From the context, I suspect he thinks they were invented before electricity became commonplace.
Admittedly that's not too helpful, but a little wiki-ing says that the first commercial QWERTY typewriter was around 1870, while Edison didn't roll out his first electricity supply till around 1880 - to 59 customers. I don't think that counts as 'commonplace', so typewriter definitely wins that race.
Yes, but for a while there it was an email client that was barely being maintained, and there was talk of Mozilla dropping it completely.
Stagnation doesn't just mean no new features, it can also mean no new bug-fixes.
I think there is so much more to learn using books, paper, pencils and good teachers.
Absolutely - but the key there is the good teachers.
Books, paper, pencils aren't much use if there's nobody to teach you to read or write.
And good teachers are much more expensive and much harder to come by than a bunch of little laptops.
Probably forever. This reflects changes in the development methodology followed by the kernel team(s).
It seems to have been a very long time now that the kernel has been in 2.6-land and people make a big deal about changes in that third group of digits. Is significant progress really being made?
Yes, it is. The amount of work done is not dependent on changes to the major version number.
There has probably been more progress between 2.6.0 and 2.6.34 than there was between 2.2 and 2.4, or 2.4 and 2.6.0.
Just a note for the confused (like me):
This phenomenon occurs in water "as warm as 82 degrees F - 91 degrees F" - not degrees C.
This makes sense, because it's still a lower temp. than your body requires to survive.
I would certainly be concerned if it was possible to die of hypothermia at 80 deg C.
a) They did write their own damn code.
b) They are respecting the license, by pulling their own damn code from their own damn codebase.
What are you complaining about, again?
What? The movie critic is the analogy for the customer, not for Apple. I don't think anyone was saying that the customer should be allowed to stop Apple selling iPhones. Did I miss something?
My ISP (Internode) offers home user access to native IPv6.
If I could get my router to do it, I would - just so I can play with IPv6, not because I need it.
Sounds like a classic case of de facto vs de jeur. . ..
Sounds to me like a case of a law versus a contract. Just because a contract binds you to not do something, it doesn't mean that that action is illegal - it's just violating a contract.
Slashdot Mirror
I compile my kernel at LAN parties! Mwuhuahahaha!
I could care fewer what you think
There, look what you made me do! Are you happy now?
From the context, I suspect he thinks they were invented before electricity became commonplace.
Admittedly that's not too helpful, but a little wiki-ing says that the first commercial QWERTY typewriter was around 1870, while Edison didn't roll out his first electricity supply till around 1880 - to 59 customers. I don't think that counts as 'commonplace', so typewriter definitely wins that race.
The arbitrary masses?
Yes, but for a while there it was an email client that was barely being maintained, and there was talk of Mozilla dropping it completely.
Stagnation doesn't just mean no new features, it can also mean no new bug-fixes.
Pick a row on the keyboard. Go down the row normally, then back up the row ...
Column?
I think there is so much more to learn using books, paper, pencils and good teachers.
Absolutely - but the key there is the good teachers.
Books, paper, pencils aren't much use if there's nobody to teach you to read or write.
And good teachers are much more expensive and much harder to come by than a bunch of little laptops.
General education is a luxury really only useful in the third world, for the rest of the world, skills are paramount, "education" doesn't matter.
You have an interesting point - but I'm guessing that's a typo, and you meant first world there?
How long will it take to move to 2.8?
Probably forever. This reflects changes in the development methodology followed by the kernel team(s).
It seems to have been a very long time now that the kernel has been in 2.6-land and people make a big deal about changes in that third group of digits. Is significant progress really being made?
Yes, it is. The amount of work done is not dependent on changes to the major version number.
There has probably been more progress between 2.6.0 and 2.6.34 than there was between 2.2 and 2.4, or 2.4 and 2.6.0.
Enderandrew arguing with Lord Ender?
What is this, an Orson Scott Card convention?
E.g. Burning-off in Queensland, Australia
</smartarse>
Just a note for the confused (like me) :
This phenomenon occurs in water "as warm as 82 degrees F - 91 degrees F" - not degrees C.
This makes sense, because it's still a lower temp. than your body requires to survive.
I would certainly be concerned if it was possible to die of hypothermia at 80 deg C.
STARRRRRRS!
Plus, if your flash drive is write-protected, then how can you update to the latest definitions?
Turn off the write-protect?
You only need it on when you connect it to a possibly-infected customer computer.
after the alarming showing on poles for the Labor government.
Are you talking about pole-dancing politicians? I hope the Labor government don't start doing that. That would be alarming.
Maybe Amarok does include the SHOUTcast radio toolbar... how could we tell?
Poor little old Nullsoft... I died a little inside, when AOL bought them out.
</Justin Frankel fanboy>
a) They did write their own damn code.
b) They are respecting the license, by pulling their own damn code from their own damn codebase.
What are you complaining about, again?
What about Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson?
Nah, I guess that doesn't count 'cause it's written as a word.
Actually, IE9 is only 72% compatible with the HTML# standard.
Yeah, they made a hash of it.
What? The movie critic is the analogy for the customer, not for Apple.
I don't think anyone was saying that the customer should be allowed to stop Apple selling iPhones. Did I miss something?
Do I? I didn't realise there were rules saying that I have to agree with the state of anything I can't fix.
Silly me.
My ISP (Internode) offers home user access to native IPv6.
If I could get my router to do it, I would - just so I can play with IPv6, not because I need it.
... don't hold your breath on this being any sort of flu cure.
Instead, hold your breath because this isn't any sort of flu cure.
And the guy next to you on the train just sneezed.
Sounds like a classic case of de facto vs de jeur. . . .
Sounds to me like a case of a law versus a contract.
Just because a contract binds you to not do something, it doesn't mean that that action is illegal - it's just violating a contract.
<pedant>it's de jure, by the way</pedant>