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Sunday, May 12, 2002 |
The death of Formula One
[From F1-Live]
Team order affects fans worldwide
This writer felt the blow as Michael Schumacher crossed the line, heard the death tolls sounding for what used to be the pinnacle of motorsport. Something died in Austria on the 12th of May 2002, thankfully it wasn't a driver or a spectator or a marshall. Instead it was the death of Formula One, the death of a passion that used to burn so brightly in the heart of many, mine included. It's the driving force behind the fans that come to watch their heroes compete, the motive behind the amounts of cash parted with throughout the years, the ultimate thing that breathes life into the sport week after week, a force that will need a harsh reprisal for this action to make ammends.
To the powers that be, if you're listening and in case you've forgotten, it's the little people who come to watch, buy the merchandise and tune in their televisions sets faithfully every two weeks that keep this sport alive just as much as the sponsors that part with cash to keep the teams running to their enormous budgets. Without them, the sport is dead and you lost millions of them in the blink of an eye at the A1-Ring yesterday. Am I going to far to state F1 died on Sunday? Maybe, maybe not. May you rest in peace Formula One, I for one will miss you immensely.
8:10:01 PM Google It! 
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 I'll probably point to this first-hand account from the former CEO of RealNames a few times. The story came to me on Saturday evening. Sometimes that's how it goes. I'm not saying Microsoft did anything wrong. But it's rare that the full detail of a deal with MS comes public. If you spend any time thinking about how the software business works, study the piece, there's lots of info there.  [Scripting News]
7:01:35 PM
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Free Software at Risk Under Lemon law [Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters]
Not really. The code is there and anyone can fix it, with knowledge. You can't do that with cars or closed source products. Also when you download free software there is no contract between the software writers and the user, just a license. The law would make payment a binding contract to provide a service, as in cars. If you gave away cars and provide instructions on how a competent mechanic could fix them (i.e., no secrets), you wouldn't be liable for mechanic defects. You'd still be liable if the car was dangerous to drive (it's stated purpose). In the case of software it would be enough to say what the explicit purpose is for the software, with open source you could say the software does what the code says, no more, no less.
6:59:18 PM
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You can't judge a book by its cover? Well, you can't make a final decision, but you can make a judgment, no? If you have to read it before you buy it, would you buy any books? The ones you like you already read!
10:13:54 AM
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Great Minds
New York Times consider "Great Minds"! With all respect to the selected minds, there are no scientist, no writers, no painters... Do you want the series?
7:57:50 AM Google It!
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