Remember, before WoW, EQ was the most popular MMORPG. I played it. Loved my lvl 70 Shadowknight. Then got bored, but played anyway. Then EQ2 came along. I tried that and loved it. Then WoW came along. I tried that and loved it. Eventually I decided to keep just one account... and am now once again getting bored of my lvl 60 Druid.
So DDO may represent the next "best MMORPG" out there. If so, good for us! EQ2 was too stale and not enough fun. EQ1 was dated. WoW is rapidly becoming World of Raidcraft. So there's always room for the new guy.
Remember, WoW just celebrated their 1 year anniversary!
It's about the "not-so-silent" majority of poeple who support space exploration, and all things related. It's abbout all of us who grew up in the Shadow of Apollo 11. It's about all of us who want to help create e new Generation-S (Space). It's about people who can do the simple math and see that if we don't get off the planet soon, well... It's about people who have an undeniable passion for this, as Carl Sagan once said in an address to the Senate, "This is fundamentally a religious issue."
I've been told by several people that the last point is a bit crazy. Well, I challenge anyone who can add to argue the numbers with me. Actually, forget that, there really is no argument.
Lastly, it's about a group of people speaking with a real voice, not by Nielsen ratings. It's about democracy and grass roots. It's about so many noble things.
D
Don't stop using Slackware. Despite the original moron's post in this thread, Pat's contribution to Society will ALWAYS be much greater than people like Bill Gates. That's what separates us from the rest my friend. We innovate. We create. We continue. The rest fades and becomes irrelevant.
Slackware will continue. Count on it.
DT
PS. Slashdot please post the original poster's IP in some "secret place" so WE can get busy hunting him down.
I remember reading the original post on Slashdot about Pat. I sent him email at the time suggesting he seek out "the best" possible medical care he could find using:
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/hosptl/tophosp.htm
And I'm glad to see that he's visited the Mayo. But at this point I'm wondering, and worried if:
- he should stay in one place and let them treat him
- he has a very delicate and complicated condition which he'll need a great deal of luck and good karma to solve
- his own self diagnosis is making things more difficult / scaring off some physicians
I don't think I have much more to tell Pat personally other than best of luck, but I'm very concerned on a human level, and as a Slackware user since the old download-twenty-floppies-of-a-
pre-1.0-kernel days. Slackware, to me, represents the best of Linux. Free from corporate control, always rock solid, loaded with dev tools, sleek and elegant, etc...
So in a small way I'm a bit scared out of my wits. Maybe not a useful post in that sense, but what other community can I post about this?
Be well, Pat. And if things get really bad, god forbid, leave some instructions on how you'd like Slackware to proceed. We'll pick up where you left off bro.
DT
With all the news headlines about Afganistan and Iraq... and with the whole world seemingly hating the US these days... I think the Scaled Composites team should receive a congressional medal for remdinding the world of what truly makes our country great.
Proudly (once again... thanks guys),
DT
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Remember, before WoW, EQ was the most popular MMORPG. I played it. Loved my lvl 70 Shadowknight. Then got bored, but played anyway. Then EQ2 came along. I tried that and loved it. Then WoW came along. I tried that and loved it. Eventually I decided to keep just one account ... and am now once again getting bored of my lvl 60 Druid.
So DDO may represent the next "best MMORPG" out there. If so, good for us! EQ2 was too stale and not enough fun. EQ1 was dated. WoW is rapidly becoming World of Raidcraft. So there's always room for the new guy.
Remember, WoW just celebrated their 1 year anniversary!
Stay buffed. Kill the badguys. Have fun.
DT
It's about the "not-so-silent" majority of poeple who support space exploration, and all things related. It's abbout all of us who grew up in the Shadow of Apollo 11. It's about all of us who want to help create e new Generation-S (Space). It's about people who can do the simple math and see that if we don't get off the planet soon, well ... It's about people who have an undeniable passion for this, as Carl Sagan once said in an address to the Senate, "This is fundamentally a religious issue."
I've been told by several people that the last point is a bit crazy. Well, I challenge anyone who can add to argue the numbers with me. Actually, forget that, there really is no argument.
Lastly, it's about a group of people speaking with a real voice, not by Nielsen ratings. It's about democracy and grass roots. It's about so many noble things.
D
Slackware will continue. Count on it.
DT
PS. Slashdot please post the original poster's IP in some "secret place" so WE can get busy hunting him down.
I remember reading the original post on Slashdot about Pat. I sent him email at the time suggesting he seek out "the best" possible medical care he could find using: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/hosptl/tophosp .htm
And I'm glad to see that he's visited the Mayo. But at this point I'm wondering, and worried if:
- he should stay in one place and let them treat him
- he has a very delicate and complicated condition which he'll need a great deal of luck and good karma to solve
- his own self diagnosis is making things more difficult / scaring off some physicians
I don't think I have much more to tell Pat personally other than best of luck, but I'm very concerned on a human level, and as a Slackware user since the old download-twenty-floppies-of-a-
pre-1.0-kernel days. Slackware, to me, represents the best of Linux. Free from corporate control, always rock solid, loaded with dev tools, sleek and elegant, etc ...
So in a small way I'm a bit scared out of my wits. Maybe not a useful post in that sense, but what other community can I post about this?
Be well, Pat. And if things get really bad, god forbid, leave some instructions on how you'd like Slackware to proceed. We'll pick up where you left off bro.
DT
With all the news headlines about Afganistan and Iraq ... and with the whole world seemingly hating the US these days ... I think the Scaled Composites team should receive a congressional medal for remdinding the world of what truly makes our country great.
Proudly (once again ... thanks guys),
DT