User: wcpalmer

Re:I already use a modern stable Debian...

On: Debian's Testing Branch Nears Completion

Actually, Ubuntu is built off of Debian Sid, which is 'unstable'.

However, I am assuming that you already knew that and were merely attempting to (unsuccessfully) troll.

ramdisk

On: Preload Drastically Boosts Linux Performance

I read a guide on the Gentoo forums a while ago about copying different directories into ram to "preload" them.

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-296892.html

I never actually tried it, but I might now that I have 4gb ram! A daemon to help automate this process would be welcome, though.

Re:My guess

On: Microsoft Says Not All Ad Clicks Are Created Equal

How on earth did you manage to misspell "ads" three times in a single post (twice with an extra 'd', and once with two extra 'd's)?

I'm pretty sure the overwhelming majority of people who use the Internet for porn do not pay for it. It's not exactly hard to come by.

Unfortunately,

On: China Plans to Surpass the U.S. in Nanotech Development

I see this being a place where the US will always lag behind due to conservative Christianity and the whole "don't play God" thing.

Not trying to troll, but this sort of research and development is going to happen regardless. Other countries will take up the slack and fill any gap we do not.

Re:Beauty of OSS

On: Linux Kernel 2.6 Local Root Exploit

I've been coding on Linux for quite a few years (just getting into the kernel-level stuff now), and I had never heard of this function before.

However, bricks = shat.