> The diacritic on the i in naive is not an umlaut, it is a dieresis. The standard typewriter spelling of umlauted words (add an e) is not applicable. Slashdot doesn't appear to allow the appropriate html entities ( is just plain is edited out of my preview html) and appears to translate any non-ascii roman character down to ascii. The convention in such situations is to just drop the dieresis and spell it "naive".
The convention on Slashdot is to spell things inni damb weigh j00 pleese.
> These numbers used to be in the billions of dollars, but now they are more reasonable in the millions. If anything, it shows a trend in the perception of the value of data in a downwards direction.
That's because the cost of cleaning up this kind of crap is increasingly a part of day-to-day operating costs. A late breaking virus just means you have to waste more time than usual.
> So remember folks: all those years of school, training, reading, getting up at 5:30AM, working your ass off, overtime, weekends, holidays, sitting in meetings, telling your asshole boss how smart he is...
>...all reverse vacuumed into the shitpipe because you made one mistake. There's no excuse for being human in an inhuman workplace. Take your parting gifts, pack up your shit and get the fuck out. Time to watch your career get destroyed.
You're talking to the CIO that moved the company to Microsoft products, right?
Fine by me; you and Bruce are entitled to your views, and to lobby for them on Slashdot.
However, my view is that it's perfectly OK - perhaps even laudible - to laugh your ass off at the karmic misfortune of a dickhead. I'll save my bleeding heart for those who get something they didn't deserve, not for those who deserve worse.
> I find recent versions of Suse, Mandrake, and Redhat to be alot more flakey and buggy then their 5.x and 6.x pasts from years ago.
Yes, even apart from issues of continuing bugfixes, I'm thoroughly disgusted with Red Hat 9.
Among other things, they have been progressively replacing the boring but reliable old applications with a new generation of slick but buggy stuff. I certainly don't mind innovation, but keep the old stuff until the replacements are reliable.
For your captcha, use a picture of a really ugly old woman with "click here to see more" written across it, and no one visiting a porn site will help with the decryption.
Slashdot Mirror
There was a famous military dispatch regarding a bomber pilot named Sink in the WWII Pacific Theatre -
> > The biggest cost of these sort of virus is time.
> Umm, that means slashdot is more dangerous than all these virus!
Slashdot: The Linux Virus (tm)
> The diacritic on the i in naive is not an umlaut, it is a dieresis. The standard typewriter spelling of umlauted words (add an e) is not applicable. Slashdot doesn't appear to allow the appropriate html entities ( is just plain is edited out of my preview html) and appears to translate any non-ascii roman character down to ascii. The convention in such situations is to just drop the dieresis and spell it "naive".
The convention on Slashdot is to spell things inni damb weigh j00 pleese.
> These numbers used to be in the billions of dollars, but now they are more reasonable in the millions. If anything, it shows a trend in the perception of the value of data in a downwards direction.
That's because the cost of cleaning up this kind of crap is increasingly a part of day-to-day operating costs. A late breaking virus just means you have to waste more time than usual.
> So remember folks: all those years of school, training, reading, getting up at 5:30AM, working your ass off, overtime, weekends, holidays, sitting in meetings, telling your asshole boss how smart he is...
>
You're talking to the CIO that moved the company to Microsoft products, right?
That's why you know it's best not to date.
> After these roll out, how long would it be until the software is modified to bias how you look?
"Honey, do these pants make my ass look big?"
"No darling, it's your ass that makes the pants look big."
> They need to finish perfecting the ones that take off their clothes FIRST.
First karaoke, now this.
> They've harnessed the power of horniness, but for evil.
Use the horniness, Luke!
> I totally agree with Bruce on this one
Fine by me; you and Bruce are entitled to your views, and to lobby for them on Slashdot.
However, my view is that it's perfectly OK - perhaps even laudible - to laugh your ass off at the karmic misfortune of a dickhead. I'll save my bleeding heart for those who get something they didn't deserve, not for those who deserve worse.
> Squint at the latest Opportunity picture and you can just make out the Denny's sign.
The sign's a fake too -- due to budget cuts, they're simulating the Nevada set in India.
> VOTE BUSH-CHENEY '04
Bush-Cheney: Four More Wars!
> Do not cheer on attacks on the SCO site.
Not even a <nelson>Ha, ha!</nelson>?
> Anyone care to clarify what a wet slap is?
It's like a dry slap, but done in the shower.
My Slashdot story page has a MS ad for an "earlybird" special. If you're not getting YourDoom fast enough, that's the ad for you!
> He was busy being "knighted"
Hmmmm... I thought he was already "benighted".
> I find recent versions of Suse, Mandrake, and Redhat to be alot more flakey and buggy then their 5.x and 6.x pasts from years ago.
Yes, even apart from issues of continuing bugfixes, I'm thoroughly disgusted with Red Hat 9.
Among other things, they have been progressively replacing the boring but reliable old applications with a new generation of slick but buggy stuff. I certainly don't mind innovation, but keep the old stuff until the replacements are reliable.
> We are migrating from RH to Debian.
I'll probably do the same with about 30 machines... when I have time.
> Debian would be the one. It has the ring of solidity
Been to the movies lately?
My mailbox is already full anyway.
> Take a look through L[e]viticus....
Yeah, I especially like the requirement for stepping outside the camp when you make a pooh, so God won't step in it when he visits.
Some advice never outlives its usefulness...
> Obviously, you know nothing about free porn sites. But the correct title would be "granny shows pink".
More likely they'd put a bow in her hair and call it "lolita learns about love".
A million new Slashdot accounts were added today.
For your captcha, use a picture of a really ugly old woman with "click here to see more" written across it, and no one visiting a porn site will help with the decryption.
> Linux's true downfall has far less to do with...
Tell us more about this 'downfall'. Do I need to quit using it?