It's like the nice business people think that all the open source guys are just waiting to kill their babies! I mean settle down.
I agree, they really have nothing to worry about in this regard. The open source baby killing project is not even in beta yet, and there are compatibility and dependency issues that will keep it out of the linux kernel for quite some time. The closed-source world, especially Microsoft, is years ahead of OSS when it comes to infant termination software. But if there's anyone out there in slashdot-land who would like to lend a hand please grab the sources from freshmeat and pitch in!
Another reason for deletion is articles that constitute original research rather than encyclopedia articles. I have advocated the deletion of several articles that are really an original synthesis of ideas from unrelated sources. Such articles can be very interesting and perhaps there should be an originalresearchopedia for their bloody carcasses after a successful deletion, but they don't belong on an encyclopedia.
I know a number of left wing activists and I don't see the resemblance at all.
Oh sure you do! Did you see the Democratic Party convention? Barack Obama talking about dismantling capitalism through violent revolution. Joe Biden leading the audience in a chant of "Smash the State!" Hillary Clinton declared her intention to use bombs to break Mumia out of jail if necessary. Al Gore urging listeners to vandalize SUVs! And you should hear Nancy Pelosi wax eloquent about the dictatorship of the proletariat!
I never understood why some people are disturbed by homosexuality in others. So what if there are some people who like to have sex at home -- what's the big deal?
The word "Olympics" (and all related words) is to my knowledge the only word that has special protection by act of Congress above and beyond normal trademark law. They had to make a special exception in the law to allow for a town called Olympia to use its own name when referring to itself. They sue everyone they can to protect that trademark. This is all in spite of the fact that the Olympic games were called that thousands of years before trademark law existed.
Check out the letter they sent to the website burningshithead.com, which used to have an event called the "Shithead Olympics." The competition - mostly games centered around throwing pieces of breakfast cereal - is now called the "Shithead [Censored]" thanks to the pressure of the USOC. Are a bunch of stoners throwing cereal really a threat to the Olympic trademark?
McCain comes across as someone who won't panic in a tight corner, who won't flip and start pushing the nuclear button, who won't let his personal feelings get in the way of necessary politics, and who won't stick his head in the sand when there's bad news.
You keep using that name "McCain." I don't think it means who you think it means.
Well, I don't know why this was first said but my guess is that if someone believes a creation myth they may believe a destruction myth as well -- end of times and all that. Do we want someone who believes for example that the Bible predicts the end of the world starting from a conflagration in the middle east to be in control of the nuclear football? (Of course, we had exactly that for 8 years in the 1980s, and we may have had the same in the past 8 years though I'm not as familiar with Bush's religious beliefs, but I'm not really endorsing this view, just explaining what I think it might be).
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Yes, because a few million Mac desktops vastly outnumbers hundreds of millions of Linux embedded devices, servers, desktops and virtual appliances.
It does, for exceptionally high values of "a few million."
It's like the nice business people think that all the open source guys are just waiting to kill their babies! I mean settle down.
I agree, they really have nothing to worry about in this regard. The open source baby killing project is not even in beta yet, and there are compatibility and dependency issues that will keep it out of the linux kernel for quite some time. The closed-source world, especially Microsoft, is years ahead of OSS when it comes to infant termination software. But if there's anyone out there in slashdot-land who would like to lend a hand please grab the sources from freshmeat and pitch in!
+1, coke-out-the-nose funny
Heh, you really shouldn't be snorting coke at work anyway ;)
You see my point right?
That you're a crackhead?
Another reason for deletion is articles that constitute original research rather than encyclopedia articles. I have advocated the deletion of several articles that are really an original synthesis of ideas from unrelated sources. Such articles can be very interesting and perhaps there should be an originalresearchopedia for their bloody carcasses after a successful deletion, but they don't belong on an encyclopedia.
how is it keeping time while eating itself? i find it hard to understand
"Time Eater" is a very misleading name. It should really be called a CLOCK GOBBLER.
I know a number of left wing activists and I don't see the resemblance at all .
Oh sure you do! Did you see the Democratic Party convention? Barack Obama talking about dismantling capitalism through violent revolution. Joe Biden leading the audience in a chant of "Smash the State!" Hillary Clinton declared her intention to use bombs to break Mumia out of jail if necessary. Al Gore urging listeners to vandalize SUVs! And you should hear Nancy Pelosi wax eloquent about the dictatorship of the proletariat!
So what do you plan to do now that a bunch of right wing activists hijacked the Republican Party?
republicans are known to give more to charity than democrats.
It's not fair counting the $85 billion bailout of AIG as "charity"
I never understood why some people are disturbed by homosexuality in others. So what if there are some people who like to have sex at home -- what's the big deal?
And do you think he should be rewarded by appearing on the Dean's List despite an inability to meet a basic math requirement?
The word "Olympics" (and all related words) is to my knowledge the only word that has special protection by act of Congress above and beyond normal trademark law. They had to make a special exception in the law to allow for a town called Olympia to use its own name when referring to itself. They sue everyone they can to protect that trademark. This is all in spite of the fact that the Olympic games were called that thousands of years before trademark law existed.
Check out the letter they sent to the website burningshithead.com, which used to have an event called the "Shithead Olympics." The competition - mostly games centered around throwing pieces of breakfast cereal - is now called the "Shithead [Censored]" thanks to the pressure of the USOC. Are a bunch of stoners throwing cereal really a threat to the Olympic trademark?
because of a goddamned math class.
Because of a math class or because of your failure to do well in said class?
Satire? Of course not; why burden CS students with silly classes on English or Literature when they won't even need to know what a metaphor is?
And He Built a Crooked House
I'm *still* trying to fix all the Y2K problems in my company....
They also have to be 35.
Send them to the vet to get a DNA swab so they'll be eligible for coupons on dog food and doggie toys?
no but a promise of free cigarettes might do the trick...
This technology is the shit!
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I'm pretty sure admins can get the deleted article back if there is a deletion review opened up.
McCain comes across as someone who won't panic in a tight corner, who won't flip and start pushing the nuclear button, who won't let his personal feelings get in the way of necessary politics, and who won't stick his head in the sand when there's bad news.
You keep using that name "McCain." I don't think it means who you think it means.
There's no evidence that Anonymous was behind the epilepsy thing, and many have suggested that Scientologists did it to discredit Anonymous.
Well, I don't know why this was first said but my guess is that if someone believes a creation myth they may believe a destruction myth as well -- end of times and all that. Do we want someone who believes for example that the Bible predicts the end of the world starting from a conflagration in the middle east to be in control of the nuclear football? (Of course, we had exactly that for 8 years in the 1980s, and we may have had the same in the past 8 years though I'm not as familiar with Bush's religious beliefs, but I'm not really endorsing this view, just explaining what I think it might be).
Likes outdoor activities, pets, and long moonlit walks on the beach. Mild uniform fetish. Possible LTR. Call me soon - let's drink beer and eat Souvlakia on Walpurgisnacht!