The only thing more annoying than a slight grammatical error is when an idiot grammar Nazi shows up and posts as AC.
Ignoring the second half of your message:
The plural of "touch" is "touches" you fucking dumbass. People who put an apostrophe on every fucking word that ends with an 'S are starting to really piss me off.
It is even more funny that you haven't moved away from bookmarks to an RSS option such as Google Reader. Manually checking bookmarked links for fresh reading material is more 2001 than Windows XP.
Folks have been selling snake-oil for as long as there has been selling and snakes!
Actually, I think selling snake-oil came about sometime later. Specifically, it was when someone discovered snakes contained oil that could be removed and sold separately from the snake.
It isn't a "our", "my" or "your" generation thing at all. It is a matter of achieving a critical mass of sorts in any given generation. Examples of trying to call this stupidity out over the years are easy to find in popular music (R.E.M.'s Ignoreland in 1992, and Don Henley's Dirty Laundry from 1982, for starters), but as is the case most of the time, such calls to action get lost on the "it has a good beat and I can dance to it" crowd.
Beyond that, I share your hope about "It's the news. Believe it." ending. We just keep creeping closer and closer to a police state and the masses seem perfectly fine with it.
I'm sure everyone that hated Bush is OK with Obama doing this.
Nope. I hate this sort of nonsense no matter who is doing it. Obama has a long ways to go to catch up the BushCo's level of shenanigans, but he seems intent on doing so.
Basically, the writer said he wanted to "give back" by using the software.
That is an interesting take on what what "I would much rather use something OSS so I can give back to the community" means. Sure, it could mean what you said, but I suspect it was meant more in the spirit of having the opportunity to report any issues with the program back to the author(s). Perhaps I am reading into his statement as well...I don't know. What I do know is that he clearly hit one of your hot buttons.
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If I choose to release my work under a free license, what is it to them?
A (potentially) lost revenue stream.
He was not Mr. Troll. He was Mr. Sarcasm.
On a related note, you clearly are Mr. Whoosh. *grin*
This is like dad grounding you for catching your hands in a cookie jar that your mom said you could raid.
Your analogy confuses me. Can you re-write it to include a car?
Ironically enough, it is the slow ones that end up getting caught and placed in cans.
The only thing more annoying than a slight grammatical error is when an idiot grammar Nazi shows up and posts as AC.
Ignoring the second half of your message:
The plural of "touch" is "touches" you fucking dumbass. People who put an apostrophe on every fucking word that ends with an 'S are starting to really piss me off.
It is even more funny that you haven't moved away from bookmarks to an RSS option such as Google Reader. Manually checking bookmarked links for fresh reading material is more 2001 than Windows XP.
Folks have been selling snake-oil for as long as there has been selling and snakes!
Actually, I think selling snake-oil came about sometime later. Specifically, it was when someone discovered snakes contained oil that could be removed and sold separately from the snake.
His mistake was using Kool-Aid(tm). This, OTOH, should work swimmingly.
It isn't a "our", "my" or "your" generation thing at all. It is a matter of achieving a critical mass of sorts in any given generation. Examples of trying to call this stupidity out over the years are easy to find in popular music (R.E.M.'s Ignoreland in 1992, and Don Henley's Dirty Laundry from 1982, for starters), but as is the case most of the time, such calls to action get lost on the "it has a good beat and I can dance to it" crowd.
Beyond that, I share your hope about "It's the news. Believe it." ending. We just keep creeping closer and closer to a police state and the masses seem perfectly fine with it.
"What does this mean for Picnik?"
Seriously? It means you are frickin' rich now.
I'm pretty sure that qualifies as cruel AND unusual punishment.
Or is this a no holds barred sort of stink-off?
... to avoid issues with aircraft.
Did you WTFV? This thing can barely take down a mosquito, much less a commercial airliner! *grin*
I'm sure everyone that hated Bush is OK with Obama doing this.
Nope. I hate this sort of nonsense no matter who is doing it. Obama has a long ways to go to catch up the BushCo's level of shenanigans, but he seems intent on doing so.
Hating the players *and* the game seems perfectly reasonable to me.
That you are 2 for 2 this morning? *grin*
FWIW, I prefer "irradiated". That would kill them AND the cooties they carry.
Better than anyone, anyone I've ever met.
The notion of a mobile phone service provider suing anyone over being misleading is astoundingly ironic.
This is perhaps the most accurate and insightful sentence in this whole thread.
Good luck...you'll need it!
Sweet jumpin' Jeebus, I need more caffeine this morning. I just read that as "women farting in the car...".
Basically, the writer said he wanted to "give back" by using the software.
That is an interesting take on what what "I would much rather use something OSS so I can give back to the community" means. Sure, it could mean what you said, but I suspect it was meant more in the spirit of having the opportunity to report any issues with the program back to the author(s). Perhaps I am reading into his statement as well...I don't know. What I do know is that he clearly hit one of your hot buttons.
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I guess it is a wash, then.
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Wow and WOW!
I believe passion produces better results than a sense of obligation.
That's what SHE said!
I see both spellings.
I do, too, but that is only because grandparent spelled it correctly and great-grandparent spelled it incorrectly.