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  1. dual licensing on The Cathedral In The Bazaar? · · Score: 1

    Dual licensing is like being bisexual. Sure, other dual licensors will be happy, and you might think you're increasing your options, but the rest of the world thinks you're a sellout, or a gross pervert.

  2. Re:This works great on The Cathedral In The Bazaar? · · Score: 1
    If the community gets large enough it may even out pace the starting company,

    You mean like how everyone stopped using OS X once gnu/darwin became available?

  3. Re:Addendum on The Cathedral In The Bazaar? · · Score: 1
    I read /. for the opinions of my peers

    so, you're a 14 year-old gaybo?

  4. Re:alphas all done, that leaves... on Final KDevelop 3.0 Alpha Released · · Score: 1
    Would you prefer they release a "final" that's not ready? A final that's buggy/crashy/etc?

    So you're familiar with the Linux release paradigm.

  5. Re:No on Shareware and Unix? · · Score: 3, Insightful
    The program was Pepper (now available again).

    I know there used to be a common shareware X image viewer (common, as in installed by Red Hat 4), which was distributed as source code.

    The problem is, people don't like paying for things, especially if they can get something for free. And this is especially free on slashdot, where people claim to want "free as in speech" but take "free as in gnutella". Everytime music swapping/file sharing is mentioned on slashdot, most people justify under various excuses (RIAA sucks! The artist only gets $0.50 per CD anyhow, so it's ok! My CD collection was stolen! Information wants to be free!). And not registering for shareware doesn't require any effort!

    Shareware needs a large user base to overcome the freeloaders, something linux doesn't have (The macintosh user base may or may not be smaller, but they have an entirely different, no FREE, culture).

  6. obligatory... on Adapting a Webcam for Astrophotography · · Score: -1, Troll
    I've got your ass-tro photography right here!

    Do you really want a webcam of that!

  7. Re:What lousy methodology. on Number of Jobs by Programming Language · · Score: 1

    indeed, the job market is tight. Tighter than you Kathleen fent-Malda's sloppy cunt, at least.

  8. fish! on How Will Animals Look 250 Million Years From Now? · · Score: 1

    as in, so long, and thanks for all the fish.

  9. Re:English is Turing complete, therefore... on Number of Jobs by Programming Language · · Score: 1
  10. Re:Slashdotted on Number of Jobs by Programming Language · · Score: 2, Informative
    All C++ coders are C coders. C++ is a superset of C

    int main(void)
    {
    int new;
    return 20 //* yes this is legal */10;
    }

    g++ that and tell me it ain't so!

  11. Re:Already slashdotted on Number of Jobs by Programming Language · · Score: 1
    i think we all agree that a CS degree should teach fundamentals of computer programming (ie - a way of thinking and problem solving), not be a factory for teaching the language-of-the-month.

    However, a "serious C programmer" told to write something in Perl will (initally) write drastically different code than a seasoned Perl programmer.

    A serious programmer can learn the syntaz and tricks of a new language (and should already be quite fluent in half a dozen), but to learn from just a pocket reference depends on the similarity with what they already know.

    C is equivalent to pascal, perl to php, and scheme to lisp, and brainfuck to k (just kidding!). But those are all different programming paradigms. A knoweldgeable manager know that, but HR keyword scanners don't.

  12. Re:Amazon on Discovering New Music? · · Score: 1

    well that's a first -- a virgin on slashdot!

  13. sugestion on Chemistry Sets for Adults? · · Score: 4, Funny

    ask your local meth lab if you can do some intern work.

  14. Re:This could make The Gimp cozy for MacHeads?? on GTK+OSX for Mac OS X Aqua · · Score: 1
    My girlfriend uses a three-button mouse, but only because she likes the way it feels better than the Apple mouse

    Also, it reminds her of my dick.

  15. Re:You asked for it, Taco on Waterproof Books · · Score: 1

    waterproofing books is a good idea, but jizz-proofing the sports illustrated swimsuit issue would be more useful for me!

  16. Re:So, we're back to the 60's. on Microsoft Next Generation Shell · · Score: 1

    FireWorks has a batch convert function to do stuff like resizing or converting all images in a folder. I think I've seena gimp script to do the same.

  17. hmmm on 1.8 Inch Removable Hard Drives Coming · · Score: -1, Troll
    This hard drive is 1.8 inch. So is CmdrTacos's penis.

    This hard drive is removable. So is CmdrTaco's penis

    This hard drive is coming soon.... So is CmdrTaco's penis (Hemos is stoppping by for an afternoon quicky!)

  18. Re:And here's the crux of the matter... on The Humane Environment · · Score: 1

    pussy is quite intuitive as well.

  19. Re:Gartuitous, annoying differences on Pike Scripting Language · · Score: 1

    only problem is, the discussion was protected vs static in C++, which is older than java. C has had the "static" qualifier since the 70s, and Objetive C and C++ had the protected qualifier years ago.

  20. Re:Why I prefer PHP to Perl on PHP 4.3.0 Released · · Score: 1
    I started with Perl, I was writting web pages in a day with it. Maybe it depends on the teacher.

    Rob? Rob Malda? Is that you?!?!

  21. Re:Why I prefer PHP to Perl on PHP 4.3.0 Released · · Score: 1
    FYI, Java's object model is very close to that of SmallTalk.

    I'd say it's closer to C++, which uses a Simula 67-style OO. Objective C uses a smalltalk influenced OO. Of course, both Java and smalltalk are interpreted, so they're similar in that regard, and Sun cowrote the NeXT OpenStep spec (before Java), so Java does have some Objective C influence.

  22. Re:Poster, get a fucking clue please! on GNU Christmas Gift: Free Eclipse · · Score: 1

    actually, the -C flag generates java-VM targetted object files. -c generates native object code.

  23. Re:I don't have a lawn on GNU Christmas Gift: Free Eclipse · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, the liberal pansies in the ACLU complain about cruel and unusual punishment.

  24. Re:Platform favouritism on Freshmeat Launches Mac OS X Section · · Score: 1
    I daresay that SUN's "support" of gnome is irrelevant. GNOME was developed and released without their blessing, SUN adopted it after it was already proven.

    OF course, GNUstep dates back to 95 or 96, and was an official GNU project before GNOME was. But GNUstep was much slower to develop, obviously. When it is done, though, it holds more promise (in the same way HURD does). IMHO, of course

  25. Re:Zip Zaps Vs. Women on RC Car Craze: The Spam Connection · · Score: 0, Troll
    Unlike women, Zip Zaps are: 1. Easy to pick up

    Have you ever met your mom?

    2. Low cost

    Have you ever met your mom?

    3. Low commitment

    Have you ever met your mom?

    4. Low maintenance

    Have you ever met your mom?

    5. Have a short recharge interval

    Have you ever met your mom?

    Oops, you said "women". Sorry, i guess you were right after all!