John Barnes broke out about ten years ago with two fabulous novels: Orbital Resonance and A Million Open Doors, both of which I recommend without hesitation.
He might have written other excellent books since then, but his third (Mother of Storms) was sufficiently awful to turn me away from him for good. Perhaps someone here knows if he ever rebounded...
You are an over-simplifying troll. Sure they "want their cut," but they in fact NEED most if not all of it to maintain the system that lets us buy vintage Zork in seconds.
They must respect you in some sense or they wouldn't entrust you with major tasks as they have. Is it that you're not appreciated? That happens to everyone. Without more information it's hard to pursue this question.
By definition, one cannot make a living writing free software. Before The Industry, GNU/Linux contributors, except the one who has MIT paying him to live on campus, had to divide their energies between that and a "real job." Now they don't have to. And individual users are still free to pick whatever distros and packages they want. How is this bad?
Slashdot Mirror
Outland?
I'm more partial to Bloom County, myself...
John Barnes broke out about ten years ago with two fabulous novels: Orbital Resonance and A Million Open Doors, both of which I recommend without hesitation.
He might have written other excellent books since then, but his third (Mother of Storms) was sufficiently awful to turn me away from him for good. Perhaps someone here knows if he ever rebounded...
You are an over-simplifying troll. Sure they "want their cut," but they in fact NEED most if not all of it to maintain the system that lets us buy vintage Zork in seconds.
I don't appreciate the spoiler .sig
can it be?????
Not to mention one of the Bloom County books! ("Billy and the Boingers Bootleg")
Does anyone know whether and/or for how long the TiVo service will be accessible with the current generation of devices?
They must respect you in some sense or they wouldn't entrust you with major tasks as they have. Is it that you're not appreciated? That happens to everyone. Without more information it's hard to pursue this question.
By definition, one cannot make a living writing free software. Before The Industry, GNU/Linux contributors, except the one who has MIT paying him to live on campus, had to divide their energies between that and a "real job." Now they don't have to. And individual users are still free to pick whatever distros and packages they want. How is this bad?
If December is the "projected" release date, that is certainly not the same as "confirmed." Let's not inflate hopes beyond reason here...