Yeah you're right. It's all shutting down every last *BSD business is practically dead. I mean they gave the damn source code away for free a long time ago.What type of business model is that?!?! I mean how can ppl benefit when no single corporation controls the source code. I mean haven't they heard of security through obscurity? Man.. talk about the dark ages. I'm going to go back and start playing with my mainframe and go schedule some batch jobs.
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Lars Olof Kanngard
P.O. Box 73000
Dubai, UAE
+9714 3998888
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why not.amazon and.slashdot while we're at it
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Please take this as constructive rather than destructive. I think that slashdot would benefit if it would communicate better with its audience. We have a tendency to be suspicious of everything and Slashdot has done little to quell those fears of it becoming a big corporation. Most people here equate Big corp==Evil rightly or wrongly. Once Slashdot got bought out by Andover those fears have gotten worse with time and Slashdot will probably always be questioned for alternative motives. I think it would benefit everyone if a state of slashdot/future of slashdot is posted not just as an article but somewhere in the more static pages. (at least a link somewhere on the front page to it). I dunno maybe its just pointless, but I would like to think that I can trust people better who explain their motives (at least a little bit).
point taken, I was not even aware of any banter back and forth about who was at fault (although there always seems to be some anyway). I think I still would have liked to known about the problem before it was resolved (sorta).
I would also like to mention that I would vote down _any_ article on kuro5hin that obviously bashed slashdot. Having comment/post that bashes another site is one thing, putting it on the front page of the site is another.
I think its pretty stupid to start crappin on a poster in kuro5hin that thinks slashdot was censoring this story. It certainly has taken slashdot long enough to put it up. This is obviously newsworthy for nerds. This story was up yesterday on kuro5hin and it has to go through moderation by the whole community whereas slashdot only needs one moderator to approve it. I honestly don't think starting a flame war between kuro5hin and slashdot is ever going to be productive.
The last time I checked the USPS doesn't complain about bulk mail because this makes up a very significant portion of their revenues. They KNOW that they are going to be delivering the mail. ISP's do not assume that their servers are going to be massively spammed (well they try to prevent it).
The best/easiest way is to encourage all of your coworkers/friends to vote with you. The way that any group gets political clout is when they start bringing votes with what their stance is. You can complain all you want but congresspeople do listen to their constituents. Its important to show them that more than just 1 or 2 people share your same view.
Another thing that could be done to help is get organized. It's tough to find out what some politicians believe/vote on technical issues. I haven't run into a website that collates this data yet and it could be a very good resource if done correctly.
I see it as a take it or leave it thing. If a person thinks they can do good work with it then go for it. Far better than them not even starting because they didn't have it in the first place. While these engines aren't all that valuable anymore, I don't think it means they can't be useful. Although the usefullness of it is arguably limited.
Oooh, that is a good question. I don't actually know any of the projects budget. I would assume that it would be one of the larger projects that would have a chance of using it. Apache, FreeBSD, XFree86... but that is a shot in the dark.
I'm not sure thats what these awards are about, perhaps they should be less subjective and more objective. Of course I have no help on how to redo them:) If only there was a giving of money without the competition that results from it.
People who do give to charities often face this problem though. Charities do compete against other charities all the time to get the resources that they require. Do the people who don't run their charity well deserve the same amount as the people who run their efficiently?
I would hope that Open Source programmers have a little thicker skin than that. I hate to say this, but there will always be competition in the human race. For once we give that up, why would we do anything at all? It's the same spirit that keeps us alive, and just because you don't think it's fair, doesn't mean that some projects don't deserve any recognition at all. Most of these projects are starved for money, and I for one encourage this type of recognition.
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Yeah you're right. It's all shutting down every last *BSD business is practically dead. I mean they gave the damn source code away for free a long time ago.What type of business model is that?!?! I mean how can ppl benefit when no single corporation controls the source code. I mean haven't they heard of security through obscurity? Man.. talk about the dark ages. I'm going to go back and start playing with my mainframe and go schedule some batch jobs.
Proposed by
Dubai Technology, Electronic Commerce and
Media Free Zone Authority
Lars Olof Kanngard
P.O. Box 73000
Dubai, UAE
+9714 3998888
icann@dubaiinternetcity.com
why not .amazon and .slashdot while we're at it
Please take this as constructive rather than destructive. I think that slashdot would benefit if it would communicate better with its audience. We have a tendency to be suspicious of everything and Slashdot has done little to quell those fears of it becoming a big corporation. Most people here equate Big corp==Evil rightly or wrongly. Once Slashdot got bought out by Andover those fears have gotten worse with time and Slashdot will probably always be questioned for alternative motives. I think it would benefit everyone if a state of slashdot/future of slashdot is posted not just as an article but somewhere in the more static pages. (at least a link somewhere on the front page to it). I dunno maybe its just pointless, but I would like to think that I can trust people better who explain their motives (at least a little bit).
point taken, I was not even aware of any banter back and forth about who was at fault (although there always seems to be some anyway). I think I still would have liked to known about the problem before it was resolved (sorta).
I think you're right =)
I agree :)
I would also like to mention that I would vote down _any_ article on kuro5hin that obviously bashed slashdot. Having comment/post that bashes another site is one thing, putting it on the front page of the site is another.
I think its pretty stupid to start crappin on a poster in kuro5hin that thinks slashdot was censoring this story. It certainly has taken slashdot long enough to put it up. This is obviously newsworthy for nerds. This story was up yesterday on kuro5hin and it has to go through moderation by the whole community whereas slashdot only needs one moderator to approve it. I honestly don't think starting a flame war between kuro5hin and slashdot is ever going to be productive.
The last time I checked the USPS doesn't complain about bulk mail because this makes up a very significant portion of their revenues. They KNOW that they are going to be delivering the mail. ISP's do not assume that their servers are going to be massively spammed (well they try to prevent it).
The best/easiest way is to encourage all of your coworkers/friends to vote with you. The way that any group gets political clout is when they start bringing votes with what their stance is. You can complain all you want but congresspeople do listen to their constituents. Its important to show them that more than just 1 or 2 people share your same view.
Another thing that could be done to help is get organized. It's tough to find out what some politicians believe/vote on technical issues. I haven't run into a website that collates this data yet and it could be a very good resource if done correctly.
I see it as a take it or leave it thing. If a person thinks they can do good work with it then go for it. Far better than them not even starting because they didn't have it in the first place. While these engines aren't all that valuable anymore, I don't think it means they can't be useful. Although the usefullness of it is arguably limited.
Oooh, that is a good question. I don't actually know any of the projects budget. I would assume that it would be one of the larger projects that would have a chance of using it. Apache, FreeBSD, XFree86... but that is a shot in the dark.
I'm not sure thats what these awards are about, perhaps they should be less subjective and more objective. Of course I have no help on how to redo them :) If only there was a giving of money without the competition that results from it.
People who do give to charities often face this problem though. Charities do compete against other charities all the time to get the resources that they require. Do the people who don't run their charity well deserve the same amount as the people who run their efficiently?
I would hope that Open Source programmers have a little thicker skin than that. I hate to say this, but there will always be competition in the human race. For once we give that up, why would we do anything at all? It's the same spirit that keeps us alive, and just because you don't think it's fair, doesn't mean that some projects don't deserve any recognition at all. Most of these projects are starved for money, and I for one encourage this type of recognition.