Posted by
ryuzaki0
on from the chips-ain't-easy dept.
aftk2 writes "According to news.com, chip maker Transmeta - current home of Linux creator Linus Torvalds, has canned 40% (200 people) of its work force, and has shifted its goals toward obtaining profitability in 2003. No word on whether there were any penguins seen leaving the building."
Talk to you all later.
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Anonymous Coward
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On July 15th Slashdot (and the Internet) lost one of its finest children. He was a first post legend on Slashdot. He lived life to the fullest. People often attributed Kurt Cobain's famous quote to him: "It is better to burn out than to fade away."
A more fitting description for someone's life there never was. He will be missed by all. Perhaps, one day, like a Phoenix, he will arise anew from the ashes of Slashdot's demise. One can only hope such would be the case.
"It's better to burn out than to fade away." -- Kurt Cobain
We will miss you Pr0n K1ng!
--pk
[on by] A modest proposal by poopbot
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It seems that the Janitors, in their infinite wisdom, have banned people who have low/negative karma from posting more than twice per day. Personally I find this completely stupid.
All the trolls will simply post AC as I am doing now. Proxies can be used to get around any ipid bans that result from AC trolls.
Surely it is better to let the trolls post at -1 where it is out of most peoples way rather than have them all post at 0 and suck up mod points and time from "legit" users?
I have tried to communicate my thoughts to the slashcode team but alas, to no avail. They are probably all sittin on their starwars bed sheets watching anime hentai tentacle rape pr0n.
Here is my proposal: All trolls that cannot post using their account post as AC. Use proxies if need be (www.antiproxy.com is a good source). I suspect this will show them how useless this idea is. Will blocking troll uid's stop trolls? NO! will ipid bans stop trolls? NO!
I seriously fail to see the point of this and consider it a stupid move by the janitors.
They want us to troll and crapflood at 0 rather than -1? Fine! So be it! No longer will we post at -1 where few people dare to visit, now we will post at 0 where we will be more visible and waste peoples time, energy and mod points! Hoorah!
The next thing you know, posting AC will be banned! Then what will you do? No more posting interesting insider tidbits! Groupthink all the way baby! oh yeah!
So logout, post shit, use proxies and above all have fun!
Let the games begin! -- on by
- posted by poopbot: providing truth in a deceitful world
Sorry. Seriously, though, if you're not rooted in too firmly, there are jobs out there if you're willing to move to them, especially in places with big defense companies (San Diego, various east coast cities, etc).
If you're stuck in the boonies, though, you've got problems -- the lack of fallback jobs is why I passed on a very well-paying job with a startup in Madison, WI, even though I really needed the work at the time and have family there. If you get laid off and are a niche-type worker, you're in trouble.
-- Every year during my review, I just pray the words "slashdot.org" aren't mentioned.
And FreeBSD has fired 80% of its workers
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Anonymous Coward
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FreeBSD is dying!
think about this
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[http://reply%20to%20this]
Re:hey, thanks for the spot
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Anonymous Coward
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The original poster (you?) was wanking! A Wanker can't call "wanker" on anyone else. It's just not done.
Re:Shifted its goals?
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brad3378
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> MY SECOND TYAN THUNDER K7 BLEW UP! so edrugtrader is down. if you are down with tyan, F U 2.
Thanks for the warning..... I was seriously considering getting that mobo. Did the heat kill it? Any advice for getting a dual AMD board?
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Re:There's a shock.
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I'm just a Sweet Transmetite...
Sweet Transmetiiiiiite ... from Transsssexual Transylvaniaaaaaahaha
Sorry, couldn't resist.:-)
Re:There's a shock.
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But if you're not Palestinian, why can you speak Japanese?
Slashdot Mirror
On July 15th Slashdot (and the Internet) lost one of its finest children. He was a first post legend on Slashdot. He lived life to the fullest. People often attributed Kurt Cobain's famous quote to him: "It is better to burn out than to fade away."
A more fitting description for someone's life there never was. He will be missed by all. Perhaps, one day, like a Phoenix, he will arise anew from the ashes of Slashdot's demise. One can only hope such would be the case.
"It's better to burn out than to fade away." -- Kurt Cobain
We will miss you Pr0n K1ng!
--pk
It seems that the Janitors, in their infinite wisdom, have banned people who have low/negative karma from posting more than twice per day. Personally I find this completely stupid.
All the trolls will simply post AC as I am doing now. Proxies can be used to get around any ipid bans that result from AC trolls.
Surely it is better to let the trolls post at -1 where it is out of most peoples way rather than have them all post at 0 and suck up mod points and time from "legit" users?
I have tried to communicate my thoughts to the slashcode team but alas, to no avail. They are probably all sittin on their starwars bed sheets watching anime hentai tentacle rape pr0n.
Here is my proposal: All trolls that cannot post using their account post as AC. Use proxies if need be (www.antiproxy.com is a good source). I suspect this will show them how useless this idea is. Will blocking troll uid's stop trolls? NO! will ipid bans stop trolls? NO!
I seriously fail to see the point of this and consider it a stupid move by the janitors.
They want us to troll and crapflood at 0 rather than -1? Fine! So be it! No longer will we post at -1 where few people dare to visit, now we will post at 0 where we will be more visible and waste peoples time, energy and mod points! Hoorah!
The next thing you know, posting AC will be banned! Then what will you do? No more posting interesting insider tidbits! Groupthink all the way baby! oh yeah!
So logout, post shit, use proxies and above all have fun!
Let the games begin! -- on by
- posted by poopbot: providing truth in a deceitful world
cPPL1uOqOo Post #282
Sorry. Seriously, though, if you're not rooted in too firmly, there are jobs out there if you're willing to move to them, especially in places with big defense companies (San Diego, various east coast cities, etc).
If you're stuck in the boonies, though, you've got problems -- the lack of fallback jobs is why I passed on a very well-paying job with a startup in Madison, WI, even though I really needed the work at the time and have family there. If you get laid off and are a niche-type worker, you're in trouble.
Every year during my review, I just pray the words "slashdot.org" aren't mentioned.
FreeBSD is dying!
[http://reply%20to%20this]
The original poster (you?) was wanking! A Wanker can't call "wanker" on anyone else. It's just not done.
> MY SECOND TYAN THUNDER K7 BLEW UP! so edrugtrader is down. if you are down with tyan, F U 2.
Thanks for the warning..... I was seriously considering getting that mobo. Did the heat kill it?
Any advice for getting a dual AMD board?
Sorry, couldn't resist. :-)
But if you're not Palestinian, why can you speak Japanese?