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++;
>  } 
> 
> 
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