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The Evolution of Linux
Taiko writes: "Kerneltrap.org has posted some of the more interesting messages from a recent kernel mailing list discussion. It started with a post on proper indentation, but turned into something a bit more. There are some posts by Linus and Alan Cox about the nature of design, computer science, Linux development, evolution, and more. Quite interesting and funny."
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I am laughing at the extreme lack of humor in that last post. Christ, man. Christ.
He's da man.
Orville Redenbacher walks into the room. He looks around and sees Linus and Cox. He laughs.
"You want kernels, I've got kernels. Tons of 'em. Premium stuff, top quality. All you've got is some code. Ha! You can eat my kernels. Well, once they're popped you can. Get out of my way, fools, and I will show you how this is done."
I just posted a simple AskSlashdot story about whether people unknowingly infected with a virus are responsible for their computer.
Naturally since I didn't include Linux in the subject they rejected it in under an hour.
What's up with Slashdot? News for nerds. More like "Linux good, windows bad".
Who the heck cares about Linus bashing some retards on a newsletter. There is more to the tech world than stupid Linux.
I'd say the slashdot editors should grow up a bit and develop a "subitastory" system where users can rate the top level story. That way when they goto slashdot.org they can choose to see only those stories that have a sufficiently high rating, while at the same time won't censor all stories not about linux.
Tom
Someday, I'll have a real sig.
I'd say your kind of "ask slashdot" is the other half of the bullshit.
All those law relatied issues. Who gives a damn about that bullshit. Americans are brainwashed by lawyers.
Loosen up.. forget about the stupid business litigatons. Get busy doing something productive.
Fuck those bullshit issues really.
As for the Linux mania. It's just about people with narrow views. The same people that think the matrix is an historical piece of art and the same people that follow XML, the latest MS hype !
Science provides the tools that engineers use to build stuff.
Engineers would be useless without science to provide new raw materials.
Science would be pointless if raw knowledge wasnt moulded into something practical by an engineer.
On my pda I run BoumOS of course, created by Mike Bouma.
Running unix on a pda is stupid, there a better suited OSs for that task.
is partyweek in israel almost over?
I wouldn't even let such people give me a blow job.
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Troll alert! This guy is a mocker - why else would he call himself "meneer de koekepeer" which translates to something like "Mr. Cookiepear". Like the other poster said, with such a ridiculous name, this guy can't be taken serious seriously.
Off topic:?: There might be another way that human kind has evolved. I just recently heard read some stuff of "Zecharia Sitchin" and his theories about the Sumerians. Very interesting stuff. For those who are interested use google. There is plenty of stuff to find.
Linus wrote[
Like somebody had to keep an eye on our evolution so that you had a chance
to be around?
Who's naive?
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Linus seems pretty smart and reasonable. I find it disappointing that he so smugly suggests there is no God. Just because he cannot see the hand of God at work, he reasons it is not there. How arrogant is that?
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Give me LIBERTY, or give me a check.
I don't think a god exists. How arrogant is that? Why is it arrogant when he suggests (maybe not, maybe he just thinks god left evolution alone knowing in advance it would eventually produce humans)/I claim that there is no god but it is perfectly acceptable you claim that there is a God? If you are offended by people expressing different views about religious matters, maybe you should try to convert Osama to christianity. He would be a perfect ally.
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here, this is the War Room!
Even taking the model of accelerated evolution through human breeding of species: you direct two animals together to breed.
... but I digress.
... one of the more intensive random breeding programs in the history of human cultures. It's even futher randomized because the rapist traditionally has no good view of the woman before the act. (This has led to something of a preference for boys among many of the brigands ... that and, of course, the Afghani success in producing good looking ones.)
Has anyone else been impressed with how good looking many of the Afghani men are? This from a society where marriage is not only arranged, but in its most traditional form arranged by families where the groom's family has never seen the bride's face. If it results in men so handsome and devilish (some truly evil, I have it on our highest authority), perhaps they do have good cause to hide the women
Fans of Afghani family values would tell the story as above, of designed matches resulting in superior beauty, not to mention performance and endurance on the battlefield. But in truth a great many births in Afghanistan result from widespread practice of rape
Where is the new Bill Burroughs among the war correspondents?
I'm reminded of the story that when Bill Gates' mother was on her death bed, Bill promised her he'd finally settle down and get married. Soon after, he presented her with portfolios on three candidate wives, from which Mom selected Melinda for him.
"with their freedom lost all virtue lose" - Milton