Gnomemeeting Closes the Source

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Gnomemeeting Closes the Source

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday April 1, 2003 @07:45AM from the heart-breaking-announcements dept.

daja77 writes "There is an announcement on Gnomemeeting stating that they are closing the source to be able to support tcpa and palladium. The gnomemeeting PRO version will be available for $50 tomorrow and GPL version will be discontinued."

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For fuck's sake by chrisseaton · 2003-04-01 07:45 · Score: 4, Insightful

Give it a rest, Taco!
1. Re:For fuck's sake by xanadu-xtroot.com · 2003-04-01 08:32 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  Come on, it's funny.
  
  It WAS funny.
  
  --
  I'm not a prophet or a stone-age man,
  I'm just a mortal with potential of a super man.
2. Re:For fuck's sake by Anonvmous+Coward · 2003-04-01 08:50 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  "Give it a rest, Taco!"
  
  How long have you been around? This happens every year on April 1st. If it bothers you, then mark April 1st on your calendar next year to take a day off from Slashdot.
3. Re:For fuck's sake by NanoGator · 2003-04-01 09:28 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  "And the new TCP/IP RFC repeated 3 times was another stupid fucking move that only demonstrates the lack of creativity they have in screwing with people."
  
  Actually, it demonstrates that he listens to everybody's whining about the infrequent story dupes. He's not making fun of himself, he's winding up the overly sensitive ppl out there whose lives depend on Slashdot providing fresh content 20 times a day.
  
  --
  "Derp de derp."
4. Re:For fuck's sake by eht · 2003-04-01 09:29 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  the problem is though, that there is some real news posted on some april 1st's, and it's sometimes a bitch to sort it out
Re:enough by jagripino · 2003-04-01 07:49 · Score: 3, Insightful

Dude... It's supposed to be funny! Enjoy it!

Really, it may not be you kind of humour, but I'm having fun with the discussions on /. today.
Re:enough by RollingThunder · 2003-04-01 07:53 · Score: 5, Insightful

Since you know it happens - why not just take a day off of Slashdot?
Re:April 1st by ohchaos · 2003-04-01 07:59 · Score: 5, Insightful

you think it's a bad day for viewing slashdot.... you should try moderating it..... *sigh*
Re:enough by dschuetz · 2003-04-01 08:04 · Score: 5, Insightful

Since you know it happens - why not just take a day off of Slashdot?

Because they continue to post some real stories, too.

The novelty of April Fool's jokes (a fun RFC, an explanation of pigeon-ranking technology, etc.) wears really thin when there are a dozen of them in a row. Especially so when you have to figure out which stories are real in the middle of the other junk.

Slashdot is in a strange position with regards to these hoaxes. It's not, generally, a creator of jokes, but instead publicizes others' jokes for fun and comments. So, by definition, we see a whole lot more of them here simply because /. is an aggregator of other stories, by definition.

What was suggested last year was that there be one or two April Fools' "quickies" with links to a bunch of funny jokes, rather than trying to pass each and every stupid hoax off as a real story. Obviously, that's not happening this time.

On the other hand, I have to admit grudging satisfaction with the IP RFC evil-bit bit, since the joke is no longer the RFC story, but the fact that it keeps coming up.

I also think the slew of really off-the-wall Ask Slashdot stories is pretty good. They're crazy enough that you can recognize them right off as April Fool's jokes, but reasonable enough that they're actually generating some fun discussion.

But, really, the "post a different hoax every hour" model was broken last year, and it's just as broken this year.
Re:enough by dschuetz · 2003-04-01 08:34 · Score: 3, Insightful

Because they continue to post some real stories, too.

which version of /. were you brought up on? must have been before the ipv4 changes; slightly after gentoo migrated to rpm...

Assuming for the moment that you weren't being sarcastic (it's late in the day for me so my detector isn't operating at full capacity), some stories posted today that appear to be legit:

* Humor in Times of War
* Can You Trust Microsoft on Security?
* Apple 12" Powerbook Review
* Peter Jackson Remaking King Kong

Some of the off-the-wall Ask Slashdot entries are obviously posted as jokes, but make interesting discussion anyway:

* CD-R Scents (I've always wondered this myself)
* "Corporation" loophole to music sharing
* Negative Skeptics
* Eyes as Cameras
* Possessed Technology (who hasn't had some?)

The "hoaxes," themselves, are pretty poor this year. None of them, really, pass the first glance test, and half the fun of being taken in is getting halfway down an RFC or something before you realize you've been had. The stories today (BSD distros merging, Enlightenment 1.0, etc.) are so far off as to not even invite gullibility.