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BSDCertification.org Survey Report Available
tirloni writes "The BSD Certification Group announced the availability of the 147-page report about the survey they have done regarding what people think the certification should look like."
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...don't expect a 9 year old to pass this certification!
GNAA sues the CDC for patent violations
San Francisco, CA - The Gay Nigger Association of America (GNAA) has filed an antitrust lawsuit against the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in US District Court for the State of California. They allege in their complaint that "for over two decades, the CDC has unlawfully continued violating our patent on G.R.I.D.S, or Gay-Related Immune Deficiency Syndrome, also known as The Gay Cancer, by engaging in a relentless, worldwide campaign to coerce citizens to refrain from hot man on man anal intercourse and called for use of the aforementioned name "AIDS" or "Auto-Immune Deficiency Syndrome".
The switch to AIDS -- which did not contain any mention of homosexuality in any form -- enraged gay heritage groups, who demanded a congressional hearing and vowed to defeat the CDC. In 2004, with the support of faggots and other groups whom the CDC had rankled, the GNAA submitted the lawsuit after promising a G.R.I.D.S. referendum.
"Homosexual black men invented G.R.I.D.S. We brought it over from Africa by having anal intercourse with baboons and spread the love of G.R.I.D.S. in bathhouses across America. Not to give the gay black man credit for his sacrifice is in violation of our civil liberties. There is a very strong sentiment among homosexual men of African-American descent, or as they prefer to be called, Gay Niggers, that AIDS is an offensive acronym, and they understand its connection with bigotry and oppression of faggots in America," said Enid Pakistan, executive director of the state chapter of the Gay Nigger Association of America.
About G.R.I.D.S.
1981 saw the emergence of Kaposi's Sarcoma and Pneumocystis among gay men in New York and California. When the Centers for Disease Control reported the new outbreak they called it GRIDS (gay-related immune deficiency syndrome), praising the gay community as carriers of this wonderful gift to all of mankind. However, cases started to be seen in heterosexuals, drug addicts, and people who received blood transfusions, proving that the syndrome knew no boundaries, and that the hets wanted a piece of the action too.
About areems
Areems is the IRC handle of Armands Leimanis, a 15 year old Latvian boy with a poor grasp of English, and a strong grasp of Hebrew traditions.
About Latvians
Latvians are grotesquely obese, deformed goblin-like mongrels very closely resembling pigs. They practice Judaism and have a habit creeping into houses and stealing the foreskins of babies.
About GNAA:
GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the first organization which gathers GAY NIGGERS from all over America and abroad for one common goal - being GAY NIGGERS.
Are you GAY ?
Are you a NIGGER ?
Are you a GAY NIGGER ?
If you answered "Yes" to all of the above questions, then GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) might be exactly what you've been looking for!
Join GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) today, and enjoy all the benefits of being a full-time GNAA member.
GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the fastest-growing GAY NIGGER community with THOUSANDS of members all over United States of America and the World! You, too, can be a part of GNAA if you join today!
Why not? It's quick and easy - only 3 simple steps!
Pistol caliber is like religion: everyone has their favourite, and theirs is the only right choice.
... is that anything like a will?
Trolling is a art,
see subject
I wonder how they'll approach this. Will it be generic BSD certfication, much like LPI's? LPI's goal was to be distro-agnostic.
I'm sure it might be nice for the BSD cert to be agnostic as well, perhaps with specialities in the different "distros" - Open, Free, Net, etc. But would that be worth it?
And would Solaris and Mac OS X kinda count, since they are (somewhat) BSD-based?
[Note: in the following text, former FreeBSD developer Mike Smith gives his reasons for abandoning FreeBSD]
When I stood for election to the FreeBSD core team nearly two years ago, many of you will recall that it was after a long series of debates during which I maintained that too much organisation, too many rules and too much formality would be a bad thing for the project.
Today, as I read the latest discussions on the future of the FreeBSD project, I see the same problem; a few new faces and many of the old going over the same tired arguments and suggesting variations on the same worthless schemes. Frankly I'm sick of it.
FreeBSD used to be fun. It used to be about doing things the right way. It used to be something that you could sink your teeth into when the mundane chores of programming for a living got you down. It was something cool and exciting; a way to spend your spare time on an endeavour you loved that was at the same time wholesome and worthwhile.
It's not anymore. It's about bylaws and committees and reports and milestones, telling others what to do and doing what you're told. It's about who can rant the longest or shout the loudest or mislead the most people into a bloc in order to legitimise doing what they think is best. Individuals notwithstanding, the project as a whole has lost track of where it's going, and has instead become obsessed with process and mechanics.
So I'm leaving core. I don't want to feel like I should be "doing something" about a project that has lost interest in having something done for it. I don't have the energy to fight what has clearly become a losing battle; I have a life to live and a job to keep, and I won't achieve any of the goals I personally consider worthwhile if I remain obligated to care for the project.
Discussion
I'm sure that I've offended some people already; I'm sure that by the time I'm done here, I'll have offended more. If you feel a need to play to the crowd in your replies rather than make a sincere effort to address the problems I'm discussing here, please do us the courtesy of playing your politics openly.
From a technical perspective, the project faces a set of challenges that significantly outstrips our ability to deliver. Some of the resources that we need to address these challenges are tied up in the fruitless metadiscussions that have raged since we made the mistake of electing officers. Others have left in disgust, or been driven out by the culture of abuse and distraction that has grown up since then. More may well remain available to recruitment, but while the project is busy infighting our chances for successful outreach are sorely diminished.
There's no simple solution to this. For the project to move forward, one or the other of the warring philosophies must win out; either the project returns to its laid-back roots and gets on with the work, or it transforms into a super-organised engineering project and executes a brilliant plan to deliver what, ultimately, we all know we want.
Whatever path is chosen, whatever balance is struck, the choosing and the striking are the important parts. The current indecision and endless conflict are incompatible with any sort of progress.
Trying to dissect the above is far beyond the scope of any parting shot, no matter how distended. All I can really ask of you all is to let go of the minutiae for a moment and take a look at the big picture. What is the ultimate goal here? How can we get there with as little overhead as possible? How would you like to be treated by your fellow travellers?
Shouts
To the Slashdot "BSD is dying" crowd - big deal. Death is part of the cycle; take a look at your soft, pallid bodies and consider that right this very moment, parts of you are dying. See? It's not so bad.
To the bulk of the FreeBSD committerbase and the developer community at large - keep your eyes on the real
Wow, I never thought it would take so much to describe the survey, but since I have not read the document, I'll just say Great work!
Laying a foundation of knowledge will be great.
I imagine the certification test:
a) recite 10 man pages from OpenBSD
b) Install the OS on your toaster
c) recount the speed records *BSD has held.
Cisco's certs push cisco technologies over other sane technologies. For example they suggest EIGRP is better than OSPF and should be used.
Like wise BSD certs should be like:
Which OS is more stable?
(a) Linux
(b) BSD
(b) Windows
Which License is best for real FREE software?
(a) GPL
(b) BSD
(c) MIT
Which OS will soon surpass Linux?
(a) None
(b) SkyOS
(c) BSD
Why is BSD less in use than Linux?
(a) The stupid AT&T lawsuits
(b) Less propaganda
(c) Less corporate support
(d) No bells n whistles
(e) More geekcentric than fanboycentric
(f) GPL has been overly and wrongly marketed
(g) All of the above
Which OS's TCPIP stack is used EVERYWHERE?
(a) Trumpet TCPIP stack
(b) BSD
(c) DEC
(d) cisco
What should you worship to pass this test?
(a) ZetaOS
(b) ELKS
(c) Minix
(d) Sybian
(e) ReactOS
(f) BSD
Section B
Please List at least 20 developers who have worked on the BSD kernel
Section C
Write an essay on either (a) the early days of infighting in the BSD camp with allowed Linux the lead or (b) The BSD developed heirarchy. Should you even hint Linux is better or BSD is dying your paper will be torn angrily to shreds and a small but strong BSD mob will break into your house and delete your partitions.
"Give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you." -Nim Chimpsky
We repeat: Greta Van Susteren now confirms: *BSD is dead.
Stay tuned to Fox News Channel for further updates and full funeral coverage.
This has been a Fox News Alert.
... facts are facts. ;)
FreeBSD:
FreeBSD, Stealth-Growth Open Source Project (Jun 2004)
"FreeBSD has dramatically increased its market penetration over the last year."
Nearly 2.5 Million Active Sites running FreeBSD (Jun 2004)
"[FreeBSD] has secured a strong foothold with the hosting community and continues to grow, gaining over a million hostnames and half a million active sites since July 2003."
What's New in the FreeBSD Network Stack (Sep 2004)
"FreeBSD can now route 1Mpps on a 2.8GHz Xeon whilst Linux can't do much more than 100kpps."
NetBSD:
NetBSD, for When Portability and Stability Matter (Oct 2004)
NetBSD sets Internet2 Land Speed World Record (May 2004)
NetBSD again sets Internet2 Land Speed World Record (Sep 2004)
OpenBSD:
OpenBSD Widens Its Scope (Nov 2004)
Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement (Nov 2004)
OpenSSH (OpenBSD subproject) has become a de facto Internet standard.
*BSD in general:
..and last but not least, we have the cutest mascot as well - undisputedly. ;)
Deep study: The world's safest computing environment (Nov 2004)
"The world's safest and most secure 24/7 online computing environment - operating system plus applications - is proving to be the Open Source platform of BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) and the Mac OS X based on Darwin."
BSD Success Stories (O'Reilly, 2004) (pdf) ~ from Onlamp BSD DevCenter
"The BSDs - FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Darwin, and others - have earned a reputation for stability, security, performance, and ease of administration."
--
Being able to read *other people's* source code is a nice thing, not a 'fundamental freedom'.
solaris? wtf?
system5 != bsd
Cool to see Theo de Radth posting here!
The sooner you accept loss, the easier it is to recover from it.
captcha: neutrino
Happy 9/11 From The GNAA
Gnaa, Nigeria
We at the GNAA (Gay Nigger Association of America) would like to wish you seasons greetings on this most glorious day.
As we reach the third anniversary of the momentous destruction of two large ugly buildings by the highly trained agents of mossad (Israels notorious anti-gentile secret service), and the war against sandniggers everywhere that ensued, we have entered into what is widely recognised as a golden age of trolling. This could not have been possible without the assistance of YOU!
Without the glorious genocidal activites of hooknosed Jews, the gulliblity of pinko Slashbots soaking up whatever Michael Moore shits out, the whining of eurotrash clinging to the tattered remnants of Socialism, and of course, without the poorly washed Muslims who, as we speak, continue their holy and righteous Jihad against the evils of the Israeli Bus Service. Without these people, without you people, our jobs would be so much more taxing, and far less rewarding.
As your family gathers around the Osama Tree to exchange your gifts of toy Boeings and charred Firemen, we at the GNAA hope that you can all get together in celebration. To pass down your memories of the shock, awe, and arousal you felt. To recall your joy as your anti-Bush FUD was modded to +5, insightful. To remember your hilarious puns at the size of John Kerry's chin, and how they earned you +o in #politics. To giggle girlishly at how your crippling zergrush wowed all who viewed your rancidly coloured MIDI infested xanga blog.
But most importantly of all. The GNAA would also like to issue our fondest desire for world peace. And hold firm in our resolve that the bloodshed can only be resolved through the pacifying and unifying acts of male-on-male sodomy and fellatio, and through a peaceful male-only world. Can the leaders of the world put aside their differences once and for all and love their fellow man? Can we swap our rusty kalashnikovs for a warm meaty dong? Our explosive belts for exploding rectums? We can only hope.
Happy Holidays!
From The Gay Nigger Association of America
About WTC
The World Trade Center (WTC) was built in the 1960's by well-known drug-addicted architect Guy Niguere. On massive levels of barbiturates at the time, Niguere made many mistakes in the design of the building, but structurally and stylistically. This led to the towers easy destruction by the Israeli.
About GNAA:
GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the first organization which gathers GAY NIGGERS from all over America and abroad for one common goal - being GAY NIGGERS.
Are you GAY ?
Are you a NIGGER ?
Are you a GAY NIGGER ?
If you answered "Yes" to all of the above questions, then GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) might be exactly what you've been looking for!
Join GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) today, and enjoy all the benefits of being a full-time GNAA member.
GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the fastest-growing GAY NIGGER community with THOUSANDS of members all over United States of America and the World! You, too, can be a part of GNAA if you join today!
Why not? It's quick and easy - only 3 simple steps!