Introducing RMS-Lint

Shlomi Fish writes "There's a new tool called RMS-Lint that aims to check and correct documents for their compliance with correspondence rules from Richard Stallman. If you plan on sending RMS an E-mail, you may actually need it."

Comments

sigh

[grub]

GNU/is GNU/this GNU/another GNU/April GNU/Fool's GNU/joke?

Re:sigh

[Anonymous Coward]

I GNU this would come out... But I wouldn't put something GNU like this past him.

Re:sigh

[falzer]

You have to ask? You must be GNU here.

Where is the lint from?

[ajiva]

Now is this navel lint or dryer lint? Because you know it does make a difference!

Re:Where is the lint from?

[Pharmboy]

Now is this navel lint or dryer lint? Because you know it does make a difference!

You know, we really didn't need the visual of RMS's navel lint. God, I gotta go take a shower now.

Re:Where is the lint from?

[swv3752]

Boy, you are sick if you need a cold shower after thinking about that.

Re:Where is the lint from?

[kfg]

Well, when dealing with RMS one must keep one's terms technically straight. After all, that's why we're here in this thread. So if it isn't (lin)en (t)ow it isn't really lint at all. Just one of those modern fiberous residues that call themselves lint.

If you're wearing hemp it's actually "hemt."

Ramie would be "ramt," rather close to "rant", so perhaps a favorite of the man himself.

Nettle (yes, nettle) would be "nett," or perhaps ".Nett(tm)" if it's from your MS employee polo shirt residue. Perhaps that's why they can be so toxically stinging at times.

Is it from your blue jeans? Perhaps it's "dent."

Of course your jeans are actually cotton (although jean was actually wool fustian, go figure) which comes from the Arabic qutn, which would come out to. . . no, I don't think I'll go there.

KFG

Re:Where is the lint from?

[Varka]

Must... poke... out... mental... eye...

Enough enough!

[davek99999]

Stop making fun of RMS.

the tool hangs

[gtrubetskoy]

I tried it, but it seems to hang in an infinite loop when processing the word GNU.

You forgot the GNU!

[Pranjal]

It should have been GNU/RMS Lint. So we know it's a fake. Nice try sucker!

Think that's bad?

[ajs]

Just wait for SCO-IPLint... *shudder*

Full List of April Fools Web Sites

[Urgo]

For a full updated list of sites pulling april fools jokes see here

Some of the latest enteries:
livejournal.com - on userinfo pages, "Friend"/"Friend Of" -> "Stalking"/"Stalked By"
www.gpf-comics.com - Comic mirrored.
smh.com.au - Yum-cha trolleys with "L" plates
www.clutchfans.com - Patrick Ewing returning to NBA
www.freeciv.org - Freeciv ANSI client
www.rav4world.com - Closed? Should have announced that TOMORROW!
www.retrocrush.com - Nude pics of Jaclyn Smith
westcoaster.net - Roller coaster site turned into teen girl site
www.meowpawjects.com - Sock people forced webmaster to take website down.
miceage.com - Disney merges with Walmart
www.badgerbadgerbadger.com - Badgers replaces with zombies
skepdic.com - Skeptic's Dictionary closing
fool.com - Buffett buys Krispy Cream
launch.com - Britney Spears & Jason Alexander To Renew Wedding Vows
MetaFilter.com - Turned in to a Wiki for the day
www.ddrkc.com - owner sold site to a user that is unpopular
brownpau.com - March for Web Standards
www.beyondunreal.com - ut2k4 production suspended
globetechnology.com - Microsoft Solitaire
www.modernwiccan.com - Randomized Color Scheme
bbs.fuckedcompany.com - Site shutting down
www.diary-x.com - looks like diaryland!
theprp.com - Music site to "Previously Ridden Ponies"
mpx200.org - Pocket PC with 2Gb system memory/Smart Drunk Pocket PC application
www.macosxhints.com - triple G5 Powermacs
www.slyfx.com - AOL buys slyfx
palminfocenter.com - Palms for toddlers.
www.carniola.org - fake news story
eikenes.alvestrand.no - Considering porn spam to be in a separate dialect to everything else
defunctgames.com - Pimps At Sea fox xbox

Re:I used to work with Richard Stallman

[Anonymous Coward]

Picking your nose and eating it is one of the best ways to stay healthy,
according to a top Austrian doctor.

Innsbruck-based lung specialist Prof Dr Friedrich Bischinger said people who
pick their noses with their fingers were healthy, happier and probably better
in tune with their bodies.

He says society should adopt a new approach to nose-picking and encourage
children to take it up.

Dr Bischinger said: "With the finger you can get to places you just can't
reach with a handkerchief, keeping your nose far cleaner.

"And eating the dry remains of what you pull out is a great way of
strengthening the body's immune system.

"Medically it makes great sense and is a perfectly natural thing to do. In
terms of the immune system the nose is a filter in which a great deal of
bacteria are collected, and when this mixture arrives in the intestines it
works just like a medicine.

"Modern medicine is constantly trying to do the same thing through far more
complicated methods, people who pick their nose and eat it get a natural boost
to their immune system for free."

He pointed out that children happily pick their noses, yet by the time they
have become adults they have stopped under pressure from a society that has
branded it disgusting and anti social.

He said: "I would recommend a new approach where children are encouraged to
pick their nose. It is a completely natural response and medically a good idea
as well."

And he pointed out that if anyone was really worried about what their
neighbour was thinking, they could still enjoy picking their nose in private
if they still wanted to get the benefits it offered.

fuck off

[larry bagina]

christ slashdot sucks on april fools day.

How about doing something original, like weirdo moderation ("insightful" becomes "no shit", interesting becomes "word up", etc). or announce that slashdot will now be requiring all posters to subscribe in order to post comments, or "Kathleen Fent, please divorce rob and marry me!" posted by Hemos.

Re:fuck off

[M.C. Hampster]

Slashdot is hella lame on April 1st.

I'm trying to figure out which is more lame, Slashdot on April 1st, or the phrase "hella lame".

It's a toss up.

Re:A little too much today??

[Stitch_626]

In other news...

Netcrafts' new CEO, Stephen King, announced that BSD is dying; shortly before he died at the age of 54.

He will be missed.

Yay

[broothal]

Darn - for a minute there I thought it read PMS limit . I'd sure like such a tool. Especially in...(counting)... 8 days.