Re: [DNG] Yes I am an attorney. - Re: Identity of OP (Software written by contractors and the 'work for hire') concept - To Bruce Perens

2017-08-01 Thread susin
Prescient analysis! (of the legal ramifications of doing nothing in this case!) Well done sir! How about someone who is studied in the law to a degree greater than a draft animal responding instead? (Basically you said: I don't understand! Why should I care! And then you went back to your la

Re: [DNG] Yes I am an attorney. - Re: Identity of OP (Software written by contractors and the 'work for hire') concept - To Bruce Perens

2017-08-01 Thread susin
s and disadvantages of both action, and inaction, can be peer-reviewed on both the legal and technical side. https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/7/31/449 For the record here's what Bruce Perens had to say about me: OK, I apologize to all who were involved in this conversation. I will bloc

SystemD people berating Bruce Perens. It is cold in non-systemd space

2014-11-18 Thread Hanover Shriver
*(See: Systemd people being assholes to Bruce Perens https://lwn.net/Articles/620879/ ) Synth and organ in the cold infinite vastness. As if abandoned. Seeing bright lights, but feeling no warmth. Kind of like what old-guard Free/Opensource contributors feel from the SystemD coupists in the space

Bruce Perens run for OSI board?

2008-03-27 Thread s. keeling
This is Bruce' platform statement: http://techp.org/p/7 My question is, why has he only garnered ca. 1800 votes? Has nobody heard of this? Do you know something I don't? He was a Debian DPL, his being at Pixar gives us Potato, Etch, & etc., he runs technocrat.net, one of the most thoughtful ne

Re: Can I have your signature to help me protect Open Source? from Bruce Perens.

2008-03-19 Thread Terence
ss this with me directly, please email or call 510-984-1055. Many Thanks Bruce Perens -- Bruce Perens / 1563 Solano Ave. / PMB 349 / Berkeley CA 94707 USA / 510-984-1055" I support Bruce on this. Maybe you will feel able to do so. If you do so, perhaps you may want to pass this on

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC [ PLEASE STOP ]

2004-01-30 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 04:37:39PM -0300, federico silva wrote: > if this long thread has gone for > soo long with the [OT] tag > why don't you go to another place > to talk about this *rather* OT stuff. > > Please? > Now! procmail is your fr

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC [ PLEASE STOP ]

2004-01-30 Thread Nano Nano
On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 04:37:39PM -0300, federico silva wrote: > if this long thread has gone for > soo long with the [OT] tag > why don't you go to another place > to talk about this *rather* OT stuff. okay http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/debian-user-200401/msg06917.html -- To

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC [ PLEASE STOP ]

2004-01-30 Thread federico silva
if this long thread has gone for soo long with the [OT] tag why don't you go to another place to talk about this *rather* OT stuff. Please? Now! fede On Tuesday 27 January 2004 20:30, Nano Nano wrote: > On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 05:26:52AM +0800, Katipo wrote: > > The only westernized nat

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-29 Thread Nano Nano
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 09:50:25AM +0100, Mike M wrote: > On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 01:04:43AM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > > Definition of Isolationism > >1. involvement without commitment - "advantages without obligations" > Impossible. > >2. no permanent, entanglinq alliances > Impossible. >

RE: Bruce Perens !!

2004-01-29 Thread rlx
Please ENOUGH IS ENOUGH These discussions are tiresome and is leading nowhere, Can yall go to another forum to continue this sort of word slinging. Let's talk about Debian !! Thanks a lot rlx36 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-29 Thread Mike M
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 01:04:43AM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 12:43:56AM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > > invites the same to be done to it. And if we don't want people messing > > with the US they why the hell do we put up with the US messing with other > > nations. It's cal

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-29 Thread Mike M
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 10:09:57PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > Mike M wrote: > >I am not going to defend .gov's oil policy. My point is there has to be > >an oil policy. You can't disengage and think things will just turn out > >alright. > > Why does there have to be one that includes invasio

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-29 Thread Nano Nano
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 12:43:56AM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > invites the same to be done to it. And if we don't want people messing > with the US they why the hell do we put up with the US messing with other > nations. It's called a double-standard, really pissy things. http://history.acusd.e

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-29 Thread Steve Lamb
Nano Nano wrote: (2) The oil thing. Yeah, there's some of that. But do me a favor and separate out (1) from this in your rhetoric. Not my rhetoric but it is a common enough one that people need to address it. The best thing you can do about (2) is change cars, the the oil companies will

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-28 Thread Nano Nano
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 10:09:57PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > Mike M wrote: > >I am not going to defend .gov's oil policy. My point is there has to be > >an oil policy. You can't disengage and think things will just turn out > >alright. > > Why does there have to be one that includes invasio

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Mike M wrote: I am not going to defend .gov's oil policy. My point is there has to be an oil policy. You can't disengage and think things will just turn out alright. Why does there have to be one that includes invasion? They are in front of the line. My vote is all of the above. Even

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-28 Thread Mike M
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 07:37:00PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > Mike M wrote: > >There's no way to separate the > >private concerns from the public ones. How is the business of oil to be > >separated from the world's current woes? > > How does government meddling in it improve anything? I am n

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-28 Thread Mike M
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 09:08:17PM +0800, Katipo wrote: > > I'd debate the issue, but you have your preferred view that appears to be based on a > mixture of misconception and a confused perception of Europe being socialist. You > obviously also appear to have no understanding of what happened i

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Mike M wrote: There's no way to separate the private concerns from the public ones. How is the business of oil to be separated from the world's current woes? How does government meddling in it improve anything? Who is responsible for the atrocities that followed, consisting of human enslaveme

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-28 Thread Mike M
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 12:23:00PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > Mike M wrote: > >The point-by-point rebuttal was rendered moot by this last part. We (the > >US) must not withdraw from the world and our borders must remain open and > >we must accept being hated and we must stop being so arrogant and

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-28 Thread Dr.-Ing. C. Hurschler
On Wednesday 28 January 2004 17:55, Steve Lamb wrote: > Katipo wrote: > > I'd debate the issue, but you have your preferred view that appears to be > > based on a mixture of misconception and a confused perception of Europe > > being socialist. > > Uhm, no. I ran with what you agreed Nano sai

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Jose Boix wrote: One out of two representatives of two parties is not what I would call unlimited political choice. Funny, last national election I counted 5 parties that I was personally aware of. Republican Democrat Libertarian Green Reform Hint, I am not a member of the first two.

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Mike M wrote: The point-by-point rebuttal was rendered moot by this last part. We (the US) must not withdraw from the world and our borders must remain open and we must accept being hated and we must stop being so arrogant and we must do business fairly. I never said the borders should be c

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-28 Thread Jose Boix
El miƩ, 28 de ene de 2004, a las 03:55:21 -0800, Steve Lamb dijo: [snip] > Could it be because they are listening to their media and believing all > of > what they say without thinking for themselves? Could it be the limiting > view > their parochial education and limited political choi

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-28 Thread Steve Lamb
s. keeling wrote: Ditto that, but if you wonder where it comes from, start up a discussion with RMS sometime. I guarantee you'll be tossing furniture in frustration within hours. The man appears to be impervious to real-world reason. The problem is that it is too easy to think that the Free S

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-28 Thread Nano Nano
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 08:55:04AM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > Uhm, no. I ran with what you agreed Nano said. IE, that Europe was > trending towards socialism. You said it was the right direction which means You're getting my part of the thread confused. Katipo originally replied to Paul M

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-28 Thread Mike M
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 03:55:21AM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > > Quite frankly I'd be more than happy if the US got out of the world. > I'm tired of footing the bill for other nation's defense. I'd love for the > US to get out of Isreal and Palastine. Not that we're really *IN* it, m

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Katipo wrote: I'd debate the issue, but you have your preferred view that appears to be based on a mixture of misconception and a confused perception of Europe being socialist. Uhm, no. I ran with what you agreed Nano said. IE, that Europe was trending towards socialism. You said it was th

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-28 Thread Katipo
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 03:55:21 -0800 Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Katipo wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 13:42:14 -0600 "Dave's List Addy" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 1/26/04 6:00 PM, "Paul M Foster" wrote: > >>> 1. Don't call us when you need help fending off the next power-ma

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Katipo wrote: On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 13:42:14 -0600 "Dave's List Addy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 1/26/04 6:00 PM, "Paul M Foster" wrote: 1. Don't call us when you need help fending off the next power-mad psycho bent on enslaving the entire planet. This personality is your current president, abl

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Nano Nano wrote: Bah. Bah is right. The author (not you) asked what was wrong with going the socialist way. It doesn't work. It doesn't work in small systems. It doesn't work in large systems. It certainly doesn't work in huge systems like a nation requires. It hasn't

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-27 Thread Pigeon
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 02:18:34AM -0800, Day Brown wrote: > Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > > We may be facing a future where evidence of thinking thoughts that have been > > patented by others will be a crime. Can you imaging what the world would > > be if Pythagoras (or some group) had patented h

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-27 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 02:57:35PM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > Carl Fink wrote: > oh wow, you're SO wrong. unless 'these days' is pretty much the same > as thousand years or so :-) > > actually 'yugoslavia' is fairly recent artificial term... I'm very irritated by your and Alex's comments,

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-27 Thread Erik Steffl
Carl Fink wrote: On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 09:57:38PM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: I'd suggest that comparing ethnic groups with religious groups is rather like comparing apples to oranges. I'm assuming that you meant to imply either the "expenditures for keeping the MUSLIMS safe from their Christ

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-27 Thread Nano Nano
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 05:26:52AM +0800, Katipo wrote: > The only westernized nation that spends less on health care/capita than the U.S. is > Turkey. You are forgetting the private sector. It's the best in the world for those who can get it. True, it's not distributed uniformly, but our poo

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-27 Thread Katipo
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 13:42:14 -0600 "Dave's List Addy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/26/04 6:00 PM, "Paul M Foster" wrote: > > Right On Paul My sentiments exactly, I think the comedian Robin Williams has > a bit on what America should do, I don't have it handy, but mirrors those > thoughts. >

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-27 Thread Dave's List Addy
On 1/26/04 6:00 PM, "Paul M Foster" wrote: Right On Paul My sentiments exactly, I think the comedian Robin Williams has a bit on what America should do, I don't have it handy, but mirrors those thoughts. > > Really? And you get that from this table, do you? The *worst*? > > You know what? I thi

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-27 Thread Nano Nano
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 08:26:34AM -0600, Kent West wrote: > > Even if the 16th were declared void, it wouldn't matter, because since > that amendment was "passed", the courts have decided that an income tax > was constitutional all along, with our without the amendment: > > http://www.taxable

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-27 Thread Kent West
Carl Fink wrote: On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 09:11:07PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: From what I heard the constitution explicitly defines two types of taxes (I forget the names), but basically they are "taxes on things" and "just you have to pay it" taxes, and our government is only supposed to col

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-27 Thread Nano Nano
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 05:21:32AM -0500, Carl Fink wrote: > > Perhaps you've heard of the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution, > > explicitly authorizing an income tax? The first guy I heard talking about this was on AM-radio, back before Tim McVeigh took all the fun out of black helicopte

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-27 Thread Michael Graham
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 11:37:51 + Michael Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u w x y and zed (not zee I'm > British!) Hmm and maybe there should be a v! I knew that would happen! I'd take the piss out the guy for not noticing the order then feck up the a

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-27 Thread Michael Graham
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 15:00:11 -0500 Paul Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 04:49:26 +0100, Jan Minar wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 05:01:17PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > >> Here's another view of that data: > > > > What about this one?: > > > > | Country Aid(Billions)

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-27 Thread Nano Nano
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 05:21:32AM -0500, Carl Fink wrote: > On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 09:11:07PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > > > >From what I heard the constitution explicitly defines two types of taxes > > (I forget the names), but basically they are "taxes on things" and "just > > you have to pay

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-27 Thread Carl Fink
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 09:11:07PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > >From what I heard the constitution explicitly defines two types of taxes > (I forget the names), but basically they are "taxes on things" and "just > you have to pay it" taxes, and our government is only supposed to > collect the fir

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-26 Thread Jan Minar
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 06:59:04PM -0600, Colin Keefe wrote: > * Paul M Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-26 19:00 -0500]: > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 04:49:26AM +0100, Jan Minar wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 05:01:17PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > > > > Here's another view of that data: > >

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-26 Thread Jan Minar
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 02:29:02AM -0800, Day Brown wrote: > FACT: the 'Noble Savage' is a myth. when he reads the forensic reports > from the graveyards of the yeoman farmers in Europe, and compares them > with the examination from indigeneous hunting tribes, he finds that the > latter shows *20 t

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-26 Thread Katipo
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 23:11:25 -0500 Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 09:57:38PM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > > I'd suggest that comparing ethnic groups with religious groups is rather > > like comparing apples to oranges. I'm assuming that you meant to imply > >

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-26 Thread Nano Nano
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 09:13:12PM -0500, Jeff Elkins wrote: > > As a paleolibertarian/paleoconservative I'm totally opposed to the current US > foreign policy. However, as far as these so-called "taxes" go, they are > nothing more than state-imposed slavery. > > You want my $55 Nano-Nano? Co

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-26 Thread Carl Fink
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 09:57:38PM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > I'd suggest that comparing ethnic groups with religious groups is rather > like comparing apples to oranges. I'm assuming that you meant to imply > either the "expenditures for keeping the MUSLIMS safe from their > Christian tormen

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-26 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Mon, 2004-01-26 at 19:03, Carl Fink wrote: > On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 02:54:45AM +0100, David Jardine wrote: > > > I don't know about the world's needy, but I do remember (well, > > perhaps not too accurately, perhaps :)) reading some years ago > > that 48 per cent of what was called "US forei

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-26 Thread Paul Morgan
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 04:49:26 +0100, Jan Minar wrote: > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 05:01:17PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: >> Here's another view of that data: > > What about this one?: > > | Country Aid(Billions) People(Millions) Dollars/Person > | Australia 1 19.750.76 > | Austria 0.5

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-26 Thread Jeff Elkins
On Monday 26 January 2004 7:00 pm, Paul M Foster wrote: > Yeah, the U.S. really sucks. And we love hearing it over and over again > from people who are cut off from the fruits of observation, and are > really incapable of doing anything but whining. Or who really just have > a socialist or communis

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-26 Thread Nano Nano
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 04:57:15PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > Dave's List Addy wrote: > >Yeah Right! With world opinion of the US, many are lucky that the 12.9 is > >even given. > > >Charity starts at home. > > Charity is not coerced. How much of those figures is actual charity > and how muc

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-26 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 02:54:45AM +0100, David Jardine wrote: > I don't know about the world's needy, but I do remember (well, > perhaps not too accurately, perhaps :)) reading some years ago > that 48 per cent of what was called "US foreign aid" was accounted > for by what had to be paid to I

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-26 Thread Steve Lamb
Dave's List Addy wrote: Yeah Right! With world opinion of the US, many are lucky that the 12.9 is even given. Charity starts at home. Charity is not coerced. How much of those figures is actual charity and how much are just the different states spending their populations money with little to

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-26 Thread Colin Keefe
* Paul M Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-26 19:00 -0500]: > On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 04:49:26AM +0100, Jan Minar wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 05:01:17PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > > > Here's another view of that data: > > > > What about this one?: > > > > | Country Aid(Billions) Peopl

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-26 Thread Day Brown
> >>From my own experiences at leadership of various things, all I can say is > >>I have total sympathy for politicians. Put aside the concept of "sides" > >>(as in "my side is winning") and ask yourself if you truly could do a > >>better job. > > > > > > Wrong question. Ask yourself "should this

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-26 Thread Day Brown
Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > We may be facing a future where evidence of thinking thoughts that have been > patented by others will be a crime. Can you imaging what the world would > be if Pythagoras (or some group) had patented his theorem? If these > forces that want to convert the thought world

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-26 Thread Paul M Foster
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 04:49:26AM +0100, Jan Minar wrote: > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 05:01:17PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > > Here's another view of that data: > > What about this one?: > > | Country Aid(Billions) People(Millions) Dollars/Person > | Australia 1 19.750.76 > | Austria

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-26 Thread Dave's List Addy
On 1/26/04 3:51 PM, "Nano Nano" wrote: > Naively I would say the US "should" be giving about $55/person Yeah Right! With world opinion of the US, many are lucky that the 12.9 is even given. Charity starts at home. -- Thanks!! David Thurman List Only at Web Presence Group Net -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-26 Thread Rico -mc- Gloeckner
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 01:51:20PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > [...], but anything which > reduces the rhetorical strength of the terrorists and eurosnobs is > probably useful. YMMD. -- Rico -mc- Gloeckner | 1024D/61F05B8C | jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ht

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-26 Thread Nano Nano
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 01:19:38PM -0700, s. keeling wrote: > I think the world's needy are going to be far happier with the US 12.9 > billion than they are going to be with Canada's paltry 2.0 billion. > Or would you prefer they had Norway's _massive_ (per Capita) > contribution of only 1.7 billio

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-26 Thread David Jardine
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 01:19:38PM -0700, s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from Jan Minar: > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 05:01:17PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > > > Here's another view of that data: > > > > What about this one?: > > > > | Country Aid(Billions) People(Millions) Dollars/Person > > | Austral

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-26 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Jan Minar: > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 05:01:17PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > > Here's another view of that data: > > What about this one?: > > | Country Aid(Billions) People(Millions) Dollars/Person > | Australia 1 19.750.76 > | Austria 0.5 8.1 61.73 > | Belgium

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-26 Thread Jan Minar
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 05:01:17PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > Here's another view of that data: What about this one?: | Country Aid(Billions) People(Millions) Dollars/Person | Australia 1 19.750.76 | Austria 0.5 8.1 61.73 | Belgium 1.1 10.2107.84 | Canada

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread Nano Nano
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 04:16:24PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 11:29:02PM +, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > Paul Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Not to mention the fact that the US is following more than one thread by > > >bei

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nano Nano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 11:29:02PM +, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >> Paul Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >Not to mention the fact that the US is following more than one thread by >

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread Nano Nano
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 11:29:02PM +, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Paul Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Not to mention the fact that the US is following more than one thread by > >being by far the largest donor of aid to poorer nations > > Google for

Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Not to mention the fact that the US is following more than one thread by >being by far the largest donor of aid to poorer nations Google for "foreign aid usa denmark netherlands" and you'll find things like http://www.just1wo

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread Nano Nano
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 03:17:24PM -0700, Nate Duehr wrote: > John Hasler wrote: > >Nano Nano writes: > > > >>From my own experiences at leadership of various things, all I can say is > >>I have total sympathy for politicians. Put aside the concept of "sides" > >>(as in "my side is winning") and a

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread Nate Duehr
John Hasler wrote: Nano Nano writes: From my own experiences at leadership of various things, all I can say is I have total sympathy for politicians. Put aside the concept of "sides" (as in "my side is winning") and ask yourself if you truly could do a better job. Wrong question. Ask yourself

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread Nano Nano
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 03:30:14PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Nano Nano writes: > > Ah, yes, but the answer is also, "sometimes" yes, grasshopper. > > "Grasshopper"? ROFL. I thought everybody realized when you add that it's supposed to be a joke :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread John Hasler
Nano Nano writes: > Ah, yes, but the answer is also, "sometimes" yes, grasshopper. "Grasshopper"? ROFL. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread Nano Nano
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 07:56:44AM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Nano Nano writes: > > From my own experiences at leadership of various things, all I can say is > > I have total sympathy for politicians. Put aside the concept of "sides" > > (as in "my side is winning") and ask yourself if you truly

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread Nano Nano
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 06:00:30PM +, Richard Kimber wrote: > On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 22:00:26 -0800 > Nano Nano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From my own experiences at leadership of various things, all I can say > > is I have total sympathy for politicians. Put aside the concept of > > "si

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread Richard Kimber
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 22:00:26 -0800 Nano Nano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From my own experiences at leadership of various things, all I can say > is I have total sympathy for politicians. Put aside the concept of > "sides" (as in "my side is winning") and ask yourself if you truly could > > d

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread John Hasler
Nano Nano writes: > From my own experiences at leadership of various things, all I can say is > I have total sympathy for politicians. Put aside the concept of "sides" > (as in "my side is winning") and ask yourself if you truly could do a > better job. Wrong question. Ask yourself "should this

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 06:29:49AM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: > On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 00:46:13 -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > > > > Thank you Collin. Beautiful reading. Scary. To think that so many of the > > statements made in science fiction have come through, to know how dark > > life can be

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread Paul Morgan
On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 00:46:13 -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > Thank you Collin. Beautiful reading. Scary. To think that so many of the > statements made in science fiction have come through, to know how dark > life can be made to be on the surface of this ball, or on the surface of > the other

RE: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread John M. Purser
Excellent! Thanks for the post. John -Original Message- From: Colin Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 4:45 PM To: Debian Users List Cc: Antonio Rodriguez Subject: Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 04:41:33PM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-23 Thread Nano Nano
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 12:46:13AM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > Thank you Collin. Beautiful reading. Scary. To think that so many of the > statements made in science fiction have come through, to know how dark > life can be made to be on the surface of this ball, or on the surface of > the oth

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-23 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 11:44:35PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 04:41:33PM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > We may be facing a future where evidence of thinking thoughts that > > have been patented by others will be a crime. Can you imaging what the > > world would be if

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-23 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 04:41:33PM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > We may be facing a future where evidence of thinking thoughts that > have been patented by others will be a crime. Can you imaging what the > world would be if Pythagoras (or some group) had patented his theorem? > If these forces

Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-23 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
Quote from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3422853.stm You have to consider engineers today spend their entire careers combining other people's intellectual property. And every small and medium sized enterprise is at risk regarding software patenting. That is a problem in Europe, because rep

Re: Bruce Perens leaving Debian ?

1998-03-18 Thread bruce
David, You should note that there are about 300 Debian developers, and losing one of them, even a key one, won't kill the project. If that was true, it would have died long ago. I do have some serious problems with what has been happening with the project lately. People are calling me up and aski

Bruce Perens leaving Debian ?

1998-03-18 Thread David R Baker
Hello any Debian developers reaading, I am not a a Debian developer and am not subscribed to debian-devel, yet I do read the archives including http://www.lh.umu.se/~bjorn/mhonarc-files/ The latest update seems to indicate that Bruce is leaving Debian over the latest flame war. If true this is

Re: * Formal call for the removal of Bruce Perens *

1997-10-31 Thread Bruce Perens
Leave Dave alone, he's already abandoned this argument. Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502

Re: * Formal call for the removal of Bruce Perens *

1997-10-31 Thread Chris Fearnley
'dc wrote:' > >Enough is enough. Where is your announcement of candidacy for project leader? Elections will be held soon ... I want to see your reasoned proposals for a better direction for the project. Too much of what you write is anti-Bruce and it's hard for me to tell exactly what solution

RE: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-28 Thread George Bonser
On 27-Oct-97 Richard G. Roberto wrote: > I fear > that I've come to a conclusion that may bring a fair bit of > flame mail my way, but Dave Cinege has to be dealt with. We > must revoke his license to victimize the community at large. There is an expression in the US ... you have the right to sw

Re: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-28 Thread George Bonser
On 28-Oct-97 Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > You think the congress can put together a distribution like > Debian? > > manoj Yes ... and they would call it Slacklaw. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [

Re: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"M" == M W Blunier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: M> On 27 Oct 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> What problems are term limits supposed to solve, exactly? M> They prevent the voters from re-electing someone that due to his M> entrenchment in the system, has more power than a freshman would M>

Re: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Britton" == Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Britton> I actually like this proposal. I have no problem with Bruce, Britton> he has done a gret job. I just don't see the point in making Britton> the process of succession so competitive. The limits need Britton> not be short. Richards

Re: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-28 Thread M W Blunier
On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Glenn Amerine wrote: > > "M" == M W Blunier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > M> On 27 Oct 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> What problems are term limits supposed to solve, exactly? > > M> They prevent the voters from re-electing someone that due to > M>

Re: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-28 Thread Glenn Amerine
> "M" == M W Blunier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: M> On 27 Oct 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> What problems are term limits supposed to solve, exactly? M> They prevent the voters from re-electing someone that due to M> his entrenchment in the system, has more power than a fr

Re: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-27 Thread M W Blunier
On 27 Oct 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > What problems are term limits supposed to solve, exactly? They prevent the voters from re-electing someone that due to his entrenchment in the system, has more power than a freshman would have. Greedy and self serving voters vote for the incumba

Re: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-27 Thread Britton
On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: > On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Richard G. Roberto wrote: > > [snip] > > PROPOSAL FOR TERM LIMITS > > > > I propose that all elected posts in the Debian organization > > be subject to the following term limits: I actually like this proposal. I have no pr

Re: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-27 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Richard G. Roberto wrote: [snip] > PROPOSAL FOR TERM LIMITS > > I propose that all elected posts in the Debian organization > be subject to the following term limits: [snip] So, Richard. Are you ready to commit a lot of your private time to becoming project leader for a yea

Re: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-27 Thread john
Richard G. Roberto writes: > This is a testimony to how frightening an individual Dave Cinege really > is. Tedious, yes, but frightening? Hardly. > We must revoke his license to victimize the community at large. No one is being "victimized" by Mr. Cinege's blitherings. The only thing truly off

Re: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, I think term limits may not be the panacea that people think they are. 1) Unlike general elections, incumbents do not have more money to spend than challengers 2) Unlike general elections, incumbents do not get more into the constituents eye (any body can mail on the lists

On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-27 Thread Richard G. Roberto
Sorry to have come into this so late, but I was tuned in to a different soap opera ;) This is not the first time someone has requested that Bruce be "impeached" or removed from his post as project leader, or president, or whatever it is currently. This is the first time Dave Cinege has done it.

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