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RMS to Move Into Bill Gates Building Today

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the checking-out-the-new-digs dept.

In anonymous reader writes "RMS will be moving his office to the new William H. Gates building at MIT's Stata Center starting today. This marks the end of MIT's use of building NE43, which housed the LCS and AI labs (now combined into CSAIL). On a strangely unrelated note, shortly after Harvard, in a laudable attempt to retain solidarity with the Open Source community, dedicated the Maxwell Dworkin building (named after Gates' and Ballmer's mothers respectively), Gates' credit card was hacked. After all, they did have his mother's maiden name... "

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  1. In other news... by DJPenguin · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...Linus Torvalds wipes his butt, has shower.

    1. Re:In other news... by Patik · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Hey, I have a shower too, you insensitive clod!

  2. Vile American dogs will burn in hell! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You Americans should be ashamed of yourselves!

    Detainees at Guantanamo Bay are shackled for up to 15 hours at a time in hand and leg cuffs with metal links which cut into the skin. Their "cells" are wire cages with concrete floors and open to the elements - giving no privacy or protection from the rats, snakes and scorpions loose around the base. A diet of foul water and food up to 10 years out-of-date has left inmates malnourished. By contrast the camp guard dogs have wooden houses with air conditioning and green grass to exercise on.

    But worst of all is the use of vice girls to torment the most religiously devout detainees. Prisoners who have never seen an "unveiled" woman before are forced to watch as the hookers touch their own naked bodies. One said an American girl had smeared menstrual blood across his face in an act of humiliation!

    How dare you call yourselves the land of the free and the defenders of civilization. You make me sick! You are a bunch of depraved lunatics who deserve to drown in pig shit!

  3. RMS is on teh SPOKE!!!1!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    He buys lube from Caldor (your everyday discount store).

    Push it! Push it real good!

  4. ...this would be funny WHY, exactly? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  5. Dworkin? by mhocker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So, does that mean that Ballmer is actually a 'Dwork'?

  6. Once ..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well... I fell for it... the oldest trick in the book.

    Been playing this game since release, made a lot of friends. Eventually met this one girl who I really got along with. Eventually, we became levelling partners. It got to the point where we would coordinate each other`s schedules so we could level together. Eventually she started /emoting lovey-dovey stuff, and I reciprocated. Got to the point that I was even posting fan-fiction of our adventures on our LS message board. One day, one of her friends took over her character for a bit while she had do to something. Not knowing, I sent a tell to her character. The response read: "sorry, (so-and-so) isn't here right now, I'm playing for him". ...

    So, anyways, I'm feeling like a total 'tard. I fell for it, hook line and sinker.

    I confronted "her" and "she" spilled the beans, confessing the truth to me and the entire LS. Needless to say, we don't talk much anymore. He was super-apologetic and wanted to know if he could make up for it, but I just can't shake the sick feeling in my stomach. Nor can I bring myself to forgive him. Am I over-reacting? Or was I just stupid for falling for it in the first place? I've lost a levelling partner, and that sucks, but I feel like I've been messed with, and I just can't stand that.

    So, post away, call me a n00b, whatever, just felt I needed to share this

  7. Slow news day? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    zzz

  8. Mother's maiden name by bug-eyed+monster · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    First, what a trollish summary... According to the article, Gates' CC was hacked because the alleged culprits broke into a database, not because they knew his mother's maiden name.

    Anyway... if some non-governmental org asks you for your mother's maiden name, most likely they just want to use it as a password. So just do that: give them a made-up name (but something you'll remember later).

  9. Re:Bill Gates: An American Hero by DAldredge · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So, what is your opinion of the offshoring of US jobs?

  10. Do you know who John MacArthur was? by Animats · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    The guy behind the MacArthur awards was, basically, a spammer. He owned an crooked insurance company, Banker's Life. At one point the company had a net worth of $4 and was notorious for refusing to pay claims. The company was kicked out of numerous states by insurance regulators. He introduced mail-order insurance, advertised through newspaper ads, then direct mail. His policies had lots of exclusions, so they didn't have to pay off too often. This worked well enough that he made billions.

    Now try to find out anything about MacArthur or Banker's Life. There's almost nothing ont he web. There's a biography, "The Stockholder" (Hoffman, William, 1969, Lyle Stuart, New York, LC 69017957). "One of the ten best business books of 1969", according to Business Week. Great book. Try to get a copy.

    Now there's a cover-up.