FreeBSD gained read-only support for XFS in December 2005 and in June 2006 experimental write support was introduced; however this is supposed to be used only as an aid in migration from Linux, not to be used as a "main" filesystem.
That doesn't sound much like what he said; or at least, not in his essay "Prediction as a Side Effect". The essay begins:
It is not really the business of science fiction writers to predict the future. It is particularly not our business to predict trivia. If we could foresee, with accuracy, the minor details of tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, we wouldn't waste our time in that most insecure of all occupations—free-lance writing. We would play the stock market and the horses, instead, and grow rich.
The fact is that the science fiction writer's first aim is to tell an interesting and exciting story that will amuse the reader[...]
(The essay is collected in Today and Tomorrow and... for anyone who wants to look it up.)
Which is why any web page about the board game Go ought to have the Korean name "Baduk" on it somewhere — it's unambiguous and makes googling much easier for Go players.
This is the Black Sea deluge hypothesis, originated by William Ryan and Walter Pitman. (Although they argued that the Black Sea already existed before the flood, but was signinficantly smaller.) Incidentally, Orson Scott Card wrote a story which postulates that the Flood legends started with a prehistoric flood which filled the modern-day Red Sea.
Sure, but at least we have some idea what to do about an asteroid impact. How would we prepare for a supervolcano? The only way to survive is by being somewhere else when it erupts.
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Clusty does in fact have image search.
OneLook has some other cool features, too, e.g. reverse lookup, pattern matching, and acronym-only search.
I was wondering about that; I saw "FreeBSD 8.0 Final" a few days ago on FileForum, but the FreeBSD homepage said RC3 was the latest.
(The essay is collected in Today and Tomorrow and... for anyone who wants to look it up.)
Usenet, then.
"Auto-cannibalism is not the answer." — the Zork trilogy
The 1/3 figure isn't originally from Milton, he took it from the Book of Revelation.
Which is why any web page about the board game Go ought to have the Korean name "Baduk" on it somewhere — it's unambiguous and makes googling much easier for Go players.
It's known as "uptalk"; see e.g. this old Language Log post.
They require ROM images, which are usually illegal to distribute.
This is the Black Sea deluge hypothesis, originated by William Ryan and Walter Pitman. (Although they argued that the Black Sea already existed before the flood, but was signinficantly smaller.) Incidentally, Orson Scott Card wrote a story which postulates that the Flood legends started with a prehistoric flood which filled the modern-day Red Sea.
No, no — the line is "Oh my god, it's full of planets!"
That sounds more like proof that Mel Kaye is God.
Look at these recent poll results and you may be less surprised — not everyone in Russia thinks the old Soviet system was a bad thing, evidently!
Extended support hasn't ended just yet.
But if you're a minister, you'll be completely unsurprised?
In fact, the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 forbids us to claim any part of the Moon.
And is located on our Moon, not one of Jupiter's.
I wonder how popular it would ever be as a film, since the storyline is so dark and depressing.
This problem has been discussed recently on Language Log, for those who are interested.
Sure, but at least we have some idea what to do about an asteroid impact. How would we prepare for a supervolcano? The only way to survive is by being somewhere else when it erupts.
Here is an older paper with a similar conclusion (and the same lead author).
His short pieces are currently being reprinted in hardcover. I have the four volumes (out of six) which have come out so far.
Not on your life! Unless I've got Aslan to help me, of course.