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Not me - I've had one downvote about 20 minutes ago but that was just He Who Must Not Be Named doing his usual drivel.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I'll be honest. I don't mind the odd down-vote.
However, I've got to know why - at least its something to learn.
That is exactly why I appreciate SA's contribution to Q&A.
He down-votes at times....but always lets one know why.
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Abhinav S wrote: but always lets one know why
Can you be sure of that?
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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Abhinav S wrote: And he is a platinum voter!!
We should have negative ranks as well, perhaps taken from biology:
slug
bacteria
leper
plague
ebola
Marc
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Did you mean to put yourself at the bottom of the list?
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Marc Clifton wrote: We should have negative ranks as well, perhaps taken from biology:
slug
bacteria
leper
plague
ebola
Marc
I vote for the last one.
Anyone who spells such a perfectly good name so wrongly is the absolute worst.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Lighten up. Members are welcome to vote any way they choose.
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Yeah... keep thinking that way...
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They shouldn't be allowed to down-vote without specifying a valid reason.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: Lighten up.
Don't forget. When you come to the lounge and complain about it you get sympathy upvotes so it's actually a gain for them. Why else do you think they come to complain? 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Abhinav S wrote: Some @** is downvoting answers in the Q&A forum.
Why such a personal attack? 
Abhinav S wrote: he is a platinum voter ... I suggest you do not post on this website
The person is a platinum member so obviously they have contributed more than just their opinion to this site.
When did you become the spokesman for the roughly 11.3 million member? 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
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Abhinav S has contributed more to the site than you are I. I think Abhinav has every right to complain about abusive down-voting, or the potential thereof.
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Slacker007 wrote: Abhinav S has contributed more to the site than you are I
No doubt he has but that doesn't make him a spokesperson for the entire community.
I, for one, do not want him speaking for me.
He makes accusations without giving reference to the offending remarks. Why not post a link so we can all make up our own minds if the answer deserved to be down voted.
I suspect it was his answer and he is offended that someone didn't bow down to his superior knowledge, but I have no way of knowing because he chose to decide for us all what is abusive voting.
I would like to make up my own mind after examining the question and answer. Perhaps I would like to down vote it also?
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
modified 13-Apr-15 10:04am.
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did you vote my post as abuse? Someone just voted my post as abuse right before you posted your reply to me.
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Slacker007 wrote: did you vote my post as abuse? Someone just voted my post as abuse right before you posted your reply to me.
Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean that they aren't out to get you. 
In answer to your question, no I didn't vote your post as abuse. That would mean that I gave a crap about what you posted. 
In case you haven't noticed I don't give a sh*t about my reputation here, nor do I care about yours.
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
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Well, Khun James, I must say, with all due respect, that surely you cannot deny that the right to rant is an inalienable liberty of the Lounge arising from ... Hail Satan ! ... its diabolical endowment as an on-going demolition-derby of egos and intellects.
cheers, Bill @**
«To kill an error's as good a service, sometimes better than, establishing new truth or fact.» Charles Darwin in "Prospero's Precepts"
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BillWoodruff wrote: the right to rant is an inalienable liberty of the Lounge
Perhaps if he linked to the question and answer I would agree with him. Then again I might decide to down vote the answer also?
<rant>
He should not pretend to know how I would react to the answer. I do not want him, or anyone else, deciding what is an appropriate vote.
People are so involved with their reputation here that they take offense to anyone who disagrees with them.
The thing that should be clear is that we are all damaged units here. If we really had lives to live we would be interacting with real people and not being offended by what anyone here has to say.
</rant>
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
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Send me a link of an answer downvoted and I'll look into it.
[Update: It's not one person, there doesn't seem to be anything malicious. Users are simply stating their opinion]
cheers
Chris Maunder
modified 14-Apr-15 10:30am.
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Money, money, money...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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This kind of arrogant assumption of ownership, and claims of being the only creative force behind something, only happens in workplaces where there are pig-ignorant people who think only of themselves, and never of their colleagues or the company.
i.e. everywhere.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The only winners are the lawyers!
As some of the commenters stated knockoffs coming out of china are way cheaper than the original and chips can be bought to make your own boards so let em fight they are only hurting themselves.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.1 new web site.
When you are dead you don't know it, it's only difficult for others.
It's the same when you're stupid.
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pwasser wrote: Open Source?
Arduino is open-source hardware: the Arduino hardware reference designs are distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2.5 license and are available on the Arduino Web site. Layout and production files for some versions of the Arduino hardware are also available. The source code for the IDE is available and released under the GNU General Public License, version 2. [^]
So yes, Open Source. In the article you linked Massimo does refer to "royalties", but I guess those refer to the Arduino brand. That means you are free to assemble and even sell your own boards based on the published designs, so long you don't call them "Arduino" – if you want to, then license the brand.
If we are to believe Massimo's account, Gianluca cheated to get exclusive control of the brand in Italy, and is now trying to assert his company as the "true" steward of the platform. Those are legal and political issues, but they don't change the terms of whatever work has been already published.
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