If we were in the middle of a revolution, I would *very* strongly suggest that people not vote.
And wait for the folks with the biggest gun to seize control.
Even if no one votes for the possible dictator, there is no guarantee they won't gain power. Remember that you are in a revolution. This probobly means that the old power structure is effectively gone. The people running the elections are already in control. You can bet your ass that they will set up the elections to win, or throw the results out if they lose.
All not voting would get you is the satisfaction of saying "Don't blame me, I didn't vote for this asshole."
PLEASE can we have a "Napster" topic? This is worse than the Star Wars Prequel hype last year. Every day its Napster Napster Napster. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's tired of reading about it.
he logistics of collecting them with normal recycling Thats why when you take 5 back to Blockbuster you get half off on your next rental, or something similar to that. Make it optional to return the dead discs, but give some sort of paltry incentive to do so. ---
If you live in the middle of nowhere, where the telcos don't give two shits about the customers because the market is too small, you are going to have a modem for a long time. The cable company sounds sort of puzzled when you ask about cable modems, and DSL is out of the question because of how far the switches are spaced out around here. ---
On the freshmeat mailing list there is an ad stuck to the top of the message. Maybe something like that on the top of each posting, or top level post or something like that. ---
Awhile back on slashdot there was mention of an XFree86 Modeline Database on the web... the URL is http://www.netmaster.ca/fvlug/monitor/. Give it your montior's name and it spits out Modelines. You can also submit your monitor's info for others. ---
I honestly don't give a shit about Karma, and personally think slashdot has been going down hill since I got my user account. I tried to post something relavent and I get flamed for it. I appologise. My next post will be more on topic, and (just to keep on topic) I must add:
I JUST POURED NAKED AND PETRIFIED GNULIX BRAND GRITS DOWN MY PANTS SO J00 Mu57 Ph3@R m3!^%&^%@? ph1r57 p057!!&(*&(*@?!(!!
PS: The second best way to get Karma is to ask to be moderated down. I'm glad I haven't had moderator access since THAT bullshit started. ---
1999.11.29 Thank you to all the people that supported me today. The situation was fairly heated for awhile. All I really want to do is code this client. Let me say that Napster (the person) and I discussed this issue completely. He was very resonable and nice when I got to talk to him alone. I hope we can work together to make Napster a good service.
Err... sort of... I frankly DONT like the idea of making only SOME comments moderatable. The system works well enough now, and will be better when M2 is a part of the article, but restricting moderators further seems unneccesary. Most of us are big kids now and know what and how to moderate, and the system can fix any evils done by the BAD PEOPLE, by way of the GOOD PEOPLE and their moderation points. To make some comments un-moderatable would hurt the GOOD PEOPLE exactly as much as the BAD PEOPLE, and in the long run won't really do anything. ---
I can picture the screenshots... kittens dipped in paint... cats with pictures of nekkid women on them, cats with anime grabs tattooed on them... now if only my cat were themable...
...but only to a point. I don't have a problem with AC's so much as I have a problem with the verbal (textual?) diareha that spews forth from some readers. It makes the whole site seem amaturish, and reflects poorly on the open source/geek/linux/whatever community, but it is definitely NOT only AC's. Its trivial to log in and be an asshole.
Its my personal opinion that the moderators should be a little more heavy handed in downgrading posts. Lately slashdot has felt like some teen channel on IRC, and it gets old. I wonder how many readers read the headlines and completely skip the comments. I certainly wouldn't mind missing some of the "choice" comments that have little or nothing to do with the article, and I could especially do without grammar/spelling nazis, but if I or anyone else felt masochistic its simple to adjust one's threshold.
Slashdot Mirror
Check out the Linux BIOS story from a couple of days ago. Made me decide to stick with x86 for a little while longer.
Argh! No line breaks here.
Unintelligable mess.
Preview is your pal.
Hell Yeah! I love my Hyundai, especially since gas is 2 bucks a gallon around here.
Somehow I doubt we will see any elections won on the basis of a candidate's "Tough On Grits" policy.
If we were in the middle of a revolution, I would *very* strongly suggest that people not vote.
And wait for the folks with the biggest gun to seize control.
Even if no one votes for the possible dictator, there is no guarantee they won't gain power. Remember that you are in a revolution. This probobly means that the old power structure is effectively gone. The people running the elections are already in control. You can bet your ass that they will set up the elections to win, or throw the results out if they lose.
All not voting would get you is the satisfaction of saying "Don't blame me, I didn't vote for this asshole."
or by selling Napster-Wear
Until all the rock stars start distributing pirated Napster T-Shrits... ironic, eh?
PLEASE can we have a "Napster" topic? This is worse than the Star Wars Prequel hype last year. Every day its Napster Napster Napster. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's tired of reading about it.
Sure, and didn't you hear... Microsoft has The Bomb
he logistics of collecting them with normal recycling
Thats why when you take 5 back to Blockbuster you get half off on your next rental, or something similar to that. Make it optional to return the dead discs, but give some sort of paltry incentive to do so.
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If you live in the middle of nowhere, where the telcos don't give two shits about the customers because the market is too small, you are going to have a modem for a long time. The cable company sounds sort of puzzled when you ask about cable modems, and DSL is out of the question because of how far the switches are spaced out around here.
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I belive that Lucifer was the name of the star that Jupiter became in Arthur C. Clarke's 2001 series.
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On the freshmeat mailing list there is an ad stuck to the top of the message. Maybe something like that on the top of each posting, or top level post or something like that.
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If you would like to know about other countries' Y2K preparedness, or whether or not they still exist, check out http://www.iy2kcc.org/.
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CE is a PC way of saying AD, so as to not offend the non-Christians who have to use dates.
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Awhile back on slashdot there was mention of an XFree86 Modeline Database on the web... the URL is http://www.netmaster.ca/fvlug/monitor/. Give it your montior's name and it spits out Modelines. You can also submit your monitor's info for others.
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I honestly don't give a shit about Karma, and personally think slashdot has been going down hill since I got my user account. I tried to post something relavent and I get flamed for it. I appologise. My next post will be more on topic, and (just to keep on topic) I must add:
I JUST POURED NAKED AND PETRIFIED GNULIX BRAND GRITS DOWN MY PANTS SO J00 Mu57 Ph3@R m3!^%&^%@?
ph1r57 p057!!&(*&(*@?!(!!
PS: The second best way to get Karma is to ask to be moderated down. I'm glad I haven't had moderator access since THAT bullshit started.
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From the gnap homepage:
1999.11.29
Thank you to all the people that supported me today. The situation was fairly heated for awhile. All I really want to do is code this client. Let me say that Napster (the person) and I discussed this issue completely. He was very resonable and nice when I got to talk to him alone. I hope we can work together to make Napster a good service.
gnap is and will continue to be GPL.
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Err... sort of... I frankly DONT like the idea of making only SOME comments moderatable. The system works well enough now, and will be better when M2 is a part of the article, but restricting moderators further seems unneccesary. Most of us are big kids now and know what and how to moderate, and the system can fix any evils done by the BAD PEOPLE, by way of the GOOD PEOPLE and their moderation points. To make some comments un-moderatable would hurt the GOOD PEOPLE exactly as much as the BAD PEOPLE, and in the long run won't really do anything.
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http://www.geocitie s.com/ResearchTriangle/Forum/2553/backdoor.htm or http://slashdot.org/comme nts.pl?sid=99/09/05/1030228&cid=55
And a followup:
/security/inc/scripts.txt, line 279
/security/bulletins/backdoor.asp
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The page cannot be displayed
There is a problem with the page you are trying to reach and it cannot be
displayed.
Please try the following:
Click the Refresh button, or try again later.
Open the microsoft.com home page, and then look for links to the
information you
want.
HTTP 500.100 - Internal Server Error - ASP error
Internet Information Services
Technical Information (for support personnel)
Error Type:
Microsoft VBScript runtime (0x800A000D)
Type mismatch: 'CInt'
Browser Type:
Mozilla (X11; I; Linux 2.0.32 i586)
Page:
GET
Time:
Sunday, September 05, 1999, 7:45:07 AM
More information:
Microsoft Support
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Seriously, anyone got a mirror without all the active server bullshit?
The following is a cut-n-paste of MS's response
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Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d'
Type mismatch: 'CInt'
/security/inc/scripts.txt, line 279
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I don't know how anyone could argue with THAT.
The hell it isn't. I looked it up. You people need to learn to check your facts, dammit.
I can picture the screenshots... kittens dipped in paint... cats with pictures of nekkid women on them, cats with anime grabs tattooed on them... now if only my cat were themable...
Any one ever get Civ2 to run under wine? The CD sits here taunting me, but I refuse to reboot to use it.
...but only to a point. I don't have a problem with AC's so much as I have a problem with the verbal (textual?) diareha that spews forth from some readers. It makes the whole site seem amaturish, and reflects poorly on the open source/geek/linux/whatever community, but it is definitely NOT only AC's. Its trivial to log in and be an asshole.
Its my personal opinion that the moderators should be a little more heavy handed in downgrading posts. Lately slashdot has felt like some teen channel on IRC, and it gets old. I wonder how many readers read the headlines and completely skip the comments. I certainly wouldn't mind missing some of the "choice" comments that have little or nothing to do with the article, and I could especially do without grammar/spelling nazis, but if I or anyone else felt masochistic its simple to adjust one's threshold.