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  1. Re:Lots of reasons why I want Microsoft to fail on Dave Stutz's Parting Advice To Microsoft · · Score: -1

    whine on tshak, my work is done

    IN YOUR FACE!

  2. hmmm i smell ASTROTURFER (move along) on Dave Stutz's Parting Advice To Microsoft · · Score: 0, Funny

    tshak is IMO a paid microsoft astroturfer.
    i've said it before and i'm saying it again.(check my posts)
    one day i will write a book,

    [rant]

    i am the jumbie the troll who watches the Astroturfers but is hampered in her noble policing effort by being limited to just 2 posts a day and karma so low i'm coming back as a tampon.(a hundred curses on my nemisis cowboyoneal and his slashsource)

    one day my karma will rise AND YOU WILL RUE THE DAY!

    [/rant]

    (if you look back on tshaks posts you'll also see he often rises to the 100 reasons i want .NET to fail post)

  3. Re:antitrust suits on New Antitrust Complaint Filed Against Microsoft · · Score: -1

    Y...a....w....n

    "No, and thank goodness."

    is that perhaps because you work for MS?

    10 print "astroturfer"
    20 goto 10

  4. stop that on DoC to Extend ICANN's Control of IANA · · Score: -1

    whoa!
    "you've warped my tiny fragile little mind" you bastards!

  5. twank is an astroturfer on Understanding .NET: A Tutorial and Analysis · · Score: -1

    great... untill i need to debug a big complex project in a hurry and whats this... YIKES its like in a gazillion different languages - what fun

  6. threre is a live webcast going on on Sun Releases New Servers, Blades & More · · Score: -1

    i'm watching it - some sort of giant hour long sales pitch

    i haven't really used it since install (coz i've got mplayer) but realplayer on linux is really quite good when it works (for live streams)

  7. ASTROTURFER! on Microsoft Sends Broken Stylesheets to Opera · · Score: -1

    you have to be a paid astroturfer.
    its the only explanation i could think of.
    and looking back at some of your previous posts (all iirationaly defending the indefencable beast)...

    here
    here
    and here

    it would appear i am correct

  8. ok.... on Digital Media Consumer Rights Act · · Score: -1

    "require labelling requirements for usage- impaired "copy-protected" compact discs

    whopee doo. bothered. change the law all you want. let them add DRM without labeling why should i care - the only CD's I've bought in 5 years have been CD-Rs and i will never buy a CD again. If i want to support artists i pay to watch them pay live. The days of big record companies and movie studios are over - you should all sell those shares now

  9. tshak is a microsoft astroturfer (move along) on Microsoft Blasted For Lax Security · · Score: -1

    IIS costs infintely more than appache and yet the MS product is if anything fundamentally Less Secure by default TM. So why are you defending the beast for what is pretty much indefensible!

  10. CHEER UP AND MOD UP on Space Shuttle Columbia Breaks Up Over Texas · · Score: -1

    for me that post really captured the irepresible spirit of the humble FP troll

  11. was all predicted in a newsgroup last week on Updated Information On Columbia Shuttle Tragedy · · Score: 0, Interesting

    Newsgroup thread last week about possible Shuttle disaster (spooky)

  12. Beware new Nigerian Bush spam scam on Parsec To Be Released As Open Source · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    An unusual twist on the Nigerian 419 email scam has surfaced. So if you receive one of the following in your inbox, on no account take it seriously.

    IMMEDIATE ATTENTION NEEDED:

    HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL

    FROM: GEORGE WALKER BUSH
    DEAR SIR / MADAM,

    I AM GEORGE WALKER BUSH, SON OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH, AND CURRENTLY SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS LETTER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT MET NEITHER IN PERSON NOR BY CORRESPONDENCE. I CAME TO KNOW OF YOU IN MY SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PERSON TO HANDLE A VERY CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS TRANSACTION, WHICH INVOLVES THE TRANSFER OF A HUGE SUM OF MONEY TO AN ACCOUNT REQUIRING MAXIMUM CONFIDENCE.

    I AM WRITING YOU IN ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE PRIMARILY TO SEEK YOUR ASSISTANCE IN ACQUIRING OIL FUNDS THAT ARE PRESENTLY TRAPPED IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ. MY PARTNERS AND I SOLICIT YOUR ASSISTANCE IN COMPLETING A TRANSACTION BEGUN BY MY FATHER, WHO HAS LONG BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE EXTRACTION OF PETROLEUM IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND BRAVELY SERVED HIS COUNTRY AS DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.

    IN THE DECADE OF THE NINETEEN-EIGHTIES, MY FATHER, THEN VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SOUGHT TO WORK WITH THE GOOD OFFICES OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ TO REGAIN LOST OIL REVENUE SOURCES IN THE NEIGHBORING ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN. THIS UNSUCCESSFUL VENTURE WAS SOON FOLLOWED BY A FALLING OUT WITH HIS IRAQI PARTNER, WHO SOUGHT TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL OIL REVENUE SOURCES IN THE NEIGHBORING EMIRATE OF KUWAIT, A WHOLLY-OWNED U.S.-BRITISH SUBSIDIARY.

    MY FATHER RE-SECURED THE PETROLEUM ASSETS OF KUWAIT IN 1991 AT A COST OF SIXTY-ONE BILLION U.S. DOLLARS ($61,000,000,000). OUT OF THAT COST.

    THIRTY-SIX BILLION DOLLARS ($36,000,000,000) WERE SUPPLIED BY HIS PARTNERS IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA AND OTHER PERSIAN GULF MONARCHIES, AND SIXTEEN BILLION DOLLARS ($16,000,000,000) BY GERMAN AND JAPANESE PARTNERS.

    BUT MY FATHER'S FORMER IRAQI BUSINESS PARTNER REMAINED IN CONTROL OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ AND ITS PETROLEUM RESERVES.

    MY FAMILY IS CALLING FOR YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IN FUNDING THE REMOVAL OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ AND ACQUIRING THE PETROLEUM ASSETS OF HIS COUNTRY, AS COMPENSATION FOR THE COSTS OF REMOVING HIM FROM POWER.

    UNFORTUNATELY, OUR PARTNERS FROM 1991 ARE NOT WILLING TO SHOULDER THE BURDEN OF THIS NEW VENTURE, WHICH IN ITS UPCOMING PHASE MAY COST THE SUM OF 100 BILLION TO 200 BILLION DOLLARS ($100,000,000,000 - $200,000,000,000), BOTH IN THE INITIAL ACQUISITION AND IN LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT.

    WITHOUT THE FUNDS FROM OUR 1991 PARTNERS, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THE OIL REVENUE TRAPPED WITHIN IRAQ. THAT IS WHY MY FAMILY AND OUR COLLEAGUES ARE URGENTLY SEEKING YOUR GRACIOUS ASSISTANCE. OUR DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUES IN THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION INCLUDE THE SITTING VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, RICHARD CHENEY, WHO IS AN ORIGINAL PARTNER IN THE IRAQ VENTURE AND FORMER HEAD OF THE ALLIBURTON OIL COMPANY, AND CONDOLEEZA RICE, WHOSE PROFESSIONAL DEDICATION TO THE VENTURE WAS DEMONSTRATED IN THE NAMING OF A CHEVRON OIL TANKER AFTER HER.

    I WOULD BESEECH YOU TO TRANSFER A SUM EQUALING TEN TO TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT (10-25 %) OF YOUR YEARLY INCOME TO OUR ACCOUNT TO AID IN THIS IMPORTANT VENTURE. THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL FUNCTION AS OUR TRUSTED INTERMEDIARY. I PROPOSE THAT YOU MAKE THIS TRANSFER BEFORE THE FIFTEENTH (15TH) OF THE MONTH OF APRIL.

    I KNOW THAT A TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE WOULD MAKE ANYONE APPREHENSIVE AND WORRIED. BUT I AM ASSURING YOU THAT ALL WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY. A BOLD STEP TAKEN SHALL NOT BE REGRETTED, I ASSURE YOU. PLEASE DO BE INFORMED THAT THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION IS 100% LEGAL. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO CO-OPERATE IN THIS TRANSACTION, PLEASE CONTACT OUR INTERMEDIARY REPRESENTATIVES TO FURTHER DISCUSS THE MATTER.

    I PRAY THAT YOU UNDERSTAND OUR PLIGHT. MY FAMILY AND OUR COLLEAGUES WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL. PLEASE REPLY IN STRICT CONFIDENCE TO THE CONTACT NUMBERS BELOW.

    SINCERELY WITH WARM REGARDS,

    GEORGE WALKER BUSH

    Switchboard: 202.456.1414 Comments: 202.456.1111 Fax: 202.456.2461 Email:
    president@whitehouse.gov --

  13. Beware new Nigerian Bush spam scam on Long Computer Sessions Could Cause Blood Clots · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    An unusual twist on the Nigerian 419 email scam has surfaced. So if you receive one of the following in your inbox, on no account take it seriously. IMMEDIATE ATTENTION NEEDED: HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL FROM: GEORGE WALKER BUSH DEAR SIR / MADAM, I AM GEORGE WALKER BUSH, SON OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH, AND CURRENTLY SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS LETTER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT MET NEITHER IN PERSON NOR BY CORRESPONDENCE. I CAME TO KNOW OF YOU IN MY SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PERSON TO HANDLE A VERY CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS TRANSACTION, WHICH INVOLVES THE TRANSFER OF A HUGE SUM OF MONEY TO AN ACCOUNT REQUIRING MAXIMUM CONFIDENCE. I AM WRITING YOU IN ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE PRIMARILY TO SEEK YOUR ASSISTANCE IN ACQUIRING OIL FUNDS THAT ARE PRESENTLY TRAPPED IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ. MY PARTNERS AND I SOLICIT YOUR ASSISTANCE IN COMPLETING A TRANSACTION BEGUN BY MY FATHER, WHO HAS LONG BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE EXTRACTION OF PETROLEUM IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND BRAVELY SERVED HIS COUNTRY AS DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. IN THE DECADE OF THE NINETEEN-EIGHTIES, MY FATHER, THEN VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SOUGHT TO WORK WITH THE GOOD OFFICES OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ TO REGAIN LOST OIL REVENUE SOURCES IN THE NEIGHBORING ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN. THIS UNSUCCESSFUL VENTURE WAS SOON FOLLOWED BY A FALLING OUT WITH HIS IRAQI PARTNER, WHO SOUGHT TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL OIL REVENUE SOURCES IN THE NEIGHBORING EMIRATE OF KUWAIT, A WHOLLY-OWNED U.S.-BRITISH SUBSIDIARY. MY FATHER RE-SECURED THE PETROLEUM ASSETS OF KUWAIT IN 1991 AT A COST OF SIXTY-ONE BILLION U.S. DOLLARS ($61,000,000,000). OUT OF THAT COST. THIRTY-SIX BILLION DOLLARS ($36,000,000,000) WERE SUPPLIED BY HIS PARTNERS IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA AND OTHER PERSIAN GULF MONARCHIES, AND SIXTEEN BILLION DOLLARS ($16,000,000,000) BY GERMAN AND JAPANESE PARTNERS. BUT MY FATHER'S FORMER IRAQI BUSINESS PARTNER REMAINED IN CONTROL OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ AND ITS PETROLEUM RESERVES. MY FAMILY IS CALLING FOR YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IN FUNDING THE REMOVAL OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ AND ACQUIRING THE PETROLEUM ASSETS OF HIS COUNTRY, AS COMPENSATION FOR THE COSTS OF REMOVING HIM FROM POWER. UNFORTUNATELY, OUR PARTNERS FROM 1991 ARE NOT WILLING TO SHOULDER THE BURDEN OF THIS NEW VENTURE, WHICH IN ITS UPCOMING PHASE MAY COST THE SUM OF 100 BILLION TO 200 BILLION DOLLARS ($100,000,000,000 - $200,000,000,000), BOTH IN THE INITIAL ACQUISITION AND IN LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT. WITHOUT THE FUNDS FROM OUR 1991 PARTNERS, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THE OIL REVENUE TRAPPED WITHIN IRAQ. THAT IS WHY MY FAMILY AND OUR COLLEAGUES ARE URGENTLY SEEKING YOUR GRACIOUS ASSISTANCE. OUR DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUES IN THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION INCLUDE THE SITTING VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, RICHARD CHENEY, WHO IS AN ORIGINAL PARTNER IN THE IRAQ VENTURE AND FORMER HEAD OF THE ALLIBURTON OIL COMPANY, AND CONDOLEEZA RICE, WHOSE PROFESSIONAL DEDICATION TO THE VENTURE WAS DEMONSTRATED IN THE NAMING OF A CHEVRON OIL TANKER AFTER HER. I WOULD BESEECH YOU TO TRANSFER A SUM EQUALING TEN TO TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT (10-25 %) OF YOUR YEARLY INCOME TO OUR ACCOUNT TO AID IN THIS IMPORTANT VENTURE. THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL FUNCTION AS OUR TRUSTED INTERMEDIARY. I PROPOSE THAT YOU MAKE THIS TRANSFER BEFORE THE FIFTEENTH (15TH) OF THE MONTH OF APRIL. I KNOW THAT A TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE WOULD MAKE ANYONE APPREHENSIVE AND WORRIED. BUT I AM ASSURING YOU THAT ALL WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY. A BOLD STEP TAKEN SHALL NOT BE REGRETTED, I ASSURE YOU. PLEASE DO BE INFORMED THAT THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION IS 100% LEGAL. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO CO-OPERATE IN THIS TRANSACTION, PLEASE CONTACT OUR INTERMEDIARY REPRESENTATIVES TO FURTHER DISCUSS THE MATTER. I PRAY THAT YOU UNDERSTAND OUR PLIGHT. MY FAMILY AND OUR COLLEAGUES WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL. PLEASE REPLY IN STRICT CONFIDENCE TO THE CONTACT NUMBERS BELOW. SINCERELY WITH WARM REGARDS, GEORGE WALKER BUSH Switchboard: 202.456.1414 Comments: 202.456.1111 Fax: 202.456.2461 Email: president@whitehouse.gov --

  14. Re:bush=hitler on Parsec To Be Released As Open Source · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  15. Re:you are an astroturfer buddy on Mono - 'Breaking Down the .Net Barriers' · · Score: 0

    a fellow troll can recognise one of their own kind...

    i'll be watching you

  16. you are an astroturfer buddy on Mono - 'Breaking Down the .Net Barriers' · · Score: 0

    have just been reading your past posts. LOL :)

  17. Re:How about a slashback about what's going on w / on Slashback: Intentia, Ephemera, Restoration · · Score: 0

    yeah the 'zoo' is *broken* please explain...

  18. astroturfer on Mono - 'Breaking Down the .Net Barriers' · · Score: 0

    you are now my enemy

  19. Re:Lots of reasons why I want .NET to fail on Mono - 'Breaking Down the .Net Barriers' · · Score: 0

    WTF! you learn to post like that on your MSCE course?

    your sig is sadly nonfactual

  20. Re:Lots of reasons why I want .NET to fail on Mono - 'Breaking Down the .Net Barriers' · · Score: 0

    i concur with what you said 100%
    supporting mono is supporting .NET and therefore supporting MS. wouldn't it be better if everyone .ELSE just agreed on a differnt open standard like i dunno... Java. Oh sorry they already have (ibm, sun, oracle, apple, nokia, sony+erricson, sharp ...)

  21. Re:MUST run Java? on MS Must Ship Java With Windows Within 120 Days · · Score: 0

    WTF! like you can disable IE and MS messenger?

  22. Re:Java is actually a competitor to Windows on MS Must Ship Java With Windows Within 120 Days · · Score: 0

    (curses) 'are' ...foolish you are (curses) hole; where are thee? *skulks*

  23. Re:Java is actually a competitor to Windows on MS Must Ship Java With Windows Within 120 Days · · Score: 0

    your lack of understanding only demonstates even further how completely foolish you

    they see you for what you are now sir. arise shill

  24. hello netlanders on MS Must Ship Java With Windows Within 120 Days · · Score: 0

    (hey, i'm just a simple troll, all modded down off your radar, but I've read all 423 posts so here are my questions:)

    1.doesn't the very existance of .NET validate and endorse the Java model sun proposed many many years ago.

    2.why would anyone choose to limit themselves to developing for a single platform, especially why rule out linux as a platform by using .NET

    3.isn't .NET also anti-competitive with linux since it rules out the penguin - so who would sue for Linux: linus himself? red hat, FSF... perhaps mandrake would be able to demonstrate financial harm best.

    (anyways i'm like a total troll apparently, so you should ignore me - certainly don't feed me - good night all, thanks in advance)

  25. Re:Why do you care so much? on Ask Jeeves Gives Up On Banner Ads · · Score: 0

    WTF! please....