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EFF Compiles Endangered Gizmos List
Hungry Student writes "The EFF has published an "Endangered Gizmos" list of technology that is at risk of extinction from the lobbyists of the entertainment industry. Extinct species include DVD X-Copy and Napster 1.0. Among those fighting for survival are Morpheus and HDTV tuner cards. The BBC has commentary on this as well." From the article: "The EFF intends the list to be part of a wider educational and awareness project, and it will be updated regularly as more gadgets and technologies are saved or killed off."
This "early post" is brought to you by the ECFA (Euthanasia for Canis Familiaris Association)/GNAA (Great Negro Association of America. This combined organization, resulting from the 2004 merger of the ECFA and the GNAA, is committed both to celebrating black history and to the improvement of our society through eliminating overpopulation of animals to improve their lives and the lives of humans. The ECFA/GNAA is committed to improving our society, leaving it better than we found it. We use the Slashdot trolling capabilities of the GNAA to spread our message of improvement.
Do you want to Commemorate great negros
Are you sick of overpopulation of household pets.
Are you willing to take radical measures to keep these pests at bay?
If you answered YES to any of the above questions, the ECFA(Euthanasia for Canis Familiaris Association)/GNAA is for you!
You can work toward the noble of goal of INCREASING OUR SUPPLY OF O2! OVERPOPULATION of DOGS is RAPANT in this country. Did you know that DOGS turn BENEFICIAL O2 into CO2 simply to gain their energy to bark, drool, and howl? They ACTUALLY BURN OUR OXYGEN SUPPLY!!! One dog easily waste the Oxygen output of ten mature trees! This country has MANY UNWANTED, ABANDONED DOGS that WE ARE PAYING MONEY TO KEEP ALIVE. We are FEEDING them our food supply while making the homeless STARVE! Are you TIRED of having your TAXES increased? Humane Societies cost our country over $100 million annually. By using a Dog Killing Gadget, a dog can be turned into beneficial food, helping us all. We let children go hungry yet feed our **UNWANTED** dogs like royalty.
We hunt deer when they become overpopulated. Why should dogs be any different? We don't have deer pounds to send 'homeless' deer to. Yet to most people, dogs are personified to the extreme. We advocate treating dogs like the animals they are.
In addition, we would like to commemorate Malcolm X, a great example of the great negro. The ECFA/GNAA is committed to preserving our GNAA heritage by recognizing Great Negros.
WANT TO SUPPORT THE ECFA? Simply participate in our propaganda campaign to exterminate dogs. You can become a member of our slashdot trolling team, our usenet trolling team, or you can be a member of our local campaigning - by simply handing out brocures or posting signs outside humaine socities. If you have MOD POINTS, alternatively you can moderate this post UP to support our cause.
Important Note: The ECFA has recently "connected" with the GNAA to form one ECFA. Stay connected. Please note that since we are moving to a larger demographic (the untold scores of people who deal with dog messes, noises, and annoyances daily), most of the current GNAA content is offline. In fact, we're pulling all of it except the "early post", which is now a ECFA-style "early post". The traditional GNAA "early post" will continue to be posted on all SCO stories, as insisted by upper GNAA management and its core team of fans. The illicit images and language will not be a part of the new combined organiztion. We do not condone any sexual lifestyle or race.
==Brought to you by the GNAA Trolling Group, now a division of ECFA.
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Dogs are annoying. Go ECFA.
But I'm laying down 10:1 odds that you're marked a troll within 5 minutes :)
That was a less than glowing comment about Linux.
Criticism, even if constructive, is NEVER to be tolerated here.
GET THAT THROUGH YOUR HEAD, WINDOWS FANBOY!
What I dont think you people understand is that your right to sell it does not trump the users right to use it.
just like slashcode has a line that says
if ($username eq "Signal_11")
{
&StartFucking();
}
-mkb
Now you are just rationalizing copyright violation because you disagree with the law. Personally I agree that the term is too long, but that still doesn't give you the right to take my music without compensating me for it. And it's not a work of the society, it's MY work. You are right that I have temporary control over my work, but the attitude on slashdot is that I have NO control (for any period of time) and that consumers can do whatever they want, regardless of copyright law. It's laughable for you to argue for "both sides of the issue" when I'm being told I have no rights whatsoever.