Ron Harwood - Slashdot User

Submission + - Peter Salus talks about latest SCO developments (ustream.tv)

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BlackNova

on Thursday November 08, 2007 @02:47PM

BlackNova writes: "Peter Salus spoke at our local LUG last night about the latest developments in the SCO case against Linux. He's his usual witty self. The recording is somewhat low quality and echo filled — but it's decent enough to get the idea of what's going on."

Submission + - Auctioning off his name to raise capital (holdmyrecord.com)

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BlackNova

on Wednesday August 22, 2007 @04:23PM

BlackNova writes: "Stan Oleynick is auctioning off the opportunity to change his name to your company name and further guarantees that he will set a world record with his new name or he'll give you your money back. But wait, that's not all — he's also offering up a 10% equity stake in the internet project he's doing this to raise money for."

Submission + - Make Wil Wheaton a "Hero" (petitiononline.com)

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BlackNova

on Wednesday August 01, 2007 @10:35AM

BlackNova writes: "Blood Blade & Thruster Magazine has started an online petition to "see actor and author Wil Wheaton cast in a reoccurring role" on the tv series "Heroes". Wil is a good member of the Slashdot community and deserves our support."

Submission + - Apple Stores to charge entrance fee

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BlackNova

on Monday July 23, 2007 @01:49PM

BlackNova writes: "Apple Stores may soon start charging an entrance fee to keep out the iPhone gawkers and improve store security/safety. The $5 charged will be applicable against any purchases made — assuming you buy something. Really, they just want the 'right kind of people' coming into the store: "By 'right kind of people' I mean true Apple customers with money, willing to pay just to look at our newest wares,"says Vince Sciopiano, vice president for Apple's retail stores."

Submission + - Interesting twist for Hans Reiser murder case

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BlackNova

on Friday May 04, 2007 @04:29PM

BlackNova writes: "As you may have heard before on Slashdot, Hans Reiser has a court case going on for the alleged murder of his estranged wife. Well, it ends up that his former friend and her boyfriend has allegedly just admitted to 8 unrelated murders. Thus complicating matters a little for the prosecution in the Reiser case."

Submission + - The Complete April Fools RFCs

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BlackNova

on Sunday April 01, 2007 @11:56AM

BlackNova writes: ""Wished you could get all the April Fools' RFCs in one place?" asks rfc-humor.com. Peter Salus and Tom Limoncelli have teamed up to compile and annotate the complete set of April Fools RFCS. Excerpts from the book are available on the site — which include all the actual RFCs without commentary or other additional content."

Submission + - Sex Advice from a D&D Player

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BlackNova

on Saturday November 25, 2006 @02:03PM

BlackNova writes: "It's all about your feats and how experienced you are, apparently. This article at Dethroner gives sex advice from the perspective of an RPG player. Luckily, no advice on equipment or potions."

Submission + - IEs4Linux package runs IE in Wine under linux

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Harwood

on Tuesday October 03, 2006 @04:50PM

Harwood writes: "IEs4Linux is the simpler way to have Microsoft Internet Explorer running on Linux (or any OS running Wine). No clicks needed. No boring setup processes. No Wine complications. Just one easy script and you'll get three IE versions to test your Sites. And it's free and open source. Please, don't use any of these IEs to navigate!! Get Firefox."

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