Comment Re:Oh come on (Score 0) 503
Boycott will be the only meaningful gesture to bring Slashdot back from the shithole.
Replace "Slashdot" with "politics".
Comment Did he say or scream it? (Score -1) 133
I have a feeling the BBC journalist made Ballmer seem calmer than he usually is.
Comment Re:Good riddance to geo-blocking (Score 0) 206
The parent AC (as he is currently permitted to exist by the powers that be) make optimistic idealism meaningless.
Comment Re:Trick or treaters who visit... (Score 0) 437
Americans seem to have lost the tradition of All Hallows, though, and kept only the preceding evening.
I wonder why... Perhaps because All Hallows isn't promoted like a fucking Superbowl event by the makers of candy and greeting cards (which might just be the reason people outside the US find the adoption of this commercial holiday so offensive).
Comment Lula (Score 0) 338
Good times.
Comment Still? (Score -1, Flamebait) 165
2012.
People still use Firefox.
Comment Re:Yawn... (Score 0) 111
How does it feel to spend 10 bucks on some shit project when you could have used it down at the bus terminal to find some junkie to pound you in your ass? Open source is totally gay.
Best comment I've read today. Across all websites.
Dice Buys Geeknet's Media Business, Including Slashdot, In $20M Deal 466
wiredmikey writes with the press-release version of news that we'll probably be updating as more details trickle down to the editors: "Dice Holdings (Owner of job sites including Dice.com) reported this morning that it has acquired Geeknet's online media business, including Slashdot and SourceForge. 'We are very pleased to find a new home for our media business, providing a platform for the sites and our media teams to thrive," said Ken Langone, Chairman of Geeknet. 'With this transaction completed, we will now focus our full attention on growing ThinkGeek.' Dice Holdings acquired the business for $20 million in cash. In 2011, the online media properties generated $20 million in Revenues." The AP has a small piece with the news, too. Update: 09/18 16:16 GMT by T : Ars Technica has a story up as well.
Comment Re:This just shows paranoid FOSS fanatics are (Score 1) 285
This discussion reeks of Oracle damage control.
Comment I just want to point out that... (Score -1, Offtopic) 203
Poop.
Comment Re:I know. My spam logs show it. (Score 2) 85
Parent, meet Captcha.
Comment Re:I don't see the problem at all! Am I just dumb? (Score 2, Insightful) 186
You have lots of 1s in your ID number.
Comment Move on (Score 1, Insightful) 168
"Then you can move on with your life."
Or you can just move on with your life regardless of Facebook.
Or you can just move on with your life regardless of Facebook.
Comment Lesson learned (Score 0) 182
Stay clear of swedes.
Comment Festung Norwegen (Score 2) 359
There really is no reason to move from Norway - just saying...
