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Ask Moshe Bar about [your choice here]

Posted by Roblimo on from the rennaisance-men-of-the-computer-age dept.

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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  1. I have only one question: by Baldric+Dominus · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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    -Baldric Dominus
  2. Re:Talmud and Technology by yoz · · Score: 3, Funny

    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