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FFII vs. Amazon Gift Ordering Patent
Elektroschock writes "The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure fights in court against Amazon.com's Gift ordering patent. It is about ordering gifts via email and phone communication. Amazon's gift ordering patent is seen as a danger for webdesigners and E-Commerce in Europe. It is derived from the well-known Amazon.com's 1-click patent. The flowers distributor Fleurop and Germany's Computer Acience Association "Gesellschaft fur Informatik" untertake similar legal action against Amazon's trivial patent. FFII's Hartmut Pilch said the fight against patents was not over. It is a cheap opportunity to get some exercise in patent litigation."
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How can people say BSD is dying when it has a mascot like this?! Linux needs to get its act together if it's going to compete with the kind of hot chicks and gorgeous babes that BSD has to offer!
You just can't take Linux seriously when its fronted by losers like these. Would you buy software from them? I don't think so! You Linux groupies need to find some sexy girls like her! I mean just look at this girl! Doesn't she excite you? I know this little hottie puts me in need of a cold shower! This guy looks like he is about to cream his pants standing next to such a fox. As you can see, no man can resist this sexy little minx. I mean are you telling me you wouldn't like to get your hands on this ass?!
With sexy chicks like the lovely Ceren you could have people queuing up to buy open source products. Could you really refuse to buy a copy of BSD if she told you to? Come on, you must admit she is better than an overweight penguin or a gay looking goat! Don't you wish you could get one of these? Personally I know I would give my right arm to get this close to such a divine beauty!
Join the campaign for more cute open source babes today!
Sir Bill Gates is in the house and deserves your respect.
The Maestro team has released its second data set. One can download it here. There is a new option to go to Opportunity's landing site, but no other Opportunity data is available for Maestro yet.
From a March 1992 discussion between radio talk-show host Chris Clark and a caller named Gregory, on KGO's Chris Clark Show, in San Francisco:
Gregory:
I have a friend who recently had breast reconstruction after having undergone a mastectomy for breast cancer. She was upset because, for the time being, she was not allowed to get the silicone implant and had to stick with the saline. As it turns out, she is very pleased with the saline. But this gives rise to an interesting point. Another friend pointed out that in politically conservative, repressive times big breasts on women become very popular and in liberal, freewheeling times small breasts become popular.
Chris Clark:
What are we entering into now?
Gregory:
Well, clearly we are in a repressive age.
Clark:
So there are going to be larger breasts.
Gregory:
Yes, based on my friend's theory. For example, the Fifties were a very repressive age, and we had Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield. The Twenties were a very wild age, and small breasts were popular. You see, his theory is that in a repressive age people feel the need for nurturing. That's why big breasts become popular.
Clark:
Yes.
Gregory:
Now, my theory is that my friend is confusing cause and effect. Rather than political thought determining breast size, it's the other way around.
Clark:
You mean breast size determines political thought?
Gregory:
Yeah. Big breasts are popular, people look around, they say, ``Oh, there's lots of big breasts, they're very big, they're scary, somebody might get their eye put out. I'm going to vote for Buchanan.''
Clark:
Yes.
Gregory:
It's not that ``political times are repressive, ergo we like big breasts'' but that there are a lot of big breasts around, ergo we get scared and we get conservative. And, conversely, like in the Sixties you had people like Penelope Tree and Twiggy, and people looked around and said, ``Oh, there's lots of small breasts around, it's okay, it's safe. I'm going to join a commune and take drugs.''
Watch BBC World right now. It's about the Hutton inquiry.
Calculus? What's it all about? Is it good? Or is it whack?
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Excuse me chaps, I need to go lay a BUTT NUGGET.
Any unwanted chunky debris hanging within the recess of one's butt. Butt nuggets normally require a concentrated effort in order to remove them, such as but no limited to: heavy wiping with toilet paper, or hot water and soap. Also know as dingleberries, they sometimes cling to hairs situated near the anus and can be quite pesty little boogars.
uh oh, I think its time for that admin to get cock slapped by Jess Leah
Why is the ESA pretending as though it has discovered the presence of ice water on Mars?
ESA Statement (Or Lie, As We Call It):
"You look at the picture, look at the fingerprint and say this is water ice," said Allen Moorehouse, the project's manager of spacecraft operations. "This is the first time it's been detected on the ground. This is the first direct confirmation
NASA's Rebuttal (Gentle Smackdown):
Our Odyssey spacecraft that has been orbiting Mars since 2001 did discover vast amounts of frozen water in the northern and southern latitudes. And we were surprised by the fact that there was so much, and so close to the surface," Orlando Figueroa, director of NASA's Mars exploration program, told CNN on Friday.
"So it's not new news but we are happy to see that their satellite is also able to pick up where it exists," he said when asked about the Mars Express findings
The EUians are so embarassed about their Beagle fuckup that they're reduced to claiming dubious firsts.
The NASA team found hydrogen. That strongly suggests water ice, but it _could_ have been something else. The Euros verified that it was water ice i.e. H2O.
Slashdot mods are fucking morons.
How the fuck is something marked "Overrated" if it's funny? If it's funny, it's funny. It can't be overrated.
Stupid shits.
Am I the only one who thought, "What's wrong with Amazon selling Final Fantasy 2?"
/syle