And I donate bandwidth to them all - debian, mint, ubuntu, slackware... any time I see a new version release notice (usually here on/.) I ssh to my hosted server, start up screen, and start torrenting. Depending on when in the month it is (I get 200gb/mo xfer) and what I've used (typically nothing), I'll seed for 25-50gb upload or until upload from my box is close to nothing.
I can't code well enough to donate that, I don't have any extra $ to donate, so this is how I contribute (and how just about anyone can).
Now it all started two Thanksgivings ago, was on - two years ago on Thanksgiving, when my friend and I went up to visit Alice at the restaurant, but Alice doesn't live in the restaurant, she lives in the church nearby the restaurant, in the bell-tower, with her husband Ray and Fasha the dog. And livin' in the bell tower like that, they got a lot of room downstairs where the pews used to be in. Havin' all that room, seein' as how they took out all the pews, they decided that they didn't have to take out their garbage for a long time.
We got up there, we found all the garbage in there, and we decided it'd be a friendly gesture for us to take the garbage down to the city dump. So we took the half a ton of garbage, put it in the back of a red VW microbus, took shovels and rakes and implements of destruction and headed on toward the city dump.
Well we got there and there was a big sign and a chain across across the dump saying, "Closed on Thanksgiving." And we had never heard of a dump closed on Thanksgiving before, and with tears in our eyes we drove off into the sunset looking for another place to put the garbage.
We didn't find one. Until we came to a side road, and off the side of the side road there was another fifteen foot cliff and at the bottom of the cliff there was another pile of garbage. And we decided that one big pile is better than two little piles, and rather than bring that one up we decided to throw our's down.
That's what we did, and drove back to the church, had a thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat, went to sleep and didn't get up until the next morning, when we got a phone call from officer Obie. He said, "Kid, we found your name on an envelope at the bottom of a half a ton of garbage, and just wanted to know if you had any information about it." And I said, "Yes, sir, Officer Obie, I cannot tell a lie, I put that envelope under that garbage."
More than lucked out. Just had supportive parents at the proper time. Wanted to learn about computers starting in '80 or '81, they found a local company that did an after school "do art and learn to program" type thing... which is where I learned about TRS-80 basic. One of my fellow attendees who is a few years older than me - Craig Silverstein - ended up being google employee #1.
in high school (I graduated in '89) as a freshman I was able to take the senior level programming class where we did fortran and cobol via remote sessions to a server at UF. Freshmen thru Juniors had programming in TRS-80 BASIC, which I had been doing for a while already so I was able to pass out of those classes.
And there is an outfit in Tampa that has a kit to convert a VW Bug, Porsche 356/912/914, and just about anything else that uses a 200mm clutch for about half that price.
Only LEO, Military, and SOT holders (aka Class 3 FFL - it isn't - its a Type 01 FFL with Special Occupation Tax) can buy/sell/possesss MGs made after May '86. And then the SOT has to have a demo unit request letter from a military or LE agency.
And the reason that these "intro to computing" or "college computing" or "intro to college computing" classes exist is to give all the students the ability to have basic skills with an office suite that they will need for the rest of their education.
Write a document in Word or Writer, set the margins to X, set it to double space, right justify this bit, left justify the rest, etc. Here's how to format a bibliography entry. Here's how to print to a PDF file or save as PDF. Here's how Excel or Spreasheets work, here's how to enter a basic formula, here's how to print just the active worksheet or range of cells.
You know... things that just about any college student needs to be able to do, just to make the rest of their educational experience easier.
Well, according to the Open Source definition they really don't have anything to think about it...
9. License Must Not Restrict Other Software
The license must not place restrictions on other software that is distributed along with the licensed software. For example, the license must not insist that all other programs distributed on the same medium must be open-source software.
Having no criminal record is also a requirement for many jobs... probably more jobs than those that require using facebook. So is a conviction unusual punishment?
I had the opportunity to play with whatever the military (USMC) was issuing in the early 90s, and our TV remote was enough to light up the whole back yard.
I would imagine that the new stuff is much more sensitive
Sure - its called retaking the course. Of course, after the 3rd attempt you are paying out of state fees and financial aid won't cover it, and after 4 attempts you have to petition the academic affairs office for another try, but yeah, you can keep going until you get the grade you want. Sadly, many 4 year (and beyond) colleges look at your first attempt when calculating your incoming GPA
I've been having that experience for years with Linux. Of course, I'm not demanding as far as apps go and I know how to find out if something works before I buy.
Statistics? Read the book, do the lecture, work the homework, take the test.
Something more hands-on like Linux Administration, do you think you'd learn better with straight lecture or with some lecture and a lot of lab work, projects, etc?
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And I like to watch breasts being supported... but then, swinging free is good too... oh heck, I just like looking at boobies!
Bruce - your interviews make up a large portion of the documentary "Revolution OS".
If a second part were to be made starting now in 2012 or early 2013, what changes do you think would be highlighted?
This.
Also, things like World of Goo .. lots of good stuff in the various humble bundles ...
And I donate bandwidth to them all - debian, mint, ubuntu, slackware ... any time I see a new version release notice (usually here on /.) I ssh to my hosted server, start up screen, and start torrenting. Depending on when in the month it is (I get 200gb/mo xfer) and what I've used (typically nothing), I'll seed for 25-50gb upload or until upload from my box is close to nothing.
I can't code well enough to donate that, I don't have any extra $ to donate, so this is how I contribute (and how just about anyone can).
Today is Pungenday, the 64th day of Bureaucracy in the YOLD 3178
Now it all started two Thanksgivings ago, was on - two years ago on Thanksgiving, when my friend and I went up to visit Alice at the restaurant, but Alice doesn't live in the restaurant, she lives in the church nearby the restaurant, in the bell-tower, with her husband Ray and Fasha the dog. And livin' in the bell tower like that, they got a lot of room downstairs where the pews used to be in. Havin' all that room, seein' as how they took out all the pews, they decided that they didn't have to take out their garbage for a long time.
We got up there, we found all the garbage in there, and we decided it'd be a friendly gesture for us to take the garbage down to the city dump. So we took the half a ton of garbage, put it in the back of a red VW microbus, took shovels and rakes and implements of destruction and headed on toward the city dump.
Well we got there and there was a big sign and a chain across across the dump saying, "Closed on Thanksgiving." And we had never heard of a dump closed on Thanksgiving before, and with tears in our eyes we drove off into the sunset looking for another place to put the garbage.
We didn't find one. Until we came to a side road, and off the side of the side road there was another fifteen foot cliff and at the bottom of the cliff there was another pile of garbage. And we decided that one big pile is better than two little piles, and rather than bring that one up we decided to throw our's down.
That's what we did, and drove back to the church, had a thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat, went to sleep and didn't get up until the next morning, when we got a phone call from officer Obie. He said, "Kid, we found your name on an envelope at the bottom of a half a ton of garbage, and just wanted to know if you had any information about it." And I said, "Yes, sir, Officer Obie, I cannot tell a lie, I put that envelope under that garbage."
More than lucked out. Just had supportive parents at the proper time. Wanted to learn about computers starting in '80 or '81, they found a local company that did an after school "do art and learn to program" type thing... which is where I learned about TRS-80 basic. One of my fellow attendees who is a few years older than me - Craig Silverstein - ended up being google employee #1.
in high school (I graduated in '89) as a freshman I was able to take the senior level programming class where we did fortran and cobol via remote sessions to a server at UF. Freshmen thru Juniors had programming in TRS-80 BASIC, which I had been doing for a while already so I was able to pass out of those classes.
And there is an outfit in Tampa that has a kit to convert a VW Bug, Porsche 356/912/914, and just about anything else that uses a 200mm clutch for about half that price.
Only LEO, Military, and SOT holders (aka Class 3 FFL - it isn't - its a Type 01 FFL with Special Occupation Tax) can buy/sell/possesss MGs made after May '86. And then the SOT has to have a demo unit request letter from a military or LE agency.
The form 1 is for making a NFA item - SBR, suppressor, etc.
I'm voting Kang this time!
And much like fly fishing or learning to use a bait casting reel, you can increase your vocabulary at the same time too!
And the reason that these "intro to computing" or "college computing" or "intro to college computing" classes exist is to give all the students the ability to have basic skills with an office suite that they will need for the rest of their education.
Write a document in Word or Writer, set the margins to X, set it to double space, right justify this bit, left justify the rest, etc. Here's how to format a bibliography entry. Here's how to print to a PDF file or save as PDF. Here's how Excel or Spreasheets work, here's how to enter a basic formula, here's how to print just the active worksheet or range of cells.
You know... things that just about any college student needs to be able to do, just to make the rest of their educational experience easier.
Well, according to the Open Source definition they really don't have anything to think about it...
9. License Must Not Restrict Other Software
The license must not place restrictions on other software that is distributed along with the licensed software. For example, the license must not insist that all other programs distributed on the same medium must be open-source software.
Having no criminal record is also a requirement for many jobs... probably more jobs than those that require using facebook. So is a conviction unusual punishment?
Nope, sorry. The act of "creating food" is called either farming, ranching, or fishing
On this note, I'd skip the AR - go for something larger caliber, like a FN-FAL, M1A, HK91/G3/Cetme, etc.
I had the opportunity to play with whatever the military (USMC) was issuing in the early 90s, and our TV remote was enough to light up the whole back yard.
I would imagine that the new stuff is much more sensitive
Your TV or cable box's remote control works really well for this, but it is a bit strobe-y
Sure - its called retaking the course. Of course, after the 3rd attempt you are paying out of state fees and financial aid won't cover it, and after 4 attempts you have to petition the academic affairs office for another try, but yeah, you can keep going until you get the grade you want. Sadly, many 4 year (and beyond) colleges look at your first attempt when calculating your incoming GPA
So when the negligent actions of a corporation cause a death, which board member(s) get sent to jail, etc?
I've been having that experience for years with Linux. Of course, I'm not demanding as far as apps go and I know how to find out if something works before I buy.
Yup, seems that every 3rd version is good, the one after it sucks, the one after is a little better, and then you have a good version again.
95, 98, 98SE, ME, XP, Vista, 7 ...
Depends on the course subject...
Statistics? Read the book, do the lecture, work the homework, take the test.
Something more hands-on like Linux Administration, do you think you'd learn better with straight lecture or with some lecture and a lot of lab work, projects, etc?