Comments on: Bulgaria at it again http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/31/bulgaria-at-it-again/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:09:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: pavel http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/31/bulgaria-at-it-again/comment-page-1/#comment-23005 pavel Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:38:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/31/bulgaria-at-it-again/#comment-23005 American industry is trying to impose some very fascist forms of copyright laws, but we, the Europeans, are resisting :p~ Europe is FREE and when I say FREE, I mean that Europeans do have more FREEDOM than people in the USA, and no one from America can ever get us away this freedom. American industry is trying to impose some very fascist forms of copyright laws, but we, the Europeans, are resisting :p~ Europe is FREE and when I say FREE, I mean that Europeans do have more FREEDOM than people in the USA, and no one from America can ever get us away this freedom.

]]> By: mungascr http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/31/bulgaria-at-it-again/comment-page-1/#comment-23004 mungascr Sat, 04 Nov 2006 11:10:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/31/bulgaria-at-it-again/#comment-23004 Sarcastistic?? Being sarcastic I presume (not being sarcastic about that.) Sarcastistic??

Being sarcastic I presume (not being sarcastic about that.)

]]> By: gopher65 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/31/bulgaria-at-it-again/comment-page-1/#comment-23003 gopher65 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 13:14:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/31/bulgaria-at-it-again/#comment-23003 Ah sarcasm. So difficult to express in the written word:). Personally I rely on facial cues, hand gestues, and tone of voice to understand when sarcasm is being used. I used to include "topic of conversation, and stupidity of topic" in there as well, but then I discovered that people have some rather strange opinions. Because of this I can't decide something is sarcasitic based solely on the ridiculousness of the arguement being used:P. This makes sifting sarcasm (and related things like saccharine) from written works difficult at best. Ah sarcasm. So difficult to express in the written word:). Personally I rely on facial cues, hand gestues, and tone of voice to understand when sarcasm is being used.

I used to include “topic of conversation, and stupidity of topic” in there as well, but then I discovered that people have some rather strange opinions. Because of this I can’t decide something is sarcasitic based solely on the ridiculousness of the arguement being used:P.

This makes sifting sarcasm (and related things like saccharine) from written works difficult at best.

]]> By: csrster http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/31/bulgaria-at-it-again/comment-page-1/#comment-22997 csrster Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:37:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/31/bulgaria-at-it-again/#comment-22997 I'm sure Phil is just pointing out that those unreconstructed commies in Bulgarislavia-or-whatever are undermining our freedom to profit from our intellectual property by supporting the anarcho-hippie plot against "global capitalism" (ie freedom) which is "Open Source". I’m sure Phil is just pointing out that those unreconstructed commies in Bulgarislavia-or-whatever are undermining our freedom to profit from our intellectual property by supporting the anarcho-hippie plot against “global capitalism” (ie freedom) which is “Open Source”.

]]> By: Evo Terra http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/31/bulgaria-at-it-again/comment-page-1/#comment-22998 Evo Terra Thu, 02 Nov 2006 00:15:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/31/bulgaria-at-it-again/#comment-22998 Dude. Can see you baggin' on Bulgaria. I mean... look at it. But then you start bashin' WordPress and I'm all like, WTF? Then I scroll down a bit and go... Ah. Sarcasm. Some of us are working to hard, it seems. Beer, anyone? E. Dude. Can see you baggin’ on Bulgaria. I mean… look at it.

But then you start bashin’ WordPress and I’m all like, WTF?

Then I scroll down a bit and go… Ah. Sarcasm. Some of us are working to hard, it seems. Beer, anyone?

E.

]]> By: Martin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/31/bulgaria-at-it-again/comment-page-1/#comment-22999 Martin Wed, 01 Nov 2006 19:02:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/31/bulgaria-at-it-again/#comment-22999 The sentence I wrote - "Is this a bit of misunderstanding, or just a sneaky way of drumming up support for that Saturn cause?" - was actually meant to be ironic. However, as a non-native English speaker I suppose I have failed to express the wit. Nevertheless, the original joke was probably based on false information, and the Bad Astronomer (and his readers) cares very much about accuracy of his facts. :) The sentence I wrote – “Is this a bit of misunderstanding, or just a sneaky way of drumming up support for that Saturn cause?” – was actually meant to be ironic. However, as a non-native English speaker I suppose I have failed to express the wit. Nevertheless, the original joke was probably based on false information, and the Bad Astronomer (and his readers) cares very much about accuracy of his facts. :)

]]> By: Rose http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/31/bulgaria-at-it-again/comment-page-1/#comment-23000 Rose Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:22:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/31/bulgaria-at-it-again/#comment-23000 Wow. Sense of humor anyone? Wow. Sense of humor anyone?

]]> By: JackC http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/31/bulgaria-at-it-again/comment-page-1/#comment-23001 JackC Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:15:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/31/bulgaria-at-it-again/#comment-23001 It appears to me that the software is, in fact, "Open Source" under the "GPL" concept. The WordPress site states: "The GNU General Public License, or GPL, is an open source license. Open source doesn't just mean that you can view the source code — it has political and philosophical implications as well. Open source, or "Free Software", means you are free to modify and redistribute the source code under certain conditions. Free doesn't refer to the price, it refers to freedom. The difference between the two meanings of free is often characterized as "Free as in speech vs. free as in beer." The GPL is free as in speech." ( http://codex.wordpress.org/License ) I fail to see where this indicates anything other than accuracy in the "Open Source" comment. JC It appears to me that the software is, in fact, “Open Source” under the “GPL” concept. The WordPress site states:

“The GNU General Public License, or GPL, is an open source license. Open source doesn’t just mean that you can view the source code — it has political and philosophical implications as well. Open source, or “Free Software”, means you are free to modify and redistribute the source code under certain conditions. Free doesn’t refer to the price, it refers to freedom. The difference between the two meanings of free is often characterized as “Free as in speech vs. free as in beer.” The GPL is free as in speech.” ( http://codex.wordpress.org/License )

I fail to see where this indicates anything other than accuracy in the “Open Source” comment.

JC

]]> By: martin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/31/bulgaria-at-it-again/comment-page-1/#comment-23002 martin Wed, 01 Nov 2006 07:31:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/31/bulgaria-at-it-again/#comment-23002 Googling for the term WordPress gives top ten references to the GNU-licenced (and therefore open-source as far as I'm aware) blog-publishing software. Is this a bit of misunderstanding, or just a sneaky way of drumming up support for that Saturn cause? (Honestly, although living in Central Europe myself, I'd prefer Saturn too. Going to vote.) Googling for the term WordPress gives top ten references to the GNU-licenced (and therefore open-source as far as I’m aware) blog-publishing software. Is this a bit of misunderstanding, or just a sneaky way of drumming up support for that Saturn cause? (Honestly, although living in Central Europe myself, I’d prefer Saturn too. Going to vote.)

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