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  1. Re:Get Ubuntu on Targeted Trojan Attacks Causing Concern · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Also the african word for "many packages in our repository lack signatures but people install them anyway". Trojans are just as easy on linux as anywhere else.

  2. Re:What's wrong with being conservative? on YouTube Accused Of Censorship · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What's wrong with being conservative? One word: greed.

  3. a dupe a day.. on X-Prize to Award $10M for Fast Sequencing · · Score: 1

    keeps us all certain that the "editors" don't actually read slashdot.

  4. Re:Even if not guilty on The Future of ReiserFS · · Score: 1

    Feel what way? Are you saying you know how he felt?

    Yes, that's what I'm saying, I'm a fuckin' empath. Alternatively, maybe I was refering to the previous paragraph, where I described how he might be feeling towards his ex-wife after their bitter breakup.. yeah, that could be it.

  5. Re:Even if not guilty on The Future of ReiserFS · · Score: 3, Interesting

    his ex-wife.. who's contribution to his work was to claim that he was earning money that he wasn't paying her to raise their children, when actually he was $100k in debt (yeah, couldn't see that coming "let's make a filesystem!" "let's give it away for free!" how could you lose money on that?!) This is one of the reasons why the cops didn't mind arresting him. He really does look like he wouldn't mind seeing her dead.

    Then again, who doesn't feel that way about their ex-wife.. except, ya know, those few freaks who part on good terms and have each other over for dinner with their new partners. *shudder*

  6. Re:use slashcode on Best Weblog Application for Posting Source Code? · · Score: -1, Troll

    Jokes aside, it does bring up an interesting question: is Slashdot a blog? I've heard some people refer to it as a blog. I mean, it's not a blog like my blog but do all blogs have to look like that? What defines a blog? Wikipedia defines it as a website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order. But made by whom? When I think of a blog I typically think of something personal and narative. That's what "journal style" means to me, but that's probably just because of my bias towards online diaries. The real question is, does Slashdot identify itself as a blog? Are the Slashdot "editors" insulted by the term? Does anyone really care if they are?

  7. Re:JavaScript syntax highlighting on Best Weblog Application for Posting Source Code? · · Score: 1

    That is so cool! I'm gunna add that to my blog right now!

  8. your sig on Best Weblog Application for Posting Source Code? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'll subscribe to Slashdot when I see a month without a dupe, a typo, or an article the "editors" didn't read.

    That's better.

  9. This *IS* about self promotion... on Best Weblog Application for Posting Source Code? · · Score: 1

    I use Blogger and I've found that I have no problem communicating in code. Syntax hilighting for different languages? Uhh no, but maybe if you recommended it to Google they'd do it as a summer of code project or something. In any case, I bet my blog is way geekier than yours!

  10. Re:too broad on FDA Gets Mixed Advice on Nanotechnology · · Score: 1

    ironically, the religious right are only happy for super-intelligences to design life.

  11. Re:too broad on FDA Gets Mixed Advice on Nanotechnology · · Score: 1

    Molecular Manufacturing is the term I've heard bantered around to mean any nanotechnology that includes assemblers.

  12. Molecular Manufacturing on FDA Gets Mixed Advice on Nanotechnology · · Score: 1

    I wonder if we'll see an actual assembler in my lifetime. Even a hydrocarbon only assembler seems unlikely.

  13. Re:That really sucks on Hans Reiser Arrested On Suspicion of Murder · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Not to mention the fact that some people actually deserve to be removed from the face of the earth forth-with, regardless of the consequences to those doing the removing.

    "He needed killin'" is an acceptable defense. At least, ya know, in some of the southerns states of the USA.

  14. Re:That really sucks on Hans Reiser Arrested On Suspicion of Murder · · Score: 1

    What I think is great is the way presidents get on tv and declare they are going to hunt down and kill some foreign enemy. If you or I did that we'd be arrested for conspiracy to commit murder.

  15. Re:That really sucks on Hans Reiser Arrested On Suspicion of Murder · · Score: 1
    Great. You forgot:

    • wars
    • spies
    • protection of the king/whatever


    A blanket ban on murder, of any kind, by anyone, including state officials, has never been enacted anywhere.
  16. Re:Just remember! on Hans Reiser Arrested On Suspicion of Murder · · Score: 1

    riiight. I'll hold your ice cream until you get back. We're renting until we buy a place. I'm dating a brunnette until I meet a nice blonde.

  17. Re:This brings up an interesting line of questioni on Hans Reiser Arrested On Suspicion of Murder · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I can not maintain the code.

    I doubt you can tie your own shoes.

  18. Re:That really sucks on Hans Reiser Arrested On Suspicion of Murder · · Score: 1

    No country in history has ever passed a law that states that their government can't kill people. Even the free spirited liberal countries I love reserve that right for their governments. How fucked up is that? Not only do we feel the need to grant power to an elite to rule over us, but we can't even agree to limit their power to less than murder.

  19. It's all about the trademark on Mozilla vs Debian Analyzed · · Score: 3, Insightful

    He says that Mozilla's stance on protecting its branding elements is no different than that of any other company that wants to ensure a high-quality user experience.

    Yeah, so? That's the problem. You're not supposed to be like any other company. You're supposed to care about freedom.

  20. Re:Ok, here's a non-stupid idea on Linux Appliance Brings Podcasts to the People · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I search and get no results. I click on the "top 40" and get no results. Great site.

  21. Ok, here's a non-stupid idea on Linux Appliance Brings Podcasts to the People · · Score: 1

    Instead of having a box that makes it easier to make podcasts (or whatever the hell this thing does) why not make me an "appliance" that makes it easier to receive podcasts. Like, for example, you could have a web site where anyone can go and submit their podcast into a set of categories and then I could subscribe to the categories that I'm interested in and the appliance goes and downloads the podcasts as they become available and plays em when I request something from a given category. Add an "I'm feeling lucky!" button that chooses a random category and you're done. Of course, I assume a box like that will run me $4000, come only in black or beige, weigh over 30kg and require way more attention than I'm willing to give it, but what the hell, we like appliances.

  22. Re:If this is true on North Korea Says It Has Conducted Nuclear Test · · Score: 1

    That's the point.

  23. Re:Not for use, only for SALE! on North Korea Says It Has Conducted Nuclear Test · · Score: 1

    That will cost extra in shipping and handling you know!

    Don't you know? They're selling ICBMs now too.

  24. Re:Support on Why is OSS Commercial Software So Expensive? · · Score: 1

    Licensing FAQs

    the exact situation you described

    And yes, I am slightly offended that you obviously put absolutely no effort into find this for yourself.

  25. Re:How did you think the world worked? on Socializing For The Win? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No, you don't understand. It's the peers of a poor coworker who get that coworker promoted. Why? Cause its a hell of a lot easier than getting them fired. The trick is to get them promoted to someone else's team.