You are a troll.the bit about Stallman being a Nazi gives it away.The man may be a bit obbsessive about the FSF,but he is most definetly not a Nazi.
MS WILL win this, as surely as justice will prevail in this country.
Thy already lost you morron.Jackson found them guilty of violating the Sherman Act(1895...what an irony,MS,the software monoploy,beaten by a 19th century act!)and no matter what happens now,MS will face some form of punishment.Given the evidence against it from the antitrust case(Yeah,IE4 and Windows are iseprible without serious damage to the OS...unless you count 98lite!)MS will have an uphill battle getting an appeal.
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Greetings Comrade, We appreciate with much gratitude the maps provided for us of Holland,Michigan.We shall use them to plan the instalation of intelligence equipment throughout the town to monitor the activities of all employees of Andover,as they are all possibly connected to the Rob Malda Conspiracy. DO NOT,we repeat,DO NOT use your "laser" on the Andover HQ,as these geeks may be able to provide us with a useful foothold in this dimension's Open-Source community.Also,inform our contacts with the Sayans and tell them that we shall not be needing their assistance,and tell that idiot Fajita to shut the fsck up. Also,the rumors that the moon had been anhilated by some fellow named "pikohlow" or something are just that...rumors.Our lunar base,despite evil American Corperate interference,is still intact and constructing vessels for our great fleet. Continue to monitor the radio sohw "Geeks in Space" to ensure that we continue to recieve information about this world.And watch what your posting on their forum named "Slashdot",you idiot.You might unintentionaly reveal our plans!
That's all for now Comrade.Carry on. END TRANSMISSION 731 FROM GSS LINUSGRAD TO ORBITAL OUTPOST "MIR",VIA UPGR VAST SPY NETWORK.THERE IS NO CONSPIRACY(TM) Etot "sig" byit pisyat v Russki! (35.0% Slashdot nezdorovi.)
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Ab Lincoln?Is that his brother with the washboard stomach?Just like to point that out.
Nope,never heard of it.Then again,I don't write conspiracy theories very often,partly because I'm too busy writing,editing,and publishing The Red Star(A fake newspaper.I'd like you to come up with a conspiracy revolving around the name.I dare you.)to write CTs,but mostly because There Is No Conspiracy(tm).
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IT'S ALL A CONSPIRACY!!!!
Yes there is a conspiracy.It involves me,Rob Malda,Bill Gates,Linus Torvalds,Al Gore,the ressurected Vladimere Lenin,ESR,RMS,Rage Against The Machine,JonKatz,and Pikachu!Their insidious plan is to brainwash everyone into a cult of personality so that they can use us to TAKE OVER THE WORLD,where they would become the new Politburo(with Lenin and Linus in charge!) and rule us with despotic tyrany!
Linus is the instigator of this vast conspiracy,which centers around Linux.You see,he knew that if he created an alternative OS,that thousands will flock to him and build a cult of personality,giving him ultimate power!But he knew he needed help,so he contacted Rob Malda and Bill Gates and asked for their assistance.He forced Bill to continue creating crap software so "The OSS Conspiracy" (run by RMS and ESR)could trounce MS.Malda was called in to spread propaganda for Linus by having Rob develop a seperate cult of personality,a subset of Linus's,that would believe everything posted on Slashdot.As for JonKatz,he was hired as a front,creating someone for DotHeads to despise with a passion,thus reinforcing Rob's personality cult!I told you it was insidious!
Rage Against the Machine?They are being manipulated by The OSS Conspiracy to incite the people to rebel against corperations.Once big conglomerates like MS and Apple and AOL were destroyed,people would have no choice but to use OSS!And Al Gore?His statement that he "created the Internet" showed how well he could influence American idiots(aka 70%-80% of us)into believeing anything he said....you know where this is going:he would then announce that "open source software is good for you!" and thus bring hundreds of millions of Americans into Linus's cult of personality!Pikachu?He is a tool to get kids hooked on Anime and thus lead them to read Slashdot,bringing them into Rob's(and Linus's) cult of personality!
You are probably wondering what Lenin(deceassed ex-leader of the now defunct Soviet Union)has to do with this.Well,what the Russians don't want you to know is that they brought the dictator back to life using secret technology stolen from the US and then hacked by Communist scientists(who had rejected the biological sciences that Stalin had forced all Soviet scientists to use).After some reconstructive surgery to undo the dammage done to Lenin's face by 1920's sugeons,and after having his memory restored to the condition he was in 1922,Lenin has been sneaking arround in various governments,inserting his communist doctrines into whatever nations he visits.Now Vlad has been called upon by Benevolent(?) Dictator Torvalds to act as his Comrade-In-Arms and fellow future leader of the world!As for me,I just post articles to back help inspire hatred for JonKatz,thus bosting my karma and assisting Rob(and thus Linus) strengthen their cults of personality.I'm just a hired lackey for TacoBoy,and thus I am not obliged to follow the party line.
Now here's something that they don't want you to know:Trolls are freedom fighters!All those anti-Malda,anti-Slashdot,hot-grits loving Trolls are really fighting to cripple this vast conspiracy and save the world,so that the United States can spread out,and by manifest destiny,CONQURE THE WORLD!!!So Comrades,join the Resistance and fight for your rights!Become a Troll today!
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1)The first is Dr. Evil unvaieling his plan to take over the world by blowing up DC with a giant "LASER",which was named "The Alan Parsons Project",oddly the name of a progressive rock group.
2)It's from the Tick.Chairface threatens to crave his face into the moon with a laser,to which his henchman gives the above line.
and to think I haven't watched The Tick in a few years.:) ------------------------- Etot "sig" byit pisyat v Russki! (35.0% Slashdot nezdorovi.)
Rather Like Katz and "Geeks".Couldn't help but notice that in your posting. ----------------------------------------- Etot "sig" byit pisyat v Russki! (35.0% Slashdot nezdorovi.)
That was supposed to read: ...And I'm not trying to be a troll... Sorry if I confused the hell out of everybody. ------------------ Etot "sig" byit pisyat v Russki! (35.0% Slashdot nezdorovi.)
Quoth the KatzMan: ...To react at all, you have to buy the idea that something disturbing is happening. In our increasingly unconscious civilization, many people don't:...
I did not change that quote.You heard him,he said "...buy the idea...".In otherwise,he's peddiling his ideology in the same manner a corperation would market a product on TV or radio.By telling us things and not giving us verfiable sources like outside essays,newspaper collumns,books,etc. he is using the same underhanded tactics that big business like MS and AOL use to get us to use their products without telling us how they stack up against competitors.He tells us about how evil and wrong the corperate world is,and how we can escape this by picking up an "ideology of individualism" and following him off into the sunset.Uh,no thanks.I don't buy into people who seemingly abide by the philosphies of "do as I say,not as I do(or type as the case may be.)" and use Newspeak to their advantage.(If I just confused you,see the previous Katz article on the Corperate Republic.He opens with some Newspeak for us.)For if Jon truely loved individualism as he says,he'd give us verifyable sources that he derived his thoughts from that I could check and direct quotes.Why?That's just good essay writing.I learned that I my freshman year of high school.He should know this better than I,he worked for a freaking magazine!
More from the Katz's mouth: "By their nature, individualists are discontented: persistent, obnoxious and unpopular, from the scoolkid who challenges a teacher in school, to the employee who irritates the senior veep." We're not "discontented...by their nature" Jon,we simply wish to do things in a way that is best for us.If that means disrupting the flow of things,oh well.That's just precieved as "discontent" by people that don't understand that simple fact.Individuals' attitudes towards authority are as varied as the people themselves.
Katz Again: "People need to wake up. We need a conscious civilization that acknowledges individualism as a basic human right. We ought to be able to express our own views, run our own businesses, pursue our own culture, develop our own software and hardware. We need family farming, local pharamicists, cranky local newspaper editors and website operators, and other small business ownership. We need diversity of opinion and thought in a homogenized cultural environment, the ability to develop innovative technology apart from monopolistic conglomerates. We need a new generation of political leaders who are not dependent on corporations for their survival. " Smaller is not always better.Yes we do need more diversity of thought in business,but we don't need to destroy conglomerates to do it.We should create our own newspapers and distribute them at shopping malls and supermarkets,Have small bands sell CD's of their music for cheap to people outside of Walmart.Use the 'Net to find the political party that best fits our beliefs,etc.Just sitting here and saying stuff isn't helping.We need to start doing stuff,no matter how small,anything to start us off.
What else have you got to say,Comrade?: "Conglomerates should be prohibited from corrupting and overwhelming institutions of technology, education, entertainment or information." How do you propose we do that?You don't give any details,which is another sign of crappy essay composition.
Not another one!: "...to use technology to become the pests of society..." We've already proven we can be pests.Let's prove we can be intelligent netizens doing useful and intresting things,such as,but not limited to,explaining the uselessness of using filters as babysitters,showing kids how do do things on the PC other than surf the net and play games,creating intresting websites,not just some of the crap I see online,and explaining to parents that not everyone on the net is a pedophile or other such evils.And another thing:no more fscking warz d00ds and 31337 h4x0rs!I'm sick of them!
One last thing: "So think of this as merely a starting point in developing an ideology of individualism. A better starting point would be a manifesto,a finished document about all the key things individuals value.The next step would be educating others about what our beliefs,giving them the facts and asking them to decide what they believe in more.Jon,if you can't take the time to think out and craft a manifesto that we can ponder and discuss,then you should of taken more time to craft your words better.Think about that next time you come up with a new ideology,a new revolution to fight.
I'm really sorry if I rambled on folks.I usually don't,It's just that I had quite a few addendums to Katz's spiel.And I'm trying to be a troll.If that's how I come out,sorry.
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Is it just me,or is JonKatz starting to sound like this: "Four legs good!Two legs bad!" It's only a matter of time(according to George Orwell) that Katz's cry becomes something like: "Four legs good,two legs better!"
I'm not being a troll.I only sound like it. --------------- Etot "sig" byit pisyat v Russki! (35.0% Slashdot nezdorovi.)
[flamesuit ON] MS didn't buy the law.The lay came around,MS saw that it favored them,and they went "Yeah!More nukes!" and stuck them in their arsenal.
If it comes to the point where/. is forced to remove the offending posts,there's really nothing they can do.Copyright law is copyright law,no matter how outdated.What they can do is replace each removed post with: -------------------------------------------- This post removed by demand from Microsoft.
Due to the fact that the comment formerly occupying this spot was in violation of US copyright law,we were obliged to remove it.However,the orriginal contents of the message can be found [here](post to location containg contents).The Microsoft Kerebose page can be found [here](link).Please keep in mind that Slashdot is not liable for what you see on these sites.
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And stop using M$.It's really fscking immature.Just say MS,we know what you mean. ---------------- Etot "sig" byit pisyat v Russki! (35.0% Slashdot nezdorovi.)
if it were only that easy,we could do: kill -9 aol kill -9 mpaa kill -9 riaa kill -9 fredmoody kill -9 slashdoteffect kill -9 gwbush
If anybody from Microsoft is listening,I want to tell you something.Did you take the steps to ensure above all doubt that it would be extreemly difficult to obtain the offending material?If not,it's your own damn fault and you can't use the DMCA to defend yourselves.You can't claim that your copyright was violated if you took minimal steps to protect yourself.(as an aside,IANAL) Ok,my rant for today is over.Goodbye. shutdown -h now ----------------------- Etot "sig" byit pisyat v Russki! (35.0% Slashdot nezdorovi.)
...contains no product placements.However,it DOES contain website placements!hahaha! Visit the UPGR Laugh at Humorix Buy cool Linux stuff at Linux Mall Get free software at FreshMeat And of course,a reciprocal link! I'd like to see any of the major TV networks work that many open-source website placements into one paragraph.Then again,it's probably already happened. ---------------- Etot "sig" byit pisyat v Russki! (35.0% Slashdot nezdorovi.)
No silly,The real "LASER" is on MIR,which I bought with 100 million rubles(dirt cheap!) and attached a "LASER" to it. ---------------- Etot "sig" byit pisyat v Russki! (35.0% Slashdot nezdorovi.)
Sounds rather good to me,then again,I'm not a hard-core capitalist;).Is this Social Democracy?I'm not quite sure.If it is could somebody bring over here to the states? ----------------- Etot "sig" byit pisyat v Russki! (35.0% Slashdot nezdorovi.)
Mr. Adams,considering that HHGTTG and LDTTOTS can be a bit out there(an understatement!)at times,is there any time that you considered yourself crazy for doing the radio show/writing the books/etc.? ---------------- Etot "sig" byit pisyat v Russki! (35.0% Slashdot nezdorovi.)
Oh great,now I'll never get a SlashSite running for my school club.
As Rob said,It really is unfare to cable users that they can't run a small website on their computers.Servers on cable modems would be great.The bandwidth cap he mentioned was good too,that way no one person sucks up the whole area's bandwidth running their site.Basicly,what they would do is monitor bandwidth usage(do they do that already?) and if they notice that one IP is using way more bandwidth than they are aloited for hosting,they get pulled for 30-60 min. and are told by the company that the user was sucking up too much bandwidth.
We should consider starting a email campaign to get companies like @Home to reconsider this issue. -----------------------------
It could be worse.At least they're not dispensing out justice from vending machines...hmmm,for some reason,I could see this happening at Riverdale High...
Teacher:So,you got caught handing out The Red Star(The best fake propaganda money can't buy!)again Matt? Student:Uhh...yes. Teacher:-Sigh-.Take this punishment slip to the Punishment Machine(tm)and get your detention sentance. Student:-Grumple-.Fine.-Grumble-
So remember to always look on the bright side of life.
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Uhh...If you had watched MST3K the Movie you'd remember the Hubble was destroyed by Mike J. Nelson.He riped it open with the SOL's(Shit Out'a Luck?) manipulator arm,and when he released it,Tom and Crow look out the window,Crow wishes it luck,The Hubble crashes,and the botss taunt Mike as they enter the theater...."Mike broke the Hubble!".NASA had to replace the telescope,so the HST isn't really 10 years old,it's just a front to cover-up Mike's screwup.
I KNOW IT'S OFFTOPIC,but I felt the need to correct Emmit's horible mistake.Thank you.
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Thy already lost you morron.Jackson found them guilty of violating the Sherman Act(1895...what an irony,MS,the software monoploy,beaten by a 19th century act!)and no matter what happens now,MS will face some form of punishment.Given the evidence against it from the antitrust case(Yeah,IE4 and Windows are iseprible without serious damage to the OS...unless you count 98lite!)MS will have an uphill battle getting an appeal.
Try listening to the news...other than
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Subject:Upcomming Plans...and stop posting to Slashdot you moron!
Greetings Comrade,
We appreciate with much gratitude the maps provided for us of Holland,Michigan.We shall use them to plan the instalation of intelligence equipment throughout the town to monitor the activities of all employees of Andover,as they are all possibly connected to the Rob Malda Conspiracy.
DO NOT,we repeat,DO NOT use your "laser" on the Andover HQ,as these geeks may be able to provide us with a useful foothold in this dimension's Open-Source community.Also,inform our contacts with the Sayans and tell them that we shall not be needing their assistance,and tell that idiot Fajita to shut the fsck up.
Also,the rumors that the moon had been anhilated by some fellow named "pikohlow" or something are just that...rumors.Our lunar base,despite evil American Corperate interference,is still intact and constructing vessels for our great fleet.
Continue to monitor the radio sohw "Geeks in Space" to ensure that we continue to recieve information about this world.And watch what your posting on their forum named "Slashdot",you idiot.You might unintentionaly reveal our plans!
That's all for now Comrade.Carry on.
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the "media" is what I'm painting with.
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or the FU Center,formerly the Corestates Center,in Philadelphia.(look it up,it's where the Flyers play...go Philly!)
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Ab Lincoln?Is that his brother with the washboard stomach?Just like to point that out.
Nope,never heard of it.Then again,I don't write conspiracy theories very often,partly because I'm too busy writing,editing,and publishing The Red Star(A fake newspaper.I'd like you to come up with a conspiracy revolving around the name.I dare you.)to write CTs,but mostly because There Is No Conspiracy(tm).
Just my US$0.02
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IT'S ALL A CONSPIRACY!!!!
Yes there is a conspiracy.It involves me,Rob Malda,Bill Gates,Linus Torvalds,Al Gore,the ressurected Vladimere Lenin,ESR,RMS,Rage Against The Machine,JonKatz,and Pikachu!Their insidious plan is to brainwash everyone into a cult of personality so that they can use us to TAKE OVER THE WORLD,where they would become the new Politburo(with Lenin and Linus in charge!) and rule us with despotic tyrany!
Linus is the instigator of this vast conspiracy,which centers around Linux.You see,he knew that if he created an alternative OS,that thousands will flock to him and build a cult of personality,giving him ultimate power!But he knew he needed help,so he contacted Rob Malda and Bill Gates and asked for their assistance.He forced Bill to continue creating crap software so "The OSS Conspiracy" (run by RMS and ESR)could trounce MS.Malda was called in to spread propaganda for Linus by having Rob develop a seperate cult of personality,a subset of Linus's,that would believe everything posted on Slashdot.As for JonKatz,he was hired as a front,creating someone for DotHeads to despise with a passion,thus reinforcing Rob's personality cult!I told you it was insidious!
Rage Against the Machine?They are being manipulated by The OSS Conspiracy to incite the people to rebel against corperations.Once big conglomerates like MS and Apple and AOL were destroyed,people would have no choice but to use OSS!And Al Gore?His statement that he "created the Internet" showed how well he could influence American idiots(aka 70%-80% of us)into believeing anything he said....you know where this is going:he would then announce that "open source software is good for you!" and thus bring hundreds of millions of Americans into Linus's cult of personality!Pikachu?He is a tool to get kids hooked on Anime and thus lead them to read Slashdot,bringing them into Rob's(and Linus's) cult of personality!
You are probably wondering what Lenin(deceassed ex-leader of the now defunct Soviet Union)has to do with this.Well,what the Russians don't want you to know is that they brought the dictator back to life using secret technology stolen from the US and then hacked by Communist scientists(who had rejected the biological sciences that Stalin had forced all Soviet scientists to use).After some reconstructive surgery to undo the dammage done to Lenin's face by 1920's sugeons,and after having his memory restored to the condition he was in 1922,Lenin has been sneaking arround in various governments,inserting his communist doctrines into whatever nations he visits.Now Vlad has been called upon by Benevolent(?) Dictator Torvalds to act as his Comrade-In-Arms and fellow future leader of the world!As for me,I just post articles to back help inspire hatred for JonKatz,thus bosting my karma and assisting Rob(and thus Linus) strengthen their cults of personality.I'm just a hired lackey for TacoBoy,and thus I am not obliged to follow the party line.
Now here's something that they don't want you to know:Trolls are freedom fighters!All those anti-Malda,anti-Slashdot,hot-grits loving Trolls are really fighting to cripple this vast conspiracy and save the world,so that the United States can spread out,and by manifest destiny,CONQURE THE WORLD!!!So Comrades,join the Resistance and fight for your rights!Become a Troll today!
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1)The first is Dr. Evil unvaieling his plan to take over the world by blowing up DC with a giant "LASER",which was named "The Alan Parsons Project",oddly the name of a progressive rock group.
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2)It's from the Tick.Chairface threatens to crave his face into the moon with a laser,to which his henchman gives the above line.
and to think I haven't watched The Tick in a few years.
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That was supposed to read:
...And I'm not trying to be a troll...
Sorry if I confused the hell out of everybody.
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Quoth the KatzMan:
...To react at all, you have to buy the idea that something disturbing is happening. In our increasingly unconscious civilization, many people don't:...
I did not change that quote.You heard him,he said "...buy the idea...".In otherwise,he's peddiling his ideology in the same manner a corperation would market a product on TV or radio.By telling us things and not giving us verfiable sources like outside essays,newspaper collumns,books,etc. he is using the same underhanded tactics that big business like MS and AOL use to get us to use their products without telling us how they stack up against competitors.He tells us about how evil and wrong the corperate world is,and how we can escape this by picking up an "ideology of individualism" and following him off into the sunset.Uh,no thanks.I don't buy into people who seemingly abide by the philosphies of "do as I say,not as I do(or type as the case may be.)" and use Newspeak to their advantage.(If I just confused you,see the previous Katz article on the Corperate Republic.He opens with some Newspeak for us.)For if Jon truely loved individualism as he says,he'd give us verifyable sources that he derived his thoughts from that I could check and direct quotes.Why?That's just good essay writing.I learned that I my freshman year of high school.He should know this better than I,he worked for a freaking magazine!
More from the Katz's mouth:
"By their nature, individualists are discontented: persistent, obnoxious and unpopular, from the scoolkid who challenges a teacher in school, to the employee who irritates the senior veep."
We're not "discontented...by their nature" Jon,we simply wish to do things in a way that is best for us.If that means disrupting the flow of things,oh well.That's just precieved as "discontent" by people that don't understand that simple fact.Individuals' attitudes towards authority are as varied as the people themselves.
Katz Again:
"People need to wake up. We need a conscious civilization that acknowledges individualism as a basic human right. We ought to be able to express our own views, run our own businesses, pursue our own culture, develop our own software and hardware. We need family farming, local pharamicists, cranky local newspaper editors and website operators, and other small business ownership. We need diversity of opinion and thought in a homogenized cultural environment, the ability to develop innovative technology apart from monopolistic conglomerates. We need a new generation of political leaders who are not dependent on corporations for their survival. "
Smaller is not always better.Yes we do need more diversity of thought in business,but we don't need to destroy conglomerates to do it.We should create our own newspapers and distribute them at shopping malls and supermarkets,Have small bands sell CD's of their music for cheap to people outside of Walmart.Use the 'Net to find the political party that best fits our beliefs,etc.Just sitting here and saying stuff isn't helping.We need to start doing stuff,no matter how small,anything to start us off.
What else have you got to say,Comrade?:
"Conglomerates should be prohibited from corrupting and overwhelming institutions of technology, education, entertainment or information."
How do you propose we do that?You don't give any details,which is another sign of crappy essay composition.
Not another one!:
"...to use technology to become the pests of society..."
We've already proven we can be pests.Let's prove we can be intelligent netizens doing useful and intresting things,such as,but not limited to,explaining the uselessness of using filters as babysitters,showing kids how do do things on the PC other than surf the net and play games,creating intresting websites,not just some of the crap I see online,and explaining to parents that not everyone on the net is a pedophile or other such evils.And another thing:no more fscking warz d00ds and 31337 h4x0rs!I'm sick of them!
One last thing:
"So think of this as merely a starting point in developing an ideology of individualism.
A better starting point would be a manifesto,a finished document about all the key things individuals value.The next step would be educating others about what our beliefs,giving them the facts and asking them to decide what they believe in more.Jon,if you can't take the time to think out and craft a manifesto that we can ponder and discuss,then you should of taken more time to craft your words better.Think about that next time you come up with a new ideology,a new revolution to fight.
I'm really sorry if I rambled on folks.I usually don't,It's just that I had quite a few addendums to Katz's spiel.And I'm trying to be a troll.If that's how I come out,sorry.
This hopefully coherent speech by:ComradePenguin
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Is it just me,or is JonKatz starting to sound like this:
"Four legs good!Two legs bad!"
It's only a matter of time(according to George Orwell) that Katz's cry becomes something like:
"Four legs good,two legs better!"
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[flamesuit ON] MS didn't buy the law.The lay came around,MS saw that it favored them,and they went "Yeah!More nukes!" and stuck them in their arsenal.
/. is forced to remove the offending posts,there's really nothing they can do.Copyright law is copyright law,no matter how outdated.What they can do is replace each removed post with:
If it comes to the point where
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And stop using M$.It's really fscking immature.Just say MS,we know what you mean.
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if it were only that easy,we could do:
kill -9 aol
kill -9 mpaa
kill -9 riaa
kill -9 fredmoody
kill -9 slashdoteffect
kill -9 gwbush
If anybody from Microsoft is listening,I want to tell you something.Did you take the steps to ensure above all doubt that it would be extreemly difficult to obtain the offending material?If not,it's your own damn fault and you can't use the DMCA to defend yourselves.You can't claim that your copyright was violated if you took minimal steps to protect yourself.(as an aside,IANAL)
Ok,my rant for today is over.Goodbye.
shutdown -h now
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...contains no product placements.However,it DOES contain website placements!hahaha!
Visit the UPGR
Laugh at Humorix
Buy cool Linux stuff at Linux Mall
Get free software at FreshMeat
And of course,a reciprocal link!
I'd like to see any of the major TV networks work that many open-source website placements into one paragraph.Then again,it's probably already happened.
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And we shall name it "The Alan Parsons Project"!
No silly,The real "LASER" is on MIR,which I bought with 100 million rubles(dirt cheap!) and attached a "LASER" to it.
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Sounds rather good to me,then again,I'm not a hard-core capitalist ;).Is this Social Democracy?I'm not quite sure.If it is could somebody bring over here to the states?
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Mr. Adams,considering that HHGTTG and LDTTOTS can be a bit out there(an understatement!)at times,is there any time that you considered yourself crazy for doing the radio show/writing the books/etc.?
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Oh great,now I'll never get a SlashSite running for my school club.
As Rob said,It really is unfare to cable users that they can't run a small website on their computers.Servers on cable modems would be great.The bandwidth cap he mentioned was good too,that way no one person sucks up the whole area's bandwidth running their site.Basicly,what they would do is monitor bandwidth usage(do they do that already?) and if they notice that one IP is using way more bandwidth than they are aloited for hosting,they get pulled for 30-60 min. and are told by the company that the user was sucking up too much bandwidth.
We should consider starting a email campaign to get companies like @Home to reconsider this issue.
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It could be worse.At least they're not dispensing out justice from vending machines...hmmm,for some reason,I could see this happening at Riverdale High...
Teacher:So,you got caught handing out The Red Star(The best fake propaganda money can't buy!)again Matt?
Student:Uhh...yes.
Teacher:-Sigh-.Take this punishment slip to the Punishment Machine(tm)and get your detention sentance.
Student:-Grumple-.Fine.-Grumble-
So remember to always look on the bright side of life.
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Uhh...If you had watched MST3K the Movie you'd remember the Hubble was destroyed by Mike J. Nelson.He riped it open with the SOL's(Shit Out'a Luck?) manipulator arm,and when he released it,Tom and Crow look out the window,Crow wishes it luck,The Hubble crashes,and the botss taunt Mike as they enter the theater...."Mike broke the Hubble!".NASA had to replace the telescope,so the HST isn't really 10 years old,it's just a front to cover-up Mike's screwup.
I KNOW IT'S OFFTOPIC,but I felt the need to correct Emmit's horible mistake.Thank you.
You'd actually make a good troll if you read a fscking encyclopedia. .sig brought to you in living ASCII!
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