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Liberty Alliance Releases Specifications
Darren.Moffat writes "Has the time come for Passport to move over ? Technical Specs of the Liberty Alliance Project technology are now available from the website and were officially announced at the Burton Group conference today." We've done stories on the Liberty Alliance and digital identity before.
First Post?! Oh God, what have I done?
Did anybody else find that person on the flash animation rather......Borgish looking with that thing over his/her eye?
The irony is so crushing I just fell out of my chair....Well, actually the chair is broken....
I just loaded natalieportman.com in German. I don't read or speak a bit of German, but it automatically makes her hairier (if you know what I mean).
Mmmmmm.
so i tie my ebay account and slashdot account, so when i buy something on ebay they know about my Excellent! karma
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I am coming for you, Mr Em Emalb. You are dead.
You hear me? You....are...DEAD.
Pete.
yikes, who's that kid with the crosseyed flashlight in his eye on the front page?
I am a sig.
YOu stupid fucking karma whore. YOu and peole like you are ruining SLashdot.
Hi. I'm Wilford Brimley, and I've had diabetes for about 20 years. I stay active and I feel pretty good most of the time. See, I do things differently now. I'm not perfect, but I try to watch my diet and exercise. And I check my blood sugar, and I get all my diabetic testing supplies from Liberty Mutual.
Like I said, I'm not perfect. I guess.. some of the things I told you just now are downright fibs. Like the diet and exercise thing. When I said I watch my diet, I guess I mean I watch the minivan from Buddy's Barbecue pull up and unload about $200 worth of pork ribs onto my driveway. While I stand in the doorway hiding my food boulder in my Bermuda shorts.
When it comes to exercise, well that's just a boldfaced lie. I've never moved fast enough to sweat , except when I was making a baby. Even then, I took some much-needed breaks. My doctor isn't even sure I've got diabetes. He just says I look like somebody who would have it. I do check my blood-sugar every day, though, just in case. And Liberty Medical brings all the teting supplies right to my door, so it's easy to track my health.
[ sprays whipped cream into his mouth ]
Who am I kidding? That's bull hockey! I don't keep track of my health at all! People just assume I eat a lot of quaker Oats, so I must be okay. Hell, I wouldn?t eat oatmeal if it was the filling in a Dove bar. I can't stand that gobbledly gook! It always seems like somebody else ate it first. Sorry, Quaker, but I'm Wilford Brimley, I say it how I feel it.
You know what I do like, are them S'Mores. And old-fashioned wedding cake frosting - the kind that's still got lard in it. And merangue made out of egg yolks instead of egg whites. Some people call it cholestoral, I just call it good.
If you have diabetes, you check oyur blood sugar, and you check it often. There's no reason not to. Call Liberty. They can help you have a better life.
Now, I'm gonna go get off my horse by getting onto a smaller horse, and then onto a large dog, until I'm near enough to the ground to roll off.
You take care now.
I'd go down on her immediately after she played 3 hours of the sweatiest, hottest tennis game.
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1. Introduction
As everyone knows, Open Source software is the wave of the future. With the market share of GNU/Linux and *BSD increasing every day, interest in Open Source Software is at an all time high.
Developing software within the Open Source model benefits everyone. People can take your code, improve it and then release it back to the community. This cycle continues and leads to the creation of far more stable software than the 'Closed Source' shops can ever hope to create.
So you're itching to create that Doom 3 killer but don't know where to start? Read on!
2. First Steps
The most important thing that any Open Source project needs is a Sourceforge page. There are tens of thousands of successful Open Source projects on Sourceforge; the support you receive here will be invaluable.
OK, so you've registered your Sourceforge project and set the status to '0: Pre-Thinking About It', what's next?
3. Don't Waste Time!
Now you need to set up your SourceForge homepage. Keep it plain and simple - don't use too many HTML tags, just knock something up in VI. Website editors like FrontPage and DreamWeaver just create bloated eye-candy - you need to get your message to the masses!
4. Ask For Help
Since you probably can't program at all you'll need to try and find some people who think they can. If your project is a game you'll probably need an artist too. Ask for help on your new Sourceforge pages. Here is an example to get you started:
"Hi there! Welcom to my SorceForge page! I am planing to create a Fisrt Person Shooter game for Linux that is going to kick Doom 3's ass! I have loads of awesome ideas, like giant robotic spiders! I need some help thouh as I cant program or draw. If you can program or draw the tekstures please get in touch! K thx bye!"
Thousands of talented programmers and artists hang out at Sourceforge ready to devote their time to projects so you should get a team together in no time!
5. The A-Team
So now you have your team together you are ready to change your projects status to '1: Pre-Bickering'. You will need to discuss your ideas with your team mates and see what value they can add to the project. You could use an Instant Messaging program like MSN for this, but since you run Linux you'll have to stick to e-mail.
Don't forget that YOU are in charge! If your team doesn't like the idea of giant robotic spiders just delete them from the project and move on. Someone else can fill their place and this is the beauty of Open Source development. The code might end up a bit messy and the graphics inconsistant - but it's still 'Free as in Speech'!
6. Getting Down To It
Now that you've found a team of right thinking people you're ready to start development. Be prepared for some delays though. Programming is a craft and can take years to learn. Your programmer may be a bit rusty but will probably be writing "hello world" programs after school in no time.
Closed Source games like Doom 3 use the graphics card to do all the hard stuff anyhow, so your programmer will just have to get the NVidia 'API' and it will be plain sailing! Giant robot spiders, here we come!
7. The Outcome
So it's been a few years, you still have no files released or in CVS. Your programmer can't get enough time on the PC because his mother won't let him use it after 8pm. Your artist has run off with a Thai She-Male. Your project is still at '1: Pre-Bickering'...
Congratulations! You now have a successful Open Source project on Sourceforge! Pat yourself on the back, think up another idea and do it all again! See how simple it is?
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