They'll get away with it and make a ton of cash. Same deal with Win95 SE...er Win98. By the time they're through it'll be called Windows 99 so the MS-Lemmings will think they're getting something significant. And they will keep doing this over and over.
Don't despair. This is a good thing...everytime they pull this stunt, they piss off a few more people who begin looking elsewhere.
Their day of reckoning is coming, and foolishness like this only accelerates their demise. So please MS...keep doing this and raking in the bucks...'cuz soon its going to sneak up and bite you in the ass.
Yeah...that's true. Though moderators are supposed to keep their status confidential, they are pretty-well on the honour system.
A few moderators are bound to abuse their status. If a few did conspire to bring up their "alignment", I suspect the large number of other moderators could undo the damage. Hopefully CmdrTaco can catch those incidents if they happen.
How much you want to bet these bastards had this planned since day one?
"Well boys, we've got this government sponsored monopoly but you know this gravy train isn't going to last forever...any ideas?." "I've got one...Once it looks like time is almost out for us, we spring a proprietary whois whammy at the last minute!" (in unison)"BWAHAHAHAHAHA"
How can it not be good? Matt Groening, Sci-Fi, 1-eyed chicks voiced by Peg Bundy. Sounds like a winner to me. At worst, it'll be still be better than most of the drivel on network TV. I'm looking forward to it.
FUDmeister Charlie's article was really nothing more than fluff. Its nothing we didn't already know: RMS has done some great things but he makes a lousy spokesperson. What is signficant is people are starting to notice.
The talkback article deserves more attention however. Some people are too quick launch flames before they examine what someone has to say...And you can see its starting earn us a bad reputation.
If someone points out a shortcoming of Linux, it isn't necessarily FUD; When someone points out a legitimate problem, it actually helps make things better. One of the reasons a certain other OS is so crappy is because its creators won't listen to its users. If every person who says something about a problem with Linux gets shouted down, they're not going to be very inclined to mention any other problems. Not to mention earning ourselves a reputation of being arrogant, foul-mouthed, wackos.
Remember...There's criticism and there's FUD. Know the difference.
I won't be watching it. I've made every effort to avoid the hype and see as little footage as possible (I did break down and watch the trailers however). I don't want anything given away until its time to watch it on the big screen. Mmmm...we're almost there.
Hmmm...think I convince the boss to give me the day off on the grounds that its a religious holiday?
1. I wouldn't worry too much about it. Re-registering does not automatically confer moderator status, so It sure is a lot of trouble to go to mess things up. There's probably a fair number idiots in Rob's initial pool of 400 moderators. Hopefully they can be weeded out. From that point on, it should be easy for him to spot the dolts.
2. Good point. There should be a floor on negative moderation. That way people can set it to that level and know that they're getting everything.
HAHAHAA! It got/.'ed too! Congratulations/.ers we just scored a double play.
Actually its kind of a bummer 'cuz I havn't been able to get a look at this thing. I know I've ruthlessly murdered a few keyboards with an onslaught of tasty beverages.
"Like in ID4, they were automatically able to link up with the "alien ship network" and communicate on it, not to mention that the C program he uploaded was automatically binary compatible w/ the alien ship's computer. (#include "aliens.h")."
Ahhh..that's where you're wrong...He didn't really use a cleverly written C program...He crippled the alien mothership's network by installing Win NT!
You think we're all stupid? That you can revise history and we'll believe it? You're revisionist tactics won't fool anyone...Everybody knows that Bill G. single-handedly coded everything that makes the 'net go.
You just want to take the credit from MS so they will stop innovating. Stop stifling innovation!
This sarcasm brought to you by... Special J (Too bad I can't not vote for him)
This is simple propaganda. Not worth getting up in arms about.
Our friend Ed Muth is simply fulfilling his duty as Billy's loyal dog and spitting out sweet nothings to make the MSLemmings feel warm and fuzzy. Sit Ed! Roll-over Ed! Good boy.
Putting all the sound, music and images in one large obscure 600M file making it impossible to even listen to the music without playing the game. Other games don't do this? Besides, there are programs that will unpack those gigantic files.
Want to play multiplayer? Buy more CD's! True for Diablo. False for Warcraft and Starcraft. Only one player needs the CD.
Want to use TCP/IP? Sorry, only through expensive battle.net! Huh!?!?! Battle.net is free!
Require that damn CD to be in the drive all the time Once again I ask "Who doesn't?".
Sierra has a dismal track record and has inflicted numerous "finished products" that were really just betas.
Hopefully this will be the beginning of a trend that other companies will follow. They're almost all guilty (Blizzard is the only company I can think of that doesn't charge gamers 50 bucks for the privilege of beta-testing).
"Last week, U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, who is presiding over the antitrust trial in Washington, ordered Microsoft to turn over an internal spreadsheet to government lawyers. The spreadsheet appears to show that Microsoft knows which browser files are linked with Windows and which files are unique to Internet Explorer."
Well I would hope they would know which are which. Then again, it wouldn't surprise me if they didn't know!
Slashdot Mirror
Linux, hot chicks, guns...mmmmm
Course I'd probably have to compete with Tux for her favour. And he'd probably kick my ass. Maybe if I'm lucky Lucy will kick my ass.
They'll get away with it and make a ton of cash. Same deal with Win95 SE...er Win98. By the time they're through it'll be called Windows 99 so the MS-Lemmings will think they're getting something significant. And they will keep doing this over and over.
Don't despair. This is a good thing...everytime they pull this stunt, they piss off a few more people who begin looking elsewhere.
Their day of reckoning is coming, and foolishness like this only accelerates their demise. So please MS...keep doing this and raking in the bucks...'cuz soon its going to sneak up and bite you in the ass.
Yeah...that's true. Though moderators are supposed to keep their status confidential, they are pretty-well on the honour system.
A few moderators are bound to abuse their status. If a few did conspire to bring up their "alignment", I suspect the large number of other moderators could undo the damage. Hopefully CmdrTaco can catch those incidents if they happen.
I know I won't be at work! I've already booked off a vacation day!
I tried convincing the bosses that it was a religious holiday. But they didn't bite. Darn.
A valiant attempt, but It doesn't look like you sucked in any /.'ers.
Good story though
How much you want to bet these bastards had this planned since day one?
"Well boys, we've got this government sponsored monopoly but you know this gravy train isn't going to last forever...any ideas?."
"I've got one...Once it looks like time is almost out for us, we spring a proprietary whois whammy at the last minute!"
(in unison)"BWAHAHAHAHAHA"
He's just telling his lemmings what they want to hear. No biggie.
How can it not be good? Matt Groening, Sci-Fi, 1-eyed chicks voiced by Peg Bundy. Sounds like a winner to me. At worst, it'll be still be better than most of the drivel on network TV. I'm looking forward to it.
FUDmeister Charlie's article was really nothing more than fluff. Its nothing we didn't already know: RMS has done some great things but he makes a lousy spokesperson. What is signficant is people are starting to notice.
The talkback article deserves more attention however. Some people are too quick launch flames before they examine what someone has to say...And you can see its starting earn us a bad reputation.
If someone points out a shortcoming of Linux, it isn't necessarily FUD; When someone points out a legitimate problem, it actually helps make things better. One of the reasons a certain other OS is so crappy is because its creators won't listen to its users. If every person who says something about a problem with Linux gets shouted down, they're not going to be very inclined to mention any other problems. Not to mention earning ourselves a reputation of being arrogant, foul-mouthed, wackos.
Remember...There's criticism and there's FUD. Know the difference.
I won't be watching it. I've made every effort to avoid the hype and see as little footage as possible (I did break down and watch the trailers however). I don't want anything given away until its time to watch it on the big screen. Mmmm...we're almost there.
Hmmm...think I convince the boss to give me the day off on the grounds that its a religious holiday?
What do you think are the chances that after a while they do a profile on some bogus but hip-looking "hacker" that cracked their site?
Oh, and of course he couldn't have done it without his "browser" bag.
1. I wouldn't worry too much about it. Re-registering does not automatically confer moderator status, so It sure is a lot of trouble to go to mess things up. There's probably a fair number idiots in Rob's initial pool of 400 moderators. Hopefully they can be weeded out. From that point on, it should be easy for him to spot the dolts.
2. Good point. There should be a floor on negative moderation. That way people can set it to that level and know that they're getting everything.
Try taking the "SlashdotA" out of the URL:
7 6/002-0082520-0099040
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/04461680
Its the exact same entry. Prank? Clickthrough? I couldn't tell you. Either way I don't think I like the smell of it.
While you're checking out cowdance.com, pay a visit to http://www.hamsterdance.com.
CmdrTaco? Is that you?
HAHAHAA! It got /.'ed too! Congratulations /.ers we just scored a double play.
Actually its kind of a bummer 'cuz I havn't been able to get a look at this thing. I know I've ruthlessly murdered a few keyboards with an onslaught of tasty beverages.
I've been pulling small candies from Darth Vader's and Yoda's esophagus for over a year now.
I grab a candy and reflect upon Master Yoda's wisdom.
"Like in ID4, they were automatically able to link up with the "alien ship network" and communicate on it, not to mention that the C program he uploaded was automatically binary compatible w/ the alien ship's computer. (#include "aliens.h")."
Ahhh..that's where you're wrong...He didn't really use a cleverly written C program...He crippled the alien mothership's network by installing Win NT!
You think we're all stupid? That you can revise history and we'll believe it? You're revisionist tactics won't fool anyone...Everybody knows that Bill G. single-handedly coded everything that makes the 'net go.
You just want to take the credit from MS so they will stop innovating. Stop stifling innovation!
This sarcasm brought to you by...
Special J
(Too bad I can't not vote for him)
Sure. Even an MS OS can stay up for two years if you don't actually DO anything with it.
Going to install anything? Reboot. Change settings? Reboot. Install a service pack (I you haven't) ? Reboot.
Actually RUN an application? Crash! Reboot.
There's just no way its been up for two years.
Sorry...I just don't believe you.
This is simple propaganda. Not worth getting up in arms about.
Our friend Ed Muth is simply fulfilling his duty as Billy's loyal dog and spitting out sweet nothings to make the MSLemmings feel warm and fuzzy. Sit Ed! Roll-over Ed! Good boy.
Other games don't do this? Besides, there are programs that will unpack those gigantic files.
Want to play multiplayer? Buy more CD's!
True for Diablo. False for Warcraft and Starcraft. Only one player needs the CD.
Want to use TCP/IP? Sorry, only through expensive battle.net!
Huh!?!?! Battle.net is free!
Require that damn CD to be in the drive all the time
Once again I ask "Who doesn't?".
A you sure we're talking about the same thing?
Sierra has a dismal track record and has inflicted numerous "finished products" that were really just betas.
Hopefully this will be the beginning of a trend that other companies will follow. They're almost all guilty (Blizzard is the only company I can think of that doesn't charge gamers 50 bucks for the privilege of beta-testing).
"Last week, U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, who is presiding over the antitrust trial in Washington, ordered Microsoft to turn over an internal spreadsheet to government lawyers. The spreadsheet appears to show that Microsoft knows which browser files are linked with Windows and which files are unique to Internet Explorer."
Well I would hope they would know which are which. Then again, it wouldn't surprise me if they didn't know!
Cool...got me some ADSL action happening at home now. The whole source took me about 5 min. to download. Woohoo! 2.2 bliss here I come!
:(
Damn! No beer! *sigh* I can't do a kernel without brews. Guess I'll have to wait till tomorrow.
Oh well...Happy Kernel Day everybody!!!