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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. Browser Bug? by OblongPlatypus · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Attention: There appears to be a bug in the web browser you are currently using.

    Ack... I can't decide what to say at this point. I'm torn between making an IE joke, poking fun at Roblimo for screwing up his link, and pointing out Amazon's horrible site design which renders the concept of a Uniform Resource Locator meaningless.

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  2. Roblimo's link [ Re:Browser Bug?] by eples · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    poking fun at Roblimo for screwing up his link

    Actually, Roblimo is F E M A L E.
    Maybe we could poke fun at your inability to determine the distinction.

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    1. Re:Roblimo's link [ Re:Browser Bug?] by AlgUSF · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      When you criticize someone you should probably check out your facts. RTFL (Read The Fscking Link) :-)

      As Austin Powers would say "That is not a woman, it's a man baby!".

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  3. BitKeeper by AirLace · · Score: 5, Offtopic

    Despite staunch opposition from certain developers, Linus has recently started to maintain the kernel using the non-free BitKeeper SCM product, which is not only proprietary but also uses undocumented file formats, making interoperability difficult or impossible. Do you think it's fair to encourage developers who would otherwise keep to Free Software to turn to a proprietary solution and what is in effect, shareware?

  4. re: interviews by Kasreyn · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Why are you guys starting a new interview with Mr. Bar when we still haven't seen the results of that interview with Alan Cox? Or did I just miss it when it posted?

    -Kasreyn

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  5. Re:What exactly... by TweeKinDaBahx · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Abodah Zarah 22a-22b . Gentiles prefer sex with cows.

    So sayeth Jerry Springer..

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  6. Off-topic by Bytenik · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Games DON'T affect kids. If PacMan did, we'd all be eating pills and listening to repeditive music...

    You mean like popping Ecstacy at a techno rave?

    By the way, the word is "repetitive", not "repeditive".

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  7. Well, someone's gotta ask...... by echucker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Boxers or briefs?

  8. Thanks for the input. by Ashurbanipal · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Thank you for your comments. (I hope Mr. Barr will choose to share his insight also, but I guess that'll depend on the moderators.)

    I'm trying not to make any further comments here myself, because it's so difficult to say anything without inflaming the fanatic anti-semites and equally fanatic anti-anti-semites - if I make the slightest slip of phrase one party or the other will gleefully misinterpret everything else I've said.

    I'm honestly not trying to promote any viewpoint of my own here. I'd really like to see Mr. Barr's response to the Israeli Boycott question, because it's something much discussed in the high-tech circles I move in. Many people on both sides of the issue have very strong beliefs that are not based on propaganda or knee-jerk reactions.