Is there a shiny new car in your garage? You both sooo deserve it, I must say.
If you didn't get one or don't plan to, at least a T-shirt that says 'We settled with Verizon and all I got was (you know the rest).'
Or if you bought a six pack of imported beer and gave the rest to FOSS. We'd like to hear some good news from either one of you.
So we could all point and say, Hey this guy, he 1. coded serious software 2. GPLicensed it 3. sued the pants off GPL violators 4. Profit! 5. Get a. car b. T-shirt c. sixpack d. More RAM
This is run-of-the-mill for us here, but considering that it's a Third World country, what makes it a story is that when it came time to upgrade, they decided to go a different route (commodity...yet still an upgrade!)
And other institutions in that country facing similar decisions yet hampered by limited resources and funding could always point to the venerable PAGASA as Exhibit A, so it could have a snowball effect.
Only because they noted the General's severe reaction to your low UID: ^%%^&%!! Look at that moth**f***ing low UID on this one! He must be a General himself amongst the basement dewllers!! 111!!!!
Here is my beef with all the linux distros. They do NOT include demos or shareware versions anymore, not of some serious games. So you've gone through all the hassle of installing and partitioning, and it even detected your video! and your sound! Hurrah! OF COURSE you want to see if there's 3D acceleration! And OpenGL support!
RedHat included the text-only version of Quake, for f*cks sake. No, I don't want TuxRacer. idSoftware already released the source code, so we get the text only version of the game. Gee, Thanks, RH. I suppose I can READ it off the ascii version of the game.
Mandriva throws in some games, but I'd be hard pressed to think that freecell is going to show off the graphics capabilities of my HW.
Now that the distros can detect your HW a little bit better, isn't it time to throw in some serious racing or FPS game to show off what Linux CAN do with your box? We already KNOW it can browse the net, or do office and email. Show me some o that insane polygon pushing as soon as it's up and running. Not today's equivalent of pong.
That's impressive. Am curious though, you know how some people put their very first paycheck into a frame to hang on the wall? Have you ever saved your work or preserve it in some way that you can show to peers? This is after all, back then, when "bloat" was not used to refer to software yet =)
almost every adverse scenario results in certain death.
Back when Cher had a variety show on TV, there was a skit about soldiers being debriefed in a tent for a suicide mission. Each one that spoke in front of the team spoke in thick accents or coughed heavily but the only words you could make out clearly was always "certain death", even the informat from the enemy side speaking in another language still mentioned those two words in English. Oh but they did demonstrate gas masks to be used in the mission. So this guy that was demoing it put it on and started speaking about how to use it, muffled voice and all, and when he removed the mask he was till speaking and his sentence of course ended with the words "certain death".
I'm guessing the person for this mission might be debriefed the same way.
Let's make it a quasi-reality show, then. So that it can be ratings-driven, commercially-viable, and even sponsored by anyone willing to buy air time or space time. It will have all the ingredients (the backbiting, sexual undertones) except for the amateur singing, and even make the nerds or geeks tune in because for chrissakes it's science and tech. They're fighting each other, trying to find out who the real--or better--astronaut is, that's manning the ship. The real deal, for instance, could be the ship is on autopilot, or piloted remotely. One episode could feature the ship going off-course for sh*ts and giggles. In the galley, even after you provide all the necessary ingredients to the computer, it will instead give you the perfect cup of tea. And to nudge everyone a little closer to the edge, the computer insists on calling everyone Dave, even after proper introductions have been made.
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Well, I've always wanted to be on 'Big Brother'.
Oh, wait...
It would make for some interesting legal reading in any case.
Well, not for this crowd, without a summary, and accompanying torrent.
Man I was right with you there until you threw in 3) OMG! Ponies!!!111!!! from left field.
unemployed astronauts is quite crowded.
Oh wait, it's just your regular pub, with the usual wretched hive of scum and villainy.
Is there a shiny new car in your garage? You both sooo deserve it, I must say.
If you didn't get one or don't plan to, at least a T-shirt that says 'We settled with Verizon and all I got was (you know the rest).'
Or if you bought a six pack of imported beer and gave the rest to FOSS. We'd like to hear some good news from either one of you.
So we could all point and say, Hey this guy, he
1. coded serious software
2. GPLicensed it
3. sued the pants off GPL violators
4. Profit!
5. Get a. car b. T-shirt c. sixpack d. More RAM
...is that Keith Richards actually looks like that? Without any enhancements at all?
with the return of Battlebots. Absolutely, positively nothing at all. Move along, gents, these aren't the plans you're looking for.
More importantly, is there a severe penalty if you brought along a fake face-hugger from "Alien"?
This is run-of-the-mill for us here, but considering that it's a Third World country, what makes it a story is that when it came time to upgrade, they decided to go a different route (commodity...yet still an upgrade!)
And other institutions in that country facing similar decisions yet hampered by limited resources and funding could always point to the venerable PAGASA as Exhibit A, so it could have a snowball effect.
Only because they noted the General's severe reaction to your low UID: ^%%^&%!! Look at that moth**f***ing low UID on this one! He must be a General himself amongst the basement dewllers!! 111!!!!
Here is my beef with all the linux distros. They do NOT include demos or shareware versions anymore, not of some serious games. So you've gone through all the hassle of installing and partitioning, and it even detected your video! and your sound! Hurrah! OF COURSE you want to see if there's 3D acceleration! And OpenGL support!
RedHat included the text-only version of Quake, for f*cks sake. No, I don't want TuxRacer. idSoftware already released the source code, so we get the text only version of the game. Gee, Thanks, RH. I suppose I can READ it off the ascii version of the game.
Mandriva throws in some games, but I'd be hard pressed to think that freecell is going to show off the graphics capabilities of my HW.
Now that the distros can detect your HW a little bit better, isn't it time to throw in some serious racing or FPS game to show off what Linux CAN do with your box? We already KNOW it can browse the net, or do office and email. Show me some o that insane polygon pushing as soon as it's up and running. Not today's equivalent of pong.
and occasionally wearing women's underwear while online, which as we discussed, is strictly a comfort thing.
I'm positive he meant "Cowboy Neal to the home".
Oh, it's not a survey!
That's impressive. Am curious though, you know how some people put their very first paycheck into a frame to hang on the wall? Have you ever saved your work or preserve it in some way that you can show to peers? This is after all, back then, when "bloat" was not used to refer to software yet =)
almost every adverse scenario results in certain death.
Back when Cher had a variety show on TV, there was a skit about soldiers being debriefed in a tent for a suicide mission. Each one that spoke in front of the team spoke in thick accents or coughed heavily but the only words you could make out clearly was always "certain death", even the informat from the enemy side speaking in another language still mentioned those two words in English. Oh but they did demonstrate gas masks to be used in the mission. So this guy that was demoing it put it on and started speaking about how to use it, muffled voice and all, and when he removed the mask he was till speaking and his sentence of course ended with the words "certain death".
I'm guessing the person for this mission might be debriefed the same way.
Well, the problem is, they might start "colonizing" even before getting there...
What's the problem, computer?
Robotic voice: Er, there was only enough oxygen for the original four crewmen...
Let's make it a quasi-reality show, then. So that it can be ratings-driven, commercially-viable, and even sponsored by anyone willing to buy air time or space time. It will have all the ingredients (the backbiting, sexual undertones) except for the amateur singing, and even make the nerds or geeks tune in because for chrissakes it's science and tech. They're fighting each other, trying to find out who the real--or better--astronaut is, that's manning the ship. The real deal, for instance, could be the ship is on autopilot, or piloted remotely. One episode could feature the ship going off-course for sh*ts and giggles. In the galley, even after you provide all the necessary ingredients to the computer, it will instead give you the perfect cup of tea. And to nudge everyone a little closer to the edge, the computer insists on calling everyone Dave, even after proper introductions have been made.
PirateBay looks on with keen interest...
What's wrong with the other nine??
For some more extra fun, dress up lke the pilot.
"I have to get on, I'm flying that plane!"
In case of performance issues, look! Over there!
Isn't that Britney checking into rehab?
I think he's right, Satan with the upside down cross, MS with UNG instead of GNU...
Well, some of us have checked our closets and found that we haven't a thing to wear for the occasion.
Just don't throw Cowboy Neal's name in your statistical sample, or we're back to square one. "Oh it was a SLASHDOT poll."
'Cause I also wanted to add, off the record, that we are going to f***ing kill Google. Yes, that's F-star-star-star-I-N-G kill Google.
What is that red light for?