Like I said, your system failed. The rest of the world knows it. Perhaps you'll wake up to the truth someday, instead of hiding in your little fantasy world.
Like the rest of the world has realized for at least five years now, your supposed "system of democracy" has failed. That's why you're mired in Iraq and Afghanistan. That's why there was rampant voting fraud during your last two elections. You speak of democracy, yet you know nothing of it.
Speaking of Nazis, don't forget that the American space program was the work of Nazis captured during WWII. The Saturn V rocket was designed under the direction of Wernher von Braun, you know.
Your government is more than interested in science, engineering and technical developments. But not for peaceful purposes, of course. The funding is there, it just goes towards funding the killing and maiming of innocent civilians in countries like Afghanistan and Iraq.
Who knows where our level of scientific and aeronautical engineering achievement would be had the hundreds upon hundreds of billions of dollars wasted in the recent wars been put towards more constructive uses.
Yes, my stance on that issue was the correct one, because my stance was backed with the truth and factual information. The claims made by the other KOffice rep were potentially misleading, and the radical outburst from that particular rogue developer dealt an ill blow to the KOffice Project's reputation. A headache is no excuse for publically tarnishing the reputation of the project you volunteer for.
At least this incident serves as a very good reminder to the open source community about what type of incidents should be avoided. Other developers can now learn from that particular developer's mistake, and hopefully the open source community will be better off for it.
Digital cameras are very complex. Of course they'll run into problems now and then. At least they're usually not used for mission-critical applications.
I'm not the CyricZ from GameFAQs. My name is Cyric Zndovzny. I think his name is Scott Zdankiewicz. We're different people. I am, however, a vocal opponent of the forums at their site. I found out about that site after somebody pointed out that he was also using the username I'm using here.
In any case, the mainstream media puts up token opposition. But it's not true opposition in any way. I mean, does NBC really want to point out his flaws? Probably not, considering they're owned by General Electric. And General Electric is in the war industry. And Bush has perhaps been the greatest thing going for such industrialists, considering his interest in starting numerous wars.
The media is neither conservative nor liberal. It's corporatist. And as such it won't act as the media should, truly questioning the government all of the time.
Indeed, the KOffice's image has suffered because of the insults thrown out by their rogue developer. I, too, as a longtime KDE user was quite disappointed.
While I don't expect, nor care, if anything is done about that particular incident, I think it serves as a good reminder regarding the necessity of professionalism in the open source community. It's a good example to refer to when discussing professionalism, especially when trying to understand what sort of client/developer relations should be avoided.
You are correct in stating that the KOffice developer was completely wrong to throw out such insults like that in public. Like I've said before, even the janitors and burger flippers at McDonalds know not to insult the customers. I would hope that open source developers, especially those on a more widely known project like KOffice, can hold themselves to at least the same standards as the lowliest of McDonalds employees.
If the American media were truly as anti-Republican as you seem to believe, then there would've been a massive outcry after Sept. 11. Of course, that never happened, because the media is not anti-Republican by any means. As we so obviously witnessed, the American mass media then proceeded to help out the Bush administration by hyping the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Now, considering how wrong you were with your first couple of sentences, I'm not going to bother with the rest of your post, since it is probably just as factually incorrect.
Your idea of programmers not dealing with customers is outdated. These days, for successful software, the clients need to get into direct contact with the programmers. The programmers and designers need to know exactly what the clients want and what exactly the clients need. You don't get that kind of intimate communication without developers and programmers consulting directly with the clients and consumers. And in order to get the contract, often times the developers and programmers must project a professional image.
Try using the current KDE port to Windows. It is less than ideal. In any case, what was being discussed was the planned native port of KOffice and KDE 4.x to Windows. While it is most likely quite possible, the original problem was that it was being promised within a year. That is an unreasonable claim to make. When that fact (and yes, it is a fact) was pointed out to the KOffice developer, he was unable to maintain a professional image and thus resorted to those insults. And yes, those insults did hurt the image of the KDE project.
The media Queen of hearts shouts at everyone, "Off with their heads". No wonder there's an exodus of senior staff.
Except in the United States the media does not seriously question the government. That is why the Bush administration was able to preside over several of the worst incidents in American history, and have emerged basically unscathed.
... most OSS dev's couldn't give a fuck about their users...
And that's fine! But then those same developers shouldn't wonder why their product fails to get used by governments, businesses, educators and other serious software users.
Now while a lone developer may not care if their email fetching program becomes widely used, it's often the opposite for larger projects.
It's particularly sad when one rogue developer who publically throws out insults is able to tarnish the reputation, painstakingly built up by many people over many years, of a project like KOffice or KDE.
Actually, I was completely correct. I had the truth and facts behind me.
What bothers me is that the image of the KOffice and KDE projects were tarnished by that rogue developer. As a long time KDE user, I wish nothing but the best for the project. That is why it bothers me so much when members of the development team working on KDE-related projects show a lack of professionalism.
I sure hope that any executives from large corporations did not see that post of his, especially if they have to decide whether or not to use an open source solution.
Open source software will never completely penetrate the corporate world if the developers go around tossing out such insults at users, customers and clients.
Of course caffeine isn't always the cause of all anxiety. That isn't what was suggested. But as you pointed out, it did have a severe impact on your existing nervousness and jitter.
You failed to read the definition of "anxiety disorder" that I so courteously provided to you. Note:
"Any of various disorders in which anxiety is either the primary disturbance or is the result of confronting a feared situation or object; they include obsessive-compulsive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder."
Indeed, it is very important to project a professional image, especially if you're a developer who wants your project used by businesses, governments, universities and other serious users.
One important thing to do is to not insult your users/clients/customers. While it is fairly rare, thankfully, every now and then a rogue open source developer will make comments that tarnish the reputation of an open source project.
So please, consider teaching something about professionalism. It will help in many ways, be it in a marketing sense (projecting a reputable image) or in a financial sense (making your project appear financially viable).
Please be sure to discuss professionalism, at least to some extent. A lot of open source programmers fail to realize that professionalism is necessary when running a project that seeks to be successful. There is a far greater chance that such open source software will be adopted by businesses and other serious users if the developers put forth a good image.
For inspiration, take a look at some comments from a KOffice developer directed towards a user. Anybody who takes professionalism seriously would know that it is incorrect to insult your users in public like that. It's somewhat acceptable to point out that they might be wrong (in the KOffice developer case the user was correct, however), but it is never acceptable to resort to infantile name calling.
So please, if you do teach this course, discuss professionalism and basic customer/user/client interaction skills. It will do the open source community a lot of good, and may very well increase the usage of projects developed by your students.
Yeah, but that's just because the Lisp Gods have massive cocks. I mean, when you look at RMS, can you not imagine him with a solid 14" boner? Even his softy is probably far more massive than my largest erection.
Frankly, I think your choice of programming language indicates your penis size (if you're a man, or a tranny). Men with the largest cocks use Lisp, while those with slightly smaller cocks resort to Scheme. Men with very deformed, bent and twisty cocks tend to use Perl or assembly as their languages of choice. Men with multiple cocks use Smalltalk, while men with small, perky cocks use Python. C seems to be used by men with average cock length, considering its widespread use. And men who like to hang heavy weights off of their knob use a language like Java.
I'm sure a certain volume of caffeine affects different people to different extents. Nobody, except perhaps you, is suggesting otherwise.
So while that amount of caffeine may not affect you in any way (perhaps because you're a large, burly man; am I right?), it may affect others. And there are people who drink far more than the single can of Coke, or whatever measure it was you used.
Can you provide more information regarding that study? Namely, how it was funded. Brazil does have somewhat of an industry producing cocoa. They're also amongst the largest (if not the largest) exporters of coffee. So I'm naturally weary of studies promoting the use of caffeine from a nation that depends significantly on the economic potential of caffeine.
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Like I said, your system failed. The rest of the world knows it. Perhaps you'll wake up to the truth someday, instead of hiding in your little fantasy world.
Like the rest of the world has realized for at least five years now, your supposed "system of democracy" has failed. That's why you're mired in Iraq and Afghanistan. That's why there was rampant voting fraud during your last two elections. You speak of democracy, yet you know nothing of it.
Speaking of Nazis, don't forget that the American space program was the work of Nazis captured during WWII. The Saturn V rocket was designed under the direction of Wernher von Braun, you know.
The problematic word is "share". It probably sounds a bit too socialist, if not downright communist, for many American politicians to accept.
Besides, such cooperation is quite easily shot down with accusations of such activities being "dangerous to national security".
Your government is more than interested in science, engineering and technical developments. But not for peaceful purposes, of course. The funding is there, it just goes towards funding the killing and maiming of innocent civilians in countries like Afghanistan and Iraq.
Who knows where our level of scientific and aeronautical engineering achievement would be had the hundreds upon hundreds of billions of dollars wasted in the recent wars been put towards more constructive uses.
Yes, my stance on that issue was the correct one, because my stance was backed with the truth and factual information. The claims made by the other KOffice rep were potentially misleading, and the radical outburst from that particular rogue developer dealt an ill blow to the KOffice Project's reputation. A headache is no excuse for publically tarnishing the reputation of the project you volunteer for.
At least this incident serves as a very good reminder to the open source community about what type of incidents should be avoided. Other developers can now learn from that particular developer's mistake, and hopefully the open source community will be better off for it.
Digital cameras are very complex. Of course they'll run into problems now and then. At least they're usually not used for mission-critical applications.
I'm not the CyricZ from GameFAQs. My name is Cyric Zndovzny. I think his name is Scott Zdankiewicz. We're different people. I am, however, a vocal opponent of the forums at their site. I found out about that site after somebody pointed out that he was also using the username I'm using here.
In any case, the mainstream media puts up token opposition. But it's not true opposition in any way. I mean, does NBC really want to point out his flaws? Probably not, considering they're owned by General Electric. And General Electric is in the war industry. And Bush has perhaps been the greatest thing going for such industrialists, considering his interest in starting numerous wars.
The media is neither conservative nor liberal. It's corporatist. And as such it won't act as the media should, truly questioning the government all of the time.
Indeed, the KOffice's image has suffered because of the insults thrown out by their rogue developer. I, too, as a longtime KDE user was quite disappointed.
While I don't expect, nor care, if anything is done about that particular incident, I think it serves as a good reminder regarding the necessity of professionalism in the open source community. It's a good example to refer to when discussing professionalism, especially when trying to understand what sort of client/developer relations should be avoided.
You are correct in stating that the KOffice developer was completely wrong to throw out such insults like that in public. Like I've said before, even the janitors and burger flippers at McDonalds know not to insult the customers. I would hope that open source developers, especially those on a more widely known project like KOffice, can hold themselves to at least the same standards as the lowliest of McDonalds employees.
If the American media were truly as anti-Republican as you seem to believe, then there would've been a massive outcry after Sept. 11. Of course, that never happened, because the media is not anti-Republican by any means. As we so obviously witnessed, the American mass media then proceeded to help out the Bush administration by hyping the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Now, considering how wrong you were with your first couple of sentences, I'm not going to bother with the rest of your post, since it is probably just as factually incorrect.
Your idea of programmers not dealing with customers is outdated. These days, for successful software, the clients need to get into direct contact with the programmers. The programmers and designers need to know exactly what the clients want and what exactly the clients need. You don't get that kind of intimate communication without developers and programmers consulting directly with the clients and consumers. And in order to get the contract, often times the developers and programmers must project a professional image.
Try using the current KDE port to Windows. It is less than ideal. In any case, what was being discussed was the planned native port of KOffice and KDE 4.x to Windows. While it is most likely quite possible, the original problem was that it was being promised within a year. That is an unreasonable claim to make. When that fact (and yes, it is a fact) was pointed out to the KOffice developer, he was unable to maintain a professional image and thus resorted to those insults. And yes, those insults did hurt the image of the KDE project.
You're missing the point, chico, that many instances of "anxiety disorder" may just be due to excessive caffeine (or other stimulant) consumption.
The media Queen of hearts shouts at everyone, "Off with their heads". No wonder there's an exodus of senior staff.
Except in the United States the media does not seriously question the government. That is why the Bush administration was able to preside over several of the worst incidents in American history, and have emerged basically unscathed.
... most OSS dev's couldn't give a fuck about their users...
And that's fine! But then those same developers shouldn't wonder why their product fails to get used by governments, businesses, educators and other serious software users.
Now while a lone developer may not care if their email fetching program becomes widely used, it's often the opposite for larger projects.
It's particularly sad when one rogue developer who publically throws out insults is able to tarnish the reputation, painstakingly built up by many people over many years, of a project like KOffice or KDE.
Actually, I was completely correct. I had the truth and facts behind me.
What bothers me is that the image of the KOffice and KDE projects were tarnished by that rogue developer. As a long time KDE user, I wish nothing but the best for the project. That is why it bothers me so much when members of the development team working on KDE-related projects show a lack of professionalism.
I sure hope that any executives from large corporations did not see that post of his, especially if they have to decide whether or not to use an open source solution.
Open source software will never completely penetrate the corporate world if the developers go around tossing out such insults at users, customers and clients.
... are given jobs because of their political affiliations.
Yes, unqualified people performing serious jobs leads to nothing but problems.
Of course caffeine isn't always the cause of all anxiety. That isn't what was suggested. But as you pointed out, it did have a severe impact on your existing nervousness and jitter.
You failed to read the definition of "anxiety disorder" that I so courteously provided to you. Note:
"Any of various disorders in which anxiety is either the primary disturbance or is the result of confronting a feared situation or object; they include obsessive-compulsive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder."
Indeed, it is very important to project a professional image, especially if you're a developer who wants your project used by businesses, governments, universities and other serious users.
One important thing to do is to not insult your users/clients/customers. While it is fairly rare, thankfully, every now and then a rogue open source developer will make comments that tarnish the reputation of an open source project.
So please, consider teaching something about professionalism. It will help in many ways, be it in a marketing sense (projecting a reputable image) or in a financial sense (making your project appear financially viable).
Please be sure to discuss professionalism, at least to some extent. A lot of open source programmers fail to realize that professionalism is necessary when running a project that seeks to be successful. There is a far greater chance that such open source software will be adopted by businesses and other serious users if the developers put forth a good image.
For inspiration, take a look at some comments from a KOffice developer directed towards a user. Anybody who takes professionalism seriously would know that it is incorrect to insult your users in public like that. It's somewhat acceptable to point out that they might be wrong (in the KOffice developer case the user was correct, however), but it is never acceptable to resort to infantile name calling.
So please, if you do teach this course, discuss professionalism and basic customer/user/client interaction skills. It will do the open source community a lot of good, and may very well increase the usage of projects developed by your students.
It couldn't have been by posting crap like this.
Yeah, it actually is.
Yeah, but that's just because the Lisp Gods have massive cocks. I mean, when you look at RMS, can you not imagine him with a solid 14" boner? Even his softy is probably far more massive than my largest erection.
Frankly, I think your choice of programming language indicates your penis size (if you're a man, or a tranny). Men with the largest cocks use Lisp, while those with slightly smaller cocks resort to Scheme. Men with very deformed, bent and twisty cocks tend to use Perl or assembly as their languages of choice. Men with multiple cocks use Smalltalk, while men with small, perky cocks use Python. C seems to be used by men with average cock length, considering its widespread use. And men who like to hang heavy weights off of their knob use a language like Java.
I'm sure a certain volume of caffeine affects different people to different extents. Nobody, except perhaps you, is suggesting otherwise.
So while that amount of caffeine may not affect you in any way (perhaps because you're a large, burly man; am I right?), it may affect others. And there are people who drink far more than the single can of Coke, or whatever measure it was you used.
Can you provide more information regarding that study? Namely, how it was funded. Brazil does have somewhat of an industry producing cocoa. They're also amongst the largest (if not the largest) exporters of coffee. So I'm naturally weary of studies promoting the use of caffeine from a nation that depends significantly on the economic potential of caffeine.