The GNU Public Area

Most of you have already visited the GNU Public Theme Park in Corpus Christi either in person or using RideTorrent, so you have likely already experienced some of the next-generation rides emerging from the open-source development model. We would like to take a moment to highlight some of our favorite rides that have emerged from the GNU Public Area in the two months since it opened:

• OpenTeacup: As much fun as the original teacup ride, but because it is open source you can adjust it to spin at the rate that suits you best. You can also tweak all of the safety parameters so that you can ride uninhibited by the oppressive safety regulations at proprietary theme parks.
  
• JSplash: An open version of Disneyland's Splash Mountain. The mountain terrain can be generated randomly using fractal rules, or it can be fed into the ride at startup time. It even keeps statistics about how fast each car travels and uses a fuzzy predictive algorithm to decide whether there are likely to be any injuries.
  
• RideZilla: An improved version of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride at Disneyland, where instead of characters from the beloved children's classic you can supply your own 3-D model specifications. (Warning: this ride is probably not suitable for minors without parental supervision as the 3-D models accept whatever input they are given)
• SCROT-F: (Super-Cool Ride of the Future). We can't really say more about it, except that it is super-cool and quite fun. If we said more it might spoil your experience.
• nTours: Much like the beloved Star Tours ride at Disneyland, but with an easy-to-use ncurses interface.
  

At the GNU Public Dictatorship we are nothing if not pleased with your efforts. Keep up the good work, and please continue to enjoy the celebrations of the demise of the Company!