* Moderation of "How does commercial Free Software work? 9:21 17 January 2003
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* Moderation of "IN SOVIET RUSSIA..." 9:22 17 January 2003
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* Moderation of "whatever" 9:25 17 January 2003

Now I can't post anonymously. Fuckers.

I've been getting numerous requests from people to come and speak at their organization or school. I'm very sorry but at this time my schedule does not allow me to partake in any public speaking so please do not email with any more requests. Money is not the issue here so offering me more money will not be a consideration.

If this should change I will post a note here or on my website.

Warmest regards,
--Jack Wagner

I don't know why I keep dating these losers who are too immature and don't know how to treat a woman like she deserves to be treated. My friends tell me I date based upon looks only and that's what happens when you do that so maybe it's time to take a hard look at myself and see if there's any truth to that.

Be that as it may be, I'm not going to jump back into another relationship right away, I think I'mm going to take things as they come and look for some good clean non-commital fun from a bunch of different guys for a while. I need to sow my wild oats before I even think about settling down.

--Rosie

Hello Friends!!

I've just gotten back from an undisclosed location overseas helping a very high-profile client with some cutting edge data mining techniques.

All I can say is: Wow. This was without a doubt the best gig in the history of Wagner Consulting LLC and it all started from my client contacting me based upon an insightful post I made on Slashdot.

I'm under NDA for a year but I can talk about the project in generalities and look forward to sharing my new knowledge with you here as the topic merits!!

Warmest regards,
--Jack

Website still not up, obviously. I've just been too busy partying and preparing for teh holiday and whatnot.

So I noticed that we can now add AIM/ICQ/Jabbar IDs to our user info. Hopefully this will help me meet new friends. Also, there is a space for an "ical" calendar...anyone know what that is? I tried googling, and it's just a bunch of Mac stuff. Can I make an ical calendar on teh Lunix? TIA.

And what's up with Slashdot lately? Server troubles, lots of dupe and hoax stories, IN SOVIET RUSSIA jokes...have the trolls won this round? If it gets much worse, I may have to seek greener pastures.

My website is down. Many apologies. Assuming there are no more Apache holes found in the next week or so, it should be up again soon, at a different address. It's also time for an influx of new content, though Christ only knows when I'll get around to making some. Maybe I can archive links to a few of my best Slashdot comments! Though I only kept a couple. So whatever.

Winter's coming...snow predicted for tonight, and the sky has already turn'd a threatening gray, the gray of wise men and forgotten dreams, the birds outside my window, her eyes...

The days are like dominoes or tequila shots. Set 'em up, knock 'em down, one after another, each easier then the last. If you play it right, you're drunk on life, your hard work pays off as the onlookers clap appreciatively. You fuck up and you puke all over your shoes and have to pick the fallen days up and eye the standing ones angrily, as your audience disperses in clouds of small talk.

Who gives a ripe shit?

Great jumping horny toads, it's not like a simple journal isn't rat-simple to program. I use nothing more complicated than Emacs (which, I grant, is pretty complicated), but I just use it to write an HTML file.

Lordy, these kids with their fancy-ass do-funnies and object-oriented crap-throwers.

I have had Excellent karma for some time now. Obviously, I've yet to retire. I think I'll hang around a little longer. This place is just starting to get interesting, what with zoo-dot-pee-ell and such.

There is something missing in my life. Just the other day I was thinking, "how does the Mad Sniper relate to nine-eleven?" and I had no idea. I didn't even think about the connection to the Columbine shooting. Jon Katz, why have you forsaken us?

Wagner Consulting has already reached our 2002 fincancial goals so I'm taking a couple months off from work and thusly will have more time to post to slashdot. I'm looing forward to making some new friends and business contacts here.

If you are looking for a top flight consultant email me for a quote.

Warmest Regards,
--Jack

Three front-page posts in a row? Did CowboyNeal eat CmdrTaco, et. al.?

Yes it does.

What is it?

It's Terrible karma, of course!

Only Terrible karma can explain my infrequent posting and my lackluster replies. And only Terrible karma can explain the now two Troll mods on this post. Yes, some crackhead moderator spent a point bringing my perfectly valid post, which was then at 0: Troll, back down to -1. Justice is served. Burn in metamod, bitch.

But it's a temporary pain. This too shall pass. And I will reach Excellent karma once more, after documenting the entire journey in my sig.

The 2-post limit for those with negative karma is supposed to do what the -2 Bonus never could: silence those who challenge the slashbot party line. Well, I won't be silenced. I'll soon be posting with a -1 Bonus, then a +/-0 bonus, and finally I will have my +1 Bonus once more. Then I am going to piss my pants and have a hot cocoa.

My word. I guess I should have known better than to have spoken ill of Apple. Every comment of mine in the thread is now at 0 or -1. All I tried to do was suggest that perhaps Apple should offer a 2- or 3-button mouse as an option, and people went nuts.

I guess I had forgotten how irrational and quick-to-anger Mac zealots can be. But then again, I haven't been a Mac zealot since I was 13 or so, so that's not surprising.

Just to clear things up: Steve Jobs is not your mommy. He doesn't love you. He is a Big Bad Businessman, just like Bill Gates or Linus Torvalds. These guys aren't gods, so let's stop worshipping them.

Eh, well.

"Excellent" karma.

Haven't been IP banned in days.

I had mod points the other day.

I am the heart and soul of slashdot.

Listen to my message.

Thanks to forged for pointing out that IP banning is actually account banning. Also, I keep getting modded down to -1 karma. This time, I lost 9 karma, but only one of my recent posts had been modded down.

Is this an editor just doing a $karma{"tps12"} -= 9 on me, or are people reading my really old posts and modding them down? Weird.

See everyone in a week or so!

and IP banned (both at work and at home)