I've had some nightmares with portage using gentoo before. Keep in mind, it's my distribution of choice, but that doesn't mean that portage is not without its problems.
RPM does suck (/flamebait) but don't fool yourself into thinking that the other package systems are problem free.
And you don't think that this is an unnecessary hassle? Why should you have to wait a few days (or any amount of time at all excluding the few minutes of installation) to play a $50 game offline?
This reminds me of a simpsons' exchange
MOE: I just bought this from the Navy. It can flash fry a buffalo in 40 seconds
HOMER: 40 seconds? I want it now!
First, you lash out at people who deride VB for its flaws.
Then you toss out a statement like "High level lanuages are the future. People who think... [blah][blah][insert entire contents of any X-is-an-obsolete-language thread]."
Then you say that, even using VB, writing good code takes skill. I.E. The language doesn't matter.
Then you wrap up by saying "the problem is your boss's 12 year old kid, not the language."
So let me get this straight: high level languages are the shit and C/ASM/etc are going the way of the do-do bird, because the syntax is more arcane? Yet, it doesn't matter what the language is because it's the skill of the coder that makes the difference?
That can be said for any language! It is possible to write clear C++/[other languages] code. And by possible, I don't mean "hard as hell, but possible", I mean "reasonably easy."
They're not prophets, they're charlatan messangers of the great evil satan himself. They're non-prophets and linux is the alatar they constructed for worship at by the followers of their demon cult, the Free Software Foundation.
Gentoo is a just a little spawnlet.
Okay okay, I'm done. Don't throw the tomatoes too hard.
You know, for someone getting all huffy about facts and "stupid wars" you sure shot yourself in the foot by asserting, multiple times, that the attack was 7-11 and not 9-11.
Not inherently. There is shitty OSS out there. Note that I run linux and use OSS on my home machines exclusively, but that's just because I've found them to work much better (in general) than the alternatives. As soon as one of them fucks me, I'm hesitant to keep using it. EG: wu-ftpd from a long time ago.
I think that no matter how many assurances there are (and there aren't a whole lot right now) we're never going to be able to take care of lingering doubts about the security and fairness of e-voting.
Right now, voting software is obviously not ready for primetime and the companies that make it need to have some sort of oversight committee making sure they're not playing games or royally fucking things up.
There was enough of a commotion in FLA about hanging chads that people's confidence in machines are shot. And those are relatively simple compared to secure e-voting software!
It seems that the more we try to "high-tech" the voting process, the more problems and uncertainty we will introduce into the system.
So, right now I'm leaning towards a really low tech solution: simple paper and pen for ballots.
I know I'm a geek and supposed to love technological solutions. And I do, but with something as important as voting, until they get it to be as reliable as pen and paper, I say screw the machines because as a geek, I also know how unreliable software can be.
C'mon, everyone knows this is frivolous. The RIAA has nothing but good intentions here. You can trust them. I mean take a look back at all their past actions and ask yourself, "Why wouldn't the RIAA want to be my friend?"
Because if the RIAA wasn't your friend, then it couldn't fuck you in the ass and call it censensual.
You're missing the point. The point is that your experience [with choosing to be an introvert] doesn't provide enough basis for saying what everyone else's is. So, you chose to be an introvert, that doesn't mean that other people do as well.
You're saying that your personal experience of choosing to be an extrovert is indicative of all introverts and thus all people choose to be introverts or extroverts.
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I've had some nightmares with portage using gentoo before. Keep in mind, it's my distribution of choice, but that doesn't mean that portage is not without its problems.
RPM does suck (/flamebait) but don't fool yourself into thinking that the other package systems are problem free.
And Al Gore will henceforth be known as the inventor of firef... the internet.
(Yes yes... I know... that quote was taken out of context... blah blah... just chuckle, smirk, or snear, and move on.)
Your post was incoherent.
First, you lash out at people who deride VB for its flaws.
Then you toss out a statement like "High level lanuages are the future. People who think... [blah][blah][insert entire contents of any X-is-an-obsolete-language thread]."
Then you say that, even using VB, writing good code takes skill. I.E. The language doesn't matter.
Then you wrap up by saying "the problem is your boss's 12 year old kid, not the language."
So let me get this straight: high level languages are the shit and C/ASM/etc are going the way of the do-do bird, because the syntax is more arcane? Yet, it doesn't matter what the language is because it's the skill of the coder that makes the difference?
That can be said for any language! It is possible to write clear C++/[other languages] code. And by possible, I don't mean "hard as hell, but possible", I mean "reasonably easy."
I'm afraid they'll break if I stand on them...
I'm afraid the windows will break if I stand on them.
They're not prophets, they're charlatan messangers of the great evil satan himself. They're non-prophets and linux is the alatar they constructed for worship at by the followers of their demon cult, the Free Software Foundation.
Gentoo is a just a little spawnlet.
Okay okay, I'm done. Don't throw the tomatoes too hard.
*grumble*
:-/
Damn me for not using the preview button.
FOR IMPERSONATING PHBS IN EMAILS.
And for getting denied a posting on slashdot.
You know, for someone getting all huffy about facts and "stupid wars" you sure shot yourself in the foot by asserting, multiple times, that the attack was 7-11 and not 9-11.
I dunno why this is news. I retired Windows 98 a couple years ago. :-)
Not inherently. There is shitty OSS out there. Note that I run linux and use OSS on my home machines exclusively, but that's just because I've found them to work much better (in general) than the alternatives. As soon as one of them fucks me, I'm hesitant to keep using it. EG: wu-ftpd from a long time ago.
I think that no matter how many assurances there are (and there aren't a whole lot right now) we're never going to be able to take care of lingering doubts about the security and fairness of e-voting.
Right now, voting software is obviously not ready for primetime and the companies that make it need to have some sort of oversight committee making sure they're not playing games or royally fucking things up.
There was enough of a commotion in FLA about hanging chads that people's confidence in machines are shot. And those are relatively simple compared to secure e-voting software!
It seems that the more we try to "high-tech" the voting process, the more problems and uncertainty we will introduce into the system.
So, right now I'm leaning towards a really low tech solution: simple paper and pen for ballots.
I know I'm a geek and supposed to love technological solutions. And I do, but with something as important as voting, until they get it to be as reliable as pen and paper, I say screw the machines because as a geek, I also know how unreliable software can be.
Because if the RIAA wasn't your friend, then it couldn't fuck you in the ass and call it censensual.
I'll give you nothing... and that's my final offer.
Is this a contest for the best offer? I'll raise the offer with my finger.
I'll double that
I'll throw in an arm-crack.
I'll give them the moon... right after I undo my belt.
Makes one wish that they would miss and shoot themselves in the head.
Ah, but do you calculate the MD5 hash in your head? :-)
You don't even have to ask for the root password. You just need to know a couple of commands and be at an athena workstation to get access.
No, the problem solved was not how water striders stay on top of the water. It was how they make themselves go forward.
MIT is an incubator of two things: bright engineers and alcoholics.
Well shit, now we know how the blackouts occurred.
You're missing the point. The point is that your experience [with choosing to be an introvert] doesn't provide enough basis for saying what everyone else's is. So, you chose to be an introvert, that doesn't mean that other people do as well.
You're saying that your personal experience of choosing to be an extrovert is indicative of all introverts and thus all people choose to be introverts or extroverts.
The man is an ass!
Just call him "Papa." /rimshot