What would the world look like had he spent his money on something else?
Maybe he would have bought a mac, developed an appreciation for user experience design at the start of a project, collaborated with usability experts to design a free standardized user friendly UI when he first started work on Linux, and today Linux on the desktop might be light-years ahead of where it currently is.
Actually, that happens a fair amount in the 1st world food industry where they use whatever commodity ingredient is cheapest at the time. That's why you see ingrediant labels stating "may contain one or more of the following: soybean oil, sunflower oil, lard, peanut oil" etc.
1. Have a 2 year-old who's obsessed with daddy's laptop who really needs his own so he'll stop bugging you 2. AND you don't want to have to hunt on ebay for an OLPC child-proof laptop that costs the same as it did when it was purchased two years ago 3. AND you don't want to pay over $100 for something that will get destroyed in the first 6 months of usage
I realize that we’ve successfully confused people (yes, this is a sardonic comment) by using the same name as Microsoft’s forge (codeplex.com). I regret the confusion because it has made it a bit harder to explain the Foundation to those who are already aware of the forge. We may revisit the name in future generations of the Board of Directors.
This statement doesn't make understanding his organization's relationship to microsoft any less confusing. Can anyone fluent in corporate doublespeak translate?
"Kids, I want you to be nice on the remainder of the trip to grandmas. And quit comparing your father's penis to your disturbingly large purple dildo".
IIRC, Plato's argument against democracy in favor of an intellectual meritocracy was that the ignorant have as much decision-making power as the informed.
No, it doesn't. It sounds like bad luck, or some kind of insult towards Jewish people. Both seem like a bad idea.
In the Producers they named a musical "Springtime For Hitler" in a secret plot to piss people off and lose money. Perhaps that's part of their strategy to so devalue the Crunchpad that the Techcruch guys will drop their lawsuit.
Reminds of the experiement in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World where they put a whole bunch of Alphas together and it was a disaster. I guess every organization needs some betas and epsilons.
The problem is being actively acknowledged and thoughtfully discussed on Slashdot without accusations of Microsoft shillery, without insults that use the word "whine", and without harsh rebukes about "criticizing gifts".
Contributing to the problem of finding good documentation is the fact that LUGs, distro companies, etc all mirror same crappy outdated collection of HOWTO's and man pages on their websites, and thus the newbie desperate to find out how to do something ends up with Google page after Google page of the same useless stuff.
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Maybe he would have bought a mac, developed an appreciation for user experience design at the start of a project, collaborated with usability experts to design a free standardized user friendly UI when he first started work on Linux, and today Linux on the desktop might be light-years ahead of where it currently is.
Hippies say they're green and want to save mother earth yet they increase their carbon footprint by burning copious amounts of marijuana.
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Any questions?
The patent in question.. Decide for yourselves.
Actually, that happens a fair amount in the 1st world food industry where they use whatever commodity ingredient is cheapest at the time. That's why you see ingrediant labels stating "may contain one or more of the following: soybean oil, sunflower oil, lard, peanut oil" etc.
If you:
1. Have a 2 year-old who's obsessed with daddy's laptop who really needs his own so he'll stop bugging you
2. AND you don't want to have to hunt on ebay for an OLPC child-proof laptop that costs the same as it did when it was purchased two years ago
3. AND you don't want to pay over $100 for something that will get destroyed in the first 6 months of usage
Then it's not a bad deal.
You're new around here, aren't you?
Or we could practice on non-earth-threatening asteroids to hone our skills for this sort of thing when it really does become a crisis.
If you're constantly touching on them, that might explain the shortage.
Promised not to sting the frog.
The Movie
Not all religious zealots with huge bushy beards who fight in jihads and live in caves and don't use commercial software are terrorists.
This statement doesn't make understanding his organization's relationship to microsoft any less confusing. Can anyone fluent in corporate doublespeak translate?
Will the Global Cyber Force have "Smash Action Kung-Fu Grips"? (along with a disclaimer in fine print that says "does not actually hack"?)
"Kids, I want you to be nice on the remainder of the trip to grandmas. And quit comparing your father's penis to your disturbingly large purple dildo".
IIRC, Plato's argument against democracy in favor of an intellectual meritocracy was that the ignorant have as much decision-making power as the informed.
Kinda seductive in this age of Flygate.
Everyone who uses the expression "is da' bomb" will be arrested and taken off the street.
In the Producers they named a musical "Springtime For Hitler" in a secret plot to piss people off and lose money. Perhaps that's part of their strategy to so devalue the Crunchpad that the Techcruch guys will drop their lawsuit.
Just resign yourself to the fact that the Code of Hammurabi will outlive your pr0n.
The experiment
Reminds of the experiement in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World where they put a whole bunch of Alphas together and it was a disaster. I guess every organization needs some betas and epsilons.
The problem is being actively acknowledged and thoughtfully discussed on Slashdot without accusations of Microsoft shillery, without insults that use the word "whine", and without harsh rebukes about "criticizing gifts".
Compared to 10 years ago that's progress.
Contributing to the problem of finding good documentation is the fact that LUGs, distro companies, etc all mirror same crappy outdated collection of HOWTO's and man pages on their websites, and thus the newbie desperate to find out how to do something ends up with Google page after Google page of the same useless stuff.
1. Roll 12-sided dice and get above 20, release Warhammer under Creative Commons license.
2. Roll 12-sided dice and get below 20, go after fan sites.
Doesn't matter if they hear. Astronauts are granted immunity from public urination laws.