It was kind of amusing, really, fielding brickbats from testosterone-pumped twentysomethings for whom money and Microsoft's survival are so central that they have trouble grokking that anyone can truly think outside that box.
This is definitely the defining difference between those that believe in Open Source and those don't. Its about teaching and creating. More about personal, mental and communal gain than about monitary gain. Its ashame that all to often Linux proponents get into a pissing contest over who is better. Its not about telling someone you're better its about showing it.
The solution to the RMS compulsion to call Linux GNU/Linux is easy. Call the next version of Linux (2.4 or whatever) , New Linux but spell it like Gnu Linux. Then when someone asks you what version of Linux you are running the conversation can go like this: "What version of Linux are you running?" "The new one." "You mean the new (Gnu) Linux?" "yep. thats it." That way everyones happy as long as RMS doesn't insist on calling it Gnu/Gnu Linux.
I really don't like this moderation idea as it stands... Expecting true impartiality from people is unrealistic. Grouping people by "score" smacks of Family Feud ("survey says!!! 42. good answer, good answer"). I say let the user make the choice ( no i don't want to set my threshold to -infinity to get all the comments). Just put a button next the comment's header that says something like "blackball" , which , for logged in users, will allow a user to add that individual to their user filter. That way if a comment is drivel to you, you can kill it (and any further posts by that author) but if you love someones comments that everyone but you hates, you can see them (and not have to see other lowly comments if you don't want to).
Amen brother. I have a tendency to skim over the flowery parts of sentences to get to the real meat. Unfortunately i found myself skimming the whole thing.
How about a modified threshold system + some fun with perl scripts? If a user tries to post something with a s or f word or other type of obsenity then the post will be denied. The threshold system could allow posters to categorize their posts, with things like: informational, question, my $.02 (opinion),flame, and Anonymous Coward. The AC would be a manditory flag for non logged-in users. Then the user of/. could set up their own prefs. such that you could screen a certain type of post or even specific users. Sure it will give the servers more of a load, but that new dual 450 box needs something to do anyway.
The problem is those who must deride others with sophmoric comments. How about a little respect for your fellow man? I've noticed that the ratio of informative and insightful comments to posts that basically say "you suck" or "i don't know what i'm talking about but i like to type" has gotten horribly low.
Why stop at the outside? I want a computer with its insides chromed over like a some of those hot rod cars. Then i could put some cool hydrolics in like a vato-mobile. hell-yeah.
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It was kind of amusing, really, fielding brickbats from testosterone-pumped twentysomethings for whom money and Microsoft's survival are so central that they have trouble grokking that anyone can truly think outside that box.
This is definitely the defining difference between those that believe in Open Source and those don't. Its about teaching and creating. More about personal, mental and communal gain than about monitary gain. Its ashame that all to often Linux proponents get into a pissing contest over who is better. Its not about telling someone you're better its about showing it.
The solution to the RMS compulsion to call Linux GNU/Linux is easy. Call the next version of Linux (2.4 or whatever) , New Linux but spell it like Gnu Linux. Then when someone asks you what version of Linux you are running the conversation can go like this:
"What version of Linux are you running?"
"The new one."
"You mean the new (Gnu) Linux?"
"yep. thats it."
That way everyones happy as long as RMS doesn't insist on calling it Gnu/Gnu Linux.
I really don't like this moderation idea as it stands... Expecting true impartiality from people is unrealistic. Grouping people by "score" smacks of Family Feud ("survey says!!! 42. good answer, good answer"). I say let the user make the choice ( no i don't want to set my threshold to -infinity to get all the comments). Just put a button next the comment's header that says something like "blackball" , which , for logged in users, will allow a user to add that individual to their user filter. That way if a comment is drivel to you, you can kill it (and any further posts by that author) but if you love someones comments that everyone but you hates, you can see them (and not have to see other lowly comments if you don't want to).
Amen brother. I have a tendency to skim over the flowery parts of sentences to get to the real meat. Unfortunately i found myself skimming the whole thing.
How about a modified threshold system + some fun with perl scripts? If a user tries to post something with a s or f word or other type of obsenity then the post will be denied. The threshold system could allow posters to categorize their posts, with things like: informational, question, my $.02 (opinion),flame, and Anonymous Coward. The AC would be a manditory flag for non logged-in users. Then the user of /. could set up their own prefs. such that you could screen a certain type of post or even specific users. Sure it will give the servers more of a load, but that new dual 450 box needs something to do anyway.
The problem is those who must deride others with sophmoric comments. How about a little respect for your fellow man? I've noticed that the ratio of informative and insightful comments to posts that basically say "you suck" or "i don't know what i'm talking about but i like to type" has gotten horribly low.
Why stop at the outside? I want a computer with its insides chromed over like a some of those hot rod cars. Then i could put some cool hydrolics in like a vato-mobile. hell-yeah.