On behalf of all Mormons, you guys are making a far bigger deal out of it than we are. I read it and just went... meh.. it's Linus being Linus.
I think we can handle' Linus' opinion after. oh, having the US Gov't try to exterminate us and being the target of 'Christian' hate, I mean Love, for a couple hundred years that resulting in smear campaigns, regular protests in front of our places of worship, tar and feathering, burning down our homes, raping our women and killing our children and murdering our leaders....
Linus, no problem. I'll take Linus' love over 'Christian' love any day.
You're taking a lot of things out of context and twisting them to make them seem far stranger than they are. That's the same sort of behavior that the evangelicals engage in to make evolution seem crazy and atheists seem dangerous to other evangelicals. I suspect your understanding isn't that great, all you've heard is some sensationalist things that have been twisted for shock value.
While some may believe that its not church doctrine. Don't confuse us with the evangelicals. The one thing people don't get about mormonism is that it allows for a wide variety of different views. I'm personally an evolutionist who believes in an old earth and I'm far from the only one.
I doubt it, we're use to this kind of abuse; and besides if we're smart enough to be Linux users we're smart enough to know that this is just Linus being Linus.
Linus made the comment on his google plus feed. He also backtracked and apologized the next day so there is nothing to see here, the story should be marked a flamebait. If you really want to know what Linus thinks and says his Google + page is the best place to start.
Linear Algebra and Discrete Math are probably the most relevant, depending on your field. (Number, ring theory are also useful, sometimes.) I've never used Calculus in my job; but there are probably folks who do, it's just rare.
That said, there is something to be said about the way mathematics can bring structure and rigor to a person's thought process. After raising 2 teens I'm convinced that the 2 most important things to helping someone learn how to think are math and expository essay writing; after that the rest is just data.
As someone who did just that (well over 10 years ago,) you will absolutely be pigeon holed if you go into some type of sysadmin job if that's where you start. Generally, in the technology sector (usually referred to as IT in the corporate world) there are programming jobs and infrastructure (sysadmin type) jobs. Whichever side you 'grow up' on, it makes it harder to move to the other side. Management will always pigeon hole you as a result of your experience. The more of it you have, the more typecast you'll be.
Differences in the OS's may account for much of the difference. IIRC it was Phoronix that posted a graphics benchmark that showed that 3d games on linux were faster when run under KDE than Unity or GNOME3 (which was the slowest.) Also, differences in X,gcc/glib could also account. Don't assume that newer is faster. Often times it's not.
I'm running SC2 on Ubuntu with an NVidia card with all the settings max'd out and it runs just as fast as on windows. There are known issues with the ATI drivers under Linux and SC2. Actually the ATI drivers are not the greatest on Linux to begin with.
Shan Bilimoria, a professor and molecular virologist, said the bees may be taking a one-two punch from both an insect virus and a fungus, which may be causing bees to die off by the billions...
"researchers discovered through spectroscopic analysis evidence of a moth virus called insect iridescent virus (IIV) 6 and a fungal parasite called Nosema."
Something like that. They cross bred a very docile bee with a very aggressive african bee which produced lots of very good honey. They though that by doing so they could get a docile bee which produced lots of top quality honey. Unfortunately they ended up with a bee that would kick your a$$ if you even looked at it funny, never mind trying to get the honey.
Just goes to show you that most people can't or won't think for themselves. Most people just follow the herd, no matter what that herd is... and if you disagree with that herd you are a moron or an idiot, etc. Another posted mentioned " what we see as reasonable is VERY often decided by the range of views we are exposed to" and I think he's got it spot on precisely b/c people don't think critically and usually aren't informed (but are more that willing to render an opinion.)
The problem is probably due to the fact that public high schools (most people only have high school education) generally teach people to memorize and recite rather than think critically. Think back onto most exams you've ever had (secondary and even post secondary) and how many of them required critical thinking ability? Very few. But you probably got great marks in most subjects if you could just memorize and recite data.
Taking the posted ratio of 66% Apache (assuming all Linux, which I know is not true) to 23% IIS that means that:
There are 2.869 times as many Apache installations as IIS.
Windows is reported with 139,503 defacements.
Linux is reported with 306,076 defacements.
If we scale the Windows defacements by the ratio of Apache/IIS we get:
Windows scaled: 400,313 (rounded up) defacements
Linux (raw): 306,076 defacements
Draw your own conclusions. (Realizing that this is flawed and meaningless.)
Great, now we'll have the extreme left nut jobs chaining themselves to plants and committing vegetable rights terrorism in their war to save plants from the evils of corporations, America and that most loathsome enemy of all, worthy of destruction for the good of plants and animals alike, humanity!!!
That is true. In eastern Ontario there are actually a surprising number of homes/apartments, etc. that still run on electrical heating, so in the winter, your peak usage could actually be during the night (in the winter) This is just a political ploy by the provincial liberals to score points with environmentalists who work more on emotion than logic.
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Romney will only help to normalize Mormonism if he gets elected. That said, he's going to reinforce skewed stereotypes to many people regardless.
No thanks, you can keep them in your pants.
Good post Brother Portforward ;)
Hey, every group has some people that they'd like to get rid of.
On behalf of all Mormons, you guys are making a far bigger deal out of it than we are. I read it and just went... meh.. it's Linus being Linus.
I think we can handle' Linus' opinion after. oh, having the US Gov't try to exterminate us and being the target of 'Christian' hate, I mean Love, for a couple hundred years that resulting in smear campaigns, regular protests in front of our places of worship, tar and feathering, burning down our homes, raping our women and killing our children and murdering our leaders....
Linus, no problem. I'll take Linus' love over 'Christian' love any day.
You're taking a lot of things out of context and twisting them to make them seem far stranger than they are. That's the same sort of behavior that the evangelicals engage in to make evolution seem crazy and atheists seem dangerous to other evangelicals. I suspect your understanding isn't that great, all you've heard is some sensationalist things that have been twisted for shock value.
While some may believe that its not church doctrine. Don't confuse us with the evangelicals. The one thing people don't get about mormonism is that it allows for a wide variety of different views. I'm personally an evolutionist who believes in an old earth and I'm far from the only one.
I doubt it, we're use to this kind of abuse; and besides if we're smart enough to be Linux users we're smart enough to know that this is just Linus being Linus.
Linus made the comment on his google plus feed. He also backtracked and apologized the next day so there is nothing to see here, the story should be marked a flamebait. If you really want to know what Linus thinks and says his Google + page is the best place to start.
Certainly an achievement which has to be satisfying for the developers. Good job guys.
Then perhaps they'd quit their jihad on users.
Linear Algebra and Discrete Math are probably the most relevant, depending on your field. (Number, ring theory are also useful, sometimes.) I've never used Calculus in my job; but there are probably folks who do, it's just rare.
That said, there is something to be said about the way mathematics can bring structure and rigor to a person's thought process. After raising 2 teens I'm convinced that the 2 most important things to helping someone learn how to think are math and expository essay writing; after that the rest is just data.
Hell yeah. Protect yourself. I agree 100%
As someone who did just that (well over 10 years ago,) you will absolutely be pigeon holed if you go into some type of sysadmin job if that's where you start. Generally, in the technology sector (usually referred to as IT in the corporate world) there are programming jobs and infrastructure (sysadmin type) jobs. Whichever side you 'grow up' on, it makes it harder to move to the other side. Management will always pigeon hole you as a result of your experience. The more of it you have, the more typecast you'll be.
Differences in the OS's may account for much of the difference. IIRC it was Phoronix that posted a graphics benchmark that showed that 3d games on linux were faster when run under KDE than Unity or GNOME3 (which was the slowest.) Also, differences in X,gcc/glib could also account. Don't assume that newer is faster. Often times it's not.
I'm running SC2 on Ubuntu with an NVidia card with all the settings max'd out and it runs just as fast as on windows. There are known issues with the ATI drivers under Linux and SC2. Actually the ATI drivers are not the greatest on Linux to begin with.
Just wondering, this is China we're talking about (and it's not a racist statement b/c I'm ethnically Chinese.)
Here some information from that article I posted:
Shan Bilimoria, a professor and molecular virologist, said the bees may be taking a one-two punch from both an insect virus and a fungus, which may be causing bees to die off by the billions...
"researchers discovered through spectroscopic analysis evidence of a moth virus called insect iridescent virus (IIV) 6 and a fungal parasite called Nosema."
This is the last I read about it:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101007183018.htm
Something like that. They cross bred a very docile bee with a very aggressive african bee which produced lots of very good honey. They though that by doing so they could get a docile bee which produced lots of top quality honey. Unfortunately they ended up with a bee that would kick your a$$ if you even looked at it funny, never mind trying to get the honey.
Just goes to show you that most people can't or won't think for themselves. Most people just follow the herd, no matter what that herd is... and if you disagree with that herd you are a moron or an idiot, etc. Another posted mentioned " what we see as reasonable is VERY often decided by the range of views we are exposed to" and I think he's got it spot on precisely b/c people don't think critically and usually aren't informed (but are more that willing to render an opinion.)
The problem is probably due to the fact that public high schools (most people only have high school education) generally teach people to memorize and recite rather than think critically. Think back onto most exams you've ever had (secondary and even post secondary) and how many of them required critical thinking ability? Very few. But you probably got great marks in most subjects if you could just memorize and recite data.
Lol. Tell me about it....
Taking the posted ratio of 66% Apache (assuming all Linux, which I know is not true) to 23% IIS that means that:
There are 2.869 times as many Apache installations as IIS. Windows is reported with 139,503 defacements. Linux is reported with 306,076 defacements.
If we scale the Windows defacements by the ratio of Apache/IIS we get: Windows scaled: 400,313 (rounded up) defacements Linux (raw): 306,076 defacements
Draw your own conclusions. (Realizing that this is flawed and meaningless.)
Great, now we'll have the extreme left nut jobs chaining themselves to plants and committing vegetable rights terrorism in their war to save plants from the evils of corporations, America and that most loathsome enemy of all, worthy of destruction for the good of plants and animals alike, humanity!!!
That is true. In eastern Ontario there are actually a surprising number of homes/apartments, etc. that still run on electrical heating, so in the winter, your peak usage could actually be during the night (in the winter) This is just a political ploy by the provincial liberals to score points with environmentalists who work more on emotion than logic.