"Now, several online porn companies are forming an association called IMPA (the 'Internet Media Protective Association')
Is this the anti-RIAA group? Maybe we can get an expansion of this group from a couple of seedy websites to include such illustrious sites as Censorware.org. Too bad Censorware.org is still being held by someone named Micheal in a bitter disputer between this Michael and everyone else in the old Censorware.org group.
"Microsoft has already made a proposal to the ministry of information technology (of India) for sharing the Windows source code with one government body. The nature of the body has not been spelt out; it will presumably be worked out after discussions between the company and the government official"
Microsoft takes the ass-backwards approach, and won't share source code with people who need it (i.e. Lindows developers) and instead gives it to someone they don't even know will ever exist.
"too-cool fashion accessory as much as a too-cooler MP3 player"
Two years from now, will it still be cool? Two years from now, my Nomad Jukebox 5gb (c. 1956) will still nice-looking due to it's timeless design. But, soon enough the "clean" look will be "out", and iPod sales will drop. Mark my words.
As a society, most of us don't realize the serverity of what we say on the internet. Now that internet defamation is prosecutable, I expect it to be one of the fastest rising crimes ever.
Slashdot Mirror
"I wonder if Hotmail can sue MSN for spamming their spam filter."
I should sue AOL for that 7 million!
I'm a paying subscriber and I *still* get pop-up ads from them!
"Now, several online porn companies are forming an association called IMPA (the 'Internet Media Protective Association')
Is this the anti-RIAA group?
Maybe we can get an expansion of this group from a couple of seedy websites to include such illustrious sites as Censorware.org. Too bad Censorware.org is still being held by someone named Micheal in a bitter disputer between this Michael and everyone else in the old Censorware.org group.
I don't work, sucker!
"NFL (american football)"
GOD DAMMIT ROB YOU'RE DESTROYING A CIVILIZATION! INSTEAD OF WATCHING TV ON SUNDAY, WE SURF THE WEB!
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Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
jesus fucking christ
"news for nerds, stuff that matters"
pr05t
Less privacy?
Hasn't that been happening as revenue (def. not profits) collapse for shitty free sites like Yahoo?
I'm glad they wrote a story in English, for 99% of slashdot readers can only read english.
Only terrorists use 802.11!
"Microsoft has already made a proposal to the ministry of information technology (of India) for sharing the Windows source code with one government body. The nature of the body has not been spelt out; it will presumably be worked out after discussions between the company and the government official"
Microsoft takes the ass-backwards approach, and won't share source code with people who need it (i.e. Lindows developers) and instead gives it to someone they don't even know will ever exist.
I'm glad they set up a page in English, for 99% of slashdot readers can only read english.
YASLF (Yet Another Space Launch Failure)
All of our goods are being based on selling them as cheaply as possible.
Do YOU think their quality might decline as a result?
"too-cool fashion accessory as much as a too-cooler MP3 player"
Two years from now, will it still be cool?
Two years from now, my Nomad Jukebox 5gb (c. 1956) will still nice-looking due to it's timeless design.
But, soon enough the "clean" look will be "out", and iPod sales will drop. Mark my words.
"previously unreachable platforms like Solaris/SPARC"
What about Linux?
Captain Quick jumped on the Obvious Boat!
I have a similar problem. :-).
I'm looking for my Linux refund
If everyone was invited, it would be the first real life slashdotting! We could've overloaded the freeways and the airports!
"Libel cases based on Internet material"
As a society, most of us don't realize the serverity of what we say on the internet. Now that internet defamation is prosecutable, I expect it to be one of the fastest rising crimes ever.
I just want to know that I just finished rubbing off at your site when I saw this comment. Thanks for brightening my day :-)
"an IBM laptop, included with tuition, that is wired with 802.11b access"
But then you would be aiding and abetting terrorism (per FBI)!
But most other OS have had it for a while now. Why has BSD taken so long?
"The Nation of No Common Sense (whatsoever)"
" continuing rise in the number of Americans downloading music from the Net"
The number will rise till everyone is downloading music.