J.R.R. Tolkien wrote:
I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of OSDevers fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of tutorials and WebOS's, when the age of OSDevers comes crushing down! But it is not this day! THIS DAY WE FIGHT! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, people of OSDev.org!
I had to repeat that. It's beautiful, and it's true.
Alboin wrote:
In all seriousness, I'm afraid I have to say that the death of this place is nearly imminent.
If we continue to talk like that, it is.
"In all seriousness", the whole idea of writing your own OS is facing ridiculous odds, so if we listened to the naysayers, we wouldn't be here at all.
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The Internet has changed. It's a new beast. There are more and more laymen that are online. Combined with the increasing ease that the trend towards 'A-blind-dog-could-follow-these-steps' tutorials provide, the growing number of 'annoying folk' is only going to continue. This growth, then, kills the desire for more 'sagely' members to return, thus killing the site. (As said.)
I blame it on the casting shows and "reality TV", really. Today, kids are taught that you don't need to study, you don't need talent, all it takes is for someone to shine the spotlight on you, and suddenly you are famous. This attitude reflects in so many things, and while one out of a million might make it to the spotlight, it leaves so many depressed souls behind...
While I feel like an old dinosaur sometimes, I still remember - more or less fondly - how I was brought up. "Study", "study harder", and "boy, you are intelligent, if you'd just study
harder you could be great one day."
Of course I didn't really listen, but I guess it shaped me nevertheless.
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We are the over productive farmer of the Great Depression.
Time for a locust plague, hm?