After reading such blasphemous utterings, I propose we de-canonize St. Linus, the Farseer, and henceforth refer to him as "Linus, that puny piece of RIAA excrement".
I'm tired, people. Slashdot repeats itself day after day after day, both in the articles and in the replies to them.
You have no 'right' to share music, movies, or whatever it is you didn't create. You have no 'right' to own a computer, much less one that isn't 'DRM enabled'.
They build, they sell, they dictate the rules. If you don't like the rules, then don't play the game. That's the right you have.
I'm exercising that right. I work with computers, though I don't know how much longer. I look around me and I see people thirsty for love and friendship, and I'm here, afraid of them, afraid that they won't love me. I don't reach out for them because I'm afraid. Instead, here I am, worrying that some stupid CPU is going to incorporate some gold-mine-of-the-day-let's-milk-those-suckers-for- more-cash technology. Hello?! Something's definitely wrong, and I'm it. I, the loner. I the selfish one. I, he who neglects giving himself to people because he is afraid.
I'm considering going back to college, to study psychology. I want to do something, to help others, and to help myself. I don't know if that's the way I'll take, but I know I don't want to be where I am right now.
"The man who tries to save his life will lose it" -- Jesus Christ
I'm tired of trying to save my life--I only found boredom and sadness. I'm posting this because maybe there are some here that feel the same. To you: I sympathize.
Quit worrying about the DRM enabler of the day. Let them have their petty schemes. Let them reach the nothing that they seek, and know that they have found nothing. Maybe they'll understand, then.
Although not referring specifically to the Mallinson case, he added it may be necessary to "weed out" employees who did not live up to Microsoft's code of behaviour.
Specifically, this one:
10. Thou shalt not be caught after doing any or all of these things.
...what's up with you people and the LOTR movies. Anyone who has actually read the books (and most people here are supposed to have read them, aren't they?) is able to see that the first movie completely sucked. It was just a bunch of dudes going around from here to there and getting into a lot of fights.
The movie is ridden with Hollywood clichés ( Aragorn facing 1000 orks alone and smiling, without being killed in 0.001s, Boromir with two arrows stuck, still fighting heroically, etc. Oh, and, "Let's hunt some ork?" Puhleeeez!), massive character assassination abounds (Gandalf, Frodo, Merry and Pippin were all turned into a bunch of idiots).
Ok, it has some good things. Scenarios are cool, music too, Liv Tyler too (ah, maybe the answer's here:)
Now's your chance to volunteer some free time and offer help to install some open source software. Beat Microsoft to its own game. Then use it as a model for all cities in the US.
You have what it takes, you know that. All you need is some getting together and a plan of attack.
*Sigh*, I wish I was an American living in New Orleans by this time. I'd sure be glad to help.
Your friend is willing to put 2 hrs of his day into writing that piece of code. More power to him. But what does he miss from those 2 hrs? Does he have a family? A girlfriend? (True) Friends? Does he like to do other things besides coding?
And, he is doing it because he wants "to see his code used extensively by other projects". This is hardly selfless, don't you think?
People at LWN have a life. They also like what they do, but they decided to choose what's truly important to them. In doing that, they said, "Sorry, we can't go on like this. We're going to stop." But the public said to them "Please don't." and they started providing for them to go on. It's good that they did. Maybe the coders should start asking for money, too. And, if they don't. Maybe they should choose what's really important to them.
Most important of all: remember that they are human beings. They're just like you. They're not merchandise, they have feelings, they think, and they're able to do good as well as bad.
Having said that...
Why did they behave like that? I would understand if it happened to one of them, but to all, except you? Something must be wrong; are you sure you're getting the full picture? Talk to them, find out what's going on.
Do they like what they're doing? Do they want to improve? Do they want to learn? If they do, there's hope. Maybe you could pair with each one of them, and coach them. Also, get them to buy some good books, like Code Complete, The Practice of Programming, The Pragmatic Programmer (yes, I think it's a good book), etc.
Of course, there's the deadline -- will someone die if it isn't met? Is it really critical? Or does it reeeelly, reeeelly has to be done until 'x', because someone says so? If it really is critical, then there's no time for you to coach them. But I believe that, the way things are, you won't meet the deadline, anyway.
If they aren't interested, then I believe they're at the wrong job. Maybe you should make that clear to them. Life won't get better for you or for them if they remain where they are.
Oh, and remember that in your hands there's the power to make those people better than they are now. Try taking the chance...
As a developer, I can't understand why a one would use a desktop environment. Besides the bloat, I believe they don't add anything. I prefer using a wm that stays out of the way and is very keyboard friendly. The less I use the mouse, the better.
But I love the apps. KDE has a much more 'coherent' feel than GNOME (menu placement, configuration, etc.), from app to app. I never tried GNOME2; maybe things have changed.
As a user (not a developer), I can't see why one would change from windows to unix, unless it's a matter of convictions: that's a perfectly valid reason to me.
I still have win98 at home. Games work well, and if I want an office suite, I can install OpenOffice. What if it crashes a little more?
...bitter about people who decide that one language is all they need to learn and leave the rest of us having to know mediocre programming languages because that's the only way you get a job?
...bitter about people who keep buying into marketspeak?
...bitter about people who keep developing the same old language, but put some makeup on it so for it to seem different?
...bitter about methodologies, because they're set in stone?
...bitter about requirements, because they're set in water?
...bitter about business because you're just a "resource" to them?
...bitter about business programming because it's dull, insignificant, and someone should have already figured out a way to generate all this stupid code since it's been repeated some many times over?
I'm not tired of programming, but I'm tired of the kind of programming I'm doing. I'm tired of creating things that don't mean anything to me. I'm tired of working for soulless entities that look at you as a good instead of a person. I'm tired of seeing what I write being used to advance a 'thing' instead of people.
I consider myself a good programmer, though I know I still have a lot to learn. But things are just loosing their meaning. The money, while nice to have, doesn't justify keeping on.
I'd really like to work on a place where I'm using my skills for a good cause. Any suggestions?
She says she is tired digging through 40 junk emails to find the 1 email from her sister.
I don't understand. How can people get that amount of spam?
Do spammers hold you americans as special targets?
I get about 1 email per month that is spam. I never give
my real email to the sites I frequent—I have a yahoo account
for that; see my address. I send every spam email I get
to SpamCop. I never reply
to spam.
I have nothing against your wife's use of a grammar checker; nevertheless, you may want to buy her a copy of Strunk and White's Elements of Style. It will enrich her.
Slashdot Mirror
That would only help to make the institutions even more dependent on proprietary software. There is nothing to gain with that.
Maybe if everyone kept all slashdot stories in a P2P system, it would make it cooler for the editors to search for dupes?
Hmmm, as I'm too dense, and I never saw Star Trek anyway, can someone explain this joke to me?
After reading such blasphemous utterings, I propose we de-canonize St. Linus, the Farseer, and henceforth refer to him as "Linus, that puny piece of RIAA excrement".
At release 0.1 and it is 13M already... Wonder how big it will be at 1.0...
I'm tired, people. Slashdot repeats itself day after day after day, both in the articles and in the replies to them.
- more-cash
You have no 'right' to share music, movies, or whatever it is you didn't create. You have no 'right' to own a computer, much less one that isn't 'DRM enabled'.
They build, they sell, they dictate the rules. If you don't like the rules, then don't play the game. That's the right you have.
I'm exercising that right. I work with computers, though I don't know how much longer. I look around me and I see people thirsty for love and friendship, and I'm here, afraid of them, afraid that they won't love me. I don't reach out for them because I'm afraid. Instead, here I am, worrying that some stupid CPU is going to incorporate some gold-mine-of-the-day-let's-milk-those-suckers-for
technology. Hello?! Something's definitely wrong, and I'm it. I, the loner. I the selfish one. I, he who neglects giving himself to people because he is afraid.
I'm considering going back to college, to study psychology. I want to do something, to help others, and to help myself. I don't know if that's the way I'll take, but I know I don't want to be where I am right now.
"The man who tries to save his life will lose it" -- Jesus Christ
I'm tired of trying to save my life--I only found boredom and sadness. I'm posting this because maybe there are some here that feel the same. To you: I sympathize.
Quit worrying about the DRM enabler of the day. Let them have their petty schemes. Let them reach the nothing that they seek, and know that they have found nothing. Maybe they'll understand, then.
All that time, you'll be busy loving.
From the press release:
Well, hm... how about being acceptable to viewers?
How can people sell something to others if they never try to look through the buyers' glasses?
kYou gKnow, gI'm kGlad gMost kOpen gSource kDesktop gProgram kDevelopers gAre kPretty gOriginal kWhen gChoosing kTheir gProgram kNames.
Here's a book that may interest you, although it's incomplete.
As someone who understands, I say hang on, brother. Life has good things in store for us. You'll see.
Specifically, this one:
10. Thou shalt not be caught after doing any or all of these things.
...what's up with you people and the LOTR movies. Anyone who has actually read the books (and most people here are supposed to have read them, aren't they?) is able to see that the first movie completely sucked. It was just a bunch of dudes going around from here to there and getting into a lot of fights.
:)
The movie is ridden with Hollywood clichés ( Aragorn facing 1000 orks alone and smiling, without being killed in 0.001s, Boromir with two arrows stuck, still fighting heroically, etc. Oh, and, "Let's hunt some ork?" Puhleeeez!), massive character assassination abounds (Gandalf, Frodo, Merry and Pippin were all turned into a bunch of idiots).
Ok, it has some good things. Scenarios are cool, music too, Liv Tyler too (ah, maybe the answer's here
So I ask, why?
Now's your chance to volunteer some free time and offer help to install some open source software. Beat Microsoft to its own game. Then use it as a model for all cities in the US.
You have what it takes, you know that. All you need is some getting together and a plan of attack.
*Sigh*, I wish I was an American living in New Orleans by this time. I'd sure be glad to help.
Your friend is willing to put 2 hrs of his day into writing that piece of code. More power to him. But what does he miss from those 2 hrs? Does he have a family? A girlfriend? (True) Friends? Does he like to do other things besides coding?
And, he is doing it because he wants "to see his code used extensively by other projects". This is hardly selfless, don't you think?
People at LWN have a life. They also like what they do, but they decided to choose what's truly important to them. In doing that, they said, "Sorry, we can't go on like this. We're going to stop." But the public said to them "Please don't." and they started providing for them to go on. It's good that they did. Maybe the coders should start asking for money, too. And, if they don't. Maybe they should choose what's really important to them.
Most important of all: remember that they are human beings. They're just like you. They're not merchandise, they have feelings, they think, and they're able to do good as well as bad.
Having said that...
Why did they behave like that? I would understand if it happened to one of them, but to all, except you? Something must be wrong; are you sure you're getting the full picture? Talk to them, find out what's going on.
Do they like what they're doing? Do they want to improve? Do they want to learn? If they do, there's hope. Maybe you could pair with each one of them, and coach them. Also, get them to buy some good books, like Code Complete, The Practice of Programming, The Pragmatic Programmer (yes, I think it's a good book), etc.
Of course, there's the deadline -- will someone die if it isn't met? Is it really critical? Or does it reeeelly, reeeelly has to be done until 'x', because someone says so? If it really is critical, then there's no time for you to coach them. But I believe that, the way things are, you won't meet the deadline, anyway.
If they aren't interested, then I believe they're at the wrong job. Maybe you should make that clear to them. Life won't get better for you or for them if they remain where they are.
Oh, and remember that in your hands there's the power to make those people better than they are now. Try taking the chance...
How are the chinese going to circumvent their firewall to be able to get this program that enables them to circumvent their firewall?
How many people who bitch here about DRM will actually send a comment?
As a developer, I can't understand why a one would use a desktop environment. Besides the bloat, I believe they don't add anything. I prefer using a wm that stays out of the way and is very keyboard friendly. The less I use the mouse, the better.
But I love the apps. KDE has a much more 'coherent' feel than GNOME (menu placement, configuration, etc.), from app to app. I never tried GNOME2; maybe things have changed.
As a user (not a developer), I can't see why one would change from windows to unix, unless it's a matter of convictions: that's a perfectly valid reason to me.
I still have win98 at home. Games work well, and if I want an office suite, I can install OpenOffice. What if it crashes a little more?
Programming is not only tech; you work with people, too. These books will help you consider the human side of your work. They are worth every penny.
...bitter about people who decide that one language is all they need to learn and leave the rest of us having to know mediocre programming languages because that's the only way you get a job?
...bitter about people who keep buying into marketspeak?
...bitter about people who keep developing the same old language, but put some makeup on it so for it to seem different?
...bitter about methodologies, because they're set in stone?
...bitter about requirements, because they're set in water?
...bitter about business because you're just a "resource" to them?
...bitter about business programming because it's dull, insignificant, and someone should have already figured out a way to generate all this stupid code since it's been repeated some many times over?
Heh, whatever, I need to sleep.
This is a real pity, I suspect many PC Gamers, like me, don't have credit cards(or cash)
So you don't have cash for $24.95 (the yearly subscription) but you have for $40+ games?
I'm not tired of programming, but I'm tired of the kind of programming I'm doing. I'm tired of creating things that don't mean anything to me. I'm tired of working for soulless entities that look at you as a good instead of a person. I'm tired of seeing what I write being used to advance a 'thing' instead of people.
I consider myself a good programmer, though I know I still have a lot to learn. But things are just loosing their meaning. The money, while nice to have, doesn't justify keeping on.
I'd really like to work on a place where I'm using my skills for a good cause. Any suggestions?
Yeah, I wonder if these guys have been reading The Cluetrain Manifesto.
Here's another one for EJB and Web: XDoclet.
It integrates nicely with ant.
I don't understand. How can people get that amount of spam? Do spammers hold you americans as special targets?
I get about 1 email per month that is spam. I never give my real email to the sites I frequent—I have a yahoo account for that; see my address. I send every spam email I get to SpamCop. I never reply to spam.
(Maybe you are special targets...)
How can you people get so much spam?
I have nothing against your wife's use of a grammar checker; nevertheless, you may want to buy her a copy of Strunk and White's Elements of Style. It will enrich her.