Week 12 of NCT

This week we discussed the discovery of free software. Having used GNU/linux for a short time in the past; i am all for free technology - i think it's brilliant - however i can't help but wonder how the professionals get paid...as Bill Gates mentioned in his letter. I don't know why he's so worried - i really don't think he'll be going out of business anytime soon; but he wrote a letter - pretty much slapping free software creators in the face. He talked about all the reasons that free software shouldn't be distributed, though i personally think he's coming from a biased opinion.


So there was heaps to learn about GNU/Linux and copyleft (the concept of putting stuff out there on the net for free), and after that we watched some more of the movie Primer. We still haven't made it to the end but it's quite an odd little film and as i said it would be - very confusing. There's body doubles and ear bleeding and the violent gassing of people....yeah...i really don't get it, but the two male characters are going back in time (that concept i do get), using some amazing new technology that they're keeping a secret, that uses heaps of radiation or something - probably the cause of the ear bleeding. Quite uncomfortable i suspect.


Anywho, thats all for me - i must go home and study for the exam next week...ahhhh!


Toodles.