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BBC To Host Multi-OS Debate

Posted by samzenpus on from the get-ready-to-rumble dept.

Bananatree3 writes "BBC is currently seeking submissions from all you Microsoft Windows, Mac and Linux devotees "in 100 words or less, why you are such a supporter of your chosen operating system and what features you love about it". They will then select one user of each platform to go head to head in a debate that will be part of the BBC's Microsoft Vista launch coverage on January 30th."

19 of 344 comments (clear)

  1. Jono Bacon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I vote for Jono

  2. Don't BAN this user... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... lock the pink OMG-Ponnies CSS in his user preferences...

  3. So... by Pecholata · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "in 100 words or less"

    Does this have something to do with this previous topic?

    http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/07/01/24/232 0248.shtml

    Do the submissions have have to send it using as storage a blood white cell? :-). I'm wondering how many submissions fit into a elephant? haha

  4. What the fuck is wrong with you? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    As much as you and I may dislike with GNAA posts, deleting them is not the answer. The Slashdot moderation system already takes care of them pretty quickly. Unless you're browsing at -1, you basically will never see them. Thus they have virtually no effect on you.

    Even if Slashdot is a private organization and is thus not bound by such ideals as freedom of speech and freedom of expression, they should acknowledge their American roots and still try to apply such concepts as best as is possible. And in this case, that means not deleting posts that people may disagree with, for whatever reason.

    1. Re:What the fuck is wrong with you? by tomstdenis · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      If these people really want to share their GNAA views they should start their own website and post them there.

      How is it in the American spirit to support, nay, provide the means, for spreading filth and hate? These GNAA posts are nothing but mindless driven with offensive overtones. Denying them comfort, an audience, and the reaction they unjustly seek is how to not only punish them but address the issue.

      Your comment about -1 browsing is akin to "if you don't like being called nigger, maybe you should stay in your part of town." Often there are good comments at -1 (for instance, my pref give AC's all -1 to start). Why should I stop reading at -1 because some malicious, most likely, adolescent prick decides that they trump our rights to a civil [albeit random] discourse?

      Tom

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      Someday, I'll have a real sig.
    2. Re:What the fuck is wrong with you? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Tom, bear in mind that if popular opinion on Slashdot could get posts deleted, yours would be gone in a flash.

    3. Re:What the fuck is wrong with you? by ilovewikipedia · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I find it beyond belief that you actually would start a serious discussion regarding freedom of speech like that. Oh well.

    4. Re:What the fuck is wrong with you? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      The GNAA does have their own web site: http://www.gnaa.us/

      Tom, I have to admit that I didn't bother to read the rest of your post. It doesn't matter what you say, the fact remains that freedom of expression is paramount. If you did happen to take a stance against it, you're wrong, but you're allowed to express your incorrect stance. If you happened to support free expression, then good for you.

    5. Re:What the fuck is wrong with you? by ilovewikipedia · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      And you must also consider that this is a very important part of our culture. Please respect our culture.

    6. Re:What the fuck is wrong with you? by ChameleonDave · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      they should acknowledge their American roots and still try to apply such concepts as best as is possible. If I were you, I wouldn't demand that Slashdot behave in an American manner with regards to dissent. Though perhaps with all the ice you're getting in the US at the moment, heading south to sunny Guantánamo wouldn't be too bad.
  5. Easy by elyons · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Steve Jobs does not kill kittens.

    1. Re:Easy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Maybe not, but his reputation for being a jerk is of mythical proportions.

    2. Re:Easy by BecomingLumberg · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      Incorrect. *Every* man masturbates.

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      If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.-TJ
    3. Re:Easy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      Incorrect. *Every* man masturbates.


      In that case it is the kitten killing deity who dislikes masturbation, not the masturbatory offender, that does the actual kitten killing.
      I'm a lawyer for Apple by the way.
    4. Re:Easy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      As a cat hater, I'm not sure I'm seeing your statement the way you meant it...

    5. Re:Easy by Jan+Rosencrantz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I don't. Seriously. Haven't for many years. I find sex a greatly preferable alternative.

  6. Re:What the hell is wrong with you? by Aladrin · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Do not feed the troll."

    I repeat:

    "Do not feed the troll."

    Every time you reply to a troll, you feed his hunger for attention. If they get hungry enough, they actually DO go away. Unfortunately, people keep feeding them.

    No, it just happens that I think the GNAA is one of the funniest troll pieces in existence. I even tried to watch the GNFOS movie once, but it was so amazingly bad that I ended up just skimming it and getting rid of it. To this day, I still want those 10 minutes back.

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    "If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you." - DM
  7. Re:JEWS DID 9/11 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dear ilovewikipedia,

    You seem to have a lot of drive and enthusiasm, which is obviously not finding a productive outlet, have you thought about getting some part-time work in IT? Perhaps try doing some volunteer work!

    Maybe you've not yet graduated and are going through that 'difficult' stage. Girls don't seem to like you, the sporty kids bully you. We've all been there, it'll pass. The simple fact that is girls mature faster than boys.

    In a few years, you'll look back on these days and laugh! :)

    Anyway, take care.

    AC.

  8. Re:No Way! by bytesex · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is England. Not Soviet Russia !

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    Religion is what happens when nature strikes and groupthink goes wrong.