Comments for Erik's Weblog http://erik.labianca.org/blog Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:59:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.4-bleeding Comment on Does it really have to be so hard? by erik http://erik.labianca.org/blog/2006/10/18/does-it-really-have-to-be-so-complicated/#comment-4 erik Thu, 02 Nov 2006 20:30:49 +0000 http://erik.labianca.org/blog/2006/10/18/does-it-really-have-to-be-so-complicated/#comment-4 <p>The translation of the whole rant is 'linux needs a way to build and distribute software that works every time like every other modern operating system'. Give that, and the fact that ye' olde bear wranglers were probably focussed on having guns that worked, I'd guess they'd opt for a Mac =P </p> <p>You know, I've been trying to think of a good name for my blog though, and something like 'Tall Tales of a Bear Wrangler' might be apropos... Hmmm.</p> The translation of the whole rant is ‘linux needs a way to build and distribute software that works every time like every other modern operating system’. Give that, and the fact that ye’ olde bear wranglers were probably focussed on having guns that worked, I’d guess they’d opt for a Mac =P

You know, I’ve been trying to think of a good name for my blog though, and something like ‘Tall Tales of a Bear Wrangler’ might be apropos… Hmmm.

]]> Comment on Does it really have to be so hard? by Ray http://erik.labianca.org/blog/2006/10/18/does-it-really-have-to-be-so-complicated/#comment-3 Ray Thu, 02 Nov 2006 20:04:12 +0000 http://erik.labianca.org/blog/2006/10/18/does-it-really-have-to-be-so-complicated/#comment-3 <p>As one who barely understands a single word of the preceding rant, I must respond to the emotional-psychic-energy in the entry, since that is the only thing I can possible understand, and even that, just barely.</p> <p>Get a bunch of linux-wranglers together and you must all sound like old explorers comparing notes of their adventures and misadventures. </p> <p>Early in the discussion there will be high-sounding platitudes like this quote from Edmund Hillary, ""It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves."</p> <p>As the sky darkens, and only the truly dedicated are still around, the tone turns more personal, both heroic and pragmatic, as in this quote from David Livingstone: "If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all."</p> <p>But late in the evening, long before first light when the Red Bull starts talking, you get to hear the truth, as in this one from Davy Crockett: "You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas."</p> <p>One wonders what operating system the old bear fighter would have preferred.</p> As one who barely understands a single word of the preceding rant, I must respond to the emotional-psychic-energy in the entry, since that is the only thing I can possible understand, and even that, just barely.

Get a bunch of linux-wranglers together and you must all sound like old explorers comparing notes of their adventures and misadventures.

Early in the discussion there will be high-sounding platitudes like this quote from Edmund Hillary, “”It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.”

As the sky darkens, and only the truly dedicated are still around, the tone turns more personal, both heroic and pragmatic, as in this quote from David Livingstone: “If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don’t want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all.”

But late in the evening, long before first light when the Red Bull starts talking, you get to hear the truth, as in this one from Davy Crockett: “You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas.”

One wonders what operating system the old bear fighter would have preferred.

]]> Comment on First Post! by Matt Hamel http://erik.labianca.org/blog/2006/10/01/first-post/#comment-2 Matt Hamel Thu, 02 Nov 2006 19:41:55 +0000 http://erik.labianca.org/blog/2006/10/01/first-post/#comment-2 <p>Hello world!</p> <p>Congratulations on your first post. Looks like you'll be dealing with some... riveting... subject matter. I'll check back from time to time just to remind myself that I am, actually, stupid.</p> Hello world!

Congratulations on your first post. Looks like you’ll be dealing with some… riveting… subject matter. I’ll check back from time to time just to remind myself that I am, actually, stupid.

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