<p style="padding:0 0 0 0; margin:0 0 0 0;">And GNU project Hydrogen-Tritium A-bomb? :)))))</p>
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<p style="padding:0 0 0 0; margin:0 0 0 0;">In future: ronja, skateboard, linux, Hydrogen bomb, GNU Hamburger....<br />
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> Od: discover@fly.srk.fer.hr<br />
> Komu: ronja@lists.pointless.net<br />
> Datum: 22.07.2007 22:08<br />
> Předmět: Re: [Ronja] Open source skateboard demo pictures<br />
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>This is nice, ronja, skateboard, linux...<br />
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>Now all we need is open source power source. I am sick of paying<br />
>bills to the power company...<br />
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>Any ideas?<br />
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>s.<br />
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>On Sun, 22 Jul 2007, Karel Kulhavy wrote:<br />
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>> Hello<br />
>><br />
>> To prove that the open source skateboard is not just some untested theoretical<br />
>> design, I learned some some pussie tricks on it and put pictures online.<br />
>><br />
>> <a href="http://ronja.twibright.com/bastard.php">http://ronja.twibright.com/bastard.php</a><br />
>><br />
>> I also got a positive review of Bastard from a friend who rides a flex<br />
>> skateboard already for 14 years (I ride only for 2). He tried it out and said<br />
>> it's cool.<br />
>><br />
>> If you saw the Dogtown and Z-Boys movie, you know that the bert was originally<br />
>> developed for the surfboard "platform" by Larry Bertlesmann and "ported" to<br />
>> skateboard by Jay Adams, Tony alva et al. - the Z-Boys.<br />
>><br />
>> Unfortunately, after they succeeded at the Del Mar competition, they got bought<br />
>> out and heavily commercialized so we cannot really expect anything opensource<br />
>> from them. What Microsoft is in the world of software, they are in the world of<br />
>> skateboarding. And not only them, but probably every single company of the<br />
>> whole skateboarding industry.<br />
>><br />
>> Nice that you can/could buy a super-extra-special deck shaped and painted by<br />
>> Powell-Peralta, Alva, Santa Cruz, Zero, Dogtown or whatever for 150 USD or so,<br />
>> when you can make yourself one opensource from a plywood for 4 USD (plus 10 USD<br />
>> griptape). Most of the know-how is in the template (in case of Bastard, there's<br />
>> not yet much know how in the template ;-)). Why should you pay for something<br />
>> that you can make yourself cheaper? The cutting takes 5 minutes.<br />
>><br />
>> Artwork? Do you really need to buy a proprietary label to get a decent artwork?<br />
>> Doesn't the open source community have good artists that are as good as say<br />
>> Crayg Stecyk? What's an artwork? All it needs to be is a .svg file under a GFDL<br />
>> licence.<br />
>><br />
>> Bearings? Do you need really to buy expensive Bones Bearings, Swiss quality,<br />
>> Made in California, USA (sic!), mirror finish to get a decent mechanic<br />
>> performance? Aren't they just an overpriced version of an ordinary industry<br />
>> grade ball bearing with a single rubber contactless seal? Do you need to buy<br />
>> SpeedCream(TM)? Can't you ride on medical vasoline like I do at the moment?<br />
>><br />
>> Seriously, are we paying skateboards here or managers, CEOs, adverts, SEO,<br />
>> trademark and patent litigations, and lawyers?<br />
>><br />
>> Compare the price of Ronja components with a professional link and compare the<br />
>> performance. Compare the price of an opensource deck and a commercial one and<br />
>> their performance. Compare the price of Microsoft Windows and Linux and<br />
>> compare their performance. Isn't something screeching here?<br />
>><br />
>> "Your board would come to a screeching halt and you'd fly. And you'd smash<br />
>> cement." -- Stacey Peralta, Dogtown and Z-Boys.<br />
>><br />
>> CL<<br />
>><br />
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