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bump_fn
Apr 12, 2004

two of them
post your favorite part of the gnu manifesto itt

mine is "so that I can continue to use computers without dishonor"

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A Wheezy Steampunk
Jul 16, 2006

High School Grads Eligible!
This is our world now... the world of the electron and the switch, the beauty of the baud. We make use of a service already existing without paying for what could be dirt-cheap if it wasn't run by profiteering gluttons, and you call us criminals.

Sweevo
Nov 8, 2007

i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster

30 years since a fat disgusting sperglord threw a tantrum over a printer driver

jony ive aces
Jun 14, 2012

designer of the lomarf car


Buglord
mine is "we do not forgive. we do not forget. expect us"

jony ive aces
Jun 14, 2012

designer of the lomarf car


Buglord

A Wheezy Steampunk posted:

This is our world now... the world of the electron and the switch, the beauty of the baud. We make use of a service already existing without paying for what could be dirt-cheap if it wasn't run by profiteering gluttons, and you call us criminals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvK7V7U5Mck

jony ive aces
Jun 14, 2012

designer of the lomarf car


Buglord

Sweevo posted:

30 years since a fat disgusting sperglord threw a tantrum over a printer driver
then her boyfriend and his gay friend walked in and he didn't even get a tender embrace out of the ordeal! :xd:

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?
holding my breath for the upcoming HURD announcement

Widdiful
Oct 10, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ_wXOFQV3M

pram
Jun 10, 2001

The Management posted:

holding my breath for the upcoming HURD announcement

think u mean gnu/hurd

maniacdevnull
Apr 18, 2007

FOUR CUBIC FRAMES
DISPROVES SOFT G GOD
YOU ARE EDUCATED STUPID

Sweevo posted:

30 years since a fat disgusting sperglord threw a tantrum over a printer driver

and printer drivers are still dog poo poo. what a world.

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
Slippery Tilde
WHERE'S

MY

ASTEROID MINE

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
Do you have an Air Miles Card?

pram posted:

think u mean gnu/hurd

why do dorks thing that recursive acronyms are the epitome of cleverness?

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
Slippery Tilde
the hurd reminds me of when as a young babby i had the idea to make my own zmodem and sketched a design with one thread for sending and one for receiving and then never wrote a line

du -hast
Mar 12, 2003

BEHEAD THOSE WHO INSULT GENTOO

the best rms video

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮

HappyHippo posted:

why do dorks thing that recursive acronyms are the epitome of cleverness?

they don't anymore, mostly. nowadays the clever thing to do is give it a rude name like "brainfuck" and see how long it takes for one of the big companies to rename it

A Wheezy Steampunk
Jul 16, 2006

High School Grads Eligible!

HappyHippo posted:

why do dorks thing that recursive acronyms are the epitome of cleverness?

try googling for "recursion" :razz: :newlol: :roflolmao:

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
Slippery Tilde

A Wheezy Steampunk posted:

try googling for "recursion" :razz: :newlol: :roflolmao:
id like to interject for a moment that google runs software that they won't show you the code for and they store your search history where evil cackling men with top hats and mustaches could potentially access it and they profit from gentrification and and and you should set your home page to http://www.dmoz.org/ imo

HappyHippo
Nov 19, 2003
Do you have an Air Miles Card?

of course he numbers his 4 freedoms 0-3. of course

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
Slippery Tilde
just think how many more jews would have survived if ibm had published the schematics of their tab machines :(

Sweevo
Nov 8, 2007

i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster

HappyHippo posted:

why do dorks thing that recursive acronyms are the epitome of cleverness?

because the jargon file told them it is

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
Slippery Tilde
you know if RMS had succeeded in converting the whole industry to pay-as-you-code he would just look over what he had created and decide for whatever reason that it was still oppressive

emoji
Jun 4, 2004

Gazpacho posted:

id like to interject for a moment that google runs software that they won't show you the code for and they store your search history where evil cackling men with top hats and mustaches could potentially access it and they profit from gentrification and and and you should set your home page to http://www.dmoz.org/ imo

Mining metadata owns actually.

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
Slippery Tilde

emoji posted:

Mining metadata owns actually.
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du -hast
Mar 12, 2003

BEHEAD THOSE WHO INSULT GENTOO

Gazpacho posted:

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yeah we gonna run a train on dis bithc

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