On 09/19/2011 10:06 AM, JB wrote: > Alan Cox <alan <at> lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes: > >> ... >> I do think there is a problem with the Gnome development model and its >> unwillingness of many of its developers to accept external input as >> anything but criticism of them personally. The foundation-list is >> currently involved in a fascinating example where many of the developers >> are attempting to block and stonewall a third party survey of desktop >> users and their interests. It reminds me of the behaviour of >> failing governments that are about to implode before an election is >> forced - a complete total denial. >> > This is about a GNOME 3 hacker who got lost in life ... > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Give Me Back My Dog... > > A cowboy named Bud was overseeing his herd in a remote pasture in Texas when > suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced toward him out of a cloud of dust. > > The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, RayBan sunglasses and > YSL tie, leaned out the window and asked the cowboy, "If I tell you exactly how > many cows and calves you have in your herd, Will you give me a calf?" > > Bud looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully > grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure, Why not?" > > The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects it > to his Cingular RAZR V3 cell phone, and surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, > where he calls up a GPS satellite to get an exact fix on his location which he > then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an > ultra-high-resolution photo. > > The young man then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it > to an image processing facility in Hamburg , Germany . > > Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has > been processed and the data stored. He then accesses an MS-SQL database through > an ODBC connected Excel spreadsheet with email on his Blackberry and, after a > few minutes, receives a response. > > Finally, he prints out a full-color, 150-page report on his hi-tech, > miniaturized HP LaserJet printer, turns to the cowboy and says, "You have > exactly 1,586 cows and calves." > > "That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves," says Bud. > > He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on with > amusement as the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car. > > Then Bud says to the young man, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly what your > business is, will you give me back my calf?" > > The young man thinks about it for a second and then says, "Okay, why not?" > > "You're a GNOME 3 developer", says Bud. > > "Wow! That's correct," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?" > > "No guessing required." answered the cowboy. "You showed up here even though > nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a > question I never asked. You used millions of dollars worth of equipment trying > to show me how much smarter than me you are; and you don't know a thing about > how working people make a living - or about cows, for that matter. This is a > herd of sheep. ..... > > Now give me back my dog. > > > Reproduced with permission. > JB Good "tail", JD, but where are the 3-gnomes "herd" <... dead silence, not even a moo, baa, or woof...>? -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
