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Slashback: Simpsons, Buyouts, Droid
Shooting down those trial balloons. Glitch Tybalt writes with an update to the report that German ISP T-Online might acquire AOL: "This just in from The Register: apparently the buyout wasn't really going to be a buyout, only 70%, and there haven't been any confirmed reports on this. One spokesman for T-Online said '[Such a deal] is more unlikely than likely,'"
On a similar note, gletham writes "A flurry of reports [like this one] over the past day indicated that Nokia was talking with Psion and was seeking to buy the company. This latest piece from Reuters confirms that the topic was merely a rumor and speculation gone rampant. Mind you, with Psion's stock jumping 10% and discussion on Nokia lists and forums quite brisk, you can't help but speculate that Nokia may in fact consider this in the future. The timing is very good, particularly considering Motorola's recent selloff of Symbian ownership. I can't wait to here an official report from Nokia on this one! If all works out, we may even witness a rebirth of the Psion handheld using Series 90!"
Hey, maybe they just hadn't thought of it yet ... wo1verin3 writes "Previously reported was that Fox News Considered Suing Fox's 'The Simpsons' for using a news ticker spoofing the news service. Apparently this was only satire and an apology has been issued.
'Nonetheless, "The Simpsons" (the show, not the characters) issued an apology yesterday: "Matt was being satirical and certainly there was never any issue between the show and Fox News. We regret any confusion.'"
At this rate, it'll be #1 by March! An anonymous reader writes "According to the latest round of leaked information to reach The Register, the Virginia Tech Big Mac has reached 10.28 teraflops. A solid #3 win, 'This places it behind the 5,120 processor Earth Simulator system - 35.9 teraflops - and the 8,160 processor ASCI Q system - 13.8 teraflops.'"
Hold tight, though: Elysdir points to a AP article, pointing out that "the Top 500 list will be officially announced Nov. 18, so it's not clear to me whether the #3 ranking is official or not."
A Droid You Can Build From Downloadable Plans. In this article, LinuxDevices checks out OAP, an open source droid. OAP shares the same VIA Mini-ITX mainboard as the VIA-Roboteq "PC-bot" featured in an earlier Slashdot story, but OAP's project goals seem a little more ambitious. According to the FAQ, OAP will eventually be able to 'Read your favourite news web pages or blogs aloud to you.' A personal droid that reads Slashdot aloud to you -- what more could you ask for?"
(A girlfriend?)
I am a homosexual. I bought an Apple computer because of its well earned reputation for being "the" gay computer. Since I have become an Apple owner, I have been exposed to a whole new world of gay friends. It is really a pleasure to meet and compute with other homos such as myself. I plan on using my new Apple computer as a way to entice and recruit young schoolboys into the homosexual lifestyle; it would be so helpful if you could produce more software which would appeal to young boys. Thanks in advance.
with much gayness,
Father Randy "Pudge" O'Day, S.J.
As the only "fair and balanced" news source we have left here in the US, FoxNews deserves to be treated with respect.
Not only are they unbiased, they have the FINEST news babes. Kiran Chetry, Juliet Huddy, Heather Nauert, etc.
Read. The. Fucking. Article. Moron.
suck my big fat hairy balls
Fox News is lying stupid shills for the propigation of lazy thinkers in this country. Read Al Franken's book to discover just how fatuous and misleadable the american people are.
The book goes a long way to explaining how screwed up this country is just now, and why. It draws nice lines between us everyday americans and the evil, out-of-control, butt-heads running our country just now. The connection to and with Fox news and the daily atrocities that are our Bush-era "forign policy" is nicely laid out there.
A good chunk of the book is about just how fragile Fox News is. They lie so much and slant so much more that if they were to ever really lose the eisteme of the un-informed right in this country they would flounder and die immediately.
They (Fox News) must be desperate to prevent the first/next pinhole in the blow-up-doll of thier a-moral veneere.
Pitty really...
I wish I lived in a free country just now. Or at least in one smart enough to know that just which wool is being pulled over whos eyes and how.
Innocent people shouldn't be forced to pay for inferior software development.
--"Code Complete" Microsoft Press
You. Fat. Cunt.
Formula 51, the movie with the most cunt in it.
holy fuck, i should just cut and paste shit from the goddamn write-up, i'd have mad karma within days.
and here i've been trying so hard all this time
Sure, as soon as Fox News retracts at least 1% of the lies they put forth.
Lars T.
To the guy who modded me down from perfect to terrible Karma - Apple haters still suck