If they were my words, I would certainly be upset, but I would never claim you didn't have the right to do so unless you didn't make it clear that those links were added by you (as Deja is doing with the triangle).
"I've taken the time to compose a helpful message with references to individual products or product types and now Deja is going to sponge off of that to make links to THEIR store."
And Deja has taken the time, *and*money* to make your post accessible to more people.
"That's like I'd now create a webpage that is titled "some slashdot comments by swerdloff, uid #16397" and put all kinds of crap there, as if you said it indeed."
No, that's like you creating the webpage, putting in swerdloff's posts, and hyperlinking from the posts to pages you feel are relevent with clearly marked links. There is a *huge* difference.
Again, Gareth Hughes, from Precision Insight, has already begun work on the Radeon drivers. PI is under contract from ATI to write those drivers. It doesn't sound like they aren't getting any help and it *certainly* doesn't sound like we'll be stuck with a poorly written community driver.
My Rage 128 has drivers for X-Windows, written by Precision Insight under contract with ATI. The drivers are quite stable and even have decent 3D support.
I was under the impression, from reading the dri-devel mailing list, that Precision Insight is under contract to write 2D/3D X Windows drivers for the card (although I could be wrong).
If every post of yours didn't end with a reference to the General Public License in a trollish fashion perhaps it wouldn't be necessary to mark you as a troll...
It's not that people here think the GPL is the greatest invention ever which gets you moderated down. It's that you continually attack the GPL in a trollish fashion that gets you moderated down.
Don't quote me on this, but I *believe* that Daryll Strauss has been working on getting Glide apps working under the DRI in his spare time from working on the Voodoo 4/5 drivers. I heard that we'll be seeing something soon.
Unfortunately for you, there is a commonly accepted definition of "sexual identity crisis", which homosexuality does not meet. It's not a matter of your opinion being wrong, but of your definition being wrong.
I never made any excuses, I never asked for special consideration or sympathy. All I said is that there is more prejudice against homosexuality (and blacks, and jews) than geekiness. Are you arguing that there is no such prejudice?
"You don't have to be part of a legally-defined minority to feel prejudiced against."
Although I can't disagree with that remark, I do have to ask: When was the last time your life was threatened because of your introversion and talent for mathematical thought?
If you want to know what prejudice really is, grow up as a young gay man in upstate NY. (or as a young black man or young jewish man, for that matter).
As both a gay individual, and as a geek, (with many gay/geek friends) I can say that in my experience, there is much more prejudice in the world against homosexuals than geeks.
Slashdot Mirror
If they were my words, I would certainly be upset, but I would never claim you didn't have the right to do so unless you didn't make it clear that those links were added by you (as Deja is doing with the triangle).
Ranessin
They are clearly marking the link with a deja triange and are not attributing the link to you in any way, shape, or form.
Ranessin
Do you have the right to quote a news message, inserting your own comments between the lines?
Ranessin
The little deja triange clearly shows that it's not a link placed by the original author, so they certainly aren't attributing it to them.
Ranessin
"I've taken the time to compose a helpful message with references to individual products or product types and now Deja is going to sponge off of that to make links to THEIR store."
And Deja has taken the time, *and*money* to make your post accessible to more people.
Ranessin
"That's like I'd now create a webpage that is titled "some slashdot comments by swerdloff, uid #16397" and put all kinds of crap there, as if you said it indeed."
No, that's like you creating the webpage, putting in swerdloff's posts, and hyperlinking from the posts to pages you feel are relevent with clearly marked links. There is a *huge* difference.
Ranessin
'Hmmm... Lets see. I have a brain, and I don't see a tiny orange triangle as "clearly discernable"'
Try to pick up a new brain.
Ranessin
Again, Gareth Hughes, from Precision Insight, has already begun work on the Radeon drivers. PI is under contract from ATI to write those drivers. It doesn't sound like they aren't getting any help and it *certainly* doesn't sound like we'll be stuck with a poorly written community driver.
Ranessin
My Rage 128 has drivers for X-Windows, written by Precision Insight under contract with ATI. The drivers are quite stable and even have decent 3D support.
Ranessin
This message pretty much sums it up, I think.
I was under the impression, from reading the dri-devel mailing list, that Precision Insight is under contract to write 2D/3D X Windows drivers for the card (although I could be wrong).
Adam
If GPV were an "accurate" description of the GPL, it wouldn't be a troll, now would it?
A virus is something that one cathces involuntarily. All GPLed code was made GPLed by *choice*, unlike how viruses spread.
Ranessin
If every post of yours didn't end with a reference to the General Public License in a trollish fashion perhaps it wouldn't be necessary to mark you as a troll...
Ranessin
It's not that people here think the GPL is the greatest invention ever which gets you moderated down. It's that you continually attack the GPL in a trollish fashion that gets you moderated down.
Ranessin
Don't quote me on this, but I *believe* that Daryll Strauss has been working on getting Glide apps working under the DRI in his spare time from working on the Voodoo 4/5 drivers. I heard that we'll be seeing something soon.
Ranessin
"This whole Us against Them mentality really has got to go."
:-)
Kind of like the whole Open Source vs Closed Source mentality?
Ranessin
So, in other words, he plagarized...
Adam
Unfortunately for you, there is a commonly accepted definition of "sexual identity crisis", which homosexuality does not meet. It's not a matter of your opinion being wrong, but of your definition being wrong.
Ranessin
And how much of that prejudice exists? I see it every day. People hate other people because of their sexuality, race, and religion.
Ranessin
Perhaps you should read up on "sexual identity problem" before you start spewing your stupidity next time?
Ranessin
I never made any excuses, I never asked for special consideration or sympathy. All I said is that there is more prejudice against homosexuality (and blacks, and jews) than geekiness. Are you arguing that there is no such prejudice?
Ranessin
"Does that count?"
:-)
OK... I'll give that one to you
Adam
"You don't have to be part of a legally-defined minority to feel prejudiced against."
Although I can't disagree with that remark, I do have to ask: When was the last time your life was threatened because of your introversion and talent for mathematical thought?
If you want to know what prejudice really is, grow up as a young gay man in upstate NY. (or as a young black man or young jewish man, for that matter).
Ranessin
And I'm not going to stop correcting you when you say completely baseless things just because you want me to.
Ranessin
As both a gay individual, and as a geek, (with many gay/geek friends) I can say that in my experience, there is much more prejudice in the world against homosexuals than geeks.
Adam