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An anonymous reader writes "In a post to the kernel mailing list, Rob Landley, sitting in for the floating Linus, cracks the whip over what will be in Linux 3.0. His orders are on Linux and main."
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first post! w00t!
second post, oh well.
It's like a scalp massage. . .from Lucifer. . .
In the first place it should be known in what sort of a place they are formed. For cutting, excising, sewing, binding, applying putrefacient means to the anus,-all these appear to be very formidable things, and yet, after all, they are not attended with mischief. I recommend seven or eight small pieces of iron to be prepared, a fathom in size, in thickness like a thick specillum, and bent at the extremity, and a broad piece should be on the extremity, like a small obolus. Having on the preceding day first purged the man with medicine, on the day of the operation apply the cautery. Having laid him on his back, and placed a pillow below the breech, force out the anus as much as possible with the fingers, and make the irons red-hot, and burn the pile until it be dried up, and so as that no part may be left behind. And burn so as to leave none of the hemorrhoids unburnt, for you should burn them all up. You will recognize the hemorrhoids without difficulty, for they project on the inside of the gut like dark-colored grapes, and when the anus is forced out they spurt blood. When the cautery is applied the patient's head and hands should be held so that he may not stir, but he himself should cry out, for this will make the rectum project the more. When you have performed the burning, boil lentils and tares, finely triturated in water, and apply as a cataplasm for five or six days. But on the seventh, cut a soft sponge into a very slender slice, its width should be about six inches square. Then a thin smooth piece of cloth, of the same size as the sponge, is to be smeared with honey and applied; and with the index finger of the left hand the middle of the sponge is to be pushed as far up as possible; and afterward wool is to be placed upon the sponge so that it may remain in the anus. And having girded the patient about the loins and fastened a shawl to the girdle, bring up this band from behind between the legs and attach it to the girdle at the navel. Then let the medicine which I formerly said is calculated to render the skin thick and strong, be bound on. These things should be kept on for not less than twenty days. The patient should once a day take a draught from flour or millet, or bran, and drink water. When the patient goes to stool the part should be washed with hot water. Every third day he should take the bath.
You have an interesting posting history and admired by many trolls. You go, boy!
Pay attention, this is a Troll that's actually building Karma with his trolls. Have a look at his user info, if you need to.
So I was coding in Europe. And I get to Nepal. And who do I get but the Dalai Lama himself. But then he tries to stiff me. He says to me, 'You will get nothing now, but on your deathbed you will achieve total consciousness.' So, I've got that going for me.
I guess I missed the entire show but what the heck, I'll write something up anyway.
:)
It is my belief that most people simply do not like Linux anymore. At least not the Linux environment in its true form, instead they rely on extra software to take away all the hassle which comes when you administrate a Linux system (yast, linuxconf, etc.). Allthough I don't claim this to be a bad development (personally I think it is though) it is becoming pretty clear that just because of this development people completely loose track and focus of what Linux really is.
When taking a closer look at Debian GNU/Linux you will see its a completely free distribution which is composed of Linux software. Software like XFRee86, KDE, but also shells, shell utilities, and so on. Allthough Debian has provided in some installation guide most of it is done the Linux way, apart from compiling your own software that is.
There is a lot of complaining about the way Debian is installed but I truly wonder if any of these complaining people have actually bothered to, for example, grab a copy of XFree86 directly from the XFree site in order to set that up ? Because that is exactly what you get when you use Debian, you'll get Linux in its purest form. The Linux OS with access to all the major software packages out there. And yes, perhaps the Debian team could have put some more effort in the installation process, perhaps.
But have we allready forgotten that Linux isn't Windows ? Who cares about the harder / rougher installtion process, once its installed then you'd normally don't have to bother with installing for the next 5 years. And the configuration part... True, it doesn't give you nice hardware detection and all of that. Instead effort and attention has been put in other aspects. For example the option to keep your system running for those 5 years I mentioned above, even when you do want to upgrade to the next release. And I don't mean pop in the CD and select upgrade, I mean keep your server running while the next release is being downloaded and/or installed. Try that with RedHat or SuSE
In conclusion; I think people are losing focus to what Linux really is. Its nice that there are companies out there investing in Linux and developing nice tools to make configuration and installation easier. But this development does not take away the mere fact that Linux itself is still a Unix based environment which is (and should be) configurable using vi at all times.
And when a certain distribution gives you just that then its a little bit disturbing, IMO ofcourse, when people start complaining about how hard it is to install and configure. Because in the end it seems these people don't realize anymore that they are complaining about Linux itself.
on a completely side note, can anyone find a real source reporting a death from a champagne cork? (note: it's listed on 50,000,000 joke/useless fact webpages with no references)
hehe, i figured i'd get a negative score for such an off-topic post. i mean cmon...this is REALLY off-topic. please mod it to say...-5 or so
Oh? I'm interested now. What kind of boat?
Just out on a cruise ship?
Did a bunch of MS goons capture him and cast him adrift on the high seas in a dinghy?
Or is he with friends who have put him on a raft floating behind a ship like in Cabin Boy with no food and only seawater to drink until he goes insane and rattles off the source code for the next Kernel?
Or is he really a secret agent and out on a boat right now James Bond style infiltrating the docks at a Microsoft warehouse?
Inquiring minds want to know!
--Won't that be grand? Computers and the programs will start thinking and the people will stop. - Dr. Walter Gibbs
I can't place the quote... but I am hearing it in Bill Murray's voice.
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Firstus postus, beeeeotchae!!
Bow down and worship my polychromatic reguritrance!
please?
Cute, though that was not what i was trying to convey.
I was only attempting to not be labeled someone that didn't have a clue of the history of things, and speaking out of ignorance.
But this current 'Linux communal attitude' does grow tiresome and self-defeating. Its no wonder I'm not the only one who has finally moved back to another 'camp'. One quite a bit more mature, though slower to advance i admit.
---- Booth was a patriot ----
No, you're wrong. I'm not representing the Linux community, I'm representing the Slashdot community.
Slashdot is a site for nerds. Period. Non-nerds have no business here. If you are not part of the target audience, then don't complain and don't come here. Similarly, people without computers shouldn't read manuals about how to setup Solaris. It's as simple as that.
And.. what does this have to do with the story?
How tf did this get modded up?!