http://dcparris.net Always discovering, learning, moving... ever forward Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:09:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dcparris.net/2012/01/10/response-to-a-libre-software-skeptic/comment-page-1/#comment-104 A response to a FOSS skeptic | Larry the CrunchBang Guy Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:09:55 +0000 http://dcparris.net/?p=345#comment-104 [...] I digress. Don wrote a brilliant blog item this morning in crossing verbal swords with a FOSS skeptic. It starts out as [...] [...] I digress. Don wrote a brilliant blog item this morning in crossing verbal swords with a FOSS skeptic. It starts out as [...]

]]> http://dcparris.net/2012/01/10/response-to-a-libre-software-skeptic/comment-page-1/#comment-103 A response to a FOSS skeptic « Larry the Free Software Guy Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:55:37 +0000 http://dcparris.net/?p=345#comment-103 [...] I digress. Don wrote a brilliant blog item this morning in crossing verbal swords with a FOSS skeptic. It starts out as [...] [...] I digress. Don wrote a brilliant blog item this morning in crossing verbal swords with a FOSS skeptic. It starts out as [...]

]]> http://dcparris.net/2012/01/10/response-to-a-libre-software-skeptic/comment-page-1/#comment-102 donp Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:46:30 +0000 http://dcparris.net/?p=345#comment-102 In Chapter 14 of Penguin in the Pew, I point out that prohibiting sharing is a greater wrong than sharing illegally. I nevertheless argue that it is better for Christians to "avoid using software tainted by a license that criminalizes sharing." (p.156) In other words, given that alternatives to non-libre software exist, use the alternatives. In Chapter 14 of Penguin in the Pew, I point out that prohibiting sharing is a greater wrong than sharing illegally. I nevertheless argue that it is better for Christians to “avoid using software tainted by a license that criminalizes sharing.” (p.156) In other words, given that alternatives to non-libre software exist, use the alternatives.

]]> http://dcparris.net/2011/10/21/preaching-the-libre-software-gospel/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Preaching the Libre Software Gospel | Linux | Syngu Sat, 22 Oct 2011 05:39:34 +0000 http://dcparris.net/?p=291#comment-98 [...] Don Parris, author of "Penguin in the Pew," outlines the challenges that today's free/libre software movement faces and contends that the core message of free/libre software should serve to build up, liberate and inspire people.  Linux Read the full post on LXer... [...] [...] Don Parris, author of "Penguin in the Pew," outlines the challenges that today's free/libre software movement faces and contends that the core message of free/libre software should serve to build up, liberate and inspire people.  Linux Read the full post on LXer… [...]

]]> http://dcparris.net/2011/10/21/preaching-the-libre-software-gospel/comment-page-1/#comment-97 The gospel of libre software « Larry the Free Software Guy Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:20:58 +0000 http://dcparris.net/?p=291#comment-97 [...] when he wrote this blog item today, it is certainly one that deserves a read by everyone, whehter or not you are a free software [...] [...] when he wrote this blog item today, it is certainly one that deserves a read by everyone, whehter or not you are a free software [...]

]]> http://dcparris.net/2011/10/03/a-day-in-cusco/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Ever Forward » Blog Archive » Photos of Cusco Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:09:21 +0000 http://dcparris.net/?p=238#comment-96 [...] album.  These include archeological sites just outside of Cusco.  You can read the story of our visit to Cusco, if you like. Plaza de Armas - [...] [...] album.  These include archeological sites just outside of Cusco.  You can read the story of our visit to Cusco, if you like. Plaza de Armas – [...]

]]> http://dcparris.net/2011/09/29/visit-to-machu-picchu/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Ever Forward » Blog Archive » A Day in Cusco Mon, 03 Oct 2011 06:47:59 +0000 http://dcparris.net/?p=234#comment-95 [...] This is the fourth article in a series about my recent trip to Peru with Maty.  This one picks up the story in Cusco, after returning from Machu Picchu. [...] [...] This is the fourth article in a series about my recent trip to Peru with Maty.  This one picks up the story in Cusco, after returning from Machu Picchu. [...]

]]> http://dcparris.net/2011/09/28/chosica-to-ollantaytambo/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Ever Forward » Blog Archive » Visit to Machu Picchu Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:10:17 +0000 http://dcparris.net/?p=216#comment-94 [...] This is the third post about our visit to Perú.  In this one, Maty and I take the train from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes, and subsequently arrive in Machu Picchu.  This continues the story about our journey from Chosica to Ollantaytambo. [...] [...] This is the third post about our visit to Perú.  In this one, Maty and I take the train from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes, and subsequently arrive in Machu Picchu.  This continues the story about our journey from Chosica to Ollantaytambo. [...]

]]> http://dcparris.net/2011/06/13/understanding-the-new-led-lighting/comment-page-1/#comment-93 donp Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:19:17 +0000 http://dcparris.net/?p=177#comment-93 Apologies for the text mess. Remind me next time I copy/paste from a LibreOffice Writer document to make sure I first copy/paste to a regular text editor first. Apologies for the text mess. Remind me next time I copy/paste from a LibreOffice Writer document to make sure I first copy/paste to a regular text editor first.

]]> http://dcparris.net/2010/08/27/ardillas-y-rodillas/comment-page-1/#comment-28 van Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:38:02 +0000 http://dcparris.net/?p=123#comment-28 I think the Spanish is messed up: if an ardilla is an ardent nut-gatherer, then a rodilla should be one that does it in the road. A once famous band sang "why don't we do it in the road". It may have been a call to the squirrels to leave the trees just to prove to both the chicken and the 'possum that crossing the highway was, in fact, possible.Sempre Fi Dilla! I think the Spanish is messed up: if an ardilla is an ardent nut-gatherer, then a rodilla should be one that does it in the road. A once famous band sang “why don’t we do it in the road”. It may have been a call to the squirrels to leave the trees just to prove to both the chicken and the ‘possum that crossing the highway was, in fact, possible.Sempre Fi Dilla!

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