By Chad on 3/31/2003
In this nifty piece of FUD from a so-called “open source” developer, the author goes on and on about the GNU GPL‘s costs to developers and its supposed disincentives to create. He conflates the imitative quality of some GPL software with the innovative character of the free software community as a whole, and their dislike [...]
Posted in Software Libré | Tagged copyleft, FUD, GPL, Microsoft, Software Libré |
By Chad on 3/27/2003
That’s short for “Yet Another New Website Look.” I’ve been experimenting a lot with stylesheets since I moved to the new website, and I wanted to find a way to make the menus work without complicated JavaScript. I adopted a technique from Eric Meyer’s CSS/Edge website. They work great in Mozilla (and thus I assume [...]
Posted in Site Updates | Tagged Microsoft, website
By Chad on 3/22/2003
I was on the fence about war with Iraq until I read this speech by Tony Blair. I have always held that while war is never a good thing, it is sometimes the right thing. After reading Mr. Blair’s speech, I am now convinced that war with Iraq is the right thing. Most of these [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged Al Qaeda, Bush, Iraq, Pope John Paul II, Tony Blair, war |
By Chad on 3/20/2003
That was one of the longest 24 hours I’ve ever spent in my life. In the midst of Denver’s second worst snowstorm in history — the worst since 1913 — our power and phone got knocked out. From 9pm Tuesday to 9pm Wednesday, we had no power, and thus no heat, no stove, and since [...]
Posted in Personal | Tagged family, Jennie, weather
By Chad on 3/14/2003
So I was reading Excite News today, and I came across this story, about two teachers in Albuquerque who were suspended for putting anti-war posters in their classrooms. About 45 students walked out in protest, and 4 were arrested for refusing to go back to class.
Posted in Politics | Tagged civil liberties, education, Iraq, Politics, protest
By Chad on 3/4/2003
I’m at the end of my second day of work at Raytheon. I’m sitting in the “Training Pod” waiting for my security clearance to come through, a process that can take weeks (or months, in some cases). Of course, when it finally does come through, I won’t be able to tell you what I’m working [...]
Posted in Personal | Tagged work |
