This is getting scary.

We must fight against the Mozilla organization, for it distributes a "gateway OSS", which leads users down the path towards more powerful OSS, such as perl and emacs, which can be downright dangerous, leading to all sorts of permanent afflictions such as repetitive stress syndrome (featured in the well-known film, "Ctrlfinger"), as well as a gluttonous addiction to loosely typed programming languages. Over time, they tend to turn into "hackers," exploiting and ev

Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Turmoil has engulfed the world. The regulation of IP trade with outlying countries is in dispute. Hoping to resolve the matter with a blockade of deadly lawyers, the greedy Corporate Interests has stopped all shipping to the nation of China. While the WTO endlessly debates this alarming chain of events, the President has secretly dispatched two Elite Programmers, the guardians of peace and justice in the world, to settle the conflict....

Doesn't the loaves & fishes story sort of correlate with file sharing today? In that time, some people's primary income was derived from fishing or baking bread, and Jesus took the fruits of their labor, made copies, and distributed them to thousands of people.

Many, many years ago when I was 23
I was married to a Wider who was purty as can be
This Wider had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red
My father fell in love with her and soon they two were wed

This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life
For my daughter was my mother cause she was my father's wife
To complicate the matter even though it brought me joy
I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy

Salesman: Mr. Smith, here's your new car.
Mr. Smith: Thanks, Bill. Say, where's the seat belts?
Salesman: Oh, that'll be extra.
Mr. Smith: There's no windows or doorlocks either?
Salesman: Oh, that's extra, too.
Mr. Smith: I'm confused, Bill. Isn't my car supposed to be fully functional and include safety features?
Salesman: Well, Mr. Smith, we can include them on a trial bases for 30 days, but you'll have to return them or pay the subscription price.
Mr. Smith: What the

We believe in one OS,
the Father, the Almighty
Creator of Heaven, Earth, and the Internet,
Of all that is seen, unseen, and can be seen in beseen.com.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only instance of The Father
eternally begotten of the Father
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God
Instantiated, not made. One in being with the Father
Through Him, all objects were initialized.

1. The typical customer is male, unattractive, and socially handicapped
2. Both are frequently enjoyed in dark basements
3. The size of your collection is obscene
4. It's not a good idea to talk about either on a first date
5. Both revolve around fantasy and obtaining the unobtainable
6. The artwork depicts images impossible in the real world
7. When purchasing either in a store, you always ask for a bag
8. It may be fun to make your own at home, b

1. Specifications are for the weak and timid!
2. This machine is a piece of GAGH! I need dual Pentium processors if I am to do battle with this code!
3. You cannot really appreciate Dilbert unless you've read it in the original Klingon.
4. Indentation?! -- I will show you how to indent when I indent your skull!
5. What is this talk of 'release'? Klingons do not make software' releases'. Our software 'escapes' leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assur

Questions and Answers about Foreign Policy
(and the U.S. Invasion of Iraq)
by anarchie bunker
http://www.geocities.com/anarchiebunker/foreignpolicy.htm

Here's my handy dandy guide to staying out of trouble in Salem (Days of our Lives).

1. If you go to jail blame it on Stefano or drugs. You will almost always get off.
2. If you go to jail do not hire Mickey as your lawyer. You will always remain in jail.
3. Get on Stefano's good side ASAP. If you do, you can indulge in the joys of virtual reality goggles, fooling your friends with dingy lookalikes of yourself, and easy revenge on your rivals. If you tick Stefano off you run th

1. Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you're a conservative radio host. Then it's an illness and you need our prayers for your recovery.
2. The United States should get out of the United Nations, and our highest national priority is enforcing U.N. resolutions against Iraq.
3. Government should relax regulation of Big Business and Big Money but crack down on individuals who use marijuana to relieve the pain of illness.
4. "Standing Tall for America

http://www.riddikulus.org/authors/evieblack/magic.html

Not so long ago in a galaxy very, very near, the evil forces of LORD VOLDEMORT have constructed a horrific new weapon designed to destroy entire cities with a single curse. With this DEATH ROUND THINGY OF DOOM aimed at Hogwarts, they kidnap Hermione Granger, a leader of the resistance against evil.

2001 FREESTYLE WINNER:
"I Answered All My Spam"
by Alex Silbajoris, Columbus, Ohio

I Answered All My Spam

I never know what I might find,
on any day I go online.
I used to get in quite a huff,
while wading through unwanted stuff.
But then I changed the man I am,
the day I answered all my spam.

Something I've wondered about is the legalities of 'fuzzy' recordings.

eg : you download a 160kbps MP3, the RIAA gives you a court order for copyright infringement. The copyright is for a song that they have the rights for.

But is their copyright valid for the digital representation of the song? The RIAA'd argue yes , of course it is, after all CD's contain binary 16 bit samples of audio at 44.1kHz.