Comments on: FOSSSL, Slashdot and Bullshit http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/ Musings on design, web standards and free software from a Sri Lankan geek Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:29:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Mahangu http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-161 Mahangu Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:38:30 +0000 http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-161 I'm pissed off too but.. have I missed something, or are we actually taking slashdot comments seriously here? :) Come on, we all know that /. thrives on trolling these days. Besides, why should we care about uneducated dipshits who don't know basic geography... FOSSSL is gonna rock, with or w/o a dumb /. post. I’m pissed off too but.. have I missed something, or are we actually taking slashdot comments seriously here? :) Come on, we all know that /. thrives on trolling these days. Besides, why should we care about uneducated dipshits who don’t know basic geography… FOSSSL is gonna rock, with or w/o a dumb /. post.

]]> By: Andrea http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-162 Andrea Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:49:19 +0000 http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-162 > Yes, all your job are belong to us. This is hilarious! Can I apologize for the ignorance of everyone in the US that doesn't know geography? Good luck on FOSS weak [sic]! > Yes, all your job are belong to us.

This is hilarious!

Can I apologize for the ignorance of everyone in the US that doesn’t know geography? Good luck on FOSS weak [sic]!

]]> By: Prabhath http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-163 Prabhath Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:23:14 +0000 http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-163 Mahangu: You're right. <a href="http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/8/20/95" rel="nofollow">Linus said it</a> some time back. Andrea: No worries about the "geographically challenged". We have our own lot here too :) Mahangu: You’re right. Linus said it some time back.

Andrea: No worries about the “geographically challenged”. We have our own lot here too :)

]]> By: John Oxton http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-164 John Oxton Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:48:12 +0000 http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-164 Fuck 'em they are all bar stewards, or at least will be with their lack of talent... okay, so do I win a prize now? Fuck ‘em they are all bar stewards, or at least will be with their lack of talent… okay, so do I win a prize now?

]]> By: mat http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-166 mat Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:30:41 +0000 http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-166 We all have predispositions. Whether it's a country, person or an experience - it's an inherent quality in people. I've heard some good ones on New Zealand. Thankfully being ignorant to others is another habitual characteristic. We all have predispositions. Whether it’s a country, person or an experience - it’s an inherent quality in people. I’ve heard some good ones on New Zealand.

Thankfully being ignorant to others is another habitual characteristic.

]]> By: Prabhath http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-167 Prabhath Tue, 30 Aug 2005 03:28:34 +0000 http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-167 John: Thanks. I never had the guts to say fuck on my blog. You have already won the award for the best fucking design. How dare you ask for more? Mat: Yeah, you do need thick skin, espcially when it's brown. On the other hand, the design folk of the blogosphere have been very kind to me. John: Thanks. I never had the guts to say fuck on my blog. You have already won the award for the best fucking design. How dare you ask for more?

Mat: Yeah, you do need thick skin, espcially when it’s brown. On the other hand, the design folk of the blogosphere have been very kind to me.

]]> By: Asela http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-168 Asela Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:55:42 +0000 http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-168 I'll definitely miss it. Good luck with it guys. Sure it's gonna rock. <blockquote>Yeah, you do need thick skin, especially when it’s brown</blockquote> Ditto. Man, my skin has grown inches thick for these 10 months. We should seriously think about something like, err.. nuclear power plant in Sri Lanaka. I’ll definitely miss it. Good luck with it guys. Sure it’s gonna rock.

Yeah, you do need thick skin, especially when it’s brown

Ditto. Man, my skin has grown inches thick for these 10 months. We should seriously think about something like, err.. nuclear power plant in Sri Lanaka.

]]> By: Lance Muller http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-169 Lance Muller Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:46:57 +0000 http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-169 Dudes, this /. thing is freakily funny... anyways, FOSS Week is running along smoothly, we at Liquimedia promise you that its going to be a week filled with much openess, and much merrymaking within the open-source community and that we'll give you almost error free (minor fuck-ups cant be helped), easy-to-use event and a gloriously fun-filled FOSS Week. so there. So there! Lance Muller, Creative Director LIQUIDMEDIA National FOSS Week Event Managers Dudes, this /. thing is freakily funny… anyways, FOSS Week is running along smoothly, we at Liquimedia promise you that its going to be a week filled with much openess, and much merrymaking within the open-source community and that we’ll give you almost error free (minor fuck-ups cant be helped), easy-to-use event and a gloriously fun-filled FOSS Week. so there. So there!

Lance Muller, Creative Director
LIQUIDMEDIA
National FOSS Week Event Managers

]]> By: Lance Muller http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-170 Lance Muller Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:48:40 +0000 http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-170 and anybody who doens like it can FOSS OFF! and anybody who doens like it can FOSS OFF!

]]> By: Prabhath http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-171 Prabhath Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:18:42 +0000 http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-171 Holy shit. The event managers are here too? I wonder who else is reading this blog - suddenly I'm scared to talk about clients :D Holy shit. The event managers are here too? I wonder who else is reading this blog - suddenly I’m scared to talk about clients :D

]]> By: miko matsumura http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-172 miko matsumura Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:06:09 +0000 http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-172 Pretty dumb comments from some ignorant people. Infravio's development is done in Chennai, a few hours flight from Colombo. We are very proud to work with people at WSO2 and members of LSF on world-class open source software incubated at Apache. Congratulations on FOSSL, great work! Pretty dumb comments from some ignorant people.

Infravio’s development is done in Chennai, a few hours flight from Colombo. We are very proud to work with people at WSO2 and members of LSF on world-class open source software incubated at Apache.

Congratulations on FOSSL, great work!

]]> By: sittingnut http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-173 sittingnut Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:13:15 +0000 http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-173 most of /. comments were moderated funny. we sri lankans take things way too personally and have no sense of humour. most of /. comments were moderated funny.
we sri lankans take things way too personally and have no sense of humour.

]]> By: Prabhath http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-174 Prabhath Wed, 31 Aug 2005 03:32:47 +0000 http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-174 Ah, an enlightened one hath arrived. Don't worry sittingnut, we are just a bunch of fuckwits playing around, enjoying our lack of sense of humour. Ah, an enlightened one hath arrived. Don’t worry sittingnut, we are just a bunch of fuckwits playing around, enjoying our lack of sense of humour.

]]> By: Lance Muller http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-175 Lance Muller Wed, 31 Aug 2005 05:16:13 +0000 http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-175 ha ha ha ha... yes, we are watching you. go figure. Sri Lankans (well most anyway) don't really have a sense of humour... watch our teledramas (you see any fun ones?) watch our movies (seen any with a real sense of humour?) are you kidding me? (Most) Sri Lankans wouldnt know a good joke if it bit them on the ass. FOSS Week is going to be great... and it would help if the open source community in Sri Lanka really band together and show their fullest support. Viva le Open Source www.foss.lk | www.fosssl.org ha ha ha ha… yes, we are watching you.

go figure. Sri Lankans (well most anyway) don’t really have a sense of humour… watch our teledramas (you see any fun ones?) watch our movies (seen any with a real sense of humour?) are you kidding me? (Most) Sri Lankans wouldnt know a good joke if it bit them on the ass.

FOSS Week is going to be great… and it would help if the open source community in Sri Lanka really band together and show their fullest support. Viva le Open Source

www.foss.lk | www.fosssl.org

]]> By: Detritus http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-176 Detritus Wed, 31 Aug 2005 06:40:36 +0000 http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-176 Yes Yes, Lance Muller. We have no sense of humour. But we can sense a shameless advertiser a million miles off. You seem to have gotten enough mileage showcasing your site as it is. Now bugger off. Yes Yes, Lance Muller. We have no sense of humour. But we can sense a shameless advertiser a million miles off. You seem to have gotten enough mileage showcasing your site as it is.

Now bugger off.

]]> By: james governor http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-177 james governor Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:06:33 +0000 http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-177 wasn't sure if trackbacks would go through so here are my thoughts on the subject: http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/archives/000929.html Best Wishes to all Sri Lankans! wasn’t sure if trackbacks would go through so here are my thoughts on the subject:

http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/archives/000929.html

Best Wishes to all Sri Lankans!

]]> By: Lance Muller http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-178 Lance Muller Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:47:21 +0000 http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-178 Well, I am only advertising the event... after all, thats my job innit? Thank you, as long as you noticed. :o) Well, I am only advertising the event… after all, thats my job innit? Thank you, as long as you noticed. :o)

]]> By: Nidahas » It happens both ways http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-203 Nidahas » It happens both ways Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:37:22 +0000 http://nidahas.com/2005/08/29/fosssl-slashdot-and-bullshit/#comment-203 [...] e, but that is no excuse to turn frustration in to indifference, or worse, hatred. On the Slashdot bullshit entry here at Nidahas Mat left an interesting comment: We all have [...] […] e, but that is no excuse to turn frustration in to indifference, or worse, hatred. On the Slashdot bullshit entry here at Nidahas Mat left an interesting comment: We all have […]

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