Microsoft's Steve Ballmer has announced that these sponges have taken hold due NZ being filled with "GPL apologists and anti-IP maniacs".
RMS has announced on the gnu.org site that the evils of software patents and proprietary software has kept us too busy reinventing the wheel to destroy evil sponges.
Linus Torvalds posted on comp.os.linux.sponges:
I couldn't care less what this evil sponge is doing. I'm just working to make my sponge the evillest it can be.
George Bush has announced the US would be 'declaring war' on sponges. This follows similar moves on drugs, civil liberties and reckless use of frisbees.
The unidentified evil sponge was not available for comment.
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I had to run delphi. Sure, kylix is KIND of delphi (where KIND=Kylix Is Not Delphi:) but I'm writing an util for a windows-only program:(
I've been running nothing but linux for the past month. During that month we've had (for example) the huge XP hole, plus any number of viruses (and a couple of virii;-). The *first* time I boot into windows, I load up/. and what do I find but a story about a linux virus?
You have to ask yourself, do they have a viable business plan? More specifically, do they have a patent on a major organ? (Appendix does NOT count, these can be removed). If you patent the leg, and charge royalties of $1 each, and get a 1% compliance rate, you make $1/leg x 1% x 10 legs x 6*10^9 people = $600m. (Don't be fooled into using the average number of legs, 99% of people have *more* than the average number). Fingers are better (8 per person) or toes (10). If they have cells, you hit the jackpot. Remember to ask for your contract to include stock options *and* immunity from the patent.
While this would be an interesting use for the PS2 hardware, why not use a laptop instead?
Because that wouldn't make a good ask slashdot!
zeropanic asks: "I'm not a person who likes to shell out 100's of dollars on new PC (or Mac!) equipment each year just because it's been "replaced" with something better.. Broke down and got a laptop for Christmas this year, eyeing the firewire port in front. I know the designed task for the Firewire port was to hook up a DV camera or something, but could it be adapted to something else? Like a DV camera? Oops... um... beowulf cluster? Uh... never mind.
Forget market share, we will know linux is successful when people make linux compatible mousepads. First mousepad I've seen that requires windows 98+ and 100MB of HD space:)
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You're jumping the gun. This story hasn't been double-posted yet.
*insert standard joke about lists of standard jokes including this one*
*insert standard joke about redundancy*
*get modded as 'redundant'*
What happened to the old calculations? Did some new information come to light or did they forget to carry the three last time?
And they don't lie, them MS marketers. Dem good honest folk.
Where from? I'll take 5!
Why do I live in NZ :(
Now I *know* my computer is obsolete: my CPU speed is just the difference between reccommended and possible clock speed settings on the new one.
RMS has announced on the gnu.org site that the evils of software patents and proprietary software has kept us too busy reinventing the wheel to destroy evil sponges.
Linus Torvalds posted on comp.os.linux.sponges:
I couldn't care less what this evil sponge is doing. I'm just working to make my sponge the evillest it can be.
George Bush has announced the US would be 'declaring war' on sponges. This follows similar moves on drugs, civil liberties and reckless use of frisbees.
The unidentified evil sponge was not available for comment.
I had to run delphi. Sure, kylix is KIND of delphi (where KIND=Kylix Is Not Delphi :) but I'm writing an util for a windows-only program :(
My glass is half full.
Joe Startup: Why is our beowulf cluster ripping your monty python episodes to divx?
Jack Startup: Umm... yes... I'm making TV archived and searchable... or something.
John VC: Sounds good, have some money.
Joe S: Where did you come from?
You have to ask yourself, do they have a viable business plan? More specifically, do they have a patent on a major organ? (Appendix does NOT count, these can be removed). If you patent the leg, and charge royalties of $1 each, and get a 1% compliance rate, you make $1/leg x 1% x 10 legs x 6*10^9 people = $600m. (Don't be fooled into using the average number of legs, 99% of people have *more* than the average number). Fingers are better (8 per person) or toes (10). If they have cells, you hit the jackpot. Remember to ask for your contract to include stock options *and* immunity from the patent.
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Not just cards... http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=0xdeadbeef
Surely that counts as an 'online document' and 'email notification'...
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From now on people will have to *pay* to mod me down! My karma is unstoppable! Except for the cap...
Eat the fish.
I don't understand. Would this involve breaking up the company, or killing all its employees?
Hey! No laughing at Al, or he might un-invent the internet, and /. with it!
Because everyone knows that people who don't know about them have the best opinions, as they are not prejudiced by "experience" or "knowledge"...
Terrorist: Yes
Security guy: Well, the machine says you're right, but it would say that for 25% of liars, so i'd better double-check. Are you a terrorist
Terrorist: Yes
Security guard: Thanks sir, move along.
I would have thought Keanu Reeves would have been more appropriate for a NEO center.
That was the sound of a lisa 2 exploding.
Because that wouldn't make a good ask slashdot!
zeropanic asks: "I'm not a person who likes to shell out 100's of dollars on new PC (or Mac!) equipment each year just because it's been "replaced" with something better.. Broke down and got a laptop for Christmas this year, eyeing the firewire port in front. I know the designed task for the Firewire port was to hook up a DV camera or something, but could it be adapted to something else? Like a DV camera? Oops... um... beowulf cluster? Uh... never mind.
$title =~ s/Telescopes/Robots/; :)
Forget market share, we will know linux is successful when people make linux compatible mousepads. First mousepad I've seen that requires windows 98+ and 100MB of HD space :)
Maybe a link please? Am I the only one who has no idea what these things are?
Exec 1: We've been having problems with unauthorised access.
Exec 2: Yes, the employees are using the word 'password' or their login names as their passwords.
Exec 1: And the employees that *do* use secure passwords can never remember them.
Exec 2: Yes, employees are stupid. They need Smart Cards to make them Smart!
Exec 1: And I need a new car!
How is this any different from reading the text again?