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FSF Debuts "Shared Source" Initiative
matty_x points to coverage at NewsForge of the Free Software Foundation's new 'Shared Source' program. Cynics might call this selling out, but it actually makes a lot of sense for the FSF to listen to customers about what they really would like and benefit from, rather than only to developers and freeloading users. Bravo!
Still the same date, eh?
If you mod me down, I *will* introduce you to my sister!
Here's the problem with April Fool's Day, this is one of those articles that makes you think "if only it were true." I guess the FSF getting a clue is too much to ask for.
Happy April Fools Day, but these stories are lame.
X(7): A program for managing terminal windows. See also screen(1).
Take a break from Slashdot, and do your *income taxes*. That's what I'm doing, and I sure hope that when the IRS employee sees my fat check dated April 1st, he'll think "this gotta be a joke", and trash my submission entirely.
All the April fools activity in New Zealand is over already... this is like having to live through the damn day twice, once locally and once over the net :-/
I would like to "share" something with you all...
STOP THE INSANITY!
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
SAVE SOME FOR NEXT YEAR!
Actually they're pretty funny. I'll go fix my caps lock key now.
I wish they would quit with the dumb april fools jokes. Today at the bank I went to use the drive-through ATM, but it was covered with an "out of order" sign. I ripped it down, threw in my card, and withdrew some money. I wish I didn't go to college so I could have been a worthless scumbag bank teller. These morons can't fool a college professor.
If you can make a point eliquontly, don't bother.
before you reply, let me do it for you:
If you can't spell, don't bother. there, now you don't have to say it.
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
Isn't the lameness filter working?
None of the April Fools stories were funny on the 1st, and they're certainly not funny on the 2nd. Another humourless year from Slashdot..
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - April Fools day was found dead in on the internet this morning. There weren't any more details yet. I'm sure we'll all miss it, even if you weren't a fan of it's work there's no denying it's contribution to lame slashdot stories. Truly an American icon.
There is a reason why most places only post a single April Fools Day joke -- it isn't because they don't have enough material, it is because "trick" jokes only work in isolation. If everything you say/do/post is a joke, for the entire day, it is nothing but annoying, and any jokes that may have worked well on their own don't work at all because it becomes WAY TOO OBVIOUS when you have them all huddled together.
Yeah. Feels like friggin' groundhog day here in Oz. Will it ever end?
There should be a rule against April Fools jokes that aren't clever.
I mean, come on, as long as we're running everything into the ground, its all open game right?*
*In the interest of "staying on topic" I would like to just say that In Soviet Russia, Gnu Hurd tramples you!
If brevity is the soul of wit, then how does one explain Twitter?
FIRST POST!!
CmdrTaco needs to get off his ass and fix Slashdot. A new inoming queue setup, some advanced url and keyword scanenrs to avoid dupes, and for fucks sake, ditch the HTML 1.0 interface! it's been ugly for years.
Next you're going to tell me that Wil Wheaton is set to get a recurring role on "Enterprise".
actually i was going to remark on your grammar...it seems to me that making a point eloquently would make far more sense than making one i could not make eloquently. no offense intended of course.
In SOVIET RUSSIA... erm...NSA AMERICA, the Internet logs onto YOU!
"GNU/FreeWindowsXP, which can be freely downloaded from GNU/Microsoft.com starting today for only $149" HAHAHAHA
Microsoft likes money and that makes them evil HA.
Seriously though, next year I think it would be funny if all the April 1st posts would be real.
-fren
"Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?"
Why is everybody complaining so much?
It's not like Slashdot has ever written their "stories" themselves, they just, like, report on other peoples stories. I mean, it's not like you're paying for reading this, after all.
And in all honesty, when could an "American" ever realize when enough is enough anyway?
How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life
The only April 1st post that I was looking for today was, "Hail To The King Baby. It's Done. Duke Nukem Forever is Shipping."
"Excuse me miss... what's today?"
"February 2nd - Groundhog's Day!"
"It's still just once a year?"
This space for rent.
RMS would be mad at you for creating such a bad story. to think free software nazi RMS supporting shared source? i don't think so.
I write code.
"...gratefully accepted a $50 million check from Gates on behalf of the FSF"
I've given it a lot of thought, especially whilst wading through an endless parade of the most dweeby April Fools Jokes ever, and I've decided that I would sell out everything I hold precious for $50 million dollars.
Everything - I'd put my entire family, including my younger sister in a poorly-run nursing home, I'd go on Fox News, anything.
So I'm not sure I'm qualified to find this one all that funny.
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Believe me, I'm as surprised by my comment as you are.
This would be hard news to take on its own, but at the same time that BSD is dying and Apple is going out of business?! (Well, at least RFC 3514 will clear up a lot of security concerns, assuming anyone's still around to implement it.)
It reminds me of this . Bill Gates had better watch out now, one of his fanboys might kill him and that will be the end of this "shared source" trial. Oh, I'd almost trade my freedom for the stability of free software but I know it can't be.
DMCA, Hollings, Palladium. What might have sounded like paranoia is now common sense.
Does this mean that next time I read the source to GCC, Bill Gates^W^W RMS owns my firstborn?
You're doing it wrong.
These are not funny!! STOPPIT
DUH!
They must've upgraded hotmail with some of this new shared source stuff because my hotmail seems to be the april fools joke of the day.
:'A timeout occured while communicating with the server.'
Task 'Hotmail:Folder:Inbox Synchronizing headers.' reported error (0x800CCC19)
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Worst April 1st ever.
</VOICE>
problem solved
I found that article really quite amusing. Part of what made it so funny was that it sounded a lot like previous pro-shared source Microsoft'ish articles where MS tries to give the appearence of freedom while denying the power thereof.
yeah right and grits are best served cold
They work better if you use less frequently.
Better idea for next year, don't do any april fools jokes. It would be funny to see the comments about the story being an obvious april fools joke, every whiner with out a since of humor bitching about how lame it is, etc.
Or did I just discribe what they have always been doing?
Wait a minute... WE HAVE BEEN TROLLED!
Slashdot was off this year ... surely bested by the daily gaim build ;)
i m/gaim/src/buddy.c.diff?r1=1.480&r2=1.481
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ga
(Score:-1, Wrong)
My name is eSolutions, a troll from Adequacy and Kuro5hin. I daresay I've written some good trolls in my day -- if perdida still had the AQ archives up, I would link to them. You can find some of my stuff on Kuro5hin, but it's of much lower quality and quantity, as K5 sucks.
In any event, I feel at least a little qualified to discuss posting fake information online with the intent of confusing, angering, and amusing various readers.
The real problem here is that Slashdot editors spend most of their time stamping out trolls, shaking their collective, bony, pasty-white fists at trolls' posts. They haven't paid attention to the subtlety that can be put into a proper troll. Like any art form, it can be done skillfully -- seeking new ways to troll, trying new angles and new ideas -- or it can be done unskillfully. The slashdot editors are now walking this low road.
There is little hope for them, but I may as well lecture now on the Theory of Humour. You moderators should mod me up for the value of this alone -- it may make the editors stop this silliness; insulting, as it is, to both serious reader and geniune troll.
HOW HUMOUR WORKS
There's a Monty Python sketch with two guys on a pier. One of them is holding a herring in each hand, dancing a jig, and at the end of each measure slaps the other guy across the face with them, in time with the song. Then, at the end of the song, the other guys takes out the HUGE MOTHERFUCKING TROUT and beats the first guy over the head, knocking him into the water.
What is humour, and why is this skit funny? Humour is the *tearing down of what's been built up.* This is why breaking social conventions is often funny -- because social conventions are constantly exalted in our lives, and seeing someone throw a pie at the mayor tears down those conventions. Often, this depends on where one is personality-wise -- folks with different Meyers-Briggs scores tend to find different things funny. NTs like abstract humor, SJs like the people intentionally acting stupid, et cetera.
In the aforementioned Monty Python sketch, the guy with the two herring *builds up a pattern* by girlishly slapping the other guy to music. The other guy *tears down that pattern* by beating him with the massive, truncheon-like trout.
So, what you, my dearest editors, need to do is build a pattern up and then break it down. Once it's been broken down, it's no longer funny. (Heard much from Andrew Dice Clay lately?) You need to build up another pattern and break that one down.
Please, for the love of god, take this advice to heart.
Yours in Hubbard,
eSolutions
Live on freeloading users!
It is official; Google confirms: April Fools is dying
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered April Fools community when a Google search confirmed that Slashdot redership has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all readers. Coming on the heels of a recent Google search which plainly states that April Fools Day has lost more realistic jokes, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. April Fools is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by repeated dupes in the recent Slashdot postings by CmdrTaco.
You don't need to be a Slashbot to predict April Fools' future. The hand writing is on the wall: April Fools faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for April Fools because April Fools is dying. Things are looking very bad for April Fools Day. As many of us are already aware, April Fools continues to lose popularity. Pathetic Slashdot stories flow like a river of blood.
Slashdot is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of its core readers. The sudden and unpleasant departures of long time readers FortKnox and $$$$$exyGal only serve to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: April Fools is dying.
Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.
April Fools leader CmdrTaco states that there are 70 subscribers of Slashdot. How many readers of Kuro5hin are there? Let's see. The number of Slashdot versus Kuro5hin posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 70/5 = 14 Kuro5hin readers. YASS posts on Usenet are about half of the volume of Kuro5hin posts. Therefore there are about 7 users of YASS. A recent article put Slashdot and its readers at about 80 percent of the April Fools market. Therefore there are (70+14+7)*4 = 364 Slashdot users. This is consistent with the number of Slashdot reader posts.
Due to the troubles of VA Software, abysmal subscription sales and so on, Slashdot will soon go out of business and will be taken over by Kuro5hin who sell another troubled meta news site. Now all of the other Slashdot sites (YASS) are also dead, their corpses turned over to yet another charnel house.
All major surveys show that April Fools has steadily declined in Slashdot stories. April Fools is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If April Fools is to survive at all it will be among Halloween and Valentine's Day. April Fools continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, April Fools is dead.
Fact: April Fools Day is dying
I can't believe Slashdot is reporting about some arcane shared source initiative on the most important day in history--the day that the "Evil Bit" has been added to the TCP/IP header. What is this new bit, you say? I'm not surprised you've never heard of it... Slashdot refuses to make any mention of it and instead they fill up their logs with rubbish such as said story. Just watch, this story will probably be duped in a couple hours.
Next year, Slashdot...post one or two good jokes, and that's all. They are much more effective that way.
Are more sad and pathetic then ones who do it in real life.
FACT!
The entire open source movement is dying and all you guys can talk about are April fools jokes! Don't you know that the FSF is where all free software is made and now that Microsoft has bought it there won't be anymore. Sure, I thought it was a joke at first, but then I saw all the other articles and realized there's no way slashdot would dedicate the entire day to joke stories. The world must really be going to hell.
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Nah, I'd miss all the sheep here ;-)
I just heard on the news that the Internet Society, who ratifies new TCP/IP standards, died tonight. Apparently their homepage shut down after being slashdotted 5 times today. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss them - even if you didn't enjoy their work on "Evil Bits", there's no denying their contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
It is official; Foxnews confirms: middle east is dying One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered middle east community when IDC confirmed that middle east market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all servers. Coming on the heels of a recent Foxnews survey which plainly states that middle east has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. middle east is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing dead last in the recent Sys Admin comprehensive networking test.
You don't need to be a Rush Limbaugh to predict middle east's future. The hand writing is on the wall: middle east faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for middle east because middle east is dying. Things are looking very bad for middle east. As many of us are already aware, middle east continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood.
Iraq is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of its core developers. The sudden and unpleasant departures of long time Iraq developers Saddam Hussein only serve to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: Iraq is dying.
Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers. Stephen King, american icon, dead at 55.
Palestine leader Yasser Arafat states that there are 7000 users of Palestine. How many users of Syria are there? Let's see. The number of Palestine versus Syrian posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 Syrian users. Iran posts on Usenet are about half of the volume of Jordan posts. Therefore there are about 700 users of Iran. A recent article put Iraq at about 80 percent of the middle east market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 Iraq users. This is consistent with the number of Iraq Usenet posts.
Due to the troubles of IraqiOil, abysmal sales and so on, Iraq went out of business and was taken over by Halliburton who sell another troubled OS. Now Halliburton is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet another charnel house.
All major surveys show that middle east has steadily declined in market share. middle east is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If middle east is to survive at all it will be among OS dilettante dabblers. middle east continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, middle east is dead .
Emphasis mine
How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life
same thing on "MS" webpage!
Have some dignity.
--eSolutions
I am also glad that Microsoft is finally doing something to jump on the open source bandwagon, considering that just about everyone else has, and that they're sponsoring the Free Software Foundation. It might seem a bit contradictory, seeing how the FSF is against a lot of the decisions made by Microsoft, but it shows that there is an effort being made on Microsoft's part to stop being the evil empire that leeches off consumers by releasing crappy software. I think they should shorten the names of their programs, though... GNU/FreePowerPoint is a bit long for my tastes. Oh, and one other thing... I bet I had you fooled into thinking that I was fooled into believing this bogus story.
OMG THIS IS GENIUS!!!!
It makes my femme-folds weep with joy!
They dance and sway like lazy coral in the warm, salty waters of the drink.
--eSolutions
Oh my fscking GOD. Please everyone, stop the whining.
Yes, I saw LOTR. Is boring.
I don't know who you are, but I think your theories are compelling and novel. Please add me to your mailings-list.
Yours,
eSolutions
Yes, and hope, what of hope? For if your world-view doesn't encompass these, then what is to become of the adventurer, seething in the sea-foam? What is to become of the little dreamer, hatching his dastardisms on the playings-ground? What will happen to all who burn and lust for freedom, gnawing at the bars of their factory cages, piddling on the leather shoes of the blue-and-silver gunslingers, growling and screaming the Elder Green Blues? Where does this fit into your perfect, gleaming postmodernism? WHERE ARE ALL THE HEROES? WHERE?
Your Friend,
eSolutions
While you're at it, click the link and report him as a spammer like I just did.
Looks like we're back to the August 15, 2120 target date for GNU/Hurd 1.0 again...
Due to rising administrative costs and the amount of food necessary to keep Stallman fed, the Free Software Foundation has renamed itself "the $6.99 Software Foundation".
Ah fuck it I'm sick of this April Fool's shit.
Talk about OVERDOING it!
Yeah, timezones and equators and stuff are a bitch so I understand why some people went off.
/. at work so when I read the link and found myself ROFL by the second paragraph, I was glad that it was posted.
But I don't have much of an opportunity to read
So I think I understand and can empathi[sz]e with those of you tired of April Fool's Day posts. But after a long day on the east coast of the USA that was markedly devoid of any such tomfoolery, I enjoyed it. Nice piece of satire there, Robin.
--K.
Sig: Bad people happen. Try to avoid being one of them.
What's wrong with controlling people? They can't even control themselves.
If their software is no longer free, they'll have to change their name to a more accurate one, like "Crappy Software Foundation" or "The organization formerly known as the organization which wants credit and naming rights for what Linus did"
April Fools!
For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares"?
I'm so glad it's April 1! At first I thought the links (like gnufreewindowsxp.com) were slashdoted and this was an end to the FSF as we know it untill I looked at the date.
You got me!
you might be a troll, but I have not problem with seeing ads over paying for the 80% of tripe this site pumps out, I would rather pay Texstar for Pclinuxonline, at least he provides real value.
for a second anyway..
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So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of money? -- Ayn Rand
/. on a dreary April 2nd morning.
-- bottom of
Somebody wake me up when it's worth reading Slashdot again...
Si
"Posted by timothy on Wed April 02, 01:08 AM"
April fools jokes are supposed to finish at lunchtime on april 1st, not 1am the *next day*.
This is obviously a hoax. Come on, people, April Fool's is over!
"Do I dare disturb the universe?"
Wow, great! Incredible! Fantastic! Funny!
Yours,
eSolutions