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Posted by timothy on Sunday October 12, 2003 @05:05PM from the coattails dept.

A user writes "First Microsoft detergent, now, UNIX Diapers, among other niceties. The author of this page has apparently worked to photograph and categorize the use of the term UNIX in other, non software products." (And don't forget Linux detergent.) Update: 10/12 21:23 GMT by T : Less garbled now ;)

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Wow. (Score:5, Funny)

by Phosphor3k ( 542747 ) writes: on Sunday October 12, 2003 @05:06PM (#7195975)

Zero Comments and Utterly destroyed. Ph33r those who would cross the Slashdot Linux community!

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- Re:Wow. (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by tux_deamon ( 663650 ) writes: on Sunday October 12, 2003 @05:14PM (#7196041)
  
  I know... /. is like the death star... we focus this intense beam on of traffic on a single web host and BLAM!
  
  BEN: I felt a great disturbance in the Web...as if millions of httpd daemons suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.
  
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  - Re:Wow. (Score:2)
    
    by Josh Booth ( 588074 ) writes:
    
    BEN:
    
    I felt a great disturbance in the Web...as if millions of httpd daemons suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.
    
    THAT is what should have won the Slashdot T-shirt contest. ROTFL
    - Re:Wow. (Score:1)
      
      by Alien54 ( 180860 ) writes:
      
      That and the old foot with tag graphic they used to have around here
  - Re:Wow. (Score:2)
    
    by Citizen of Earth ( 569446 ) writes:
    
    I felt a great disturbance in the Web...
    
    Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The power of a Slashdotting is insignificant compared to the power of the Google Cache.
    - Re:Wow. (Score:1)
      
      by Andrewkov ( 140579 ) writes:
      
      Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The power of a Slashdotting is insignificant compared to the power of the Google Cache.
      If only then knew the darkside [microsoft.com] of the force...
      +1 redundant ;-)
- Re:Wow. (Score:1)
  
  by MGS Hartman ( 714482 ) writes:
  
  Maybe this link may help the lower forms of life known as lunix (sic) losers?
  pjw [spinroot.com].
- - Re:What I fear. (Score:1)
    
    by sloanster ( 213766 ) writes:
    
    spoken like an anonymous coward.
    
    In any case, people are people, and have their interests, be it linux, mswindoze, scifi, or whatever. I suggest you find something else to do, anonymous coward, and quite trying to run people's lives.
  - Re:What I fear. (Score:1)
    
    by flossie ( 135232 ) writes:
    
    I tried that but it seems to be all dark out there, some kind of weird cratery white disk had taken the place of the big yellow one. Scary! Could you please give me some more advice so that I can know what I have to do to get a life?
    - Re: Getting a life. (Score:2)
      
      by Alien54 ( 180860 ) writes:
      
      Could you please give me some more advice so that I can know what I have to do to get a life?
      Sorry, but the source code for your life is no longer available in its original form. A re-compile with appropriate patches (such as the MoreMoney and MoreBrains) and updates (such as FashionSense and MusicTaste) will not be possible.
      You may consider hacking a patch, or even a new life from the code fragments that are available on the web. Be warned: most known source code fragments are corrupt in some way.
no wonder there are no posts... (Score:2)

by Lshmael ( 603746 ) writes:

Object not found
The object /cm/cs/who/dmr/otherunix.html does not exist on this server.
- Re:no wonder there are no posts... (Score:2, Funny)
  
  by Thoron ( 19565 ) writes:
  
  I am sure that SCO shutdown Dennis' website as his license to UNIX has been revoked.
- Slashdotting Dennis Ritche... (Score:4, Funny)
  
  by mangu ( 126918 ) writes: on Sunday October 12, 2003 @05:54PM (#7196251)
  
  Is there no respect at all anymore?
  
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- Re:no wonder there are no posts... (Score:2, Funny)
  
  by CowboyMeal ( 614487 ) writes:
  
  Of course there are no posts, everyone on slashdot reads the article before even thinking about posting.
google cache of the article (Score:3, Informative)

by ih8apple ( 607271 ) writes: on Sunday October 12, 2003 @05:07PM (#7195989)

Here [216.239.41.104]

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- Waybackmachine (Score:4, Informative)
  
  by tessaiga ( 697968 ) writes: on Sunday October 12, 2003 @05:14PM (#7196044)
  
  Google cache is nice for news links, but for sites where the primary purpose is pics, it's a bit of a letdown since Google doesn't archive those.
  Try Waybackmachine [archive.org] instead; it's a little older but at least they archive the pics too.
  
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- Re:google cache of the article (Score:2)
  
  by jrockway ( 229604 ) * writes:
  
  Nice sig. But after you get modded down for it, you can't get the point back by making them click the link :)
  - Re:google cache of the article (Score:2)
    
    by ih8apple ( 607271 ) writes:
    
    I just got sick of people asking me why I hated apple :)
- - Ay, yi yi! Enough of this silly argument! (Score:1)
    
    by danielsfca2 ( 696792 ) writes:
    
    Why don't we just adopt an official policy that a post of a google cache or similar useful content should be modded +1, Funny? IIRC "Funny" doesn't add to Karma, but it does allow useful (although trivial to obtain,) pieces of information to be more highly visible to someone with a higher threshold. I've been thinking about it for a while, and I like the idea, so does anyone see a problem with it?
Unix diapers (Score:1)

by MikeXpop ( 614167 ) writes:

Perfect for those long night coding sessions.

I think we're going to need some Valve ones when Half Life 2.
- Re:Unix diapers (Score:2)
  
  by spektr ( 466069 ) writes:
  
  Perfect for those long night coding sessions.
  
  That's for the juniors; as a senior programmer I do my coding in a whirlpool.
Nothing Beats This. (Score:5, Funny)

by Mr_Icon ( 124425 ) * writes: on Sunday October 12, 2003 @05:08PM (#7196006) Homepage

Tux Catchup [duke.edu].

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- Re:Nothing Beats This. (Score:1)
  
  by StevisF ( 218566 ) writes:
  
  Those are some saucy looking penguins ;-)
- Re:Nothing Beats This. (Score:2)
  
  by M. Silver ( 141590 ) writes:
  
  Transliterated, that'd be "Gvin & Pin," I think. Shouldn't it be the other way 'round, though?
  - - Re:Nothing Beats This. (Score:2)
      
      by M. Silver ( 141590 ) writes:
      
      a reference to a (rather stupid) russian folklore joke
      
      Googling doesn't seem to dereference it for me. (Okay, it apparently *does* dereference it, but only in Russian.)
- Re:Nothing Beats This. (Score:1)
  
  by gmby ( 205626 ) writes:
  
  Check out the crabvspipe.mpg
  
  Good stuff..
- I had no idea what you meant... (Score:2)
  
  by Nailer ( 69468 ) writes:
  
  until I read the link. Dude, its catsup or ketchup.
  - Re:I had no idea what you meant... (Score:2)
    
    by Mr_Icon ( 124425 ) * writes:
    
    Those in the know disagree [reference.com].
    - Re:I had no idea what you meant... (Score:2)
      
      by Nailer ( 69468 ) writes:
      
      Those who live in the US, where the dictionary you've cited comes from. Good luck anywhere else.
    - Re:I had no idea what you meant... (Score:1)
      
      by Hooded One ( 684008 ) writes:
      
      Those in the know generally agree that dictionary.com lists more non-words than any other dictionary. (Slang dictionaries excepted, of course.)
- Re:Nothing Beats This. (Score:1)
  
  by SailFly ( 560133 ) writes:
  
  I like the tux ketchup (catsup?)
  
  Apparently, the names of Tux and friend are:
  "Green & Peen"
  
  (that's how to pronounce the names on the label)
- - - - Re:ketchup? katsup? Catsup? (Score:2)
        
        by Mr_Icon ( 124425 ) * writes:
        
        As explained here [darwinawards.com]
How about SCO diapers (Score:1, Funny)

by Lost Penguin ( 636359 ) writes:

For when the $#!+ gets deep.
- Re:How about SCO diapers (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by gilesjuk ( 604902 ) writes:
  
  SCO diapers are no use, they're already full of s^H^H^Hit :)
  - Re:How about SCO diapers (Score:2)
    
    by salmo ( 224137 ) writes:
    
    I argue that this is the best use of the control character ^H I have seen on Slashdot in at least 3-4 years (since well after the joke got old). Bonus points for makinging a cliche not such.
Slashdot detected (Score:2)

by AntiOrganic ( 650691 ) writes:

And the page has already been removed.

Well, now, this sure is disappointing.
As if (Score:1, Flamebait)

by quantaman ( 517394 ) writes:

UNIX geeks don't smell bad enough already!
Shortest lived Slashdot story ever! (Score:2)

by Andorion ( 526481 ) writes:

too funny. The site probably had an anti-slashdot script running... if X number of visitors from /. in 30 seconds, delete the content linked to =)

~Berj
Unix diapers.. (Score:2)

by adeyadey ( 678765 ) writes:

..with Linux liners?
- Re:Unix diapers.. (Score:2)
  
  by drinkypoo ( 153816 ) writes:
  
  The best part is that the Unix diapers are unisex. Brings to mind a certain dilbert strip.
Cmon ... Google Cache is there :) (Score:1)

by akis ( 146660 ) writes:

Check it:
http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache:BEx4Qo2x uaUJ: cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/otherunix.html+&hl= en&ie=UTF-8
- Re:Cmon ... Google Cache is there :) (Score:1)
  
  by akis ( 146660 ) writes:
  
  once more ... google doesnt like IPs
  
  http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:BEx4Qo2xuaU J: cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/otherunix.html+&hl= en&ie=UTF-8
  - Re:Cmon ... Google Cache is there :) (Score:2)
    
    by kasperd ( 592156 ) writes:
    
    once more ... google doesnt like IPs
    
    Nope, it is just /. that doesn't like your way of posting links. Here is a working link [216.239.41.104].
Site Slashdotted, Google Mirror (Score:1)

by wo1verin3 ( 473094 ) writes:

Google Cache [google.ca]
archive.org cache (Score:1)

by gameshints ( 629632 ) writes:

http://web.archive.org/web/20020210134518/http://c m.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/otherunix.html (has some pictures)
- Re:archive.org cache (Score:3, Informative)
  
  by gameshints ( 629632 ) writes:
  
  cache with pictures [archive.org]
automatic shutdown (Score:3, Interesting)

by F2F ( 11474 ) writes: on Sunday October 12, 2003 @05:13PM (#7196033)

poor Plan 9 web server, you're giving it the run of its life...

well, the people at Bell Labs aren't stupid -- they've automagically turned off the web page in question, as soon as they saw the transfer to it peaking...

notice, however, that neither the network connection nor the web servers are saturated: stuff like http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9dist [bell-labs.com] and http://cm.bell-labs.com/plan9dist [bell-labs.com] works just fine :)

gotta lova plan 9 :P

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- Re:automatic shutdown (Score:2)
  
  by KingDaveRa ( 620784 ) writes:
  
  notice, however, that neither the network connection nor the web servers are saturated: stuff like http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9dist [bell-labs.com] and http://cm.bell-labs.com/plan9dist [bell-labs.com] works just fine :)
  
  Yeah, because serving 404 errors is so highly processor-intensive.
  
  I actually know this from experience tho, having run Apache Bench with an incorrect URL, with something like 50,000 hits, 100 concurrent. It did the lot in no time, and the server hardly flinched. I was amazed at t
Their poor, poor server (Score:1)

by Kujah ( 630784 ) writes:

Did the smartest thing it could have done given the situation - offload the transfer to the google cache!
what about the pen? (Score:1)

by tuggy ( 694581 ) writes:

unix diappers, unix detergent...never saw it. BUT
i also have a unix pen :P
Fire extinguishers too (Score:2, Funny)

by vadim_t ( 324782 ) writes:

I can see an UNIX fire extinguisher in the trains in the spanish underground.
Has apparently has worked? (Score:3, Funny)

by spektr ( 466069 ) writes: on Sunday October 12, 2003 @05:23PM (#7196091)

The page has apparently has worked to photograph and categorize the use of the term UNIX in other, non software products.
Server-response: Object not found

Has apparently has worked

English is my second language, willing to learn: is this the non-subjunctive perfect?

I think I read someting about this in a Douglas Adams book!

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- Re:Has apparently has worked? (Score:1)
  
  by MGS Hartman ( 714482 ) writes:
  
  Elglish doesn't really have a subjuctive tense, unlink French.
  - Re:Has apparently has worked? (Score:1)
    
    by MGS Hartman ( 714482 ) writes:
    
    Now that was just silly:
    
    English doesn't really have a subjunctive tense, unlike French.
    - Re:Has apparently has worked? (Score:1)
      
      by fishbot ( 301821 ) writes:
      
      Oh, I dunno. I know certain folk who would love to 'unlink french'.
      
      In the purely *nix meaning of the word...
  - Re:Has apparently has worked? (Score:3, Informative)
    
    by nat5an ( 558057 ) writes:
    
    Well, really it's called the subjunctive "mood," not tense. We do have it in English, but only in very specific situations. For example, "I wish this webpage were available." Normally you'd use "was," but the wishing puts the verb into the subjuctive mood. It's really a minor thing.
  - - Re:Has apparently has worked? (Score:1)
      
      by MGS Hartman ( 714482 ) writes:
      
      English does but it's very limited, unlike French which has some 7 subjunctive tenses (iirc), of which 1 is only really used.
      
      Pour que lunix (sic) puisse mourir, donc sois sage.
      - Re:Has apparently has worked? (Score:1)
        
        by MGS Hartman ( 714482 ) writes:
        
        It only gets unlinked when its link count drops to zero and the data is freed when the last (potential) close is 'called'.
        
        So what's st_nlink and how many fd's reference it?
- A New Revenue Stream for SCO (Score:2)
  
  by Evil Pete ( 73279 ) writes:
  
  Darl, if your listening please spread the joy to the non-software world.
Ermm.... (Score:1)

by Tore S B ( 711705 ) writes:

...This is old news. That site has been around for a looooong time. What I really am looking forward to, though, is wierd Linux stuff. Once, in Denmark I ate Linux Smoked Salmon. It was good. This was before I knew of Linux.
- Re:Ermm.... (Score:1)
  
  by MGS Hartman ( 714482 ) writes:
  
  Sure has been. We Plan 9'ers call it lunix (sic) for any *NIX version that didn't come out of 1127.
  - Re:Ermm.... (Score:1)
    
    by Tore S B ( 711705 ) writes:
    
    I am much of a history loving sort of guy (Something which my homepage makes quite obvious, http://tore.nortia.no) so of course I search for stuff like that in the context of the PDP-7. BTW, what did you mean by 1127?
    - Re:Ermm.... (Score:1)
      
      by MGS Hartman ( 714482 ) writes:
      
      1127 is/was the 'unix group' at the labs. 11271 is/was the 'core' of it.
Not just *NIX (Score:1)

by thelen ( 208445 ) writes:

Every hacker needs a Perl thong [cafeshops.com]!
- Two words... (Score:2)
  
  by ShaunC ( 203807 ) writes:
  
  ...Heidi Wall.
  
  Sorry, Larry :)
- Re:Not just *NIX (Score:2)
  
  by po_boy ( 69692 ) writes:
  
  The item description actually says "This product is designed to fit juniors." Is this product for the same kind of person that asks the Victoria's Secret salesperson "Does this come in childrens' sizes?"
Awesome.. (Score:2)

by grub ( 11606 ) writes:

If you thought the RIAA suing a 12 year old girl in a housing project was bad, just wait for SCO to try suing a diaper company.
- Re:Awesome.. (Score:1)
  
  by fishbot ( 301821 ) writes:
  
  They could only sue because the product contains the same old s*** :)
demoscene - pouet (Score:2)

by neonstz ( 79215 ) * writes:

Check out these threads on pouet [pouet.net] for more pictures (many of them are only funny if you're into the demoscene)
it's a geek's life [pouet.net]
it's a geek's life episode 2 [pouet.net]
it's a geek's life episode 3 [pouet.net]
it's a geek's life episode 4 [pouet.net]
it's a geek's life episode 5 [pouet.net]
it's a geek's life episode 6 [pouet.net]
it's a geek's life episode 7 [pouet.net]
it's a geek's life episode 8 [pouet.net]
it's a geek's life episode 9 [pouet.net]
it's a geek's life episode 10 [pouet.net]
it's a geek's life episode n+1 [pouet.net]
This author? This author!?!?!? (Score:2, Informative)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

This author is Dennis Ritchie. You know -- Dennis Ritchie, the guy who *created* Unix.

Sheesh, kids these days, don't even know their history.

The world did not spring into full form from the hand of Linus, one sunny Finnish afternoon.

Fruufu.
- Re:This author? This author!?!?!? (Score:1, Funny)
  
  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  The world did not spring into full form from the hand of Linus, one sunny Finnish afternoon.
  
  Indeed. I quote from "The Book of Slashdot" chapter 2, section 4:
  
  ..and The Ritchie doth spake
  "Bring to me all that is Good and Just."
  and it was so. Then The Ritchie doth spake more
  "Bringeth thy Finn, lest my loins burst."
  and it was done.
  
  The young Finn protesteth his guilt
  "I doth not copy thy look and feel, oh great Ritchie."
  The Ritchie was angered
  "Silence, welp! Lest I pummel thee into meat."
  The yo
- Fruufu? (Score:2)
  
  by ShaunC ( 203807 ) writes:
  
  Sheesh, kids these days, don't even know their history [...] Fruufu.
  Sheesh, geezers these days, don't even remember their ROT13. It's furrfu, man!
Just what are they trying to sell? (Score:1)

by StevisF ( 218566 ) writes:

Those penguins sure don't look like they're selling ketchup to me!
xterm (Score:1)

by stile ( 54877 ) writes:

Ages ago I saw a bottle of "X-Term Flea and Tick Fogger" in the grocery store. I just had to buy it. I knew xterm had a lot of feature creep... but I had no idea it could get rid of fleas and ticks too!
Biting the hand that feeds you... (Score:5, Informative)

by ummit ( 248909 ) writes: <scs@eskimo.com> on Sunday October 12, 2003 @05:37PM (#7196169) Homepage

The author of this page has apparently worked...
"The author of this page" is none other than Dennis Ritchie, who knows a thing or two about Unix. He's had that page quietly sitting there for a year or two. I don't think he deserved this...

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- THANK You. (Score:5, Informative)
  
  by MrChuck ( 14227 ) writes: on Sunday October 12, 2003 @06:14PM (#7196344)
  
  I saw the address and was appalled to read the slashotter's words
  "the author of this page"
  The author of Unix...
  I just hope Caldera-sco goes after him for misuse of their trademark.
  I'll bet if they search his computer they find that he's stolen (STOLEN! I say) unix source code from them. C'mon darryl, take him on...
  
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  - Re:THANK You. (Score:1)
    
    by chgros ( 690878 ) writes:
    
    I just hope Caldera-sco goes after him for misuse of their trademark.
    UNIX is a trademark of the open group [opengroup.org], not Caldera
  - Re:THANK You. (Score:1)
    
    by malverian ( 563649 ) writes:
    
    I saw the address and was appalled to read the automated script's response!
    Google is not affiliated with
    
    the authors of this page nor responsible for its content.
    The authors of this page???! The author of Unix!!
Approval (Score:2)

by __aafkqj3628 ( 596165 ) writes:

I wonder if these items will pass the Open Group's tests for UNIX branding?
Here's a few funny ones... (Score:2)

by RichardtheSmith ( 157470 ) writes:

This one is good...

Unix Fire Extinguisher [boners.com]

These two are also pretty funny:

Apple Evil [boners.com]

Connection reset by peer [boners.com]
Is the market for diapers that high among eunuchs? (Score:1)

by wirelessbuzzers ( 552513 ) writes:

...oh, UNIX... Still, point stands...
Should this really be in the humour section? (Score:2)

by Trogre ( 513942 ) writes:

The object /cm/cs/who/dmr/otherunix.html does not exist on this server.

I don't get it.
Poor German webservers (Score:2)

by caluml ( 551744 ) writes:

These guys, http://www.unix-rent-gmbh.de/ [unix-rent-gmbh.de] must be thinking - WTF? Almost midnight on a Sunday evening, and our server almost melts with visitors from all over the world.
- Re:Poor German webservers (Score:1)
  
  by AchmedHabib ( 696882 ) writes:
  
  followed by..
  Hay Dieter, ve arh gatting a lot of zurfers on our zite!!
  Jah, Hanzie, Das is guth! Ich habe ferkaufen a lot of new carz tzo rent aut!
  Guth Thinking, Dieter! Weh are goinh to be raich nowh.
Hungarin Unix trading company (Score:1)

by Charles Dodgeson ( 248492 ) writes:

In the early 1990s, I remember seeing a sign advertising "UNIX Import/Export" or "UNIX Kereskedlmi" or something like that in Budapest.
If I recall correctly, it was a little, poorly produced sign along Ulloi ut, in the tenth district. I can't remember the name of the major cross-street (also the name of the metro stop).
I always meant to take a picture of the sign and do something with it, but the list of things I'd always meant to do is far far longer than the list of things I've actually done.
For
Unix Blow Dryers (Score:1)

by John Sokol ( 109591 ) writes:

Look like that site is down.

I have seen a Unix Blow dryers in Korea, I really wanted to bring one home but didn't have the time to.

Here is the Unix brand UN-1421 blow dryer. Goto
http://www.lgeshop.com and search for UN-1421 and click on the image of the blow dryer that come up.
Because of there Java Server pages a direct link doesn't work.

Or

A copy of the image on my server.
http://www.unixprogram.com/images/109292 4 _N1.jpg

You really need to see the box this thing is shipped in.

I have also a copy o
UNIX diapers (Score:2)

by buzzdecafe ( 583889 ) writes:

I often change my 9-month-old's UNIX diapers to clear out all of the SCO IP.
Japanese "UNIX Magazine" and Tupperware (Score:1)

by oddmake ( 715380 ) writes:

IIRC,some lawsuit had happened "UNIX Magazine" and Tupperware maker.
Trademark is per nation,per product-type IP.
Japanese UNIX Tupperware maker had trademark of "Unix" on its own as "Japanese" "Food-related product".They regist "Unix" for years older than UNIX(as Computer Software).
When UNIX as we know comes to Japan,some thought its nice to publish "UNIX Mgazine",the magazine filled with geekish material.
Tupperware maker didn't think it cool,instead they considered it blatant IP theft.
UNIX golf club (Score:1)

by Lemur catta ( 459575 ) writes:

Once while visiting the crappy (now defunct) driving range, I found in the "pro shop" (full of used and no-name clubs), I kid you not:

A "UNIX System V" driver.

I am NOT making this up! I would have bought the club if it hadn't been terribly overpriced.
Linux Detergent (Score:2)

by Alien54 ( 180860 ) writes:

Various links on Linux detergent, etc.
photo here [uri.edu]
using Linux detergent box for Boxen [geisterstunde.org]
Another boxen photo [camp.ccc.de]
Trademark S/N 75735641 [uspto.gov]
Status page for MS-Linux trademark [uspto.gov], [hint, someone pick it up quick!]
- Re:Linux Detergent (Score:2)
  
  by TPFH ( 92944 ) writes:
  
  So.... which is better, Linux detergent or Microsoft Detergent?
That's it for me and Slashdot. (Score:2)

by Nethead ( 1563 ) writes:

Ok, that's it for me. Back in the old day /. was good. The posters and users had a clue. Now they have employees posting Dennis Ritchie's personal web site to get slashdotted. HOW STUPID CAN A SO CALLED GEEK BE?

I hosted slashdot's images back when Rob first started because I believed that slashdot would become a good thing. Now it's just a bunch of kiddies thinking they are cool because they can say "line-ux" and know that BSD is dead, even though they have never tried it.

I'm quiting. I'm pulling th
- Re:That's it for me and Slashdot. (Score:1)
  
  by cujo_1111 ( 627504 ) writes:
  
  Now it's just a bunch of kiddies thinking they are cool because they can say "line-ux" and know that BSD is dead, even though they have never tried it.
  
  As opposed to /. in the old days where it was a bunch of nerds who thought they were cool playing around with a backyard operating system and took pride in hating Bill Gates before everyone else...
Microsoft Diaper (Score:1)

by WayneConrad ( 312222 ) writes:

Microsoft is really missing out on a great use for their slogan:

"Microsoft Diaper -- Where do you want to go today?"
- Re:Unix Diapers!!!! (Score:1)
  
  by PiGuy ( 531424 ) writes:
  
  The object /cm/cs/who/dmr/otherunix.html does not exist on this server.
  
  The object /cm/cs/who/dmr/ does not exist on this server.
  
  The object /cm/cs/who/ does not exist on this server.
  
  The object /cm/cs/ does not exist on this server.
  
  The object /cm/ does not exist on this server.
  
  Talk about brute force.
- Re:A new record? (Score:2)
  
  by sabNetwork ( 416076 ) writes:
  
  BitTorrent isn't made for small files, silly.
- Re:A new record? (Score:2)
  
  by AntiOrganic ( 650691 ) writes:
  
  You did just give me a pretty cool idea for a distributed webpage network. It could be peer-to-peer like BitTorrent, but integrated into the web browser via some plugin or something to make browsing seamless. Add another tally to the list of shit that would be cool that I would never, ever work on due to my overwhelming laziness.
  
  And, to nitpick, the .torrent is not the file you're downloading with BitTorrent.
- Re:Next up (Score:2)
  
  by E_elven ( 600520 ) writes:
  
  Ahaha. Cereal! What next, an opera?
- Re:The author of this page... (Score:1)
  
  by rkww ( 675767 ) writes:
  
  [Dennis] Ritchie and [Ken] Thompson joined Bell Labs within a year of each other, Thompson in 1966 and Ritchie in 1967. They worked closely together for several years on the design and development of UNIX. The C Language, in which the UNIX operating system is written, was invented by Ritchie. It grew out of an earlier language, B, written by Thompson. (link [bell-labs.com])
  - Slashdot has officially gone to hell (Score:1)
    
    by anti-NAT ( 709310 ) writes:
    
    It used to be that almost everybody who read slashdot would know who Dennis is.
    
    Now it appears that almost nobody does.
    
    What is this world coming to ?

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