Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Regarding the freedom bit -- that IS an ethical consideration. Because > there's so much piracy going on. But don't think that by going with > Free software you are safe. Software patents are a looming danger.
Yeah. Consider the event of discussing the patenting of abstract computational processes, by a lawmaking body that simply does not have any exposure to the ideas of a computational process and abstraction: it's perverse! I mean, companies with vested interests would simply push in some nonsensical marketing and technical jargon, and look, these party hats are *enlightened*! No wonder people in Europe are so outraged. And come to think of it, it's not just about software: it really is about the freedom of ideas. > No, coding IS fun. Coding for work is not that much fun. It's a > well-known psychological effect that the fun of doing something > approaches zero when you're paid to do it. So, hacking on astroinfo is > coding, AND is fun. But coding for work, isn't much fun. :P Yep, just repeat the mantra: `coding is fun, coding is fun' :-P It is also a well-known psychological mechanism that to repeat words again and again and again and again would actually affect the psyche into a focused state. So, there's your solution to your coder's block. :-) Take it from me, I do it all too often ;) -- ZAK B. ELEP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- <http://zakame.spunge.org> 1024D/FA53851D 1486 7957 454D E529 E4F1 F75E 5787 B1FD FA53 851D -- Running Debian GNU+Linux testing/unstable. GnuPG signed mail preferred.
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