I was not aware of a Mad Magazine parody of Mickey Mouse, but I do know of Robert Crumb's work in the early 70's, also entitled Mickey Rat. While not identical, they do share resemblences.:)
I mean, if they can fork over millions to get the rights to play "Start Me Up" from the Stones, you'd think they could throw Christopher Lowell a few bones to come up with a decent color scheme.
Um.. You know.. I'm not sure what you're getting at, but if you read my initial post above you'd see that I fully SUPPORT enforcement of contract law. However, most people don't even read the articles, I should be surprised if they actually read the comments, either. Don't worry, I've found myself guilty of the same offense. Contracts are legally binding. Of course, then there's EULA's and that whole mess....
You betcha. Unfortunately for them, they signed exclusivity contracts with MS so they could get "discounted" pricing schemes. The kicker is that MS then absolves themselves of any and all responsibility for MS products placed on the machine. As a former Dell technician, it was drilled into us that it's not MS Windows, it's DELL Windows (licensed from MS). OR something like that. It's not my fault they make shitty decisions.:P
Actually, it's not the idea that they can do anything they want because they are "above" the law: they should be able to do anything they want with THEIR PRODUCT, including the decision to not include other people's products. It really was summed up with the statement that someone whom I've forgotten said that it's like Coca-Cola being forced to include a Pepsi in every six pack.
Now, if MS bound themselves contractually to Sun and violated that contract, then they SHOULD be forced to obey that agreement. However, once that contract is fulfilled, they should be able to say "fuck you, McNealy" and not distribute Java by default.
Have you not figured out that the millions that he makes makes all that irrelevant? No, really. Hardware is dirt cheap (see beowulf clusters under $1k/node) these days, he's already paying for bandwidth (might as well keep the pipe flooded, unlimited access is great, no?), no one is actually taking shots at him through his windows (yet), hurling bombs through his garage or anything like that. Getting an unlisted number is relatively cheap, and the $50 or so he spends on a new cell phone is PEANUTS to what he really makes (seriously, if you're making $6-10k/WEEK net, does $50 every few months really make a difference on your bottom line?).
For reference for anyone who really cares, the "name" 10-20 comes from trucker-speak. 10-20 (or just "twenty") is basically a synonym for "location", used like: "Driver 4, what's your 20?" It's in the same vein as 10-4 for "acknowledged, affirmitive" (etc), which I'm sure you all have heard of.
(Until last week, I was a dispatcher for a courier company).
"Bill Gates: MS destroyed by antitrust. Vendors flocked away from proprietary software. Now living on his own private island in the Carribean, served by nubile young women, funded by the billions he still has.";)
This sounds a lot like DC's dispute with Alan Moore over Watchmen. (Doesn't DC own Marvel now?). Basically, Alan Moore (one of comics writing gems) created a wonderful story that made DC millions. Posters, T-shirts, coffee mugs sold like hotcakes, and Alan Moore got zilch (even though he was entitled to royalties and such). DC said the Posters, et al were "advertising" and thus were not subject to the royalty clause, thus legally screwing Alan Moore. It was that event that caused Alan Moore (a UK citizen) to quit writing for US based comics altogether for a good long while (until the advent of some of the more independent labels who actually treat their artists right). I may have some details a bit fuzzy, but I believe that's the gist of the story. (There were apparently other factors that also led to his "retirement" from US comics, as well).
A google search didn't come up with anything substantial, but I seem to recall an interview with him in Comic Shop News or the other big weekly comic paper, maybe I'm just smoking crack regarding this. Might be best to disregard this.:P
And my point is that no matter what kind of "cruel" bullying going on on/. regarding RMS is going to matter exactly ZERO in the long run. He's made his mark on history, just like Kernighan and Ritchie, Linus Torvalds, and yes, Bill Gates. And unlike the others, I predict that RMS will actually be more revered in 100 years than the rest, even if his vision of "Free Software" isn't universally embraced (and I certainly do not ascribe to any kind of "right" to sourcecode).
It's nice to call the kettle black sometimes, and it might make a few people around think about it a little harder. However, when it comes right down to it, it's still an internet message board with almost zero bearing in real life (does/. cook your meals? Take you to the bus stop? That's what I mean by "real life", not some loose collection of anonymous cowards). People take this shit too seriously. Posting as an AC just proves that the original poster is a coward and in real life would shit his pants if confronted by RMS. I have no use for them, even though I'm sometimes one of them (although all my anti-RMS rants are done under my account, no need for cowardice if you believe it).
I have no idea where this is going. Take it light.
Then my suggestion to you is to quit reading them and to quit responding to them.
Does it change the fact that for 15+ years Mr. Stallman lived in his office at MIT? Does it change the fact that his hygenic preferences (and lack thereof) are well documented? No, it does not. Does it particularly matter? In the realm of "Free Software", no it does not. In the sphere of "social acceptability" (which you may or may not ascribe to. I personally have a "eh, fuck it" attitude), yes it does. When you can't preach your point without grossing out the audience because you smell like ass, what's the point? Stallman is a relic of the "hippies" that so many of us make fun of. You know the type, they still exist in pockets around the country. They don't bathe, shower, work, or whatever, generally live a care-free life, many are well educated, their "priorities" seem to be off-kilter with the rest of the world, and personally, that's what makes them fun. I don't particularly care for hippies (the lazy fucking bastards), but I don't particularly mind them, either. They don't harm me.
RMS has some very controversial views about things. This opens him up for attack, and he apparently has a very thick skin for most things, except for his little pet peeves (such as GNU/Linux). So fucking what? He can defend himself and doesn't need you or anyone else to do it for him. He gets picked on, sure, but does it really matter to him? Do you think he goes home and cries himself to sleep because of what some little prick on/. said about him (and I've said some very bad things about RMS and I really don't give a shit what you think about it)? Maybe he'll grab an AK and go Columbine at the Redmond campus. Is that what you're insinuating?
Henry Ford is revered as one of the modern progenitors of modern industrialism. Not much is mentioned about his pro-Nazi sympathies, his dictatorial aims of his own company (the Ford Smile, anyone?), etc. RMS will go down in history not for his uncleanliness (that's an ad-hominem attack), but for his work with the FSF and GNU, regardless of what anyone says. Today it's cruel, but humorous in that, well, it's true. And when he's dead he'll stink for other reasons other than his hygiene. Who cares? I certainly don't.
If you idolize him, put your fucking code where your mouth is and shut the hell up.
And, in all honesty, I have a feeling you'll always be able to find a machine (ancient or no)with a working IDE port to plug it into (with the assumption that the HD works). Can't exactly say the same thing for other media that seems to have gone by the wayside (I think/. had a story about VCR backup tapes and the like).
No, probably not (re: the Tshirt stuff). Most likely the Tshirts are breaking even, if that, but if they "do" make money, it's so they can fix the van and go tour. Unlikes major acts, most bands lose money on tour and tshirts and cd's help offset the costs.
Why should you have to "show off" knowledge of Lydian modes or doing sweep picking? What's wrong with writing a fucking song? Steve Vai, Yngie Malmsteen may be "guitar idols" in the sense that their technique is light years above the rest, neither one can write a song for fucking shit.
Nothing annoys me more than listening to some self-important "rock icon" play something I can dance or groove to, and that, my friend, is the important part.
Your attitude is reminiscent of most "linux guru's" that I know. while you get off on hearing the most technical boring shit that no one on the earth gives a fuck about, the rest of us want to listen to music and enjoy it. (analogy for you: Most people don't give a fuck about open source. They just want their email to work.)
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I was not aware of a Mad Magazine parody of Mickey Mouse, but I do know of Robert Crumb's work in the early 70's, also entitled Mickey Rat. While not identical, they do share resemblences. :)
Here ya go:
here is a mickey rat info page
Um, McCain is from Arizona (AZ), NOT Arkansas (AR).
:)
Thanks.
No fucking shit.
I mean, if they can fork over millions to get the rights to play "Start Me Up" from the Stones, you'd think they could throw Christopher Lowell a few bones to come up with a decent color scheme.
No shit. I gotta be at work at 5AM. :(
Um.. You know.. I'm not sure what you're getting at, but if you read my initial post above you'd see that I fully SUPPORT enforcement of contract law. However, most people don't even read the articles, I should be surprised if they actually read the comments, either. Don't worry, I've found myself guilty of the same offense. Contracts are legally binding. Of course, then there's EULA's and that whole mess....
And please note that I completely support the court's decision if indeed MS broke their terms of the contract.
You betcha. Unfortunately for them, they signed exclusivity contracts with MS so they could get "discounted" pricing schemes. The kicker is that MS then absolves themselves of any and all responsibility for MS products placed on the machine. As a former Dell technician, it was drilled into us that it's not MS Windows, it's DELL Windows (licensed from MS). OR something like that. It's not my fault they make shitty decisions. :P
Actually, it's not the idea that they can do anything they want because they are "above" the law: they should be able to do anything they want with THEIR PRODUCT, including the decision to not include other people's products. It really was summed up with the statement that someone whom I've forgotten said that it's like Coca-Cola being forced to include a Pepsi in every six pack.
Now, if MS bound themselves contractually to Sun and violated that contract, then they SHOULD be forced to obey that agreement. However, once that contract is fulfilled, they should be able to say "fuck you, McNealy" and not distribute Java by default.
Woohoo! :)
First the Communist Party, then the Stonecutters, now the FSF!
So, um...
Just how does a blind person surf for pr0n on the internet these days? From my experiments with AALib, I really wouldn't see the point...
Have you not figured out that the millions that he makes makes all that irrelevant? No, really. Hardware is dirt cheap (see beowulf clusters under $1k/node) these days, he's already paying for bandwidth (might as well keep the pipe flooded, unlimited access is great, no?), no one is actually taking shots at him through his windows (yet), hurling bombs through his garage or anything like that. Getting an unlisted number is relatively cheap, and the $50 or so he spends on a new cell phone is PEANUTS to what he really makes (seriously, if you're making $6-10k/WEEK net, does $50 every few months really make a difference on your bottom line?).
For reference for anyone who really cares, the "name" 10-20 comes from trucker-speak. 10-20 (or just "twenty") is basically a synonym for "location", used like:
"Driver 4, what's your 20?"
It's in the same vein as 10-4 for "acknowledged, affirmitive" (etc), which I'm sure you all have heard of.
(Until last week, I was a dispatcher for a courier company).
Yep.
;)
"Bill Gates: MS destroyed by antitrust. Vendors flocked away from proprietary software. Now living on his own private island in the Carribean, served by nubile young women, funded by the billions he still has."
Hrm. In the book, I don't even think it was blood, but an enchanted paint that wouldn't wash off the walls. Time for you guys to hit the library, hrm?
Ah, the MiracleMan stuff.
:)
I swear, the comics industry is like one giant soap opera. Just like Chasing Amy, eh?
This sounds a lot like DC's dispute with Alan Moore over Watchmen. (Doesn't DC own Marvel now?). Basically, Alan Moore (one of comics writing gems) created a wonderful story that made DC millions. Posters, T-shirts, coffee mugs sold like hotcakes, and Alan Moore got zilch (even though he was entitled to royalties and such). DC said the Posters, et al were "advertising" and thus were not subject to the royalty clause, thus legally screwing Alan Moore. It was that event that caused Alan Moore (a UK citizen) to quit writing for US based comics altogether for a good long while (until the advent of some of the more independent labels who actually treat their artists right). I may have some details a bit fuzzy, but I believe that's the gist of the story. (There were apparently other factors that also led to his "retirement" from US comics, as well).
:P
A google search didn't come up with anything substantial, but I seem to recall an interview with him in Comic Shop News or the other big weekly comic paper, maybe I'm just smoking crack regarding this. Might be best to disregard this.
And my point is that no matter what kind of "cruel" bullying going on on /. regarding RMS is going to matter exactly ZERO in the long run. He's made his mark on history, just like Kernighan and Ritchie, Linus Torvalds, and yes, Bill Gates. And unlike the others, I predict that RMS will actually be more revered in 100 years than the rest, even if his vision of "Free Software" isn't universally embraced (and I certainly do not ascribe to any kind of "right" to sourcecode).
/. cook your meals? Take you to the bus stop? That's what I mean by "real life", not some loose collection of anonymous cowards). People take this shit too seriously. Posting as an AC just proves that the original poster is a coward and in real life would shit his pants if confronted by RMS. I have no use for them, even though I'm sometimes one of them (although all my anti-RMS rants are done under my account, no need for cowardice if you believe it).
It's nice to call the kettle black sometimes, and it might make a few people around think about it a little harder. However, when it comes right down to it, it's still an internet message board with almost zero bearing in real life (does
I have no idea where this is going. Take it light.
Then my suggestion to you is to quit reading them and to quit responding to them.
/. said about him (and I've said some very bad things about RMS and I really don't give a shit what you think about it)? Maybe he'll grab an AK and go Columbine at the Redmond campus. Is that what you're insinuating?
Does it change the fact that for 15+ years Mr. Stallman lived in his office at MIT? Does it change the fact that his hygenic preferences (and lack thereof) are well documented? No, it does not. Does it particularly matter? In the realm of "Free Software", no it does not. In the sphere of "social acceptability" (which you may or may not ascribe to. I personally have a "eh, fuck it" attitude), yes it does. When you can't preach your point without grossing out the audience because you smell like ass, what's the point? Stallman is a relic of the "hippies" that so many of us make fun of. You know the type, they still exist in pockets around the country. They don't bathe, shower, work, or whatever, generally live a care-free life, many are well educated, their "priorities" seem to be off-kilter with the rest of the world, and personally, that's what makes them fun. I don't particularly care for hippies (the lazy fucking bastards), but I don't particularly mind them, either. They don't harm me.
RMS has some very controversial views about things. This opens him up for attack, and he apparently has a very thick skin for most things, except for his little pet peeves (such as GNU/Linux). So fucking what? He can defend himself and doesn't need you or anyone else to do it for him. He gets picked on, sure, but does it really matter to him? Do you think he goes home and cries himself to sleep because of what some little prick on
Henry Ford is revered as one of the modern progenitors of modern industrialism. Not much is mentioned about his pro-Nazi sympathies, his dictatorial aims of his own company (the Ford Smile, anyone?), etc. RMS will go down in history not for his uncleanliness (that's an ad-hominem attack), but for his work with the FSF and GNU, regardless of what anyone says. Today it's cruel, but humorous in that, well, it's true. And when he's dead he'll stink for other reasons other than his hygiene. Who cares? I certainly don't.
If you idolize him, put your fucking code where your mouth is and shut the hell up.
And, in all honesty, I have a feeling you'll always be able to find a machine (ancient or no)with a working IDE port to plug it into (with the assumption that the HD works). Can't exactly say the same thing for other media that seems to have gone by the wayside (I think /. had a story about VCR backup tapes and the like).
I'm thinking puffy vinyl sides (sparkly purple anyone?). Or shag carpet.
you are correct, sir.
No, probably not (re: the Tshirt stuff). Most likely the Tshirts are breaking even, if that, but if they "do" make money, it's so they can fix the van and go tour. Unlikes major acts, most bands lose money on tour and tshirts and cd's help offset the costs.
grr.. that should be something I *can't* dance or groove to. Sorry about that.
Why should you have to "show off" knowledge of Lydian modes or doing sweep picking? What's wrong with writing a fucking song? Steve Vai, Yngie Malmsteen may be "guitar idols" in the sense that their technique is light years above the rest, neither one can write a song for fucking shit.
Nothing annoys me more than listening to some self-important "rock icon" play something I can dance or groove to, and that, my friend, is the important part.
Your attitude is reminiscent of most "linux guru's" that I know. while you get off on hearing the most technical boring shit that no one on the earth gives a fuck about, the rest of us want to listen to music and enjoy it. (analogy for you: Most people don't give a fuck about open source. They just want their email to work.)
I know at least 3 other avid Links users locally, including myself. Links fucking rocks.