I'm in an odd position: As a pseudo journalist I sometimes need to get ahold of people in that capacity, but I also have to deal regularly with media types who just want a lame quote for their article. After you answer the same questions time and time again, it gets amazingly tedious (And I've been known to tell reporters to read the FAQ too;) I'm amazed Linus lasted this long. I hope that the levels of protection he's put in place give him some well deserved privacy.
dear god. do i smell a little bit of ego from captain malda, golden boy of wired, newly-made millionare (so the whisperings go)? i think pseudo-reporter is too good for him---all i ever see on slashdot is articles that some guy wrote, some other guy found, and robbie takes credit for. i believe the quote-unquote-linux-community has a common enemy who's big on that sort of practices, but i won't say the word so you can't quote me.
in fact, this is the most creative output that i think i've ever seen---i guess the topic of his own prowess is a little too sweet to dodge. and for someone who seems to me to be way into being just another member of this beautiful linux community we got goin' here, he sure seems to think we care what his opinion on such hot topics as mr.torvalds' personal life is!
one tip, malda: if you're going to call yourself a pseudo-journalist, a demi-journalist, a gymno-journalist, or anything at all with the word 'journalist' in it, at least learn to freakin' spell. ok? do us all a favor.
--neil
IT'S ALL FUD, KIDS, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO SAY IT! ALL OF IT!
there's no point in trying to dissuade the argument that in some cases, occasional marijuana use can contribute to apathy, laziness, and general failure in life. everyone who went to high school knows someone who became a pothead and dropped out of school in that order. i can poke holes all over your 'medical evidence' and such, but your core argument which i listed above is untouchable.
this, however, needs to be taken with a healthy grain of salt. i know people who have messed their lives up -way- more with legal alcohol use than illegal marijuana use---i'd much, much rather be a dropout with a GED and a crappy restaurant job than a perpetually drunk homeless bum, something that weed just can't do to you. furthermore, i know even more people who've messed their lives up with a dangerous but legal and heavily encouraged thing: school. i know at least half a dozen people who've taken much more school than they could handle, going away to accelerated boarding schools, highly acclaimed colleges, taking more and more, spending all their time on homework, until they couldn't take it any more and killed themselves (or tried).
it's of course absurd to argue that education kills (insert a pointed lack of cheap jokes here). nor does alcohol turn you into a bum; or, as carl sagan has so gracefully demonstrated, does weed turn you into a worthless slacker. the thing is, all of these things -can- have all of these effects---so why is the risk presented by marijuana any greater than the other two?
they've already got the marketing and packaging (and probably a few under-the-table deals with major growers) all ready to roll out the day prohibition breaks, knock on wood.
>While I don't doubt that things will change, the article does seem to downplay the fact that linux!=redhat (although they are clearly aware of it). But they ignore the >existence of such projects as Debian entirely, which is odd for an apparently well-informed article.
they touched on this, just not as directly as they should've. from my interpretation, they said that because of red hat introducing money (on this scale) to linux in general, that much more attention would be paid to money by everyone in the future---not necessarily via redhat. rather than the most useful, or the most 'honorable' (an interesting point they brought up) being the highest driving force in the minds of linux programmers, it is instead whatever will get the spotlight their way for whenever the next linux-related IPO feels like sprinkling some shares down upon the masses. and microsoft has taught us all what makes money. scary.
obviously those free-thinkin' yammerheads did a bit more reading on the subject than you. although not a Cassiniphobe myself, i've read a few simple articles on the topic, and i don't think any informed person is afraid that some NASA scientist hit the wrong button on his calculator and Cassini is going to arc gracefully into the earth. the only plausible risk is that the probe would hit one of the several thousand pieces of 'space junk' orbiting our fair planet, and either be damaged or diverted and somehow end up carrying its cargo back home. this is a much more serious risk, as i believe i recall reading that NASA doesn't keep track of all the space junk and so had only 'probably' to rely on when asked if any collisions would occur. it was obviously good enough this time, and every time so far; i'm just saying, is all.
This page only served to amuse me. Mindcraft is, again, preaching to the converted---anyone else can easily see that drawing any conclusions from this list of hate mail would be just as foolish as trying to blame Jodie Foster for causing that guy to try to assassinate Ronald Reagan. Idiots are idiots, regardless of their choice of advocacy.
What this is, indeed, is more of the same. It's a heavily biased anti-linux 'study' in the form of a collection of e-mail messages...only this time, they don't even -claim- that they're providing an unbiased sample of messages. This page is even more worthless than the study which inspired it, and I have faith that everyone who saw how worthless the study was can see this for what it is as well.
the whole point of this virus's proliferation scheme is that Cindy -does- get the e-mail from her trusted friend. for those too impatient to read the cnn article, every time an infected client recieves an e-mail, it bounces a copy of the virus straight back to the sender of that e-mail. i can only hope that at least one spammer has been taken out this way. : )
Come on folks, instead of pouting at that jab, why don't we just condemn the practice of deliberately undermining a worthwhile project?
i'll have to disagree with you here. while i didn't do any 'hacking' (i wouldn't touch seti with a 10' pole), i staunchly defend people finding holes in the code and making it very clear why they're bad, as soon as possible. much better that this stuff gets ironed out in the first few months than six years down the line when SETI is (might be) much bigger and more serious.. now it does considerably less damage. IIRC, d.net had the same problem early on, but hasn't had it since.
also, Iconoclast \I*con"o*clast\, n. [Gr. e'ikw`n image + ? to break: cf. F. iconoclaste.] 1. A breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a determined enemy of idol worship. 2. One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical.
If that's your opinion, why not just steal food just like you're stealing software? The only reason you don't do it (i'm assuming you don't:) is because it's more difficult. And if you were to do so, you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who'd say you were morally right to do so (assuming you're not starving to death.. if you can find some comparable need for an mp3 player, i'll let you off the hook).
Anyway, all I'm saying is that you, as a pirater of winamp, are in no position to complain about their buyout, because you're part of what drove them to that. A small part, but an undeniable one.
For months and months (at least back when I used Windows on a regular basis) I told people: "You should really register Winamp, you know." And they laughed. I told them: "It's really hard to come across non-crippled, honest-to-god shareware (keep in mind: windows) any more. You should support it." And they laughed. And I told them: "It's really true---if people don't support quality shareware, then it will cease to exist." And they laughed.
Who's laughing now? If all 5 million (according to Yahoo) Winamp users had done what Nullsoft asked and paid them the paltry $10 for the hours and hours that most of then surely have used Winamp.. well, let's just say Nullsoft would certainly have been a lot less anxious to hop on the AOL train. But no, it's been proven: we live in a society where people refuse to accept their capitalistic responsibilities and then refuse to accept the consequences. Every one of you out there who used Winamp for more than 30 days without paying for it---this is YOUR FAULT. The blame rests squarely on your cheap-ass shoulders.
(Of course, this is why we love REAL free software so much 'round these parts.. the linux kernel is not for sale at any price. right?)
Well, although this (as many astute linux evangelists has already pointed out) reads like FUD, there's a good point concealed within. Yes, no matter how much we hate to admit it, IIS can solidly trounce Apache on an ultra-mega-high-end system. The Mindcrafy study wasn't slanted because of their bias, so much as it was slanted because of Apache, and IIRC, non-Mindcraft reports have verified this.
So, let's see.. Micros~1 takes the one UN*X-oriented product that their parallel NT-oriented product has undecidedly beaten in the public eye (if not in the full useful sense of the word `beaten'...IIS won't run on the Sparc-20 I work with, so Apache has one clear advantage there), and pats it on the back as the best Linux thing around?.. Let's see.. so where does that put Microsoft? Solidly above Linux, that's for sure!
Damning through faint praise, they call it.
--neil
(not that apache's not a fine product.. but look at the full scope..)
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dear god. do i smell a little bit of ego from captain malda, golden boy of wired, newly-made millionare (so the whisperings go)? i think pseudo-reporter is too good for him---all i ever see on slashdot is articles that some guy wrote, some other guy found, and robbie takes credit for. i believe the quote-unquote-linux-community has a common enemy who's big on that sort of practices, but i won't say the word so you can't quote me.
in fact, this is the most creative output that i think i've ever seen---i guess the topic of his own prowess is a little too sweet to dodge. and for someone who seems to me to be way into being just another member of this beautiful linux community we got goin' here, he sure seems to think we care what his opinion on such hot topics as mr.torvalds' personal life is!
one tip, malda: if you're going to call yourself a pseudo-journalist, a demi-journalist, a gymno-journalist, or anything at all with the word 'journalist' in it, at least learn to freakin' spell. ok? do us all a favor.
IT'S ALL FUD, KIDS, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO SAY IT! ALL OF IT!
this, however, needs to be taken with a healthy grain of salt. i know people who have messed their lives up -way- more with legal alcohol use than illegal marijuana use---i'd much, much rather be a dropout with a GED and a crappy restaurant job than a perpetually drunk homeless bum, something that weed just can't do to you. furthermore, i know even more people who've messed their lives up with a dangerous but legal and heavily encouraged thing: school. i know at least half a dozen people who've taken much more school than they could handle, going away to accelerated boarding schools, highly acclaimed colleges, taking more and more, spending all their time on homework, until they couldn't take it any more and killed themselves (or tried).
it's of course absurd to argue that education kills (insert a pointed lack of cheap jokes here). nor does alcohol turn you into a bum; or, as carl sagan has so gracefully demonstrated, does weed turn you into a worthless slacker. the thing is, all of these things -can- have all of these effects---so why is the risk presented by marijuana any greater than the other two?
food for thought.
--neil
>existence of such projects as Debian entirely, which is odd for an apparently well-informed article.
they touched on this, just not as directly as they should've. from my interpretation, they said that because of red hat introducing money (on this scale) to linux in general, that much more attention would be paid to money by everyone in the future---not necessarily via redhat. rather than the most useful, or the most 'honorable' (an interesting point they brought up) being the highest driving force in the minds of linux programmers, it is instead whatever will get the spotlight their way for whenever the next linux-related IPO feels like sprinkling some shares down upon the masses. and microsoft has taught us all what makes money. scary.
obviously those free-thinkin' yammerheads did a bit more reading on the subject than you. although not a Cassiniphobe myself, i've read a few simple articles on the topic, and i don't think any informed person is afraid that some NASA scientist hit the wrong button on his calculator and Cassini is going to arc gracefully into the earth. the only plausible risk is that the probe would hit one of the several thousand pieces of 'space junk' orbiting our fair planet, and either be damaged or diverted and somehow end up carrying its cargo back home. this is a much more serious risk, as i believe i recall reading that NASA doesn't keep track of all the space junk and so had only 'probably' to rely on when asked if any collisions would occur. it was obviously good enough this time, and every time so far; i'm just saying, is all.
--neil
ralph nader said 'utter and complete BS?'
--neil
You mean it doesn't matter?
What this is, indeed, is more of the same. It's a heavily biased anti-linux 'study' in the form of a collection of e-mail messages...only this time, they don't even -claim- that they're providing an unbiased sample of messages. This page is even more worthless than the study which inspired it, and I have faith that everyone who saw how worthless the study was can see this for what it is as well.
--neil
--neil
--neil
i'll have to disagree with you here. while i didn't do any 'hacking' (i wouldn't touch seti with a 10' pole), i staunchly defend people finding holes in the code and making it very clear why they're bad, as soon as possible. much better that this stuff gets ironed out in the first few months than six years down the line when SETI is (might be) much bigger and more serious.. now it does considerably less damage. IIRC, d.net had the same problem early on, but hasn't had it since.
just my 2 cents. flame away.
--neil
This, however, is not adequate proof that children with no ethics do not exist.
--neil
--neil
(ObContent: that was another zany cooling scheme. a considerably more zany one.)
Mission complete: sniveling
also, Iconoclast \I*con"o*clast\, n. [Gr. e'ikw`n image + ? to break: cf. F. iconoclaste.] 1. A breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a determined enemy of idol worship. 2. One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical.
HTH ;)
--neil
--neil, the devil's advocate
As is evidenced by the fact that you think that `potatoe' is considered correct. I won't comment on the implications of totally missing a joke.
Which I assume I haven't done.
--neil
Anyway, all I'm saying is that you, as a pirater of winamp, are in no position to complain about their buyout, because you're part of what drove them to that. A small part, but an undeniable one.
--neil
--neil
Who's laughing now? If all 5 million (according to Yahoo) Winamp users had done what Nullsoft asked and paid them the paltry $10 for the hours and hours that most of then surely have used Winamp.. well, let's just say Nullsoft would certainly have been a lot less anxious to hop on the AOL train. But no, it's been proven: we live in a society where people refuse to accept their capitalistic responsibilities and then refuse to accept the consequences. Every one of you out there who used Winamp for more than 30 days without paying for it---this is YOUR FAULT. The blame rests squarely on your cheap-ass shoulders.
(Of course, this is why we love REAL free software so much 'round these parts.. the linux kernel is not for sale at any price. right?)
--neil
--neil
(see below for more on this)
--neil
So, let's see.. Micros~1 takes the one UN*X-oriented product that their parallel NT-oriented product has undecidedly beaten in the public eye (if not in the full useful sense of the word `beaten'...IIS won't run on the Sparc-20 I work with, so Apache has one clear advantage there), and pats it on the back as the best Linux thing around?.. Let's see.. so where does that put Microsoft? Solidly above Linux, that's for sure!
Damning through faint praise, they call it.
--neil
(not that apache's not a fine product.. but look at the full scope..)
If you ever drive drunk, let me know so I can stay home.
They speak English, too. Your point is totally invalid.