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Has cash corrupted open source? (The Register)Has cash corrupted open source? (The Register)Posted Aug 24, 2012 15:41 UTC (Fri) by landley (guest, #6789)Parent article: Has cash corrupted open source? (The Register)
Has cash corrupted blogging? Has cash corrupted podcasting? Has cash corrupted webcomics?
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Has cash corrupted open source? (The Register) Posted Aug 24, 2012 15:53 UTC (Fri) by clint (subscriber, #7076) [Link]
Yes, that seems to be the case.
Has cash corrupted open source? (The Register) Posted Aug 24, 2012 16:02 UTC (Fri) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]
Has cash corrupted the financial system?
Has cash corrupted open source? (The Register) Posted Aug 24, 2012 17:38 UTC (Fri) by marduk (subscriber, #3831) [Link]
The financial system is unique in that it seems to sustain the ability to currupt itself.
Has cash corrupted open source? (The Register) Posted Aug 24, 2012 20:43 UTC (Fri) by bfields (subscriber, #19510) [Link] Has cache corrupted my filesystem?
Has cash corrupted open source? (The Register) Posted Aug 24, 2012 22:18 UTC (Fri) by Beolach (subscriber, #77384) [Link]
This made me smile. Thank you.
Has cash corrupted open source? (The Register) Posted Aug 24, 2012 22:46 UTC (Fri) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
Clearly you just need a good cash invalidation protocol.
Has cash corrupted open source? (The Register) Posted Aug 25, 2012 0:00 UTC (Sat) by oak (subscriber, #2786) [Link]
Several countries and banking systems have already been using that protocol:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation
Looking at the financial news, European Union may be adopting it too.
Has cash corrupted open source? (The Register) Posted Aug 25, 2012 3:58 UTC (Sat) by iabervon (subscriber, #722) [Link]
Yes, but Linus fixed it in commit 7658cc289288b8ae7dd2c2224549a048431222b3.
Has cash corrupted open source? (The Register) Posted Aug 25, 2012 7:30 UTC (Sat) by brouhaha (subscriber, #1698) [Link]
Give a man a gun, and he robs a bank. Give a man a bank, and he robs the world.
In Soviet Russia, you rob bank.
Has cash corrupted open source? (The Register) Posted Aug 25, 2012 12:06 UTC (Sat) by jengelh (subscriber, #33263) [Link]
And in the Western World, banks rob you.
Via the aforementioned cash invalidation protocol :-/
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