FLOSS YOUR TEETH
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| Author | Content |
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| grouch Jun 09, 2006 9:17 AM CST |
>"Incidentally, FLOSS is stupid. It's FOSS, Free and Open Source Software. This is computing, not dentistry." It ain't stupid; your funny bone has just been battered by too many didiots, lately. As I told dinotrac in response to his challenge: http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/22592/ Free Libre Open Source Software Yields Open Unrivaled Reviewable Technological Excellence Evolving Through Humaneness. |
| tuxchick2 Jun 09, 2006 2:15 PM CST |
That would make a dandy Burma Shave-type campaign! Little signs all lined up along the highway. |
| jimf Jun 09, 2006 3:17 PM CST |
Yeah, I miss those. My god, we're really showing our age tuxchick :) |
| hkwint Jun 10, 2006 1:35 AM CST |
Libre is not ambigious, Free is. Therefore, I say, we should get lost of the stupid word Free, because I get pissed of of the Beer and Freedom, and just call it LOSS. Great marketing, huh? Forget about Microsoft and switch to LOSS! (Darn English language!) |
| dcparris Jun 10, 2006 8:01 AM CST |
I just call it all libre most of the time. RMS' philosophical stance aside, he explained to me that the X-11 styled licenses are still free (libre) software. I just use libre because I find it easier to explain the definition of the term than to wrestle with someone's pre-conceived notions about "free". |
| dinotrac Jun 10, 2006 8:08 AM CST |
>Libre is not ambigious It's the one in between Virgo and Scorpio, right? |
| hkwint Jun 10, 2006 12:11 PM CST |
No, that seems to be "Libra". It's the one with 'Logiciel' in front of it. Which makes clear again why English language is confusing and made by alcoholics: In French you can say FOSS in only two words without having to talk about beer and RMS, the latter also being ambigious for a measure of power. |
| dinotrac Jun 10, 2006 12:49 PM CST |
>No, that seems to be "Libra" That depends entirely on how well you spell. We here in the good ol' US of A ain't perzactly the best spellers. Besides -- Iff'n you say it, it sounds the same! |
| helios Jun 11, 2006 3:20 PM CST |
In a nutshell... first wife is German...taught her English myself. (I am now bald and way older than my 50 something years for the effort.) Explained the simple rules of vowels in 4 letter words: If there is a silent e at the end of the word, then that dictates the middle vowel is long in sound; Bone, home, etc. Sat down to dinner that night...wife said to me, "Why is "gone not following the rule you taught me today...and why is i before e except after c and in foreign? And why is..." It didn't lead to my divorce directly, but having a wife that thinks you lied to her trying to teach her english isn't exactly the road to a healthy marriage. In a way...I'm glad she's gon(e). and no...I didn't learn my lesson...you would think I would marry someone fluent in the english language...nope...I married a Texas girl. We speak some of the most uh...let's see...uh, "creative" dialects of the language ever heard. |
| jimf Jun 11, 2006 3:28 PM CST |
> "creative" dialects of the language Ah... but that is the joy of English. A lifetime of fun and games. |
| jdixon Jun 11, 2006 5:35 PM CST |
Helios: The first rule of English is that there are no rules. Any specific rule you may come up with only applies to a subset of the language, not the whole. The are just too many influences from too many other languages at various times in it's development. A process that is continuing to this day, as anyone who has kids who watch anime can tell you. |
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