Me likes :) On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 08:04:25PM -0500, Danelle Brown wrote: > For behold, it should be black, and I think somewhere on the shirt in white letters, > it should be written, > > "I write code so you don't have to." > > It's people like that that you just want to hug. > (Tis the season of mistletoe.) And it's just very CLEVER. Of course, I saw it on > www.thinkgeek.com, so maybe that phrase is copyrighted. Then I would want to spew. > (Not S.P.E.W.) > > Basically, I just think this phrase is the essence of free software. Code you can > take and tailor to your own specific needs. And these selfless coding people need > to be acknowledged and thanked, not shunned as "commies" or pirates. > > And maybe it will help the public opinion of *nix users, or something, since most > reporters mirror the common knowledge of the general public and paint an interesting > (but innaccurate) picture of *nix users. (Wishful thinking?) > > Since shirts are a walking bilboard anyhow, this one might as well have an agenda. > > Maybe that phrase should be on the front and a quickie explanation of the GPL should > be on the back, with a gnu and a penguin ... braiding a Maypole[1] ... > > What say ye? > > -Danelle > > [1] > http://www.pcu.net/web/mendon/mendon_utah_may_day/mendon_may_day_guidelines/may_day_songs_&_procedures.htm > > I love MayDay. > > --- > ---------------------------------- > REAL PORTION of Microsoft Windows code: > > while (memory_available) { > eat_major_portion_of_memory (no_real_reason); > if (feel_like_it) > make_user_THINK (this_is_an_OS); > gates_bank_balance++; > } > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Get advanced SPAM filtering on Webmail or POP Mail ... Get Lycos Mail! > http://login.mail.lycos.com/r/referral?aid=27005 > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
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