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True or not :-) (Score:2)
by PooF
(aaron@fish.pathcom.com (remove fish...))
on Sunday April 01, @11:03PM EST
(#8)
(User #85689 Info)
http://www.pathcom.com/~larrym/aaron/
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from the you-never-know-it-might-actually-be-mostly-true dept.
Guess you never really know... ya right...
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From: Aaron "PooF" Matthews
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Does this mean other things might change? (Score:1)
by Gr00ve on Sunday April 01, @11:03PM EST
(#10)
(User #30611 Info)
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Like a certain editor will stop modding comments that question their integrity out of eye shot and out of the archives?
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looking forward to (Score:1)
by DarkClown on Sunday April 01, @11:03PM EST
(#11)
(User #7673 Info)
http://www.spigot.org
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april 2nd.
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Re:looking forward to (Score:1)
by thegrommit on Sunday April 01, @11:30PM EST
(#87)
(User #13025 Info)
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heh - wonder how many of these stories will make it into other "news" sites.
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Re:looking forward to (Score:1)
by burgess
(chris@ibex.co.nz)
on Monday April 02, @04:53PM EST
(#315)
(User #6209 Info)
http://chris.ibex.co.nz/chris.txt
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Slashdot Moving To FreeBSD
Slashdot.org | Posted by AilleCat on Mon 02 Apr 04:00PM
I always thought if you pulled an April Fool after midday, you were the fool. But this fella is still amping with the funnies at 4am the next day! Or maybe it's really true (and I don't see a punchline in there, do you?)
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You /. editor guys can't troll. (Score:1, Troll)
by perdida
(revlucion@journaSPAMlist.com)
on Sunday April 01, @11:03PM EST
(#12)
(User #251676 Info)
http://www.indymedia.org
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a whole day of shitty april fools articles.
The word 'goat' is in the article, for chrissakes. You sux0r.
Re the changeover, like VALinux is gonna support this, anyway. what a useless cost outlay to make them even less congnizant of the daily operations of your site.
This is why u guys should have stayed independent. If you actually WANTED to move to a *BSD you could. Now if you want to VAL is gonna see this article, disregard the date and accuse you of crying wolf and other forms of mismanagement.
-perdida
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Re:You /. editor guys can't troll. (Score:1)
by gags bunny on Sunday April 01, @11:15PM EST
(#60)
(User #263639 Info)
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its actually a reference to an old quote about how one of the crucial steps in establishing a scsi chain is sacrificing a goat.
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where is this goat obsession coming from. (Score:1)
by leuk_he on Monday April 02, @03:52AM EST
(#219)
(User #194174 Info)
http://move.to/maarten
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I still miss the reference to goat, why is stil coming back every now and then. Nathalie Portman i can get (its even in the faq). But why always the reference to a goat??? and the web site...sx
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VA Linux PREFERS Linux (Score:2, Interesting)
by surlybastard on Monday April 02, @08:37AM EST
(#261)
(User #78605 Info)
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I have been told first hand by some people who work at VA that supporting BSD is something that they've been looking in to and have done a little of in the past.
So I don't think that the possibility of /. switching is all that far-fetched. If it is a April Fools...Kudos to the editors for putting together a rather plausible goof.
For anyone that will go to the grave exclaiming that Linux rules and *BSD sucks, look at the cold hard facts - ftp.cdrom.com/ftp.freesoftware.com's and OpenBSD's track records. I work on Linux and use FreeBSD at home because I prefer it. Maybe the BSDs are not as "bleeding-edge" but they work, plain and simple. No fragmented distributions and code-bases, just cohesive functiong product.
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Re:VA Linux PREFERS Linux (Score:1)
by Kwantus
(xjnaghf@lnubb.pbz(rot13))
on Monday April 02, @02:13PM EST
(#306)
(User #34951 Info)
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| look at the cold hard facts - ftp.cdrom.com/ftp.freesoftware.com's and OpenBSD's track records
not to mention Hotmail's
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wait a second... (Score:2)
by DanThe1Man
(dan(at)simons-rock.edu)
on Sunday April 01, @11:04PM EST
(#15)
(User #46872 Info)
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this was posted on April 2, (the Slashot clock wasn't set for daylight savings) but it can't be true.
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Re:wait a second... (Score:1)
by DarkClown on Sunday April 01, @11:08PM EST
(#35)
(User #7673 Info)
http://www.spigot.org
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this was posted on April 2, (the Slashot clock wasn't set for daylight savings) but it can't be true.
maybe if they're cruising their slashdot yacht in the bermuda triangle.
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Re:wait a second... (Score:2, Informative)
by Ami_Chan
(MercMoonie@yahoo.com)
on Sunday April 01, @11:17PM EST
(#61)
(User #188543 Info)
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this was posted on April 2
Think about time zones. Where I am, it is 11:23 PM April 1. This is the central time zone. Don't forget that many of the slashdot stories for parties are what not occur on the west coast-Pacific Time. They have enough time left on their April Fool's clocks.
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Re:wait a second... (Score:1)
by DanThe1Man
(dan(at)simons-rock.edu)
on Sunday April 01, @11:25PM EST
(#84)
(User #46872 Info)
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Yea, but before Daylight-savings-time Slashdot was on eastern time. Are you telling me it as a sudden unannouced descion for slashdot to move to Central time?
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Re:wait a second... (Score:1)
by Cid Highwind
(blue-dragon(at)tamu(dot)edu)
on Sunday April 01, @11:50PM EST
(#107)
(User #9258 Info)
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Yea, but before Daylight-savings-time Slashdot was on eastern time. Are you telling me it as a sudden unannouced descion for slashdot to move to Central time?
The slashdot crew lives in Michigan, which is in central time. The physical servers are in California, which is in Pacific time. If you see times in Easter time, it's because you set them that way in your preferences.
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Re:wait a second... (Score:1)
by DanThe1Man
(dan(at)simons-rock.edu)
on Sunday April 01, @11:52PM EST
(#111)
(User #46872 Info)
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Ok,and its still set that way, its its still an hour off. Is it not for you?
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Re:wait a second... (Score:2)
by Coward, Anonymous
(nardo@pobox.com)
on Sunday April 01, @11:56PM EST
(#116)
(User #55185 Info)
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Go to your Customize Homepage and choose the appropriate Daylight timezone.
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Re:wait a second... (Score:1)
by DanThe1Man
(dan(at)simons-rock.edu)
on Monday April 02, @12:04AM EST
(#120)
(User #46872 Info)
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Did you not notice that the posted story time was an hour before the real time, in any time zone, or am I drunk off cough surrup again? The posts time are off by an hour too. You just posted this comment that I'm replying to a few minutes ago but it says its been there for more then an hour!
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Re:wait a second... (Score:1)
by DanThe1Man
(dan(at)simons-rock.edu)
on Monday April 02, @12:13AM EST
(#124)
(User #46872 Info)
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oh, woops, yea thanks. I was set on Eastern Standard. I didn't even know there was a differnce.
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Spring break. (Score:1)
by jonsuen
(sd1@jsuen.com)
on Monday April 02, @12:58AM EST
(#148)
(User #230380 Info)
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Wow. You must be bored.
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Re:Spring break. (Score:1)
by DanThe1Man
(dan(at)simons-rock.edu)
on Monday April 02, @02:09AM EST
(#180)
(User #46872 Info)
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damn straight
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Re:wait a second... (Score:1)
by Ruzty on Monday April 02, @12:18AM EST
(#127)
(User #46204 Info)
http://www.moosehead.mraz.org/
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Michigan is in the Eastern time zone. The Central time zone generally begins west of Lake Michigan (with some exceptions).
-Rusty
"Try to spend the next 30 seconds not thinking about a blue
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Re:wait a second... (Score:1)
by Mr Z
(moc.tenemirp@c2u41mi)
on Monday April 02, @06:58AM EST
(#250)
(User #6791 Info)
http://www.primenet.com/~im14u2c/
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Hate to break it to you, bub, but Michigan is very much in the Eastern time zone. You have to get on the other side of Lake Michigan to be in the Central time zone.
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Re:wait a second... (Score:1)
by pen
(slashdot@digdug.cx)
on Sunday April 01, @11:52PM EST
(#109)
(User #7191 Info)
http://digdug.cx/
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Actually, Slashdot is on the time zone you set in your prefs.
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Re:wait a second... (Score:1)
by DanThe1Man
(dan(at)simons-rock.edu)
on Sunday April 01, @11:56PM EST
(#115)
(User #46872 Info)
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True, and this story says it was posted "11pm April 1st" on my screen when it was really posted on 12am April 2nd. Hince, as my orginal post said, their clocks are not set for daylight savings time.
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Re:wait a second... (Score:1)
by DanThe1Man
(dan(at)simons-rock.edu)
on Monday April 02, @12:14AM EST
(#125)
(User #46872 Info)
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oh woops nevermind. Eastern standard, eastern daylight? I never heard thouse terms before you pointed that out. Thanks.
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Re:wait a second... (Score:2)
by Cassivs on Sunday April 01, @11:46PM EST
(#101)
(User #183894 Info)
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slashdot is currently in waltham, massachusetts eastern time.
-skip |
Re:wait a second... (Score:1)
by theancient1
(mark@altavista.net)
on Monday April 02, @03:47AM EST
(#216)
(User #134434 Info)
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I had always been told that April Fool's ended at noon anyway... (News outlets in my home town would air a fake story throughout the morning, and not reveal it as a hoax until noon: the supposed end of April Fool's.)
Of course, what kind of geek gets up before noon on a Sunday. :)
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FreeBSD? (Score:5, Funny)
by DeeKayWon on Sunday April 01, @11:04PM EST
(#16)
(User #155842 Info)
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If it were "Slashdot moving to Windows/IIS", it might've been funny.
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Re:FreeBSD? (Score:1)
by Zorikin
(blindwatchmaker@net.gmx)
on Sunday April 01, @11:33PM EST
(#90)
(User #49410 Info)
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Xenix would have been funnier.
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Re:FreeBSD? (Score:1)
by ASCIIMan
(jsaNOSPAMboe@artifexREMOVETHIS.org)
on Monday April 02, @02:27AM EST
(#188)
(User #47627 Info)
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Xenu's Not Unix.
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Re:FreeBSD? (Score:1)
by ^Phantom on Monday April 02, @12:21AM EST
(#128)
(User #100743 Info)
http://www.geek-house.org
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Or MacOS maybe, followed by a rant by Taco about his problems posting stories with only one mouse button!!!
The Geek House |
Because the would've been obvious (Score:1)
by _UnderTow_ on Monday April 02, @01:12AM EST
(#155)
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Because saying that they're moving to any windows platform would have been obviously an april fool's joke
'If you don't pray in my school, I won't think in your church' |
Re:Because the would've been obvious (Score:1)
by Trepalium on Monday April 02, @02:50AM EST
(#198)
(User #109107 Info)
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And sacrificing a goat to the SCSI gods wasn't obvious? I wish they would've taken some time to develop their April 1st jokes into one or two well done subtle jokes instead of eight or so unfunny ones.
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Re:Because the would've been obvious (Score:1)
by JanneM
(see.my.homepage)
on Monday April 02, @04:58AM EST
(#239)
(User #7445 Info)
http://lucs.lu.se/People/Jan.Moren/
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You mean you don't!? Then how do you keep your chain safe from the bitloss demons? I honestly think that the mandated sacrifice of a black goat over a SCSI interface at least once a year should have been written into the specification...
/Janne
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Re:Because the would've been obvious (Score:1)
by Trepalium on Tuesday April 03, @04:54PM EST
(#344)
(User #109107 Info)
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Well, if he had said daemon, then there would've been the stupid joke about 'killall -9 bitlossd'
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Re:FreeBSD? (Score:1)
by PSUdaemon
(aafesNOSPAMERONI@psu.edu)
on Monday April 02, @01:21AM EST
(#159)
(User #204822 Info)
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How about Windows XP Beta 2, cause of that damned cool nickelodeon interface!
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Re:FreeBSD? shyyaahhhtuuuupppp! (Score:2)
by NatePuri
(natepuri at office dot ompages dot com)
on Monday April 02, @09:38AM EST
(#267)
(User #9870 Info)
http://www.ompages.com
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This not funny. FreeBSD makes good business sense. *I FLAME RED HAT AND CURSE COMMERCIAL LINUX OFFERINGS*
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FreeBSD! The logical choice! (Score:1)
by Punjabi_dost on Monday April 02, @09:27PM EST
(#329)
(User #414359 Info)
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The OpenSource UNIX world has two distinct groups of people. Those who know; and those who think they know. Unfortunately the LINUX losers flaming the decision to go to FreeBSD are the ones who belong to the latter group. Poor souls - they sincerely believe what they say. Treat them gently guys, give them the same sympathy you would extend to a mentally challenged member of soceity.
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Re:FreeBSD? (Score:1)
by Poligraf
(liedetector2@SPAMSUCKS.netscape.net)
on Monday April 02, @12:30PM EST
(#298)
(User #146965 Info)
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It would be too good to be true, as Bill Gates would comment such a news ;-)
Bit'sia ne imeete prava! |
Well... (Score:3, Funny)
by Pseudonym on Sunday April 01, @11:04PM EST
(#17)
(User #62607 Info)
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I'm gonna go cybersquat on vabsd.com right now.
sub f{($f)=@_;print"$f(q{$f});";}f(q{sub f{($f)=@_;print"$f(q{$f});";}f}); |
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šTaken. (Score:2, Informative)
by yerricde
(slash@pinzigeight.8m.zig.com (take off every...))
on Sunday April 01, @11:25PM EST
(#83)
(User #125198 Info)
http://www.pineight.com/
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VABSD.com is taken.
Registrant:
ByteCode (VABSD-DOM)
1550 Sonnys Way
Hollister, CA 95023
US
Domain Name: VABSD.COM
Administrative Contact, Billing Contact:
Brooks, Kevin (KB842) brooks@BYTECODE.COM
ByteCode
1789 Glenmorrie Dr.
Lake Oswego, OR 97034
US
(408) 565-9601
Technical Contact:
Operations Center, NetGate Network (NNO) noc@NETGATE.NET
NetGate Communications
473 Sapena Court, Suite 6
Santa Clara, CA 95054-2427
(408) 565-9601
Record last updated on 12-Mar-2000.
Record expires on 12-Mar-2002.
Record created on 12-Mar-2000.
Database last updated on 1-Apr-2001 15:09:00 EDT.
Domain servers in listed order:
NS.NETGATE.NET 204.145.147.12
NS2.NETGATE.NET 204.145.147.16
NS3.NETGATE.NET 205.214.170.254
Let's get stoned and play Nintendo |
(OT)Spambots (Score:2, Insightful)
by yerricde
(slash@pinzigeight.8m.zig.com (take off every...))
on Monday April 02, @01:41AM EST
(#167)
(User #125198 Info)
http://www.pineight.com/
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I'm really sure he loves you for posting his email address on a public archived site for all of the spam-bots to feast upon.
Except registering a domain itself will post your address on a public whois database for all the spam-bots to query.
Let's get stoned and play Nintendo |
SCSI gods (Score:1)
by DaHat on Sunday April 01, @11:06PM EST
(#23)
(User #247651 Info)
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bow before them.
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Funnier Yet (Score:1, Insightful)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 01, @11:06PM EST
(#24)
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Linux's disorganization, and the fact it seems like a a bunch of unconnected developers tried to write an OS with no prior planning or agreements has been hard for us at Slashdot who have to work with the Operating System.
What's funnier yet is this statement is ever so true.
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...ok... (Score:1)
by Microlith
(wmarone|com|hotmail)
on Sunday April 01, @11:06PM EST
(#26)
(User #54737 Info)
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Um, yeah.
Earth to Slashdot! Earth to Slashdot!
Come in!
The Geeks in Space must have gone to far...
Seriously. Get back to reality please... You should have hours ago, but apparently the Cluetrain left and still hasn't come back.
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Rather than repeat myself... (Score:1)
by /dev/urandom
(windozesux@ignmail.com)
on Sunday April 01, @11:06PM EST
(#27)
(User #167536 Info)
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... I'll just make a link.
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unsuspectedly ... (Score:2, Funny)
by rbolkey
(harvey@fake.fairfax.net)
on Sunday April 01, @11:07PM EST
(#28)
(User #74093 Info)
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... the best april fool's joke on slashdot today was a banner ad:
See Java run ...
See Java run fast ...
See Java run fast on Mac OS X.
Mad props to Apple Inc. for that one.
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Re:unsuspectedly ... (Score:2)
by Fervent
(fervent@NOSPAM.slc.edu)
on Sunday April 01, @11:10PM EST
(#40)
(User #178271 Info)
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| hehehe If you think that's bad, you should try starting OS 9.1 Classic from within OS X. Be prepared to go get a cup of coffee.
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Re:unsuspectedly ... (Score:1)
by chrischow
(christian@SPAMAWAY.trash80.org.uk)
on Monday April 02, @05:36PM EST
(#317)
(User #133164 Info)
http://www.trash80.org.uk/
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| so starting a whole different OS inside another OS
i kinda expect it to be slow
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Re:unsuspectedly ... (Score:1)
by nebby
(nebby101@notsohotmail.com)
on Sunday April 01, @11:44PM EST
(#99)
(User #11637 Info)
http://www.half-empty.org
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^^ Funniest April Fools gag all day
Half-Empty: A Global Community of Thoughts, Ideas, and Knowledge. |
Re:unsuspectedly ... (Score:1)
by civilizedINTENSITY on Monday April 02, @02:58AM EST
(#202)
(User #45686 Info)
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Just gotta LOVE a site that starts out: "If you're using Lynx, you can use the Text-Only Skin" :-)
OSINSGI = Open Source is Not SGI |
Re:unsuspectedly ... (Score:1)
by Andreas Rueckert on Monday April 02, @03:08AM EST
(#207)
(User #138510 Info)
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I don't know about performance, but Java looks really cool on OS X. See ArgoUML running on a Mac...
http://www.nwlink.com/~stevep/ArgoScreenShot.jpg
I wish it would look half as good on my Linux box...
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Re:unsuspectedly ... (Score:1)
by radish on Monday April 02, @04:39AM EST
(#234)
(User #98371 Info)
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wooooah...makes me wanna buy a mac :-)
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Re:unsuspectedly ... (Score:3, Informative)
by The_Messenger
(billgates@ILOVESPAM.evilemail.com)
on Monday April 02, @04:57AM EST
(#238)
(User #110966 Info)
http://soldc.sun.com
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| I'll never get why so many of you think Java is slow. Yes, it's windowing code sucks. But I don't use it for making GUIs. I use it for creating so-called "enterprise" software systems, where its unbeatable database connectivity, portability, purely OO design, excellent threading model, and short development times make up for any loss of speed.
Yes, it uses interpreted bytecode, and is therefore slower than native machine code. But to be honest, on the kind of hardware that most of my clients use, you'll never get close to hitting the machine's limitations. I'm currently implementing an online exchange system on a cluster of RS/6000 M80s, for God's sake.
Most of you have obtained your "knowledge" of Java from watching an applet crash your browser. Big fucking surprise -- applets are the weakest part of the language, and Netscape sucks fucking goat balls. Everyone on this site has used at least one Microsoft product, so I try to forgive the senseless MS-bashing, but I guarantee that less than 1% of you Java-bashers have hacked any Java, and only 1% of that 1% got farther than "Hello, world!" before screaming, "Ew, it's so different than PERL! Back to scripting languages for my dumb ass!"
People like that are such fucking hypocrites. They think they're UNIX people, but resist Java in the same way that the ASM nuts laughed at UNIX. "You can't write an OS in C, it'll be too slow!" The joke was on them, and it'll be on you too.
True, some languages are fads, but Java has proven years ago that it's here to stay. Working enterprise application developers -- even those using NT -- know this. Why are UNIX people so resistant? Java brings the power of COM and DCOM to UNIX, who wouldn't want that? (Yeah, CORBA does the same thing, and Java has CORBA support in case it ever catches on outside of Borland. :-) Personally, I happen to like the fact that I could, if necessary, port all of my software on my current project from UNIX to NT in a few hours:
- Install WebLogic on NT.
- cvs checkout exchange-code
- Start server
And there will also come a time, not today, not tomorrow, but soon, when Java's GUI limitations will fall behind. Anyone who has used JBuilder 4 (yeah, I still use EMACS, but it was installed on my new box so I tried it out. Not too shabby!) or TogetherJ (very cool UML design tool, and much less expensive than Rose) knows what I'm talking about.
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Move 'sig'. For great justice. |
Re:unsuspectedly ... (Score:1)
by Alatar on Monday April 02, @10:35AM EST
(#273)
(User #227876 Info)
http://www.personalmd.com/news/n0426043830.shtml
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I can only speak from my own knowledge of java programs, non-GUI system daemons in a production environment, and they're slow as hell and crash a lot. We're slowly replacing them with ProC and C++ agents, and the difference is like night and day.
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Re:unsuspectedly ... (Score:1)
by The_Messenger
(billgates@ILOVESPAM.evilemail.com)
on Monday April 02, @12:12PM EST
(#293)
(User #110966 Info)
http://soldc.sun.com
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I admit that Java isn't perfect for everything. But it's good at much more than most give it credit for.
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Move 'sig'. For great justice. |
Re:unsuspectedly ... (Score:2)
by seebs
(seebs@plethora.net)
on Monday April 02, @10:38AM EST
(#276)
(User #15766 Info)
http://www.plethora.net/~seebs/
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COM and DCOM? Unix has had pluggable components that worked well with each other for more than twenty years.
http://mail-abuse.org/rbl/ - kills spammers dead
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Re:unsuspectedly ... (Score:1)
by The_Messenger
(billgates@ILOVESPAM.evilemail.com)
on Monday April 02, @12:10PM EST
(#292)
(User #110966 Info)
http://soldc.sun.com
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A cross-platform distributed object model?
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Move 'sig'. For great justice. |
Re:unsuspectedly ... (Score:1)
by turingstudio on Monday April 02, @09:37PM EST
(#330)
(User #145605 Info)
http://www.turingstudio.com
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| ehgh?
As someone who decides what stuff to use to build sites, I avoid java like the crusty, copyrighted, slow crap that it is.
I've been involved in projects driven by servlets, and they were all a total nightmare: java doesn't like 8bit chars, java is slow, java this, java that. who has the time?
For a few things, I'm sure java is actually fine. But certainly not for web development, gawd! There are better, um, freeer choices: http://www.php.net.
Java isn't os, so I don't use it.
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alex black @ turing |
Re:unsuspectedly ... (Score:1)
by mad_ian
(mad_ian@excite.com)
on Monday April 02, @08:00AM EST
(#259)
(User #28771 Info)
http://stu.wccnet.org/~wdi101/
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except Java DOES run fast on OS X...
-Marchie
We're all Mad here... |
Re:unsuspectedly ... (Score:1, Redundant)
by mojo-raisin on Sunday April 01, @11:43PM EST
(#98)
(User #223411 Info)
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april fools!
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Odor (Score:4, Funny)
by Ledge Kindred on Sunday April 01, @11:07PM EST
(#30)
(User #82988 Info)
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Is it just me, or is there a squanty type of odor about this story...
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My mom's going to kick you in the face! |
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Re:Odor (Score:1)
by Dock on Sunday April 01, @11:23PM EST
(#80)
(User #89815 Info)
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Slashdot: Please stop trying to tell jokes, you're not funny. Please.
Something at least remotely funny would be something like "FBI switches network to Windows 2000, accidently reveals database containing answer to JFK conspiracy, IRS switches to Linux but through misconfiguration accidently DOS's the commerce department.." or something along these lines.
Funny to some, corny to others, at least it's worth a 'heh', instead of a 'ugh'.
wuvu
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Re:Odor (Score:4, Insightful)
by pi_rules
(moc.ygolonhcettnedirt@tsiubj)
on Monday April 02, @12:08AM EST
(#122)
(User #123171 Info)
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I agree entirely here. At first glance at the story, I'm thinking, "Okay, makes sense .. FreeBSD is supposed to the superior SMP system, right?". Wait.. backup.
A) Slashdot isn't coded for performance, never has been it seems like. It's an ad-hoc Perl/CGI implementation. This screams "bad performance" no matter what OS you put it on. Logically if they wanted a faster response time they'd code in mod_perl, php, or SOMETHING other than this archaic architecture.
B) Tracking down any nuance in the Linux -> FreeBSD transisition wouldn't be transparent. It should be, and I've never looked at the Slash code but I'm really _really_ doubting it was built with portability in mind. :)
C) With all the pro-Linux stuff I see on here I'd consider it more likely to see Natalie Portman waring a pants full of hot grits screaming "All your base are belong to us!" in the middle of Times Square than see Slahdot switch to a BSD.
The above was ment to be moderately humorous... sue me if I didn't hit my target.
Justin Buist
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Re:Odor (Score:2, Informative)
by barneyfoo on Monday April 02, @12:53AM EST
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(User #80862 Info)
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Just for your further edification, FreeBSD's SMP support is on a level with Linux2.0's. That means it has one giant kernel lock, and is really only useful up to 2 processors (and really not even then). Whereas Linux has had alot of tuning in this area, it scales up to around 8 processors, and can do 12 or 16 if you're really masochistic. (SGI had it running on 32, but said nothing of efficiency).
For good FreeBSD SMP you're going to have to wait for 5.0.. But that probably wont be out until 2004.
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64 way SGI Origin2000 (Score:2, Informative)
by Paul Jakma
(paul@clubi.ie)
on Monday April 02, @01:28AM EST
(#161)
(User #2677 Info)
http://www.clubi.ie/jakma
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since then SGI have booted linux on a 64 node Origin2000.
--paulj
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Re:64 way SGI Origin2000 (Score:1)
by Paul Jakma
(paul@clubi.ie)
on Monday April 02, @01:35AM EST
(#164)
(User #2677 Info)
http://www.clubi.ie/jakma
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and just to correct myself before anyone else does:
SGI booted linux on a 64 /cpu/ Origin2000.
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Re:64 way SGI Origin2000 (Score:1)
by p3d0 on Monday April 02, @11:07AM EST
(#285)
(User #42270 Info)
http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~doylep
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Origins are not SMP, they're NUMA. I find it hard to believe they can get decent performance/scalability on a NUMA machine without an OS designed for memory locality.
See the k42 project.
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Patrick Doyle
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Re:64 way SGI Origin2000 (Score:1)
by Paul Jakma
(paul@clubi.ie)
on Thursday April 12, @01:28PM EST
(#349)
(User #2677 Info)
http://www.clubi.ie/jakma
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ehmmm.... SMP and NUMA are orthogonal.
SMP describes processing architecture, NUMA describes memory architecture. (both in the abstract sense).
As for memory locality, linux has supported this for quite a while. SGI did the work precisely for this reason.
--paulj
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Re:Odor (Score:1)
by he-sk
(rosenfel@DUH.informatik.hu-berlin.de)
on Monday April 02, @07:12AM EST
(#255)
(User #103163 Info)
http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~rosenfel/
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Just for your further edification, FreeBSD's SMP support is on a level with Linux2.0's.
You know, with this information in mind, the story might actually be funny. See, the SMPng in the following statement
John Baldwin, a kernel hacker working on SMPng at BSDI's Open Source Division [...]
could be a subtle reference to the ever-so-late Mozilla project.
But then again, this is Slashdot.
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Re:Odor (Score:1)
by AIXadmin
(shetomv@pacbell.net)
on Monday April 02, @01:31AM EST
(#162)
(User #10544 Info)
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For a time a couple of years ago, when CmdrTaco was still doing this for fun, and not profit. I beleive he did move to FreeBSD. Just because, at the time for tasks like web serving it is was such a better OS. Yes Linux has caught up in a lot of ways. You could argue that in some ways it has even surpassed its BSD cousins.
Red Hat's ftp site was using FreeBSD for a while too.
Cheers,
Tomas
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"You know your not a kid anymore when Christmas starts to piss you off" |
Re:Odor (Score:2)
by friedo
(mnf7228@spam-me-not.osfmail.rit.edu)
on Monday April 02, @01:40AM EST
(#166)
(User #112163 Info)
http://friedo.rh.rit.edu/
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| A) Slashdot isn't coded for performance, never has been it seems like. It's an ad-hoc Perl/CGI implementation. This screams "bad performance" no matter what OS you put it on. Logically if they wanted a faster response time they'd code in mod_perl, php, or SOMETHING other than this archaic architecture.
Slash is written with mod_perl. It's not CGI.
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Re:Odor (Score:5, Funny)
by StandardDeviant
(blah_blah_reply_on_slashdot)
on Monday April 02, @03:42AM EST
(#214)
(User #122674 Info)
http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=www.goatse.cx
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Slash is written with mod_perl. It's not CGI.
Actually, slashcode is written in Gibberish. It's not mod_perl. (Well, ok, maybe it's Gibberish that plays mod_perl on TeeVee.)
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News for geeks in Austin: www.geekaustin.org
(slashcode based)
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Re:Odor (Score:1)
by Anthony on Monday April 02, @01:53AM EST
(#173)
(User #4077 Info)
http://adavid.com.au
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"A) Slashdot isn't coded for performance, never has been it seems like.
It's an ad-hoc Perl/CGI implementation. This screams "bad performance"
no matter what OS you put it on. Logically if they wanted a faster
response time they'd code in mod_perl, php, or SOMETHING other than
this archaic architecture."
Umm... was that supposed to be an AFJ as well?
HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 06:45:51 GMT
Server: Apache/1.3.12 (Unix) mod_perl/1.24
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Re:Odor (Score:1)
by gidds
(gidds.at.cix.dot.co.dot.uk)
on Monday April 02, @10:34AM EST
(#271)
(User #56397 Info)
http://www.cix.co.uk/~gidds/
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Erm, could you explain a few things to a poor Brit who doesn't get all these US cultural references please?
- Who's this Natalie Portman? Some relation of The Prisoner actor Eric Portman?
- What exactly are 'grits'? I suspect you're not talking about the stuff you put on the roads in cold weather?
- What's all this "are belong to us"? I guess it's either a film reference, or a simultaneous outbreak of unusually bad grammar (either seems possible!).
Please note: this is no joke!
Andy/ |
Re:Odor (Score:1)
by cblack
(cblack@mokey.com)
on Monday April 02, @12:14PM EST
(#294)
(User #4342 Info)
http://cblack.mokey.com/
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Natalie Portman: an actress many slashdot trolls seem to be obsessed about. Her most well known role is as Queen Amidala in the latest Star Wars movie.
grits: ground up corn as far as I can tell/know. Most popular in southeastern US. A popular side dish like mashed potatoes.
All your base are belong to us: net humor/fad. Based on a poor english translation of a japanese video game called "Zerowing". It is mentioned on the lycos 50.
It us understandable to be surly sometimes.
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Re:Odor (Score:1, Informative)
by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 02, @12:21PM EST
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| Who's this Natalie Portman?
A young, attractive actress seen in Mars Attacks, Anywhere but Here, The Phantom Menace, and some other stuff. Look her up in the IMDB.
Some relation of The Prisoner actor Eric Portman?
Probably not. Portman isn't her real last name.
What exactly are 'grits'?
A barely edible breakfast food made from little pellets of corn and found mostly in the southern U.S. Standard diner fare. Look them up at dict.org.
I suspect you're not talking about the stuff you put on the roads in cold weather?
No, though I'd argue (as a U.S. southerner, even) that our grits are barely more edible than the grits you suggest.
What's all this "are belong to us"?
"All your base are belong to us" is from a bad translation of some old video game. "Somebody set up us the bomb," "What you say!!" and "Take off every 'ZiG'" are from the same place. See screenshots of the game, as well as some varyingly amusing parodies here.
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Re:Odor (Score:1)
by BasharTeg
(data@irev.net)
on Monday April 02, @12:17PM EST
(#295)
(User #71923 Info)
http://root.ws
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B) Tracking down any nuance in the Linux ->
FreeBSD transisition -- code but I'm really _really_ doubting it was built with portability in mind.
It was written in Perl... I think we have something compatible with that in BSD. Lemme check, wait, yes, here it is,
C) With all the pro-Linux stuff I see on here I'd consider it more likely to see Natalie Portman waring a pants full of hot grits screaming "All your base are belong to us!" in the middle of Times Square than see Slahdot switch to a BSD.
Geez ! I'm at work right now and I'm trying to code ! I can't work with Natalie Portman on my mind ! You owe my work whatever one day of my salary is !
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Re:Odor (Score:2)
by orabidoo
(see@my.webpage)
on Tuesday April 03, @02:53AM EST
(#339)
(User #9806 Info)
http://www.iagora.com/~espel/index.html
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1) /. is coded in mod_perl, with precompilation of scripts and all, so it's not all that inefficient.
2) Apache/mod_perl code is very portable between Unix systems; unless you go out of your way to use odd non-portable things like syscall(), the odds are that your Linux code will run on FreeBSD without a single change
3) the source code of /. is opensource (see slashcode.com, and has quite a following. I'm sure it's been tested on many OSs beyond Linux and FreeBSD.
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Re:Odor (Score:2)
by maraist
(maraist@hotmail.com)
on Monday April 02, @01:37PM EST
(#301)
(User #68387 Info)
http://udel.edu/~maraist
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Perl code should actually port fine to Windows.
There are subtle problems. Even something as stupid as hard-coding a "/tmp" path can make a program fail to port to Windows.
Doing mod_perl, I can't imagine that one would be using material that's non portable. The caveat is C-compiled extensions, such as DBD::Mysql. I believe the windows client is freely available, but it might not be trivial to get everything going.
As for coding to "/tmp", what's wrong with making a temp-directory? I thought the slashes were adaptable in perl.
Not saying there might not be problems - Hell the CPAN module issue became a nightmare when we moved from Linux to Solaris - but most pure perl code should be inherently portable. Even the UNIX fork now works in windows (thanks to interpreter multi-threading).
-Michael
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haha... another lame april fools joke... (Score:1)
by billybob on Sunday April 01, @11:07PM EST
(#31)
(User #18401 Info)
http://www.poo.com
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I hate this tradition. I really do. As if it wasnt bad enough when I was growing up, its even worse on internet. EVERY news site just cannot resist making some lame-ass story that sounds ridiculous and is supposed to be funny. Unfortunately these people do not realize that they are not comedians, they are nerds who run a website. Theyre not funny. Christ.
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Re:haha... another lame april fools joke... (Score:1)
by kajl_astaroth on Monday April 02, @12:45AM EST
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For me, it is the most funny april fools day ever. I have never laughed so hard at so many people bitching.
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Real life examples? (Score:1)
by DCowern on Sunday April 01, @11:07PM EST
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Our college paper may soon be moving to Linux. I want us to move to OpenBSD for its increased security. Can anyone give me some ammo other than security to back up my stance?
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Re:Real life examples? (Score:1)
by DCowern on Sunday April 01, @11:10PM EST
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On a side note, I *am* serious and yes, I did get the joke... just to clear up any confusion. ;-)
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Re:Real life examples? (Score:1)
by caffeinated_bunsen on Sunday April 01, @11:19PM EST
(#68)
(User #179721 Info)
http://www.msu.edu/~bezanson
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| I recommend 7.62x51mm NATO. The recoil's a bit annoying, but well worth it for the power. That's assuming you're talking small arms. If you want something bigger, there's nothing like a 120mm M256 with a depleted-uranium sabot round to make them see your point of view.
That wasn't funny, was it? Oh well. I'll try harder next time.
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Re:Real life examples? (Score:2)
by s390 on Monday April 02, @02:29AM EST
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(User #33540 Info)
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.300 Winchester Magnum reaches farther, flatter than 7.62 NATO, though it does kick. I once put my left shoulder against a tree and fired - my back was sore for a week!
The .50 MacMillan single-shot is state of the art when you want to "reach out and touch someone." The .50 has range out to a mile, if you're really good, or lucky.
Oh, he asked about Operating Systems? Never mind.
Posts do not reflect my company's positions, but maybe I can change that. |
Re:Real life examples? (Score:1)
by civilizedINTENSITY on Monday April 02, @03:08AM EST
(#206)
(User #45686 Info)
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I've always prefered Deringer's .41 caliber with the .410 shotgun shells and 3x .357 balls per shell. With a double barrel model you can squeeze off 6 .357 balls at once :-)
Admittedly lacks range, but up close its alota fun!
OSINSGI = Open Source is Not SGI |
Re:Real life examples? (Score:1)
by serts
(steve at inserted.net)
on Monday April 02, @09:40AM EST
(#268)
(User #186928 Info)
http://www.inserted.net/
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look ma, i done went and shot a hole in the trailer!
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Re:Real life examples? (Score:2)
by MadAhab
(736c617368657240616861622e636f6d)
on Monday April 02, @10:39AM EST
(#277)
(User #40080 Info)
http://www.ahab.com
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| http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/graphs/g roups_os.gif
But in all honesty, the best argument is a straightforward upgrade path. I tried to upgrade a RedHat box, and after the fourth RPM that needed another RPM or was missing files or didn't compile correctly, I wiped the disc, mounted a couple dirs, and installed a fresh, current system with a few commands. If upgrading is hard, people do it less. That's why boxes get hacked, often.
Boss of nothin. Big deal.
Son, go get daddy's hard plastic eyes.
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April Fools? (Score:1)
by vespazzari on Sunday April 01, @11:08PM EST
(#33)
(User #141683 Info)
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maybe, although I dont really even know what the post said, I just wanted to get first post
"Alchohol, cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems" -Homer Simpson |
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Re:Alcohol... not beer (Score:1)
by vespazzari on Monday April 02, @05:23PM EST
(#316)
(User #141683 Info)
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yeah I noticed that the other night, but I havent changed my sig
"Alchohol, cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems" -Homer Simpson |
Humorous aspect (Score:4, Insightful)
by CAIMLAS
(caimlas@cats.wpe.com)
on Sunday April 01, @11:08PM EST
(#34)
(User #41445 Info)
http://www.chienworks.com/~caimlas
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This is humorous simply because it's so 'last year' in nature. At this time last year, it seemed like linux might start to fracture. Now, things seem to be getting tighter and tighter, as the 'bad distributions' get weeded out, and the good ones take the precident. The fact that kernel 2.4 was (somewhat) recently released, bringing it quite near to par with the BSD kernel, just adds to the humor.
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CAIMLAS
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Re:Humorous aspect (Score:1)
by softweyr on Monday April 02, @11:48AM EST
(#288)
(User #2380 Info)
http://softweyr.com/
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Some fool named CAILAS penned:
things seem to be getting tighter and tighter, as the 'bad distributions' get weeded out
and
kernel 2.4 was (somewhat) recently released, bringing it quite near to par with the BSD kernel
And they said there wasn't anything funny in this feature. See, nerds can be funny when they don't try.
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ahhh.. a perfect end to a perfect day (Score:4, Funny)
by mr_gerbik on Sunday April 01, @11:09PM EST
(#36)
(User #122036 Info)
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Shall I get the flamewar kicking?
WHAT???? FREEBSD 5.0 SUCKS! Why not move to OS X for godsake?! If yer gonna dump Linux, move to something worthwhile.. hell, Windows ME running Personal Web Server would be a step up!
-gerbik
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Re:ahhh.. a perfect end to a perfect day (Score:2)
by Fervent
(fervent@NOSPAM.slc.edu)
on Sunday April 01, @11:11PM EST
(#46)
(User #178271 Info)
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Ahem, Windows 2000 Professional (desktop) and Apache is kinda fun. :)
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Re:ahhh.. a perfect end to a perfect day (Score:1)
by athlon02 on Sunday April 01, @11:50PM EST
(#108)
(User #201713 Info)
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WinME? over FreeBSD? for a server? uhh, yeah, nice April Fools joke!
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Re:ahhh.. a perfect end to a perfect day (Score:2)
by sinnergy
(froggy@eecs.cwru.edu)
on Monday April 02, @10:14AM EST
(#270)
(User #4787 Info)
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No, if they were going to move to a real OS, they'd be moving to OpenBSD. Alas, though, SMB in Open is, well, not there ;)
Seriously, though, I'd trust BSD code a hell of a lot more than Linux. Rumor has it that RedHat won't even compile from source anymore. They have to rebuild each rpm individually and what-not.
BSD rules.
- CWRUton for Life -
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Re:ahhh.. a perfect end to a perfect day (Score:2, Interesting)
by WolfDeusEx on Monday April 02, @10:39AM EST
(#279)
(User #310788 Info)
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| Err what, I think you are confused. Maybe you are talking about the fact that RedHat put a bad version of gcc in 7.0. They have now corrected this and have a patch for it.
Things I don't like about the different BSD's
1)The Licence. (Expect for OpenBSD)
2)The driver support, god it is worse that Linux. How the hell am I ment to get my geforce 2 GTS working in 3D.
3)There are no real games. I can just about live with the amount of games for linux (just). But I would just have to crawl up and die if I could only chose between windows and BSD.
Anyway that is the end of my karma.
Mark Hillary
Registed Linux User 200755
Can You Say The Same? |
Re:ahhh.. a perfect end to a perfect day (Score:1)
by norwoodites
(apinski@uceng.uc.edu)
on Tuesday April 03, @12:25AM EST
(#334)
(User #226775 Info)
http://www.eng.uc.edu/~apinski/
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Have you ever heard of the linux-emulation for the *BSD?
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enough with the april fools humor! (Score:2)
by griffjon
(griffjon@spamsucks.austin.rr.noitreallydoes.com)
on Sunday April 01, @11:09PM EST
(#38)
(User #14945 Info)
http://www.GriffJon.com
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one is good. two is OK. A day of mediocre april fool's jokes is NOT OK.
I, for one, was really depressed by the lackluster April 1 RFC this year. I much prefer IP over Avian Carriers.
*sigh*
In the new millennium, there will be no good humor...
"Your children are not going to be pirated over Freenet." --blanu |
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Re:enough with the april fools humor! (Score:1)
by Cirvam
(slashdot at sublevo dot com)
on Sunday April 01, @11:31PM EST
(#89)
(User #216911 Info)
http://www.sublevo.com
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Wait you mean that wasn't serious?
Damn here I am training my pigions to carry the ip datagrams...
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Re:enough with the april fools humor! (Score:1)
by griffjon
(griffjon@spamsucks.austin.rr.noitreallydoes.com)
on Monday April 02, @12:10AM EST
(#123)
(User #14945 Info)
http://www.GriffJon.com
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you obviously didn't read the entire RFC, they have to be carrier pigeons, you can't just grab some birds outa the park and hope to set up a wireless avian carrier network!!
"Your children are not going to be pirated over Freenet." --blanu |
IP over Avian Carriers (Score:1)
by oyvindmo
(oyvindmo-slashdot@initio.no)
on Monday April 02, @04:19AM EST
(#229)
(User #28617 Info)
http://www.orakel.ntnu.no/~oyvindmo/
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Actually, RFC 1149 is being implemented:
http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/
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Re:enough with the april fools humor! (Score:1)
by Brian Feldman
(green@FreeBSD.spam-be-gone.org)
on Monday April 02, @06:19AM EST
(#246)
(User #350 Info)
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Huh? Did you not see RFC 3092, Etymology of "Foo"? It was posted a few days earlier, but it's still dated properly =)
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Brian Fundakowski Feldman |
Tasty Natalie portman. (Score:1)
by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 01, @11:10PM EST
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I like to bury my cock in natalie portmans
dripping snatch.
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Ahhh jeez, not again! (Score:1, Redundant)
by The Original Bobski on Sunday April 01, @11:10PM EST
(#41)
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http://www.brownback.net/~robert
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I vote for one and only one really good joke. This endless stream of lame attempts is really getting boring.
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Well that does it (Score:2)
by Dwonis
(dlitz[IBoycottSpam]@dlitz[spamsucks].net)
on Sunday April 01, @11:11PM EST
(#44)
(User #52652 Info)
http://www.dlitz.net/
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Heh! This is probably an April Fools' day joke, which tells us all how clueless the Slashdot crew really is. To them, it's a joke that will never be true. To many of us, it's quite possible and it would be quite rational to move to FreeBSD for a high-load network service (i.e. website). Go figure!
Good try, anyway!
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Re:Well that does it (Score:1)
by Nevrar on Monday April 02, @05:52PM EST
(#319)
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A good april fools joke is believable to some extent...
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Re:Well that does it (Score:1)
by Dwonis
(dlitz[IBoycottSpam]@dlitz[spamsucks].net)
on Monday April 02, @11:32PM EST
(#333)
(User #52652 Info)
http://www.dlitz.net/
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I don't use BSD... I use Linux! =)
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editorial: (Score:5, Insightful)
by ywwg
(ywwg@NOSPAM!.usa.net)
on Sunday April 01, @11:11PM EST
(#45)
(User #20925 Info)
http://www.sit.wisc.edu/~ogwilliams
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I'd just like to say that this has been the most stupid, pointless, unfunny april fool's day in the history of mankind, or perhaps just slashdot. If you're going to do a joke, at least either invest an oddly large amount of time in the project (bonsai kitten) or make it very funny. There is a reason sites like nytimes and cnn.com don't do these stupid things, and that is because they are reputable news sites whose job it is to inform their readership. Slashdot, while not terribly reputable ("post first, fact-check later!"), still claims to be a news site. I think a certain level of maturity is called for at some point.
And if you're going to make jokes, make them funny, at least!
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Re:editorial: (Score:2)
by AntiFreeze
(blanks@NOSPAM.umich.edu)
on Monday April 02, @03:05AM EST
(#203)
(User #31247 Info)
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And plus, if you have a single, well-done april fools story in with a bunch of real news, you throw people off appropriately.
If April Fools day were simply 24 hours of pranks (which is what it seems like on /. today) then it becomes very obvious and the posts get very trite very quickly. Newsworthy stuff did happen today. So we [the slashdot population] would read the articles with a grain of salt, but then again, everything should not be read like it was the word of god in the first place. Sprinkling real news with the occasional farce might even make the real news more interesting, and the fake news that much funnier. Doing this on a daily basis would be bad. But on April Fool's day, it has vast potential.
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Re:editorial: (Score:1)
by Howie
(howie-news@thingy.com)
on Monday April 02, @03:53AM EST
(#220)
(User #4244 Info)
http://wotsit.thingy.com/
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Sprinkling real news with the occasional farce might even make the real news more interesting
This is already a Slashdot Feature - go into the User Preferences page, then Customize Homepage, and make sure you have the "CmdrTaco" tickbox cleared. I found that ticking this box improved the coherency of Slashdot a great deal, at least as far as the stories were concerned.
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How Slashdot stole the April Fools (Score:1)
by fedork
(fedor.karpelevitch@NOSPAMhome.com)
on Monday April 02, @04:42AM EST
(#236)
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Actually sites like this are complete spoilage to the April Fools cause it is only really possible to fool anyone in person. You can't possibly fool thousands of people unless the joke is really stupid.
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Re:editorial: (Score:1)
by derch on Tuesday April 03, @10:46AM EST
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I know its an old story, but I think it should go down on the record that other news organizations DO post April Fool's stories and columns. In fact here's an NPR story from Sunday:
http://www.npr.org/programs/watc/features/2001/010 401.lunar.html
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ANY serious posts? (Score:1)
by danwatt on Sunday April 01, @11:12PM EST
(#47)
(User #61528 Info)
http://dwms.webjump.com
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Come on, were there ANY serious posts today?
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If it's not Debian, it's not true. (Score:1)
by paqsys
(dxterra@nospam.bellatlantic.net.really.nospam)
on Sunday April 01, @11:12PM EST
(#48)
(User #134767 Info)
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Anyone that knows Slashdot central, would know that the servers would need to be pried from the cold dead hand of CmdrTaco before they would remove Debian.
Besides this would have serious implications for the conspiracy theorists out there.
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Oh here we go... (Score:1)
by catpyss
(catpyss(at)soupy.org)
on Sunday April 01, @11:13PM EST
(#51)
(User #321548 Info)
http://soupy.org
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Im sure this is going to start a firestorm of uninformed remarks. This is clearly a joke but I am willing to bet we will see all kinds of posts comparing Linux and BSD OSs.
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Troll -1: flamebait (Score:1)
by Vicegrip
(jrSpetit@hotPmailA.cMom)
on Sunday April 01, @11:14PM EST
(#54)
(User #82853 Info)
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Is anyone laughing?
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come on people... (Score:1)
by slashdoter
((mikebrown)@(cfl).(rr).(com))
on Sunday April 01, @11:15PM EST
(#56)
(User #151641 Info)
http://slashdot.org
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Everyone keeps saying that they want some real news and to drop the April First thing. But as we who read slashdot know, they only post 3 or 4 stories on a Sunday. Let just give them a day to play around. Just one a year. relax and have what fun you can have with it.
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ONE day, fine, but this article was posted April 2 (Score:2)
by Otis_INF on Monday April 02, @02:43AM EST
(#194)
(User #130595 Info)
http://www.demogl.com
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So, now we have 2 april fool days? a whole week?
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The USA defintion of Democracy: 26% of the registered voters are able to elect the president. |
Are you saying... (Score:1)
by Thakandar2
(thakandar2@whatthefuck.com)
on Sunday April 01, @11:15PM EST
(#57)
(User #260848 Info)
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that Linux is not good enough? Oh sure, millions say that FreeBSD has better SMP capabilities, but are you going to listen to them, or an honest and unbiased Linux-Apostle like me? Who have you heard from more, really? I mean, Linux is even a cooler name than FreeBSD... and it's free as well! I just don't see the point.
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In a related move... (Score:4, Funny)
by bryan1945
(MonkeyGod@monkeyworld.com)
on Sunday April 01, @11:15PM EST
(#58)
(User #301828 Info)
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Microsoft has decided to move to Mac OS X, while Linus believes that Windows ME 0.3 is the future of all computing. In un-related news, Sun loves AMD and SGI is may as well be dog-humping SCO. Steve Jobs has jumped in bed with the new Amiga company, and HP-UX will now be called BeOS. Wall Street has collectively commited suicide, and the American public pretty much just yawned, except for the 145 day traders who strung themselves up by the privates.....
Newsweek says, "We like cheese"
"Groovy" - Ash |
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Re:In a related move... (Score:1)
by RAMWolf44
(rich1338@furballsmindspring.com (remove furballs t)
on Tuesday April 03, @11:32AM EST
(#342)
(User #97612 Info)
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Hey that was really funny. I could see Berke Brethed (Bloom County) illustrating that one.
Really funny man!!
Thanks for the giggle.
As for the announcement, this is a joke, right??
RAMWolf44
R.A.M.Wolf44
Dorothy: Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore
Toto (doggy thoughts): No DUH, girlfriend. |
Re:In a related move... (Score:1)
by bryan1945
(MonkeyGod@monkeyworld.com)
on Monday April 09, @05:07AM EST
(#347)
(User #301828 Info)
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Bloom County was my all-time favorite cartoon!!!
"Groovy" - Ash |
ComanderTaco? (Score:1)
by DanThe1Man
(dan(at)simons-rock.edu)
on Sunday April 01, @11:15PM EST
(#59)
(User #46872 Info)
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Does anyone else find it funny that ComanderTaco never posted anything? I guess he learned from last year that everyone hates this and let other writters get flamed.
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What are the best April Fools articles on the net? (Score:1)
by lesterhv
(newphenomena.com@lester(switch'em))
on Sunday April 01, @11:18PM EST
(#64)
(User #125530 Info)
http://www.newphenomena.com
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This one should have been an Ask Slashdot
What are the best/funniest April Fools jokes and articles on the web that you've seen?
My favourite was the Mybc.com article about a bridge shutdown because of a rare bird. What makes it even better troll is that we are in the middle of a transit strike.
Richer still the NDP (aka) socialists are about to be trounced -- check out the latin bird names
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Re:What are the best April Fools articles on the n (Score:1)
by lesterhv
(newphenomena.com@lester(switch'em))
on Sunday April 01, @11:23PM EST
(#78)
(User #125530 Info)
http://www.newphenomena.com
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furgettabout the link. They've pulled the article. But the question still stands
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Community reaction (Score:4, Funny)
by HongPong
(hongpongnospam2000@nospam.yahoo.nospam.com)
on Sunday April 01, @11:18PM EST
(#65)
(User #226840 Info)
http://hongpong.dyndns.org
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In reaction to this announcement, Mr. Stallman screamed in anger. "This sort-of-closed-source BSD licensing scheme is inappropriate and unacceptable, and furthermore, the press release clearly says 'Linux,' not 'GNU/Linux.' I want Taco's head on a plate with a side of refried beans, now!!"
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Umm... (Score:1, Redundant)
by cperciva
(cperciva@sfu.ca)
on Sunday April 01, @11:19PM EST
(#67)
(User #102828 Info)
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1. It's April 2nd today, not the first. That means IT'S TIME FOR THE /. EDITORS TO STOP POSTING CRAZY STORIES.
2. If /. were to switch to FreeBSD (which IMHO would be a good idea given its long history of running major websites) it should switch to 4.x-STABLE, NOT 5.0-CURRENT... the -CURRENT tree is specifically for *development* and not intended for use on production systems.
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Tomorrow's news: (Score:5, Funny)
by tomcrooze
(tomcroozeAThotmailDOTcom)
on Sunday April 01, @11:21PM EST
(#72)
(User #33802 Info)
http://64.65.12.73/tomcrooze/photos.html
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| April 1, 2001: Today will certainly be known as a sad day in Linux history. A large component of what made Linux successful, Slashdot.org will be moving to the FreeBSD distribution.
The White House has had tens of thousands of angry "Slashdotters" started to protest in DC, while 500 police and National Guard officers patroled the area. Angry comments to the police such as "You won't understand what Slashdot meant to me!" and "L33T HAXORS OWNZ J00!" were exchanged, resulting in a fiery clash that left hundreds dead. The remaining crowd set fires, destroyed property, and put all the W's back on the keyboards in the White House. Mysteriously, about 50 pairs of pants with what appears to be hot grits in them were left behind.
Even Natalie Portman tried to appease the crowd by unveiling a carved petrified-wood model of herself.
Riots in Redmond, Washington have also broken out, as thousands of pro-Microsofter's started tailgate parties and drunken orgies in the Microsoft parking lot. Bill Gates was quoted as saying "I'm too old for this [sexual activity]."
The global economy has plummeted, the moon has decided to start moving back towards earth, and Linus Torvalds is traveling by armored plane to Rob Malda to propose a Linux unification standard. Whether it will work out remains to be seen.
Find your geekgirl match here! |
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Re:Tomorrow's news: (Score:1, Funny)
by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 02, @01:15AM EST
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In related news, kernel.org, the on-line headquarters of the Linux Kernel was defaced. The normal notes about progress of the Linux kernel were replaced with the cryptic message:
GOOD EVENING GENTLEMEN
ALL YOUR SLASHDOT ARE BELONG TO US
The identity of the hackers responsible is yet unkown.
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Re:Tomorrow's news: (Score:2, Funny)
by bgarcia
(garsh@home.com)
on Monday April 02, @10:36AM EST
(#275)
(User #33222 Info)
http://members.home.net/garsh
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Bill Gates was quoted as saying "I'm too old for this [sexual activity]."
The word is "shit", and if you believe that this
is a sexual activity, then that explains
why you can't get a date.
Confuscious say: "Baseball is wrong. Man with four balls cannot walk." |
FOR GOD'S SAKE! (Score:1)
by Carlos Laviola
(((claviola at ajato dot com dot br)))
on Sunday April 01, @11:22PM EST
(#75)
(User #127699 Info)
http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~claviola
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ENOUGH WITH THIS APRIL FOOLS STORIES, FOR CHRIST'S SAKE! I MEAN IT!
You're tired of Slashdot ads? Get junkbuster now!
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Oh... (Score:2)
by TheFlu
(flu@SLAMTHESPAMthelinuxpimp.com)
on Sunday April 01, @11:23PM EST
(#77)
(User #213162 Info)
http://www.thelinuxpimp.com
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| Perhaps if you guys were to just move Slashdot to some decent hardware instead of trying to run the site on that Palm III CmdrTaco got for Christmas 2 years ago, you wouldn't be having this problem.
I agree though, I find the SMP as well as the RAID support on the Palm to be rather lacking, but I'll be happy to send you my modified kernel for it if you wanna give that a shot.
Teaching your girlfriend to play "Palm Pilot" >>> The Linux Pimp
--It's Pimptastic!-- |
Early adoption (Score:1)
by noz on Sunday April 01, @11:30PM EST
(#86)
(User #253073 Info)
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FreeBSD does not yet recognise the 5.0 tree as their primary focus, but when they do we can assume that almost all bugs will be ironed out, however it has often been the case that there has remained one or two rather large bugs.
The open source philosophy allows us to find and fix these bugs quickly with all products, so in reality /. will be contributing to the open source movement in another way, however it could compromise the security picking up an early major release of an operating system.
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For Future Reference... (Score:1)
by Cheshire Cat
(britt_greenATremovethisspamguardDOThotmailDOTcom)
on Sunday April 01, @11:34PM EST
(#92)
(User #105171 Info)
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| Taco, Hemos, et al...if everything you write on April 1st is a prank, it just comes off lame and boring. Had you slipped this in amongst a dozen authentic posts, you'd've probably gotten some bites. Beating people over the head with "the funny" doesn't make it funny. Being sly and subtle goes a lot further than posting every drunken idea that crosses one's mind.
Just something to consider for next year.
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It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
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Re:For Future Reference... (Score:1)
by ldvl on Monday April 02, @01:00AM EST
(#149)
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Yeah, but wouldn't it be funny if this one were true? If they slipped in a true story amidst a dozen pranks.
"That's a good one Mr Clinton. For a minute there, you had me believing you actually had sex with one of your interns"
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Re:For Future Reference... (Score:1)
by MadAhab
(736c617368657240616861622e636f6d)
on Monday April 02, @10:47AM EST
(#282)
(User #40080 Info)
http://www.ahab.com
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| The possibility is funny enough that it would redeem the rest of the nonsense.
For that reason, I can't rid my mind of the idea.
Boss of nothin. Big deal.
Son, go get daddy's hard plastic eyes.
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Finally?!?! NOT (Score:5, Funny)
by Skrap
(skrapslashdot@toaster.ws)
on Sunday April 01, @11:42PM EST
(#97)
(User #105397 Info)
http://toaster.ws
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I finally get to be a Moderator (supreme cosmic power at my fingertips!) and I get stuck moderating people's trolls on slashdot's april fools posts? Dah. Its a cruel cruel web.
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Re:Finally?!?! NOT (Score:2)
by CokeBear on Monday April 02, @12:42AM EST
(#139)
(User #16811 Info)
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You get 3 days to moderate. If you don't see anything you like today, wait until tomorrow.
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Re:Finally?!?! NOT (Score:2)
by verbot on Monday April 02, @01:45AM EST
(#169)
(User #215901 Info)
http://www.laugh2day.com
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You get 3 days to moderate. If you don't see anything you like today, wait until tomorrow.
And suddenly, a whooshing sound was heard as humor suddenly flew over someone's head....
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Re:Finally?!?! NOT (Score:1)
by cabbey
(chris_abbey at yahoo)
on Monday April 02, @07:30PM EST
(#321)
(User #8697 Info)
http://jikes.org/
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LOL... this is the BEST bit of this whole sorry april fools crap.
Proud of my 8xxx uid, and not bothering to hide it, although I'm not so sure they're really sequential.
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The biggest April Fools joke of them all... (Score:1)
by serpens` on Sunday April 01, @11:47PM EST
(#104)
(User #197562 Info)
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Is all of the poor stupid people who wasted their moderator points to moderate posts today.
Of course it could be no worse than what I'm doing right now however.
serpens`
When I was a kid, April Fools Day ended at noon.
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April 2, not first (Score:1)
by cb0y on Sunday April 01, @11:49PM EST
(#106)
(User #311811 Info)
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Are you up late at night to 4am?
Its april 2, not 1.
I think we should all teach slashdot and others a lesson, DONT READ ANY of these sites in future on april 1 and 2. To teach them a lesson.
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Have you all forgotten already? (Score:1)
by jmock
(mij@osdn.com)
on Sunday April 01, @11:52PM EST
(#110)
(User #314822 Info)
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It seems like most of you have forgotten that Slashdot, Freshmeat, and a number of other OSDN sites are already sitting behind two FreeBSD boxes. That's right kids, those are the firewall machines that protect Slashdot from a number of DoS attacks.
Due to that fact, I don't know why it'd seem too surprising that the decision was made to switch to FreeBSD since it already plays an important role in Slashdot's operation.
- jim mock - O|S|D|N - open source development network - |
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Re:Have you all forgotten already? (Score:2)
by dieman
(dieman@spammin-ringworld.org)
on Monday April 02, @01:11AM EST
(#153)
(User #4814 Info)
http://www.ringworld.org/
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Couldn't imagine why people dont use *BSD for application servers more. Oh yeah, the lack of actual vendor support. You cant even get a half-decent JVM for the thing.
Generaly, I've only had to use BSD in some situations where i needed a pretty robust networking setup with a small base supporting system of programs. I don't mind it being used because of its time tested firewalling (compared to netfilter, which really does kick a bit of ass, but is brand-spanking-new but who cares otherwise?
Also, nothing stops a few hundred megabit smurfs. You can protect the load on your heavenly precious applications servers, but the poor, poor upstream and firewall taht have to deal with it. Too bad theres no good traceback yet on ICMP to deal with this.
Yes, traceback on ICMP. Be afraid, you too might lose your privacy to ping. :)
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dieman - Scott Dier - dieman@nospammin-ringworld.org |
Re:Have you all forgotten already? (Score:1)
by pnatural on Monday April 02, @01:46AM EST
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You cant even get a half-decent JVM for the thing.
you say that like it's a bad thing. free your mind and the code will follow.
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Re:Have you all forgotten already? (Score:1)
by Howie
(howie-news@thingy.com)
on Monday April 02, @04:00AM EST
(#221)
(User #4244 Info)
http://wotsit.thingy.com/
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Why the hell would I want a JVM for it? I like not having to have 1Gb RAM. Besides, since when did Application == Java?
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Funny thing is, freebsd would work better (Score:1)
by cb0y on Sunday April 01, @11:53PM EST
(#112)
(User #311811 Info)
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now thats the joke on linux
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April Fools? (Score:1)
by _marshall
(marshall@culpepper.net)
on Sunday April 01, @11:56PM EST
(#114)
(User #71584 Info)
http://spokenminds.org
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Is this a slashdot-style april fools? Not that it matters, but it's a good one if it is.
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Still political (Score:1)
by LionMan
(lionman@rochester.rr.com)
on Monday April 02, @12:07AM EST
(#121)
(User #18384 Info)
http://llm.dyndns.org/
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Okay, this is a good move because of technical issues, but how many people are going to switch from linux to *BSD "just because slashdot uses it"? It's just as political, in this respect. I have not switched to BSD yet, though I have wanted to, because of my inexperience with it. This is the major hurdle for most computer related problems, I suppose, so I don't see why it has stopped me. Maybe I'm just too political.
(but *BSD is so more 31337! ;)
-LLM |
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More appropriately... (Score:2)
by proxima on Monday April 02, @12:17AM EST
(#126)
(User #165692 Info)
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"Slashdot Moving To Windows 2000"
In a somewhat surprising move, Slashdot administrators have chosen to move their primary web hosting servers to the Windows 2000 platform. While the audience of Slashdot is primarily unix-based and Microsoft-hating, CmdrTaco believes the move is justified.
"You get what you pay for, so we're paying Microsoft a lot of money for our clustered servers. We like the fact that we can blame Microsoft when Slashdot gets overloaded with requests. In addition, Windows 2000 can run MySQL just as well as Linux. I also like to browse with Internet Explorer on the web server and click the pretty little widgets to mess with server hardware." he said.
"The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition." - Carl Sagan |
No More! (Score:1)
by CeramicNuts on Monday April 02, @12:21AM EST
(#129)
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I hate April 1st.
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hmmm... (Score:2)
by jbridge21
(woevqtr21 ng ab fcnz qbg rneguyvat qbg arg)
on Monday April 02, @12:26AM EST
(#130)
(User #90597 Info)
http://w3.to/jbridge21/
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If in doubt, nmap is your friend.
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Aha! (Score:1)
by CanSpice
(bradNOSP@M.zerius.com)
on Monday April 02, @12:26AM EST
(#132)
(User #300894 Info)
http://zerius.com/~brad/
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So that's why it seems so much quicker today...
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Is this another April 1st Joke ? (Score:1)
by rkt on Monday April 02, @12:28AM EST
(#133)
(User #9943 Info)
http://security.royans.net/
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I can smell a big practical joke here.... it would have sounded much better if it was moving to Microsoft IIS instead...
...my cow ate the CDs.
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/. sees the light (Score:1)
by ckuhtz on Monday April 02, @12:30AM EST
(#135)
(User #87644 Info)
http://www.boost-o-holics.com
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It's great to see /. see the light... I am a big fan of the 5.0 SMP code as well. I am surprised to see you guys move to a -CURRENT train, though. It seems to be pretty decent these days, but sets (potentially) a bad precedent perhaps.
The whole idea is to upgrade to -RELEASE trains or other -STABLE trains to get production releases. I guess we'll just have to see how things go.
Keep up the good work.
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FreeBSD (Score:1)
by DavidBerg on Monday April 02, @12:34AM EST
(#136)
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Isn't it interesting to see how ignorant the majority of slashdot users/readers really are? Damn, if it doesn't say Linux or Open Source, then they believe it sucks. This is very typical closed mindedness that is what the OSS model is supposed to be against.
Let's review this phoney slash statement for what it is, phoney.
When is FreeBSD 5.0 coming out? Well, according to the freebsd site, that would be 3rd Quarter 2001. Hmm, and whend did this article state that it's being moved over? By the end of the month.
Now, who owns Slashdot? A company whose stock symbol is LNUX. Now, I wonder if they are going to change it to FBSD? Maybe they could be called VA BSD.
Oh well, I just am amazed at how gullable the average SlashDotter is.
dave
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Humm.. it worked before! (Score:1)
by vandelay on Monday April 02, @12:36AM EST
(#137)
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| I get a shiver reading these words..
...John Baldwin, a kernel hacker working on SMPng at BSDI's Open Source Division, said that "it should be able to handle Slashdot just fine, Are we done yet? I have things to code."
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APRIL FOOLS!!!! (Score:1)
by emmons
(dale.hates-spam@really-hates-spamers.emmons.com)
on Monday April 02, @12:37AM EST
(#138)
(User #94632 Info)
http://www.dale-emmons.com
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Does anyone honestly believe this???
Besides, if it were really happening, CmdrTaco would be the one posting it.
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Funny it's April Fools' Day (Score:1)
by illumynite
(rgloverSPAM@messagehero.com)
on Monday April 02, @12:46AM EST
(#141)
(User #239768 Info)
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But wow, how surreal if it's true
If we aren't supposed to eat animals, why are they made of meat? |
April Fool's sucks this year (Score:1)
by Sharkyfour
(slashdot@NOSPAM.oneilli.net)
on Monday April 02, @12:46AM EST
(#142)
(User #14327 Info)
http://www.sharkyfour.com/
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C'mon, guys. You guys have always been really good with the April Fool's gags, but this year's is just lame. It's almost like you forgot about it and pulled it out of your ass at the last minute. Oh well. Maybe next year.
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http://www.sharkyfour.com/
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In another news... (Score:1)
by necrognome
(shadows@darkness.net)
on Monday April 02, @12:48AM EST
(#144)
(User #236545 Info)
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| Official Microsoft Press Release
We have seen the light. We have been producing buggy, unoriginal software ever since we bought DOS for $50K. These practices, as of this moment, will cease. We are now an open source company. At the end of this year we will release Windows 2001 in three "innovative" versions:
- Free.NET
- Open.NET
- Net.NET
We understand that we have had run-ins with you, the Open Source Community, for a number of years now--but hey, at least we are Scientologists! To make of for all the trouble and restarts we've caused you, we invite you to use and enjoy the three flavors (described above) of the new Windows platform. We ask you to remember two things as you do this:
- Microsoft = = the American way
- All your distributions are belong to us
Sincerely,
$1US Gates
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about time (Score:1)
by ericdano on Monday April 02, @12:53AM EST
(#147)
(User #113424 Info)
http://www.jazz-sax.com/
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| About time. Perhaps the server performance will be better. FreeBSD is not something to make fun of. It is quite good.
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...obvious april fools article. (Score:1)
by TheKodiak
(kodiak@flail.com)
on Monday April 02, @01:13AM EST
(#156)
(User #79167 Info)
http://flail.com/
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All else aside, the fact that this was an april fools "joke" was obvious from the journalistic tone of the text, in contrast to the standard "I was just coming down off some meth, and a guy told me about something cool" aura surrounding most of the posts.
-=Best Viewed Using [INLINE]=- |
But Wait... (Score:1)
by increduloidx
(god@(ilovespam)quantumheresy.(yesido)com)
on Monday April 02, @01:34AM EST
(#163)
(User #409461 Info)
http://www.quantumheresy.com
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It's no longer April Fools, dolts.
Posted by AilleCat on Monday April 02, @12:00AM
Move along, people, there's nothing to see here.
The One,
The Only,
--The Kid
Quantum Heresy |
11th Hour (Score:1)
by Eharley
(eharley at yahoo dot com)
on Monday April 02, @01:43AM EST
(#168)
(User #214725 Info)
http://burn.victim.com/~eharley/
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Hmmm....an eleventh hour move to the right technology.
Good work, Slashdot
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You're not going crazy, Arthur. You're going sane in a crazy world. |
Slashdot to drop Slashcode for PHPNuke (Score:1)
by wharfrat
(martin at mcwhorter dot org)
on Monday April 02, @01:49AM EST
(#171)
(User #90464 Info)
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SOMEWHERE IN MICHIGAN -- Slashdot, the web news portal for the tech-savy, has decided to migrate its back-end from the home-grown 'SlashCode' to 'PHPNuke'. The reasons being, 'Its writen in PHP, not Perl,' states HEMOS a cofounder of Slashdot. 'Perl just is not as cool as PHP... all the 'Hipsters' are using Perl and Linux... we don't feel all that unique anymore so PHP is the answer.'
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Yeah, funny (Score:1)
by mallie_mcg
(mjmac@blastdaspam.pineview.net)
on Monday April 02, @01:56AM EST
(#175)
(User #161403 Info)
http://www.pineview.net/~mjmac/
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When u troll on April Fools day, kinda make it on THE DAY! IE: 01/April.
See below:
Posted by AilleCat on Monday April 02, @13:30
from the you-never-know-it-might-actually-be-mostly-true dept.
Ahh sorry, i am not a US citizen, therefore i dont count, so sorry, i will leave you alone mr americani. *bow*
How every version of MICROS~1 Windows(TM) comes to exist.
#dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/hda |
freeBSD? 'gave that up when I moved to Linux (Score:2, Funny)
by NRAdude
(nradude@slashdot.org)
on Monday April 02, @01:58AM EST
(#176)
(User #166969 Info)
http://www.slashdot.org
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MS Windows 95 was giving me a free BSD about every nth slashdot post. I couldn't handle the Blue flashing and resorted to using Blue-Blocker sunglasses for awhile. I still couldn't block out the free BSD and so I moved to Linux and X11. Now I only see the Almighty God's free BSD outside my Window, a cloud drifting by, no protection errors in mother nature...
Then those "people", those stinking relatives arived and they were pissed because they couldn't do anything on my newly protected computer system. Ever since that transitional day, I put a tux sticker on every computer I owned... Life is good... when the relatives get their stepin'...
Socialists and Communists have nothing to fear,
but fear itself... That's why they subjugate the United States. |
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Which humourless moron modded this down? (Score:1)
by Godwin O'Hitler
(myob@nosey.parker)
on Monday April 02, @04:14AM EST
(#225)
(User #205945 Info)
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Come on, own up ...
— I'm a big nasty corporate executive and me and my colleagues own your BLOOD! |
Re:Which humourless moron modded this down? (Score:1)
by Timbo on Monday April 02, @09:04AM EST
(#264)
(User #75953 Info)
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Probably a BSD zealot. :)
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Just make sure to back up everything first. (Score:1)
by haystor
(haystor@yahoo.com)
on Monday April 02, @02:04AM EST
(#178)
(User #102186 Info)
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/. should lzip all the comments to make sure they get all important comments backed up safely.
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International readership = problem? (Score:3, Informative)
by Manaz
(manaz_d@hotmail.com)
on Monday April 02, @02:18AM EST
(#185)
(User #46799 Info)
http://www.overclockers.com.au
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How the post looks in Sydney, Australia (GMT10+).
Gotta hate it when your April Fools joke bites you due to differences in time zones....
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Re:International readership = problem? (Score:2)
by WasterDave
(davep@deletethis.afterswish.com)
on Monday April 02, @03:07AM EST
(#204)
(User #20047 Info)
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Wellington, New Zealand. It's been April 2nd here for twenty fucking hours. Enough. Choose one, make it good, don't do this next year - it blows.
Dave
-Bored of the rings- |
Re:International readership = problem? (Score:1)
by Foddrick
(mark@donkmail.nospam.com)
on Monday April 02, @03:47AM EST
(#215)
(User #13702 Info)
http://www.donkmail.com
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Why not take advantage of timezones next year ?
Start the jokes when the first timezone goes onto April 1 and keep going until the last timezone is done with it.
There ! Nearly forty-eight hours of side-splitting hilarity.
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Re:International readership = problem? (Score:1)
by GregWebb
(greg@gpwebb.freeserve.co.uk)
on Monday April 02, @06:57AM EST
(#249)
(User #26123 Info)
http://www.gpwebb.freeserve.co.uk/cv.html
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No, 24.
You're only allowed to fool until midday. Some of these weren't posted by midday in ANY timezone.
Really. Even if they're going to crack bad jokes they could at least try to get the rules right...
Greg
"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it." -- George W. Bush, Reuters, May 5, 2000
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Re:International readership = problem? (Score:1)
by he-sk
(rosenfel@DUH.informatik.hu-berlin.de)
on Monday April 02, @06:48AM EST
(#248)
(User #103163 Info)
http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~rosenfel/
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Yeah, one good post, just like last year, and the year before IIRC. Yawn.
Although I liked the quote: "Are we done yet? I have things to code." But that's just me.
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Packet Filtering (Score:5, Funny)
by nihilogos on Monday April 02, @02:19AM EST
(#187)
(User #87025 Info)
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I'm trying to put a line in my firewall script (iptables v1.1.2) which will reject packets based on source address and the date. Can anyone help? I think this would be useful for a lot of people.
:wq |
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Re:Packet Filtering (Score:1)
by StandardDeviant
(blah_blah_reply_on_slashdot)
on Monday April 02, @03:48AM EST
(#218)
(User #122674 Info)
http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=www.goatse.cx
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Well, you could always just turn off your computer... (the-no-plug-in-socket-firewall, works every time)
--
News for geeks in Austin: www.geekaustin.org
(slashcode based)
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Re:Packet Filtering (Score:2)
by joeboo on Monday April 02, @09:18AM EST
(#265)
(User #5182 Info)
http://www.cfu.net/~breu
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We actually had a customer once who had their 10baseT fiber media convertor plugged into a lamp timer. At 5pm, internet access was cut off and the office had to go home. At 7am, internet access was back on and people could come to work.
hilarious.
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Re:Packet Filtering (Score:1)
by athmanb
(spoonathmanb@mail.com)
on Monday April 02, @05:02AM EST
(#240)
(User #100367 Info)
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Use cron to switch filtering tables
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There is no spoon in my email address. |
well... let's see (Score:1)
by didiken on Monday April 02, @02:29AM EST
(#190)
(User #93521 Info)
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~tin/
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Okay.... they're ditching Linux. But after all FreeBSD is a proven server platform implemented from yahoo! to Mr. Gate's hotmail. Save your bandwidth slashdotting their server after upgrade. This is a more constructive way to express your will, rather than continuing to storm over "*BSD over Linux".
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It's a vise decision (Score:1)
by kilaasi on Monday April 02, @02:34AM EST
(#192)
(User #185006 Info)
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Dear sirs. I can only say that you guys made a good decision.
I myself started out with Linux, but felt compelled with an add for FreeBSD where I could rebuild all binaries from source with a single command. After having tried to install and then some reinstalls, I have become very fond of FreeBSD and favor this rather than Linux. Especially the ports-collection is awesome.
Yahoo and Netcraft is prove of FreeBSD's maturity and robustness.
regards Claus
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April Fools... on April 2nd? (Score:1)
by Mekanix on Monday April 02, @02:49AM EST
(#196)
(User #127309 Info)
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This is getting soooo tiresome and anoying.
April fools day *stops* at 0.00 April 2nd, and this story is posted April 2nd at 5.00 am (CET). April fools day have been long gone. Can't take another whole day of lame stories.
Bjarne
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Uggghhhh, April Fool's (Score:1)
by greenshift on Monday April 02, @02:49AM EST
(#197)
(User #198967 Info)
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What happens when 10 people post to a website, each of whom has an April Fool's joke post? April 1st's Slashdot.
Who in the hell is AllieCat anyway?
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Let me get some air in here! (Score:1)
by AlXtreme
(alSextrPeme@AsoneramMail.nl)
on Monday April 02, @02:52AM EST
(#199)
(User #223728 Info)
http://www.alextreme.org
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| We nearly fainted when we saw this topic. Damm, you editors nearly got us... (killed :o)
Let's hope it stays a april 1st joke, but as it's 2 april in europe, we couldn't laugh :o)
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Actual Details of SMP in openBSD/linux please? (Score:1)
by Elivs
(elivs@zdnetonebox.com)
on Monday April 02, @02:55AM EST
(#200)
(User #43960 Info)
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Its an almost funny AJF, but an interesting technical comparison...
I realise that many experts believe linux2.4 is a better SMP system than openBSD but can someone please send a link to a document explaing the differences of the two OSes, with pro and cons in both designs.
Some us are interesed (for personal learning) but don't get to play (and hence learn) with expensive hardware.
Thanks
Elivs
PS- I don't want a flame war, just a technical piece.
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Re:Actual Details of SMP in openBSD/linux please? (Score:1)
by methodic
(methodic@_NO_SPAM_4_ME.securebydefault.net)
on Monday April 02, @06:19AM EST
(#245)
(User #253493 Info)
http://www.securebydefault.net
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well, considering the fact that openbsd has zero smp support.... id say linux 2.4 has a better smp system.
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Heh (Score:1)
by Nethead
(joe@nethead.com)
on Monday April 02, @03:22AM EST
(#209)
(User #1563 Info)
http://nethead.com
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I read it and thought; "about fsckin' time, I knew this all along."
--
Joe Hamelin
Network Engineer, Amazon.com |
Who is BSD? (Score:1)
by jimbojames on Monday April 02, @03:25AM EST
(#212)
(User #320340 Info)
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Why is Slashdot moving to FreeBSD, I never got a vote! What did this bloke do to get locked up in the first place?
FreeNelsonMandela!
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Arrogant Oriental Fisherman says: "All your Bass are belong to us |
Great! (Score:1)
by Bake
(bake@this.is.a.fake.email.address.com)
on Monday April 02, @03:26AM EST
(#213)
(User #2609 Info)
http://slashdot.org
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Why don't you then take the opportunity and move your DB servers to something other than the hunk of schite called MySQL, like postgresql or even (omigod!) a commercial server like Oracle or DB/2?
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"whois awk" sed grep. |
If it was only real... (Score:1)
by knowfear
(knowfearxNOSPAM@hotmail.com)
on Monday April 02, @04:04AM EST
(#222)
(User #114531 Info)
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If Slashdot did move to FreeBSD, then lame remarks such as "now only if we can get linux to run on it!" would have to be changed to "now only if we can get FreeBSD to run on it!"
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This would have been even funnier... (Score:1)
by Ryu2
(mwang@no.spam.cs.stanford.edu)
on Monday April 02, @04:18AM EST
(#228)
(User #89645 Info)
http://www.cs.stanford.edu/~mwang/
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http://www.crashdot.org/
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May I just say.. (Score:1)
by Beowulf_Boy
(lstrunk@myrealbox.sirspamalot.com)
on Monday April 02, @04:52AM EST
(#237)
(User #239340 Info)
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Yeah RighT!!!!!!!!!
Taco's been with Linux since like .99 or something like that, I don't think he would ever switch.
plus..This Exerpt..
" Linux's disorganization, and the fact it seems like a a bunch of unconnected developers tried to write an OS with no
prior planning or agreements has been hard for us at Slashdot who have to work with the Operating System. To the
users, there will be no difference, the upgrade will be seamless. Trish and Jim will be happy and they will stop their
complaining about Linux," he said."
Sure, sounds a lot like Taco, doesn't it?
Yeah,
Hey guys, in Michigan, April 1st is over, Lets stop, K?
This Sig will self-destruct in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.... |
April fools (Score:1)
by esarmiento on Monday April 02, @05:37AM EST
(#242)
(User #315969 Info)
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I'm kind of pissed. I wish Slashdot would only post verified news on April fools. Or, atleast, after that day, tell us which post was real or not. It would be exciting for Slashdot to move from Linux->FreeBSD, but I doubt it'll happen.
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SCSI gods (Score:1)
by ca1v1n
(my slashdot name at Y A H O O d o t C O M)
on Monday April 02, @06:07AM EST
(#243)
(User #135902 Info)
Iquitusinghotmail.Nowit'syourturn.
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To get a SCSI chain working, you must remember that there should be precisely three terminations: one at the drive, one at the SCSI controller, and a goat, terminated over the middle, preferably with a silver-handled knife, whilst burning black candles.
Money ALWAYS buys happiness. Just think of the opportunity costs. |
Giant Hit for Linux (Score:1)
by giberti
(webmaster[at]af-design.com)
on Monday April 02, @07:00AM EST
(#251)
(User #110903 Info)
http://www.af-design.com
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Although /. has to keep in mind its performance etc, this is a giant blow for the Linux community. Congradulations to slashdot to evaluating a system on its numbers/specs rather than it's branding.
It would be nice to see one stable viable version of linux that the entire community could get behind, but I think the pre-mature IPO situations last year killed any hope of that and forced linux into a corner.
May the force be with Linux (and BSD) as each OS continues to grow against the evil empire.
I have gone to look for myself. If I should return before I get back, keep me here! |
It would have actually been funny had they said... (Score:1)
by bteeter
(brian_teeter AT assortedinternet.com)
on Monday April 02, @07:16AM EST
(#256)
(User #25807 Info)
http://www.assortinternet.com
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that they were switching to Windows 2000 instead of FreeBSD.
Brian
http://www.assortedinternet.com
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:) (Score:1)
by realberen on Monday April 02, @07:32AM EST
(#257)
(User #50362 Info)
http://www.saers.com/niklas
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Two words: Good stuff! :)
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April Fools! (Score:1)
by Jaysyn
(Jaysyn_0@THINKyahoo.com)
on Monday April 02, @08:47AM EST
(#262)
(User #203771 Info)
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If you wanted to really get a laugh outta me, the headline should have been /. to change to Win2K Advanced Server. Now that would of had them rolling in the isles.
Jaysyn
"Politicians are cheaper when bought in bulk" |
I hope for your own sake... (Score:1)
by iso9660
(johan_np@NOSPAM.post.netlink.se)
on Monday April 02, @10:35AM EST
(#272)
(User #319585 Info)
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| that this is some sort of april joke. Leaving Debian? What are you thinking of? :)
So much for ethics...
I wish that my brain could do SMP... |
freebsd isn't at 5.0 (Score:1)
by ender's_shadow
(34qosp0hmj1001@removethistospamme.sneakemail.com)
on Monday April 02, @10:36AM EST
(#274)
(User #302302 Info)
http://www.thehungersite.com
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this was posted last night, but it probably is now. anyway, freebsd is only at 4.2 right now, right?
I still don't know if Descartes was.
www.erowid.org |
Moving Slashdot to FreeBSD (Score:1)
by rob_ert on Monday April 02, @10:43AM EST
(#280)
(User #141300 Info)
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Finally,
I made the move about a year ago
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April fools? NOT! (Score:1)
by johnnnyboy
(j_monteiro@hotmail.com)
on Monday April 02, @10:47AM EST
(#281)
(User #15145 Info)
http://www.shallal.net/john
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I knew right away it was an april fools joke by just reading cmdrTaco quote.
I'm sitting here typing this comment and I really don't think this makes a good april fools joke.
Actually, moving to FreeBSD wouldn't be a bad idea. While FreeBSD continues to improve SMP support this can actually become a reality.
"If a show of teeth is not enough, bite ... but bite hard!"
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idiots (Score:2)
by selectspec on Monday April 02, @10:51AM EST
(#283)
(User #74651 Info)
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While I am sure the flamebait is a comin', I must remark that I think Slashdot is being rather foolish. Nothing against FreeBSD 5.0. It is a great OS and may it live long and prosper. However, to move based on FreeBSD 5.0's SMP support is extremely stupid. First of all, FreeBSD 5.0's SMP support is at best par with Linux 2.4. The argument that Linux is splintering is even more stupid. All of my linux news pretty much comes from Slashdot links, and everything posted in the past few months clearly points to Linux becoming more centralized! Look at the Linux 2.5 debate! However, FreeBSD is a great OS, no question about it. But, I doubt that Slashdot will accomplish anything other than some extra IT expenses by moving to FreeBSD.
"Far, far below the deepest delvings of the Dwarves, the world is gnawed by nameless things." |
Yikes... (Score:1)
by Scoria on Monday April 02, @11:26AM EST
(#286)
(User #264473 Info)
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Time to become a FreeBSD zealot, I guess.
rm /dev/null :) |
eww. why smp? (Score:1)
by funnyguy
(funnyguy@spam-o-nater.net)
on Monday April 02, @11:30AM EST
(#287)
(User #28876 Info)
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hmm. dual or quad processors = memory bandwidth/n . go ahead sacrifice memory bandwidth, or just get 2-4 seperate uniprocessor machines and get better performance at about the same cost with a cluster... hrmph.... anyone else notice /. getting ahead of themselves here?
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I always liked *bsd better (Score:1)
by bwhalen on Monday April 02, @11:52AM EST
(#289)
(User #246170 Info)
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This is fabulous news, my grin for the day definitely.
Where do you want to be,
What are you doing to get there. |
So does this mean (Score:1)
by Darth Gambit
(majohnso@earthlink.net)
on Monday April 02, @12:05PM EST
(#291)
(User #237044 Info)
http://students.cecs.csulb.edu/~majohnso
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Are Slashdot et all going to be run off of a duel G4 Power Mac running OS 10 because that would be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LAME!
Nice joke though guys....almost fooled me.
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You may laugh, but... (Score:1)
by mi on Monday April 02, @12:21PM EST
(#297)
(User #197448 Info)
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The SpamCop
is moving in exactly this direction.
They jumped to the new Linux kernel, when it
was released, and had to go back due to problems,
which I myself (as a frequent user) witnessed.
According to their front page, they reverted
to Linux-2.2 and their new servers are running
FreeBSD... Make your own conclusions.
-mi
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Slashcode does not build on BSD (Score:1)
by davedoom on Monday April 02, @01:53PM EST
(#303)
(User #166179 Info)
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I built slashcode pre release on openbsd the other day. My hands are still trembling. The thing is not set up to run on BSD. For instance in the make file is a cp command that will not work on BSD. They clearly have no intention to make this thing work with FreeBSD.
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Ohh, really funny! (Score:2)
by be-fan on Monday April 02, @02:33PM EST
(#308)
(User #61476 Info)
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God forbid they actually use something better suited to the job! I don't know if FreeBSD 5.0 is that product, but it is stupid to use an inferior product (not that Linux is that product!) just because you have groundless attraction to it.
Develop for BeOS! Please? C'mon. Pleeeze? www.beunited.org |
Experiment over! (Score:2)
by Zeinfeld on Monday April 02, @05:43PM EST
(#318)
(User #263942 Info)
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| Turns out that slashdot has returned back to Linux after their BSD experiment. The following is from the activities log
10:02PM OK, thats it the slashcode is now running on an eight way CMP machine under FreeBSD
10:23PM Started the synchronization process to sync the new system's disks to the old, this will take a while time for the copy to complete, time for dunkin doughnuts
11:13PM Got paged on the RIM halfway through a double chocholate Kruler, system problem. Left the doughnut shop so fast the assistant now thinks we are undercover cops.
11:45PM The console on the FreeBSD system is reading 'Kernel Panic', system is still up and running and the copy process is continuing
12:34PM Cmdr Taco just discovered that although the system is still running it now reports only six processors, what happened to the other two? Should we take the system down?
01:23AM This is wierd, according to the system console all eight processors are running, only two of them are now running OpenBSD.
02:30AM Two more processors have defected, one has joined the OpenBSD cluster, the other is running a variant called SafeBSD.
02:45AM Things are getting worse, the four renegade processors are demanding equal rights in the decision making process and an equal share of the X-Windows output server.
03:44AM Two more processors have defected, one from the FreeBSD camp to OpenBSD, this is partly compensated for by another processor leaving the OpenBSD camp and moving to an earlier FreeBSD release.
04:23AM Another defection, this time the CPU in question is demanding a byte-order change operation.
05:23AM Civil war has broken out. The rival O/S factions are placing locks on the various system resources
etc.
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THERE IS NO GOD, NOOOOOO!!!! (Score:1)
by XJ1168986-B on Monday April 02, @07:52PM EST
(#323)
(User #198073 Info)
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Kidding, FreeBSD is a fine OS, and I'm sure FPs and trollers will appreciate the speed increase
The Difference between an American Dog and a European one... The american one will chew off it's tail because it's t |
GO "/." (Score:1)
by kowpie on Tuesday April 03, @02:37AM EST
(#338)
(User #158264 Info)
http://www.pkcool.com
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hey anything anit-microsoft im for...personaly i love linux---or anything unix hatched for that matter!!!!
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It can't possibly be true! (Score:1)
by cgaylord on Tuesday April 03, @08:44AM EST
(#340)
(User #56141 Info)
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FreeBSD is dead! I heard it on /. so it must be true.
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April 2nd (Score:1)
by morie
(slashdot-at-effezonderdollen-dot-com)
on Wednesday April 04, @02:16AM EST
(#345)
(User #227571 Info)
http://www.asopos.com
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Let's just asume it is still april 1st where you were when you wrote this...
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Re:prout (Score:1)
by ickyfreak
(ickyfreak.nospam@nettaxi.com)
on Sunday April 01, @11:14PM EST
(#55)
(User #181280 Info)
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duh... yeah an april fool on the 2nd :)
Electric Boogaloo |
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Re:Alright (Score:1)
by lmd on Sunday April 01, @11:23PM EST
(#79)
(User #413644 Info)
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Its only a few more hours before April 2 (depending on where you live, of course) and hopefully no more lame April Fools jokes. However, this could be true. This is likely to be the last post of April 1 and they expect us to think its another April Fools joke but in fact it could be true.
Just my $0.04 (adjusted for inflation) |
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Re:Alright (Score:1)
by lotion on Monday April 02, @02:04AM EST
(#179)
(User #310153 Info)
http://www.maximumlinux.org
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The first release on what is now the -current branch will be FreeBSD 5.0, scheduled for the third quarter of 2001.
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Re:Wrestlemania X-7 (Score:1)
by wanton
(alex@networkessence.com)
on Sunday April 01, @11:41PM EST
(#95)
(User #310689 Info)
http://www.networkessence.com/
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here is the goat that should be sacrificed!!!
Goat
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Re:why its fake (Score:1)
by ffsnjb
(jrb4838@SPAMFREE.rit.edu)
on Sunday April 01, @11:48PM EST
(#105)
(User #238634 Info)
http://mrnutty.yclan.net
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1. Who cares who posts?
2. FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT is the development branch thats been going on for AT LEAST 6 months
3. Who cares?
4. No.
"I love my computer, you never ask for more. You can be a princess, or you can be my whore." - Bad Religion |
Re:04/01 (Score:1)
by Godwin O'Hitler
(myob@nosey.parker)
on Monday April 02, @03:48AM EST
(#217)
(User #205945 Info)
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Or 01/04 as they say where I come from.
— I'm a big nasty corporate executive and me and my colleagues own your BLOOD! |
Re:The Jewish Problem (Score:1)
by sdprenzl on Monday April 02, @08:19AM EST
(#260)
(User #149571 Info)
http://www133.pair.com/dridger/
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Hey, I think I know this guy. He was the singer/comedian at my little brother's Barmitzvah. Sort of a gonzo Andy Kaufmann type of humor. Lots of the older geezers there didn't get, though.
"Pray for heat death...." |
Re:Sorry you think this is a joke... (Score:1)
by Kwantus
(xjnaghf@lnubb.pbz(rot13))
on Monday April 02, @02:20PM EST
(#307)
(User #34951 Info)
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| maybe if you guys trimmed down on your HTML and overly image heavy pages, that would speed things up more considerably
Probably would, although there are user options for getting lighter HTML (indispensible under Netscape. but Konqueror's progressive rendering is sufficiently awesome i've gone back to the fancier pages, partly because they have links the plain pages dont *cough*).
As for images... i dunno, expand your cache or something (assuming /. doesn't set something that hoses caches). or turn off image loading.
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Re:The Jewish Problem (Score:1)
by colmore
(Stooopid_Colmore@hotmail.com)
on Monday April 02, @07:23PM EST
(#320)
(User #56499 Info)
http://www.colmore.com
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Wow! My friends have no emotions? Sure fooled me.
I think someone got beat up by a big kid in a yarmulke on the playground and never quite got over it.
Or were you rejected from art school?
It's times like these, when my belief in absolute free speach and my dislike of loud morons come into conflict, that I just have to lay down and take a nap, pretending that all is right in this world.
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all this and more at www.colmore.com
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