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2008-05-09
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@ Westcountry, UK
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#151
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I thought you needed three initials to be a presidential assassin?
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2008-05-09
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@ Vienna, Austria
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#152
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i wonder how long it will take until this thread is about most loved TV series of the 1960s...
i have to admit it's the most gruesome yet mesmerizing thread on ITT so far.
i have to admit it's the most gruesome yet mesmerizing thread on ITT so far.
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2008-05-09
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@ Bulgaria
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#153
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Since you mentioned it, why not skip the waiting and discuss these series?
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2008-05-09
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#154
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Originally Posted by benny1967
you wouldn't need to go any further than Get Smart. i wonder how long it will take until this thread is about most loved TV series of the 1960s...
there, that didn't take very long, did it?
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2008-05-09
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#156
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If I see one more post on-topic (that is, advocating caring about Linux "ready for the desktop", more or less), I'm liable to puke. So I am (incredibly successfully, I might add) trying to drift it as far away as possible...
Well, completing the list, there's Doctor Who. Now that we got that covered, what's next?
Well, completing the list, there's Doctor Who. Now that we got that covered, what's next?
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2008-05-09
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@ Agoura Hills Calif
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#157
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More on "free as in beer".
Someone made things a bit more confusing by saving a word. The original phrase must have been "free as in free beer".
Imagine this. Someone puts a sign on a bar, "free beer!" You know what it means, and you go to have a drink. Then you say to the bartender, "by the way, what's the recipe for this beer? I think I can make it better!"
The bartender says, "the recipe is none of your stinking business! It's a family secret! Drink some for free and stop asking questions!"
The beer is free, but not open source.
Now, say someone has a disk with some software on it. You say "nice program! Can I have a copy?" The answer is "no, but I'll give you the source code and you can compile your own copy. Or you can change it as you want!"
The software is "free" in the second sense, in that the "recipe" for making it is open and modifiable. The beer is "free" in the first sense. You can have some, but the recipe is none of your stinking business.
Someone made things a bit more confusing by saving a word. The original phrase must have been "free as in free beer".
Imagine this. Someone puts a sign on a bar, "free beer!" You know what it means, and you go to have a drink. Then you say to the bartender, "by the way, what's the recipe for this beer? I think I can make it better!"
The bartender says, "the recipe is none of your stinking business! It's a family secret! Drink some for free and stop asking questions!"
The beer is free, but not open source.
Now, say someone has a disk with some software on it. You say "nice program! Can I have a copy?" The answer is "no, but I'll give you the source code and you can compile your own copy. Or you can change it as you want!"
The software is "free" in the second sense, in that the "recipe" for making it is open and modifiable. The beer is "free" in the first sense. You can have some, but the recipe is none of your stinking business.
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2008-05-09
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@ Westcountry, UK
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#158
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Originally Posted by geneven
Don't you mean open sauce?
More on "free as in beer".
Someone made things a bit more confusing by saving a word. The original phrase must have been "free as in free beer".
Imagine this. Someone puts a sign on a bar, "free beer!" You know what it means, and you go to have a drink. Then you say to the bartender, "by the way, what's the recipe for this beer? I think I can make it better!"
The bartender says, "the recipe is none of your stinking business! It's a family secret! Drink some for free and stop asking questions!"
The beer is free, but not open source.
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2008-05-09
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@ London UK
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#159
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I thought you needed three initials to be a presidential assassin
That means Barack Obama should be safe, no self respecting American would dare use his middle initial.
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2008-05-09
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Originally Posted by geneven
I think we need something catchier and shorter if we want linux to succeed on the desktop..uh oh no there I said it.
More on "free as in beer".
Someone made things a bit more confusing by saving a word. The original phrase must have been "free as in free beer".
Imagine this. Someone puts a sign on a bar, "free beer!" You know what it means, and you go to have a drink. Then you say to the bartender, "by the way, what's the recipe for this beer? I think I can make it better!"
The bartender says, "the recipe is none of your stinking business! It's a family secret! Drink some for free and stop asking questions!"
The beer is free, but not open source.
Now, say someone has a disk with some software on it. You say "nice program! Can I have a copy?" The answer is "no, but I'll give you the source code and you can compile your own copy. Or you can change it as you want!"
The software is "free" in the second sense, in that the "recipe" for making it is open and modifiable. The beer is "free" in the first sense. You can have some, but the recipe is none of your stinking business.