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  • {SDHeadline}{\n} SDARTICLE {title=Miscellaneous Slashdot Notes}{SDTopicSlashdot}{author:=SDAuthorCmdrTaco}{dept=stuff-to-grok}{cmts:=SDCmtsMed}{totalcmts:=SDCmtsHigh}I finally found some time to do a little perl hacking on the Slashdot codebase. Like usual, I've probably broken something, but I'll leave it to you guys to find the bugs (and hopefully submits diffs :-)). Some of the changes include tweaks to the moderation code (if you're a moderator or a moderator-wannabee, please click below for full details), subliminal advertising embedded in the html source code (maybe I shouldn't mention that), and an anti-spam system to thwart user agents with names like 'EmailCollector' and 'SpamMaker'. Click the more link for details... {title=Software patents are patently offensive}{SDTopicDOJ}{author:=SDAuthor}{dept=kill-all-the-lawyers}{cmts:=SDCmtsMed}{totalcmts:=SDCmtsHigh}{SDContributor} writes "I was browsing IBM's patent server when I came across this disturbing patent on '{BogusPatent}'. Not good!" {SDContributor} pointed out an article in {$Pub} about a patent on {BogusPatent} held by {SDBigEvilCompany}. Dozens of people sent linkage to a {$Pub} {[op-ed|editorial|column|feature} entitled "Why Software Patents Benefits Consumers" written by {CongressCritter}. Finally, {SDContributor} sent us an rebuttal editorial about the evils of software patents. Click below to read it." {title=Attack of the Killer Backhoe}{SDTopicNews}{author:=SDAuthor}{dept=nerds-panic-nationwide}{cmts:=SDCmtsMed}{totalcmts:=SDCmtsHigh}Net access was severaly disrupted earlier today by an errant backhoe that accidentally cut two major net backbone cables near {[Palo Alto|San Jose|Mountain View}, California. Preliminary reports indicate that as much as {#20-50}% of all US-based websites were offline for as many as three hours. The backhoe operator, "Bubba" {LastName}, says that he "pulled the wrong lever". A full investigation by the FCC will commence as soon as the department receives sufficient funding. {title=Modern Art Beowulf Cluster}{SDTopicNews}{author:=SDAuthor}{dept=i-should-have-majored-in-art} {cmts:=SDCmtsLow}{totalcmts:=SDCmtsMed}{SDContributor} writes, "A bored grad student at {University} created a modern art sculpture in the campus courtyard made entirely out of old {#2-4}86 computers. The cool part is that this Rube Goldberg-like contraption actually works -- part of it is a fully functional Beowulf cluster! The Computer Science Club's website is served by the cluster, which is nicknamed Geekzilla." I wish they had cool stuff like that at my college. {title=Linux Possibly Defamed Somewhere!}{SDTopicLinux}{author:=SDAuthorCmdrTaco}{dept=call-out-the-linux-brigade!}{cmts:=SDCmtsHigh}{totalcmts:=SDCmtsVeryHigh}Several hundred people have sent word of a Linux roast-a-thon over at {$Pub}. We recommend you send hostile flames to the {[author|editor|publisher} to let your voice be heard -- we simply cannot and will not allow idiots to badmouth our favorite operating system. {title:=SDArticleNewLinuxKernel}{SDTopicLinux}{author:=SDAuthor}{dept=download-compile-reboot}{cmts:=SDCmtsLow}{totalcmts:=SDCmtsMed}{SDContributorPhrase} the latest, greatest version of the Linux kernel is now available at a download site near you. You know what to do. {title:=SDArticleSlashdotEffect}{SDTopicSlashdot}{author:=SDAuthorCmdrTaco}{dept=oops-i'm-sorry-about-that}{cmts:=SDCmtsMed}{totalcmts:=SDCmtsHigh}Yesterday's story about {$Var1} triggered a massive attack on their website, causing {#3-6} servers to literally explode. At least {#2-4} employees were injured by flying sparks, but none seriously. We really do apologize for this massive denial-of-service attack: Slashdot needs to use its power for good, not evil. {title:=SDArticleHoax}{SDTopicNews}{author:=SDAuthor}{dept:=SDGenericDept}{cmts:=SDCmtsMed}{totalcmts:=SDCmtsHigh}{SDArticleHoaxBody}{[
    | }Update by CT: {SDArticleHoaxBody2} {title:=SDArticleNewHardDrive}{SDTopicTech}{author:=SDAuthor}{dept:=SDGenericDeptCoolStuff}{cmts:=SDCmtsLow}{totalcmts:=SDCmtsMed}{SDArticleNewHardDriveBody} {SDArticleMetaBiz} SDARTICLEMETABIZ {title:=SDArticleDotBomb}{SDTopicNews}{author:=SDAuthor}{dept:=SDGenericDept}{cmts:=SDCmtsLow}{totalcmts:=SDCmtsMed}{SDCite}{$Pub} takes a look at why {$Firm} failed and what they probably could have done to survive. They suggest that they {SDArticleDotBombExp}. Another explanation is that the company {SDArticleDotBombExp}. I realized as I read this that I never once bought anything from {$Firm}. Oh well. {title:=SDArticleDotBomb2}{SDTopicNews}{author:=SDAuthor}{dept:=SDGenericDept}{cmts:=SDCmtsMed}{totalcmts:=SDCmtsHigh}Another day, another dotcom bites the dust. This time it's {$Firm}. This article in {$Pub} analyzes the latest victim in the dotcom downturn, suggesting that the company failed because it {SDArticleDotBombExp}. {title:=SDArticleDotBomb3}{SDTopicNews}{author:=SDAuthor}{dept:=SDGenericDept}{cmts:=SDCmtsLow}{totalcmts:=SDCmtsMed}{[Financial experts|Analysts|Pundits} are worried about {$Firm}, which is not only in financial trouble but has been acting very {[erratically|strange} lately. Instead of laying off employees that they don't need, they've increased their workforce by {#30-50}% even though in a few months they'll start bouncing payroll checks. According to some, the company is doomed because it {SDArticleDotBombExp}. So what gives? {title:=SDArticleMerger}{SDTopicNews}{author:=SDAuthor}{dept=a-match-made-in-hell}{cmts:=SDCmtsMed}{totalcmts:=SDCmtsHigh}This {SDCite}{[article|feature|editorial} over at {$Pub} argues that {$Firm1} should merge with {$Firm2}. Why? Because "{SDArticleMergerExp}." SDXXXXXXXXXXXXX {title=} {SDTopic} {author:=SDAuthor} {dept=} {cmts:=SDCmtsLow}{totalcmts:=SDCmtsMed} Body SDARTICLEMERGER Should {firm1:=TechCompany}{$Firm1} Acquire {firm2:=TechCompany}{$Firm2}? What If {firm1:=DotComCompany}{$Firm1} Merged With {firm2:=TechCompany}{$Firm2}? Why {firm1:=TechCompany}{$Firm1} Should Buy {firm2:=DotComCompany}{$Firm2} SDARTICLEMERGEREXP both companies would share {buzzwordadjective} synergies both companies currently have inferior products, but together they might produce something that people might actually buy {$Firm2} is on the verge of bankruptcy {$Firm2} has a CEO that is totally clueless and needs to be replaced {$Firm1} has high hopes for world domination, which it won't be able to fulfill without the help of {$Firm2} SDARTICLEDOTBOMB {firm:=DotComCompany}{$Firm} Post Mortem Why Did {firm:=DotComCompany}{$Firm} Go {[Bankrupt|Bust}? The {firm:=DotComCompany}{$Firm} Failure: What Went Wrong? SDARTICLEDOTBOMB2 {firm:=DotComCompany}{$Firm} Goes Out Of Business {firm:=DotComCompany}{$Firm} Bites The Dust {firm:=DotComCompany}{$Firm} Files For Bankruptcy The {[Demise|End|Collapse} of {firm:=DotComCompany}{$Firm} SDARTICLEDOTBOMB3 What's Going On With {firm:=DotComCompany}{$Firm}? Is {firm:=DotComCompany}{$Firm} In Trouble? SDARTICLEDOTBOMBEXP blew all of their Venture Capital on {[worthless|stupid|pointless|extravagant} employee perks, such as a {[heated swimming pool|movie theater|game room|new Ferrari for everyone|team of gourmet chiefs} wasted all of their money on the lamest Super Bowl commercial ever produced didn't try to convert the large number of visitors into paying customers fell into the trap of believing that "If you build it, they will come and spend money", which, unlike in movies, doesn't happen in the Real World built a website with gratuitious Flash, JavaScript, and ActiveX features that irritated everyone had a business plan written on a napkin employed a bunch of teenagers who learned everything they knew about business from running a lemonade stand when they were younger intended to get rich from selling out to Microsoft even though they didn't have a product SDARTICLENEWHARDDRIVE {firm:=TechHardwareCompany}{$Firm} Announces {size:=#250-900}{$size} GB Hard Drive {firm:=TechHardwareCompany}Did Somebody Say {size:=#250-900}{$size} Gigabytes? {firm:=TechHardwareCompany}{$Firm}{size:=#250-900} Unveils {[Ultra|Super|Mega}{[Active|Super|Mega}{[Drive|Store|Capacity}{[®|(tm)|(r)|} Hard Drive SDARTICLENEWHARDDRIVEBODY {$Firm} has done it again. According to this {SDCite}{$Pub} article, they've patented new technology that will allow them to produce a {$size} gigabyte hard drive the size of a {[penny|quarter|bacterium|molecule|peanut}. {SDArticleNewHardDriveComment} {SDContributor} writes, "In this {SDCite}{$Pub} article, {$Firm} CEO {Person} talks about new advances in hard drive technology which could quadruple storage density." {SDArticleNewHardDriveComment} {SDContributor} writes, "I just got a press release from {$Firm} claiming that they've invented a new hard drive that can store {$size} gigabytes and runs on solar power. Cool!" SDARTICLENEWHARDDRIVECOMMENT Of course, it's still vaporware, but man that would hold a lot of MP3's! It's vaporware at this point, but I'm drooling already! Production isn't expected to begin until 200{#3-9}, which means you'll need to find some other way to store your {[porn|MP3} library for now. Man, I wish I was a dotcom billionaire so I could afford one of these babies. Oh wait... I am! Suckers! I remember back in the Good Ole Days when we walked uphill both ways to school and used computers that had {#5-10} megabyte hard drives... Things have really changed since then. SDARTICLEHOAX {MicrosoftPersonality} {[Killed|Shot|Arrested}! Gay Love Letters Written By {MicrosoftPersonality} Discovered! {[Microsoft|Intel|Red Hat} Goes Bankrupt! {PunditPersonality} Undergoes Sex Change Operation! {LinuxCompany} Stock Drops By {#70-99} Percent! Alien Spacecraft Lands Near {RealCity}! SDARTICLEHOAXBODY {SDContributor} writes, "This is unbelievable! The headline speaks for itself... see this article over at {SDCiteRumor}." Yep, this one certainly got my attention. {SDContributor} writes, "This article over at {SDCiteRumor} pretty much sums it all up. Heaven help us!" {SDArticleQuickiesSuffix} Several dozen people sent linkage to this {[story|article|rumor} over at {SDCiteRumor}. {SDArticleQuickiesSuffix} {SDContributor} was the first of many to tell us about this article over at {SDCiteRumor}. After the news broke, the NASDAQ plummeted by {#10-20} percent! Quick, somebody get me some aspirin. SDARTICLEHOAXBODY2 Okay, so we screwed up (again). This story is a hoax. We apologize. Well, let's all give a big thanks to the ten million people who wrote in to tell us this story is a hoax. Fine, we messed up again, this article is a scam. Will you quit flaming us now? It seems we've been had. The whole thing is a hoax. Nevermind. Yes, we do have journalistic standards here at Slashdot. It's just that we sometimes forget about them. We apologize... this article is a hoax. Now will you all shut up about it? SDARTICLENEWLINUXKERNEL Linux Kernel {linuxkernelversion} Released Here It Comes: Linux {linuxkernelversion} Linus Releases Kernel {linuxkernelversion} To The World SDARTICLESLASHDOTEFFECT {var1:=^LinuxDomain}{$Var1} Hit With Slashdot Effect Slashdot Effect Strikes {var1:=^LinuxDomain}{$Var1} Slashdot Effect Strikes {var1:=DotComCompany}{$Var1} SDARTICLESLASHBACK It's time again to take another look at Slashdot articles from the past week. Click below to read updates for two previous articles about {SDArticleQuickiesItem} and {SDArticleQuickiesItem}, and to read about the latest developments in {[CmdrTaco's|Hemos'|CowboyNeal's} life. Okay, we admit it. Things were said, mistakes were made. It seems a whole batch of recent articles has turned out to be false. For instance, the {SDArticleQuickiesItem} is a hoax. And the article entitled {SDHeadlineNews} was completely untrue. Please, quit sending us email about all the mistakes we've made in the past week. This is Slashdot, what do you expect? If you want perfection, go read the New York Times (registration required). Click below for our corrections for several previous articles, including {SDHeadlineNews}, {SDHeadlineNews}, and {SDHeadlineNews}. SDARTICLEFEATURE {SDArticleFeatureJonKatz} SDARTICLEFEATUREJONKATZ {title:=SDHeadlineJonKatzFreedom}{SDTopicUSA}{author:=SDAuthorJonKatz}{dept:=SDJonKatzDept}{cmts:=SDCmtsMed}{totalcmts:=SDCmtsHigh}{SDArticleJonKatzFreedom} {title:=SDHeadlineJonKatzGoal}{SDTopicTech}{author:=SDAuthorJonKatz}{dept:=SDJonKatzDept}{cmts:=SDCmtsMed}{totalcmts:=SDCmtsHigh}{SDArticleJonKatzGoal} SDARTICLEJONKATZGOAL Over {[a decade|two decades|five years} ago, the concept of the {$JKGoal} was one of the most {[powerful|insightful|promising} ideas coming from {[the Net|Usenet|the online world}. Now everybody is a little more {[skeptical|wiser}, and less {[idealistic|naive}. Still, could the idea come back? {SDArticleJonKatzEnding} {$JKGoal} is an idea whose time has come. But {[narrow-minded|clueless|egocentric} {sdjonkatztarget} and {sdjonkatzenemy} must change their ways before it can happen. {SDArticleJonKatzEnding} SDARTICLEJONKATZFREEDOM {SDArticleJonKatzFreedomBody#3-5}{SDArticleJonKatzEnding} SDARTICLEJONKATZFREEDOMBODY We are at a crossroads. This is no longer a problem that faces just {$jkpeople}. The time for action is now. I look around and all I see are {SDJonKatzEnemy} who will stop at nothing to restrict the freedoms of {$jkpeople}. The world as we know it will come to an abrupt end unless all of the {$jkpeople} of the world band together and fight as a united whole against oppression at the hands of {$sdjonkatzenemy}. All of the emails I keep receiving confirm one fact: a whole lotta {$jkpeople} are pissed off and aren't going to take it anymore. Can you believe what's happening? We must stop the {sdjonkatzenemy} of the {[world|US}. The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. I've seen the future and it doesn't look good. I've been a {[pundit|social commentator|windbag|gasbag} for over {#5-10} years, and I've never seen anything like this. This {SDCite}article from {$Pub} should sent a warning signal to any freedom-loving Slashdotter. One doesn't need to look very far to see the trend: the {sdjonkatzenemy} have declared war against {$jkpeople}. SDARTICLEJONKATZENDING {\0} Click below for details. Click below to find out more. First of a {[three|four|five}-part series. SDHEADLINEJONKATZ {SDHeadlineJonKatzFreedom} {SDHeadlineJonKatzGoal} SDHEADLINEJONKATZFREEDOM Feature: {SDJonKatzPrefix} The {SDJonKatzAdj} {SDJonKatzNoun}{jkpeople:=GeekPeople} Feature: {jkpeople:=GeekPeople}{$JKPeople} And {SDJonKatzAdj} {SDJonKatzNoun} SDHEADLINEJONKATZGOAL Feature: {jkgoal:=SDJonKatzGoal}{SDJonKatzPrefixGood} {$JKGoal} SDJONKATZDEPT Stuff-To-Read I-Like-To-Use-Capital-Letters Rambling-On-About-Nothing It's-Time-To-Panic! SDJONKATZPREFIX The Rise Of The Road To The Era Of Descent Into The Future Of The Power Of The War Against The Secrets Of Rethinking The Attack Of The Paradox Of At The Crossroads Of Brief History Of Showdown With Beyond The Dynamics Of SDJONKATZPREFIXGOOD The Rise Of The Road To The Era Of The Future Of Beyond Rethinking At The Crossroads Of The Dynamics Of SDJONKATZTARGET Hackers Nerds Geeks Teenagers Troubled Teens Lurkers Flamers Anonymous Cowards Perverts Angst-Ridden Teens Kids SDJONKATZADJ Spiritual Digital Virtual Open-Source Post-Columbine Techno-Romantic Technocentric American SDJONKATZNOUN Revolution {[Cyber|Lawyer|Techno|Chrono}clysm Meltdown War Nightmare Tragedy Republic Hype Nation SDJONKATZGOALADJ Virtual Global Spiritual World Cyber SDJONKATZGOAL {SDJonKatzGoalAdj} Community {SDJonKatzGoalAdj} Property {SDJonKatzGoalAdj} Republic {SDJonKatzGoalAdj} Democracy {SDJonKatzGoalAdj} Revolution SDJONKATZENEMY Bible-Thumpers Congresscritters Paranoid Parents Clueless Soccer Moms Recording Industry Executives Unelected Bureaucrats Software Moguls Media Tycoons {OrgMembers} SDARTICLEASKSLASHDOT {SDContributor} writes, "{SDArticleAskQuestion}" {SDArticleAskComment} {SDContributor} asks, "{SDArticleAskQuestion}" {SDArticleAskComment} {SDContributor} poses this question: "{SDArticleAskQuestion}" {SDArticleAskComment} {SDContributor} wrote in with this {[good|excellent|} question: "{SDArticleAskQuestion}" {SDArticleAskComment} SDARTICLEASKQUESTION {title=Ask Slashdot: Which is the best Linux distro?}I'm wanting to try Linux, but I don't know where to begin. 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Printing Bits Bytes Words Paradigms Kisses Breakeven Persistence Elaboration Gender The Number {digit} Toys Connections Tunes Congress Lunacy Parliament Feathers Juveniles Trickery Cinema Maturity Packaging Royalty Disasters Fire Secrecy Cooperation Intrustion Espionage Books Spooks Recovery Taxes Violence Script Kiddies Fraud {RealCity} Redundance Redundance, Redundance Recursion {^BuzzwordNoun} SDSLASHBOXPOLL I visit Slashdot:
    Weekly
    Daily
    Hourly
    Minutely
    Every {digit}.{digit} seconds
    Never Slashdot polls:
    Suck
    Rule
    Are a waste of time
    Are a means for CmdrTaco to obtain demograhic info on unsuspecting visitors
    Contain subliminal messages Favorite OS:
    Linux
    It's GNU/Linux, dammit!
    (Free|Net|Open)BSD
    Mac OS
    OS/2
    BeOS
    Windoze (I'm a Microsoft stockholder)
    What's an OS? Oversized Skateboard? How many Slashdot accounts do you have?
    None, I like being an Anonymous Coward
    One, but I've forgotten my password
    One, but I'd be willing to sell it for the right price!
    More than one
    Jar Jar must die! Who should've won the US Presidential election?
    Al Gore
    Al Gore
    Al Gore
    Al Gore
    CowboyNeal Intellectual property laws are:
    Evil
    Bad
    Undemocratic
    Unfair
    A tool used by big evil companies to oppress geeks
    Jar Jar Must Die! How many times has your Windows box crashed today?
    Less than 10
    10-20
    20-100
    None (I don't use Windows)
    None (I dumped my Windows box into the ocean last month) SDSECTIONINDEX {@%m/%d|0|30000} ({#1-13})
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