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Wrap-up On The Ottawa Linux Symposium

Posted by Hemos on from the great-conference dept.

Joe Barr writes "David Graham wraps up his coverage of the Ottawa Linux Symposium with this report on Day 4, including the closing keynote address by Andrew Morton. If you've been turned off by the commercialism of LWCE the past couple of years, you might find the OLS to be breath of fresh air. Our fearless reporter has provided detailed, behind-the-headlines coverage each day of the event."

14 of 94 comments (clear)

  1. Good convention, eh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Drank lots of beer, and talked aboot loonix a lot.

  2. FP?? by jeepmeister · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Naw, probably not, but what the heck?

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  3. SCOX! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    suxs
    coxs

    LOL!

    "$108 - $135" not "108$ - 135$" fools

    dip! DOP! DOPE!

  4. Threshold 1:0 comments by phyruxus · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Threshold 1:0 comments.... must ... get .. first... post....

    (-1, offtopic)

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    "d'Oh!" ~Homer
  5. Re:Canada and Linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Americans wouldn't want to do anything that might mean owning Quebec.

  6. Symposium? by isorox · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I love symposia!

  7. Google doesn't work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Try to search Google, you'll get a 503 server error.

  8. ebay has been hacked. --Urgent! by pHaze · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,, 2-7-1442_1563327,00.html

    400,000 credit cards have been compromized, including CCV numbers on the back. eBay is saying nothing and the only reason I found out about this is because I live in South Africa and they mentioned it on the radio. I've submitted a story, but just thought I'd try to get this out there so you can start cancelling cards.

  9. MOD PARENT UP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Come on editors, post a link to a legit story like this one.

    If Ebay's account database being compromised is not "Stuff That Matters" more than some convention, I don't know what is.

    1. Re:MOD PARENT UP by pHaze · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Mod this up NOW!

    2. Re:MOD PARENT UP by aka-ed · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      I don't know whether the three of you are crooked or just gullible, but this appears to be a Phishing scam, reasons being:
      • "419" scams do not involve stealing databases; they exist on a much lower level of technical sophistication.
      • How do you learn that 419ers are behind the theft, without learning enough to bust them?
      • the "news story" links to a site that requests you enter your credit card number
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    3. Re:MOD PARENT UP by aka-ed · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      One more clincher:

      How can the supposed police website have a copy of the "stolen database?"

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  10. Google is down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    it's been down for 15 minutes, at least:

    Server Error
    The service you requested is not available at this time.

    Service error -27.

  11. google /.'ed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    owned!