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Immortal Code

Posted by michael on from the put-it-out-of-its-misery dept.

ziani writes ""... Sometimes a piece of code is so elegant, so evolved, that it outlasts everything else." Nice article at Wired wondering how much great (and lousy) code is lost due to business failures."

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  1. Man this was in WIRED weeks ago by TerryAtWork · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I have always gotten my story submissions rejected. I must remember to suggest ancient stuff.

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    1. Re:Man this was in WIRED weeks ago by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      My friend, feel free to read your precious W.I.R.E.D to your heart's content.

      Also, please die now. Thank you.

  2. Re:Your Sig by e12532 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Offtopic, but there's an online peition for Palladium or whatever they're caling it now, here

  3. In WWII-Era Imperialist Japan... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    TOKYO SUCKERPUNCHES YOU!

  4. Immortal code by Amsterdam+Vallon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How to filter out traffic from Microsoft's latest Internet worm:
    /sbin/iptables -I FORWARD -p udp --dport 1434 -j DROP :-p

    *nix.org

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  5. Lernout & Hauspie bust by NSA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    LH bust was caused by... yes a conspiracy!

    Who benefitted from speech recognition software and
    knowledge to be eliminated from Europe:

    Intelligence services of the good old US of A.

  6. obligatory slashdot business plan by greechneb · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    1. Start Software Company
    2. Spend enormous amount on R&D
    3. Sell few copies
    4. Downsize company to just you
    5. Wait until other companies use your codebase
    6. Sue claiming stealing of IP
    7. Profit!!!!