you know i heared it is legal in some states to shoot mods
This just isn't true. There are federal laws that override these, and shooting them, snorting them, smoking them or simply possessing them is illegal everywhere.
You'd think we could expect more from a member of MENSA.
I found myself wondering what it says about the American education system. This is a woman who apparently made Dean's List, got into law school and passed the Florida State Bar.
Fortunately for the people of Florida, her only work experience in this area was as a summer receptionist -- presumably for Lionel Hutz.
Oh, and don't forget the condoms....honestly....it's really embarrassing when it's your first time and you have to run back to your dorm and bum one off a roommate
Wow, college boys these days are clearly very obliging. How helpful must it be to go out on a date and find that you haven't gotten lucky, but you don't have to worry, because you can always go back to your dorm and bum off a roommate!
Tell me, after you've bummed him off, does he then reciprocate and bum you off in return?
OK, after reading all the comments and seeing the case for myself I've got to say that the commercials on TV about kids not getting enough art are true.
And nowhere in this whole thread is that tendency more evident than in this post.
It's the creative ability of the artist that makes a medium art.
In your high school art class, perhaps. That's about the only level at which such a thing could even remotely be considered as 'art'.
Yes, there's a certain degree of craft facility involved, and the creator has some design skills -- even though they could hardly be regarded as innovative or even aesthetically pleasing by anyone who was more visually literate than a 14 year old boy.
But that still doesn't make it art. Art is something that changes the way that we see the world, casts new light on the human condition or expands our visual or conceptual vocabularies.
This is just a computer case with a few of those Aurora model kits glued on.
Not art at all.
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I guess this is to entice the girls once in your room
Girls? No girl that I've ever met would be enticed by this. Teenage boys, perhaps.
The author of that Linux/Slashdot is a gay conspiracy FAQ should get onto this thread straight away as more evidence in support of his thesis.
Because a casemod like this is a purely artistic mod.
Oh absolutely. A pure design classic. Unlike that nasty piece-of-shit Coolermaster that currently houses my CPU, this will look perfect alongside my Eames chairs and Courbusier sofa. In fact, if I get one of these, tear down my Irving Penn photographs and replace them with a Lord of the Rings poster, I might even make next months Home and Garden!
you'd have to consume the equiv. of 50 lbs of nutmeg to derive a usable high
Where on earth did you get this idea from? Nutmeg has long been used as an intoxicant in places where there's limited access to more usual products. Malcolm X's biography talks about his experience of using it in prison.
If I recall correctly, the active dose is the powdered equivalent of one or two whole nutmegs - though I believe the effects are somewhat unpleasant and include nausea, drowsyness, etc.
The ER guys don't call them 'donor-cycles' for nothing...
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Has it crossed your mind that perhaps SCO is right? Maybe there is stolen code in the kernel?
This isn't inconceivable. However, this isn't what SCO seem to be alleging. They seem to be arguing that IBM stole code from them and put it into the Linux kernel. After all, if this isn't the case and they were simply seeking to defend their IP rights, the obvious thing to do would be to bring the infractions to the attention of the kernel maintainers and have the offending code removed.
Maybe they will actually win the case?
My guess is that they've got as much chance of that as British Telecom had of winning their claim to own the web because they had a patent on some hypertext-like thing. At least BT actually did own some patents in that case...
Maybe their IP rights have been violated?
And maybe one day pigs *will* be able to fly. But until I'm provided with better evidence than mere assertions from scam artists who appear to be trying to make a quick buck out of pulling the wool over the eyes of gullible suckers, I'll retain the right to be sceptical if you don't mind.
OK, fair comment. I was thinking about free IDS systems, where Snort really does seem without peer, but there may well be superior pay software that I have no knowledge of.
Right now it can acurately be stated that SCO might have a case against IBM for breach of a trade secret agreement contract.
It's possible, but how likely do you suppose it actually is? It's looking more and more to me as though what SCO are alleging is that there's some code in the Linux kernel that bears some resemblance to theirs, which may or may not have been contributed by IBM.
Even if the latter is true though, I find it hugely unlikely that IBM haven't adopted a clean room approach to their work on the kernel.
So yes, in absence of any real facts, what you say is possible. But it doesn't strike me as being at all likely.
No, it just means that it has $54,672,000,000 backing it up.
What was the name of that network that Microsoft started, back in 1995 when Bill believed that that this new-fangled internet thingy didn't have any future?
That also had $54,672,000,000 backing it up and it was so successful I can't even remember what the thing was called.
Libel doesn't even begin to think about entering the picture unless the quotes are false.
Again, this just isn't true. If you take an accurate quote out of context and use it in order to defame somebody, (ie, damage their reputation), you can still be found guilty of libel.
The key issue is whether the statement is defamatory, not whether it's true or not. If these statements were being made in an attempt to imply that Stallman and Perens were co-conspirators in the theft of SCO's IP, then the fact that these statements may be true would not prevent them from being libellous.
Of course, SCO's website falls somewhat short of such an implication, but it's still an ugly piece of shit-slinging whichever way you look at it.
that you spoke/wrote the truth is an absolute defense to slander/libel.
Actually, this is a common myth. "Mary Jones told me that Anonymous Coward fornicates with dogs" is a true statement. However, it's still libellous, true or not.
No, they're not. They're required to provide evidence during discovery, which is part of the trial.
Where the hell did you get that idea? The discovery phase takes place *before* the trial begins. Without this, nobody would be able to mount a defence because they wouldn't be aware of the nature of the charges against them.
Doesn't mean it has to happen immediately, but if it hasn't happened before the trial starts, that would almost certainly be grounds for dismissal.
Nonsense, economically, the cost of an additional windows copy is virtually zero.
Quite. Now would you remind telling Microsoft, FAST and the BSA of that fact, the next time they start whining about their huge losses to warez piracy?
It will all be done behind closed doors under seal. If there is a problem, Linus will have it very quietly fixed.
And then he'll wave a magic wand, and all of those old CD's with earlier copies of the kernel will magically disappear, leaving no trace of the offending source code anywhere on the planet.
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Quite frankly, I found it mostly interesting in a Jerry Springer kind of way.
Just a minute. I've just had a thought.
Steve and Steve.
Moonlighting? Illegitimate son? Twins, separated at birth? Enquiring minds want to know...
you know i heared it is legal in some states to shoot mods
This just isn't true. There are federal laws that override these, and shooting them, snorting them, smoking them or simply possessing them is illegal everywhere.
Just say no to the war on mods!
You'd think we could expect more from a member of MENSA.
I found myself wondering what it says about the American education system. This is a woman who apparently made Dean's List, got into law school and passed the Florida State Bar.
Fortunately for the people of Florida, her only work experience in this area was as a summer receptionist -- presumably for Lionel Hutz.
Perhaps it was just me, but every time I read the name 'Tucker Max', I somehow found myself substituting the name 'Disco Stu'.
Oh, and don't forget the condoms....honestly....it's really embarrassing when it's your first time and you have to run back to your dorm and bum one off a roommate
Wow, college boys these days are clearly very obliging. How helpful must it be to go out on a date and find that you haven't gotten lucky, but you don't have to worry, because you can always go back to your dorm and bum off a roommate!
Tell me, after you've bummed him off, does he then reciprocate and bum you off in return?
We'll have to mod you -1 (Contracts words in stupid fucking places)
That's an moderation option I'd definitely like to see in forthcoming versions of Slash: (-1) Illiterate
OK, after reading all the comments and seeing the case for myself I've got to say that the commercials on TV about kids not getting enough art are true.
And nowhere in this whole thread is that tendency more evident than in this post.
It's the creative ability of the artist that makes a medium art.
In your high school art class, perhaps. That's about the only level at which such a thing could even remotely be considered as 'art'.
Yes, there's a certain degree of craft facility involved, and the creator has some design skills -- even though they could hardly be regarded as innovative or even aesthetically pleasing by anyone who was more visually literate than a 14 year old boy.
But that still doesn't make it art. Art is something that changes the way that we see the world, casts new light on the human condition or expands our visual or conceptual vocabularies.
This is just a computer case with a few of those Aurora model kits glued on.
Not art at all.
I guess this is to entice the girls once in your room
Girls? No girl that I've ever met would be enticed by this. Teenage boys, perhaps.
The author of that Linux/Slashdot is a gay conspiracy FAQ should get onto this thread straight away as more evidence in support of his thesis.
Because a casemod like this is a purely artistic mod.
Oh absolutely. A pure design classic. Unlike that nasty piece-of-shit Coolermaster that currently houses my CPU, this will look perfect alongside my Eames chairs and Courbusier sofa. In fact, if I get one of these, tear down my Irving Penn photographs and replace them with a Lord of the Rings poster, I might even make next months Home and Garden!
you'd have to consume the equiv. of 50 lbs of nutmeg to derive a usable high
Where on earth did you get this idea from? Nutmeg has long been used as an intoxicant in places where there's limited access to more usual products. Malcolm X's biography talks about his experience of using it in prison.
If I recall correctly, the active dose is the powdered equivalent of one or two whole nutmegs - though I believe the effects are somewhat unpleasant and include nausea, drowsyness, etc.
The ER guys don't call them 'donor-cycles' for nothing...
Has it crossed your mind that perhaps SCO is right? Maybe there is stolen code in the kernel?
This isn't inconceivable. However, this isn't what SCO seem to be alleging. They seem to be arguing that IBM stole code from them and put it into the Linux kernel. After all, if this isn't the case and they were simply seeking to defend their IP rights, the obvious thing to do would be to bring the infractions to the attention of the kernel maintainers and have the offending code removed.
Maybe they will actually win the case?
My guess is that they've got as much chance of that as British Telecom had of winning their claim to own the web because they had a patent on some hypertext-like thing. At least BT actually did own some patents in that case...
Maybe their IP rights have been violated?
And maybe one day pigs *will* be able to fly. But until I'm provided with better evidence than mere assertions from scam artists who appear to be trying to make a quick buck out of pulling the wool over the eyes of gullible suckers, I'll retain the right to be sceptical if you don't mind.
mod him down. -1 flame bait
Never mind the flame bait, PetiePooo should be modded down solely on the basis of his user name!
OK, fair comment. I was thinking about free IDS systems, where Snort really does seem without peer, but there may well be superior pay software that I have no knowledge of.
Hmmm. I believe you need to read Judge Richard Posner's opinion on this particular issue.
He doesn't believe plagarism = theft, and so I'm rather more likely to take his view of the matter over that of some Anonymous Coward.
You could also say this about Apache. Why bother with a book on Apache, when six months down the line, someone could produce a better webserver?
The truth is, Snort is to IDS as Apache is to http servers.
Right now it can acurately be stated that SCO might have a case against IBM for breach of a trade secret agreement contract.
It's possible, but how likely do you suppose it actually is? It's looking more and more to me as though what SCO are alleging is that there's some code in the Linux kernel that bears some resemblance to theirs, which may or may not have been contributed by IBM.
Even if the latter is true though, I find it hugely unlikely that IBM haven't adopted a clean room approach to their work on the kernel.
So yes, in absence of any real facts, what you say is possible. But it doesn't strike me as being at all likely.
No, it just means that it has $54,672,000,000 backing it up.
What was the name of that network that Microsoft started, back in 1995 when Bill believed that that this new-fangled internet thingy didn't have any future?
That also had $54,672,000,000 backing it up and it was so successful I can't even remember what the thing was called.
Libel doesn't even begin to think about entering the picture unless the quotes are false.
Again, this just isn't true. If you take an accurate quote out of context and use it in order to defame somebody, (ie, damage their reputation), you can still be found guilty of libel.
The key issue is whether the statement is defamatory, not whether it's true or not. If these statements were being made in an attempt to imply that Stallman and Perens were co-conspirators in the theft of SCO's IP, then the fact that these statements may be true would not prevent them from being libellous.
Of course, SCO's website falls somewhat short of such an implication, but it's still an ugly piece of shit-slinging whichever way you look at it.
that you spoke/wrote the truth is an absolute defense to slander/libel.
Actually, this is a common myth. "Mary Jones told me that Anonymous Coward fornicates with dogs" is a true statement. However, it's still libellous, true or not.
No, they're not. They're required to provide evidence during discovery, which is part of the trial.
Where the hell did you get that idea? The discovery phase takes place *before* the trial begins. Without this, nobody would be able to mount a defence because they wouldn't be aware of the nature of the charges against them.
Doesn't mean it has to happen immediately, but if it hasn't happened before the trial starts, that would almost certainly be grounds for dismissal.
Nonsense, economically, the cost of an additional windows copy is virtually zero.
Quite. Now would you remind telling Microsoft, FAST and the BSA of that fact, the next time they start whining about their huge losses to warez piracy?
I believe, however, that Munich is the capital...
Let me guess, you must be an American, right?
It will all be done behind closed doors under seal. If there is a problem, Linus will have it very quietly fixed.
And then he'll wave a magic wand, and all of those old CD's with earlier copies of the kernel will magically disappear, leaving no trace of the offending source code anywhere on the planet.
From the article:
Torvalds, widely considered by many to be the father of Linux
Who are all these people who consider someone other than Linus to be the father of Linux? RMS and his mum, perhaps?