Microsoft Thoughts on Open Source
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Open-source Java thoughts
Open-source Java thoughts
03/06/2004 02:01 AMeWeek: "Sun officials planned to meet with IBM as early as Thursday to
discuss the merits of whether the company should work with IBM on an
independent project to create an open-source implementation of Java."
This could be a good...
Microsoft Depends On Shared Source, Dips
Toe In Open-Source Waters (TechWeb)
Microsoft Depends On Shared Source, Dips
Toe In Open-Source Waters (TechWeb)
04/08/2005 04:56 AMTechWeb - The software vendor will add to the 20 products it now
offers for source-code inspection under its Shared Source Initiative.
Microsoft releases source code to open
source community
Microsoft releases source code to open
source community
05/05/2004 04:06 AMAbout a month ago, Microsoft posted some of its source code to
SourceForge. SourceForge is a, if not the, major distribution point
for open source software. Microsoft's code was put there under the
terms of the Common Public License, which allows modification,
addition, redistribution - in short, it allows most of the rights and
privileges that we associate with open source software.
Advice to Microsoft: Open Source the
Leaked Source
Advice to Microsoft: Open Source the
Leaked Source
02/13/2004 02:37 PMWhat should Microsoft do, now that a chunk of its NT 4.0 and Windows
2000 source code have leaked onto the Web? Our guest columnist says
Microsoft should make lemonade out of lemons and just open source the
whole enchilada.
Why Microsoft Should Open Source the
Leaked Source
Why Microsoft Should Open Source the
Leaked Source
02/13/2004 02:37 PMANALYSIS: Redmond would be smart to make lemonade out of lemons by
releasing the rest of the Windows code and letting developers have at
it.
NOSI, the Nonprofit Open Source
Initiative, announces the release of its
new guide "Choosing and Using Open
Source Software: A Primer for
Nonprofits."
NOSI, the Nonprofit Open Source
Initiative, announces the release of its
new guide "Choosing and Using Open
Source Software: A Primer for
Nonprofits."
02/17/2004 11:57 PMAs per a recent post, I love to see (and hope to one day do it myself)
Open Source Software in Non-Profits. Seems http://www.nosi.net found
my post:
http://thelostolive.net/tlo/comments.php?id=1786_0_1_0_C
And commented the release of its new guide "Choosing and Using Open
Source Software: A Primer for Nonprofits." And now in their own words:
___snip____
--
From: Katrin Verclas
Email: steering (a) nosi.net
Hi, Kevin -
NOSI actually just released a new...
Microsoft open to open-source
Microsoft open to open-source
06/24/2004 08:17 AMMicrosoft open to open source
Microsoft open to open source
06/24/2004 12:49 PMMicrosoft Corp. says it is looking to turn over more of its programs
to open-source software developers, playing a greater role in a
process that the Redmond company has criticized strongly at times in
the past.
Money-makers like the company's Windows operating system and Office
productivity suite aren't on the table -- or anywhere near it.
But the company has so far released two software-development tools to
the open-source community, and it wants to continue the practice, a
Microsoft platform manager told an industry group this week.
Open-source activist Bruce Perens joins
open-source defense group
Open-source activist Bruce Perens joins
open-source defense group
05/07/2004 04:33 PMA key leader in the open-source software movement has been appointed
to the board of Open Source Risk Management, which is defending the
legal standing of open-source software.
Infotech: Microsoft going open source?
Infotech: Microsoft going open source?
04/11/2004 01:23 PMPhilippine Daily Inquirer Apr 11 2004 4:45PM GMT
Microsoft in EU stalemate over open
source
Microsoft in EU stalemate over open
source
04/06/2005 09:55 AMZDNet Apr 6 2005 1:54PM GMT
Microsoft hits out at open source
Microsoft hits out at open source
05/25/2004 06:43 AMComputer Weekly May 25 2004 10:58AM GMT
More Open-Source Outreach From Microsoft
More Open-Source Outreach From Microsoft
06/05/2005 10:58 PMLooks like the Redmondians are extending the olive branch yet again.
This time, the Microsoft brass are looking to talk with Michael
Tiemann, president of the Open Source Initiative and VP of open-source
affairs at Red Hat.
Is Microsoft Mellowing Toward Open
Source?
Is Microsoft Mellowing Toward Open
Source?
08/31/2004 03:16 PMLinux Insider Aug 31 2004 6:32PM GMT
Coggeshall.org: Microsoft and Open
Source?
Coggeshall.org: Microsoft and Open
Source?
10/30/2003 09:18 AMIn another related note this morning,
John Coggeshall has a new
posting talking about
Microsoft
and
why they might care about Open
Source.
Microsoft: Open source not cheaper
Microsoft: Open source not cheaper
04/14/2004 01:17 PMWhat if Microsoft decides to go Open
Source?
What if Microsoft decides to go Open
Source?
03/20/2003 02:10 PMLinux is not open source, says Microsoft
Linux is not open source, says Microsoft
05/05/2004 12:44 PMMicrosoft needs some open-source fairy
dust
Microsoft needs some open-source fairy
dust
04/26/2004 08:56 AMZDNet UK Apr 26 2004 1:07PM GMT
Red Hat, Microsoft clash at open source
conference
Red Hat, Microsoft clash at open source
conference
05/11/2004 09:21 AM TORONTO -- Day 2 of the KMDI Open Source conference started with
Robert F. Young, cofounder of Red Hat, Inc. presenting a positive view
about open source business models. At the end of a conference day
lasting nearly 13 hours, Young returned to deliver the conference's
keynote address. In between, Jason Matusow of Microsoft's Shared
Source Initiative gave attendees a very differernt point of view about
the value of open source in the enterprise. No real surprises there.
Former Windows Chief on Microsoft Vs.
Open-Source
Former Windows Chief on Microsoft Vs.
Open-Source
07/19/2004 04:44 PMMicrosoft to Use Patents to Attack Open
Source?
Microsoft to Use Patents to Attack Open
Source?
07/22/2004 09:24 AMWould Microsoft consider filing patent-infringement lawsuits to thwart
open source? Based on a Hewlett-Packard memo, HP officials seemed to
think, back in 2002, that Microsoft was poised to launch a number of
these kinds of suits against Linux distributors, OEMs and/or
developers.
I'm an open source virgin, but Microsoft
has screwed me (again)
I'm an open source virgin, but Microsoft
has screwed me (again)
04/26/2004 11:53 AMToo many open source advocates complain about Microsoft writing
terrible buggy software and think that open source developers do it
better. The truth is Microsoft is innovative, has vision, and
executes well. If open source developers can do as well as Microsoft,
it's a big compliment. Smart people like Miguel de Icaza and Brendan
Eich have known this for a long time. Miguel has a reality check for
these innocent virgins.
Brendan (one of the Mozilla leads) has a frank assessment of Mozilla too. I talked about this last
year.
An
introduction to Avalon by Charles Petzold.

Microsoft Lures Open Source Programmer
Microsoft Lures Open Source Programmer
08/17/2004 03:32 PMJim Hugunin, the moving force behind IronPython and co-designer of
AspectJ, is now a member of Redmond's Common Language Runtime team.
HP Feared Microsoft War on Open Source
(PC World)
HP Feared Microsoft War on Open Source
(PC World)
07/20/2004 07:53 PMPC World - Two-year-old memo reveals concerns that software giant
would target Linux supporters.
Microsoft, Open Source and National
Security
Microsoft, Open Source and National
Security
04/23/2004 01:24 AMTwo weeks ago, I wondered out loud about the top 10 worst IT business
decisions ever made and nominated HP's decision to follow DEC down the
road to oblivion for top spot. Today I'd like to suggest that the U.S.
Defense Department's continued use of Microsoft's software is likely
to top a future list of this kind.
The equation here is simple. First, recognize that Microsoft's
software security depends crucially on keeping its source code
secret. That's not a comment from an anti-Microsoft bigot -- it's the
testimony given under oath by Microsoft vice president Jim Allchin.
Even limited release of Microsoft's code, Allchin told judge Colleen
Kollar-Kotelly's federal court in May 2002, would threaten national
security because the code is both seriously flawed and widely used in
the Defense Department.
But consider that only nine months later, in February 2003, Microsoft
announced an agreement giving communist China full access to the
source code for Windows and related tools.
Microsoft exec takes aim at open source
Microsoft exec takes aim at open source
09/15/2004 03:06 PMNew platform chief Ashim Pal says software giant has been on the
defensive against Linux and other rivals.
France looks to open-source in challenge
to Microsoft
France looks to open-source in challenge
to Microsoft
06/18/2004 05:39 PMAt stake is more than $700 million worth of software to be introduced
to French government computers over three years.
Microsoft Heads Into Open-Source Lion's
Den
Microsoft Heads Into Open-Source Lion's
Den
07/14/2004 02:57 PMMicrosoft is sending Rob Mensching, the guy who helped convince
Microsoft to open source the Windows Installer XML toolset, to speak
at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention at the end of this month.
Microsoft Trying To Convince VCs That
Open Source = Fraud
Microsoft Trying To Convince VCs That
Open Source = Fraud
02/19/2004 02:46 AMVenture capitalist Tim Oren has posted an excerpt from an email sent
to a venture capitalist mailing advertising a seminar, put on by
Microsoft, about the dangers of open source technology. By itself,
that's no surprise, but the language in the email is fairly over the
top, claiming that some potential acquiring companies
"view open
source as being no different than fraud on the books." That's
probably true if the "acquiring companies" are Microsoft and SCO.
Otherwise, most companies look at it from the reasonable standpoint:
does the technology do the job it needs to do? Anyway, does this sort
of stuff actually convince any company or any VC that they shouldn't
go with open source technology if it does the job? If so, would you
really want to invest in or buy such a company so easily swayed by
such arguments?
More Bad News for Microsoft on the Open
Source Front
More Bad News for Microsoft on the Open
Source Front
01/09/2004 09:54 PMIBM sounds like it might pull a Sun Microsystems move and standardize
internally on Linux on the desktop, according to an internal IBM IT
memo making the rounds. Meanwhile, China's Red Flag Software Co. and
Japan's Miracle Linux Corp. said they expect to complete the new
system, called Asianux, by May.
Microsoft Keeps Up Presence at
Open-Source Events
Microsoft Keeps Up Presence at
Open-Source Events
04/05/2005 07:41 PMThe software maker is sponsoring the Open-Source Business Conference
and other such events as it aims to get its voice and message heard by
core customers. LinuxWorld, however, is not on the list.
Microsoft Makes More Open-Source
Overtures
Microsoft Makes More Open-Source
Overtures
08/30/2004 08:09 AMMicrosoft is reaching out further to the open-source community with
offers of joint development and testing, but some wonder about the
company's sincerity.
Microsoft encourages open source
developers
Microsoft encourages open source
developers
04/19/2005 09:56 AMI had my annual meeting with Microsoft's Jason Matusow last week. Our
second "annual" meeting, to be precise. He's director of Microsoft's
Shared Source Initiative and I introduced you all to him last summer
(see "A free lunch with Microsoft",
http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/nt/2004/0802nt1.html) when we met
at the Open Source Conference. This time around, the venue was the
Open Source Business Conference, held at San Francisco's St. Francis
Hotel.
Microsoft Popular with Some in Open
Source Crowd
Microsoft Popular with Some in Open
Source Crowd
07/30/2004 10:22 AMDespite its denunciation of Linux, the Redmond giant has thousands of
fans of its 'Shared Source Initiative' at SourceForge.net.
Open source is a threat, admits
Microsoft
Open source is a threat, admits
Microsoft
09/09/2004 06:59 AMComputer Weekly Sep 9 2004 11:12AM GMT
Microsoft struggles to work with open
source
Microsoft struggles to work with open
source
04/06/2005 09:55 AMZDNet Australia Apr 6 2005 1:49PM GMT
Microsoft Talks Tough About Open Source
Microsoft Talks Tough About Open Source
05/25/2004 11:46 AMA top official of Microsoft last week claimed that governments that
support open source software are not helping build a viable software
ecosystem in their communities. Chris Sharp, director for platform
strategy for Microsoft in the Asia-Pacific and Greater China region,
said governments that standardize on open source software are hurting
their local commercial software vendor communities because these
companies are being robbed of opportunities to make money that they
need to invest in developing more software products.
Can Open Source Catch Microsoft By The
Horn?
Can Open Source Catch Microsoft By The
Horn?
04/29/2004 09:17 AMHow exactly do you stop a much awaited, overly hyped software release
from the billion dollar Redmond giant Microsoft? The Open Source front
has no definite strategy on how to catch the raging bull by its
‘Longhorn’, but is closely following the “If you cant beat
‘em, join ‘em” mantra. Microsoft’s Longhorn release is slated
for 2006, and the Linux desktop segment is in the firing line to be
gored in its tracks. With a gradually developing market, the
acceptance of Linux at the desktop level is still relatively low, and
the last thing that Linux vendors need is a new OS from Microsoft.
Grok Description matches for Microsoft Thoughts on Open Source
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MyEclipse 3.8.1
MyEclipse 3.8.1
08/28/2004 01:03 AM
MyEclipse 3.8.0 GA,
released early last
week, had a lot of bugs because the MyEclipse team decided to throw
in IBM's contribution
to Eclipse's Web Tools project which weren't production quality
yet. It's the
price one has to pay for being too eager.
Thankfully, they made up for their mistake in short order by
releasing version 3.8.1
last Sunday which fixes the most apparent bugs. I am sure
there are bugs yet
to be unearthed, but I used it last night and found no serious
problems that prevents
me from using it. They even added Sysdeo-style
webapp project layout I mentioned before.
For $30 per year, MyEclipse offers a truck load of essential tools
for server-side
Java developers and unreasonably responsive technical support.Think
of
MyEclipse as buying timeshare on a talented
blacksmith. If you want
something done, it's just a matter of screaming the loudest.
Highly recommended.

MyEclipse
MyEclipse
07/15/2004 07:10 AM
Since Sysdeo doesn't let me debug JSP, I subscribed to MyEclipse which,
at $31 a year, seems like a good deal considering the range of
features it offers.
What I didn't like was that MyEclipse tries to be too smart, too
helpful, and makes
too many assumptions about how MyEclipse would be used.
MyEclipse assumes it's
users are J2EE developers and it's features are arranged to support
that. In
my case, I just want to debug JSPs in existing projects. But
when I tried to
add WebProject capability to my webapps, it wouldn't let me because
the root of my
project is the web root directory instead of using a subdirectory
as WebRoot.
MyEclipse also disables features until certain conditions are
met. Since the
conditions are not visible, figuring out how to enable the feature
ends up being a
game of hide and seek. For example, Struts capability is
grayed out until WebProject
capability is enabled. While this makes sense logically, it's
being unnecessarily
helpful since addition of Struts capability doesn't actually depend
on anything to
be added.
Anyway, I am going to create a blank WebProject and figure out what
the WebProject
wizard does so I can manually convert my projects.

Motorola Supports OSGi Open-Standards as
Platinum Level Sponsor at OSGi Alliance
2004 World Congress (22/6/200
Motorola Supports OSGi Open-Standards as
Platinum Level Sponsor at OSGi Alliance
2004 World Congress (22/6/200
06/22/2004 08:21 PMHidden Wires Jun 22 2004 11:51PM GMT
MD5 crack
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TV on crack
TV on crack
03/22/2005 04:44 PMIs A&E's "Intervention" the most exploitative reality show ever, or a
necessarily brutal snapshot of the perils of addiction?
Just say no to Crack
Just say no to Crack
04/23/2004 02:51 PM
Staking out the high moral ground, a bill would punish
those wearing low-riding jeans. It seems that
Represe
ntative Derrick D. T. Shepherd of Louisiana, a Democrat no less,
wants to outlaw low slung pants. Plumbers beware, and stock up on
Butt-Crack Caulk!
Really, don't they have anything better to legislate besides fashion
or
holidays?
How to crack passwords, and why you
should
How to crack passwords, and why you
should
06/05/2005 11:28 PMFirst Crack in the Wall?
First Crack in the Wall?
03/22/2005 03:15 PMThis is the first announced change in the status quo since IBM
announced the sale of their entire line of laptops to the Chinese firm
Lenovo. As with some other people, I’m still awainting
experience to tell us if it’s a good or bad thing. Lenovo will
slightly modify the “IBM ThinkPad” brand in the relatively
near future, said Lenovo CEO-designate Stephen Ward on Monday at PC
Forum, which is taking place here this week….
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Wall?'
"Conservative Crack-Up"
"Conservative Crack-Up"
11/19/2003 03:31 PMAlcohol is the new crack!
Alcohol is the new crack!
01/02/2005 11:10 PM
“N
ot only is it illegal, but it's becoming increasingly dangerous,”
Leggio said of underage drinking. How dangerous? Well apparently
dangerous enough that one affluent Kansas City community has decided
that it is best to have police spy on teens during high school
basketball games. Oh it gets better, apparently a carload of teens is
enough for a Lenexa cop to follow you! So the parents should be up in
arms right? Nope, they encourage the police, even calling them
("she told dispatchers that when she called home to check on her
son, it sounded like a party was going on"). Yet surprisingly,
despite this almost police-state like mentality against drinking,
atti
tudes are slow to change.
New Bluetooth Crack
New Bluetooth Crack
06/05/2005 11:47 PMHappy Friday:
Cryptographers have discovered a way to hack Bluetooth-enabled
devices even when security features are switched on. The discovery may
make it even easier for hackers to eavesdrop on conversations and
charge their own calls to someone else's cellphone.
"Our attack makes it possible to crack every communication between
two Bluetooth devices, and not only if it is the first communication
between those devices," says Shaked.
Check out the time required to pull this off:
They show that once an attacker has forced two devices to pair,
they can work out the link key in just 0.06 seconds on a Pentium
IV-enabled computer, and 0.3 seconds on a Pentium-III. "This is not
just a theoretical break, it's practical," says Schneier.
Via New
Scientist.
Kernel crack
Kernel crack
11/07/2003 05:31 AMCNET Asia Nov 7 2003 4:44AM ET
FeedDemon Crack
FeedDemon Crack
06/18/2004 09:27 AMDave
Winer and Evan
Williams commented that the people who shout the loudest are often
the ones who have no basis for their anger. I'm reminded of this fact
by an email I received this morning. Here's a quote:
"Fix your piece of s--- program! I upgraded to
FeedDemon 1.10 and it crashes with 'Win32 device error.' Did you even
test this s---?"
I've actually received a number of emails (and one forum post)
about this bug, but I have no plans to fix it. Why? Because the
error message only appears if you upgrade a cracked
version of FeedDemon 1.0. This is a deliberate error
message that FeedDemon 1.10 displays when it detects that you upgraded
from a specific cracked version of FeedDemon 1.0.
That's right, people who use a pirated version of
FeedDemon are emailing me for support. It never ceases to amaze me
when people not only steal from me, but also expect me to spend my
time answering their questions. And more often than not, the email
I've received about this problem reads like something a drunk teenager
would write.
I've written
about piracy befor
e and I'm not planning to start another lengthy rant. But I do
have a request for those who have justified their use of cracked
versions of my work: don't ask for support. I
support my family with sales of my software, and my life is affected -
dramatically - by the existence of cracks. Please, if you're using a
pirated version of my software, don't expect me to help you.
Slashdot -- Someone Smoking Crack ?
Slashdot -- Someone Smoking Crack ?
03/11/2003 01:22 AMSlashdot -- Someone Smoking Crack ?
Now I know that the Slashdot audience isn't all that reliable at best.
Yes we all read it but we rarely trust it. Still I'd expect a little
better than this:
The Object Prevalence concept, developed by the Prevayler team, and
implemented in Java, C#, Smalltalk, Python, Perl, PHP, Ruby and
Delphi, can be a great a solution to this mess. The concept is pretty
simple: keep all the objects in RAM and serialize the commands that
change those objects, optionally saving the whole system to disk every
now and then (late at night, for example). [_Go_]
Now that's a cool concept. So I did the natural thing and went and
looked for the code. Since I'm a php-head, I figured that I'd look
there to start. Nope! According to SourceForge, "This project has
not released any files". Well I can get by in Perl so I thought "Ok,
not my preference but ok". Nope. Well I think Python is neat and
people I respect a lot like it. Additionally Guido has just plain
guts to make the decision he did regarding mandatory indentation.
Break conventions is hard so I figured I'd look at the Python version.
Nope! Well once upon a midnight dreary, ... (bag the mock Poe), I
did a lot of Pascal. Nope! It turns out that only the C# and Ruby
versions exist. I couldn't get the Smalltalk page to come up so I
don't have a clue there.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying anything about the concept but just
pointing out that this posting is essentially wrong on many of the
major details. And, sadly, it doesn't really surprise me at all.
AutoZone developer says SCO is on crack
AutoZone developer says SCO is on crack
03/06/2004 01:54 AMSCO Group sued AutoZone (full text of the complaint) for having used
their libraries when they migrated to Linux. They don't have any
evidence, but rather just say "they did it too fast, so they must have
gotten help from IBM and stolen our code". (Note, it didn't have
anything to do with the Linux code). The lead developer at AutoZone at
the time of the migration writes on Groklaw that the SCO claims is a
pile of %$%#$. They...
100 years of solitude -- on crack
100 years of solitude -- on crack
01/22/2004 04:56 AMLatin America's McOndo literary movement drags the butterflies of
magical realism into Burger King. With Jorge Franco's narco-saga
"Rosario Tijeras," it may have found its first masterpiece.
MasterCard Looks to Crack Down on
Phishing
MasterCard Looks to Crack Down on
Phishing
06/22/2004 10:35 AMMasterCard is teaming up with digital fraud protection company
NameProtect to help shut down online scams.
Dvorak: I'm smoking crack
Dvorak: I'm smoking crack
03/21/2003 01:36 PM Apple to
switch to Intel processors, at least according to John Dvorak in a
brief article over at PC Magazine. No mention in the article of the
massive amount of effort required to re-write every piece of
mac-compatible software for x86 architecture, or the unlikeliness of
developers to be willing to do so having just optimized for OSX, but
then, this piece seems to be mostly just bold, unsupported
predictions.
Do You Thrive or Crack Under Pressure?
Do You Thrive or Crack Under Pressure?
09/10/2004 04:44 PM"Don't do crack; it's a ghetto drug"
"Don't do crack; it's a ghetto drug"
06/19/2004 04:52 PMFifteen of us gathered last night for a screening of the 1992 Tim
Robbins political satire Bo
b Roberts. This mockumentary of a folksinging conservative
Wall Street trader turned politician has held up surprisingly
well. In the background of the movie, President Bush is in the
White House and American troops are about to invade Iraq. Gore
Vidal does a great job playing a Ted Kennedy-style career
senator. The songs are fun but sadly the soundtrack has never
been made available.
My favorite part of the movie is when Bob Roberts closes a letter
to a 7-year-old girl in Vermont with the admonition "Don't do crack;
it's a ghetto drug."
This is the perfect movie for an election-year party.
Congress Set to Crack Down on Spyware
Congress Set to Crack Down on Spyware
06/28/2004 12:18 AMThe collective mind of congress is rapidly turning to the fall
elections, but some issues are pressing enough to warrant continued
attention, among them spyware.
A crack in DeLay's armor
A crack in DeLay's armor
04/11/2005 10:36 AMRobert Novak's protestations notwithstanding, a Republican congressman
says it's time for the House majority leader to resign.
Feds Crack Down On Web Pirates
Feds Crack Down On Web Pirates
04/23/2004 02:48 PMCBS News Apr 23 2004 6:53PM GMT
3D holograms to crack forgeries
3D holograms to crack forgeries
08/11/2004 08:18 AMA 3D hologram technique could transform how experts spot forged
signatures and other handwritten documents.
where i can give a crack for sims2?
where i can give a crack for sims2?
09/20/2004 03:02 PMTechTree Sep 20 2004 6:36PM GMT
Ex-Crack Addict Gives $10K to Art
Gallery (AP)
Ex-Crack Addict Gives $10K to Art
Gallery (AP)
07/22/2004 07:39 AMAP - A former burglar, alcoholic and crack addict has donated
$10,000 to the art gallery where he had panhandled for years after
inheriting $187,000 from his long-estranged mother.
Crack My Knuckles - by Rob Manuel
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UK, US and Canada crack down on Net
scams
UK, US and Canada crack down on Net
scams
04/30/2004 10:50 AMCloser co-operation
Madredeus On Crack: A Naifa
Madredeus On Crack: A Naifa
09/14/2004 01:54 AM
As God Is My Cleaning Lady:
Crypto-Fado For Bohemian Pagan Popsters. They can't play their
classical Fado guitars very well; they have a punky drummer and the
Fado singer not only smiles pouts and shakes her hips, but actually
seems to
enjoy herself! What's become of this country? Are
they mad? Reckless, certainly. They call themselves
A Naifa
and what they've done is taken a massive, ice-crunching Waring Pro
blender to all the sacred potions, fruits and flavours of Portuguese
traditional music and poured out a vulgar, shameless, disrespectful
and utterly
delicious shambles of a
Pop cocktail. Heresy in
old Lisbon? I nearly choked on my 30-year-old
aguardente
velha, but then realized I was dancing merrily and had already
spilt most of it anyway. [
Probably not fun for those
unfamiliar with the Fado. QuickTime required.]
Crack codes and win prizes
Crack codes and win prizes
10/30/2003 11:25 AMFancy a go at the Thawte Crypto Challenge IV?
Microsoft Thoughts on Open Source