Ask Moshe Bar about [your choice here]

Moshe Bar is (pick one) 1. A Linux kernel developer; 2. A motorcycle enthusiast; 3. The primary openMosix maintainer; 4. A respected Linux device driver writer; 5. Author of several books and many articles about Linux; 6. Newly married. 7. A Talmudic scholar; 8. All of the above. The correct answer is 8, and since in addition to (or perhaps because of) all this Moshe is a popular guy, this interview is here by reader request. (Yes, we take interview requests; send them to robin@roblimo.com.) Ask Moshe whatever you wish, one question per post. We'll send him 10 of the highest moderated questions and post his answers as soon as he gets them back to us.

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I have only one question:

[Baldric Dominus]

Does Moshe have a son/daughter named "foo"?

Moshe Bar is...

[Anonymous Coward]

9) A nice chocolate covered cookie bar with caramel and some other bits of goodness in there. Not quite a Twix, not quite a Clark Bar.

I think I'm going to go get a Moshe Bar right now.

That was a joke.

Talmudic scholar?

[mrsam]

Is Linux kosher?

Re:2. A motorcycle enthusiast;

[atrowe]

"Why a Harley? Aren't they a little big and heavy?"

So are most Linux users.

Re:Talmud and Technology

[yoz]

On a related question about Jewish teachings and technology, I can't seem to get my Golem to work. I've mixed the four elements in the proper proportions and recited all the usual kabbalistic incantations, but the damn thing just won't come to life and smite my enemies.

You've got the latest Shem and incantations, right? You can download patches by writing the correct command line and putting it under your pillow while you sleep. This is important, as some Eastern European developers have reported various crashes due to command conflicts. You have to be really careful here.
(There have also been some embarrassing incidents involving denial-of-service attacks with commands from untrusted users - this has been known to cause flooding)

So, what's the proper way to compile a Golem?

The HOWTO is way too long to list here, but I'll give you this tip: Make sure your Perl is up to date.

-- Yoz

Re:Most important question.

[CorwinOfAmber]

I guarantee you that if you turn off the TV and force yourself to use the web for work-related research only, you'll be amazed at how much you can squeeze out of a day.

*snort*

You don't have kids, do you?

[your choice here]

[Hektor_Troy]

What do you think about [your choice here]? Is [your choice here] the best way to do [your choice here], or would [your choice here] be a better way to accomplish [your choice here]? How does your wife feel about [your choice here]? Does she even care? While on the subject, what is your favorite [your choice here]? What [your choice here] is the worst? And what [your choice here] is [your choice here]?

Last but not least - is "little wife night" and "wife night" exist outside of Denmark, and if so - what nights do you practice this?