Most importantly, however, the text message is time-shifted, whereas morse transmission is real-time. When the sender is done, the recipient is done also.
And that's exactly why the comparison is flawed. You should compare morse to speech, since they've got similar uses: direct person-to-person communication. Texting is delayed one-way communication used for wholly different purposes (though I admid I also occasionally have a conversation over SMS;-)).
Why were we serious, again?:-P
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As much heat as Woody gets from the Slashdot crowd, I think it is a good idea to have a stable release that doesn't update very quickly. Keep in mind that, as "old" as Debian is, it was released in 2002. It is no older than Windows XP (2001-2002 release) and is a good deal younger than Windows 2000 (1999 release).
Windows XP is at service pack 2, which is a whole new dot release, adding lots of new features.
Windows 2003 is the successor of Windows 2000. AFAIK both have service packs, aka dot releases.
Debian is most definately older than Windows. Furthermore, Debian lets release dates slip more than Microsoft, making Debian less reliable than Microsoft in that respect. I don't think anybody seriously believes that Debian 3.2/4.0 will be out before 2008. Debian n+1 never had a shorter release cycle than Debian n.
Why? Most tools used by burglars aren't illegal. Yet they are relevant in a burgary case. Encryption tools aren't illegal either, yet they are relevant in some cases.
We need it because of journalling filesystems. A JFS needs to be sure the journal has been flushed out to disk (and resides safely on the platters) before continuing to write the actual (meta)data. Afterwards, it needs to be sure the (meta)data is written properly to disk in order to start writing the journal again.
When both the journal and the data are in the write cache of the drive, the data on the platters is in an undefined state. Loss of power means filesystem corruption -- just the thing a JFS is supposed to avoid.
Also, switching off the machine the regular way is a hazard. As an OS you simply don't know when you can safely signal the PSU to switch itself off.
Testing has no security updates, which basically makes it worthless for anybody else than developers.
Unstable is unstable.
Stable is waaaay outdated. Debian is proof you can't stabilize for an infinite period of time -- at some point you'll simply end up with very stable but very obsolete software.
I'd rather hack all desktop stuff out of Ubuntu than run Debian on my servers. And Debian on a desktop... give me a break.
I did it. No problem at all. I installed yum, pointed it to the right installation source, and my redhat was transformed into CentOS without any problems.
CentOS is simply a recompiled and rebranded RHEL with swift security updates. If you want something as similar as the real thing, CentOS is certainly the way to go.
I can see how they're allowed to charge for it, but aren't others also allowed to distribute Suse for free?
The DVD edition of suse pro also includes some commercial software which can't be distributed. The FTP version (available in a month or two) won't include that software and will be completely free to distribute.
If a problem were to be found in the GPLv2 then you're screwed anyway. It's at the users discretion what version to use: the current flawed version, or the new fixed version.
So it's never going to get any better. However, if the GPLv3 contains some legal loophole and the GPLv2 does not, then all GPLv2 programs suddenly contain the loophole.
In short, you have to trust the FSF to deliver perfect licenses from now until the distant future (when the copyrights on GPLv2 software start to expire).
So yes, IMHO the 'any later version' clause in GPLv2 is evil.
It's hardly likely that RMS would have a deathbed convertion and make v20 of the GPL a BSD style licence.
It is unlikely yet possible. To exclude any uncertainty Linus decided to 'lock' the Linux kernel to the GPL version 2 and version 2 alone.
The terms of the license work now, why won't they still work when GPLv3 is out? It's not as if all kernel developers will suddenly convert to it making their patches incompatible with the kernel.
Acrobat Reader 7 is required to do your taxes in the Netherlands (for buisinesses, private persons can still use paper). So now at least we can do our taxes on Linux. I welcom Acrobat 7!
Since our users are our top priority, you can expect many more emails on the topic before anything will happen.
So, therefore you ignore the needs of 95+% of your users in favour of the users of some obscure archictures who usually will run unstable anyway (note that the archs won't be dropped from unstable)?
Lots and lots and lots of legitimate certificates are issued by untrusted companies (i.e. self-signed). So users just blindly click 'yes', because that's what they're used to.
He always used to run suse at home and redhat at work. However, I don't think it's wise for him to say what distribution he's currently using. Imagine the response when he told he runs gentoo:-)
Re:This is my sig. There are many like it, but thi
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Go to your slashdot user page.
This is your User Info page. There are thousands more, but
this one is yours. You most likely are not so interested in yourself,
and probably would be more interested in the Preferences links you see
up top there, where you can customize Slashdot,
change your password, or just click pretty widgets to kill time.
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And that's exactly why the comparison is flawed. You should compare morse to speech, since they've got similar uses: direct person-to-person communication. Texting is delayed one-way communication used for wholly different purposes (though I admid I also occasionally have a conversation over SMS ;-)).
Why were we serious, again? :-P
Windows XP is at service pack 2, which is a whole new dot release, adding lots of new features.
Windows 2003 is the successor of Windows 2000. AFAIK both have service packs, aka dot releases.
Debian is most definately older than Windows. Furthermore, Debian lets release dates slip more than Microsoft, making Debian less reliable than Microsoft in that respect. I don't think anybody seriously believes that Debian 3.2/4.0 will be out before 2008. Debian n+1 never had a shorter release cycle than Debian n.
(doesn't even attempt to maintain a straight face)
Indeed, osnews clearly has the two issues confused.
A linux system with such high an uptime has multple security problems. I don't mean to troll, but your particular example is just plain wrong.
Why? Most tools used by burglars aren't illegal. Yet they are relevant in a burgary case. Encryption tools aren't illegal either, yet they are relevant in some cases.
In don't understand the fuss.
My girlfriend is studying to be a teacher. Now we still know nothing.
I think the soil should be moist in order to get firmer when cool (mostly due to condensation I imagine).
However, drives are free to re-order writes as they see fit, AFAIK. So you can't rely on that either.
We need it because of journalling filesystems. A JFS needs to be sure the journal has been flushed out to disk (and resides safely on the platters) before continuing to write the actual (meta)data. Afterwards, it needs to be sure the (meta)data is written properly to disk in order to start writing the journal again.
When both the journal and the data are in the write cache of the drive, the data on the platters is in an undefined state. Loss of power means filesystem corruption -- just the thing a JFS is supposed to avoid.
Also, switching off the machine the regular way is a hazard. As an OS you simply don't know when you can safely signal the PSU to switch itself off.
Testing has no security updates, which basically makes it worthless for anybody else than developers.
Unstable is unstable.
Stable is waaaay outdated. Debian is proof you can't stabilize for an infinite period of time -- at some point you'll simply end up with very stable but very obsolete software.
I'd rather hack all desktop stuff out of Ubuntu than run Debian on my servers. And Debian on a desktop... give me a break.
I did it. No problem at all. I installed yum, pointed it to the right installation source, and my redhat was transformed into CentOS without any problems.
CentOS is simply a recompiled and rebranded RHEL with swift security updates. If you want something as similar as the real thing, CentOS is certainly the way to go.
Windows was already 64 bit when the DEC Alpha came out. Which was somewhere between 1992-95 IIRC.
The only news is is that windows now actually runs on a popular 64 bit processor. It already ran on Itanium for some time too.
Yes. Gentoo is extremely slow. Software installation takes ages, whereas in a normal distribution it's matter of minutes.
I can see how they're allowed to charge for it, but aren't others also allowed to distribute Suse for free?
The DVD edition of suse pro also includes some commercial software which can't be distributed. The FTP version (available in a month or two) won't include that software and will be completely free to distribute.
Yes. And cheaper too.
One less TLD for spammers to abuse.
If a problem were to be found in the GPLv2 then you're screwed anyway. It's at the users discretion what version to use: the current flawed version, or the new fixed version.
So it's never going to get any better. However, if the GPLv3 contains some legal loophole and the GPLv2 does not, then all GPLv2 programs suddenly contain the loophole.
In short, you have to trust the FSF to deliver perfect licenses from now until the distant future (when the copyrights on GPLv2 software start to expire).
So yes, IMHO the 'any later version' clause in GPLv2 is evil.
It is unlikely yet possible. To exclude any uncertainty Linus decided to 'lock' the Linux kernel to the GPL version 2 and version 2 alone.
The terms of the license work now, why won't they still work when GPLv3 is out? It's not as if all kernel developers will suddenly convert to it making their patches incompatible with the kernel.
Acrobat Reader 7 is required to do your taxes in the Netherlands (for buisinesses, private persons can still use paper). So now at least we can do our taxes on Linux. I welcom Acrobat 7!
So, therefore you ignore the needs of 95+% of your users in favour of the users of some obscure archictures who usually will run unstable anyway (note that the archs won't be dropped from unstable)?
Lots and lots and lots of legitimate certificates are issued by untrusted companies (i.e. self-signed). So users just blindly click 'yes', because that's what they're used to.
He always used to run suse at home and redhat at work. However, I don't think it's wise for him to say what distribution he's currently using. Imagine the response when he told he runs gentoo :-)
This is your User Info page. There are thousands more, but this one is yours. You most likely are not so interested in yourself, and probably would be more interested in the Preferences links you see up top there, where you can customize Slashdot, change your password, or just click pretty widgets to kill time.