Big corporations don't invent anything, and the worst place in the world for an inventive, brilliant, highly intelligent and competent person (like an inventor) is a stultifying, closed-minded, skeptical, gray, dull bureaucracy (like a big corporation). Nothing will take the joy out of invention like having to appease a bunch of self-serving arrogant skeptics.
The days of the lone (or small group of)
inventor(s) is just beginning. What about Linux, for example? Come on. This can't be serious.
Linux was not an invention, but the re-implementation of an operating system (Unix) which had been developed by people (Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, et al -- no lone inventor here either) working for a "big, gray, dull corporation" (Bell Labs/AT&T) more than 20 years before that.
No, this is the funniest joke of all times, by RMS himself:
How the natives of the north got their name
When Europeans first visited the northern part of North America,
they did not know how to survive there. The natives did.
So they gave the Europeans advice:
It's pretty cold out there--better dress up warm!
Don't tease that polar bear, it might get angry.
If you want to make it to the next settlement,
you should probably take more than one dog.
But the Europeans had no respect for the natives, and ignored
their advice. So they kept on wearing insufficient clothing, teasing bears,
and travelling with too few dogs. And sometimes they died.
When the natives heard, they said, "I knew it."
Eventually they became known as the I-knew-it, or "Inuit".
If you continue making up shit like this, then soon nobody will take you seriously.
Just consider: the GNU Project starts developing an operating system, and years later Linus Torvalds adds one important piece. The GNU Project says, "Please give our project equal mention," but Linus says, "Don't give them a share of the credit; call the whole thing after my name alone!"
What have you been smoking, RMS? AFAIK, Torvalds doesn't fucking care what you call the OS.
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Las Vegas--For the last few years the NetWorld+Interop confab fell out of favor. It lost the buzz native to events that help define the industry's new inflection points.
This year the atmosphere is different. The "cool" Internet of pervasive e-commerce and e-marketplaces eclipsing the brick-and-mortar world has passed into history for now. Instead, the Internet has returned to its roots (which were first exposed at Interop conferences in the 1990s) as core network infrastructure and applications platform, and grown way beyond its heritage in academic circles.
In fact, we are truly at an inflection point, bridging into the next phase of the Internet. We will be able to look back at this year's N+I and say we saw not just a few indications of an economic recovery, but signs of a future in which the network truly is the computer, to borrow a phrase from Sun Microsystems.
The inflection point in evidence at N+I is the push toward a global, unified network infrastructure, based on Internet protocols. The benefits are well articulated at this juncture in terms of cost savings and flexibility, as well as industry standards and support.
N+I keynote speakers Serge Tchuruk, CEO of Alcatel, and Cisco CEO John Chambers both identified interconnected IP-based LANs and WANs that move voice, data, and video as a key enabler for more cost effective and useful Web-based applications. Tchuruk termed this ultimate evolution of IP networking protocols and open standards as the "borderless enterprise. Chambers called it the "network virtual organization."
Whatever you call this movement, it's more a question of when and how rather than if IP-networks will become the network of networks. "Almost no CIO I talk to today disagrees that within five years we will have a single infrastructure for data, voice, and video," Chambers said. The when and how is tied to providing migration paths that allow for more gradual replacement or upgrading of existing equipment within businesses.
Tchuruk said that enterprises don't need to take a "forklift" approach and replace legacy systems, but should be able to migrate to IP-based network services at their own pace. For example, deploying voice over IP (VOIP) can be done in combination with traditional phone services.
Vendors hope that this migration to a more IP-based solutions will catalyze spending and a return to profitability for their customers and themselves. In reality, unifying network architectures with Internet protocols is just a first step. Both Chambers and Tchuruk stressed that these networks must have carrier-class reliability, quality of service, and bulletproof security to succeed with enterprise customers and consumers.
Pater and the other editors of slashdot.com, a website owned by
OSDN (the largest corporate provider of open source news
which is in turn owned by VA Software/Linux/Research; a company built
around a flawed business model), expect their
users, as we all know, to support
their for-profit site (which is unable to make a profit) by taking
subscriptions, which allows one to view the (often sensationalist and
factually incorrect) articles without the advertisements
(there you may also take part in the hysterical, often anti-corporate
discussions with other users (mainly naive teenagers)).
Users who do not want to take a
subscription, or demand that certain changes be made to the website
or the editorial policy before they would consider doing so,
are often called "whiners"; practices like using software such as the
Internet Junkbuster
to view ad-free pages without paying are scorned upon by the editors.
Now, let's look at Pater's (aka
"Cowboi Kneel") record when it comes to compensating websites for
services rendered.
Over at
livejournal.com, said slashdot editor keeps a
diary.But before I come to the heart of the matter: What is
livejournal.com exactly? Let me quote from their website:
LiveJournal.com is a volunteer-run website where you
can keep
your
journal online. We're constantly adding new features and trying to
improve the user experience. We cater to all levels of users, from the
most technically incompetent to programmers and system
administrators. Nearly all development and "business" decisions are
discussed in public.
You do not have to pay any money to use this service. You can buy a
paid account to show your support and to help us afford better
hardware and bring you new features, but you don't have to.
(Emphasis mine.)
You also get some
additional features by paying for an account, similar to Slashdot
("feature" there: no ads)
Now, on livejournal.com there are 4 categories of membership:
"Free
account" -- this is the default account type, with which you can do
almost everything. The most notable exception is that users with free
accounts cannot create new styles (editing the HTML for their
journal).
"Early Adopter" -- All users before mid-September 2000 are
considered early adopters, and have access to a subset of the paid
account functionality. They have access to create styles, and view
their journal at username.livejournal.com.
"Paid account" -- The
user has access to all paid account functionality.
"Permanent
Account" -- the user has all paid functionality with no expiration
date. The user is either a LiveJournal developer or has contributed a
significant amount of time or money to the
project.
We would of course expect Neal to support this volunteer-run,
non-profit. ad-free
website by getting a paid account? Isn't
this the Linux, the open
source spirit of the new millenium? After all, he's been keeping
his journal there since at least the beginning of April 2002, so he
should have had ample
time to see if livejournal.com's service is worth the money.
If we now look at
Cowboi Kneel's
user
info, what do we see?
Account
type: Free User
Oh no! My assumption was wrong;
what, for Christ's sake,
happened? Why would Pater not want to support such an excellent
site as livejournal.com?
Could it be that Cowboy Neal is a freeloader, that he doesn't
what to help a site which does offer some value to him (obviously,
as he's been posting there for more than a month)? That he doesn't have
any problem whatsoever using up their bandwidth, disk space and
volunteer time without giving something in return, all the while
(together with the other editors) expecting us,
the users of slashdot.com, to donate ("we regard this as a tip jar")
to their corporate, profit-driven site?
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Pater and the other editors of slashdot.com, a website owned by
OSDN (the largest corporate provider of open source news
which is in turn owned by VA Software/Linux/Research; a company built
around a flawed business model), expect their
users, as we all know, to support
their for-profit site (which is unable to make a profit) by taking
subscriptions, which allows one to view the (often sensationalist and
factually incorrect) articles without the advertisements
(there you may also take part in the hysterical, often anti-corporate
discussions with other users (mainly naive teenagers)).
Users who do not want to take a
subscription, or demand that certain changes be made to the website
or the editorial policy before they would consider doing so,
are often called "whiners"; practices like using software such as the
Internet Junkbuster
to view ad-free pages without paying are scorned upon by the editors.
Now, let's look at Pater's (aka
"Cowboi Kneel") record when it comes to compensating websites for
services rendered.
Over at
livejournal.com, said slashdot editor keeps a
diary.But before I come to the heart of the matter: What is
livejournal.com exactly? Let me quote from their website:
LiveJournal.com is a volunteer-run website where you
can keep
your
journal online. We're constantly adding new features and trying to
improve the user experience. We cater to all levels of users, from the
most technically incompetent to programmers and system
administrators. Nearly all development and "business" decisions are
discussed in public.
You do not have to pay any money to use this service. You can buy a
paid account to show your support and to help us afford better
hardware and bring you new features, but you don't have to.
(Emphasis mine.)
You also get some
additional features by paying for an account, similar to Slashdot
("feature" there: no ads)
Now, on livejournal.com there are 4 categories of membership:
"Free
account" -- this is the default account type, with which you can do
almost everything. The most notable exception is that users with free
accounts cannot create new styles (editing the HTML for their
journal).
"Early Adopter" -- All users before mid-September 2000 are
considered early adopters, and have access to a subset of the paid
account functionality. They have access to create styles, and view
their journal at username.livejournal.com.
"Paid account" -- The
user has access to all paid account functionality.
"Permanent
Account" -- the user has all paid functionality with no expiration
date. The user is either a LiveJournal developer or has contributed a
significant amount of time or money to the
project.
We would of course expect Neal to support this volunteer-run,
non-profit. ad-free
website by getting a paid account? Isn't
this the Linux, the open
source spirit of the new millenium? After all, he's been keeping
his journal there since at least the beginning of April 2002, so he
should have had ample
time to see if livejournal.com's service is worth the money.
If we now look at
Cowboi Kneel's
user
info, what do we see?
Account
type: Free User
Oh no! My assumption was wrong;
what, for Christ's sake,
happened? Why would Pater not want to support such an excellent
site as livejournal.com?
Could it be that Cowboy Neal is a freeloader, that he doesn't
what to help a site which does offer some value to him (obviously,
as he's been posting there for more than a month)? That he doesn't have
any problem whatsoever using up their bandwidth, disk space and
volunteer time without giving something in return, all the while
(together with the other editors) expecting us,
the users of slashdot.com, to donate ("we regard this as a tip jar")
to their corporate, profit-driven site?
the web-slinging arachnoid-nerd from Queens who gets the bad guy but really wants the girl
This reminds me of something!
$/usr/games/fortune -o Fortune's Guide to Movies:
G: No girl.
PG: The hero gets the girl.
R: The bad guy gets the girl, then the good guy gets the girl.
X: The hero still gets the girl in the end, but he's never sure which end it will be.
XXX: Everybody gets the girl.
The job title "Game Designer" is probably the biggest misnomer in the industry. Everyone seems to want to be a game designer...the idea guy or "think tank" behind every aspect of a game. These jobs do not exist. The only way to become a game designer is to do one of two things: Start and finance your own game company, or work in the games industry for several years and work your way up to the presidency or development directorship of an existing game company.
Game companies have more than enough ideas, more then they would ever have time to produce. Game development is a team effort that requires input from every developer on the project. Unless you're an industry legend with a long track record of shipping successful titles, it's impossible to obtain a "Game Designer" position.
Pater and the other editors of slashdot.com, a website owned by
OSDN (the largest corporate provider of open source news
which is in turn owned by VA Software/Linux/Research; a company built
around a flawed business model), expect their
users, as we all know, to support
their for-profit site (which is unable to make a profit) by taking
subscriptions, which allows one to view the (often sensationalist and
factually incorrect) articles without the advertisements
(there you may also take part in the hysterical, often anti-corporate
discussions with other users (mainly naive teenagers)).
Users who do not want to take a
subscription, or demand that certain changes be made to the website
or the editorial policy before they would consider doing so,
are often called "whiners"; practices like using software such as the
Internet Junkbuster
to view ad-free pages without paying are scorned upon by the editors.
Now, let's look at Pater's (aka
"Cowboi Kneel") record when it comes to compensating websites for
services rendered.
Over at
livejournal.com, said slashdot editor keeps a
diary.But before I come to the heart of the matter: What is
livejournal.com exactly? Let me quote from their website:
LiveJournal.com is a volunteer-run website where you
can keep
your
journal online. We're constantly adding new features and trying to
improve the user experience. We cater to all levels of users, from the
most technically incompetent to programmers and system
administrators. Nearly all development and "business" decisions are
discussed in public.
You do not have to pay any money to use this service. You can buy a
paid account to show your support and to help us afford better
hardware and bring you new features, but you don't have to.
(Emphasis mine.)
You also get some
additional features by paying for an account, similar to Slashdot
("feature" there: no ads)
Now, on livejournal.com there are 4 categories of membership:
"Free
account" -- this is the default account type, with which you can do
almost everything. The most notable exception is that users with free
accounts cannot create new styles (editing the HTML for their
journal).
"Early Adopter" -- All users before mid-September 2000 are
considered early adopters, and have access to a subset of the paid
account functionality. They have access to create styles, and view
their journal at username.livejournal.com.
"Paid account" -- The
user has access to all paid account functionality.
"Permanent
Account" -- the user has all paid functionality with no expiration
date. The user is either a LiveJournal developer or has contributed a
significant amount of time or money to the
project.
We would of course expect Neal to support this volunteer-run,
non-profit. ad-free
website by getting a paid account? Isn't
this the Linux, the open
source spirit of the new millenium? After all, he's been keeping
his journal there since at least the beginning of April 2002, so he
should have had ample
time to see if livejournal.com's service is worth the money.
If we now look at
Cowboi Kneel's
user
info, what do we see?
Account
type: Free User
Oh no! My assumption was wrong;
what, for Christ's sake,
happened? Why would Pater not want to support such an excellent
site as livejournal.com?
Could it be that Cowboy Neal is a freeloader, that he doesn't
what to help a site which does offer some value to him (obviously,
as he's been posting there for more than a month)? That he doesn't have
any problem whatsoever using up their bandwidth, disk space and
volunteer time without giving something in return, all the while
(together with the other editors) expecting us,
the users of slashdot.com, to donate ("we regard this as a tip jar")
to their corporate, profit-driven site?
I think this is very positive for open source software. It shows that oss can really be used in critical and important conditions
Wtf are you talking about? The outcome of the election has been decided before hand by Emperor Ernst Günther II. This election is only meant to fool the naive Americans.
Pater and the other editors of slashdot.com, a website owned by
OSDN (the largest corporate provider of open source news
which is in turn owned by VA Software/Linux/Research; a company built
around a flawed business model), expect their
users, as we all know, to support
their for-profit site (which is unable to make a profit) by taking
subscriptions, which allows one to view the (often sensationalist and
factually incorrect) articles without the advertisements
(there you may also take part in the hysterical, often anti-corporate
discussions with other users (mainly naive teenagers)).
Users who do not want to take a
subscription, or demand that certain changes be made to the website
or the editorial policy before they would consider doing so,
are often called "whiners"; practices like using software such as the
Internet Junkbuster
to view ad-free pages without paying are scorned upon by the editors.
Now, let's look at Pater's (aka
"Cowboi Kneel") record when it comes to compensating websites for
services rendered.
Over at
livejournal.com, said slashdot editor keeps a
diary.But before I come to the heart of the matter: What is
livejournal.com exactly? Let me quote from their website:
LiveJournal.com is a volunteer-run website where you
can keep
your
journal online. We're constantly adding new features and trying to
improve the user experience. We cater to all levels of users, from the
most technically incompetent to programmers and system
administrators. Nearly all development and "business" decisions are
discussed in public.
You do not have to pay any money to use this service. You can buy a
paid account to show your support and to help us afford better
hardware and bring you new features, but you don't have to.
(Emphasis mine.)
You also get some
additional features by paying for an account, similar to Slashdot
("feature" there: no ads)
Now, on livejournal.com there are 4 categories of membership:
"Free
account" -- this is the default account type, with which you can do
almost everything. The most notable exception is that users with free
accounts cannot create new styles (editing the HTML for their
journal).
"Early Adopter" -- All users before mid-September 2000 are
considered early adopters, and have access to a subset of the paid
account functionality. They have access to create styles, and view
their journal at username.livejournal.com.
"Paid account" -- The
user has access to all paid account functionality.
"Permanent
Account" -- the user has all paid functionality with no expiration
date. The user is either a LiveJournal developer or has contributed a
significant amount of time or money to the
project.
We would of course expect Neal to support this volunteer-run,
non-profit. ad-free
website by getting a paid account? Isn't
this the Linux, the open
source spirit of the new millenium? After all, he's been keeping
his journal there since at least the beginning of April 2002, so he
should have had ample
time to see if livejournal.com's service is worth the money.
If we now look at
Cowboi Kneel's
user
info, what do we see?
Account
type: Free User
Oh no! My assumption was wrong;
what, for Christ's sake,
happened? Why would Pater not want to support such an excellent
site as livejournal.com?
Could it be that Cowboy Neal is a freeloader, that he doesn't
what to help a site which does offer some value to him (obviously,
as he's been posting there for more than a month)? That he doesn't have
any problem whatsoever using up their bandwidth, disk space and
volunteer time without giving something in return, all the while
(together with the other editors) expecting us,
the users of slashdot.com, to donate ("we regard this as a tip jar")
to their corporate, profit-driven site?
More than six hundred WWDC attendees listened
to noted publisher Tim O'Reilly explain how the rules are changing for
software development, and why the open source world and Mac OS X are where
developers should be looking in the future.
In a talk titled, "Watching the Alpha Geeks," O'Reilly stated that disruptive
innovation is again changing the computing landscape, as innovators and
hackers are using the Web, wireless communication and built-in services
to push aside the old paradigms. According to O'Reilly, information is
being distributed more widely, reused in new ways, and applications are
being built into the platform. O'Reilly painted a picture where there
is less focus on ownership and more on letting the user determine an evolving
"architecture of participation."
The founder and president of O'Reilly and Associates, and a long-time
advocate of open source distribution, O'Reilly has become a strong advocate
of the new Macintosh operating system, stating, "Mac OS X is a fantastic
platform, with the future built-in." O'Reilly admitted he is "thrilled
with what I see from Apple," from its (Apple's) commitment to open source
software, and Steve Jobs' championing fair use rights for consumers, to
the announcements at this conference on the new features included in Jaguar.
As a sign of his company's commitment to the Mac OS X platform, O'Reilly highlighted the upcoming conference on Mac OS X that will be hosted by
O'Reilly and Associates in September.
Mac OS X has also been a strong business opportunity for O'Reilly &
Associates-their title, "Mac OS X: The Missing Manual," written by long-time
Mac advocate David Pogue, has been the best-selling new title for O'Reilly
& Associates since 1993.
Quoting widely from his favorite books and personal contacts, O'Reilly
confirmed that early adopters and industry leaders are adopting Mac OS
X, including leading experts in the world of Perl, Java and bioinformatics.
Because Apple understands and practices interoperability, extensibility,
adheres to standards, and has learned to cooperate with major players
such as Microsoft and AOL, O'Reilly sees Apple as a "next-generation player"
in the new paradigm. In addition, he pointed to the new features in the
upcoming Jaguar release as promising to strengthen Apple's viability in
this new market. He emphasized that the integration of web services, expanded
wireless features, and the new components of iChat and Rendezvous are
adding to Mac OS X's already large set of services.
With these services as a reference, O'Reilly urged urged developers to "think platform, not just application" as they move from the shrink-wrapped, stand-alone model of software distribution to open source, interoperability,
and web-based services.
Tim O'Reilly recommended the following books for further reading:
Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace by Lawrence Lessig, published
by Basic Books
The UNIX Programming Environment by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob
Pike, published by Prentice Hall Computer Books
Mac OS X: The Missing Manual by David Pogue, published by O'Reilly
and Associates.
The Cathedral and the Bazaar : Musings on Linux and Open Source by
an Accidental Revolutionary, by Eric S. Raymond and Bob Young, published
by O'Reilly and Associates
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, by Thomas S. Kuhn, published
by the University of Chicago Press.
Building Wireless Community Networks: Building the Wireless Web,
by Rob Flickenger, published by O'Reilly and Associates
Learning UNIX for Mac OS X, by Dave Taylor and Jerry Peek, published
by O'Reilly and Associates
Slashdot Mirror
The days of the lone (or small group of) inventor(s) is just beginning. What about Linux, for example? Come on. This can't be serious.
Linux was not an invention, but the re-implementation of an operating system (Unix) which had been developed by people (Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, et al -- no lone inventor here either) working for a "big, gray, dull corporation" (Bell Labs/AT&T) more than 20 years before that.
ESR's Removal from the VA Software Board of Directors!
In fact, that article on Linux Today is the only one you'll be able to find on the entire WWW.
ESR'S HOMEPAGE DOES CONFIRM THE STORY, THOUGH.
No more " [representation of] the interests and values of the open-source community [at VA Software -- owners of OSDN and Slashdot]" then, I guess!
Oh, and for further information about VA Software's demise, you may want to read this email.
ESR's Removal from the VA Software Board of Directors!
In fact, that article on Linux Today is the only one you'll be able to find on the entire WWW!
ESR'S HOMEPAGE DOES CONFIRM THE STORY, THOUGH!
No more " [representation of] the interests and values of the open-source community [at VA Software -- owners of OSDN and Slashdot]" then, I guess!
Oh, and for further information about VA Software's demise, read this!
ESR's Resignation from the VA GNU/Linux^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Software Board of Directors!
In fact, that article on Linux Today was the only one I could find. ESR's homepage does confirm the story, though.
No more " [ representation of ] the interests and values of the open-source community there" then, I guess!
Oh, and for further entertainment, read this.
How the natives of the north got their name
When Europeans first visited the northern part of North America, they did not know how to survive there. The natives did. So they gave the Europeans advice:
But the Europeans had no respect for the natives, and ignored their advice. So they kept on wearing insufficient clothing, teasing bears, and travelling with too few dogs. And sometimes they died.
When the natives heard, they said, "I knew it." Eventually they became known as the I-knew-it, or "Inuit".
INUIT! HAHAH!
L01OL0l10Lo0L!
What have you been smoking, RMS? AFAIK, Torvalds doesn't fucking care what you call the OS.
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And you do, too!
Here is a plan for patent reform. I sent it (slightly modified) to my local congresscritter; if more peope did this, maybe we'd finally see a change.
Did anyone else misread the title as, Nazi-like Network Predicted? ;)
This year the atmosphere is different. The "cool" Internet of pervasive e-commerce and e-marketplaces eclipsing the brick-and-mortar world has passed into history for now. Instead, the Internet has returned to its roots (which were first exposed at Interop conferences in the 1990s) as core network infrastructure and applications platform, and grown way beyond its heritage in academic circles.
In fact, we are truly at an inflection point, bridging into the next phase of the Internet. We will be able to look back at this year's N+I and say we saw not just a few indications of an economic recovery, but signs of a future in which the network truly is the computer, to borrow a phrase from Sun Microsystems.
The inflection point in evidence at N+I is the push toward a global, unified network infrastructure, based on Internet protocols. The benefits are well articulated at this juncture in terms of cost savings and flexibility, as well as industry standards and support.
N+I keynote speakers Serge Tchuruk, CEO of Alcatel, and Cisco CEO John Chambers both identified interconnected IP-based LANs and WANs that move voice, data, and video as a key enabler for more cost effective and useful Web-based applications. Tchuruk termed this ultimate evolution of IP networking protocols and open standards as the "borderless enterprise. Chambers called it the "network virtual organization."
Whatever you call this movement, it's more a question of when and how rather than if IP-networks will become the network of networks. "Almost no CIO I talk to today disagrees that within five years we will have a single infrastructure for data, voice, and video," Chambers said. The when and how is tied to providing migration paths that allow for more gradual replacement or upgrading of existing equipment within businesses.
Tchuruk said that enterprises don't need to take a "forklift" approach and replace legacy systems, but should be able to migrate to IP-based network services at their own pace. For example, deploying voice over IP (VOIP) can be done in combination with traditional phone services.
Vendors hope that this migration to a more IP-based solutions will catalyze spending and a return to profitability for their customers and themselves. In reality, unifying network architectures with Internet protocols is just a first step. Both Chambers and Tchuruk stressed that these networks must have carrier-class reliability, quality of service, and bulletproof security to succeed with enterprise customers and consumers.
Umm, Switzerland is definitely NOT a socialist country!
DO YOU KNOW JUST HOW MUCH I HATE PEDOPHILES?
AHAHAHAHA!
TAKE IT like a MAN!
Users who do not want to take a subscription, or demand that certain changes be made to the website or the editorial policy before they would consider doing so, are often called "whiners"; practices like using software such as the Internet Junkbuster to view ad-free pages without paying are scorned upon by the editors.
Now, let's look at Pater's (aka "Cowboi Kneel") record when it comes to compensating websites for services rendered.
Over at livejournal.com, said slashdot editor keeps a diary.But before I come to the heart of the matter: What is livejournal.com exactly? Let me quote from their website:
(Emphasis mine.)
You also get some additional features by paying for an account, similar to Slashdot ("feature" there: no ads)
Now, on livejournal.com there are 4 categories of membership:
We would of course expect Neal to support this volunteer-run, non-profit. ad-free website by getting a paid account? Isn't this the Linux, the open source spirit of the new millenium?
After all, he's been keeping his journal there since at least the beginning of April 2002, so he should have had ample time to see if livejournal.com's service is worth the money.
If we now look at Cowboi Kneel's user info, what do we see?
Oh no! My assumption was wrong; what, for Christ's sake, happened? Why would Pater not want to support such an excellent site as livejournal.com?
Could it be that Cowboy Neal is a freeloader, that he doesn't what to help a site which does offer some value to him (obviously, as he's been posting there for more than a month)? That he doesn't have any problem whatsoever using up their bandwidth, disk space and volunteer time without giving something in return, all the while (together with the other editors) expecting us, the users of slashdot.com, to donate ( "we regard this as a tip jar" ) to their corporate, profit-driven site?
Could it be that Cowboy Neal is a hypocrite?
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Users who do not want to take a subscription, or demand that certain changes be made to the website or the editorial policy before they would consider doing so, are often called "whiners"; practices like using software such as the Internet Junkbuster to view ad-free pages without paying are scorned upon by the editors.
Now, let's look at Pater's (aka "Cowboi Kneel") record when it comes to compensating websites for services rendered.
Over at livejournal.com, said slashdot editor keeps a diary.But before I come to the heart of the matter: What is livejournal.com exactly? Let me quote from their website:
(Emphasis mine.)
You also get some additional features by paying for an account, similar to Slashdot ("feature" there: no ads)
Now, on livejournal.com there are 4 categories of membership:
We would of course expect Neal to support this volunteer-run, non-profit. ad-free website by getting a paid account? Isn't this the Linux, the open source spirit of the new millenium?
After all, he's been keeping his journal there since at least the beginning of April 2002, so he should have had ample time to see if livejournal.com's service is worth the money.
If we now look at Cowboi Kneel's user info, what do we see?
Oh no! My assumption was wrong; what, for Christ's sake, happened? Why would Pater not want to support such an excellent site as livejournal.com?
Could it be that Cowboy Neal is a freeloader, that he doesn't what to help a site which does offer some value to him (obviously, as he's been posting there for more than a month)? That he doesn't have any problem whatsoever using up their bandwidth, disk space and volunteer time without giving something in return, all the while (together with the other editors) expecting us, the users of slashdot.com, to donate ( "we regard this as a tip jar" ) to their corporate, profit-driven site?
Could it be that Cowboy Neal is a hypocrite?
BTW, does anyone know if this technology could be used as a weapon against the USA during WW3??? (the new axis of evil just sucks ass, IMHO)
the web-slinging arachnoid-nerd from Queens who gets the bad guy but really wants the girl
This reminds me of something!
$ /usr/games/fortune -o
Fortune's Guide to Movies:
G: No girl.
PG: The hero gets the girl.
R: The bad guy gets the girl, then the good guy gets the girl.
X: The hero still gets the girl in the end, but he's never sure which end it will be.
XXX: Everybody gets the girl.
I am so witty today!!1!
Getting A Job In The Game Development Industry
How To Get A Job In The Gaming Biz
So You Want to be a Game Designer?
You Can Get There From Here
(At least two of these articles have sections pertaining to programmers.)
A common thread throughout the articles seems to be that you should know someone who already works in the gaming biz.
If you have been succesful in finding a job, read this:
You've Been Given a Job Offer! (Let's Try to Avoid Getting Screwed)
plus a quote:
Users who do not want to take a subscription, or demand that certain changes be made to the website or the editorial policy before they would consider doing so, are often called "whiners"; practices like using software such as the Internet Junkbuster to view ad-free pages without paying are scorned upon by the editors.
Now, let's look at Pater's (aka "Cowboi Kneel") record when it comes to compensating websites for services rendered.
Over at livejournal.com, said slashdot editor keeps a diary.But before I come to the heart of the matter: What is livejournal.com exactly? Let me quote from their website:
(Emphasis mine.)
You also get some additional features by paying for an account, similar to Slashdot ("feature" there: no ads)
Now, on livejournal.com there are 4 categories of membership:
We would of course expect Neal to support this volunteer-run, non-profit. ad-free website by getting a paid account? Isn't this the Linux, the open source spirit of the new millenium?
After all, he's been keeping his journal there since at least the beginning of April 2002, so he should have had ample time to see if livejournal.com's service is worth the money.
If we now look at Cowboi Kneel's user info, what do we see?
Oh no! My assumption was wrong; what, for Christ's sake, happened? Why would Pater not want to support such an excellent site as livejournal.com?
Could it be that Cowboy Neal is a freeloader, that he doesn't what to help a site which does offer some value to him (obviously, as he's been posting there for more than a month)? That he doesn't have any problem whatsoever using up their bandwidth, disk space and volunteer time without giving something in return, all the while (together with the other editors) expecting us, the users of slashdot.com, to donate ( "we regard this as a tip jar" ) to their corporate, profit-driven site?
Could it be that Cowboy Neal is a hypocrite?
Wtf are you talking about? The outcome of the election has been decided before hand by Emperor Ernst Günther II. This election is only meant to fool the naive Americans.
Of course, this is what RMS (being a socialist himself) had in mind when he created the Free Software movement in the 1980s.
We should all fear the Fourth, the Open Source, Reich!
Users who do not want to take a subscription, or demand that certain changes be made to the website or the editorial policy before they would consider doing so, are often called "whiners"; practices like using software such as the Internet Junkbuster to view ad-free pages without paying are scorned upon by the editors.
Now, let's look at Pater's (aka "Cowboi Kneel") record when it comes to compensating websites for services rendered.
Over at livejournal.com, said slashdot editor keeps a diary.But before I come to the heart of the matter: What is livejournal.com exactly? Let me quote from their website:
(Emphasis mine.)
You also get some additional features by paying for an account, similar to Slashdot ("feature" there: no ads)
Now, on livejournal.com there are 4 categories of membership:
We would of course expect Neal to support this volunteer-run, non-profit. ad-free website by getting a paid account? Isn't this the Linux, the open source spirit of the new millenium?
After all, he's been keeping his journal there since at least the beginning of April 2002, so he should have had ample time to see if livejournal.com's service is worth the money.
If we now look at Cowboi Kneel's user info, what do we see?
Oh no! My assumption was wrong; what, for Christ's sake, happened? Why would Pater not want to support such an excellent site as livejournal.com?
Could it be that Cowboy Neal is a freeloader, that he doesn't what to help a site which does offer some value to him (obviously, as he's been posting there for more than a month)? That he doesn't have any problem whatsoever using up their bandwidth, disk space and volunteer time without giving something in return, all the while (together with the other editors) expecting us, the users of slashdot.com, to donate ( "we regard this as a tip jar" ) to their corporate, profit-driven site?
Could it be that Cowboy Neal is a hypocrite?
More than six hundred WWDC attendees listened to noted publisher Tim O'Reilly explain how the rules are changing for software development, and why the open source world and Mac OS X are where developers should be looking in the future.
In a talk titled, "Watching the Alpha Geeks," O'Reilly stated that disruptive innovation is again changing the computing landscape, as innovators and hackers are using the Web, wireless communication and built-in services to push aside the old paradigms. According to O'Reilly, information is being distributed more widely, reused in new ways, and applications are being built into the platform. O'Reilly painted a picture where there is less focus on ownership and more on letting the user determine an evolving "architecture of participation."
The founder and president of O'Reilly and Associates, and a long-time advocate of open source distribution, O'Reilly has become a strong advocate of the new Macintosh operating system, stating, "Mac OS X is a fantastic platform, with the future built-in." O'Reilly admitted he is "thrilled with what I see from Apple," from its (Apple's) commitment to open source software, and Steve Jobs' championing fair use rights for consumers, to the announcements at this conference on the new features included in Jaguar.
As a sign of his company's commitment to the Mac OS X platform, O'Reilly highlighted the upcoming conference on Mac OS X that will be hosted by O'Reilly and Associates in September.
Mac OS X has also been a strong business opportunity for O'Reilly & Associates-their title, "Mac OS X: The Missing Manual," written by long-time Mac advocate David Pogue, has been the best-selling new title for O'Reilly & Associates since 1993.
Quoting widely from his favorite books and personal contacts, O'Reilly confirmed that early adopters and industry leaders are adopting Mac OS X, including leading experts in the world of Perl, Java and bioinformatics. Because Apple understands and practices interoperability, extensibility, adheres to standards, and has learned to cooperate with major players such as Microsoft and AOL, O'Reilly sees Apple as a "next-generation player" in the new paradigm. In addition, he pointed to the new features in the upcoming Jaguar release as promising to strengthen Apple's viability in this new market. He emphasized that the integration of web services, expanded wireless features, and the new components of iChat and Rendezvous are adding to Mac OS X's already large set of services.
With these services as a reference, O'Reilly urged urged developers to "think platform, not just application" as they move from the shrink-wrapped, stand-alone model of software distribution to open source, interoperability, and web-based services.
Tim O'Reilly recommended the following books for further reading: