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Submission + - A modest request for some assistance...

Submitted by

Ryan Pringnitz

on Thursday December 28, 2006 @03:06PM

Ryan Pringnitz writes: "Dear editors of Slashdot.org,
I come to you today with a proposal which I hope you will take in great respect. Recently my mother has become ill with cancer, and currently does not have the means to fully treat herself. I am offering a mint condition Tickle Me Elmo doll to help raise some funds for her treatments. This Doll is in good shape, and is an Original doll from the 1993 Elmo onslaught from years past. I would like to thank those of you ahead of time for helping me with this situation. I only hope that you can please help,
With sincere gratitude,
Ryan.

P.S. Below I have included a picture of the doll....and my bald and beautiful mother. This picture is before she went for her next 35 sessions of radiation. She wears the cap to keep her head warm, and myself...to her left.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/kicker15L7/Mo m1.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/kicker15L7/DS C01662.jpg"

Submission + - Vista cheat sheet

Submitted by D Bug on Tuesday November 28, 2006 @12:47PM

D Bug writes: It's not even out yet but boy has Vista kept us waiting... This Cheat Sheet dissects the (very) longhorn saga — from why it's taken so long, to what new features to expect and whether it's worth the wait...

From the article:
"Bill Gates' vision for a true next-generation operating system has been scaled down somewhat in the final version of Vista and some of those promised features will not now appear until the next version of Windows, codenamed Blackcomb. And some Vista beta testers have commented there are more similarities than differences to XP. A survey of European businesses also found half have no plans as yet to upgrade to Vista, as they no doubt wait for the bugs to be ironed out in Service Pack 1."

RIAA Subpoenas Neighbor's Son, Calls His Employer 593

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday November 28, 2006 @12:43PM from the kicks-his-puppy-puts-suger-in-his-gas-tank dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "To those who might think that I might be exaggerating when I describe the RIAA's litigation campaign as a 'reign of terror', how's this one: in UMG v. Lindor, the RIAA not only subpoenaed the computer of Ms. Lindor's son, who lives 4 miles away, but had their lawyer telephone the son's employer. See page 2, footnote 1." From Ray's comments: "You have a multi-billion dollar cartel suing unemployed people, disabled people, housewives, single mothers, home healthcare aids, all kinds of people who have no resources whatsoever to withstand these litigations. And due to the adversary system of justice the RIAA will be successful in rewriting copyright law, if the world at large, and the technological community in particular, don't fight back and help these people fighting these fights."

Journal Journal: Pop music set to 4 chords: BRILLIANT 5

Journal by SiliconJesus on Tuesday November 28, 2006 @11:25AM

Clicky

Brilliant in the fact that most of pop music is so useless that a very simple chord progression used in an 80's song will accommodate tens of songs from the 60's to songs a few months old.

Submission + - McDonald's files patent for sandwich making

Submitted by Cauchy on Tuesday November 28, 2006 @10:56AM

Cauchy writes: McDonald's filed a patent application in the UK on their method for making a sandwich http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1952246,00.h tml. I was recently in a very lively debate on Slashdot concerning IP and patents. I stand by my claim that it is the system, not the concept of patents that is broken. This sounds like a great example of abuse. I'm sure Subway would have a real issue with some of their claims including
> "pre-assembly of sandwich components and simultaneous preparation of different parts of the same sandwich"

They even went so far as covering how to name a sandwich:
> "Often the sandwich filling is the source of the name of the sandwich, for example — ham sandwich."

They were even nice enough to cover making finger sandwiches for the Queen:
> It also describes how to make cocktail sandwiches, by taking a full-sized version that is "cut up into smaller pieces".

Submission + - Microsoft offers licensed Office 2007/Vista free

Submitted by

Abdul Aziz

on Tuesday November 28, 2006 @10:29AM

Abdul Aziz writes: "Microsoft is offering a fully licensed copy of Office 2007 Professional edition and Windows Vista Business Edition as a part of their Power Together campaign at http://www.powertogether.com/. All you have to do is register at the Microsoft Power Together campaign website and participate in at least three qualifying web casts and/or virtual lab sessions within 30 days of registration."

Submission + - Rumsfeld Stepping Down

Submitted by macinrack on Wednesday November 08, 2006 @02:08PM

macinrack writes: Donald Rumsfeld is stepping down. "Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, architect of an unpopular war in Iraq, intends to resign after six stormy years at the Pentagon, Republican officials said Wednesday.
Officials said Robert Gates, former head of the CIA, would replace Rumsfeld."

Submission + - Gentoo devs too zealous about removing packages?

Submitted by on Wednesday November 08, 2006 @12:47PM

An anonymous reader writes: Mooting the idea of removing XMMS from Gentoo has got the users up in arms. One user writes: "I went back and forth between windows and linux for years after i finally had to retire my tired flakey (mostly of my own doing for the sake of performance) Amiga 1200. I decided on linux, started with slackware, used that soley up till about slackware 7.x and moved to gentoo sometime in 2001 or 2002. In my eyes, removal of everything fun has been the way of gentoo latley. NO xmms, no tux racer, no oh, whatever the hell that scorched earth clone was. The 3d online multiplayer one. Over all, as the user, the experiance has been heart breaking. Not becuse its broken, but, becuase it use to be allot of fun, and now its just not, now its just too serious, and too far up its own ass." To be fair, Jakub has a fairly abrasive manner, and I've had discussions (arguments) with him before.

Submission + - Former SCO CEO admits that SCO's lawsuit is bogus

Submitted by

Jackson

on Wednesday November 08, 2006 @09:14AM

Jackson writes: "Ransome Love has basically admitted that all of SCO's claims against IBM and against Linux are bogus. For example, SCO says Linux is derivative of Unix code that it owns. Bull. "To my knowledge, while I was CEO at Caldera, no one at the company viewed Linux as a derivative of any UNIX software".

From the article: "He thrusts a dagger right into the heart of SCO's claims. I see no way to recover from his declaration, because there is no one who can convincingly contradict. He was the CEO, the co-founder of the company to boot. Who can possibly know more than he does about the history of the company, what it did with Linux, its striving for POSIX compliance, and particularly whether the company knew about the header files being in its own distribution of Linux that SCO claims are infringed? Even if SCO were able to trot out Bryan Sparks, the other co-founder, Sparks was not CEO at the time of the Santa Cruz acquisition. There is no one but Love to testify at this level. Love has done the honorable thing and told the truth. I take my hat off to him.""

Submission + - Preorder Wii from Gamestop for $699

Submitted by Ixtl on Tuesday November 07, 2006 @03:36PM

Ixtl writes: From the GameStop site (http://www.gamestop.com/gs/wii/wii_signup.asp): "This Thursday evening (CST), November 9, your opportunity to get in on the excitement arrives when the Wii Bundle becomes available for purchase online. You'll get the best games, accessories and more in one convenient package delivered right to your door — all for under $699 plus tax and handling." $699?! Ouch!

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