[humorix] Slashdot Simulator

[James Baughn <jbaughn@ldd.net>]

Slashdot Simulator
July 9, 1999

Inline with our upcoming IPO[1] on July 26th, Humorix has
lauchned a Software Development Lab to produce high-quality
humor software for the burgeoning Open Source community. 
Our first product, Slashdot Simulator 0.1, is now available
for your downloading and hacking pleasure[2].

As the name suggests, Slashdot Simulator (slashsim) is a
Perl script that produces a replica of the Slashdot
homepage containing fake articles and random SlashBoxes.  

What good is it?  Besides providing a way to play pranks on
your friends, you can use Slashsim to get an Emergency
Slashdot Fix in the event that the real Slashdot.org
website is offline or inaccessible.  

Slashsim is licensed under the GNU General Public License.
Our lawyer, Mr. Noah Morals, was working on a special
license called the "OpenHumor Public License".  However, he
is currently in the hospital following a tragic car
accident (he slammed into the back of an  ambulance he was
chasing), and so the license remains unfinished. As a
result, we have decided to release Slashsim under the GPL,
even though the GNU license is not Y2K-compliant[3].


[1] http://i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/jun99.shtml#Humorix-IPO
[2] http://i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/downloads.shtml#Slashsim
[3] http://i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/jun99.shtml#GPL-Y2K

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James S. Baughn
http://i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/

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