The Google search engine pops up. Not only is it one of the best search engines around, but it's based on Linux and features a Linux-specific search page.
Forgive me if I'm unfamiliar with this, as I was busy begging for my first full-time position....but what's up with the Linux-specific search page? I'm assuming that means that a Linux-centric page popped up when Google detected a OS-TYPE that contained Linux?
Interesting point. An athlete's heart beats slower when it's gotten strong enough to pump blood without as much effort...perhaps cerebral functions are similar?
I'm impressed that no one mentioned the fact that I can get the new Collector's Edition of "The Evil Dead", complete with 4 hours of extras and a special "Necronomicon cover" for ~$20, while Britney Spears most recent 65 minutes of suck costs about the same?
I appreciate the mad dash for first post, but at least say something that's appropriate, like "MySQL would be better if it supported rollbacks and those sort of things". You know, something that makes sense.
What you refer to as stored procedures can be emulated with the greatest of ease in MySQL with a bit of Perl scripting and mod_perl. And as far as I know, stored procedures are currently on the to-do list for MySQL.
The difference is, we're the community (users, developers, administrators) and M$ is the source. A better analogy would be if Redhat put out an article detailing how Microsoft is failing as an operating system.
We are allowed to feel any way we wish. But at least our bias doesn't come from a hunger for new revenue streams.
Apache has the decency to not turn anything on UNLESS I TELL IT TO, not holding my hand and saying "Well, you probably mean to switch this on, so we'll go ahead and handle it for you!".
So let's all go to a party...celebrating a software release...at which you might meet the founder of a popular website. And maybe then he will invite you over to his house for pizza and ice cream and you'll be best friends forever.
I don't know about rather, but Weis & Hickman's Chronicles and Legends series would make an excellent film. I don't know that it could follow something like LOTR, though. Perhaps a made-for-tv (or HBO or whatever) movie?
I was under the impression (from the various Star Wars novels...don't know if they're canon or not) that post-Clone Wars Imperial Stormtroopers were all in fact clones. Correct me if I'm wrong?
Given the government spearheaded antitrust suits of the past (Ma Bell springs to mind) I'd say about 5-10 years. At which point the decision, one way or the other, will no longer matter.
Rambus is, for all intensive purposes, equal in price to DDR.
Intents and purposes. Sorry for being a grammar nazi, but I just couldn't take it anymore.
Intensive purposes makes me picture a bunch of Rambus execs in sweatbands and jogging suits chicking their pulses as they type up new 'cease-and-desist' orders.
Slashdot Mirror
Best...Slashdot comment....ever.
Sorry bro, no mod points. But you get a hearty round of applause from me.
MAD MAD props on the Ghostbusters quote.
Interesting point. An athlete's heart beats slower when it's gotten strong enough to pump blood without as much effort...perhaps cerebral functions are similar?
I'm impressed that no one mentioned the fact that I can get the new Collector's Edition of "The Evil Dead", complete with 4 hours of extras and a special "Necronomicon cover" for ~$20, while Britney Spears most recent 65 minutes of suck costs about the same?
I appreciate the mad dash for first post, but at least say something that's appropriate, like "MySQL would be better if it supported rollbacks and those sort of things". You know, something that makes sense.
What you refer to as stored procedures can be emulated with the greatest of ease in MySQL with a bit of Perl scripting and mod_perl. And as far as I know, stored procedures are currently on the to-do list for MySQL.
I'll keep this short, so I can get back to what my company actually DOES pay me for...
/. is just that.
A 'troll' is a post designed to wind up other people and attract many replies for the sake of attracting many replies.
Pretty much sums up a post about Linux Zealotry being a mask for the fears of Linux users about their dying operating system on
P.S.-->Chiefly British variant of 'furor'. 'variant' implying that furore is a minority subset, and that furor is more widely used.
Would the response (sorry, furore) have been any different if this had been the opinion of a group of Windows admin / developers / users? I think not.
First, it's 'furor'. Second, that's my point...we as a community are biased towards our particular tech choices...that's what makes us a community.
I think the general ridiculous over-reaction to the story belies Linux users fears
Do they give you comp time over at Microsoft for trolling Slashdot? I'm just curious.
The difference is, we're the community (users, developers, administrators) and M$ is the source. A better analogy would be if Redhat put out an article detailing how Microsoft is failing as an operating system.
We are allowed to feel any way we wish. But at least our bias doesn't come from a hunger for new revenue streams.
Not at all.
./configure \
"--with-layout=Apache" \
"--enable-module=ssl" \
"--enable-shared=ssl" \
"--disable-rule=SSL_COMPAT" \
"--enable-rule=SSL_SDBM" \
Apache has the decency to not turn anything on UNLESS I TELL IT TO, not holding my hand and saying "Well, you probably mean to switch this on, so we'll go ahead and handle it for you!".
Blah.
So let's all go to a party...celebrating a software release...at which you might meet the founder of a popular website. And maybe then he will invite you over to his house for pizza and ice cream and you'll be best friends forever.
:-)
[Props to Gabe from Penny Arcade for the quote]
Somehow, going out to party with a bunch of sweaty male IT workers and Software Developers just doesn't sound like my idea of a good time.
Unless there's free beer. Then I'm all over it.
I'm not sure whether I should be disturbed that someone made a math joke, or that I laughed out loud at it.
*sigh*
Shush! Flannel Man will hear you!
"I have a sneaking suspicion that if there were a way to make movies without actors, George (Lucas) would do it." -- Mark Hamill (source, imdb.com)
What better way to eliminate your biggest competition than through litigation?
I think that works better than "Where Do You Want To Go Today" as a Microsoft tagline.
Ummmm.....GM isn't making the Oldsmobile anymore.
While you're working at home, make sure to lose those extra, unsightly pounds! Burn the fat away!
And add 1-3 inches to your penis!
I don't know about rather, but Weis & Hickman's Chronicles and Legends series would make an excellent film. I don't know that it could follow something like LOTR, though. Perhaps a made-for-tv (or HBO or whatever) movie?
That was the first thing I thought as well (glad it wasn't just me).
Wasn't that an IBM commercial? Man, I miss AdCritic.
It would have been intresting to see the summary generated from these three... Might have been a bit schizophrenic...
Hmmm....
Soldiers expose children in Yugoslavia to depleted uranium bullets; risk cancer
Now THAT'S journalism!
All of whom were stamped out within hours of being found.
That's the strength of open source.
I was under the impression (from the various Star Wars novels...don't know if they're canon or not) that post-Clone Wars Imperial Stormtroopers were all in fact clones. Correct me if I'm wrong?
Given the government spearheaded antitrust suits of the past (Ma Bell springs to mind) I'd say about 5-10 years. At which point the decision, one way or the other, will no longer matter.
Rambus is, for all intensive purposes, equal in price to DDR.
Intents and purposes. Sorry for being a grammar nazi, but I just couldn't take it anymore.
Intensive purposes makes me picture a bunch of Rambus execs in sweatbands and jogging suits chicking their pulses as they type up new 'cease-and-desist' orders.
Apparently 5 minutes of brisk pumping will give you 20 minutes of battery life
Think of what this could do for the sex toy industry.
*sigh* I can't believe I've stooped this low.
I just wanted my name listed on the 'Taco Gets Married' story. That's really my only reason.
Congrats Taco! Way cool way to propose.
Now I can return to being depressed about being single.