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I've been posting to my blog now(August 30, 2005)

Update :) (May 5,2004)

Ok... so it's been a while :) I need to come up with a better way to add content to this site.

New website with some new content and better organization (Aug 24,2003)

  • As soon as I get them I'll post new pictures and video clips of the boat.
  • I've made a better attempt at keeping this site organized so that it can be useful. You find that all the code examples and projects are more cleanly defined

Pick your poison (March 6, 2005)

Sited from ramblings on slashdot.org

Open source response to new features

  1. Insult the user. Feature X is only used by pointy-haired bosses for stupid reasons. I don't think anyone ever needs to use feature X outside your braindead company.
  2. Insult the reporter. Why the hell do you need feature X? Other Open Source product already does it, and everyone on our mailing list hates other Open Source product. Go use other Open Source product if you want feature X.
  3. Claim the feature already exists. I know it's not as simple as with your so-called "closed source product," but you can actually do feature X already. Just install plugin Y, extension Z, run the script at some broken URL, and recompile. Voila!
  4. Cite a future release. Thanks for asking for feature X. We already have it in our beta branch. You can use it for now, but there's a long list of bugs in the branch. It's beta and it's free; what do you expect?
  5. Reverse request. Thanks for suggesting feature X. Please let us know when you've finished coding it, so that we can merge it into the official release of this open source project.

Closed source responses to new features

  1. No Reponse
  2. Automated Response Thank you for your communication. We will look at it as soon as possible [i.e., when hell freezes over].
  3. Human Response Thank you for your message. We are sorry that you are having problems running our product. In order to run our product, please click on the "Start" button, then select the "Bloatware Inc" entry, and finally select "Program". Our software is easy to use and self-explanatory from that point on.