So you're saying that now we can replace that one Unix box that never crashes with 8 NT boxes that never crash at the same time. Sounds like a deal to me!;)
Why do most people think that the idea of a "superior" species using humans as raw material is horrific, but this kind of thing is alright? If you look at movies like Independence Day and The Matrix, the sole justification provided for destroying the "enemy" is that they are behaving almost exactly as these scientists are behaving toward the lab mice. I'm not an animal rights nut, but it seems like we've crossed some very important ethical boundaries when right and wrong are relative to whether we are the exploiter or the exploitee. It's a shame that throw-away sci-fi movies can seemingly grasp how terrible this kind of thing is but some of the best minds in the world either don't care or don't bother to consider it. This is _way _ beyond the usual animal cosmetic testing stuff.
If the storylines of those movies ever came true, I think we would probably be getting what we deserve. Karma can be a dangerous thing.
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>introducing B-trees into ext2
Geez, I can barely remember where everything is now. cd/usr/local/bin is a whole lot easier than cd/right/right/left/right/left/right/right/right.
I'm sure that a lot of people already know this, but for those who don't....
http://www.berlin-consortium.org
The Berlin Consortium appears to have similar goals( altho it's a little hard to tell from the somewhat vague PR by Objective Reality ) w/ the advantage of being GPLed. Berlin has the disadvantage of being rather in young in devel. terms tho.
I've not read Metcalfe before( and won't ever again if this article is indicative of his writing ) but it seems pretty obvious that this is a man who feels threatened by Linux and a software model that he just doesn't understand. This article is completely barren of any organized argument and is simply a knee-jerk bile dump. Let it go folks. Don't fill his Inbox with flames or even mail intended to gently "inform" him about Linux. He is either beyond help or hoping to produce an email/. effect which will provide him with more troll material.
Hmm...everytime I read about bio-computers it reminds me what Ken Thompson said about going into biology instead or CS. Why do I get the feeling that all of my experience with "traditional" computers is going to be worthless in about 15 years. Kinda like what happened to some of my older physics and EE profs when transistors came along and made their tube knowledge obsolete.
>"I don't think KDE has a future at this point, >it's not completely free yet and it's bound to a >single programming language in Unix. Gnome from >the very beginning has been accessible through >any language. We are providing the GUI for >all the languages and programmers can choose >the language they like the most," says Miguel.
At least on/., the GNOME/KDE flamewars finally cool off and then Miguel has to go and say stupid something like this!:(
KDE and GNOME are both very nice( I use pieces from both ) and there is no need for either team to make inflammatory statements like this. Let the kiddies fight this psuedo-debate out in the middle school lunch room. GNOME rocks! KDE rocks! But having a choice rocks even more!
Sure RMS probably doesn't like it, but "MS is a symptom of a larger problem." Or roughly thereabout. He probably wouldn't like it if the building was named after Ellison or Jobs either.
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So you're saying that now we can replace that ;)
one Unix box that never crashes with 8 NT boxes
that never crash at the same time. Sounds like
a deal to me!
I don't mean to sound like a jerk, but "I told
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you so!"
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=99/06/21/12
Why do most people think that the idea of a
"superior" species using humans as raw material
is horrific, but this kind of thing is alright?
If you look at movies like Independence Day and
The Matrix, the sole justification provided
for destroying the "enemy" is that they are
behaving almost exactly as these scientists are
behaving toward the lab mice. I'm not an animal
rights nut, but it seems like we've crossed
some very important ethical boundaries when
right and wrong are relative to whether we are
the exploiter or the exploitee. It's a shame
that throw-away sci-fi movies can seemingly
grasp how terrible this kind of thing is
but some of the best minds in the world either
don't care or don't bother to consider it.
This is _way _ beyond the usual animal cosmetic
testing stuff.
If the storylines of those movies ever came true,
I think we would probably be getting what we
deserve. Karma can be a dangerous thing.
Yeah...I realized that after I hit submit. Oh well.
>introducing B-trees into ext2
/usr/local/bin is a whole lot easier than /right/right/left/right/left/right/right/right.
Geez, I can barely remember where everything is
now. cd
cd
;)
Did you actually read what was at the link? He states that the book will be available at least via anon. CVS.
I'm sure that a lot of people already know this, but for those who don't....
http://www.berlin-consortium.org
The Berlin Consortium appears to have similar
goals( altho it's a little hard to tell from the
somewhat vague PR by Objective Reality ) w/ the
advantage of being GPLed. Berlin has the
disadvantage of being rather in young in
devel. terms tho.
for just a second...
"What fails to kill me makes me only stronger."
-F. Nietzsche
Thank you. Now quit crying and start coding.
That is all.
I've not read Metcalfe before( and won't ever /. effect which will provide
again if this article is indicative of his
writing ) but it seems pretty obvious that this
is a man who feels threatened by Linux and a
software model that he just doesn't understand.
This article is completely barren of any
organized argument and is simply a knee-jerk bile dump. Let
it go folks. Don't fill his Inbox with flames or
even mail intended to gently "inform" him about
Linux. He is either beyond help or hoping to
produce an email
him with more troll material.
Hmm...everytime I read about bio-computers it
reminds me what Ken Thompson said about going into
biology instead or CS. Why do I get the feeling
that all of my experience with "traditional"
computers is going to be worthless in about 15
years. Kinda like what happened to some of my
older physics and EE profs when transistors came
along and made their tube knowledge obsolete.
now the PR people who were working on the Usenet astroturf campaign can go ahead and admit
they're contracting with MS.?.
>"I don't think KDE has a future at this point,
/., the GNOME/KDE flamewars finally cool off and then Miguel has to go and say stupid something like this! :(
>it's not completely free yet and it's bound to a
>single programming language in Unix. Gnome from
>the very beginning has been accessible through >any language. We are providing the GUI for
>all the languages and programmers can choose
>the language they like the most," says Miguel.
At least on
KDE and GNOME are both very nice( I use pieces
from both ) and there is no need for either team
to make inflammatory statements like this. Let
the kiddies fight this psuedo-debate out in the
middle school lunch room. GNOME rocks! KDE rocks!
But having a choice rocks even more!
Sure RMS probably doesn't like it, but "MS is a
symptom of a larger problem." Or roughly
thereabout. He probably wouldn't like it if the
building was named after Ellison or Jobs either.
They want to use hydrogen from water as fuel. ;)
Cool...maybe we can use up some of the
runoff from the melting polar ice caps.
I'd wear a T with that big bug head. :D
The Kentucky theatre here in Lexington serves beer( I think from the tap too! ). Does that mean that Lex. is sorta like Amsterdam? ;) Yuh...I wish.