You think vigilantes are dangerous because they respond to no one? Bullshit, Vigilantes answer to society, and in the case of very large mobs like the internet, the mob *is* society.
So, your argument is that vigilante mobs respond only to themselves, and therefore are not dangerous? I feel much safer now.
For evidence that Linus wants to allow for more caching (less syncing), and does not feel strict spec compliance is important, see his discussions about atime.
False dichotomy. Strict spec compliance is important, but so is sane filesystem behavior.
1) There are 3 news results from ZDNet, PC World, and TGDaily, each referring to either the Russian or EU anti-trust case 2) www.microsoft-antitrust.gov 3) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_antitrust_case 4) www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/ms_index.htm 5) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_Microsoft_antitrust_case
Secretaries will not be obsoleted any time soon. They do too many things that machines are just no good at. On another note, statisticians, accountants and engineers are still employed, despite mechanical computers being less expensive.
It's like buying a car: there's lots of wiggle room (even more than there is with a car!).
Exaggerate much? If I want the new Pullman Silver Palace Viper Porsche with a red racing stripe, there are many dealerships I can get it from. If I want clownpenisfart.com, there is only one place I can get it from.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Slashdot intentionally fucks things up so that people will complain about it, and therefore raise the comment count on every story. What other explanation could there be for explicitly writing css rules that make the comment titles white on white?
When choosing a GUI toolkit, citing the mistakes of another project that uses that toolkit is completely irrelevant. You used them interchangeably, and as such, gave the impression that you don't understand the difference. Anybody reading your post would have a hard time gleaning any meaning from it, and your flow of logic only makes sense if you disregard the fact that Qt, KDE, GTK+, and Gnome are all completely different projects.
KDE and Gnome are desktop environments. Qt and GTK+ are GUI toolkits. KDE is built on top of Qt. Gnome is built on top of GTK+. GTK+ is not responsible for Gnome developer decisions, and Qt is not responsible for KDE developer decisions.
Does it matter whose fault it is when users are losing config files?
Finding out where the problem lies is a pre-requisite for fixing it.
It worked fine before, and now one of my basic expectations concerning Linux is broken: that no matter what happens short of hardware failure, I will not lose the files I already have.
The out-of-spec-apps-saving-files-on-ext4-loses-files bug is only a problem with hardware failure.
We're disappointed, and pointing fingers does not help.
Well, sure, it doesn't help now. ext4 was quickly amended to behave more like ext3, and there is no reason to bitch about the past.
Here is the great thing about having dozens of GUI toolkits, multiple libc, and several audio APIs. You only have to choose 1! Every time somebody complains about the "mess" of GUI toolkits, it just comes off as senseless whining. Where are the downsides? There are only 2 major ones, and if you don't have experience in either, just pick one.
The only downside I can think of is that end-users need several GUI toolkits installed, for their multiple programs that use different toolkits, but a) Linux still has a better features/size ratio than any other major OS, and b) Windows and Mac have the same problem (SDL, GTK+, etc, and the dlls have to be included with the binary downloads because Windows/Mac don't have an easy to use package manager).
Perhaps now, without Time Warner, AOL might be able to move forward and actually attract people, instead of attempting to trap them.
What could AOL possibly do to move forward? At best, they could improve customer service, stop requiring their proprietary dial-up software, and lower their price to a reasonable rate. But then, they would just be another dial-up company in a world that is saturated with dial-up companies, and dial-up customer base is shrinking. And it will be years before the taint of the AOL name wears off, it will probably take more time than phones will last.
On a related note, did you know that prep-H is great for removing dark circles under the eyes after a late night of WoW? (Protip for a subset of slashdotters)
You mean the subset that are concerned about their appearance?
I can just picture [Gore] boring the Taliban out of Afganistan with a powerpoint presentation.
Hey, if it works, great. On a similar note, my favorite President was Clinton, because he made me laugh, and he kept America out of trouble with his distractions.
Even with better typography support, Word is still unsuitable for anything more complex than a letter to Grandma.
Word is unsuitable for something as simple as a letter to Grandma. If all a person needs a word processor for is writing letters, something cheaper, easier, faster and lighter is much better suited, such as Abiword.
Everybody knows that game is over, computers won on raw processing power.
Do you have any evidence to back that up?
Deep Blue and Fritz were great chess players, but when pitted against the greatest humans, they were about equal. Fritz had mostly tied. Deep Blue lost one match against Kasparov, and won one match, and then retired. Both games Deep Blue had the advantage. It was programmed specifically against Kasparov, but Kasparov had never seen it play.
I used to think that modern humans didn't stand a chance against modern computers; mostly I got that from the Sarah Connor Chronicles. But after reading some history, I am not so sure. Computers have gotten much faster in the last 15 years, but unless there are some recent matches to look at, we can't be sure.
IIRC, there was a fan-based mod of Half Life which went on to be sold as a standalone game in its own right (can't remember the name -- like a western in space or something).
Single handedly storming into the hostile encampment, threatening their leader with a gun to ask for their help was an excellent plan. Who could have possibly seen that one going badly?
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One may interpret that saying as someone trying to incite a Linux / BSD war. We lost good men from both sides the last time that happened...
Why can't we all just get along? And unite against our common enemy, OSX.
(bet you thought I was going to say Windows).
You think vigilantes are dangerous because they respond to no one? Bullshit, Vigilantes answer to society, and in the case of very large mobs like the internet, the mob *is* society.
So, your argument is that vigilante mobs respond only to themselves, and therefore are not dangerous? I feel much safer now.
For evidence that Linus wants to allow for more caching (less syncing), and does not feel strict spec compliance is important, see his discussions about atime.
False dichotomy. Strict spec compliance is important, but so is sane filesystem behavior.
I just tried the exact same search with Bing:
1) There are 3 news results from ZDNet, PC World, and TGDaily, each referring to either the Russian or EU anti-trust case
2) www.microsoft-antitrust.gov
3) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_antitrust_case
4) www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/ms_index.htm
5) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_Microsoft_antitrust_case
Secretaries will not be obsoleted any time soon. They do too many things that machines are just no good at. On another note, statisticians, accountants and engineers are still employed, despite mechanical computers being less expensive.
It's like buying a car: there's lots of wiggle room (even more than there is with a car!).
Exaggerate much? If I want the new Pullman Silver Palace Viper Porsche with a red racing stripe, there are many dealerships I can get it from. If I want clownpenisfart.com, there is only one place I can get it from.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Slashdot intentionally fucks things up so that people will complain about it, and therefore raise the comment count on every story. What other explanation could there be for explicitly writing css rules that make the comment titles white on white?
No, they know a thing or two about business. They probably know feck all about mice, and leave that to us penniless geeks :o)
Bad news, Dr Zoidberg. Doctors usually make a lot of money.
When choosing a GUI toolkit, citing the mistakes of another project that uses that toolkit is completely irrelevant. You used them interchangeably, and as such, gave the impression that you don't understand the difference. Anybody reading your post would have a hard time gleaning any meaning from it, and your flow of logic only makes sense if you disregard the fact that Qt, KDE, GTK+, and Gnome are all completely different projects.
KDE and Gnome are desktop environments. Qt and GTK+ are GUI toolkits. KDE is built on top of Qt. Gnome is built on top of GTK+. GTK+ is not responsible for Gnome developer decisions, and Qt is not responsible for KDE developer decisions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qt_(toolkit)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTK%2B
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME
Does it matter whose fault it is when users are losing config files?
Finding out where the problem lies is a pre-requisite for fixing it.
It worked fine before, and now one of my basic expectations concerning Linux is broken: that no matter what happens short of hardware failure, I will not lose the files I already have.
The out-of-spec-apps-saving-files-on-ext4-loses-files bug is only a problem with hardware failure.
We're disappointed, and pointing fingers does not help.
Well, sure, it doesn't help now. ext4 was quickly amended to behave more like ext3, and there is no reason to bitch about the past.
Here is the great thing about having dozens of GUI toolkits, multiple libc, and several audio APIs. You only have to choose 1! Every time somebody complains about the "mess" of GUI toolkits, it just comes off as senseless whining. Where are the downsides? There are only 2 major ones, and if you don't have experience in either, just pick one.
The only downside I can think of is that end-users need several GUI toolkits installed, for their multiple programs that use different toolkits, but a) Linux still has a better features/size ratio than any other major OS, and b) Windows and Mac have the same problem (SDL, GTK+, etc, and the dlls have to be included with the binary downloads because Windows/Mac don't have an easy to use package manager).
Perhaps now, without Time Warner, AOL might be able to move forward and actually attract people, instead of attempting to trap them.
What could AOL possibly do to move forward? At best, they could improve customer service, stop requiring their proprietary dial-up software, and lower their price to a reasonable rate. But then, they would just be another dial-up company in a world that is saturated with dial-up companies, and dial-up customer base is shrinking. And it will be years before the taint of the AOL name wears off, it will probably take more time than phones will last.
On a related note, did you know that prep-H is great for removing dark circles under the eyes after a late night of WoW? (Protip for a subset of slashdotters)
You mean the subset that are concerned about their appearance?
Nothing is random, but you can still imagine the results of a random event. There is no paradox here.
I can just picture [Gore] boring the Taliban out of Afganistan with a powerpoint presentation.
Hey, if it works, great. On a similar note, my favorite President was Clinton, because he made me laugh, and he kept America out of trouble with his distractions.
Even with better typography support, Word is still unsuitable for anything more complex than a letter to Grandma.
Word is unsuitable for something as simple as a letter to Grandma. If all a person needs a word processor for is writing letters, something cheaper, easier, faster and lighter is much better suited, such as Abiword.
I'm from Arkansas. What states are Sweden and Japan in, and what does UK stand for?
Everybody knows that game is over, computers won on raw processing power.
Do you have any evidence to back that up?
Deep Blue and Fritz were great chess players, but when pitted against the greatest humans, they were about equal. Fritz had mostly tied. Deep Blue lost one match against Kasparov, and won one match, and then retired. Both games Deep Blue had the advantage. It was programmed specifically against Kasparov, but Kasparov had never seen it play.
I used to think that modern humans didn't stand a chance against modern computers; mostly I got that from the Sarah Connor Chronicles. But after reading some history, I am not so sure. Computers have gotten much faster in the last 15 years, but unless there are some recent matches to look at, we can't be sure.
Get a Creative Commons license, and append some basic text requiring those who re-use your work to pay you a percentage of their gross income.
Anybody remember stone soup? In this scenario, it appears that the CC license is the stone.
IIRC, there was a fan-based mod of Half Life which went on to be sold as a standalone game in its own right (can't remember the name -- like a western in space or something).
It's called "Counter-Strike."
Disable Javascript for Slashdot, and solve both of your problems.
Single handedly storming into the hostile encampment, threatening their leader with a gun to ask for their help was an excellent plan. Who could have possibly seen that one going badly?
After reading your post, I got infected by your virus, but fortunately I am safe, because I am running Li JK%$#%43543535435j43kjkl ***NO CARRIER***
The want the game to be free to play, and supported by ads. Adware in executables has a bad rap, but people tolerate them in free online games.