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    peterchen
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    In the light of the previous thread - What project that is free to use have you donated to recently?

    Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
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      In the light of the previous thread - What project that is free to use have you donated to recently?

      Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
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      Lost User
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      The food bank. Cheers, Drew.

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        In the light of the previous thread - What project that is free to use have you donated to recently?

        Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
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        Dario Solera
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        Paint.NET, InfraRecorder, TortoiseSVN. I prefer to donate to niche projects as they're less likely to get donations. But yet again, how can a few dozen Euros/Dollars a month can make the least difference?

        If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki v3

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          In the light of the previous thread - What project that is free to use have you donated to recently?

          Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
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          Chris Austin
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          Every year I volunteer as a cook and server at the food bank for Thanksgiving. Also, I give to them monthly. And earlier this year I donated to Arch Linux.

          And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning. --Isaac Asimov Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --Ralph Charell

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            Paint.NET, InfraRecorder, TortoiseSVN. I prefer to donate to niche projects as they're less likely to get donations. But yet again, how can a few dozen Euros/Dollars a month can make the least difference?

            If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki v3

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            Dan Neely
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            Dario Solera wrote:

            But yet again, how can a few dozen Euros/Dollars a month can make the least difference?

            It pays their hosting bill for the month...

            3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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              In the light of the previous thread - What project that is free to use have you donated to recently?

              Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
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              Rajesh R Subramanian
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              It doesn't count as a "free project", but my donation goes to CRY (all the time). Another recent one was for Enable India[^] I'll donate to Wikipedia too (that banner makes me feel so guilty every time I use it :-O ).

              “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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                Paint.NET, InfraRecorder, TortoiseSVN. I prefer to donate to niche projects as they're less likely to get donations. But yet again, how can a few dozen Euros/Dollars a month can make the least difference?

                If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki v3

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                At least for the time being it is a motivation more than an reimbursement. I generally think that the majority of development would not be commercially viable - look at the manhours that just went into creating and maintaining the Top 10 library articles here, and consider how many apps were built on top of it. I do hope that my post will motivate a few to donate to their favorite project, sooner or later.

                Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
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                  In the light of the previous thread - What project that is free to use have you donated to recently?

                  Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
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                  Pete OHanlon
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                  Regrettably, I don't donate to open source projects, what with donating to charities such as the National Deaf Society, The Childrens Society, PDSA and quite a few more. I'm kind of tapped out in the donations stakes.

                  "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

                  As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

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                    In the light of the previous thread - What project that is free to use have you donated to recently?

                    Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
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                    CaptainSeeSharp
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                    Sucker.

                    Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^]

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                      In the light of the previous thread - What project that is free to use have you donated to recently?

                      Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
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                      Dr Walt Fair PE
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                      I always wondered who donated to those things.

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                        Every year I volunteer as a cook and server at the food bank for Thanksgiving. Also, I give to them monthly. And earlier this year I donated to Arch Linux.

                        And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning. --Isaac Asimov Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --Ralph Charell

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                        Garth J Lancaster
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                        love the quotes in your Sig Chris - never noticed them before (or do they get changed ?) 'g'

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                          In the light of the previous thread - What project that is free to use have you donated to recently?

                          Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
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                          _Damian S_
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                          It's not a project as such, but I donate a considerable amount of my time, energy and money to Camp Quality. Tangible, and making a difference. ;-)

                          I don't have ADHD, I have ADOS... Attention Deficit oooh SHINY!! Booger Mobile (n) - A bright green 1964 Ford Falcon - our entry into the Camp Quality esCarpade!! Do something wonderful - make a donation to Camp Quality today!!

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                            love the quotes in your Sig Chris - never noticed them before (or do they get changed ?) 'g'

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                            Garth J Lancaster wrote:

                            love the quotes in your Sig Chris - never noticed them before (or do they get changed ?)

                            Thanks. I do change them occasionally when I come across a gem that registers with me.

                            And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning. --Isaac Asimov Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --Ralph Charell

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                              Sucker.

                              Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^]

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                              Rajesh R Subramanian
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                              CaptainSeeSharp wrote:

                              Sucker

                              The question was not "Who are you". The question was "what have you donated to".

                              “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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                                In the light of the previous thread - What project that is free to use have you donated to recently?

                                Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
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                                L e g i 0 n
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                                wikipedia

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                                  In the light of the previous thread - What project that is free to use have you donated to recently?

                                  Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
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                                  nrkn
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                                  I've tried to donate to Wikipedia a couple of times, but their system never accepts my credit card for some reason. Only place I've ever had trouble with it.

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                                    CaptainSeeSharp wrote:

                                    Sucker

                                    The question was not "Who are you". The question was "what have you donated to".

                                    “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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                                    :laugh:

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                                      Regrettably, I don't donate to open source projects, what with donating to charities such as the National Deaf Society, The Childrens Society, PDSA and quite a few more. I'm kind of tapped out in the donations stakes.

                                      "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

                                      As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

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                                      peterchen
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                                      Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                                      I don't donate to open source projects, what with donating to charities

                                      I find these things equivalent, in a way :) Our benefit from open source projects may be more direct than the benefit from the efforts of charities, but the pattern is similar.

                                      Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
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                                        I always wondered who donated to those things.

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                                        Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software

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                                        I hadn't seen me donating to a high-profile project such as wikipedia a month ago. I'm ambivalent about it because it's kind of "replacing the internet" - but the donaiton was for the times I look up a specific algorithm, formula or scinetific term. There are few places on the internet that have the necessary amount of rigor yet attempt to be accessible to a layman.

                                        Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
                                        | FoldWithUs! | sighist | µLaunch - program launcher for server core and hyper-v server

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                                          Paint.NET, InfraRecorder, TortoiseSVN. I prefer to donate to niche projects as they're less likely to get donations. But yet again, how can a few dozen Euros/Dollars a month can make the least difference?

                                          If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki v3

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                                          c2423
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                                          I take it you are speaking from experience here? Chris

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