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V'Ger Source Code Released

Posted by samzenpus on from the build-your-own dept.

One of the biggest hurdles to interstellar domination has always been the prohibitive cost of proprietary software for ships or super-weapons. That is all about to change thanks to a surprise move by a mysterious alien race of living machines who have released V'ger's source code. While you'll still need a way to generate a "twelfth-power energy field," this opens the door to many would-be conquerors and ultimate weapon enthusiasts. The release has been praised in terms of increased security and reduced costs by most, but some worry that cheaper, more secure super weapons aren't what the universe needs at this time. Federation spokesperson Lieutenant Ilia disagrees saying: "This is in the carbon units best interest. Many worlds have been infested, You will listen to me."

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  1. I was wondering when they'd get around to Trek by grimmjeeper · · Score: 2

    It almost felt like they skipped it in the beginning.

    1. Re:I was wondering when they'd get around to Trek by occasional_dabbler · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Can we start a petition to bring back frequent contributions from any Bennett Haseltons? For one day in the year it would be preferable to this drivel...

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    2. Re:I was wondering when they'd get around to Trek by grimmjeeper · · Score: 2

      Well sure. Pretty much anything would be better than this drek. But they're committed to continuing it despite the numerous protests. Not much we can do about it. I think I'll go read some stereo instructions for fun instead.

    3. Re: I was wondering when they'd get around to Trek by grimmjeeper · · Score: 2

      http://www.urbandictionary.com...

  2. FFS by occasional_dabbler · · Score: 2

    Stop already. In the UK the joke doesn't count if it's after mid-day anyway.

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    1. Re:FFS by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 4, Funny

      In the UK the joke doesn't count if it's after mid-day anyway.

      Yes, but since the sun never sets on the British Empire, somewhere in the world, it's before mid-day . . .

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  3. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 2

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  4. It's written in BASIC by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    10 HAN SHOT FIRST
    20 DEAL WITH IT
    30 GOTO 10

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  5. So what happens... by kwiqsilver · · Score: 2

    ...if there's an actual tech new story on April 1? Does /. just refuse to cover it?

    1. Re:So what happens... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      it'll get covered on or around october 12th, just like always.

  6. you know what by Intrepid+imaginaut · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'll take this crap all day every day over one more SJW/feminist public service announcement.

  7. V'Ger sucks by phantomfive · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't want to start a holy war here, but what is the deal with you V'Ger fanatics? I've been sitting here at my freelance gig in front of a V'ger (a 8600/300 w/64 Gigs of RAM) for about 20 minutes now while it attempts to copy a 17 Meg file from one folder on the hard drive to another folder. 20 minutes. At home, on my Vorlon Pro 200 running MinbariOS 4, which by all standards should be a lot slower than this V'ger, the same operation would take about 2 minutes. If that.

    In addition, during this file transfer, Netscape will not work. And everything else has ground to a halt. Even BBEdit Lite is straining to keep up as I type this. I won't bore you with the laundry list of other problems that I've encountered while working on various V'Gers, but suffice it to say there have been many, not the least of which is I've never seen a V'Ger that has run faster than its Vorlon counterpart, despite the V'Ger's faster chip architecture. My Narn G'Lan/66 with 8 megs of ram runs faster than this 300 Ghz machine at times. From a productivity standpoint, I don't get how people can claim that the V'Ger is a superior machine.

    V'Ger addicts, flame me if you'd like, but I'd rather hear some intelligent reasons why anyone would choose to use a V'Ger over other faster, cheaper, more stable systems.

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    "First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
    1. Re:V'Ger sucks by marcello_dl · · Score: 3, Funny

      first things first: have you tried uninstalling systemd?

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  8. V'Ger sucks by ArcadeMan · · Score: 2

    V-GINY is superior!

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  9. GPLv365 by david_thornley · · Score: 2

    And now we'll hear all the complaints about how people can't use V'ger code for commercial use because it's GPLed.

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