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  1. Finances? Jobs? Do these people have no worries? on In Line for Episode II · · Score: -1

    Even if I will get an auto -1, I will actually make a proper comment today. Ok, how do these guys survive? Hell, I couldn't miss even 3 days of work, or take more vacation days than were allotted to me, cause all my finances would suffer without pay.

    Its the same thing that puzzles me about people that appear on TV shows like SURVIVOR, MTV's REAL WORLD or ROAD RULES, Big Brother, etc etc, WTF happens to your bills those months you are away? Either they have rich spouses or rich parents. I just don't get it, I couldn't leave my life for survivor or real world even if I wanted to. Its the same thing when my coworkers go out to lunch during the workweek and see a mall packed with cars..wtf you fucks..don't you have a job to go to????

    I will give you a prime example of how this culture has invaded our academic instituions as well. When I was a senior I was recruited by a company, hell I don't care, I will post their name on here, the company was Accenture. Screw those guys by the way, I was being interviewed by a fat bald guy who kept asking me what "EXTRACURRICULAR" stuff I had done. I kept avoiding the subject and shifting it towards coursework, then at the end, when I had realized this was a company I did not even want to work for, I just let the guy have it...

    "Earth to Corporate Clone...I did not have time or the money to go study in England or Spain or wherever the fuck (yes I did use the word fuck) these prissy little daddy's girls you interviewed before me did. I had to stay in college get my coursework done and work as a bartender to support myself or I would starve and my parent's don't give my a crumb of money. My scholarship pays half my tution, I borrow the rest and there is not much left over". I don't have time to take part in Campus activities, I don't have time to discuss world peace in Forums organized, I am not a member..of any Campus group, because sir, I am mixing drinks till 2 am and then going to class at 8am.

    Fuck that company. Extracurricular activity is over-rated.

    Needless to say, I did not get a follow up interview call, but damn did that feel good. He could not utter a word, he pretty much looked at the floor the whole time.

  2. Take this Slashdot Article Moderator Queers on Judge Upholds FBI Keyboard Sniffing · · Score: -1

    You reject my article, I will post it any way bitches:

    Microsoft to Staff: Clobber Linux

    SEATTLE -- Microsoft is escalating its war against Linux, the free operating system begun as a hobby of Internet dabblers but increasingly the darling of bankers, retailers and Hollywood special effects wizards.

    In a Dec. 26 memo leaked this week to technology Web site theregister.uk.com, Microsoft Senior Vice President Brian Valentine urges his Windows sales force to "modify" traditional approaches and "dig deeper" to find out where companies are using Linux.

    Valentine assures his troops they will soon get "independent" studies and spreadsheet tools useful for obliterating "the perception that Linux is free." Microsoft will probably try to show that Linux is costly to maintain and service over the long term, experts say. "We're working hard to debunk myths around Linux," he writes. "We're approaching this in waves."

    Microsoft declines to comment on Valentine's call to arms. The software giant considers his rallying cry simply being proactive in the marketplace, says a source familiar with the matter. But the memo has been a hot topic in industry circles, and some observers say it could ultimately backfire.

    Unlike others Microsoft has vanquished, Linux is more a grass-roots religion than a vulnerable corporate target. While Microsoft jealously guards its core software code, Linux code is open and continually improved by thousands of top programmers around the world who believe software should benefit society. "The open source community may be one of the greatest volunteer movements in history," says Matthew Szulik, CEO of Linux distributor Red Hat.

    IBM, Hewlett-Packard and others have begun bundling Linux into computer hardware, while business software makers like Oracle and SAP, now routinely fold it into their product lines. Microsoft accounts for 42% of the server software shipped annually, compared with 27% for Linux, according to IDC.

    Last fall e-merchant Amazon.com converted most of its computer servers to Linux in time to handle the holiday shopping season, and most of the cutting-edge animation seen in Hollywood films is now processed with Linux software. Some think Microsoft should likewise embrace Linux. But Valentine's memo suggests Microsoft is resorting to old tactics at the risk of giving Linux a bigger forum to tout its success stories, says Dan Kusnetzky, an analyst with research firm IDC.

    "Microsoft is taking a combative approach because it has worked so well in the past," Kusnetzky notes. Microsoft's 92% monopoly of desktop operating systems remains untouchable, experts say.

    Ransom Love, CEO of Linux distributor Caldera International, speculates that Microsoft may have purposely leaked Valentine's memo hoping to lighten scrutiny of antitrust regulators here and abroad. "They have to play up competitive threats to ease pressures from governments around the world," Love says. "Microsoft uses whatever tactics it takes to win at all costs."

  3. Oscar from Sesame Street on Bush Lightens Supercomputer Export Restrictions · · Score: -1

    I felt bad for him. He had to live in a Garbage can.

  4. WHERE THE FUCK IS WIPO??!??!? on The Eyes Have It · · Score: -1

    Florida 28 Terps 10 at the half of the orange bowl.

  5. Let me get my Auto -1....WHERE IS WIPO TROLL??!?!? on The Rise And Fall of Ion Storm · · Score: -1

    Where is the WIPO Troll

  6. Auto -1? WTF?!!? on Handling Discrimination in the IT Workplace? · · Score: -1

    Why do I get an auto -1? Whats up with that

  7. You're a Liar on Handling Discrimination in the IT Workplace? · · Score: -1

    You're gonna be 20 in a week and you have been working for five years?

    Hmmm. First off get a Bachelors Degree, its not too late, you will go to college, get drunk and have sex with girls, oops nevermind, ever since you were 15 you managed to get a girl pregnant, have a kid, work as a sysadmin and keep your job.

    You're like Captain America or something. Well you know, seeing that you're a child prodigy..why don't you just find another job? :)

  8. Definately LP on Escape from Data Alcatraz · · Score: -1

    Last Post. This story sucks

  9. I have a Four year CS Degree and.. on Fast Track to a CS Degree? · · Score: -1

    from a good school and I am tired of all you damn freaks that graduated from some fucking crappy Certification Boot Camp or some lame 2 year tech school trying to compete with the 4 year grads...sure you know all that stuff that was crammed into your mind from your "real world instructors" or from the losers that you got your 2 year degree from....

    you probably even memorized cram sessions and braindumps and got your big MCSE..big fuckin deal, but when it all comes too, you don't even know how to write a simple Bubble Sort algorithm...

    ...and yes people with 2 year degree's shouldn't get promoted over the ones with 4 year degrees, if you put more time and effort into your education, you should be rewarded...thats why I don't care how much money doctors make, they pretty much are in school for 8 yrs + 3 to 4 years making almost nothing...

  10. Re:first post on The Little Algae That Could · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No u bastard it isn't!

  11. He-Man, G.I. Joe, Transformers!!!!!!!! on The Early Days of TV Science Fiction · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You know what, this may be a little bit offtopic but fuck it...you know what is the root of all the problems that these kids in school have these days???

    Their fucking gay cartoons, like Tellitubby's and Pokemon and all that damn stupid shit.

    When I was younger, and I am sure a lot of people reading this, we had the damn cool shit, like He-Man. I mean come on, He-Man would kick every little Pokefuck's ass. He-Man WAS Cool. He-Man is still cool, in fact it is so cool, the damn morons at the cartoon network refuse to play it..

    Also, the kids don't have the original cool transformers, I mean wtf is up with this 3D Transformer garbage? What ever happened to the good old days with Optimus Prime, Megatron, Star Scream, etc etc...man that was good show, and any person reading this thing, who was a teenager or close when the first transformer movie came out, don't tell me you didn't fuckin almost cry when Optimus Prime died...bahhhhhhhhhh why did he have to die anyway....

    Thirdly, whatever happened to G.I. Joe???? The great American Hero...man that fuckin show rocked, Cobra and shit...man...these kids have weak crap..Pokemon, Tellitubby...FUCKIN BLUES CLUES?????????? WHAT THE FUCK MAN!!!!!!!!!!!.

    I still have Castle Grayskull and all my figures and shit...

  12. Re:fp on Trojan Coffee Room Machine Returns · · Score: 0

    LOL

  13. Hell of a Repair Job on Broadband In Australia Just Got Slower · · Score: 0

    My only problem with Satellite Broadband...lets say some technical issues come up, heh it'll be a lil while before then get someone up there to fix it....its not exactly across town is it, hmmmm Time Warner usually gives a 3 hour window, I wonder what the window would be like for a satellite fix

  14. Tell me when they find a cheat for.. on Finding Cheat Codes For A Living · · Score: 0

    Age of Conquerors (the Age of Kings Expansion)..that will let you cheat on www.zone.com in Death Match rooms. Yeah, I know people have come up with trainers, but they do not work on Multiplayer mode when you are playing on the zone, the damn game developers or Microsoft, I don't know which one, do some sort of a check on the size of your dat files which holds game data during game play, i.e. like 10000 gold, 20000 food, 10000 stone etc etc, and if your file size is greater, it is what is called a "Sync Error" ... and now with AOC it tells you who caused the SYNC ERROR..well if these dudes can actually write something that will give me infinite resources and not sync out...I will think they are doing there job, until then, they are worthless

  15. Re:I declare this post on Planning For 80-Year Old B-52s · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Logicism is the view that (some or all of) mathematics can be reduced to (formal) logic, and it is often explained as a two-part thesis. First, it consists of the thesis that all mathematical truths can be translated into logical truths or, in other words, that the vocabulary of mathematics constitutes a proper subset of that of logic. Second, it consists of the thesis that all mathematical proofs can be recast as logical proofs or, in other words, that the theorems of mathematics constitute a proper subset of those of logic. In Bertrand Russell's words, it is the logicist's goal "to show that all pure mathematics follows from purely logical premises and uses only concepts definable in logical terms"

  16. Re:ep on Verizon's Solution to Terrorism: Eliminate Verizon Competitors · · Score: -1, Troll

    Heh

  17. Boobs? on Review: Not Another Teen Movie · · Score: 0

    Just tell me we see Boobies.

  18. Re:i submitted this story last week on MS Zone Users Must Use Passport Accounts · · Score: 0
  19. Fuck on MS Zone Users Must Use Passport Accounts · · Score: 0

    Fucking Article moderators, my roomate sent you news about this 2 weeks ago since he works for the damn ZONE as a MemberPlus room Moderator, but you damn queers just reject everything, fucking commie bastards, racist slashdot staff, you rejected his article because he is black....

  20. Bill? on DVD Player Chipsets To Support Windows Media Files · · Score: 0

    When is the first Service Pack for Xbox coming out..My XBox is making funny noises. Let me know.

  21. Heh on Another Gaping Microsoft Security Hole Goes Unpatched · · Score: 0

    Another security hole in IE? I'm all patched out.. :(

  22. Red Carpet has major issues on APT - With Your Favorite Distribution · · Score: 0

    Try running Ximian Red Carpet without installing Ximian Gnome first, you WILL not be able to install Evolution 1.0, because the dependency information for a particular file related to k-pilot will not be able to be resolved. I installed Ximian Gnome manually rather than thru the go-gnome updater and now everything works fine. Evolution kicks ass...Red Carper kicks a lil ass, it does the job.

  23. Re:Why this does not matter on Oracle Donates Software for Big Brother Database · · Score: 0

    Yes I would. 1. Its not the #1 database Server 2. Irrelevant

  24. Good Article on Constructing a Windows-Less Office · · Score: 0
  25. Site is down on Evolution 1.0 Released · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Well considering that their website is already down...and there is no way I can read about Evolution 1.0....maybe they need to install IIS so they can have a dependable web server.