I think it's even more foolish to let your wishes for extraterrestial life lead you into believing that they just have to be out there. Don't mean to pick on you, but I hear a lot of people say things like "Well, it's just crazy to think we're the only life in the universe!" No, at this point, it's not crazy. We are in a severe data drought regarding ET life, and until we get some hard facts, it should suprise you to no end to find life elsewhere. You can get jaded about ET life later!:)
I would gladly flame you, but you seem to base your glowing reports of quality on unreleased software. Is any of that software you mentioned out yet? SQL Server 7.0, maybe? I know the rest isn't. Anyhow, the released versions of those packages blow, and had you claimed exceptional quality for them, you would have earned every flame you got. Although, you were astute enough to say "(at least, from my point of view)." Have you ever used Office 97, NT 4.0/Win95, or IIS 4.0? Doesn't sound like it. Thanks for playing. Have a nice day.
I'm glad to be in this universe, instead! For one thing, I've never put my "system in a state where you must reload all software from scratch since you need to recompile and reinstall the kernel." Funny, I can recompile and reinstall kernels until my fingers bleed, yet never need to reload all software from scratch. And did you see, that over a two month period, there were six kernel updates?!!? There you have it! I guess that's bad. But, even idiocies like these are just fine, because "MINDCRAFT, INC. SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS CONTAINED HEREIN, NOR FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE FURNISHING, PERFORMANCE, OR USE OF THIS MATERIAL." Hey, that's cool. I wish I could not be liable for errors or omissions in my work. But then, I don't work for Microsoft, like they do....
He sure got that right! Man, I loved that game. Quake and Quake2 are both superb games in their own right, but DOOM gave me nightmares and dumped me out of my computer chair many times.
Man, I am relieved to hear jwz admit that the Mozilla code is ugly. I downloaded it and worked with it when it was first released. My gut feeling was, if mozilla is this disgusting, I can only imagine how fscked-up IE's code must be. Oh, well. Hope he moves on to do something cool....
Here, I'll play the RMS part: Hmmm.... I could finish The Hurd! Then GNU would have it's own kernel, and I wouldn't have to dodge kicks from under the Linux table as I try to grab crumbs of respect off the floor.... We could all move on!
Nahhh...
GNU! GNU!!! Quit calling it Linux! You don't get it!!! LISTEN TO ME, DAMMIT, I'VE BEEN COOL AND UNKEMPT SINCE BEFORE THAT PUNK ATE HIS FIRST HERRING!!!!!! {frothing at mouth}
If Linus hadn't come along and did what he did, we'd be using the fantastically wonderful GNU tools on somebody's proprietary operating system, and that would probably have extended the life of those proprietary OS's that got GNU'd. Linus didn't just add a kernel to GNU, he made it truly free. Does RMS aver acknowledge this? No! The Evil Gnomes in his head won't let him.
I must insist you call it RMS/Gnulix, and I will interrupt you and correct you if you don't, and I will play with my hair and pick scabs the whole time.
Absolutely! Easily the most coherent thing I've ever read from RMS. One thing I have to wonder about, is: why do all these companies feel they have to cook up some gee-whiz new license every time they give us a peek at source code? Why not just LGPL it, avoid the wannabe-license-lawyer wars, and gain the unquestioned support of ESRabids, Stallmanites, and BP? I suppose I don't understand the Corporate World sometimes....
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I think it's even more foolish to let your wishes for extraterrestial life lead you into believing that they just have to be out there. Don't mean to pick on you, but I hear a lot of people say things like "Well, it's just crazy to think we're the only life in the universe!" No, at this point, it's not crazy. We are in a severe data drought regarding ET life, and until we get some hard facts, it should suprise you to no end to find life elsewhere. You can get jaded about ET life later! :)
{shrug} Apple's a business. Whatever we are, here on /., it's not a business! :)
I would gladly flame you, but you seem to base your glowing reports of quality on unreleased software. Is any of that software you mentioned out yet? SQL Server 7.0, maybe? I know the rest isn't. Anyhow, the released versions of those packages blow, and had you claimed exceptional quality for them, you would have earned every flame you got. Although, you were astute enough to say "(at least, from my point of view)." Have you ever used Office 97, NT 4.0/Win95, or IIS 4.0? Doesn't sound like it. Thanks for playing. Have a nice day.
I'm glad to be in this universe, instead! For one thing, I've never put my "system in a state where you must reload all software from scratch since you need to recompile and reinstall the kernel." Funny, I can recompile and reinstall kernels until my fingers bleed, yet never need to reload all software from scratch. And did you see, that over a two month period, there were six kernel updates?!!? There you have it! I guess that's bad. But, even idiocies like these are just fine, because "MINDCRAFT, INC. SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS CONTAINED HEREIN, NOR FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE FURNISHING, PERFORMANCE, OR USE OF THIS MATERIAL." Hey, that's cool. I wish I could not be liable for errors or omissions in my work. But then, I don't work for Microsoft, like they do....
He sure got that right! Man, I loved that game. Quake and Quake2 are both superb games in their own right, but DOOM gave me nightmares and dumped me out of my computer chair many times.
Man, I am relieved to hear jwz admit that the Mozilla code is ugly. I downloaded it and worked with it when it was first released. My gut feeling was, if mozilla is this disgusting, I can only imagine how fscked-up IE's code must be. Oh, well. Hope he moves on to do something cool....
Here, I'll play the RMS part:
Hmmm.... I could finish The Hurd! Then GNU would have it's own kernel, and I wouldn't have to dodge kicks from under the Linux table as I try to grab crumbs of respect off the floor.... We could all move on!
Nahhh...
GNU! GNU!!! Quit calling it Linux! You don't get it!!! LISTEN TO ME, DAMMIT, I'VE BEEN COOL AND UNKEMPT SINCE BEFORE THAT PUNK ATE HIS FIRST HERRING!!!!!! {frothing at mouth}
If Linus hadn't come along and did what he did, we'd be using the fantastically wonderful GNU tools on somebody's proprietary operating system, and that would probably have extended the life of those proprietary OS's that got GNU'd. Linus didn't just add a kernel to GNU, he made it truly free. Does RMS aver acknowledge this? No! The Evil Gnomes in his head won't let him.
I must insist you call it RMS/Gnulix, and I will interrupt you and correct you if you don't, and I will play with my hair and pick scabs the whole time.
Plus, there was a billboard for Implant Hut, which is an Akbar and Jeff venture if I've ever seen one. Which I have, but only in Life in Hell! :)
I'd rather see Futurama than The Phantom Menace. Will that get me banned?
Absolutely! Easily the most coherent thing I've ever read from RMS. One thing I have to wonder about, is: why do all these companies feel they have to cook up some gee-whiz new license every time they give us a peek at source code? Why not just LGPL it, avoid the wannabe-license-lawyer wars, and gain the unquestioned support of ESRabids, Stallmanites, and BP? I suppose I don't understand the Corporate World sometimes....
Of course, these proprietary codecs aren't mandated. People choose to use them. Why this is so, I could not tell you.