That probably has more to do with a distro's package QA than apt itself.
Debian sid fubar'd on me plenty of times (mostly revolving around Nvidia's proprietary driver and the kernel modules for it...), but testing has not broken even once for me.
Probably varies by company and sanity of the gatekeepers, but I've never heard of these tests being open book. Then again, I'm not a programmer so most stories I've heard are of The Daily WTF variety
Oh and a great quote from the article :
"And just because you request a high quality of service doesn't mean you're gonna get it."
Well naturally. I expect that this will primarily be used in areas with poor signal quality. Prioritization doesn't affect the Faraday properties of the building you're in.
That would be a rather silly assumption, since the "." in the version number is not a decimal separator. The version after 3.9 will presumably be 3.10.
If major.minor was going to mean something, sure. As it is, the only reason to go with 3.10 over 4.0 would be for that 3.11 joke.
Yes, because it's so much better to spend years adding tons of features but only ever incrementing the bugfix number.
Incrementing the minor number every kernel release (approximately every six weeks or so) means we won't hit 4.0 (assuming 3.9 --> 4.0) until sometime near the end of 2012.
I do see your other point, though. But I think there are various work-arounds, like good ball-point pens, felt-tip-pens or writing arabic language. Or teaching yourself Leonardo's mirror writing.
If there's a pen that won't smear from having your hand rest on the fresh ink, I haven't found it. And I don't think the teachers would appreciate Aramaic or mirror-writing.
There are other concerns, such as "can I fit the next word on the rest of this line, or should I start a new line?" And for me (being left-handed), I have to be careful not to smear the ink/lead.
It's a matter of perspective. For example, you list the features you consider the "most important", but to me they're mostly fluff. Only two of the specs you listed (OS and battery) mattered to me.
Also important to me:
Wireless Connectivity--Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and Micro USB*
Supported File Formats--Books: ePUB, including fixed layout and enhanced ePUB. Images: JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP Audio: MP3, AAC,.3gp, mp4, m4a, flac, ogg, wav, mid. Video Formats: 3gp, mp4, webm Web Browsing--Open Web browsing
Utilities--Email (POP, IMAP, Microsoft® ActiveSync support), Address Book and Calendar
Nuclear weapons seem like something that would fall under the DoD's budget, not DoE. And if it doesn't, you can bet the military would pick up that tab real quick.
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That probably has more to do with a distro's package QA than apt itself.
Debian sid fubar'd on me plenty of times (mostly revolving around Nvidia's proprietary driver and the kernel modules for it...), but testing has not broken even once for me.
No no no.
apt > yum...
Slashdotters were +1-ing posts long before Google+ came about.
Probably varies by company and sanity of the gatekeepers, but I've never heard of these tests being open book. Then again, I'm not a programmer so most stories I've heard are of The Daily WTF variety
I support the idea, but not enough to install windows for it...
Oh and a great quote from the article : "And just because you request a high quality of service doesn't mean you're gonna get it."
Well naturally. I expect that this will primarily be used in areas with poor signal quality. Prioritization doesn't affect the Faraday properties of the building you're in.
The smart engineer method, eh?
It has BlueRay and games as well.
Doesn't 802.11n use both?
That would be a rather silly assumption, since the "." in the version number is not a decimal separator. The version after 3.9 will presumably be 3.10.
If major.minor was going to mean something, sure. As it is, the only reason to go with 3.10 over 4.0 would be for that 3.11 joke.
Active Directory is something that happens in userland, not in the kernel.
Were ARM motherboards (I assume you don't mean embedded stuff) available when Linux added support for it?
For that matter, are any available now?
Linus got sick of 2.6.really_big_number
Can't wait for Linux 3.11 for Workgroups
2.6.39 --> 3.0 instead of 2.6.40
Yes, because it's so much better to spend years adding tons of features but only ever incrementing the bugfix number. Incrementing the minor number every kernel release (approximately every six weeks or so) means we won't hit 4.0 (assuming 3.9 --> 4.0) until sometime near the end of 2012.
I do see your other point, though. But I think there are various work-arounds, like good ball-point pens, felt-tip-pens or writing arabic language. Or teaching yourself Leonardo's mirror writing.
If there's a pen that won't smear from having your hand rest on the fresh ink, I haven't found it. And I don't think the teachers would appreciate Aramaic or mirror-writing.
There are other concerns, such as "can I fit the next word on the rest of this line, or should I start a new line?" And for me (being left-handed), I have to be careful not to smear the ink/lead.
The article was all-around useless for the stuff that actually mattered. So here's a link to the specs page for the device on their official website:
http://www.kobobooks.com/kobovox_tech
Most important:
It's a matter of perspective. For example, you list the features you consider the "most important", but to me they're mostly fluff. Only two of the specs you listed (OS and battery) mattered to me.
Also important to me: .3gp, mp4, m4a, flac, ogg, wav, mid. Video Formats: 3gp, mp4, webm
Wireless Connectivity--Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and Micro USB*
Supported File Formats--Books: ePUB, including fixed layout and enhanced ePUB. Images: JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP Audio: MP3, AAC,
Web Browsing--Open Web browsing
Utilities--Email (POP, IMAP, Microsoft® ActiveSync support), Address Book and Calendar
I approve of taking down the child porn sites because CP is disgusting and wrong; not simply because it's illegal.
Kuwait may count; I don't know how oppressive it is. South Korea too. What's China's count? Maybe North Korea, depending on your viewpoint?
Probably something about RAID not being a proper backup solution.
...but neither term is used as often here, since yard sales and garage sales are more common.
Meh. There's a thriving swap meet twice a week where I live.
Sounds like a flea market/swap meet.
Nuclear weapons seem like something that would fall under the DoD's budget, not DoE. And if it doesn't, you can bet the military would pick up that tab real quick.