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August 2002 Daemon News Ezine Published

Posted by michael on from the your-ideas-intrigue-me dept.

questionlp writes "The August 2002 Ezine has been published and is packed with articles and columns with topics ranging from behind-the-scenes look at VicFUG 2002, a report on the recent O'Reilly OSCON, one's adventure through Unix starting from Linux to FreeBSD, a HOWTO on backing up FreeBSD with tar and SMBFS, plus a look at some of the most popular web browsers (most of which are available in the BSD Ports collection)."

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  1. forhst porhste by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yay... i got the firostm splistme. i rule! yay! i'm so eereeet!

  2. The most important news is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OpenBSD sucks. Theo de Raadt sucks. OpenSSH sucks too. No exploits in the default install for 48 hours! Time to move to NetBSD and Kerberos5.

  3. Fisted pron by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ummm, what am I saying Fist Prost!!!!!!!!!!

    =========D ~

  4. Here's a little tip by ObviousGuy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Don't point your readers to newsletters. Find the interesting articles and point to that.

    Thank you.

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    I have been pwned because my /. password was too easy to guess.
    1. Re:Here's a little tip by ObviousGuy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      Please.

      It is obvious what Slashdot ought to post. News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters. It's written right up there at the top of the page.

      Let's assume that a news item only has to meet one of those criteria to be worthy of posting. In that case, we can see how Star Wars Ep. 3 trailers would be posted; it is News for Nerds. And we can see how 9/11 coverage would be posted; it is Stuff that Matters. It is difficult to see how a newsletter that people are already subscribed to would fall under either of those categories.

      If all it takes to make something Slashdot Frontpage-worthy is an editor's opinion, then maybe you can be satisfied. Take a look at the other stories currently on the front page. They are all easily classifiable under News For Nerds. Then look at this story. It is a piece of crap. Not because the newsletter isn't interesting, but because it isn't news and it doesn't matter.

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      I have been pwned because my /. password was too easy to guess.
    2. Re:Here's a little tip by LiquidPC · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      It's released every month, and has plenty of interesting information. That's news. And it's for nerds. So, it fits the motto. If you don'twant it on the main page: FILTER IT OUT. Simple concept.

  5. This thread is dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I heard on the radio this morning that this thread was found comatose this morning, August 03, @08:45AM, on it's home Slashdot. Even if you weren't a fan of BSD or the Ezine newsletter, you probably appreciated the benefits these two publications made to operating system development. Though new posts trickled in giving hope that this thread wasn't soon dead, the outlook is grim. The thread is as good as dead.

    It will be missed.

  6. Talk Radio/Sad News/No Further Details by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just heard the sad news on talk radio. Troubled linux company VA_Software was found dead in it's office this morning. Initial reports attribute the cause of death to it's IPO. There were no further details. Even if you liked LNUX, there is no doubt they lost a lot of money, and ruined a lot of lives. Truly an icon the Dot-con speculative bubble. It won't be missed, good riddance :-)

  7. Re:This is slashdot! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes, so cute in his special homoerotic way. When I see him, I want to put on leather, head to the nearest biker bar, and suck off every manly man in the joint. Afterwards, I'm hopeing they will kick my worthless ass, and rape me till my bum gushes blood.

  8. Re:This is slashdot! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    When I see that oh-so-cute daemon guy, it makes me want to head to the zoo with a 24-pack of condoms, and start bum-fucking every penguin in sight. Like this guy at: yewnicks

  9. Re:This is slashdot! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You need to stop using Linux.

    We would prefer you to use Windows. *BSD are for heteroseexuals only.