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Slashback: Towel, Linkage, Drafthouse
They're also good for drying off after bathing. Snitty writes "Douglas Adams passed away a little over a year ago now, and as tradition will soon dictate the first Thursday after May 11th every year is International Towel Day. This happens to be this Thursday, so make sure you all show up to the 12:01 am showing of Attack of the Clones with your favorite lightsaber and a towel. Always know where your towel is."
Update: 05/15 00:11 GMT by T : Hmmm -- this seems to clash with a link another reader submitted, which suggests "the last Friday of every May," which this year would be the 31st.
Update: 05/15 15:00 GMT by T : D Clyde Williamson writes: "Towel Day (since I'm the guy who started it) is on May 25th every year." So ... it's not a portable feast?
Three guesses where they each get that money from. mblase writes "CNet, among others, informed its readers that Macromedia successfully countersued Adobe for patent infringement to the tune of $4.9 million, almost double the $2.8 million Adobe recently won from Macromedia. The article notes Macromedia has another patent suit against Adobe going to court in June 2003."
Listening material when Prairie Home Companion is over. Ender, Duke_of_URL writes "The second portion of Rep. Boucher's interview is up (MP3). This has been discussed previously on Slashdot."
They're also opposed to front doors. dringess writes "Wired has yet another article about deep linking. This one has some fun lawyer rebuttals. I guess I am deep linking right now!"
I especially like this quote: "... but this would set a terrible precedent implying that links have to have a certain amount of ads."
Keeps popcorn out of your keyboard, at least. smashed writes: "After being slashdotted and geekaustin'd and touted for being the first theater with wireless access .... I went to see Spider-Man tonight at the Alamo Drafthouse North in Austin. Apparently you can't have 'electronic devices on' during the feature. I was warned if I didn't shut down my laptop I had to leave by some girl that worked for the theater. The world's first Cyber-Theater my ass. Nice try, but apparently wireless users are absolutely not welcomed there when a movie is playing. I'm very disappointed. I couldn't even have my PocketPC with wireless NIC on while the movie was on. Was I taking off down the runway on an airplane? What's the point?"
Wouldn't you like a mainframe in the closet? Writing in regards to this posting on Linux on mainframes, rudy writes: "Your reference was to the first one in the series, the second one has been up for about a week and the third, and last, one in the series will go on late this week or early next."
Exactly my question. Why do you need to use a laptop during a show again?
Even film critics typically just use a 'light pen.'
...wouldn't you rather _watch_ the movie?
Douglas Adams passed away a little over a year ago now, and as tradition will soon dictate the first Thursday after May 11th every year is International Towel Day. This happens to be this Thursday, so make sure you all show up to the 12:01 am showing of Attack of the Clones with your favorite lightsaber and a towel. Always know where your towel is.
Anyone know if this is coincidence, or if G. Lucas is paying tribute to a strong influence?
CNet, among others, informed its readers that Macromedia successfully countersued Adobe for patent infringement to the tune of $4.9 million, almost double the $2.8 million Adobe recently won from Macromedia. The article notes Macromedia has another patent suit against Adobe going to court in June 2003.
This is good news for, well, everybody. Think about it: Open Sourcers like all of us here on /. get to attract people to The Cause, and Adobe and Macromedia are just going to keep prospering under patent law, giving back value to all of their non-OSS customers.
Wired has yet another article about deep linking.
I remember I used to think deep linking was okay, but have obviously since changed my mind. If companies deep linked to /., now that /. relies heavily on ads for its revenue, we probably wouldn't have it. :(
Writing in regards to this posting on Linux on mainframes
Yum, more! If you are familiar with my business concerns, you know that I have a lot of experience with Linux on mainframe hardware. Mainframes and Linux are both a boon to the enterprise, and we will just continue to see more success in this area. You should see one of these babies run Quake, it is impressive. ;)
Karma: Good (despite my invention of the Karma: sig)
People should learn to do only one thing at a time and do it well. Here are some examples of things to do: watching a movie, using a PocketPC, eating at a restaurant, talking on a cell phone, fucking your girlfriend, reading the Kama-sutra, etc. Get it, PokePCmon?
Yes I agree. Although flash can be (and often is) misused by "designers" the world over, it's a good product, made by a decent company. And it's good to see somebody in a position to bitchslap adobe, because frankly they're evil, greedy bastards, always have been.
Send lawyers, guns, and money!
Yeah, if you think the liquid they put on your popcorn is "butter", you're sadly mistaken. That liquid has no relation to any dairy product ever created.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
You know, I never did read The Hitchhiker's Guide. I have the latest version/compilation, I got it last year for Xmas. I have been wanting to read it, just because it is famous. But every reference I read to it is just dumb. I have known people who have read it, and they seemed to make dumb references to dumb things. They don't even seem remotely funny. I guess I should read it before passing judgement, but I have a feeling that the book isn't that great, and that it is a cult classic because a few dorks found it entertaining.
My beliefs do not require that you agree with them.