Re: Breaking build world costs $5? (was: Can we please have acurrent that compiles?)
"Brian W. Buchanan" wrote: On Mon, 15 May 2000, Greg Lehey wrote: I see this money scheme as an extension of the "finger pointing" which does nothing to build team spirit. That depends very much on the way it's taken. At the moment, people take the pointy hat voluntarily, not because it's forced on them. It's my expectation that the $5 should be in the the same spirit. Exactly... it's not meant to be a complicated system of fines or to discourage people from developing (at Desktop, we certainly don't want that!), it's just a little bit of good-natured public humiliation to encourage people to think (and maybe test) before they commit. :-) The only problem being that at Desktop you can drop the $5 into the fine box when you leave work but I'd have to walk down the bank and either do a wire transfer or send an international money order. Apart from the hassle involved there's the fact that all told it will cost me in the region of $30-40 to pay the fine! A nice idea but not very practical for the FreeBSD project. Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: Breaking build world costs $5? (was: Can we please have acurrent that compiles?)
On Mon 2000-05-15 (11:43), Paul Richards wrote: The only problem being that at Desktop you can drop the $5 into the fine box when you leave work but I'd have to walk down the bank and either do a wire transfer or send an international money order. Apart from the hassle involved there's the fact that all told it will cost me in the region of $30-40 to pay the fine! A nice idea but not very practical for the FreeBSD project. The way I read it: "If you happen to be around a bunch of developers, and have some extra change, use the fact you broke world as an excuse to (help) buy them a round of drinks. Mention that it's because you broke world, and have a laugh about it." If you happen to be at BSDCon, so much the better, and may there be many merry nights of drunken revelry. It's team-building (ick!) in the fact that it gives you an easy opportunity to thank the people who work with you on the project, and to continue the pointy-hat metaphor for further amusement. There is no obligation, nor should there be. That's not how the project works, after all. Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner Hacker In Chief, Sunesi Clinical Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: Breaking build world costs $5? (was: Can we please have acurrent that compiles?)
Narvi wrote: On Mon, 15 May 2000, Paul Richards wrote: The only problem being that at Desktop you can drop the $5 into the fine box when you leave work but I'd have to walk down the bank and either do a wire transfer or send an international money order. Apart from the hassle involved there's the fact that all told it will cost me in the region of $30-40 to pay the fine! A nice idea but not very practical for the FreeBSD project. Just theoretically, there are e-gold and other payment things that are all that tied to things like 'geographical location'... I'll tell you what. If folks agree, I can add a SKU to my store for a "FreeBSD broken build" item. Cost $5.00, no tax or shipping. You can use a credit card (AmEx, Visa, MC) or send me a check. (I'll absorb the credit card overhead, hell, 2% of $5.00 is only ten cents.) I'll stick it back and when I have accumulated a reasonable amount (say, at least $50) I'll send a check to Jordan. Or if he'll give me a billing address, I could probably just do an EFT straight into the FreeBSD Project's account every time I received one of these. So, does this make sense? Or is it a dumb idea? For that matter, the FreeBSD Mall site could do the same thing. -- Frank Mayhar [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.exit.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: Breaking build world costs $5? (was: Can we please have acurrent that compiles?)
On Mon, 15 May 2000, Paul Richards wrote: "Brian W. Buchanan" wrote: On Mon, 15 May 2000, Greg Lehey wrote: I see this money scheme as an extension of the "finger pointing" which does nothing to build team spirit. That depends very much on the way it's taken. At the moment, people take the pointy hat voluntarily, not because it's forced on them. It's my expectation that the $5 should be in the the same spirit. Exactly... it's not meant to be a complicated system of fines or to discourage people from developing (at Desktop, we certainly don't want that!), it's just a little bit of good-natured public humiliation to encourage people to think (and maybe test) before they commit. :-) The only problem being that at Desktop you can drop the $5 into the fine box when you leave work but I'd have to walk down the bank and either do a wire transfer or send an international money order. Apart from the hassle involved there's the fact that all told it will cost me in the region of $30-40 to pay the fine! A nice idea but not very practical for the FreeBSD project. Just theoretically, there are e-gold and other payment things that are all that tied to things like 'geographical location'... Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: Breaking build world costs $5? (was: Can we please have acurrent that compiles?)
On Mon, 15 May 2000, Greg Lehey wrote: I see this money scheme as an extension of the "finger pointing" which does nothing to build team spirit. That depends very much on the way it's taken. At the moment, people take the pointy hat voluntarily, not because it's forced on them. It's my expectation that the $5 should be in the the same spirit. Exactly... it's not meant to be a complicated system of fines or to discourage people from developing (at Desktop, we certainly don't want that!), it's just a little bit of good-natured public humiliation to encourage people to think (and maybe test) before they commit. :-) - Brian Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
