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Linux in 2004?

An anonymous reader writes "John Terpstra and Eric S. Raymond have started the ball rolling on LinuxWorld's poll of the community for what they think will happen in the world of Linux in 2004. Terpstra says 'I predict that during 2004 at least one significant USA government body will adopt Linux on the desktop.'" Depending on how you define "significant", this has already occurred.

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  1. WARNING: GOATSE LINK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hello, I wanted to let everyone know that the parent post is in fact a link to a 'goatse' website. This is in fact a troll posting on Slashdot and therefore should be moderated down accordingly. Please, any Slashdot users with moderation abilities should moderate to a score of -1, where most users of Slashdot cannot read if browsing the site above a level of -1. Please report this troll posting to the appropriate people, namely Commander Taco (aka Rob Malda). He is responsible for the content within this website and he should be alerted to such a disgraceful and disgusting post. Thanks, and happy Slashdotting!

    1. Re:WARNING: GOATSE LINK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Congratulations, you get the Moron of the Day award. Nothing in your post was useful or relevant to the subject in any way. Eat shit and die!

  2. WARNING: OFFTOPIC POST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hello, I wanted to let everyone know that the parent post is in fact an offtopic posting on Slashdot and therefore should be moderated down accordingly. Please, any Slashdot users with moderation abilities should moderate to a score of -1, where most users of Slashdot cannot read if browsing the site above a level of -1. Please report this offtopic posting to the appropriate people, namely Commander Taco (aka Rob Malda). He is responsible for the content within this website and he should be alerted to such a disgraceful and disgusting post. Thanks, and happy Slashdotting!

  3. WARNING: OFFTOPIC POST IN REPLY TO OFFTOPIC POST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hello, I wanted to let everyone know that the parent post is in fact an offtopic posting to another offtopic post on Slashdot and therefore should be moderated down accordingly. Please, any Slashdot users with moderation abilities should moderate to a score of -1, where most users of Slashdot cannot read if browsing the site above a level of -1. Please report this offtopic posting to the appropriate people, namely Commander Taco (aka Rob Malda). He is responsible for the content within this website and he should be alerted to such a disgraceful and disgusting post. Thanks, and happy Slashdotting!

  4. Re:WARNING: OFFTOPIC POST IN REPLY TO OFFTOPIC POS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hello, I wanted to let everyone know that this post is an offtopic posting in response to an offtopic thread regarding the fantastically popular "goatse" website found at http://goatse.cx/ . Please, any Slashdot users with moderation abilities should moderate to a score of -1, where most users of Slashdot cannot read if browsing the site above a level of -1 unless they browse below -1 if the score is above -1. Please report this and every offtopic posting to the appropriate people, namely John Ashcroft (aka Rob Malda). He is responsible for the content within this website and he should be alerted to such a disgraceful and disgusting post. Thanks, and happy Slsahdotting!

  5. Re:WARNING: OFFTOPIC POST IN REPLY TO OFFTOPIC POS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hello, I wanted to let everyone know that this post is an offtopic posting in response to an offtopic thread regarding the fantastically popular "goatse" website found at http://goatse.cx/ . Please, any Slashdot users with moderation abilities should moderate to a score of -1, where most users of Slashdot cannot read if browsing the site above a level of -1 unless they browse below -1 if the score is above -1. Please report this and every offtopic posting to the appropriate people, namely John Ashcroft (aka Rob Malda). He is responsible for the content within this website and he should be alerted to such a disgraceful and disgusting post. Thanks, and happy Slsahdotting!

  6. Alan Thicke. Dead. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It hurts.

    Also, props to poop bot.

  7. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    DRM adopts YOU!

  8. Re:Yay! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Rugby sucks Soccer sucks England sucks Indie music sucks Linux just blows

  9. Aussie! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi!

  10. Amazing coincidences! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
    John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

    Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
    John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

    The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.

    Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

    Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

    Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.

    Both were shot in the head.

    Lincoln's secretary, Kennedy, warned him not to go to the theatre.
    Kennedy's secretary, Lincoln, warned him not to go to Dallas.

    Both were assassinated by Southerners.

    Both were succeeded by Southerners.

    Both successors were named Johnson.

    Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
    Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

    John Wilkes Booth was born in 1839.
    Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939.

    Both assassins were known by their three names.

    Both names are comprised of fifteen letters

    Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse.
    Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.

    Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

    1. Re:Amazing coincidences! by geoswan · · Score: 1, Offtopic
      The original version of these amazing coincidences was published in Scientific American. American educator Martin Gardner used to use his fictional alter ego, "Dr Joshua Irving Matrix", the World's Greatest Living Numerologist to poke fun at the credulous. In the quarter century that Gardner ran a Mathematical Games column in Scientific American he devoted each April column to a tongue in cheek report on some topic from the fringe of reason. Seventeen of those columns involved an interview or letter from his good friend Matrix.

      Gardner's genius deserves more respect than to be misquoted anonymously.