The Stephenson Essay is _way_ beyond interesting.
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I think this essay may be a milestone of sorts. It's so well written it would fascinate people who've never even touched a computer. I'd say more about it but I'm going to reread it and let the ideas percolate for a few days. My head is still ringing.
One more thing--Stephenson says he uses FVWM and is looking at E. Someone should turn him on to Window Maker.:-)
"They saw how many people downloaded it and thought...oh SHIT...that's lots of money we could have made."
What money? The song is a piece of crap. I wasted bandwidth downloading it. More likely they felt the song would hurt CD sales by dimming expectations for the album. The singing sounds like an alcoholic doing a bad Bob Dylan impersonation.
You want some good mp3s? Go to mp3.com's electronica section and check out Xylox. He shows real potential.
Sad to see that they stuck RMS in a corner during this event. But what are they to do with him? It's like your crazy and beloved uncle.... he fought in the war, and you're proud of that, but he keeps pissing on the rug when company comes.
If he really delivers a keynote at the next LinuxWorld I bet they'll be ready with the tranquilizer darts and nets. Or they'll put him on at 3 a.m.
Poor Richard... too scary for the suits, too valuable to snub entirely...
On another note, I watched the RA of Linus's keynote. I like the fact that he says he ISN'T a visionary! He just wants to hack code, drink beer, take care of his daughters and let world domination take its natural course.:-)
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I think this essay may be a milestone of sorts. It's so well written it would fascinate people who've never even touched a computer. I'd say more about it but I'm going to reread it and let the ideas percolate for a few days. My head is still ringing.
:-)
One more thing--Stephenson says he uses FVWM and is looking at E. Someone should turn him on to Window Maker.
Groucho
"They saw how many people downloaded it and thought...oh SHIT...that's lots of money we could have made."
What money? The song is a piece of crap. I wasted bandwidth downloading it. More likely they felt the song would hurt CD sales by dimming expectations for the album. The singing sounds like an alcoholic doing a bad Bob Dylan impersonation.
You want some good mp3s? Go to mp3.com's electronica section and check out Xylox. He shows real potential.
Groucho
Sad to see that they stuck RMS in a corner during this event. But what are they to do with him? It's like your crazy and beloved uncle.... he fought in the war, and you're proud of that, but he keeps pissing on the rug when company comes.
:-)
If he really delivers a keynote at the next LinuxWorld I bet they'll be ready with the tranquilizer darts and nets. Or they'll put him on at 3 a.m.
Poor Richard... too scary for the suits, too valuable to snub entirely...
On another note, I watched the RA of Linus's keynote. I like the fact that he says he ISN'T a visionary! He just wants to hack code, drink beer, take care of his daughters and let world domination take its natural course.
Groucho