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  1. Re:Get a grip on FSF Debuts "Shared Source" Initiative · · Score: 1

    But it's not a joke?

  2. In related news on FSF Debuts "Shared Source" Initiative · · Score: 1

    It is official; Foxnews confirms: middle east is dying One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered middle east community when IDC confirmed that middle east market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all servers. Coming on the heels of a recent Foxnews survey which plainly states that middle east has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. middle east is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing dead last in the recent Sys Admin comprehensive networking test.

    You don't need to be a Rush Limbaugh to predict middle east's future. The hand writing is on the wall: middle east faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for middle east because middle east is dying. Things are looking very bad for middle east. As many of us are already aware, middle east continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood.

    Iraq is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of its core developers. The sudden and unpleasant departures of long time Iraq developers Saddam Hussein only serve to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: Iraq is dying.

    Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers. Stephen King, american icon, dead at 55.

    Palestine leader Yasser Arafat states that there are 7000 users of Palestine. How many users of Syria are there? Let's see. The number of Palestine versus Syrian posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 Syrian users. Iran posts on Usenet are about half of the volume of Jordan posts. Therefore there are about 700 users of Iran. A recent article put Iraq at about 80 percent of the middle east market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 Iraq users. This is consistent with the number of Iraq Usenet posts.

    Due to the troubles of IraqiOil, abysmal sales and so on, Iraq went out of business and was taken over by Halliburton who sell another troubled OS. Now Halliburton is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet another charnel house.

    All major surveys show that middle east has steadily declined in market share. middle east is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If middle east is to survive at all it will be among OS dilettante dabblers. middle east continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, middle east is dead .

    Emphasis mine

    Imagine me and you, I do. Imagine how the world could be, so very fine. So happy together.
  3. Get a grip on FSF Debuts "Shared Source" Initiative · · Score: 1

    Why is everybody complaining so much?

    It's not like Slashdot has ever written their "stories" themselves, they just, like, report on other peoples stories. I mean, it's not like you're paying for reading this, after all.

    And in all honesty, when could an "American" ever realize when enough is enough anyway?

  4. Re:Amiga Icons on Susan Kare: Mother of Icons You Love (or Hate) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Check out Workbench Nostalgia for screenshots of all Workbench/AmigaOS versions.

    Jolly memories.

  5. Re:PATRIOT charge? on Paypal Charged Under PATRIOT Act · · Score: 1

    They're set for a free vacation on Cuba!

    All expenses paid. They even get their own cage.

  6. Re:Hm.. the 1913 edition you say? on Japanese Makers To Forge An Internet TV Standard · · Score: 1

    Joke \Joke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Joked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
    {Joking}.]
    To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally; to banter;
    as, to joke a comrade.

    From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  7. Is that.. on Japanese Makers To Forge An Internet TV Standard · · Score: 1

    free as in fries?

  8. Hm.. the 1913 edition you say? on Japanese Makers To Forge An Internet TV Standard · · Score: 1

    Here's what my copy says:

    1. To commit forgery.

    2. (Naut.) To move heavily and slowly, as a ship after the sails are furled; to work one's way, as one ship in outsailing another; -- used especially in the phrase to forge ahead. --Totten.

    And off she [a ship] forged without a shock. --De Quincey.

    From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  9. Fact: Middle east is dying on Why ICANN Needs Fresh Blood · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It is official; Foxnews confirms: middle east is dying One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered middle east community when IDC confirmed that middle east market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all servers. Coming on the heels of a recent Foxnews survey which plainly states that middle east has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. middle east is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing dead last in the recent Sys Admin comprehensive networking test.

    You don't need to be a Rush Limbaugh to predict middle east's future. The hand writing is on the wall: middle east faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for middle east because middle east is dying. Things are looking very bad for middle east. As many of us are already aware, middle east continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood.

    Iraq is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of its core developers. The sudden and unpleasant departures of long time Iraq developers Saddam Hussein only serve to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: Iraq is dying.

    Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.

    Palestine leader Yasser Arafat states that there are 7000 users of Palestine. How many users of Jordan are there? Let's see. The number of Palestine versus Jordan posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 Jordan users. Iran posts on Usenet are about half of the volume of Jordan posts. Therefore there are about 700 users of Iran. A recent article put Iraq at about 80 percent of the middle east market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 Iraq users. This is consistent with the number of Iraq Usenet posts.

    Due to the troubles of IraqiOil, abysmal sales and so on, Iraq went out of business and was taken over by Halliburton who sell another troubled OS. Now Halliburton is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet another charnel house.

    All major surveys show that middle east has steadily declined in market share. middle east is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If middle east is to survive at all it will be among OS dilettante dabblers. middle east continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, middle east is dead.

  10. Should be possible on Knoppix 3.2 Available · · Score: 1

    There is a packet-cd implementation for Linux. I don't know if Knoppix have this though.

    Packet-cd project on sourceforge

  11. Err. That's not VPN on Michigan First With A Law That Could Outlaw VPNs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    +5 Informative?

    Basicly, VPN gives you a secure and encrypted tunnel to some host (a VPN concentrator) somewhere on the net. All or some of your traffic will go through this tunnel and emerge at the concentrator, where it is sent to it's real destination.

    The effect is that for the rest of the net, that traffic will appear to be coming from the concentrator (or the lan of the concentrator). This is useful for example for universities or companies that have some resources that are unsafe for the rest of the net, but is perfectly acceptable through an encrypted tunnel. Samba for example.

    I haven't bothered to read the articles, since this sounds like complete and utter bollocks. But if they're targetting NAT too, then I guess that their thing is with "misdirection" through IP. Sounds to me like they would have to ban proxies etc. as well.

  12. Re:Skip SP-1 on XP Service Pack Slows Programs · · Score: 1

    It includes the ability to uninstall 'Windows Components' like Outlook and Messenger. This is due to the antitrust judgement.

    Oh, and it also breaks VPN horribly.

  13. That's not all.. on Software Tariffs and US IT Outsourcing? · · Score: 1

    The sad truth is that every time you call Dell tech support, you are now most probably supporting terrorists.

    Don't believe me? Read this article.

  14. Why the beetle is the reference? on Meteor Over Midwest · · Score: 1

    Your question: why use a car developed by the nazis when comparing meteor sizes.

    Answer: If you were going to compare the meteors to any US built car, you would have to use a difficult concept like fractions.

  15. This would really come in handy.. on Synthetic Vision · · Score: 1

    when you are going to conquer the rest of the arab world.

    I've been informed that they have lots of both. Sand and oil, that is.

  16. Corruption on CDMA vs. GSM in Post-war Iraq · · Score: 1

    Some people might argue that it is his job to promote a local company.

    In my opinion, this whole ordeal were supposed to be a liberation of Iraq. While it is very obvious to everybody who are not blinded by jingoism, that the US is in this "liberation" for economical gain, not many are ready to say that quite as openly as Issa.

    Some might even consider it to be in poor taste to bring this up before there's even an end in sight to the conflict.

    Anyway, the business of USA is business, and some lame europeans aren't going to stop that. I suggest y'all educate yourself a bit with the info from the nice guys over at Open Secrets.

  17. Perhaps.. on Dell Takes the Low Road Regarding Ink Cartridges · · Score: 1

    you should open your google before you troll next time.

    Read this for example.

  18. Re:this is a good thing on FSF Announces Corporate Patronage Program · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Even if they are so fucking what!

    Maybe you should think before you post next time. Remember that we are at war now, and that the Russians are using this opportunity to cancel old agreements on nuclear weapons.

    Maybe communism isn't as dead as you think it is, and maybe your boys in the gulf could need a little more support from people like you.

  19. Reverse enginering the cartridges.. on Dell Takes the Low Road Regarding Ink Cartridges · · Score: 2

    would be in direct violation of the DMCA.

    Unless you are basing your operation in a more civiliezed part of the world, that is.

  20. Except that.. on What's Your Favorite Underappreciated Movie? · · Score: 1

    where Trainspotting is an incredibly humerous and elegant movie, while at the same time making it very clear that addiction isn't all that it's cracked up to be, 'Requiem For A Dream' is a pathetic, whiny movie which uses gross effects for the same purpose.

    The music is ok, though. And Pi is very good too.

  21. Afghan Massacre - The Convoy Of Death on What's Your Favorite Underappreciated Movie? · · Score: 1

    It's certainly been very overlooked over in the US of A.

    Afghan massacre haunts Pentagon

    No, it couldn't be? American servicemen and intelligence officers, brutally killing defenseless prisoners? They would never..

    You can buy it online, here.

  22. Discussing politics on 4l-j4z333ra 0wn3d · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    on a US based messageboard, is like sucking dick in a sauna. You're getting it up the ass wether you swallow or not.

    Could I make myself any clearer?

    And please keep your homophobic modding to yourself. For the love of god and all that is holy (Georgie, The Pope and Tony the Tory, in that order) consider all the kids who are browsing at +2 exclusively.

  23. Re:Good or Bad? on Asia Opens Up to WLAN · · Score: 1

    Except that the frequencies used by "WiFi" aren't regulated.

    I guess that there might be some controversy in the US with personal vs. business conflict, seeing as it is that 'The business of USA, is business'.

  24. Bombproof hardware? on Military Grade Laptops · · Score: 4, Funny

    Since the US military never are the ones being bombed, but rather always the ones bombing.. what do they need this for?


    Part of their image I guess.. "Oh yes, we're getting bombed all the time".


    bomberclaad...

  25. What about Australia? on Anti-Censorship Efforts And Port Scanning · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Why isn't Australia on their list of selectable countries?

    Are they using some other kind of censorship than blocking certain sites?