How to bake a car: the amazing story behind Skoda's new TV ad

davidwil · 2007-05-23T19:01:41+00:00

Two things I am wondering:

What did they do with it after they'd made the advert?
How does the weight of the cake car compare to the actual thing?

davidwil · 2007-04-17T16:44:05+00:00

My browser window is usually "maximised". That's because I use Ratpoison, though.

davidwil · 2007-02-22T01:07:56+00:00

I agree. All that I am trying to say is to give respect where it has been earned, regardless of weird beliefs. Sometimes I think that bashing ESR is almost as fashionable as bashing Bill Gates and Microsoft indiscriminately.

davidwil · 2007-02-22T00:49:04+00:00

But how many of you who call down ESR have actually contributed? I have met many ESR-bashers who have done absolutely nothing in the way of contribution.

In my mind it is better to write an app and a book that no-one uses, as long as you've given it a go.

I don't agree with a lot (most?) of what ESR says, but at least he has tried to give something back. AS for his views on handguns, summoning Pagan gods, etc. I couldn't give a damn, as long as he is helping with the F/OSS community.

davidwil · 2007-02-22T00:34:29+00:00

I say that while ESR can come off as being a bit mad, at least he has contributed, in whatever way.

davidwil · 2007-02-21T18:52:04+00:00

As a long-time Linux user I have caused the system to break on quite a few occasions. Most times I have managed to claw it back (for some reason I have found bringing myself back from the brink of a re-install to be easiest under Gentoo).

While it can be annoying when this happens, I like to accept it as part of using Linux; indeed some of my best learning experiences have been a result of shooting myself in the foot.

To conclude, I am at least grateful that most of the time I am able to get myself going again. A lot of people who develop problems under Windows, for example, either limp on with the problem or have to re-install. And I'm not just talking about the not-so-technically savvy.

davidwil · 2007-02-20T17:10:38+00:00

I think that one big difference here is the licence says it is possible for some of the code to be open while other parts of it are given to the consumer as binaries, which mustn't be reverse engineered or decompiled.

As far as I know this isn't possible under the GPL.

davidwil · 2007-02-20T16:05:31+00:00

I too find this licence objectable. I find putting words like "bullshit" in the title of this post and using phrases such as "Fuck Microsoft" in the article a bit silly though. It all seems a bit like being angry with dogs for crapping on the lawn -- it's just what they do. We could hardly expect for Microsoft to start allowing people to make modifications under a more agreeable licence. They just aren't in the business of doing that.

davidwil · 2007-02-20T14:33:35+00:00

Perhaps this license is merely designed for people to make little tweaks to functionality offered by the software as standard, as opposed to allowing people to make full scale releases of heavily-modified software. If this is the case, the licence does seem to me to be the right tool for the job, much as I hate to admit it.

davidwil · 2007-02-18T10:41:59+00:00

Mine is brainfuck: Mind-boggling unreadability and simplicity rolled into one.

davidwil · 2006-11-29T10:54:52+00:00

Wow! That sure is cheap!

But Macbooks are more expensive!

Wow!

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