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  1. And looking at it even closer... on Kurzweil Gets A Patent For Poetic Software · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    I might argue that some of its examples are similar some of William Carlos Williams' works, which The Norton Anthology of Poetry, 4th ed. claims are poetry.

    The Red Wheelbarrow
    so much depends
    upon

    a red wheel
    barrow

    glazed with rain
    water

    beside the white
    chickens
    This Is Just to Say
    I have eaten
    the plums
    that were in
    the icebox

    and which
    you were probably
    saving
    for breakfast

    Forgive me
    they were delicious
    so sweet
    and so cold
    Perhaps an improved version of the program could make things like this.
  2. Re:There isn't enough classic poetry out there? on Kurzweil Gets A Patent For Poetic Software · · Score: 5, Funny

    /usr/games/fortune -o limerick

  3. Re:The sky isn't falling. The sky HAS Fallen. on Phoenix Sounds Death Knell for BIOS · · Score: 1

    I know their stats have been "questioned" lately, but BURP!!! Oh, excuse me.

    Also, do you think, for instance, the DNS root servers run teh 'DoZe?

  4. Sorry, but... on Phoenix Sounds Death Knell for BIOS · · Score: 4, Informative

    WTF, then, is this?

  5. Re:The sky isn't falling. The sky HAS Fallen. on Phoenix Sounds Death Knell for BIOS · · Score: 1

    Without those specifications, the routers will reject packets from Linux and BSD computers (because they will be seen by the routers as being infected because they cannot give the expected response) and therefore only 'approved' (read: microsoft, and perhaps -perhaps- apple) operating systems will have access to the internet.

    That would break most of the Internet.

  6. Which game? on Finding the Perfect Family Game · · Score: 4, Funny

    which card game are they talking about?

    Clearly, strip poker.

  7. Characters don't make the games, but... on On Videogame Characters And The Poochy Effect · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Characters don't make the games, but they certainly can make money. Not only are good characters a boon for fanboys, but if the mainstream really likes the character, there are marketing opportunities. For instance, take venerable Sonic the Hedgehog. There have been five cartoons, three comic book series, and countless products other than the video games. Result: lots of dollars (and especially yen).

    Relevant article

  8. names on Linux 2.6.0-test11 Kernel Released · · Score: 1, Funny

    So will the release of 2.6.0 now be called "Beaver in Rehab?"

  9. Re:So what? on Could Google Be SCO's Next Big Target? · · Score: 1

    So cutting one's losses has now gone out of fashion in the business world? Well, I guess we all play poker differently...

  10. Re:So what? on Could Google Be SCO's Next Big Target? · · Score: 1

    The more big names they can drag into the morass, the better for them.

    The more big names they drag into the morass, the worse they'll be bitten in the ass when SCO is proven wrong. Remember that each of these extra suits hinges on finding SCO IP in the kernel and about a million other conditions. So if the first one against IBM[1] falls through, the whole house of cards caves in.

    [1]: I've completely lost track of whom SCO has sued and why.

  11. Re:No-win situation on ARIA Threatens To Sue Internet Service Providers · · Score: 1

    Auuggghh! 'Twas s'posed to be F U N N Y!

    I hate it when humor backfires...

  12. No-win situation on ARIA Threatens To Sue Internet Service Providers · · Score: 0

    They sue Napster, and we say, "No, don't sue Napster. It's not its responsibility."

    They sue individuals, and we say, "No, don't sue individuals. They do not understand what they do."

    They sue ISPs, and we say, "No, don't sue ISPs. They should not be held accountable."

    What does an industry group run amok have to do to buy some justice around here? Cut 'em some slack, already.

  13. I pray to God on Lion And Lamb Project Lambasts Videogames · · Score: 0, Troll

    that some of the gamers-turned-psychotics blow these fuckers away.

    But seriously, the anti-video game people are guilty of several types of non causa pro causa .

  14. Re:New Debian! on Debian 3.0r2 Released · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Actually, the parent makes me wonder.

    There have been a string of cracks against open source/free software interests recently: FSF, Linux kernel CVS, now Debian. I wonder if it's the same person/group behind these attacks, or if there's any pattern to the exploits. Has anybody looked into this possibility? If so, what have they found?

  15. Re:-1 Flamebait on Whistle While You Work · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Everybody wants streamlined things, and that includes language.

    Well, most natural languages have built into them a great deal of redundancy. This is why you understand someone talking over static, even if some of the sounds are lost. Thus, streamlining language has the effect of cancelling out some of the inherent error correction.

  16. Re:From Mao's Little Red Book on Sun Announces Linux Deal With Chinese Government · · Score: 1

    He might also say, "Intellectual property is theft."

    But that's better left to another Slashdot story...

  17. The truth, Bill, on Gates Comdex Keynote Shows Plans, Matrix Spoof · · Score: 1

    is a hard pill to swallow. And the blue paint doesn't make it go down any easier. And it sure won't taste any good now. You're just making it harder on yourself.

  18. Re:About as effective as... on 3 New Defendants Named In MP3s4free.net Case · · Score: 1

    DCTF is seriously the funniest video ever.

    I remember when I got it off of eDonkey.

    Without p2p, I don't know where I could have seen such comedy.

  19. Seriously on Rules for Teenage Internet Access? · · Score: 1

    (The following is my OPINION. Treat it as such.)

    Given: The truth will set you free.

    Follows: The truth is that the human is a sexual being. You cannot hide the fact from nor delay the discovery by your children, who are not that young to not be able to reason. One way or another, they will discover their sexuality. Take away the porn and, later on, take away the experimentation with others, and you shall inhibit the maturation of your children. So what then happens when they increasingly enter an adult world, but with a child's sense of sexuality, and they are forced to develop it there?

    So I say, be there for support. But let them have free range of access. Yes, even goatse. Remember that the goatse guy has done nothing himself to harm you. Your children will not, by seeing goatse, be doomed to pervert-dom. Really, the discomfort is, in actuality, in yourself.

    Of course, who am I to question millenia of parental instinct?

  20. OK, I lose this one. on Broadcom Accuses Atheros Of WiFi Pollution · · Score: 1

    Yeah.

    I was kind of in a rush to post this one. Maybe I shouldn't have tacked on that last part... :-0

  21. Atheros Linux driver on Broadcom Accuses Atheros Of WiFi Pollution · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    here.

    For the sake of relevancy.

    Also, almost everything is GPL'ed. So: Atheros == good && Broadcom == bad;

  22. Re:I like it on Tux Racer Makes It To The Arcades · · Score: 1

    However, we should all remember Why Linus Chose a Penguin before we go putting Tux in games for children... something about guilt by association...

  23. Laziness! on IBM Subpoenas SCO Investors, Analysts · · Score: 5, Informative

    Geez, how lazy are you people? Just check the box next to "Caldera."

  24. Don't tell me they weren't really robots: on CMU Unveils Robot Hall Of Fame · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Cambot, Gypsy, Tom Servo, Crow

    That's like telling young children there's no Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, or Tooth Fairy, yet the monsters under the bed are still going to get them, all at the same time.

  25. Re:Avoid WMP altogether.. on Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OS X Available · · Score: 1

    Most players which I have used can play different types of media, and recover most types of errors in the file; MPlayer takes everything and just plays.

    BTW, give the parent the mod up.