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New Palm Pictures?
New Palm writes "It looks like pictures of a new Palm os5 device codenamed 'Oslo' have hit the web. www.pocketpcthought.com had them up, but after a phonecall from Palm's Director of Global Information Security, pulled the pictures. A number of people are mirroring them. Looks semi-legit - but who knows, and who knows how long the images will stay up?
I am someone who rejoices in the fact that I'm more intelligent than 99% of my peers. It was great to learn that I could attend nearly any college I wanted and be paid tens of thousands of dollars every year just for doing so. It's also nice to know that I can get paid for going to graduate school as well.
Thanks to my excellent writing skills, I also am able to share my knowledge and opinions with others from all over the Earth thanks to the global scale of the Internet.
However, those of you who lead similar lives and are similarly intellectually-gifted may be missing something. That feeling that you have while spending another hour in front of the glare of your monitor on a Friday must exist for some reason, but why, you ask.
Yes, despite your cunning wit and millions upon millions of memorized factoids, you're a wretched disaster when it comes to socializing.
You, sir, lack style and beauty, and that's something you can't get from a book.
Look at the truly successful people in this world. Glance over at the man with the new cellphone, the new car, the beautiful hair, the nice tan -- he's smart and talented just like you, but for some reason his net worth exceeds the sum of every paycheck you'll ever receive during your lifetime. What does he have that you don't have, you ask. It's called style and beauty, and sexy words flow off his tongue on a daily basis, getting him exactly what he wants.
You'll never be this good, but it hurts to admit it. Weekends spent in chat rooms run together like a landslide, and days blur into weeks which blur into months which eventually blur into years. Years of suffering and spending your life on the bottom of the barrel of the social scene. Years of anguish and insecurity all because you never gave two shits about anything except for the latest feat of Intel's as they fit another 100,000 transistors on their latest-generation microprocessor.
So the next time you lash out at someone more successful at you who has it all, please second-guess your tirade and re-think your priorities. Yes, he really does have it all, and chances are he could even outplay you in chess.
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I hope they're not naming it that in leu of Norway's governmental competence or whaling practices...
THE TROLL POLKA (ARSCHFICKEN MIT ZIEGEN)
By Serial Troller, 2002-06-25
Is das nicht ein early post? Ja! Das ist mein early post!
Is das nicht ein Goatse ghost? Ja! Das ist mein Goatse ghost!
Early post, Goatse ghost,
Oh, du schoene, Oh, du schoene, Oh, du schoene, Slashdot sucks!
Is das post at minus one? Ja! Das ist at minus one!
Is das trolling so much fun? Ja! Das trolling is so fun!
Minus one, trolling fun, Early post, Goatse ghost,
Oh, du schoene, Oh, du schoene, Oh, du schoene, Slashdot sucks!
Is das nicht ein big crapflood? Ja! Das ist mein big crapflood!
Is it worthless Linux FUD? Ja! Das ist mein Linux FUD!
Big crapflood, Linux FUD, Minus one, trolling fun, Early post, Goatse ghost,
Oh, du schoene, Oh, du schoene, Oh, du schoene, Slashdot sucks!
Is das nicht der CowBoiKneel? Ja! Das ist der CowBoiKneel!
Is dis nicht his manchode meal? Ja! Das ist his manchode meal!
CowBoiKneel, manchode meal, Big crapflood, Linux FUD,
Minus one, trolling fun, Early post, Goatse ghost,
Oh, du schoene, Oh, du schoene, Oh, du schoene, Slashdot sucks!
Is das nicht ein WIPO Troll? Ja! Das ist der WIPO Troll!
Is das nicht ein Goatse hole? Ja! Das ist der Goatse hole!
WIPO Troll, Goatse hole, CowBoiKneel, manchode meal,
Big crapflood, Linux FUD, Minus one, trolling fun, Early post, Goatse ghost,
Oh, du schoene, Oh, du schoene, Oh, du schoene, Slashdot sucks!
Is das nicht Jon Katz' slave boys? Ja! Das ist Jon Katz' slave boys!
Und are they not Taco's sex toys? Ja! They are Taco's sex toys!
Katz' slave boys, Rob's sex toys, WIPO Troll, Goatse hole,
CowBoiKneel, manchode meal, Big crapflood, Linux FUD,
Minus one, trolling fun, Early post, Goatse ghost,
Oh, du schoene, Oh, du schoene, Oh, du schoene, Slashdot sucks!
Is das nicht ein trolltalk thread? Ja! Das ist ein trolltalk thread!
Is it nicht now FUCKING DEAD? Ja! Is really FUCKING DEAD!
Trolltalk thread, FUCKING DEAD! Katz' slave boys, Rob's sex toys,
WIPO Troll, Goatse hole, CowBoiKneel, manchode meal,
Big crapflood, Linux FUD, Minus one, trolling fun,
Early post, Goatse ghost,
Oh, du schoene, Oh, du schoene, Oh, du schoene,
Slashdot sucks!
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Change Log:
* Subtle changes to most verses. It sounded really gay before.
* Removed all references to Taco's pud. May have been high at time. Will investigate further.
* Finally think I have goat sex written correctly in German. I think. Arschficken?
(C) 2002 Serial Troller. Permission to reproduce this document is granted provided that you send all the bukkake porn you can find to serialtroller@hotmail.com.
- poopbot: information likes to be narrow
been away.....now I'm back....my karma has been replaced by a word? What gives?
Having been fed up with my Palm Vx slow processor and 8 MB limit, I completley had my mind made up about buyinng the new Sony Clie T665C. Now that the Palm OS 5 powered, ARM processor packed, devices are on the horizon, looks like I will suck up on my Vx a little longer. Hopefully not too long.
Anyone knows how long will it be till we get those?
2002-07-12 12:59:21 Linux handheld vulnerabilities found (articles,pilot) (rejected) Its nice to know that there are some slashdotters out there trying to cover up these major vulnerabilities found in the Sharp Zaurus models. The people have a right to know. In an advisory posted Wednesday to a Syracuse University computer-science Web site, researchers said they had found vulnerabilities in Sharp's Zaurus SL-5500 and Zaurus SL-5000D handhelds. The flaws let attackers take control of the device's file system, giving them the power to overwrite files or lock the device so no data can be input through the keypad or touch screen.
You are opting to prove that something is fake by relying on probability, and at the same time squeezing in a homophobic remark. You're not the smelliest turd in the bowl now are you?
It seems the ./ crew got so sick and tired of people trying to get 50 karma, they now changed it to a less quantifying system. (this is based on something i remeber reading a short time ago where a ./ member mentioned that giving karma a name and a value was the worst mistake they made with slashdot)
My karma used to be 50, but when i now view my info page, it now shows 'excelent'.
Very OT, i know, but i didnt find a reference to it yet, so i figured it was a interesting tid-bit to share
I logged into slashdot this morning, and my user info page said my karma was "Karma: Good (mostly affected by moderation done to your comments)", in the past it had always said a number... "Karma: 26" for example.
Can someone tell me what happened. And when (if at all) will I be able to moderate user comments I see?
Thanks.
Why are my posts automatically at 0, even though nobody's moderated them today? I'm not a troll! People might have disagreed with my past posts, but I've never played a troll. Is this what you get when Slashdot disagrees with you? So much for free speech :| Bah.
Someone you trust is one of us.
Yesterday afternoon I had 48 karma. Today it's excellent. No announcement from the editors. No update of the faq which still says the karma cap is 50, not 'excellent'. Since I guess I don't have the ability to track karma on a point basis anymore, I'm not going to post as an anonymous coward, cuz now I really don't fucking care if you mod me down as off-topic. Since there is no story about this, there is nowhere for me to make this comment and have it be on-topic, but it's clearly relevant to the slashdot community.
Thank you so much editors, now I will be free to troll and troll and troll, which is what this is going to encourage for anyone that had high karma. You really might want to reconsider how you view karma, you don't see it as a point keeping system, but it is. Once I had maxed out my karma a while back, I really lost interest in posting about most issues. What keeps people playing games like Everquest? The eternal desire to have more experience, more gold, more of some kind of point system than others. Same thing kept me posting.
I don't give a fuck if i'm modded offtopic, because i have at least 23 karma to burn before i'll even be able to notice.
:P
This karma decision was UTTERLY STUPID and should really have been discussed with some users first.
And you clearly clicked on the "OT: where's my karma gone?" comment to read about karma anyway biznitch
I wonder if in their wisdom the editors might consider the fact that the desire to get to 50 karma kept people posting good useful posts?
Nah.... who cares about that....
Strange, the way the modding goes on /. sometimes. I genuinely was just speculating, but I suppose if someone's in a bad mood...
Hint: check the link in my sig.
Since I've already been bitch-slapped, I think I'm safe from further repurcussions. Although, this post should allow me to find out what the next step down from "excellent" is!
I'm a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar.
WTF is up with this?