As much as it pains me, a long time boing-ballin', workbenchin', CLI-hackin', Guru-Meditatin' dude to say, I think we've come to the point where we can call for the replacement of the boing ball graphic in the Slashdot/images directory with the humour foot one.
(deep, heavy sigh, followed by somber trek to cafeteria to wallow in a tall glass of sasparilla and a few Lorna Dunes).
Clarification re: domain squatting bill
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New Cyberlaws
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According to the linked article, only parked domains which attempt to profit from TRADEMARKED properties are affected. In other words, the government is bending over backwards to protect the interests of IBM, but domain squatters will still be very much in business, making sure that a really nifty common name or phrase (www.sheep.com?) will cost me at least $5,000, the Internet equivalent of paying hundreds of dollars for a front row seat to a PHish concert.
Top 10 documents Janet Reno DOES still want encrypted:
DISCLAIMER: I'm making the following list all up. Please, government people, don't come do bad things to me. I'm just kidding. Really.
10) Secret love letters to Regis Philbin 9) Details of her high school post prom party, where she engaged in inappropriate relations with a llama,as written in a letter to a friend 8) All memoes regarding the "incident" where Ms. Reno accidentally left a pair of kneepads in the Oval Office 7) Memo condoning chinese water torture for Kevin Mitnick 6) Request card from PC Magazine placing an order for the book "Internet Access for Dummies" 5) logfiles from 75 Anonymous Coward "First Posts" to Slashdot, dated several hours after delivery of book mentioned above 4) Hotel receipts indicating preference for in-room hardcore pornography movies featuring men with three testicles 3) Letter from Al Gore thanking her for looking the other way 2) Letter from Bill Gates telling her "no, you have to push the start button in the lower left corner first" 1) All documentation related to failed top-secret cosmetic surgery experiements she was involved with in the seventies that went horribly, horribly wrong.
DISCLAIMER: I'm making the following list all up. Please, government people, don't come do bad things to me. I'm just kidding. Really.
In the perfect parallel universe, hundreds of billions of light years away from us, a parallel United States Government is being heartily encouraged to institute an Internet Sales Tax on all U.S. to U.S. tcp/ip-based transactions, since they PROMISE to use every last penny collected to build a completely free public network with a direct digital line to every home, garden and rectal cavity across the nation.
But in the version we live in, sadly, this Tax is frowned upon because it would inevitably be used to fund more great things like a War on Everything, programs to support One-Legged Women With Attention-Deficit-Disorder Who Fear Elevators and therefore cannot ever be expected to work, etc etc.
Bottom line: broken, grossly bloated governments will never convince reasonable people to accept a new tax voluntarily regardless of its potential.
I was told at the Be booth at PC Expo Tuesday that the iToaster is 100% BeOS with some modifications (custom desktop, etc). I specifically asked if there was any Linux code and was told "No, although marketing has led people to believe that there is (followed by a heavy sigh)".
I tried the iToaster proto at their booth. It was REALLY, really nice. It DID boot in less than 20 seconds. I would say, the prototype set-top Be demo'ed next to it (kinda going a step beyond into delivery of all kinds of multimedia content channels) really blew me away.
-DougMan, CEO tomorrowsounds Inc. www.tomorrowsounds.com
If Intel keeps making such miniscule advances in CPU technology, it might be 18 months instead of 6-12 months after the Playstation2 debut before we have a fully usable emulator. Damn.
Personally, I'm waiting for Mortal Death Kill Street Fighter Kombat Carnage 8000. With secret boss charachter Rob Malda. With the world's first bowling ball fatality.
in no particular order. In the spirit of Slashdot, consider these Slashdot 1999 Merchandise Suggestions open-source, GPLed, whatever. I ain't gonna sue anyone when I see 'em at my local Wal-Mart.
- the official Slashdot lunchbox - the official Slashdot bong - the official Slashdot colostomy bag - the official Slashdot pocket bio of Rob Malda (sold right where those dreamy Leo pocket bios were at Barnes and Noble last week!) - Slashdottin' to the Oldies - the official weight loss video - the official Slashdot taser, for hostile Linux advocacy rallies - the official Slashdot adult film
Slashdot Mirror
As much as it pains me, a long time boing-ballin', workbenchin', CLI-hackin', Guru-Meditatin' dude to say, I think we've come to the point where we can call for the replacement of the boing ball graphic in the Slashdot/images directory with the humour foot one.
(deep, heavy sigh, followed by somber trek to cafeteria to wallow in a tall glass of sasparilla and a few Lorna Dunes).
According to the linked article, only parked domains which attempt to profit from TRADEMARKED properties are affected. In other words, the government is bending over backwards to protect the interests of IBM, but domain squatters will still be very much in business, making sure that a really nifty common name or phrase (www.sheep.com?) will cost me at least $5,000, the Internet equivalent of paying hundreds of dollars for a front row seat to a PHish concert.
Feh.
Top 10 documents Janet Reno DOES still want encrypted:
DISCLAIMER: I'm making the following list all up. Please, government people, don't come do bad things to me. I'm just kidding. Really.
10) Secret love letters to Regis Philbin
9) Details of her high school post prom party, where she engaged in inappropriate relations with a llama,as written in a letter to a friend
8) All memoes regarding the "incident" where Ms. Reno accidentally left a pair of kneepads in the Oval Office
7) Memo condoning chinese water torture for Kevin Mitnick
6) Request card from PC Magazine placing an order for the book "Internet Access for Dummies"
5) logfiles from 75 Anonymous Coward "First Posts" to Slashdot, dated several hours after delivery of book mentioned above
4) Hotel receipts indicating preference for in-room hardcore pornography movies featuring men with three testicles
3) Letter from Al Gore thanking her for looking the other way
2) Letter from Bill Gates telling her "no, you have to push the start button in the lower left corner first"
1) All documentation related to failed top-secret cosmetic surgery experiements she was involved with in the seventies that went horribly, horribly wrong.
DISCLAIMER: I'm making the following list all up. Please, government people, don't come do bad things to me. I'm just kidding. Really.
In the perfect parallel universe, hundreds of billions of light years away from us, a parallel United States Government is being heartily encouraged to institute an Internet Sales Tax on all U.S. to U.S. tcp/ip-based transactions, since they PROMISE to use every last penny collected to build a completely free public network with a direct digital line to every home, garden and rectal cavity across the nation.
But in the version we live in, sadly, this Tax is frowned upon because it would inevitably be used to fund more great things like a War on Everything, programs to support One-Legged Women With Attention-Deficit-Disorder Who Fear Elevators and therefore cannot ever be expected to work, etc etc.
Bottom line: broken, grossly bloated governments will never convince reasonable people to accept a new tax voluntarily regardless of its potential.
I was told at the Be booth at PC Expo Tuesday that the iToaster is 100% BeOS with some modifications (custom desktop, etc). I specifically asked if there was any Linux code and was told "No, although marketing has led people to believe that there is (followed by a heavy sigh)".
I tried the iToaster proto at their booth. It was REALLY, really nice. It DID boot in less than 20 seconds. I would say, the prototype set-top Be demo'ed next to it (kinda going a step beyond into delivery of all kinds of multimedia content channels) really blew me away.
-DougMan, CEO tomorrowsounds Inc.
www.tomorrowsounds.com
If Intel keeps making such miniscule advances in CPU technology, it might be 18 months instead of 6-12 months after the Playstation2 debut before we have a fully usable emulator. Damn.
Personally, I'm waiting for Mortal Death Kill Street Fighter Kombat Carnage 8000. With secret boss charachter Rob Malda. With the world's first bowling ball fatality.
Oh sure, sure. First a perky hump from PC Magazine.
Tomorrow, a guest spot on Regis and Kathie Lee.
Please, please, oh creators of Slashdot, promise me you'll never wind up doing mall appearances with Fred Imus pushing jars of salsa.
Although the idea of "Rob's Hot Sauce" does intrigue me. GPL'd party mix?
in no particular order. In the spirit of Slashdot, consider these Slashdot 1999 Merchandise Suggestions open-source, GPLed, whatever. I ain't gonna sue anyone when I see 'em at my local Wal-Mart.
- the official Slashdot lunchbox
- the official Slashdot bong
- the official Slashdot colostomy bag
- the official Slashdot pocket bio of Rob Malda (sold right where those dreamy Leo pocket bios were at Barnes and Noble last week!)
- Slashdottin' to the Oldies - the official weight loss video
- the official Slashdot taser, for hostile Linux advocacy rallies
- the official Slashdot adult film
and my personal favourite idea:
Slashdot Flakes - the Breakfast Cereal.
There goes my idea for
yahootieandtheblowfish.com, the world's premier search engine for illegal Hootie And The Blowfish mp3's.
Double darn. I guess that idea to start a new condom company called Yahoo! is out too.
I think I once saw a DERRTY movie called "Yahooters" in college. But I was drunk and not in my room. I swear. It wasn't my idea.