User: igor_p

Er...thanks Minh

On: The Rise Of Counter-Strike

I almost flunked out of college because of you ;)

Thanks for a great game and many wasted hours.

Re:Press control overstated

On: Copyright [CBDTPA] Bill Universally Rejected

The press in the US is definitely biased towards large corporations. The media bias manifests as a lack of substantive reporting on issues that give corporations a black eye.

Yeah Just ask Enron and Arthur Andersen about a lack of reporting that gives a black eye ;-)

Re:Why Linux??

On: Simply GNUstep Delivers UNIX, Simply

For the love of God. And for the last time:
Slackware has a package managment system. No,
it doesn't handle dependencies, but it keeps track of what's installed/uninstalled.

Re:Fearmongering for Fun and Profit

On: Courts Begin To Frown On Online Badmouthing

This article is amazingly low on details about the cases and resorts instead to standard fearmongering and appealing to anti-corporate sentiment

Since when is Usa Today known for in-depth articles? ;)

Re:So hands up who did not read the agreement...

On: Qwest Plan Stirs Protest Over Privacy

The same company therefore has the resources to make the legal document really, really, long and complicated and incomprensible by the average reader. The amount of obfuscation is purely up to the company.

Millions of people do not have the same time to devote to deciphering the said document. Even though each of us may care a lot about these issues, there is a limit to our individual intelligence and/or patience.

Instead we just waste our time reading Slashdot ;)

Re:Pity the supreme court isn't likely to hear it

On: Oregon Supreme Court Declines To Hear Schwartz Case

The actual Law is here
Its statute 164.377.

Re:Best Linux Game?

On: The Best Linux Games of 2001?

My favorite Linux game is seeing how long you can read the mkisofs manpage without developing stigmata wounds, bleeding from the eyes, or going insane.

Damn that was funny!
Pleae send a new keyboard to:
123 my street.....
I'll have to remember to not drink soda while reading slashdot!

Re:Same old language barrier?

On: The Internet Shifts East

Do you really expect everyone else to learn english so you don't have to learn anything else?

Yes ;)

Re:@Home not blocking port 80 yet

On: Code Redux

I think it depends on where you are.
@home have always blocked port 80 where I live along with 137 and 139.