Because the conference is operated by a 3rd party company. They made sure everything is working and the provide pre-tested equipment and setup. You don't setup your own systems at a conference hall.
You sure about that? I've gone to meetings with others with the sole intent of making certain that the presentation works. The first priority is that my specific laptop was used. And very often you do not want your slideshow ot be on someone elses computer period. You know - reasons.
All that does is change the question to why a conference called the "Open Source Summit 2017" does not use Linux to present. I suspect the reason is that presentations are all about polish and while I love Open Source software the one (and perhaps only) thing that commercial software does seem to do better is polish.
I use MacOS, Linux, and Windows computers. I use any of them to present with. Makes no difference to me, and shouldn't make any difference to anyone else. He was using a UNIX computer which is quite similar to a Linux computer. Has it been confirmed that his computer is running the MacOS operating system? I have a nice old 27 inch Core2Duo iMack I have Linux installed on sitting beside me.
Regardless, this is a really dumb thing to get excited about.
Do you seriously think sexual harassment is not a serious issue? Or is it just not an issue when a Clinton is involved?
Hey- he was pretty sleazy. My second point is that a lot of people are applying different metrics to sleaze. Do you seriously think that getting an adversary of the US is less of a big deal than a blow job? I get it, Trump supporters are yearning for the US to emulate Russia.
But my first point, somewhere back in this thread, is that once your history is looked into, they find and act on what they find. Your boy would be doing better if the decision came down that they need to move on to a different tack in the investigation, and never mind Russia. They are expanding, and not abandoning that. And they aren't looking at blowjobs.
You and a lot of other presumed Trump supporters are engaging in deflection. I'm no suporter of Slick Willy. I just inform you of historical precedent and case law of what you have to look forward to.
Peace out, sweet dreams, and may your heros always crush their enemies. Perhaps we shall share salt and bread some day.
Clinton wasn't impeached for 'a goddamn blowjob'. He was impeached for lying under oath about a blowjob. Whatever your opinions on various sexual acts you probably agree lying under oath is wrong.
His answer was indeed wrong. For myself, I would answer "None of your business" and tell them to put me in jail for contempt. I wonder if He could have been impeached if Starr asked "Have you stopped beating Hillary yet?"
The point is not that he lied under oath. The point is that they went to that extent to go after him. Especially since the Linda Tripp and Monica Lewinsky association is so very interesting.
A secondary point of interest is that while it was apparently such a moral act, that the good Mr Starr, who was no doubt appalled and horrified at this terrible thing of two adults sharing a consensual act, managed to ignore 6 separate rape charges at the Christian school he was chancellor of (Baylor) While a secondary issue, it is not lost on the astute observer that blowjobs must be pursued when it is your enemy, but rape is okay when you are protecting your own.
There is so damned much wrong with your comment...
To start, you assumed my gender. Not that I care, I do it all the time, too; but the people who do care are annoying and will tear you a new one over it, so... yeah.
"Guy" as a admission not of gender, but that I am engaging in an act of communicating with a member of homo sapiens sapiens, is commonly accepted by almost all people I know as a fine way of referring to other people.
As for annoying those folks you mention, that's a good thing in my book. I see male and female sex or gender, and whatever a person wants to do with consenting other adults is not concerning to me. But these people who toss gender around like there is an infinite number of genders, but for some reason become enraged if you don't refer to them by the exact one of their choice, are holding both that getting and referring to their chosen gender correctness is absolutely critical, and irrelevant at the same time.
They start out angry, and if I can trigger rage in their hate filled little noggins, I am pleased. I gather the same joy in pissing off Trump voters, and any and all of left and right wing brainless types.
But I digress.
Second, the CDC's recommendations on that page have nothing whatsoever to do with basic hygiene, which is what was being discussed here. Also, I'm not the poster who questioned your trust in basic hygiene (just in case you don't look at usernames) and haven't really been obstinate here. I d now, after reading what you just posted, question your understanding of basic hygiene, as your reference mentions a whole slew of procedures, but only touches on anything hygiene-related with regard to post-gardening activity.
What on earth are you talking about guy? If I might take the liberty of going through what the CDC is promoting in their efforts to keep people from toxoplasmosis, the first thing they refer to is food preparation. Food preparation hygiene is really basic. Cook to a proper temperature - we use 160 s a guideline in my house. Wash veggies and fruits thoroughly. This not only gets rid of pathogens, but insecticides as well. Wash everything the food touches before and afterwards, which includes countertops, cutting boards knives an utensils, and for crissakes, your hands! Also in my place, we wear gloves if there are any cuts or other injuries to the hands.
And the same goes for doing stuff outside in the garden. Nitrile gloves are the order of the day. I wear them for gardening, and while not related to this discussion, I wear them while working on the car. They keep my hands nice and clean.
Regardless, this is basic in my book, perhaps it is considered obsessive compulsive in others. But then so are the CDC's recommendations I guess. I'm not in the least afraid to get dirty, but I do know the pathways of infection.
Finally, as a guy on Slashdot, you can't know that I actually have two cats. Well, you can, because I just told you. Don't just take my word for it, though; shoot me an email and we'll connect on Skype or Slack so you can ask them if they think I like them.
I believe you, but I wanted to ask the question because I wanted to clear up which angle you were taking. Now it looks like your assessment of my hygiene tactics.
And Al Capone was caught on Tax Evasion. What's your point. Just as Capone was taken down by an extraneous conviction, so was Slick Willy. Everybody KNEW Capone was a psycopath, only half of the country thought Slick Willy was evil and corrupt. It was just made GLARINGLY obvious when Hillary got anywhere near the White House, that shady shit would and did happen.
Well then, you are completely accepting and applaud anything that happens to Trump then, eh? That is my point. Shit what goes around, shit what comes around, and Karma and case law make for your own ox getting gored, or hoist by your own petard as they say.
A politically adroit person who knows nothing about the executive position can probably gut their area, eliminate all but a small group of employees, and look like a genius for a while, running their organization like a real boss, with miraculous low payroll.
No, a politically adroit person would find people who would produce more value to the firm than the division did before him.
Well? surely doesn't work out that way very often, does it?
Reducing your own body count is the last thing an executive wants. An executive justifies his personal growth in power by managing more people. Reducing his head count is tantamount to admitting that his role is growing less relevant.
In many circles, that makes sense. I worked under a couple though, who did their damndest to get rid of people, because they thought it would make them look good. And while it didn't work out all that well, they advanced under the old adage, "Fuck up, move up" But they kissed ass with the best of them.
Now that Mueller is running the biggest criminal investigation in world history (Russia and Trump's coup), and that Russia's criminal aggression and deceit is coming out, I expect arrests.
I'll laugh so hard when all the Putin-lovers are in jail, tossing Bubba's salad.
As the steadfast Republicans are finding out, there is not a limit on where these investigations go. I recall ehy giggled like schoolgirls as their moral touchstone, a man of highes saintly caliber refused to respond to rapists at Baylor, and now has reaped much Karma.
But I digress, The good Mr Starr, when the Republicans decided it was time to take Little Willy Clinton down, started with the Whitewater S&L scandal. Oops, nothing there. So now it is Paula Jones. Hmm, about as trustworthy and attention seeking as a Kardashian. So now we move on to Vince Foster suicide. Ermmm, pretty bad taste, for the party of the moral high ground. So finally, a goddamn blowjob allowed them to impeach old Slick Willy. A sleazy dude for certain, but perhaps a trendsetter for the current occupant.
Call it karma, call it prior art or case law, the leader of the Republican party now gets to endure the same sort of thing.
I wonder if the worst thing they will find is a blowjob between two consenting adults?
Diseases that can spread by contact with people or other animals that require you to transfer the pathogens to your mouth just need a break in the transmission pathway.
Unless you also have a break in your skin, in which case they'll just take that route. Frequent washing (basic hygiene) dries the skin, creating many breaks, unless you also frequently moisturize (above and beyond basic hygiene); therefore, basic hygiene is not enough and, in fact, too much of it can be detrimental.
Well, as a guy on Slashdot, you can know what you know. Meanwhile, I'll take the CDC's reccommendations. https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/... I have done what they suggest for years. We cook our meat properly, store it properly, Feed our indoor cats as recommended, I wear nitrile gloves as needed, and despite having cats for the past 40 + years have not contracted Toxoplasmosis.
Is your obstinate stance on this issue possibly related to not liking cats?
This is so simply avoidable by simple basic hygiene.
You have a level of trust in "basic hygiene" that I simply don't share, and I can't even imagine how to conduct a study that would prove your thesis directly.
I bet even the most clinically extreme neat freak experiences an unwitting basic hygiene lapse at least once per week.
I'm not certain how to reply. Diseases that can spread by contact with people or other animals that require you to transfer the pathogens to your mouth just need a break in the transmission pathway.
If it's that simple, why is the infection so widespread?
Because most people practice really poor hygiene.
Cats, unlike dogs or pigs, lick themselves all over, including their little cat bottoms
Dogs also lick their buttholes. Google dog licking it's ass and you'll be treated to a real "treat". And as I noted, many eat their own or other dog's shit. I remember at a pet store years ago, there were two cute little terrier pups in a cage. People were oooh'ing, and aww'ing the little guys, when one gets ready to take a dump, and the other one scaps that tootsie roll up as it's coming out - the turd never hit the floor. Oooh turned to Ewwww! quickly.
Toxoplasma gondii is outrageously common, can be avoided by simple hygiene, and if you have an indoor cat, you are seriously unlikely to catch a dose. And this bit of FUD is really ancient as well. When my wife and I had a child 34 years ago, we were told about the dangers of Toxoplasmosis. The advice was to not have her clean out the litter is we had a cat that goes outside, and for hand washing hygiene.
On the serious side, cook yer gadamned food properly and wash your hands after doing shit like taking a crap, or petting pigs, and then all you'll have to worry about is everything else.
Your insistence upon these elitist behaviors is the reason your side lost the 2016 election.
And motherfuckers like you equate ignorance to education.
You must be new here. Ratzo's post was the best kind of sarcasm, the type that is true.
After all, in a country where science and health education is learned at the hands of politicians, all science and health leaning form scientists is now suspect, and better treated as all wrong.
On the serious side, cook yer gadamned food properly and wash your hands after doing shit like taking a crap, or petting pigs, and then all you'll have to worry about is everything else.
Your insistence upon these elitist behaviors is the reason your side lost the 2016 election.
I laughed, but I wasn't certain that you weren't being serious. Either way, you are correct.
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Please also tell us your theories on how Trump was behind 9/11!
Silly - Obama is the villian. He didn't do one thing about 9/11. There's no denying that.
Because the conference is operated by a 3rd party company. They made sure everything is working and the provide pre-tested equipment and setup. You don't setup your own systems at a conference hall.
You sure about that? I've gone to meetings with others with the sole intent of making certain that the presentation works. The first priority is that my specific laptop was used. And very often you do not want your slideshow ot be on someone elses computer period. You know - reasons.
All that does is change the question to why a conference called the "Open Source Summit 2017" does not use Linux to present. I suspect the reason is that presentations are all about polish and while I love Open Source software the one (and perhaps only) thing that commercial software does seem to do better is polish.
I use MacOS, Linux, and Windows computers. I use any of them to present with. Makes no difference to me, and shouldn't make any difference to anyone else. He was using a UNIX computer which is quite similar to a Linux computer. Has it been confirmed that his computer is running the MacOS operating system? I have a nice old 27 inch Core2Duo iMack I have Linux installed on sitting beside me.
Regardless, this is a really dumb thing to get excited about.
Do you seriously think sexual harassment is not a serious issue? Or is it just not an issue when a Clinton is involved?
Hey- he was pretty sleazy. My second point is that a lot of people are applying different metrics to sleaze. Do you seriously think that getting an adversary of the US is less of a big deal than a blow job? I get it, Trump supporters are yearning for the US to emulate Russia.
But my first point, somewhere back in this thread, is that once your history is looked into, they find and act on what they find. Your boy would be doing better if the decision came down that they need to move on to a different tack in the investigation, and never mind Russia. They are expanding, and not abandoning that. And they aren't looking at blowjobs.
You and a lot of other presumed Trump supporters are engaging in deflection. I'm no suporter of Slick Willy. I just inform you of historical precedent and case law of what you have to look forward to.
Peace out, sweet dreams, and may your heros always crush their enemies. Perhaps we shall share salt and bread some day.
We good?
Of course!
As I Trump supporter I fucking pray dems somehow win the house in 2018 and immediately impeach him over a fucking Russian facebook ad.
My personal hope is that Trump supporters declare war on the rest of us. It's about time for Civil war number 2. So get out there, and MAGA.
>I was only pretending to be retarded!
Well hell, how is a retard like me supposed to know? 8^)
So, your response is ignorant, racist stereotypes? Figures.
Look You anonymous Coward - exactly what race am I isting? You would be really really surprised to find out my ethnicity.
And it is ethnicity I'm spearing, not race. Don't you have a cultural appropriation protest to go to somewhere Angelique?
Boris Godunov, Boris Pasternak, Boris Yeltsin, Boris Nemtsov, Boris Berezovsky, Boris Johnson, ...
Strange that he didn't know there are people in Russia named Boris. Whatever, I'm just here for the LuLz
So you really do think that you are genuinely funny.
I'm the straight man - allowing you fo be funny. Yer doin a helluva job!
How is that trolling if you use an unrelated name? Sounds more like a noob trying too hard. And Mikhael is Jewish, by the way.
Whooshies,
Clinton wasn't impeached for 'a goddamn blowjob'. He was impeached for lying under oath about a blowjob. Whatever your opinions on various sexual acts you probably agree lying under oath is wrong.
His answer was indeed wrong. For myself, I would answer "None of your business" and tell them to put me in jail for contempt. I wonder if He could have been impeached if Starr asked "Have you stopped beating Hillary yet?"
The point is not that he lied under oath. The point is that they went to that extent to go after him. Especially since the Linda Tripp and Monica Lewinsky association is so very interesting.
A secondary point of interest is that while it was apparently such a moral act, that the good Mr Starr, who was no doubt appalled and horrified at this terrible thing of two adults sharing a consensual act, managed to ignore 6 separate rape charges at the Christian school he was chancellor of (Baylor) While a secondary issue, it is not lost on the astute observer that blowjobs must be pursued when it is your enemy, but rape is okay when you are protecting your own.
Jes sayin'
There is so damned much wrong with your comment... To start, you assumed my gender. Not that I care, I do it all the time, too; but the people who do care are annoying and will tear you a new one over it, so... yeah.
"Guy" as a admission not of gender, but that I am engaging in an act of communicating with a member of homo sapiens sapiens, is commonly accepted by almost all people I know as a fine way of referring to other people.
As for annoying those folks you mention, that's a good thing in my book. I see male and female sex or gender, and whatever a person wants to do with consenting other adults is not concerning to me. But these people who toss gender around like there is an infinite number of genders, but for some reason become enraged if you don't refer to them by the exact one of their choice, are holding both that getting and referring to their chosen gender correctness is absolutely critical, and irrelevant at the same time.
They start out angry, and if I can trigger rage in their hate filled little noggins, I am pleased. I gather the same joy in pissing off Trump voters, and any and all of left and right wing brainless types.
But I digress.
Second, the CDC's recommendations on that page have nothing whatsoever to do with basic hygiene, which is what was being discussed here. Also, I'm not the poster who questioned your trust in basic hygiene (just in case you don't look at usernames) and haven't really been obstinate here. I d now, after reading what you just posted, question your understanding of basic hygiene, as your reference mentions a whole slew of procedures, but only touches on anything hygiene-related with regard to post-gardening activity.
What on earth are you talking about guy? If I might take the liberty of going through what the CDC is promoting in their efforts to keep people from toxoplasmosis, the first thing they refer to is food preparation. Food preparation hygiene is really basic. Cook to a proper temperature - we use 160 s a guideline in my house. Wash veggies and fruits thoroughly. This not only gets rid of pathogens, but insecticides as well. Wash everything the food touches before and afterwards, which includes countertops, cutting boards knives an utensils, and for crissakes, your hands! Also in my place, we wear gloves if there are any cuts or other injuries to the hands.
And the same goes for doing stuff outside in the garden. Nitrile gloves are the order of the day. I wear them for gardening, and while not related to this discussion, I wear them while working on the car. They keep my hands nice and clean.
Regardless, this is basic in my book, perhaps it is considered obsessive compulsive in others. But then so are the CDC's recommendations I guess. I'm not in the least afraid to get dirty, but I do know the pathways of infection.
Finally, as a guy on Slashdot, you can't know that I actually have two cats. Well, you can, because I just told you. Don't just take my word for it, though; shoot me an email and we'll connect on Skype or Slack so you can ask them if they think I like them.
I believe you, but I wanted to ask the question because I wanted to clear up which angle you were taking. Now it looks like your assessment of my hygiene tactics.
And Al Capone was caught on Tax Evasion. What's your point. Just as Capone was taken down by an extraneous conviction, so was Slick Willy. Everybody KNEW Capone was a psycopath, only half of the country thought Slick Willy was evil and corrupt. It was just made GLARINGLY obvious when Hillary got anywhere near the White House, that shady shit would and did happen.
Well then, you are completely accepting and applaud anything that happens to Trump then, eh? That is my point. Shit what goes around, shit what comes around, and Karma and case law make for your own ox getting gored, or hoist by your own petard as they say.
A politically adroit person who knows nothing about the executive position can probably gut their area, eliminate all but a small group of employees, and look like a genius for a while, running their organization like a real boss, with miraculous low payroll.
No, a politically adroit person would find people who would produce more value to the firm than the division did before him.
Well? surely doesn't work out that way very often, does it?
Reducing your own body count is the last thing an executive wants. An executive justifies his personal growth in power by managing more people. Reducing his head count is tantamount to admitting that his role is growing less relevant.
In many circles, that makes sense. I worked under a couple though, who did their damndest to get rid of people, because they thought it would make them look good. And while it didn't work out all that well, they advanced under the old adage, "Fuck up, move up" But they kissed ass with the best of them.
Why are you constantly using a Bulgarian name as an ethnic slur against the Russians?
Because I love trolling the Russians and you. Now go collect your rubles. Mikhail
What if Russia-gate never happened, it was a total lie? Zero credible evidence so far.
That Mueller is desperately fishing everywhere is quite telling.
That Slashdot continues its blanket coverage of this story, almost certainly fake news, is also telling.
Oh, shut up Boris, you're boring.
Seriously, if you are actually an American, secede and declare war on us already.
Completely unprecedented. But it will be awesome.
Something tells me there will be a two word response as people run out of their houses. I think we all know what that is.
Now that Mueller is running the biggest criminal investigation in world history (Russia and Trump's coup), and that Russia's criminal aggression and deceit is coming out, I expect arrests.
I'll laugh so hard when all the Putin-lovers are in jail, tossing Bubba's salad.
As the steadfast Republicans are finding out, there is not a limit on where these investigations go. I recall ehy giggled like schoolgirls as their moral touchstone, a man of highes saintly caliber refused to respond to rapists at Baylor, and now has reaped much Karma.
But I digress, The good Mr Starr, when the Republicans decided it was time to take Little Willy Clinton down, started with the Whitewater S&L scandal. Oops, nothing there. So now it is Paula Jones. Hmm, about as trustworthy and attention seeking as a Kardashian. So now we move on to Vince Foster suicide. Ermmm, pretty bad taste, for the party of the moral high ground. So finally, a goddamn blowjob allowed them to impeach old Slick Willy. A sleazy dude for certain, but perhaps a trendsetter for the current occupant.
Call it karma, call it prior art or case law, the leader of the Republican party now gets to endure the same sort of thing.
I wonder if the worst thing they will find is a blowjob between two consenting adults?
Diseases that can spread by contact with people or other animals that require you to transfer the pathogens to your mouth just need a break in the transmission pathway.
Unless you also have a break in your skin, in which case they'll just take that route. Frequent washing (basic hygiene) dries the skin, creating many breaks, unless you also frequently moisturize (above and beyond basic hygiene); therefore, basic hygiene is not enough and, in fact, too much of it can be detrimental.
Well, as a guy on Slashdot, you can know what you know. Meanwhile, I'll take the CDC's reccommendations. https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/... I have done what they suggest for years. We cook our meat properly, store it properly, Feed our indoor cats as recommended, I wear nitrile gloves as needed, and despite having cats for the past 40 + years have not contracted Toxoplasmosis.
Is your obstinate stance on this issue possibly related to not liking cats?
You have a level of trust in "basic hygiene" that I simply don't share, and I can't even imagine how to conduct a study that would prove your thesis directly.
I bet even the most clinically extreme neat freak experiences an unwitting basic hygiene lapse at least once per week.
I'm not certain how to reply. Diseases that can spread by contact with people or other animals that require you to transfer the pathogens to your mouth just need a break in the transmission pathway.
If it's that simple, why is the infection so widespread?
Because most people practice really poor hygiene.
Cats, unlike dogs or pigs, lick themselves all over, including their little cat bottoms
Dogs also lick their buttholes. Google dog licking it's ass and you'll be treated to a real "treat". And as I noted, many eat their own or other dog's shit. I remember at a pet store years ago, there were two cute little terrier pups in a cage. People were oooh'ing, and aww'ing the little guys, when one gets ready to take a dump, and the other one scaps that tootsie roll up as it's coming out - the turd never hit the floor. Oooh turned to Ewwww! quickly.
Anyhow take it up with these guys http://www.petmd.com/dog/condi...
Toxoplasma gondii is outrageously common, can be avoided by simple hygiene, and if you have an indoor cat, you are seriously unlikely to catch a dose. And this bit of FUD is really ancient as well. When my wife and I had a child 34 years ago, we were told about the dangers of Toxoplasmosis. The advice was to not have her clean out the litter is we had a cat that goes outside, and for hand washing hygiene.
It's a parasite that makes people hoard cats.
Or attempt to herd cats
Your insistence upon these elitist behaviors is the reason your side lost the 2016 election.
And motherfuckers like you equate ignorance to education.
You must be new here. Ratzo's post was the best kind of sarcasm, the type that is true.
After all, in a country where science and health education is learned at the hands of politicians, all science and health leaning form scientists is now suspect, and better treated as all wrong.
Your insistence upon these elitist behaviors is the reason your side lost the 2016 election.
I laughed, but I wasn't certain that you weren't being serious. Either way, you are correct.