It's not so much the engineers and scientists shoving technology in our faces as it is the business-critters who look to profit from shoving the technology in our faces.
Rob Malda in an earlier article (the useless interview with his partner) made some disparaging remarks about his "customers" who have made demands on him by repeatedly requesting that Rob release the latest and greatest Slash code. Now mind you, Rob Malda has previously released code and has made a firm committment to continue releasing his code. Rob Malda, by virtue of his words and actions, has indicated that he is a firm proponent of Open Source initiatives.
We aren't customers. We haven't purchased anything from him. He provides a free forum for us to have wonderful little discussions like this, but I digress...
If people constantly harrassed you about code you wrote, constantly asking for the latest version, you would be annoyed too.
Rob Malda has attributed his lack of committment to releasing the Code to Slash to it not being his primary concern...his primary concern being the day to day rigors of supporting the website. This of course flies in the face of hundreds of other Open Source endeavors that are much bigger than Slashdot, manned by individuals with full-time jobs, yet these projects seem able to release code often. Robs excuse seems weak at best.
His primary concern is maintaining this site. If he can package up Slash in a tarball, all the better. If he can put up a public CVS server, all the better. Though, the work to put up a CVS server for public use is quite a bit. The work to secure it is even more...
Lucas on the other hand has a small legion of people who could put TPM on a DVD at the snap of his fingers. Given that Malda probably didn't know that Lucas was waiting until he could put all six movies on DVD, I can't fault his attitude. It certainly doesn't smack of hypocracy.
And I'm happy to know that you feel your time hasn't been wasted.
Boy, that really hurt. You know, I could stoop down to your level, and start calling you a fuckhead or a jackass. But I won't do that. No, I am going to thank you for what is going to be my new rad-bad-ass sig:
I personally don't give a rat's ass about Slash. The code to duplicate this rathole would be trivial. -- mochaone, commenting on Slash, the code which runs slashdot.
Thank you very much.
Now, for more of my "moronic" comments...
You are comparing apples and oranges. CmdrTaco has made a good faith gesture to make slash (the code that makes this "rathole" so special) available to the public. Secondly, do you think he has alot of freetime to go and make a new version available? Have you ever done software engineering? Have you ever had to do a release?
So, I'll reverse the switcheroo, and challenge you: How's 'bout you come up with the code to duplicate this so-called "rathole" ?
You are comparing apples and oranges. Lucas has an army of people who could bring the world to him and us, whereas CmdrTaco has himself and two other people, which is extremely small for developing something like Slash, and trying to make regular releases.
More often than not, civil forfeiture(sp?) laws are abused. Property can be confiscated just on suspicion of criminal activity, and not returned, no appeals, etc. All thanks to the "war on drugs".
There are 3 definitions for "justice" in webster's dictionary: 1a: the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments b: JUDGE c: the administration of law; especially: the establishment or determination of rights according to the rules of law or equity
2a: the quality of being just, impartial, or FAIRb: (1) the principle or ideal of just dealing or right action (2): conformity to this principle or ideal : RIGHTEOUSNESS c: the quality of conforming to law.
3: conformity to truth, fact, or reason : CORRECTNESS
So, justice does involve fairness... (game, set, match)
I don't think people who drive cabs have committed any crime. Of course someone who kills a cop would get a stiff sentence compared to someone who drives a cab.
Uh, they aren't making it law that everyone in the country has to use open source software, just making it a procurment guideline for government purchases of software products.
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Why not just spray a cloud of nanites that disassemble organic tissue?
That would be a more frightening weapon.
It's not so much the engineers and scientists shoving technology in our faces as it is the business-critters who look to profit from shoving the technology in our faces.
What promises that Rob has made are you refering to?
Rob Malda in an earlier article (the useless interview with his partner) made some disparaging
remarks about his "customers" who have made demands on him by repeatedly requesting that Rob
release the latest and greatest Slash code. Now mind you, Rob Malda has previously released code
and has made a firm committment to continue releasing his code. Rob Malda, by virtue of his words and actions, has indicated that he is a firm proponent of Open Source initiatives.
We aren't customers. We haven't purchased anything from him. He provides a free forum for us to have wonderful little discussions like this, but I digress...
If people constantly harrassed you about code you wrote, constantly asking for the latest version, you would be annoyed too.
Rob Malda has attributed his lack of committment to releasing the Code to Slash to it not being his
primary concern...his primary concern being the day to day rigors of supporting the website. This of course flies in the face of hundreds of other Open Source endeavors that are much bigger than
Slashdot, manned by individuals with full-time jobs, yet these projects seem able to release code
often. Robs excuse seems weak at best.
His primary concern is maintaining this site. If he can package up Slash in a tarball, all the better. If he can put up a public CVS server, all the better. Though, the work to put up a CVS server for public use is quite a bit. The work to secure it is even more...
Lucas on the other hand has a small legion of people who could put TPM on a DVD at the snap of his fingers. Given that Malda probably didn't know that Lucas was waiting until he could put all six movies on DVD, I can't fault his attitude. It certainly doesn't smack of hypocracy.
And I'm happy to know that you feel your time hasn't been wasted.
Boy, that really hurt. You know, I could stoop down to your level, and start calling you a fuckhead or a jackass. But I won't do that. No, I am going to thank you for what is going to be my new rad-bad-ass sig:
I personally don't give a rat's ass about Slash. The code to duplicate this rathole would be trivial.
-- mochaone, commenting on Slash, the code which runs slashdot.
Thank you very much.
Now, for more of my "moronic" comments...
You are comparing apples and oranges. CmdrTaco has made a good faith gesture to make slash (the code that makes this "rathole" so special) available to the public. Secondly, do you think he has alot of freetime to go and make a new version available? Have you ever done software engineering? Have you ever had to do a release?
So, I'll reverse the switcheroo, and challenge you: How's 'bout you come up with the code to duplicate this so-called "rathole" ?
Game, Set, Match.
If you don't like the fact that you can't get your very own copy of the latest version of Slash, write your own.
Well, as long as you are making excuses for George Lucas....
cvs pservers take time to set up and administer properly. It's more work than you realize.
You are comparing apples and oranges. Lucas has an army of people who could bring the world to him and us, whereas CmdrTaco has himself and two other people, which is extremely small for developing something like Slash, and trying to make regular releases.
So, Ppppphhhhhhhttttt to you.
Puppy, is that name Irish?
Anyway, I think Mudge is really his last name.
I could be wrong on this, but I do believe he does put "Mudge" on his 1040 every April. His full name is Peter Mudge.
So, does Lloyd Blankenship still work at SJ Games?
Henry David Thoureu(sp? - I need a spell checker) would probably disagree with you.
More often than not, civil forfeiture(sp?) laws are abused. Property can be confiscated just on suspicion of criminal activity, and not returned, no appeals, etc. All thanks to the "war on drugs".
Ah, worry not.
:)
I see you are taking this in stride, since my sarcasm detector went off when I saw your Subject
There are 3 definitions for "justice" in webster's dictionary:
1a: the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments b: JUDGE c: the administration of law; especially: the establishment or determination of rights according to the rules of law or equity
2a: the quality of being just, impartial, or FAIR b: (1) the principle or ideal of just dealing or right action (2): conformity to this principle or ideal : RIGHTEOUSNESS c: the quality of conforming to law.
3: conformity to truth, fact, or reason : CORRECTNESS
So, justice does involve fairness... (game, set, match)
Laws are society's method of saying what the appropriate reward/punishment is.
So, you agree with Jim Crow laws when they were in effect?
Yes, but people in Missouri think tactical nukes are much more fun.
From what I understand, Compaq is supposed to be an acronym -- COMPAtable Quality, hence "Compaq"...
I don't think people who drive cabs have committed any crime. Of course someone who kills a cop would get a stiff sentence compared to someone who drives a cab.
Why not use some of the "amassed great amounts of digital cash" to contract out a mercenary batallion to come to North Korea and liberate you.
>It is entirely possible that is can't, and that >it's hubris to think that technology can really >improve the human condition;
Isn't hubris one of the qualities of a programmer?
A great deal of the Senator's speech looks like typical political babble to my eyes.
Plus, it's in french...
Uh, they aren't making it law that everyone in the country has to use open source software, just making it a procurment guideline for government purchases of software products.
Usually you can find precompiled bins for most of the various BSDs. You just have to look on the FTP sites.