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by tzs 5518 days ago
I haven't done much open source (all I've got out there is a thing to suck a small newsfeed from an NNTP server, a simple NNTP cache, three Warhammer Online add-ons, and a Talisman calculator for Wahammer Online), as my job at a mostly closed source company raises enough challenges to occupy all of the time I have for programming.

However, Zed Shaw really tempts me to make time to get involved in open source, especially in projects that will have some tangential connection to him. That's because I haven't been in a really good flame war with a worthy opponent since the old usenet days. From what I've read, it seems he would be more than worthy and not too hard to provoke. :-)
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zedshaw 5509 days ago
Oh you're one of those guys who thinks that you're somehow trolling by just being a dipshit. As if my reaction to your stupidity is somehow causing me great pain, when the truth is it's just damn funny to tell someone who insults me to suck a goat cock and then watch them flail at words.

Just being wrong and giggling when people correct you is level 0 trolling. If you really want to troll you gotta step up your game and do something like any of these:

http://mulletdb.com/ http://livingdouchebag.com/ http://programming-motherfucker.com/

If you can pull off projects like that, and open source them, then I'll be one of your fans. If all you do is try to provoke me, then I'll just end up making you look like the dumbass you actually are.

(So something like that is what you want? :-)

EDIT: mulletdb.com is better.

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jonsmock 5509 days ago
Oh no, now he has no motivation to do any open source! :-P
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bwghughes 5509 days ago
Have you considered developing some proprietary code? :-)
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zedshaw 5509 days ago
I do, but it's not as fun.
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petercooper 5518 days ago
That's because I haven't been in a really good flame war with a worthy opponent since the old usenet days.

That's easily the most bizarre motivation I've heard to get into open source(!) :-)

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stcredzero 5518 days ago
Yes, we all know that Open Source is the place to be to get away from those pesky flamewars.
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code_goblin 5509 days ago
If that's your motivation, I hope you never write another piece of open source software.
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