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Europe's Largest Linux Event Draws Nigh

Posted by michael on from the always-wanted-to-use-nigh-in-a-story-title dept.

steman writes "On the 10th of July 2003 LinuxTag begins, the largest Linux event in Europe. It will be held in Karlsruhe, Germany. Four days will be packed with up to 20,000 visitors, over 120 exhibitors (including more than 30 Free Software orientated projects such as FFII, BSD, KDE and Debian), coding marathon and many conferences (including specialist business and government conferences). Best of all, in the spirit of the Free Software Movement, it will be largely free (entrance, and many conferences are free)."

126 comments

  1. NeWb by hypermike · · Score: 1
    We are all tired of Michael's endless tripe

    Whats the deal? Seems like decent articles to me?

    maybe Im missing something

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  2. Re:In Capitalist America by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The DEAD vote for YOU!!

  3. Draws Nye? by jmt9581 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Europe's Largest Linux Event Draws Nigh

    As in Bill Nye, the science guy? If so, I'm SO there. :P

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    1. Re:Draws Nye? by SlimFastForYou · · Score: 1

      Bah! I'm gonna wait for Mr. Wizard - that guy's a G!!! Him and Beakman!

    2. Re:Draws Nye? by SEWilco · · Score: 1

      Surely It Draws Nigh and Fires at Will.

    3. Re:Draws Nye? by Randolpho · · Score: 1

      Wouldn't Beakman vs Bill Nye be the ultimate Celebrity Deathmatch? ;)

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      -Marilyn Manson
    4. Re:Draws Nye? by lilricky · · Score: 1

      Nah, the ultimate deathmatch:
      Dr. Bunsen Honeydew with his assistant Beeker vs Mr. Wizard and the kid of the week

  4. Help, please! by Fat+Casper · · Score: 0, Informative
    (including more than 30 Free Software orientated projects such as FFII, BSD, KDE and Debian)

    I generally ignore spelling errors, as they tend to simply be typos. What we have here is a thinking error. Come on, people, repeat after me: orientate is not a word.

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    1. Re:Help, please! by acidrain69 · · Score: 3, Funny
      repeat after me: orientate is not a word.
      Several eager asian men sigh, drop their heads, turn around, and drudge their way home.
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    2. Re:Help, please! by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Troll

      It rhymes with 'urinated' tho. You gotta give'em that.

    3. Re:Help, please! by MisterBad · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Hmm. Maybe your dict works differently than mine. Mine gives several definitions for orientate.

      That said, "Free Software-oriented projects" is probably the best spelling.

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    4. Re:Help, please! by Narcissus · · Score: 5, Informative

      Orientate is not a word? Tell that to dictionary.reference.com then. While you're at it, tell The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary and WordNet ® 1.6, all of which are quoted as saying that you're incorrect...

    5. Re:Help, please! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      orientate

      v : determine one's position with reference to another point [syn: orient] [ant: disorient]

      Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University

      (using a Free as in Freedom dictionary, of course!)

      It's called backformation. Deal with it. A simple Morphology 580 class edumacated me real good.

    6. Re:Help, please! by 73939133 · · Score: 1

      It's a word alright, but it's not synonymous with "oriented". An event can be "Linux-oriented", but "Linux-orientated" is bad usage.

    7. Re:Help, please! by catbutt · · Score: 1

      What we have here is a thinking error Is the word "orientate" somehow illogical or something? I don't get how you can figure out a whether a word is a word just by thinking. The only thinking I'd imagine would be necessary would be to think to look in the dictionary. :)

    8. Re:Help, please! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      What kind of buffoon are you?!?!?!?!

      Of COURSE orientate is a word.

      "Follow the map, it orientates us to Gibraltar"

      "Several of my colleagues agreed on the need to orientate the project in the right direction"

      Ad infinutum.

      Unless you're one of those ameri...cah! forget it

    9. Re:Help, please! by JPMH · · Score: 1
      It's a word alright, but it's not synonymous with "oriented". An event can be "Linux-oriented", but "Linux-orientated" is bad usage.
      orient, v., orientate

      The second, a long variant (qv) of the first, seems likely to prevail in the common figurative use.

      -- Fowler, Modern English Usage, 2e

      (A standard reference on UK English)

    10. Re:Help, please! by alext · · Score: 1

      FWIW, "oriented" (in "object-oriented" etc.) was unknown in British English 15 years ago. My impression is that it is still pretty much confined to "object-oriented" here, and when travelling about people will still "try to orientate" themselves.

    11. Re:Help, please! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Sheesh... do you believe _everything_ you read?

    12. Re:Help, please! by BlightThePower · · Score: 2, Funny

      Whilst you are leafing through these tomes of knowledge, it might be a good idea for you to look up the following: "obvious" and "troll". "Orientate is not a word" is such an old troll that its got a beard and bus pass.

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    13. Re:Help, please! by 73939133 · · Score: 1

      Just check on Google. For UK sites, the frequency of "work-oriented" vs. "work-orientated" is about 2:1, for Australia, it's 4:1. For the entire world, it's about 12:1 (and most of that usage is in the UK and Australia). Sounds like this is some odd British usage.

    14. Re:Help, please! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Fat Casper why don't you get off your fat ass and check a dictionary before you post what you think is right. I have checked my English-Japanese dictionary and it says as follows: orientate [chinese character for verb] = orient. and that's it. so even if it isn't in common use now in american english doesn't mean it's not a word. Get a life and a dictionary so you can double check before you post. It's nice to see all the posts shooting you down you fat ass fat mouth who can't reach the bookshelf to check. ... sorry you probably don't own a dictionary or even a bookshelf.

  5. What? No SCO?? by Billly+Gates · · Score: 5, Funny
    I wonder why LinuxTag did not invite SCO? I can't imagine why.

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    1. Re:What? No SCO?? by Hoch · · Score: 2, Funny

      The planners were going to email them, but feared that they might be using SCO owned code in the process.

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  6. cooperation with BSD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's good to see friendly cooperation with BSD in open source events like this.

  7. Re:SIR! U'R Link is BORKEN!! by Billly+Gates · · Score: 0, Troll
    Sorry the blown out asshole is hell of alot sicker.

    Shit, it makes goatse look pleasing to the eye and alot less painfull.

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  8. clod by trentfoley · · Score: 2, Funny

    No matter how free the admission, I can't afford the transportation. You insensitive clod.

    Plus, I don't want to leave the U.S.A. Who knows if I can make it back in.

    P.S. 55DF4942184C9AE0 activation. You have your instructions.

    1. Re:clod by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      >Who knows if I can make it back in.

      And this is a bad thing... how?

    2. Re:clod by trentfoley · · Score: 1

      I was offended by being moderated as "Troll" until I saw your reply.

    3. Re:clod by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      ain't ones and zeros awful purty when all strung together like that?

    4. Re:clod by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The message was for Hex Laden, not Bin Laden. You fscking infidel!

      OctaLaden will rise again.

  9. Stallman would be really mad ... by SuperDuG · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    including more than 30 Free Software orientated projects such as FFII, BSD, KDE and Debian

    In a recent interview attempt with stallman ... I was graced with the following answer to nearly every question "Open Source does not mean Free".

    Which means that BSD (and formerly KDE) are not "free" software.

    Tsk tsk tsk ... guess I'll go back to my X11/apache/php/perl/gtk/gnome/evolution/mozilla/gn u/linux now.

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    1. Re:Stallman would be really mad ... by Billly+Gates · · Score: 0, Troll
      The sad thing is your right.

      GPL is definetly a restice license just like a EULA. But its restrictiveness is not the same.

      BSD is purly free. I chose freedom. Freedom = BSD or public domain.

      Since RMS claimed that kde should be begging for forgiveness, maybe they should of stuck with a BSD style license.

      At least it would give an argument to call linux "linux" and not gnulinux.

      Only a few tools are gnu but because so many OSS writers put a gpl license on their programs to be popular, it creates an illusion that Linux is just a kernel and that we run the GNU/OS.

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    2. Re:Stallman would be really mad ... by albalbo · · Score: 1

      Bullshit. Stallman acknowledges BSD as a Free operating system.

      Perhaps he answered nearly every question with the same kind of response because he realised you really weren't getting it.

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      "Elmo knows where you live!" - The Simpsons
    3. Re:Stallman would be really mad ... by jjgm · · Score: 1

      Assuming that you accept the FSF's gospel of What Is Free, you'll find that RMS already explicitly regards the BSD license as a free software license. Definitions here.

  10. please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    please oh please let this event be sponsored by Right Guard in conjunction with Ivory soap!

    1. Re:please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I think you're getting muddle up with GLLUG meetings :-)

  11. Elizabethan English by ecloud · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shouldn't that be "draweth nigh"?

  12. It's MICHAEL's views, not MINE...talk to HIM about by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    any inconsistencies. ALSO, in the future, you might want to CUT BACK ON THE CAFFIENE.

    PS
    MOST people would find it ODD you object to the mislabeling of any rands' philosphy, but NOT MIND CHILD ABUSE. Hmmm....R U hosting a nambla meeting any time soon there, fucko?

  13. coding marathon by jesler · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Coding Marathon will be conducted in the Olympic spirit

    Corrupt officials and steroid junkies welcome!

    1. Re:coding marathon by sultanoslack · · Score: 1

      "Competitors will be tested both before and after the competition to check that their caffiene levels are within an acceptable range. Expect the officials to be more pedantic this year, as everyone was disappointed when last year's gold medalist was stripped of his award after it was uncovered that he snuck 4 liters of Jolt into the event."

  14. OED info by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    orientate, v.

    [f. F. orient-er: see -ATE3 6.] 1. a. trans. = ORIENT v. 1. 1880 1849 1849 Ecclesiologist IX. 153 It was always thought preferable to orientate rightly where possible. 1880 JEFFERIES Gr. Ferne F. ix. 218 'Don't disturb the skeleton!' cried Felix, anxious to make scientific notes..whether the grave was 'orientated' [etc.].

    b. fig. = ORIENT v. 2. 1884 1866 1866 Ecclesiologist XXVII. 158 Gaining the knowledge requisite for practical working..and orientating himself in general. 1884 World 26 Mar. 12/2 To orientate exactly his present mode of thought.

    2. intr. To face towards the east, or in some specified direction; to turn to the east. 1883 1877 1850

    1850 NEALE East. Ch. I. 222 [The church] of Haghios Georgios..in Crete..orientates north, and [that] of the Asomatoi..in the Morea..orientates south. 1877 J. D. CHAMBERS Div. Worship i. 1 The Church should Orientate, that is, should be built from West to East, the entrances..being at the West end. 1883 Ch. Times XXI. 673/4 The choir..do not fail to orientate.

    3. trans. (Chem.) = ORIENT v. 4b. 1926 1924 1924 E. J. HOLMYARD Outl. Org. Chem. xix. 368 When several compounds have been orientated in this way, the constitution of other substances may be ascertained by converting them into substances of known constitution. 1926 J. READ Text-bk. Org. Chem. xxiv. 550 Such multitudes of benzene derivatives have been orientated that it is a comparatively simple matter to apply this method.

    orient, v.

    [a. F. orient-er to place facing the east, f. orient east.] 1. trans. To place or arrange (anything) so as to face the east; spec. to build (a church) with the longer axis due east and west, and the chancel or chief altar at the eastern end; also, to bury with the feet to the east.

    1727- 41 1896 1727-41 CHAMBERS Cycl. s.v. Orienting, In most religions, particular care has been taken to have their temples oriented.St. Gregory Thaumaturgus is said to have made a mountain give way, because it prevented the orienting of a church he was building. 1896 JEVONS in Classical Rev. Feb. 22/1 The primitive Aryan in taking his bearings literally oriented himself and turned to the east.

    b. By extension: To place with the four faces towards the four points of the compass; to place or adjust in any particular way with respect to the cardinal points or other defined data; to place or arrange the parts of a structure in any particular relative position; also, to ascertain the position of (anything) relatively to the points of the compass, etc.; to determine the bearings of.

    1896 1892 1882 1882 1866 1842 1972 1965 1953 1926 1842 BRANDE Dict. Sci. etc. 857/2 In surveying, to orient a plan signifies to mark its situation or bearing with respect to the four cardinal points. 1866 Boys' Wonder Bk. 34 To tell him if she saw the Pole-star directly opposite the end of it, so that he might orient his stake. 1882 PROCTOR in Knowledge No. 13. 266 We are certain that the builders of the Pyramid wanted to orient it very carefully. 1882 GEIKIE in Nature XXVII. 123/2 The minute flakes interspersed through the ground-mass..are oriented in the same direction. 1892 J. T. BENT Ruined Cit. Mashonaland vi. 161 To orient it towards the setting sun. 1896 Science 3 July 11 We are now at a loss to orient the several parts of the cranium. 1926 C. E. MULFORD Cassidy's Protégé xiii. 170 Hesitating for a moment while he oriented the report, he started toward the edge of the hill-top. 1953 E. LYNAM Mapmakers' Art ii. 48 All early maps were oriented with the East at the top (whence our words 'to orient'). 1965 Orienteering ('Know the Game' series) 31 Once a map has been 'set' or oriented an orienteer should be aware of his position at all times by relating the map to the ground over which he is moving. 1972 N. J. W. THROWER Maps & Man vii. 102 A network of fundamental survey lines oriented predomin

  15. Macquire dictionary info by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    orientate

    v., orientated, orientating. -v.t.

    1. to place so as to face the east, esp. to build (a church) with the chief altar to the east and the chief entrance to the west.

    2. to place in any definite position with reference to the points of the compass or other points: to orientate a building north and south.

    3. to adjust with relation to, or bring into due relation to, surroundings, circumstances, facts, etc.: to orientate one's ideas to new conditions.

    4. Survey. to turn a map or plane table sheet so that the north direction on the map is parallel to the north direction on the ground. -v.i.

    5. to turn towards the east or in specified direction.

    Key Words orientate orientated, orientating.

  16. Good event by heironymouscoward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And a good occasion for gathering signatures against software patents in Europe.

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    Ceci n'est pas une signature
    1. Re:Good event by Elektroschock · · Score: 1

      That's the use of FFII! http://www.ffii.org a powerful lobby group against IT regulation and for a free informational infrastructure.

  17. Re:Hey by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Go do some reading. this might be what you are looking for.

  18. Linux tag. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Tag!

    You're I.T.!

  19. Ever Noticed... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    that whenever anybody posts anything critical of Michael Sims here, especially links to his disgraceful conduct in relation to the Censorware project, the very same Michael Sims floods Slashdot with vast numbers of new stories -- any old shit -- in an attempt to push the critical comments off the Slashdot page, and, hopefully, out of the gaze of Slashdot readers?

    Just to really get you laughing, he tells people that he's a *journalist*! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...!

  20. WRONG! LIBERTARIANISM == NAZISM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Both are products of ignorant white men seeking to restrain the flood of righteous success by my colored brothers and sisters!

    1. Re:WRONG! LIBERTARIANISM == NAZISM by Bawko · · Score: 0

      Kind, yet uninformed Sir,
      (And I really DO mean "Sir" in the most respectful possible way....)
      The Libertarian political philosophy has NOTHING AT ALL to do with racism or repression of black, white, yellow, red, etc. people. Libertarians wish ONLY to form government which is a natural extension of your RIGHT to SELF DEFENSE, PRIVATE PROPERTY, and FREEDOM FROM COERSION from your fellow man.
      Please check out the link posted earlier - www.lp.org, and learn that libertarianism has absolutely NOTHING to do with nazism or any other flavor of fascist governmental tyranny.
      Your friend (although you don't know it yet...)
      Bawko

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  21. Re:Hey by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This post offends me. How dare you.

  22. Orientate by cyber_rigger · · Score: 1

    Maybe it means that you farm out your software jobs to the Orient.

  23. Re:It's MICHAEL's views, not MINE...talk to HIM ab by Bawko · · Score: 0

    OK... I'll bite.
    I believe I DID include child molestation in the same sentence as "Libertarian as being just as incorrect as putting "Nazi" in the same sentence.
    Cut back on the caffeine? Blasphemy!!!!
    By the way, I did not mention Ayn Rand or her philosophy (Objectivism) anywhere in my post.
    Regards,
    Bawko

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  24. Free and free by mutende · · Score: 1
    Best of all, in the spirit of the Free Software Movement, it will be largely free (entrance, and many conferences are free).

    In my understanding, the spirit of the Free Software Foundation is mainly concerned with the freedom of software, not its price.

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    1. Re:Free and free by cleber · · Score: 1

      You are right.
      Free in english means 'free as a beer" and "free as in freedom", but free software wants the "free as in freedom" definition...

    2. Re:Free and free by error26 · · Score: 1

      my good, STOP IT GUYS!!! you drive me mad. free access to information != free access to beer not english mothertongue != retarded individual be nice

    3. Re:Free and free by Gopal · · Score: 2, Funny

      To developer its free as in freedom. To the customer its "costs no money". And I also think that the americans made it free as in freedom. And that europeans could not care less witch "free" it is. As long as it dosnt cost money ;)

    4. Re:Free and free by jdeking1 · · Score: 1

      And that europeans could not care less witch "free" it is. A witch?! If she weighs the same as a duck, I suppose we should burn her ... don't set her free!

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      "A generation which ignores history has no past and no future." -- Robert Heinlein
  25. [ed. note: no it isn't] by TheMidget · · Score: 3, Informative
    On July 9 - 12, the Réunion Mondiales du Logiciel Libre , the largest free software event worldwide will take place in Metz, France.

    Press release here

    1. Re:[ed. note: no it isn't] by Peter+Cooper · · Score: 1

      Haha, I really hope this [ed. note: no it isn't] becomes the next Slashdot meme to rival Beowulf clusters, hot grits, and Soviet Russia.

    2. Re:[ed. note: no it isn't] by wine · · Score: 2, Informative

      Though it is. The headline says Linux Tag is the largest Linux event in Europe

      The Libre Software Meeting is about Free Software in general. Quite a different scope.

    3. Re:[ed. note: no it isn't] by El+Cabri · · Score: 1

      With the RMLL taking place in Metz (very close to Germany) in July 9-12, many people can probably attend both.

    4. Re:[ed. note: no it isn't] by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      With the RMLL taking place in Metz (very close to Germany) in July 9-12, many people can probably attend both.

      Which means that together, both events are not only the biggest free software or Linux event on earth, but they are the largest computing event in the whole galaxy!

    5. Re:[ed. note: no it isn't] by jdeking1 · · Score: 1

      Well, as long as they'll have hot grits, I'm there!

      Mmmm ... grits ...

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    6. Re:[ed. note: no it isn't] by Old+Wolf · · Score: 1

      Is it also the largest tag in Europe? I enjoyed ball tag in school, at the time, but now I shudder at the thought of having my freedoms infringed by playing "proprietary" tags.

  26. Re:MICHAEL is a CHILD MOLESTING LIBERTARIAN NAZI P by Bawko · · Score: 0

    Thanks for the correction - my mistake.
    Everyone who doesn't know what libertarians REALLY stand for - and I'm not talking about the preconceived popular-press hype of "anarchist child molesting nazi capitalist pigs", please check this link out.

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  27. First Knoppix DVD to be released at Linuxtag by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    LinuxTag '03 will have a special DVD for visitors, with the first DVD edition of Knoppix with 4GB of live linux.

    1. Re:First Knoppix DVD to be released at Linuxtag by zogger · · Score: 1

      Will knoppix include gnome now on this larger DVD? Or is it still KDE centric?

  28. "Free" entrance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The entrance is free only if you preregister on their webiste and print out an entrance card. Otherwise it costs something (last year it was 10E), but everybody who paid received a Knoppix CD, LinuxTag CD and some linux-themed pin.

  29. Oh my god... by jx100 · · Score: 1

    Squaresoft is releasing FF II as opensource!

    Wait, do they mean the American or the Japanese one?

    1. Re:Oh my god... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      OMFG OMFG OMFG OMFG d00d that is so fucking K3wL!!!!

  30. Rencontres Mondiales du Logiciel Libre! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Visit the RMLL, the World largest Free Software Event. From 9 to 12th July in Metz, France!

  31. sigh... by darkonc · · Score: 1
    Best of all, in the spirit of the Free Software Movement, it will be largely free (entrance, and many conferences are free)."

    Too bad airfare isn't free too..... (Western Canada -> Germany).

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    1. Re:sigh... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Once in a time I am happy to be located in Germany :-P

      (Although western Canada is cool, though :)

      take care!

  32. draws nigh? by b17bmbr · · Score: 1

    with what? photoshop? gimp? MSPAint? please do tell.

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    1. Re:draws nigh? by Daniel+Phillips · · Score: 1

      "with what? photoshop? gimp? MSPAint? please do tell."

      With the current moment. There's something to be confused about?

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  33. Re:I'd like to become a Lunix user by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It's not strictly necessary, however you should try to convert before you boot the OS. You will also need a good selection of anime to really be "in".

  34. LSM / RMLL2003 (Free Software events) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You forgot to mention the RMLL2003 :

    http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/

    Another important and big event !

  35. The freedom to enslave by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Can freedom be called freedom if the freedom to take freedom away is part of it ... you say yes, he says no.

    Just once more for good measure ... FREEDOM ... chop.

    1. Re:The freedom to enslave by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If I can't do whatever I want with it, then it is not free. The GPL is not free.

  36. Re:MICHAEL is a CHILD MOLESTING LIBERTARIAN NAZI P by Bawko · · Score: 0

    Hmmmm....
    Sorry about replying to my own post, but I seem to have mistakenly neglected to provide the link I was referring to. Here it is:

    http://www.lp.org/intro/

    Sorry about that... too much caffeine, I guess!
    Regards,
    Bawko

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  37. In Dubya America... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    orientatification is a word!

  38. Backformations are common by i+don't+care · · Score: 1

    Orientate is a backformation from "orientation." Some common words that have entered standard English as backformations are "burgle" from burglar, "televise" from television, and "enthuse" from enthusiasm.

  39. Tip for Eating Out in Karlsruhe by alephnull42 · · Score: 3, Informative

    For those visitors working on a tight budget, this pub in Karlsruhe has several different dishes (for vegetarians and carnivores) every day for 5 Euros, ask for the "Studi-Essen".

    http://www.die-kippe.de/

    I am not affiliated with these guys, I used to live in the town, still visit occasionally and am often stuck for somewhere to eat which is != pizza/chinese/kebab/burger.

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    1. Re:Tip for Eating Out in Karlsruhe by brgnever · · Score: 1

      Or you could eat at "Cafe Bleu" same owner (I guess) and also 2,50 EUR (not 5 EUR as the previous poster stated - dude, remember to convert from DM to EUROs!) for the Studi-Essen.

      I am also not affiliated with these guys ... :)

    2. Re:Tip for Eating Out in Karlsruhe by giggls · · Score: 1
      Loks like you have been here at the time the Deutsche mark has been the official german currency.

      The old price was DM , while the new price is EUR 2.50

      Other recommendations for places to eat and simular stuff should be available on our local LUG-Site (http://www.karlsruhe.linux.de/) when the event arises.

      Sven

    3. Re:Tip for Eating Out in Karlsruhe by jdeking1 · · Score: 1

      ... but do they have hot grits?

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  40. Eternally grateful by Daniel+Phillips · · Score: 1

    Oh, that's what it means? Thanks for rescuing me from my ignorance, I'll be eternally grateful.

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  41. Mod Parent down, -1 Illiterate by Czernobog · · Score: 1

    orient. 1. ... 2. ... 3. orientate (or or-) v.t &i., orient; ...
    from the Oxford Dictionary....

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  42. I hope... by MrTangent · · Score: 1

    I hope Microsoft doesn't have their MS Cruise Missle 2003 aimed at the coordinates.

    1. Re:I hope... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Why worry? Do you really think it would get there?

  43. Instead of a coding marathon: by master_p · · Score: 1

    Why don't they have a "quality design" marathon ? The winner would be the one that produces the most quality design, following the Q&A rules most closely.

  44. Whoa -- Hold up, everyone by Anonamused+Cow-herd · · Score: 2, Funny
    Our great Leader, Mister Stallman, has informed me to come to each of your houses and forcefully remind you:

    it should be GNU/Linuxtag

    Expect me for "tea."

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    We are not amused.
  45. Great... by xtermz · · Score: 1

    ...Thanks to you, this will be the first time a restaurant will be physically slashdotted...

    20,000 geeks all yelling for a beer and a sandwich.....

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    I lost my concept of community when my community lost all concept of me.
    1. Re:Great... by RealUlli · · Score: 1
      ...Thanks to you, this will be the first time a restaurant will be physically slashdotted...

      If I'm in Karlsruhe on that weekend, I'll grab my digicam and photograph the event... :-)

      The pub in question has a capacity of about 50-100 seats...

      Cheers, Ulli

      --
      Simple things should be simple, complex things should be possible.
  46. Mod parent up! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    informative. The RMLL are not only the largest free software event in Europe, but the largest free software event in the world!

  47. Re:I'd like to become a Lunix user by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Mac users are gay? I know many and they aren't that way. and more of them that I know are really experiencing the best of both worlds... graphical and cli. so maybe you should just start sucking cock to see if the bi way suits you if you think you may not want to completely come over to the dark side. Let us know how it goes for you and all the 'straight' PC users who suddenly get the urge to suck back something.