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  1. Anyone else "trying" to quit? on Reasons You're Not Getting Interviews; Plus Some Crazy Real Resume Mistakes · · Score: 5, Funny

    Every time I read one of these, it confirms that there's no purpose in Slashdot anymore, but my muscle memory for the last ~12 years or so keeps navigating me to slashdot subconciously. Then when I figure out what I'm doing, I get all sad. Anyone else in this situation? This is not intended to be modded Funny :/

  2. Nice try, ESR on Open Letter By Eric S. Raymond To Chris Dodd · · Score: 1

    An anonymous reader writes "ESR, one of the finest engineers behind the open source movement.."

    Nice try, ESR

  3. Re:Backfire after management change on ZoneAlarm Employs Scare Tactics Against Its Users · · Score: 1

    2004 is more than 'a few months ago'

  4. What about the Common Criteria on Vista Post-SP2 Is the Safest OS On the Planet · · Score: 1
  5. Re:you call THAT asynchronous? on Debugging Asynchronous Applications? · · Score: 1

    Congrats, this is by far the most obnoxious comment that I have ever read on this site, and that's quite a feat.

  6. Daikatana on John Romero Developing a MMOG · · Score: 1, Funny

    Man, I just hope it's as good as Daikatana was!

  7. Re:i h8 teh txt on Yahoo IM Translator · · Score: 1

    Ok,

    The problem I see with this is: the messages typed into Yahoo! Messenger aren't typed in English, anyway. They usually look much more like this, and even people have a hard time reading them.

    Wait, you mean you can't get modded +Smartass yet?

  8. MOD PARENT UP on Ask Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner · · Score: 1

    Mr. Tetzchner promised us that he would swim the atlantic should we download 1 million copies of Opera. When the moment of truth arrived, he pulled out the smoke and mirrors and backed out on the deal. As a responsible CEO, Mr. Tetzchner must publicly address this scandal, lest he present an image of deception for his company.

  9. I have been using google music for years on Google Launches Google Music · · Score: 4, Funny

    Intitle:"Index of /" nameofartist nameofalbum mp3, I'm feeling lucky

  10. Re:while I am not a fan of our "sue-happy" society on Microsoft Sued Over Alleged Xbox 360 Defects · · Score: 1

    WoW!! When playing games is THAT important life must be truly sad.

    Did you say World of Warcraft?

  11. Difference of Purpose on The Rise of Digg.com · · Score: 1

    When I want to read up to the minute tech news, I read digg. When I want to read good discussions of tech news, I read /.

  12. Re:So let me get this straight on Linux Lupper.Worm In the WIld · · Score: 1

    Although the kernel webserver was removed in 2.6, there are a lot of people still running 2.4, which includes a webserver in the kernel.

    No one enables it though, I'm just being a smartass.

  13. Re:Repeat after me... on Business Objects to Join Eclipse Foundation · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think by the "platform" they mean eclipse, and the submitter is just making sure that we know that it's open source. Consider the quote right after it that says "the Eclipse platform."

  14. Re:Japan on TV On Mobiles: Not Yet There? · · Score: 1

    They don't.

    In Japan, they have Giant Pink Robots to watch TV for you.

  15. Re:Ipso? on Nokia Starts Open Source Website · · Score: 1

    Come on, it would be nice to have a security-focued open-source operating system.... ...that isn't associated with Theo De Raadt.

  16. Re:Ipso Faxso on Nokia Starts Open Source Website · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Ipso is not for PDAs. While most people know Nokia as a mobile vendor, they are also one of the largest Firewall/VPN appliance vendors. Ipso is a highly optimized i386 OS based on NetBSD.

  17. Ipso? on Nokia Starts Open Source Website · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wake me up when Nokia open-sources Ipso.

  18. Re:I work for Pixar on Pixar For Sale? · · Score: 1

    By chance, has Pixar recently made a lot of people very, very angry, including yourself?

  19. Steve Ballmer on Zombies on Microsoft's Vigilante Investigation of Zombies · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft should just have Steve Ballmer fucking kill them.

  20. Re:In galactic scales... on Mars Swings Unusually Close to Earth · · Score: 3, Funny

    They use this new sort of witchcraft called 'math,' along with arcane properties such as trajectory, velocity, etc.

  21. Re:Seems like a basic review of a basic Linux on An Old Hacker Slaps Up Slackware · · Score: 4, Funny

    Neckbead (n):
    See "RMS"

  22. Re:Seems like a basic review of a basic Linux on An Old Hacker Slaps Up Slackware · · Score: 2, Informative

    Just because almost everyone who uses it on the desktop happens to have a neckbeard doesnt make it a bad desktop distro.

    Where does this review say it's not for the desktop? It says it's not for everyone, which I certainly agree. But it makes a great desktop OS for its very niche userbase.

  23. Splogs? Seriously wtf on Splogs Clog Blog Services · · Score: 5, Funny

    With the Splogosphere maturing, we can expect to see Splogcasts in the near future.

  24. Re:Good but limited... on TransGaming Releases Fast Software 3D Rendering · · Score: 1

    A one-winged fly is a spin

  25. Re:Snort and Nessus on Matt Asay on the Status of OSS · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Uhh, the VAST majority of the nessus work was done by Tenable. I doubt I would call it "spitting in the face" of anyone. Also, the GPL does not allow Tenable to use code that has been contributed from third parties in future-closed source nessus. Only code that Tenable owns the copyright to (which happens to be something like 98% of the nessus code). All of the contributed code will not appear in closed-source nessus. So, I daresay that Tenable is spitting in the face of anyone.

    I really hope the Gnessus project rethinks their name, as a fork they should really try to take a different name so as not to confuse users. Also, I'd hate for this to cause trademark/copyright issues down the road...