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Twitter Updates 2009-12-31

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

@Montaignejns They will, and they probably won't. Won't be a democracy (like the US, or .de), either. But it will be a little bit more free. in reply to Montaignejns #
@Montaignejns That's for the Iranian people to decide. in reply to Montaignejns #
Should've been in bed hours ago. Re-reading Cathedral & Bazaar by ESR is keeping me up, tho. #
@evanphx Followed by the collapse of the quantum state, and the code *stops* working, as it should've all along. in reply to evanphx #
@haacked I wanted to comment there to offer alternatives. #irony in reply to haacked #
@wilw Stop writing more than I can read, dammit! in reply to wilw #
@gilesgoatboy Mythical Man-Month?Or http://tinyurl.com/3qo8p ? in reply to gilesgoatboy #
@irascian It is. Quite a nice movie, all in all. in reply to irascian #
Amazing that http://tinyurl.com/3qo8p is still relevant. Gotta love how Linux shaped our world, and how we think about software dev. #
@luislavena Oh, the fun of hunting down this kinda bug.. Yuck. in reply to luislavena #
@olabini Read the Mass Effect books yet? Quite nice and crunchy sci-fi (the game at least, but same writer for books & games). in reply to olabini #
Immer diese Wortspielerei. #
@elight @gilesgoatboy And directly, you'll have a tax increase. It's called "marginal tax rate", if it acts like tax, but ain't called tax. in reply to elight #
@houseofprince Kept 'em. Always nice to have a physical copy, IMO. in reply to houseofprince #
@nicksieger Nice way to get malware installed on a system. in reply to nicksieger #
@wilw So that's why you turned to blogging, then? in reply to wilw #
@haacked How about this, then? http://tinyurl.com/yerb6c3 in reply to haacked #
@gnuchris That *is* amazing. #
@tsaleh Crushing case of reality check? in reply to tsaleh #
Ah, simple pleasures: Flour, eggs, milk, touch of sugar and salt make for delicious noms later on. #
@gnuchris Exactly. If, say, Java were mandatory, I'd raise hell. I'd actually get bothered about software again. in reply to gnuchris #
@gnuchris I block ads, myself. Make it a point to see ads on sites I frequent, however. "Give the emperor", and all that. in reply to gnuchris #
@gnuchris They joy of "unfollow". ^^ in reply to gnuchris #
@bryanl Folk seriously do this? Yuck. in reply to bryanl #
@gnuchris That's contracts for you. Novell and MS are free to agree on what they want. in reply to gnuchris #
@gnuchris I'd've preferred if video and audio never made it onto web pages, to be honest. Flash ads, HMTL5 ads soon.. bah. in reply to gnuchris #
@gnuchris Ah, just checked: GPLv3 is allowed on Google Code. Nevermind that, then. in reply to gnuchris #
@gnuchris Yeah, but the recent patent covenant covers the Silverlight video codecs. As for .NET: http://tinyurl.com/58j6v in reply to gnuchris #
@gnuchris Competition (to Flash in this case) is good. Software patents: Not at all, but can't blame Novell for the USPTO, either, can you? in reply to gnuchris #
@gnuchris Also a reason for me to stop using Google Code: I may not like the AGPL, but I don't like banning it, either. in reply to gnuchris #
@gnuchris http://tinyurl.com/ycukkpu Yeah, well. Google banning the AGPL from Google Code is.. fishy. in reply to gnuchris #
@gnuchris And if you read tech journos, you could think Google does it all on their own. in reply to gnuchris #
@gnuchris One more reason why I like Novell, and dislike politicized movements. Software doubly so. Mono is all around a good thing. in reply to gnuchris #
@gnuchris Besides, doing "some good things" doesn't mean that Google is any where near to being one of the good guys. Google = MSTF.new IMO. in reply to gnuchris #
@gnuchris I prefer Red HAt or Novell's approach: They contribute to OSS because it's what they built their business on. in reply to gnuchris #
@gnuchris Google doesn't contribute for contribution's sake, but to get a good image. Good image = more ads sold. Follow the money. in reply to gnuchris #
@N3W_Media You are spreading FUD, not arguments. in reply to N3W_Media #
@N3W_Media Eh, never mind. Ain't worth my time. in reply to N3W_Media #
@gnuchris http://tinyurl.com/ye2jrud or [PDF] http://tinyurl.com/meuojm (Table 9, page 12). in reply to gnuchris #
@N3W_Media should've been "yours". in reply to N3W_Media #
@N3W_Media Stop complaining, get coding, or get out. Choice is your. in reply to N3W_Media #
@N3W_Media No one's keeping you. BTW: Twitter is build on OSS. No OSS, no Twitter. in reply to N3W_Media #
@N3W_Media Search "open source CMS". Guess where the plugins would go to. Most WP plugins are are there to scratch the dev's itch. in reply to N3W_Media #
@N3W_Media Sure, if "nobody writes Wordpress plugins" is your definition of better. in reply to N3W_Media #
@gnuchris Google revenue comes from ads to 97%: http://tinyurl.com/5ao5m Everything Google does exists to sell ads. Search, GMail, Wave.. in reply to gnuchris #
@gnuchris Google is an Ad broker. The bottom line is what counts for them. Google Campus? Great way to have employees stay for longer. in reply to gnuchris #
@gnuchris Only as a side effect. in reply to gnuchris #
@gnuchris Google doesn't spread Linux. It spreads Google. in reply to gnuchris #
@wuestenigel Einfacher: Andere Website benutzen. in reply to wuestenigel #
Two years ago, it was a pain to setup Gentoo. Well, at least some things never change. #
@LBugnion Can't "jump it". Design / engineering is evolution more than it is invention. in reply to LBugnion #
@LBugnion I mean, just look at the developments in the last 20 years: From teletypes to touch-sensitive. There's still room for new ideas.:) in reply to LBugnion #
@LBugnion Would be sad if it were, too. in reply to LBugnion #
@Asphar Wenn's doch stimmt.. in reply to Asphar #
@LBugnion Ah, gotcha! And yes, it is. Would be great for netbooks/laptops, but production needs to get efficient 1st to make it affordable. in reply to LBugnion #
@LBugnion No, it's ideal for mobile devices. Small form factor, but quick & easy input? Done deal. iPhone is a success because of that. in reply to LBugnion #
@LBugnion I *love* the touch interface for my iPod. Makes my laptop's touchpad all the more egregious in use. in reply to LBugnion #
@LBugnion You know, lights going on if you enter a room, TV set switching on if you sit down in front of it, things like that. in reply to LBugnion #
@LBugnion Yes, but it's an engineering problem, not a democracy. Multitouch is a major step forward. "no touch" is more home-automation. in reply to LBugnion #
@LBugnion So? non-tech people are excited about blowing stuff up, too. Doesn't mean it's a good, or even useful, idea. #argumentumadpopulam in reply to LBugnion #
@LBugnion "no touch" is a broken metaphor, anyway. Literally no connection between cause and effect. Too much filtering needed, too. in reply to LBugnion #
@LBugnion Okay, how do you deal with the lag of integrated cams & the low res? (5 FPS @ VGA is a lot for prebuilt webcams). in reply to LBugnion #
@ServerNorth Well, I'd be (more than) happy to put loads of ServerNorth ads on project pages. Also: You'd donate to the OSS community. in reply to ServerNorth #
@daveoflynn God, forgot about them. I'm so very much out of the loop in the Ruby-sphere, it ain't even funny.. in reply to daveoflynn #
@ServerNorth For free? in reply to ServerNorth #
Which Ruby-related business do I go to to beg for hosting? #
@peterc Sounds cool. When's it gonna launch? in reply to peterc #