AOL Pulls Nullsoft's WASTE

dmehus writes "America Online, parent company of Nullsoft, has pulled what it views as a controversial project called WASTE from Nullsoft's servers. This is not the only time it has stepped in to Nullsoft's doings. It had quickly taken down Gnutella, developed by Nullsoft co-founder Justin Frankel, and shut down an MP3 search engine. CNET's News.com has more details." For those not keeping track, WASTE was only recently released.

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Very important Health Info (Please Read!)

[Anonymous Coward]

You may be surprised to learn that the software you use affects your health. A group of medical researchers in the Midwest have discovered proof that the effect of using quality, reliable software on human health is undeniable.
An unbiased medical study was recently completed which included blood tests, double-blind placebo-controlled user tests, heart monitors and urine samples, among other techniques. The study was led by Dr. Robert Wilkes and his assistant Dr. Li Huang, both of whom have a strong background in computer software. The details have not yet been made available to the public, however Drs. Wilkes and Huang have asked that the public be provided with a summary of their findings as soon as possible.

This study was conducted over a period of two years, and the results will be published shortly in a major medical journal. The subjects for the study were 235 computer users and programmers, of varying skill levels, selected at random from major cities in the U.S., and carefully monitored on a periodic basis for software-related stress, illness, injury and other ailments. They also performed psychological evaluations to determine the effect of various software brands on the users' mental health.

Below is a brief summary of the results of their findings.

Users of Microsoft Windows, Office and Internet Explorer have a significantly lower incidence of stomach ulcers, colonic gas, redness of the eyes, and stress-related high blood pressure than their Unix & Linux counterparts -- particularly the users of Solarus, Red Hat, NOME, KDE and Netscape, among others. It was believed that the ocular redness was related to the high percentage of marijuana abusers in the Linux community, and urinalysis confirmed this to be the case. Further study and psychoanalysis showed that the stress and ulceration (found in the Unix & Linux users) were primarily caused by the following factors:

1. Uncertainty about the future of their operating system.
2. The perceived need to "fight the system", or a sort of internal struggle against large corporations (such as Microsoft).
3. The necessity of posturing oneself as "reet" in order to gain the respect of colleagues. (These users failed to inform Dr. Wilkes as to the meaning of this obscure term. If anyone here can provide a definition, that would be appreciated.)
4. Feelings of fear or paranoia concerning illegal hacking, cracking and "where's" smuggling activities. (Such feelings were quite widespread among this group, and tend to also cause the flatus which was mentioned earlier.)

The Unix & Linux users also had a greater incidence of carpal-tunnel syndrome, due to the greater necessity of typing at the command line. Examination of the wrist muscles in this group of users found numerous cases of inflammation and irreparable injury caused by their incessant command-line usage, whereas the majority of Microsoft users, who primarily use the mouse and seldom type, had healthy wrist muscles.

The Microsoft users exhibited tranquility, good mental and physical health, and balanced emotional well-being. They tend to spend more time at the gym, visit family and friends more often, and are more outgoing and social. Dr. Huang found that this is due to the fact that their operating system doesn't require them to spend long hours studying Mann pages in order to perform simple maintenance tasks. Their primary reasons for feeling secure were as follows:

1. Their choice of software is friendly and colorful, plays interesting sounds when they start up, shut down, or click on certain pictures, and Microsoft provides plenty of hotfixes such as Windows Update to keep their computer safe from hackers.
2. They feel secure about the future of Microsoft, partly because its founder is the richest man on the planet. As one user noted, "Bill Gates is one smart cookie. He knows how to make computers easy for people like me. I trust him with the future of my computer, because he always comes up with nifty ways to make computers fun. Plus he'

Re:way to go AOL!

[fear2k]

What does GWB have to do with nullsoft????

Re:yeah biznatch

[MerlTurkin]

Can someone tell me what this horsehit means? I'm hearing that type of crap a lot lately. The latest teen lingo? Sounds freaking retarded to me....

Re:way to go AOL!

[Upphew]

What does GWB have to do with Iraq, Iran, etc????

IMPORTANT!!! The Linux Gay Conspiracy

[Anonymous Coward]

Update: "Fist Sport" explained. (05/17/01)

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It has come to my attention that the entire Linux community is a hotbed of so called 'alternative sexuality,' which includes anything from hedonistic orgies to homosexuality to pedophilia.

What better way of demonstrating this than by looking at the hidden messages contained within the names of some of Linux's most outspoken advocates:

Linus Torvalds is an anagram of SLIT ANUS OR VD 'L,' clearly referring to himself by the first initial.

Richard M. Stallman , spokespervert for the Gaysex is Not Unusual 'movement' is an anagram of MANS CRAM THRILL AD.

Alan Cox is barely an anagram of ANAL COX which is just so filthy and unchristian it unnerves me.

I'm sure that Eric S. Raymond, composer of the satanic homosexual propaganda diatribe The Cathedral and the Bizarre, [Buy At Amazon] is probably an anagram of something queer, but we don't need to look that far as we know he's always shoving a gun up some poor little boy's rectum. Update: Eric S. Raymond is actually an anagram for SECONDARY RIM and CORD IN MY ARSE. It just goes to show you that he is indeed queer.

Update the Second: It is also documented that Evil Sicko Gaymond is responsible for a nauseating piece of code called Fetchmail, which is obviously sinister sodomite slang for "Felch Male" - a disgusting practise. For those not in the know, "felching" is the act performed by two perverts wherein one sucks their own post-coital ejaculate out of the other's rectum. In fact, it appears that the dirty Linux faggots set out to undermine the good Republican institution of e-mail, turning it into "e-male."

As far as Richard "(cock)Master" Stallman goes, that filthy fudge-packer was actually quoted on leftist commie propaganda site Salon.com as saying the following:

RMS: "I've been resistant to the pressure to conform in any circumstance," he says. "It's about being able to question conventional wisdom," he asserts. "I believe in love, but not monogamy," he says plainly.

And this isn't a made up troll bullshit either! He actually stated this tripe, which makes it obvious that he is trying to politely say that he's a flaming homo slut!

Speaking about "flaming," who better to point out as a filthy chutney ferret than Slashdot's very own self-confessed pederast Jon Katz. Although an obvious deviant anagram cannot be found from his name, he has already confessed, nay boasted of the homosexual perversion of corrupting the innocence of young children. To quote from the article linked:

"I've got a rare kidney disease,' I told her. 'I have to go to the bathroom a lot. You can come with me if you want, but it takes a while. Is that okay with you? Do you want a note from my doctor?'

Is this why you were touching your penis in

Re:IMPORTANT!!! The Linux Gay Conspiracy

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow, Bill. Since legal &&/|| illegal methods to stop Linux do not work, you have sunk to this? Please, it will be any better this way.

PS2 Ownz

[Anonymous Coward]

ncftp> open ftp://ps2ownz:server@194.47.173.142:7514
Connecti ng to 194.47.173.142...
ProFTPD 1.2.2 Server
Logging in...
User logged in, proceed.
Logged in to 194.47.173.142.
Current remote directory is /.
ncftp / > dir
drw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 May 30 10:11 .
drw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 May 30 10:11 ..
-rw-rw-rw- 1 user group 1000000 May 29 22:09 1MB
drw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 May 29 09:24 1] Welcome to ps2ownz server - brought to you by convict
drw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 May 31 00:57 2] Ps2
drw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 May 31 01:28 3] Xbox
drw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 May 31 00:19 4] Misc
ncftp / > cd "2] Ps2"/
There are 30536.03 Mb available on drive C:, Current bandwidth use is 391.000 Kbyte/s, There is/are 17 User(s) connected right now
Directory changed to /2] Ps2
ncftp /2] Ps2 > dir
drw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 May 31 00:57 .
drw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 May 31 00:57 ..
drw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 May 31 2003 1.5.SDK.ISO
drw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 May 31 00:08 2.7.SDK.DOCS
drw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 May 30 20:07 2.7.SDK.LIBS.TOOLS
drw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 May 29 10:07 2.7.SDK.TXT.HTML
drw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 May 29 23:59 IDA TOOLS
drw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 May 30 01:21 ISOEdit
drw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 May 31 02:12 Jide
drw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 May 30 00:10 PGEN_1.0BETA_Swap_Magic_Compatable
drw-rw-rw-&nbs p; 1 user group 0 May 29 23:08 PS2 TOOLS
drw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 May 30 01:20 SNSYS TOOLS
drw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 May 31 2003 Septiego
drw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 May 30 10:35 Swap_Magic_CD_Loader_v1-6_Consoles
drw-rw-rw-&nbs p; 1 user group 0 May 29 23:34 TMPGEnc
drw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 May 31 01:14 UltraISO
drw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 May 30 00:08 XenoSaga_Swap_Magic_PPF
ncftp /2] Ps2 > cd 2.7.SDK.LIBS.TOOLS/
There are 30534.03 Mb available on drive C:, Current bandwidth use is 270.433 Kbyte/s, There is/are 16 User(s) connected right now
Directory changed to /2] Ps2/2.7.SDK.LIBS.TOOLS
ncftp ...Ps2/2.7.SDK.LIBS.TOOLS > dir
drw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 May 30 20:07 .
drw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 May 30 20:07 ..
-rw-rw-rw- 1 user group 10000000 May 29 10:17 2.7.SDK.LIBS.TOOLS.part01.rar
-rw-rw-rw- 1 user group 10000000 May 29 10:21 2.7.SDK.LIBS.TOOLS.part02.rar
-rw-rw-rw- 1 user group 10000000 May 29 10:25 2.7.SDK.LIBS.TOOLS.part03.rar
-rw-rw-rw- 1 user group 10000000 May 29 10:29 2.7.SDK.LIBS.TOOLS.part04.rar
-rw-rw-rw- 1 user group 10000000 May 29 21:17 2.7.SDK.LIBS.TOOLS.part05.rar
-rw-rw-rw- 1 user group 10000000 May 29 21:21 2.7.SDK.LIBS.TOOLS.part06.rar
-rw-rw-rw- 1 user group 10000000 May 29 21:26 2.7.SDK.LIBS.TOOLS.part07.rar
-rw-rw-rw- 1 user group 10000000 May 29 21:31 2.7.SDK.LIBS.TOOLS.part08.rar
-rw-rw-rw- 1 user group 10000000 May 29 21:36 2.7.SDK.LIBS.TOOLS.part09.rar
-rw-rw-rw- 1 user group 10000000 May 29 21:40 2.7.SDK.LIBS.TOOLS.part10.rar
-rw-rw-rw- 1 user group 10000000 May 30 20:07 2.7.SDK.LIBS.TOOLS.part11.rar
-rw-rw-rw- 1 user group 10000000 May 30 20:12 2.7.SDK.LIBS.TOOLS.part12.rar
-rw-rw-rw- 1 user group 1773 May 29 10:13 2.7.SDK.LIBS.TOOLS.sfv
ncftp ...Ps2/2.7.SDK.LIBS.TOOLS > cd ..
There are 30534.03 Mb available on drive C:, Current bandwidth use is 326.915 Kbyte/s, There is/are 17 User(s) connected right now
Directory changed to /2] Ps2
ncftp /2] Ps2 > cd "PS2 TOOLS"/
There are 30532.96 Mb available on drive C:, Current bandwidth use is 200.500 Kbyte/s, There is/are 17 User(s) c

Re:GPL - Source Posted

[nofx_3]

The source code to God is essentially released open source. It's called the Bible, and its basically all the content embodied in god except that no human can compile it (yet). I mean after all, without the bible our modern idea of god would not resemble what it does.

Re:GPL - Source Posted

[ChadN]

Actually, the Bible was a beta version. The Quran was the official release. Dianetics is the rewrite from scratch.