.

      --
      "How can you claim that you are anti-crack, while still writing a window manager?" — Metacity README
  6. GABE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Now that I'm back at school, I can thank you again for the Mtn. Dew [even though we finished drinking it all].

    -Your apartment-mate, Mark

  7. Thus ends the web by October_30th · · Score: -1

    The rain auditions at my window, its symphony echoes in my womb
    My gaze scans the walls of this apartment
    To rectify the confines of my tomb

    I'm the cyclops in the tenement, I'm the soul without the cause
    Crying 'midst my rubber plants, ignoring beckoning doors
    Clippings from ancient newspapers lie scattered cross the floor
    Stained by the wine from a shattered glass
    Meaningless words, yellowed by time, faded photos exposing pain
    Celluloid leeches bleeding my mind
    You've finished playing hangman, you've cast the fateful dice
    Advice, advice, advice me
    This shroud will not suffice

    And thus begins the web

    Attempting to discard these clinging memories
    I only serve to wallow in our past
    I fabricate the weave with my excuses
    Its strands I hope and pray shall last
    Oh please do last

    The flytrap needs the insects, ivy caresses the wall
    Needles make love to the junkies, the sirens seduce with their call
    Confidence has deserted me, with you it has forsaken me
    Confused and rejected, despised and alone
    I kiss isolation on its fevered brow
    Security clutching me, obscurity threatening me
    Your reasons were so obvious
    As my friend have qualified, I only laughed away your tears
    But even jesters cry

    I realise I hold the key to freedom
    I cannot let my life be ruled by threads
    The time has come to make decisions
    The changes have to be made
    I realise I hold the key to freedom
    I cannot let my life be ruled by threads
    The time has come to make decisions
    The changes have to be made

    Now I leave you, the past does have it's say
    You're all but forgotten a mote in my heart
    Decisions have been made, decisions have been made
    I've conquered my fears, the flaming shroud

    Thus ends the web

    --
    The owls are not what they seem
  8. Sorry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Cant be bothered to troll :(

  9. The RMS Interview by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    GNU/Friends: Hey, RMS, what the fuck is up? I'm glad I got the opportunity to perform this interview with you. [coughs]

    RMS: Hello, GNU/Friends. I'm glad I got the opportunity to speak to another individual, interested in Free Software, that will eventually reach millions with the message I wish to express in this interview.

    GNU/Friends: Yeah, whatever. Let's get this over with... Firstly, let's talk about the origins of GNU. We all know it's Not UNIX. But where, exactly, did it come from? What was your prime inspiration for such a fine, grand, practical idea?

    RMS: I'm glad you asked that.

    GNU/Friends: I'm not.

    RMS: Ah, [laughs] You have a unique sense of humor, comrade!

    GNU/Friends: I know. And don't call me comrade. Or your friend, ally, brother, homey... I don't like you or your body odor. Now answer the question.

    RMS: Ah [nervous laughter] yes... GNU. Well, after reading the works of Marx and Lenin, and having attended MIT and created several programs (GCC among them, of course) to which the source code was freely (as in speech, and beer) available, I began to see a certain communal effort begin to take shape among the software developers in the labs where I worked. However, the "administration" at MIT improperly thought that, since my works were created at MIT, they and their source belonged to MIT. This was in conflict with my embryonic philosphy--

    GNU/Friends: Hey, could you just cut your ideological bullshit and get to the part where you were taking a dump and farted out the GNU / Free Software concept as we know it today?

    RMS: Ah, I don't think I know what you're referring to, Mr. GNU/Friend. I certainly don't remember any toilet episodes being involved with the creation of GNU or Free Software...

    GNU/Friends: Oh really? It's hard for me to imagine a toilet not having been involved in the creation of Free Software. No, I'm talking about how one day you were sitting in a stall at MIT's grand restroom facilities, peeped thru the glory hole bored in the stall wall to look for customers, and saw a man's ass tatooed with a bull or a yak or something.

    RMS: WHAT!?

    GNU/Friends: Okay, okay, okay-- Let's move on. How about your musical talents? From graphics posted at your homepage, it looks like you're fairly proficient on the flute. How did you obtain that talent?

    RMS: That's rather simple: just a lot of practice and determination. The instruments you've seen me playing on my website are pan-pipes, actually, and not flutes. I began taking lessons from my father while him and I were still talking. I can play the flute, however, and--

    GNU/Friends: Skin-flute.

    RMS: Excuse me?

    GNU/Friends: You heard me. Skin-flute. You play the skin-flute. That's why you're so good on those porn-pipes or whatever the Hell you called them. You are a skin-flute virtuoso and can play them like nobody's business. "Master skin-flutist RMS." Skin-flute.

    RMS: Ah, I think this interview's getting a little off-track from its focus of Free Software and the GNU philosphy.

    GNU/Friends: Of course it is. And why the fuck do you begin every sentence with "ah?" Anyway, I'll indulge you. New question. What's all this I hear about you dropping acid like there's no tomorrow?

    RMS: Hey, look, I'm willing to spend my time discussing and even debating about the GNU concept and Free Software. I'm a very busy man--

    GNU/Friends: No you're not.

    RMS: I'm a very busy man and I simply cannot tolerate spending my valuable time digressing onto useless topics, much less helping you slander my good name--

    GNU/Friends: Shut up.

    RMS: I believe we're talking at cross-purposes here and I wish to terminate this interview now.

    GNU/Friends: I believe your style is cross-dressing and I wish to inform you've been trolled. Do you know what a DGH is?

    RMS: What? Excuse me? I said I wanted to stop this interview now!

    GNU/Friends: A "DGH" is a Dirty GNU Hippy. You're a DGH. You're a pinko Commy too. Learn to bath, shave, and wipe your ass properly, and you'll make it in general society. But at least you aren't ESR so yo have something going for you already. Good day, Corporal Crapola of the GNU Commando!

    1. Re:The RMS Interview by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      This is funny !

    2. Re:The RMS Interview by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      GNU/Friends: Hey, RMS, what the fuck is up? I'm glad I got the opportunity to perform this interview with you. [coughs]

      RMS: Hello, GNU/Friends. I'm glad I got the opportunity to speak to another individual, interested in Free Software, that will eventually reach millions with the message I wish to express in this interview.

      GNU/Friends: Yeah, whatever. Let's get this over with.. Firstly, let's talk about the origins of GNU. We all know it's Not UNIX. But where, exactly, did it come from? What was your prime inspiration for such a fine, grand, practical idea?

      RMS: I'm glad you asked that.

      GNU/Friends: I'm not.

      RMS: Ah, [laughs] You have a unique sense of humor, comrade!

      GNU/Friends: I know. And don't call me comrade. Or your friend, ally, brother, homey... I don't like you or your body odor. Now answer the question.

      RMS: Ah [nervous laughter] yes... GNU. Well, after reading the works of Marx and Lenin, and having attended MIT and created several programs (GCC among them, of course) to which the source code was freely (as in speech, and beer) available, I began to see a certain communal effort begin to take shape among the software developers in the labs where I worked. However, the "administration" at MIT improperly thought that, since my works were created at MIT, they and their source belonged to MIT. This was in conflict with my embryonic philosphy--

      GNU/Friends: Hey, could you just cut your ideological bullshit and get to the part where you were taking a dump and farted out the GNU / Free Software concept as we know it today?

      RMS: Ah, I don't think I know what you're referring to, Mr. GNU/Friend. I certainly don't remember any toilet episodes being involved with the creation of GNU or Free Software...

      GNU/Friends: Oh really? It's hard for me to imagine a toilet not having been involved in the creation of Free Software. No, I'm talking about how one day you were sitting in a stall at MIT's grand restroom facilities, peeped thru the glory hole bored in the stall wall to look for customers, and saw a man's ass tatooed with a bull or a yak or something.

      RMS: WHAT!?

      GNU/Friends: Okay, okay, okay-- Let's move on. How about your musical talents? From graphics posted at your homepage, it looks like you're fairly proficient on the flute. How did you obtain that talent?

      RMS: That's rather simple: just a lot of practice and determination. The instruments you've seen me playing on my website are pan-pipes, actually, and not flutes. I began taking lessons from my father while him and I were still talking. I can play the flute, however, and--

      GNU/Friends: Skin-flute.

      RMS: Excuse me?

      GNU/Friends: You heard me. Skin-flute. You play the skin-flute. That's why you're so good on those porn-pipes or whatever the Hell you called them. You are a skin-flute virtuoso and can play them like nobody's business. "Master skin-flutist RMS." Skin-flute.

      RMS: Ah, I think this interview's getting a little off-track from its focus of Free Software and the GNU philosphy.

      GNU/Friends: Of course it is. And why the fuck do you begin every sentence with "ah?" Anyway, I'll indulge you. New question. What's all this I hear about you dropping acid like there's no tomorrow?

      RMS: Hey, look, I'm willing to spend my time discussing and even debating about the GNU concept and Free Software. I'm a very busy man--

      GNU/Friends: No you're not.

      RMS: I'm a very busy man and I simply cannot tolerate spending my valuable time digressing onto useless topics, much less helping you slander my good name--

      GNU/Friends: Shut up.

      RMS: I believe we're talking at cross-purposes here and I wish to terminate this interview now.

      GNU/Friends: I believe your style is cross-dressing and I wish to inform you've been trolled. Do you know what a DGH is?

      RMS: What? Excuse me? I said I wanted to stop this interview now!

      GNU/Friends: A "DGH" is a Dirty GNU Hippy. You're a DGH. You're a pinko Commy too. Learn to bath, shave, and wipe your ass properly, and you'll make it in general society. But at least you aren't ESR so yo have something going for you already. Good day, Corporal Crapola of the GNU Commando!

  10. GNU superfriends? by BitwizeGHC · · Score: 2, Funny

    The GNU-Friends should have a show right after Superfriends.


    GNUsaders! Open Source crusaders for justice!
    --
    N4st0r, trixx0r h0bb1tz0rz! Th3y st0l3 0ur pr3c10uzz!
    1. Re:GNU superfriends? by fidget42 · · Score: 2, Funny
      the GNU-Friends should have a show right after Superfriends.

      Wouldn't that make them the GNUperfriends?


      just a thought

      --
      The dogcow says "Moof!"
    2. Re:GNU superfriends? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Nah. More like:
      gSuperFriends
      or
      GNU/Superfriends

    3. Re:GNU superfriends? by FortKnox · · Score: 2

      Where do the Slashdot Gladiators fit in? Arch nemesis? GNUperFriends wanna be's (a la Mystery Men)??

      --
      Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
    4. Re:GNU superfriends? by EricKrout.com · · Score: 2

      GNU people never give up with your open-source GNUmor, do you?

      monolinux.com :: Five Years Later Than Taco. Five Times Better Than /.

    5. Re:GNU superfriends? by cloudmaster · · Score: 1

      I dunno, I still like the "super best friends" better - but David Blane might disagree. The GNU people are kinda cult-ish, though. Hmmm...

    6. Re:GNU superfriends? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0


      http://a1487.g.akamai.net/7/1487/2597/0001/media .s outhparkstudios.com/media/images/504/superbestfrie nds.gif

      For those of you who miss the SouthPark references...

    7. Re:GNU superfriends? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      OpenSSH man with the ability to securely log in across the ethernet...
      Kernel man.. Faster than a speeding segfualt and able to leap tall stacks in a single bound. His only weakness is Panicite, a rare meteor fragment that causes him to restart.
      WorldWonderWoman capable of serving pornsites the world round! Watch her use that golden lasso! only $19.95 a month!

      okay maybe I'm not as funny as I thought I was...

    8. Re:GNU superfriends? by cthrall · · Score: 1

      > Superfriends.

      Excelsior!

  11. Im never gonna be good at the posting links game by waxmop · · Score: 0, Troll

    Silly me - I figured this wasn't really newsworthy since that site has been out for at least a month now.

    Hey everybody - the colonies declared independence from Britain!

  12. Server not responding by fruey · · Score: 1

    I guess we should try

    gnuenemies.org

    if we're sending /. as the referrer :)

    --
    Conversion Rate Optimisation French / English consultant
  13. hmm... by KatieKaput · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...you would think that at least ONE of the first set of interviews could be with a girl or a woman... it's not as if there aren't any "free software hackers" who are ladies. hmm.--katie

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

      you mean there are? how about hot ones?
      hargarghlahgl...
      name a few.

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

      Don't you mean...
      Ha-Ha-snort-ha.
      oops. I snorted.

    3. Re:hmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      bigdreamer slashchick perdida there are others but those three are cute

    4. Re:hmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      And at what url is the photographic evidence of said cuteness?

    5. Re:hmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      i meant "harahrlghalhrgl" to be the homer simpson drool sound spelled out.

    6. Re:hmm... by JoeBuck · · Score: 3, Funny

      Unfortunately, the number of free sofware hackers who are women is very, very small, on the order of 1%, and almost none of these women has any leadership role. However, there is one woman who would make an excellent interview subject, and who does have a leadership role (at the Gnome Foundation): Telsa Gwynne.

      She herself would probably deny being a "free software hacker", though her testing and documentation work is critical to making the Gnome desktop a high-quality product.

    7. Re:hmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      elegant7x

    8. Re:hmm... by smallpaul · · Score: 2

      ...you would think that at least ONE of the first set of interviews could be with a girl or a woman... it's not as if there aren't any "free software hackers" who are ladies. hmm.--katie

      There really aren't that many famous female free software hackers. I can think of a famous female free software MANAGER and a WRITER but few software developers. That's really amazing and deserves further investigation. Female software developers are a small minority to start with but somehow open source/free software seems to weed them out even more. I could hypothesize why this is (probably a variety of reasons) but I think it deserves indepth study. It would be great to poll male and female CS graduates on a variety of ambitions and emotions and then track which ones become open source hackers. It would also be useful to track their career paths. If most women are pushed into relationship-oriented jobs (management, marketing, phone support) then they may not have the opportunity to even play with open source software enough to want to contribute to it.

  14. Hello by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Shut your mouths honkeys!

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

      Well it's more informative than most posts...

  15. GNU/Friends! by sharkey · · Score: 2, Funny

    GNU Twins Powers ACTIVATE!
    Shape of ... a Version 20.0 Gnu!
    Form of ... an ice Compiler!

    na.na.na.nah.na.na.na.nah.na.naaa....

    --

    --
    "Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
  16. Just so all you lonely geeks know.... by nob · · Score: 3, Funny

    I read the interviews, and they don't tell you how to make GNU friends. We're stuck with our old D&D playing, zit faced, smelly friends until we can afford that 'vette.

    --
    daed si luap
    1. Re:Just so all you lonely geeks know.... by godlee · · Score: 3, Funny

      "they don't tell you how to make GNU friends"

      ./configure
      make
      make install

    2. Re:Just so all you lonely geeks know.... by J'raxis · · Score: 1

      make: *** No rule to make target `friend'. Stop.

      Hmm, all alone...

  17. BSD enemies by Jagunco · · Score: 1

    I wonder if the BSD people will be allowed to be interviewed. Anyway, naming this as "GNU Friends" is at least bizarre.

    1. Re:BSD enemies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Well i'd guess that at least not the kernel hackers would be interviewed, becouse BSD _was_ Unix.

  18. Would like to have a contest... by pinkpineapple · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Who is the sexiest hacker in the BSD/Linux community? On the male side, Eric Raymond, Dick Stallman, Linus Torvald, Alan Cox, they all look terribly ugly and unattractive. Robert Love is kinda cute. Who else really could win the prize? What about female side? I can't think of anyone...

    PPA, the girl next door.

    --
    -- I feel better now. Thanks for asking.
    1. Re:Would like to have a contest... by bpfinn · · Score: 1

      Eliza?

    2. Re:Would like to have a contest... by JoeBuck · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Well, three of the four guys you mention are married, and the fourth has a girlfriend (yes, shocking as it may seem, there is a woman who finds RMS very attractive), so I guess they are sexy to someone.

    3. Re:Would like to have a contest... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I don't know if she would count except by proximity (I don't know if she codes at all), but Larry Wall's daughter Heidi is really a total hottie. IMHO, anyway.

  19. The RMS Interview -- in the language of diplomacy by October_30th · · Score: -1
    GNU/Friends: Hé, RMS, ce qui la baise est vers le haut? Je suis heureux j'ai obtenu l'occasion d'exécuter cette entrevue avec vous [ des toux ]

    RMS: Bonjour, GNU/Friends. Je suis heureux j'ai obtenu l'occasion de parler à un autre individuel, intéressé par le logiciel libre, qui atteindra par la suite des millions avec le message que je souhaite exprimer en cette entrevue.

    GNU/Friends: Ouais, quoi que. obtenons ceci plus d'avec... Premièrement, parlons des origines de GNU. Nous tous savons que ce n'est pas UNIX. Mais d'où, exactement, est-il venu? Quelle était votre inspiration principale pour une idée si fine, grande, pratique?

    RMS: Je suis heureux vous ai demandé cela.

    GNU/Friends: Je ne suis pas. RMS: Ampèreheure, [ des rires ] vous avez un seul sens de l'humour, camarade!

    GNU/Friends: Je sais. Et ne m'appelez pas camarade. Ou votre ami, allié, frère, intime... Je n'aime pas vous ou votre odeur de corps. Répondez maintenant à la question.

    RMS: Ampèreheure [ rire nerveux ] oui... GNU. **time-out** bien, après que lire travail Marx et Lenin, et avoir occuper MIT et créer plusieurs programme (GCC parmi les, naturellement) qui source code libre (comme dans discours, et bière) disponible, je commencer pour voir un certain communal effort commencer pour prendre forme parmi logiciel réalisateur dans laboratoire où je travailler. Cependant, l'" gestion " au MIT a incorrectement pensé que, puisque mes travaux ont été créés au MIT, ils et leur source ont appartenu au MIT. C'était en conflit avec mon philosphy embryonnaire --

    GNU/Friends: Hé, pourriez-vous juste couper votre bullshit idéologique et obtenir à la pièce où vous preniez un vidage mémoire et farted hors du GNU / du concept libre de logiciel comme nous le savons aujourd'hui?

    RMS: Ampèreheure, je ne pense pas que je sais à ce que vous vous référez, M. GNU/Friend. Je certainement ne me rappelle aucun épisode de toilette étant impliqué de la création de GNU ou de logiciel libre...

    GNU/Friends: Oh vraiment? Il est difficile que j'imagine une toilette ayant été impliquée dans la création du logiciel libre. **time-out** non, je parler comment un jour vous asseoir dans un stalle MIT's grand restroom service, piauler à travers gloire trou aléser dans stalle mur pour rechercher client, et scie un homme âne tatooed avec un taureau ou un yak ou quelque chose.

    RMS: CE QUI!?

    GNU/Friends: Correct, correct, correct -- passons. Que diriez-vous de de vos talents musicaux? Des graphiques signalés à votre homepage, il ressemble à vous êtes assez compétent sur la cannelure. Comment avez-vous obtenu ce talent?

    RMS: C'est plutôt simple: beaucoup juste de pratique et détermination. Les instruments que vous avez vus que je jouant sur mon website est des casserole-pipes, réellement, et pas des cannelures. J'ai commencé à prendre des leçons de mon père tandis que lui et moi parlaient toujours. Je puis jouer la cannelure, cependant, et --

    GNU/Friends: Peau-cannelure.

    RMS: Excusez-moi?

    --
    The owls are not what they seem
  20. GNUperfriends? by swordboy · · Score: 2

    The GNU-Friends should have a show right after Superfriends.

    Yes - GNUperfriends!

    --

    Life is the leading cause of death in America.
  21. Darth Vader Made Natalie Portman Feel Like A Whore by GafTheHorseInTears · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Star Wars star Natalie Portman says she felt like a "whore" while filming love scenes with Darth Vader. In the forthcoming Episode II: Attack Of The Clones, Natalie's Queen Amidala falls in love with the young Darth, played by newcomer Hayden Christensen. She says, "It feels so weird being told to kiss someone you don't want to kiss. You feel almost whorish being told what to do in a sexual role. Many girls would love to kiss Hayden, but we are friends and I just don't feel that way about him."

    http://uk.imdb.com/PeopleNews/2002/20020314.html

    --
    "You're just scared like a little white pussy. I'll fuck you till you love me, you faggot!"
  22. DOA! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    I click on the links and get GNO-Friends.

    I mean here's Gnothing there.

  23. is this a new DNS entry? by DunbarTheInept · · Score: 2

    I tried the link and my machine can't find the name gnu-friends.org - is this a new DNS entry that just hasn't propigated to around these parts yet, or is something wrong here?

    --

    Don't label something "offtopic" unless you know the topic well enough to tell what's on topic.

    1. Re:is this a new DNS entry? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Mybe it's the well known effect?

    2. Re:is this a new DNS entry? by DunbarTheInept · · Score: 3, Informative

      The slashdot effect shouldn't hamper DNS lookups. The slashdot effect would only play a role *after* my machine knows the numeric IP address. If anything, the slashdot effect should speed up the DNS lookup if it has any effect at all, becuase it increses the likelyhood that upstream name servers have the name cached from previous users.

      --

      Don't label something "offtopic" unless you know the topic well enough to tell what's on topic.

  24. Karl Berry mirror courtesy of google cache by emptybody · · Score: 2, Informative

    interviews:
    Karl Berry

    --
    comment directly in my journal
  25. They should call it.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The GNU-Friends should have a show right after Superfriends

    Karl and the GNU-unist's

  26. GPL? by Yoda2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have a few GNU/GPL friends, but unfortunately I have to share them with everyone.

    1. Re:GPL? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I just use mine internally and haven't had the heart to release them yet.

    2. Re:GPL? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I actually GPL'ed my girlfriend, this turned out to be a big mistake though.
      Next time I'm going completely closed source, I just hope RMS won't demand that I switch to GPL again, it would be awkward.

    3. Re:GPL? by macshit · · Score: 1

      I have a few GNU/GPL friends, but unfortunately I have to share them with everyone.

      Does that mean you keep your non-GPL friends locked in a closet?
      [ah, well, I guess it's one way of promoting the GPL!]

      --
      We live, as we dream -- alone....
  27. Re:Im never gonna be good at the posting links gam by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    what colonies !? :)

  28. They fixed Page widening!!! ( I don't think so) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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.put .some .lame .lameness .filter .defeater .text .in .there .i .wonder .how .many .people .will .read .this .whole .comment .I .certainly .hope .it .doesnt .annoy .too .many .people .This .is .just .the .beginning .because .PAGE .WIDENING .IS .BACK .I .like .wide .pages .I .wish .all .pages .could .be .as .wide .as .this .dont .you .wide .pages .are .much .cooler .than .those .narrow .pages .you .are .used .to .reading .because .you .dont .have .to .worry .about .the .lameness .filter .telling .you .that .you .don't .have .enough .charaters .per .line .that .really .sucks .when .that .happens .and .you .have .to .put .some .lame .lameness .filter .defeater .text .in .there .i .wonder .how .many .people .will .read .this .whole .comment .I .certainly .hope .it .doesnt .annoy .too .many .people .This .is .just .the .beginning .because .PAGE .WIDENING .IS .BACK .I .like .wide .pages .I .wish .all .pages .could .be .as .wide .as .this .dont .you .wide .pages .are .much .cooler .than .those .narrow .pages .you .are .used .to .reading .because .you .dont .have .to .worry .about .the .lameness .filter .telling .you .that .you .don't .have .enough .charaters .per .line .that .really .sucks .when .that .happens .and .you .have .to .put .some .lame .lameness .filter .defeater .text .in .there .i .wonder .how .many .people .will .read .this .whole .comment .I .certainly .hope .it .doesnt .annoy .too .many .people .This .is .just .the .beginning .because .PAGE .WIDENING .IS .BACK .I .like .wide .pages .I .wish .all .pages .could .be .as .wide .as .this .dont .you .wide .pages .are .much .cooler .than .those .narrow .pages .you .are .used .to .reading .because .you .dont .have .to .worry .about .the .lameness .filter .telling .you .that .you .don't .have .enough .charaters .per .line .that .really .sucks .when .that .happens .and .you .have .to .put .some .lame .lameness .filter .defeater .text .in .there .i .wonder .how .many .people .will .read .this .whole .comment .I 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.that .you .don't .have .enough .charaters .per .line .that .really .sucks .when .that .happens .and .you .have .to .put .some .lame .lameness .filter .defeater .text .in .there .i .wonder .how .many .people .will .read .this .whole .comment .I .certainly .hope .it .doesnt .annoy .too .many .people .This .is .just .the .beginning .because .PAGE .WIDENING .IS .BACK .I .like .wide .pages .I .wish .all .pages .could .be .as .wide .as .this .dont .you .wide .pages .are .much .cooler .than .those .narrow .pages .you .are .used .to .reading .because .you .dont .have .to .worry .about .the .lameness .filter .telling .you .that .you .don't .have .enough .charaters .per .line .that .really .sucks .when .that .happens .and .you .have .to .put .some .lame .lameness .filter .defeater .text .in .there .i .wonder .how .many .people .will .read .this .whole .comment .I .certainly .hope .it .doesnt .annoy .too .many .people .This .is .just .the .beginning .because .PAGE .WIDENING .IS .BACK .I .like .wide .pages .I .wish .all .pages .could .be .as .wide .as .this .dont .you .wide .pages .are .much .cooler .than .those .narrow .pages .you .are .used .to .reading .because .you .dont .have .to .worry .about .the .lameness .filter .telling .you .that .you .don't .have .enough .charaters .per .line .that .really .sucks .when .that .happens .and .you .have .to .put .some .lame .lameness .filter .defeater .text .in .there .i .wonder .how .many .people .will .read .this .whole .comment .I .certainly .hope .it .doesnt .annoy .too .many .people .This .is .just .the .beginning .because .PAGE .WIDENING .IS .BACK .I .like .wide .pages .I .wish .all .pages .could .be .as .wide .as .this .dont .you .wide .pages .are .much .cooler .than .those .narrow .pages .you .are .used .to .reading .because .you .dont .have .to .worry .about .the .lameness .filter .telling .you .that .you .don't .have .enough .charaters .per .line .that .really .sucks .when .that .happens .and .you .have .to .put .some .lame .lameness .filter .defeater .text .in .there .i .wonder .how .many .people .will .read .this .whole .comment .I .certainly .hope .it .doesnt .annoy .too .many .people .This .is .just .the .beginning .because .PAGE .WIDENING .IS .BACK .I .like .wide .pages .I .wish .all .pages .could .be .as .wide .as .this .dont .you .wide .pages .are .much .cooler .than .those .narrow .pages .you .are .used .to .reading .because .you .dont .have .to .worry .about .the .lameness .filter .telling .you .that .you .don't .have .enough .charaters .per .line .that .really .sucks .when .that .happens .and .you .have .to .put .some .lame .lameness .filter .defeater .text .in .there .i .wonder .how .many .people .will .read .this .whole .comment .I .certainly .hope .it .doesnt .annoy .too .many .people .This .is .just .the .beginning .because .PAGE .WIDENING .IS .BACK .I .like .wide .pages .I .wish .all .pages .could .be .as .wide .as .this .dont .you .wide .pages .are .much .cooler .than .those .narrow .pages .you .are .used .to .reading .because .you .dont .have .to .worry .about .the .lameness .filter .telling .you .that .you .don't .have .enough .charaters .per .line .that .really .sucks .when .that .happens .and .you .have .to .put .some .lame .lameness .filter .defeater .text .in .there .i .wonder .how .many .people .will .read .this .whole .comment .I .certainly .hope .it .doesnt .annoy .too .many .people .This .is .just .the .beginning .because .PAGE .WIDENING .IS .BACK .I .like .wide .pages .I .wish .all .pages .could .be .as .wide .as .this .dont .you .wide .pages .are .much .cooler .than .those .narrow .pages .you .are .used .to .reading .because .you .dont .have .to .worry .about .the .lameness .filter .telling .you .that .you .don't .have .enough .charaters .per .line .that .really .sucks .when .that .happens .and .you .have .to .put .some .lame .lameness .filter .defeater .text .in .there .i .wonder .how .many .people .will .read .this .whole .comment .I .certainly .hope .it .doesnt .annoy .too .many .people .This .is .just .the .beginning .because .PAGE .WIDENING .IS .BACK .I .like .wide .pages .I .wish .all .pages .could .be .as .wide .as .this .dont .you .wide .pages .are .much .cooler .than .those .narrow .pages .you .are .used .to .reading .because .you .dont .have .to .worry .about .the .lameness .filter .telling .you .that .you .don't .have .enough .charaters .per .line .that .really .sucks .when .that .happens .and .you .have .to .put .some .lame .lameness .filter .defeater .text .in .there .i .wonder .how .many .people .will .read .this .whole .comment .I .certainly .hope .it .doesnt .annoy .too .many .people .This .is .just .the .beginning .because .PAGE .WIDENING .IS .BACK .I .like .wide .pages .I .wish .all .pages .could .be .as .wide .as .this .dont .you .wide .pages .are .much .cooler .than .those .narrow .pages .you .are .used .to .reading .because .you .dont .have .to .worry .about .the .lameness .filter .telling .you .that .you .don't 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.wish .all .pages .could .be .as .wide .as .this .dont .you .wide .pages .are .much .cooler .than .those .narrow .pages .you .are .used .to .reading .because .you .dont .have .to .worry .about .the .lameness .filter .telling .you .that .you .don't .have .enough .charaters .per .line .that .really .sucks .when .that .happens .and .you .have .to .put .some .lame .lameness .filter .defeater .text .in .there .i .wonder .how .many .people .will .read .this .whole .comment .I .certainly .hope .it .doesnt .annoy .too .many .people .This .is .just .the .beginning .because .PAGE .WIDENING .IS .BACK .I .like .wide .pages .I .wish .all .pages .could .be .as .wide .as .this .dont .you .wide .pages .are .much .cooler .than .those .narrow .pages .you .are .used .to .reading .because .you .dont .have .to .worry .about .the .lameness .filter .telling .you .that .you .don't .have .enough .charaters .per .line .that .really .sucks .when .that .happens .and .you .have .to .put .some .lame .lameness 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  29. just so you know by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Dont bother to babelfish it. Its about sucking dick.

  30. Re:Im never gonna be good at the posting links gam by waxmop · · Score: 1

    it was a joke - as in the the colonies in the new world.

  31. moderators by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Which one of you retards modded this up to funny?
    its a blatantly obvious fucking troll!

    1. Re:moderators by codeforprofit2 · · Score: -1

      Thats because your probably is a socialist, for a non-socialist it was quite funny :)

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

      You obviously have no sense of humor.

    3. Re:moderators by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's hilarious dirty hippy. Now get the fuck back to work at the commune.

  32. Re:Im never gonna be good at the posting links gam by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Duh, it was another joke. Never got the new about the colonies in the first place ....

    See dick run....

  33. Good looking people by Steveftoth · · Score: 2, Insightful

    are too busy looking at themselves to be bothered with things like 'coding' or 'open source'. It's the people who are ulgy/really screwed up that always get the real work done.

  34. Somebody PLEASE Mod up the geek owning this parent by MonkeyBot · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's some funny shit, man!

  35. bullshit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    .you would think that at least ONE of the first set of interviews could be with a girl or a woman... it's not as if there aren't any "free software hackers" who are ladies.

    Interesting? I think this comment reeks of "I'm an oppressed woman in a male-dominated industry" bullshit. C'mon - women want to be treated as equals, right? So why should there be an interview with a woman just because she's a woman and not on merits? Doesn't that defeat the purpose? (affirmative action anyone?).

    I'm all for the equal treatment of EVERYONE, but when people start commenting (and then get modded "Interesting") that a small segment of a community isn't represented out of a half-dozen or so interviews, I'm prompted to rant like this.

    Call me an asshole if you want, but I'm tired of this kind of discrimination-conspiracy thinking. It's only digging us into a deeper hole - not helping us get towards true equality.

  36. I'd rather read... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    about "SuperFriends"

    Oh yeah, I'm the asshole. Sure.

  37. His girl friend is Mary Jane. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Look at him and his non software/computer links and views. You can obviously tell she's his real girl-friend.

  38. Good Point! by Uruk · · Score: 2

    I seriously doubt that Jonas, the guy who runs GNU-Friends, is sexist in any way. And I for one would also like to see some interviews with some female hackers.

    If you mail the people who are running that site and suggest some female hackers who do good GPL'd work, I daresay you might actually see some of those interviews go up too. I know they'd attract a lot of attention, and they'd be a good change of pace, you're right.

    Now, not to be sexist, I know that there are GNU hackers out there that are female, but I really can't think of any of their names off of the top of my head. Many people have heard of some of the core GNU hackers, but I'm having a hard time remembering the names of some of the female ones I've heard about.

    Change that! Mail the people at gnu-friends and make some suggestions! Please just don't sit back and gripe about the lack of interviews with women if you're not willing to suggest anyone. :)

    --
    -- Truth goes out the door when rumor comes innuendo. -- Groucho Marx
  39. FLOSS survey-takers 99% male by mbrubeck · · Score: 2
    it's not as if there aren't any "free software hackers" who are ladies.

    Only one in a hundred, if Rishab Ghosh's FLOSS Survey is a representative sample.

  40. Posts in this thread by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Some of the posts in this thread have been really funny (subjectivly ofcourse); but most have been moded out of existance :( Couldn't humor posts be labeled as such instead of Troll or Offtopic ? It would seem that those with no sense of humor could simply configure them away....

  41. Female hackers by tinahdee · · Score: 1
    There are several female hackers - you just have to know where to look. Lots of them seem to congregate at Linuxchix. In fact, I recent profiled kernel hacker Val Henson in an article that's posted at Newsforge. And here's one about programmer Jenn Vesperman. And, granted, Telsa Gwynne isn't a hacker, but she's a fantastic bug reporter and a member of the GNOME board. And next week, a profile on Netscape and Mozilla hacker Akkana Peck will be up.

    I've found that the female programmers I know are some of the most interesting, intelligent, well-spoken, and polite people I've ever met. And they give good interviews.

    --
    tinahdee beautiful jewelry: silver, gold, gemstones tinahdee.etsy.com tinahdee.com facebook.com/beautifuljewelry
    1. Re:Female hackers by KatieKaput · · Score: 1

      that's amazing that we posted the very same links at roughly the same time.--katie

  42. Okay, you asked for some examples... by KatieKaput · · Score: 1

    Someone already mentioned Telsa Gwynne (although she isn't a programmer), but how about Val Hanson and Jenn Vesperman? I'm gonna talk this over with some friends and see who else we can come up with. Hopefully the interviews I've linked to can tide you over.:P Apparently Newsforge is doing a series on women in open source, although I don't think that should get any one else off the hook... Oh yeah, I'd just like to say that I don't think that the author(s) of the original interviews are sexist... I just think they could stand to work towards being more inclusive... In the end, that will inspire more women to get involved in what is ultimately an ALIENATING community. Which can only lead to positive input and the general growth of the community.--katie

  43. /.'ed by freebsd45 · · Score: 1

    Damn /. I can't even get to my GNU/Friends now.

  44. Ah another quality GNU project by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Can't get the website. I see this is another quality GNU project that doesn't work correctly - rather like their software.

  45. Free as in Freedom by extrasolar · · Score: 2

    Free as in Freedom. Its Free speech, not Free Beer.

    You gotta pay if you wanna play.