Care to point out an example of that? I went to their web site and found statements like this that are about as far from oppressive as you can get. They may not be very friendly to corporations (ensuring that they will never get any real power) but that doesn't make them oppressive. Socialist, yes.
"Every human being deserves a say in the decisions that affect their lives; no one should be subject to the will of another. "
"Decision-making should, as much as possible, remain at the individual and local level, while assuring that civil rights are protected for all citizens."
While I'm sure the entire archive will eventually be reposted here, I couldn't pass up this one from net.unix-wizards.... don't forget to look at the.sig:-)
what is a glob? Since my introduction to the usenet, I have been bombarded with the
origins of the words "foobar", "dsw", "[v]grep", and other such
fascinating additions to the English language by computer people.
One word that *I* could never totally figure out is the word "glob".
In version 6, a program/etc/glob was used to do the shell filename
metacharacter (* [] and ?) expansion, although this program
is not needed by the Bourne (V7) Shell. In Berkley's C-shell, the
word again pops up in the definition of "noglob", a shell variable
that inhibits the filename expansion.
What is "glob"? Who out there has an authoritative definition?
Beyond the word's definition, is it correct to use glob as a verb...
i.e. "to glob" something? With all the recent discussion of correct
grammar, I don't want to be left in the dark about proper usage of
computer jargon.
I will digestify personal responses. Please mail them directly to me.
Randal L. Schwartz (...!{decvax,ucbvax}!teklabs!tekmdp!randals)
Tektronix Microcomputer Development Products
Beaverton, Oregon (anybody out there not know how to pronounce it by now?)
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Love the Steve Taylor quote in your sig, BTW;-)
"God does not exist" is not founded on empirical evidence.
That one particular ownership is relatively well known, but you're right, such a site would be immensely valuable.
Recently I heard a rumor that Starbucks was owned by Philip Morris... turns out they are independent (I think) and just have a distribution agreement with Kraft Foods, but that sort of web site would have really helped me out. Who's going to want to put the time into researching that though? There are thousands of companies that own other companies, and some (like Jeld-Wen) don't publish information on what companies they own/partner with.
Maybe a community-edited effort along the lines of Everything would be effective. --
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That's true, except to the extent that it's completely ridiculous:-) Everybody gets offended when you attack their beliefs. Some people don't let it show, and your views about god don't really affect that. --
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- Right click on desktop gives you a menu which includes 'Logout'. I find that much easier to deal with than windows, which requires you to hit Ctrl-Alt-Del or click on the Start button.
Or Alt-F4 when the root window is focused.
Unless you have Active Desktop enabled, in which case Alt-F4 allows you to shut down or reboot, and you *have* to click the start menu to log out. --
The show got much better if you had the patience to wait through the idiot Howie Mandell wannabe.
I thought the ladybug was genius, myself. It got me thinking, what would the rules say about enclosing an opposing robot in a Faraday cage to prevent RF signals from reaching it. Technically, it's not electric and it's not actually *jamming* the signal... --
True enough, but not everyone is an idiot either. Loarning to administer Linux may not be as common as learning to set the timing on your car but it isn't much more complicated. --
How could Slashdot readers have known about the rubber keyboard for months when Slashdot has only posted *one* story about it? We need to be reminded of these things from time to time, you know... at least one story a week should do it:-)
Other things that would be nice are a "find in page" feature, maybe a document history (looks like it's supposed to be there but it doesn't work for me) and the ability to right click in the document.... maybe an "open in new window" feature. None of these should be too hard to add. I'd do it myself if I had a windows development machine:-) --
Alter that last statement from "piece of hardware" to "piece of PC hardware." Of course there is specialty hardware for Macs, SGI/Sun/whatever that Windows doesn't and Linux may or may not use. --
Yes, it's out of context, but I think the intent (and incorrectness) remains. Am I misrepresenting it? It would be out of context unless I quoted the whole damn paragraph.
Problems with that statement:
Hardware is also often ignored by Linux, or used in different ways than was intended. See also winmodems.
The situation is improving, but "other operating systems" (meaning, of course, primarily Windows) still support more hardware than Linux does. Still more operating systems support a different subset, larger or smaller, of all the hardware out there, but I have never seen a piece of hardware manufactured in the last 5 years that didn't work with Windows 95. Granted, I don't know how extensive Win95's use of hardware MMUs or real-time clocks is.
This "myth dispeller" isn't going to do anyone any good if it remains as misleading as it is.
For example, you can't just say "Multitasking under Windows 95 is partially preemptive." True, 16 bit apps run in a shared memory space and the GDI isn't fully reentrant, but a statement like that is just flamebait.
Also, the statement "Hardware is often ignored by other operating systems. On the other hand, Linux takes advantage of all the hardware it can." is ridiculous. --
Of course you're correct. I guess I just misinterpreted your original post. I mean, it's correct that natural ice is less dense than water, and therefore floats (which is a very good thing!:-), but it's also correct that a kilogram of ice will displace a liter of water, but when it melts, it *becomes* a liter of water.
July 4, 1776 is the traditional date the Declaration of Independence was signed, stating that the American Colonies were no longer ruled by King George III. Of course, there being no satellite communications or transatlantic phone lines then, he would have had no way of knowing that until weeks later, but it's still ironic. --
Dr. McCarthy was a lecturer on a tourist cruise in the Arctic aboard a Russian icebreaker earlier this month. On a similar cruise six years ago, he recalled, the icebreaker plowed through an icecap six to nine feet thick at the North Pole.
I think I have an alternate explanation of what may be causing the ice to melt abnormally. Are there a lot of icebreakers in the area?:-)
Slashdot Mirror
It's an old story. "I love this fucking University and this University loves fucking me."
Reminds me of the Dilbert cartoon...
"Are you an idiot?"
"No, I'm an engineer. Common mistake."
Okay, never mind, I found their "progressive and ecological tax reform" page.
"Universal Social Security: A Basic Income Above the Poverty Line for All" (Where do they think the poverty line comes from?)
"Maximum Income: Build into the progressive income tax a 100% tax on all income, regardless of source, over ten times the minimum wage."
While I agree with some of their ideas, they don't seem to have a very strong grasp of economics or human nature.
Care to point out an example of that? I went to their web site and found statements like this that are about as far from oppressive as you can get. They may not be very friendly to corporations (ensuring that they will never get any real power) but that doesn't make them oppressive. Socialist, yes.
"Every human being deserves a say in the decisions that affect their lives; no one should be subject to the will of another. "
"Decision-making should, as much as possible, remain at the individual and local level, while assuring that civil rights are protected for all citizens."
Their usenet archive is alive and well.... http://www.deja.com/usenet/
That *almost* compiles... it chokes on printw() and when trying to pass a non-prototyped K&R-style function to signal() :-)
While I'm sure the entire archive will eventually be reposted here, I couldn't pass up this one from net.unix-wizards.... don't forget to look at the .sig :-)
/etc/glob was used to do the shell filename
what is a glob?
Since my introduction to the usenet, I have been bombarded with the
origins of the words "foobar", "dsw", "[v]grep", and other such
fascinating additions to the English language by computer people.
One word that *I* could never totally figure out is the word "glob".
In version 6, a program
metacharacter (* [] and ?) expansion, although this program
is not needed by the Bourne (V7) Shell. In Berkley's C-shell, the
word again pops up in the definition of "noglob", a shell variable
that inhibits the filename expansion.
What is "glob"? Who out there has an authoritative definition?
Beyond the word's definition, is it correct to use glob as a verb...
i.e. "to glob" something? With all the recent discussion of correct
grammar, I don't want to be left in the dark about proper usage of
computer jargon.
I will digestify personal responses. Please mail them directly to me.
Randal L. Schwartz (...!{decvax,ucbvax}!teklabs!tekmdp!randals)
Tektronix Microcomputer Development Products
Beaverton, Oregon (anybody out there not know how to pronounce it by now?)
Love the Steve Taylor quote in your sig, BTW ;-)
"God does not exist" is not founded on empirical evidence.
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That one particular ownership is relatively well known, but you're right, such a site would be immensely valuable.
Recently I heard a rumor that Starbucks was owned by Philip Morris... turns out they are independent (I think) and just have a distribution agreement with Kraft Foods, but that sort of web site would have really helped me out. Who's going to want to put the time into researching that though? There are thousands of companies that own other companies, and some (like Jeld-Wen) don't publish information on what companies they own/partner with.
Maybe a community-edited effort along the lines of Everything would be effective.
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That's true, except to the extent that it's completely ridiculous :-) Everybody gets offended when you attack their beliefs. Some people don't let it show, and your views about god don't really affect that.
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See somebody else's comment #52.
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Or Alt-F4 when the root window is focused.
Unless you have Active Desktop enabled, in which case Alt-F4 allows you to shut down or reboot, and you *have* to click the start menu to log out.
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Well, obviously. That's what makes it so ironic :-)
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The show got much better if you had the patience to wait through the idiot Howie Mandell wannabe.
I thought the ladybug was genius, myself. It got me thinking, what would the rules say about enclosing an opposing robot in a Faraday cage to prevent RF signals from reaching it. Technically, it's not electric and it's not actually *jamming* the signal...
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True enough, but not everyone is an idiot either. Loarning to administer Linux may not be as common as learning to set the timing on your car but it isn't much more complicated.
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How could Slashdot readers have known about the rubber keyboard for months when Slashdot has only posted *one* story about it? We need to be reminded of these things from time to time, you know... at least one story a week should do it :-)
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Other things that would be nice are a "find in page" feature, maybe a document history (looks like it's supposed to be there but it doesn't work for me) and the ability to right click in the document.... maybe an "open in new window" feature. None of these should be too hard to add. I'd do it myself if I had a windows development machine :-)
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Alter that last statement from "piece of hardware" to "piece of PC hardware." Of course there is specialty hardware for Macs, SGI/Sun/whatever that Windows doesn't and Linux may or may not use.
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Yes, it's out of context, but I think the intent (and incorrectness) remains. Am I misrepresenting it? It would be out of context unless I quoted the whole damn paragraph.
Problems with that statement:
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This "myth dispeller" isn't going to do anyone any good if it remains as misleading as it is.
For example, you can't just say "Multitasking under Windows 95 is partially preemptive." True, 16 bit apps run in a shared memory space and the GDI isn't fully reentrant, but a statement like that is just flamebait.
Also, the statement "Hardware is often ignored by other operating systems. On the other hand, Linux takes advantage of all the hardware it can." is ridiculous.
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Of course you're correct. I guess I just misinterpreted your original post. I mean, it's correct that natural ice is less dense than water, and therefore floats (which is a very good thing! :-), but it's also correct that a kilogram of ice will displace a liter of water, but when it melts, it *becomes* a liter of water.
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July 4, 1776 is the traditional date the Declaration of Independence was signed, stating that the American Colonies were no longer ruled by King George III. Of course, there being no satellite communications or transatlantic phone lines then, he would have had no way of knowing that until weeks later, but it's still ironic.
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I think I have an alternate explanation of what may be causing the ice to melt abnormally. Are there a lot of icebreakers in the area? :-)
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Santa relocated to Japan several years after WWII -- didn't you hear? :-)
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