Flamebait? Obviously the moderator hasn't noted the lack of semicolons and other cruft in the Python programming language. There are no semicolons, no brackets, no "begin"s, no "end"s. That's a serious improvement because all that cruft adds up. You simply can't appreciate it until you've programmed without all the cruft.
Eiffel has unforgivable Pascalisms and other nasty crap in its syntax. Fsk ":=". And fsk "END". And fsck all the rest of the silly shit I see in the syntax. Modern programming language designers need to take a good look at Python syntax before designing their machine code compilable languages.
Personally, I'd like a nice staticly typed Python-like language to fill that need.
I was excited until I realized it was yet another interpreted programming language. If I could only have a machine code compiled programming language like c/c++ with Python's clean syntax. Now that would rock.
Anyways, the guy is recreating the wheel. One can live quite nicely without using the "brain aching" elements of Python without sacrificing too much.
And if you can't learn to spell the word "lose" (not spelled as "loose") perhaps you should quit fucking posting on Slashdot. Belts are loose. Rogue viral companies like SCO loose themselves on society and eventually lose their court cases. But for the love of literacy, learn the difference between "lose" and "loose". Otherwise, you look like just another illiterate whiner on slashdot.
I have spent my fair share of time using various versions of Linux-based OS's and *BSD(mostly FreeBSD). There aren't any ground shaking differences between them. I have one very important observation though. FreeBSD is alive and well! It even excels over most Linux distributions because it has ALL of the following:
1. A package system that supports both binary and source installation of software packages.
2. An OS upgrade procedure (other than wipe out your system and install the new version).
3. Very modern software packages available for easy installation.
4. A handbook available so that one doesn't have to go to several different websites (often sifting through out-dated material) to get vital information required to powerfully use the OS.
Don't get me wrong Linux people. I like what you guys are doing... even though I haven't found one Linux-based distro that has all 4 of my subjective minimum requirements as listed above. I wouldn't bother installing Linux-based distros if I didn't like Linux. Just don't get a religious superiority complex.
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Iraq = Vietnam II. The problem with the arrogant ignorant twits running our US is that GW and Rummy didn't go to Vietnam. If they had, they wouldn't be so friggin confident and we wouldn't be fighting this bloody war. Well they can enjoy their Stalingrad and hope they can escape the country before the blood thirsty mob comes after them.
Personally, I'd rather see them go through a Hague trial.
"Have you ever read the USA-PATRIOT act? Be honest, now. Have you ever read it, or have you just read a couple of op-eds about it and formed an opinion based on them?"
As a matter of fact, I've had a good look at the patriot act. Couldn't make heads nor tails of it. But I trust the Electonic Frontier Foundation's analysis of it.
"For what? We don't try people for war crimes just because we don't like them, you know. (Well, the people who wrote the Rome Treaty would disagree with this statement, but that's neither here nor there.)"
For violating international law. Nothing in UN resolution 1441 specifies that a massive attack and invasion is authorized. Speaking of reading things. Why don't you read the UN charter? Now that's something I am able to understand. US is a member of the United Nations. When the world said NO to war, Bush should have listened. Now he's going to take the fall like Blair. For getting the US into Vietnam II, hell yes Bush will be fessed up for a Hague trial. And if you weren't suckled onto the teet of mainstream news outlets, you'd realize the world is overwhelmingly against this war. Even Britain's people. I'm not joking when I say they're thinking about trying Blair like a war criminal. Here's the link:
The fact that people are such twits to actually think a damn blow job is a big deal while the patriot act is just swell demonstrates the perverse sense of morality my fellow Americans have. I take that back. They're scared little blood thirsty fascist sheep.
Go ahead, call me a traitor. From traitors, that is a complement. Good thing the constitution transcends the toilet paper this administration thinks it is. There's going to be hell to pay when the brainwashing wears off. I think that shall be soon since there are already cries for Blair's head. When American death toll in this very *avoidable* war exceeds 1000, Bush may join blair at the Hague trial.
You're off base. The US doesn't conquer because it doesn't want to look imperialist. The modus operandi of the United States is to undermine governments and install puppet governments that inevitably turn on us.
It's less expensive only when you cut corners with insurance. "Inexpensive" insurance, however, denies a lot of people who need health care. And, as soon as you have something go wrong with your health your rates will sky rocket. At that point, privatized health care most certainly IS NOT less expensive than socialized health care.
Assertion: "Sorry, but a bad credit report reflects one of three things: ignorance, irresponsibility, or all of the above."
Refutation: "And no, my credit is not perfect. I have two 30+ day late entries on my credit report. Why? Because, while I was in the Marine Corps, I was deployed and the military mail system lost my money orders. Yet I was too ignorant of the system to know I could fight it, and now it's too late. C'est la vie"
My advice wasn't really advice. It was to illustrate how easy it is to get screwed up credit that doesn't reflect a person's actual merit. The purpose was to point out the ridiculousness of the position of the person who wrote the post to which I replied.
A simpler response would have been, "If you're going to hold that position, you better walk the line bud. It's easy to get bad credit.". However, I felt the need to develop my thoughts while bitching at the same time. It was kind of therapeutic.
To answer your question, there is a better solution then checking credit reports. How about corporations start respecting longer resumes again instead of one page pieces of shit that are currently standard? It might be an idea to actually check references. Check criminal records as well. I suppose that's too much effort to expend on disposable employees. (yes, I'm justifiably cynical)
There are plenty of ways to determine if someone is for real without asking for a credit report. (Another thing, it's nobody's business if I have good credit with "Dildo's R Us":) Seriously, it's a huge violation of privacy.
I'll be waiting diligently for this whole thing to blow up. The following just can't coexist logically:
1. Credit screwed up by unemployment (virtually inevitable due to lousy economy). Also getting screwed up by methods I mentioned in my first post.
2. Credit reports getting more commonly required for apartment rental
3. Credit reports getting more commonly required to get a job.
The above create a Catch 22 situation that just simply can't exist without ripping apart society as we know it. Thus I consider it a self solving problem:)
"My credit is bad because I've been unemployed. But I can't get a job here because my credit report is bad? That makes sense."
"Gee, I'd love to pay you but my credit is bad thanks to you, and I can't get a job since potential employers now require positive credit reports."
"Gee, I'd love to pay my student loans, but you (the government) have devastated my credit and as a result I'm well on my way to being both homeless and jobless. To begin with, my unemployment is the reason I can't pay on my loans. Since both potential employers or landlords now require positive credit reports, you might as well quit calling because my social worker will be calling you when I'm homeless."
You're an ass. A credit report often reflects things that a new potential employer shouldn't be allowed to know.
Here's my advice to you:
Don't get married. Have you ever heard of financial warfare among spouses going through a divorce? My ex thoroughly screwed up my credit. This is a very common thing.
Don't have any hard times. Unemployment screws up credit big time as well. I don't care how much you save, a year of unemployment when the economy is fscked will screw up your credit. At some point, EATING is more important than the credit.
Don't have any medical problems not covered by insurance. That will instantly screw up your credit. Have you checked every little line in your insurance policy? Are you sure?
Don't ever stand up for your principles. If you have hard times, you'll find your credit card will get maxed. Soon after, you'll find that credit card corporations will charge "fees" that exceed interest levels that individuals are even allowed to charge each other. Despite being guilty of criminal behaviour, they will relentlessly charge "fees" a.k.a interest until you're buried alive. Since litigation is usually out of the question due to financial reasons, it seems the only way the average person can fight a corporation is to REFUSE to pay them anything once a corporation demonstrates criminal activity.
Final thoughts:
Why are corporations allowed to victimize individuals in a way that we are not allowed to do to each other? Contracts are not inherently binding. Fees are interest. If I lent someone $2000 and charged them outrageous fees exceeding say 21% simple interest per year, my ass would go to jail for racketeering (regardless of what contract the person signed agreeing to the fees). Yet corporations are allowed to do it on a massive scale. I don't get it. I don't accept it.
I think everyone should allow their credit to get screwed up beyond repair. Some of you won't have a choice for the reasons I mentioned above (and some I left out). Having horrible credit is an eye opening and liberating experience. Until you've experienced it, you simply have no idea how Orwellian the world has become.
We will never be able to compete because we have labor laws. Do a mental experiment. Let's assume for a minute that the playing field is fairly equal due to years of jobs sucking away from richer countries like the United States. Group A has labor laws, Group B doesn't. Group A does equally quality work with precisely the same overhead, other than cost of labor, as Group B. Group B will always be able to underprice Group A because they don't have labor laws (i.e. minimum wage). Foreign countries would be insane to implement labor laws or they'd be in the same boat as the United States. Labor laws always make labor more expensive!
So IMHO, the answer is to discourage extreme outsourcing by doing the following:
1. End corporate welfare (because it's just plain stupid)
2. Raise import taxes (to offset blue collar outsourcing)
3. Levying taxes against corporations that excessively outsource white collar jobs (to offset white collar outsourcing).
4. Offer tax breaks for corporations that use mostly American Labor.
I know. I'm a bastard for suggesting we do what EVERY other friggin country does. So be it. Worry not, none of this will start happening until the United States has been gutted beyond all recognition. Just like the United States won't change major energy sources until we've gutted the world's oil supply. It will happen when, and only when, the alternative is our own destruction.
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Does suse have a way to easily update the system if a security advisory is issued?
Flamebait? Obviously the moderator hasn't noted the lack of semicolons and other cruft in the Python programming language. There are no semicolons, no brackets, no "begin"s, no "end"s. That's a serious improvement because all that cruft adds up. You simply can't appreciate it until you've programmed without all the cruft.
Eiffel has unforgivable Pascalisms and other nasty crap in its syntax. Fsk ":=". And fsk "END". And fsck all the rest of the silly shit I see in the syntax. Modern programming language designers need to take a good look at Python syntax before designing their machine code compilable languages.
Personally, I'd like a nice staticly typed Python-like language to fill that need.
I was excited until I realized it was yet another interpreted programming language. If I could only have a machine code compiled programming language like c/c++ with Python's clean syntax. Now that would rock.
Anyways, the guy is recreating the wheel. One can live quite nicely without using the "brain aching" elements of Python without sacrificing too much.
What are the benefits to having this new sysctl infrastructure?
And if you can't learn to spell the word "lose" (not spelled as "loose") perhaps you should quit fucking posting on Slashdot. Belts are loose. Rogue viral companies like SCO loose themselves on society and eventually lose their court cases. But for the love of literacy, learn the difference between "lose" and "loose". Otherwise, you look like just another illiterate whiner on slashdot.
I have spent my fair share of time using various versions of Linux-based OS's and *BSD(mostly FreeBSD). There aren't any ground shaking differences between them. I have one very important observation though. FreeBSD is alive and well! It even excels over most Linux distributions because it has ALL of the following:
1. A package system that supports both binary and source installation of software packages.
2. An OS upgrade procedure (other than wipe out your system and install the new version).
3. Very modern software packages available for easy installation.
4. A handbook available so that one doesn't have to go to several different websites (often sifting through out-dated material) to get vital information required to powerfully use the OS.
Don't get me wrong Linux people. I like what you guys are doing... even though I haven't found one Linux-based distro that has all 4 of my subjective minimum requirements as listed above. I wouldn't bother installing Linux-based distros if I didn't like Linux. Just don't get a religious superiority complex.
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Where do I go? I don't find it easy at all to read the carp people are wrtiing. Am I a frgignig alein? Oh wiat...myabe thier rseearch is carp?
Iraq = Vietnam II. The problem with the arrogant ignorant twits running our US is that GW and Rummy didn't go to Vietnam. If they had, they wouldn't be so friggin confident and we wouldn't be fighting this bloody war. Well they can enjoy their Stalingrad and hope they can escape the country before the blood thirsty mob comes after them.
Personally, I'd rather see them go through a Hague trial.
"Have you ever read the USA-PATRIOT act? Be honest, now. Have you ever read it, or have you just read a couple of op-eds about it and formed an opinion based on them?"
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As a matter of fact, I've had a good look at the patriot act. Couldn't make heads nor tails of it. But I trust the Electonic Frontier Foundation's analysis of it.
"For what? We don't try people for war crimes just because we don't like them, you know. (Well, the people who wrote the Rome Treaty would disagree with this statement, but that's neither here nor there.)"
For violating international law. Nothing in UN resolution 1441 specifies that a massive attack and invasion is authorized. Speaking of reading things. Why don't you read the UN charter? Now that's something I am able to understand. US is a member of the United Nations. When the world said NO to war, Bush should have listened. Now he's going to take the fall like Blair. For getting the US into Vietnam II, hell yes Bush will be fessed up for a Hague trial. And if you weren't suckled onto the teet of mainstream news outlets, you'd realize the world is overwhelmingly against this war. Even Britain's people. I'm not joking when I say they're thinking about trying Blair like a war criminal. Here's the link:
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,463
The fact that people are such twits to actually think a damn blow job is a big deal while the patriot act is just swell demonstrates the perverse sense of morality my fellow Americans have. I take that back. They're scared little blood thirsty fascist sheep.
Go ahead, call me a traitor. From traitors, that is a complement. Good thing the constitution transcends the toilet paper this administration thinks it is. There's going to be hell to pay when the brainwashing wears off. I think that shall be soon since there are already cries for Blair's head. When American death toll in this very *avoidable* war exceeds 1000, Bush may join blair at the Hague trial.
You're insane. Nuff said.
How's my gardner going to help?
Save the effort of terrorists bringing their own explosives. Yes, good idea...not.
I wish I could mod you up, but I chose to participate in this discussion and lost my super powers.
You're off base. The US doesn't conquer because it doesn't want to look imperialist. The modus operandi of the United States is to undermine governments and install puppet governments that inevitably turn on us.
Arrgh mate! I don't think pirates actually copy software illegally. I think they're more into raping and pillaging.
Even as a hoax, are not the issues it discusses valid? Let us not engage in argumentum ad hominem.
'If I steal Linux, I sell it and make money. But "Linux" doesn't lose any money (I'm personifying Linux here, bear with me) because Linux is free.'
If you steal GPL code, you implicitly license your software as GPL. Try to sue someone when they "steal" your software. Good luck BUWAHAHAHAHA!
It's less expensive only when you cut corners with insurance. "Inexpensive" insurance, however, denies a lot of people who need health care. And, as soon as you have something go wrong with your health your rates will sky rocket. At that point, privatized health care most certainly IS NOT less expensive than socialized health care.
Assertion: "Sorry, but a bad credit report reflects one of three things: ignorance, irresponsibility, or all of the above."
Refutation: "And no, my credit is not perfect. I have two 30+ day late entries on my credit report. Why? Because, while I was in the Marine Corps, I was deployed and the military mail system lost my money orders. Yet I was too ignorant of the system to know I could fight it, and now it's too late. C'est la vie"
Excellent job refuting your own bullshit!
So you're refu
It's the most boring interview I've ever read.
My advice wasn't really advice. It was to illustrate how easy it is to get screwed up credit that doesn't reflect a person's actual merit. The purpose was to point out the ridiculousness of the position of the person who wrote the post to which I replied.
:) Seriously, it's a huge violation of privacy.
:)
:).
A simpler response would have been, "If you're going to hold that position, you better walk the line bud. It's easy to get bad credit.". However, I felt the need to develop my thoughts while bitching at the same time. It was kind of therapeutic.
To answer your question, there is a better solution then checking credit reports. How about corporations start respecting longer resumes again instead of one page pieces of shit that are currently standard? It might be an idea to actually check references. Check criminal records as well. I suppose that's too much effort to expend on disposable employees. (yes, I'm justifiably cynical)
There are plenty of ways to determine if someone is for real without asking for a credit report. (Another thing, it's nobody's business if I have good credit with "Dildo's R Us"
I'll be waiting diligently for this whole thing to blow up. The following just can't coexist logically:
1. Credit screwed up by unemployment (virtually inevitable due to lousy economy). Also getting screwed up by methods I mentioned in my first post.
2. Credit reports getting more commonly required for apartment rental
3. Credit reports getting more commonly required to get a job.
The above create a Catch 22 situation that just simply can't exist without ripping apart society as we know it. Thus I consider it a self solving problem
"My credit is bad because I've been unemployed. But I can't get a job here because my credit report is bad? That makes sense."
"Gee, I'd love to pay you but my credit is bad thanks to you, and I can't get a job since potential employers now require positive credit reports."
"Gee, I'd love to pay my student loans, but you (the government) have devastated my credit and as a result I'm well on my way to being both homeless and jobless. To begin with, my unemployment is the reason I can't pay on my loans. Since both potential employers or landlords now require positive credit reports, you might as well quit calling because my social worker will be calling you when I'm homeless."
Fact is, something has to give.
You're an ass. A credit report often reflects things that a new potential employer shouldn't be allowed to know.
Here's my advice to you:
Don't get married. Have you ever heard of financial warfare among spouses going through a divorce? My ex thoroughly screwed up my credit. This is a very common thing.
Don't have any hard times. Unemployment screws up credit big time as well. I don't care how much you save, a year of unemployment when the economy is fscked will screw up your credit. At some point, EATING is more important than the credit.
Don't have any medical problems not covered by insurance. That will instantly screw up your credit. Have you checked every little line in your insurance policy? Are you sure?
Don't ever stand up for your principles. If you have hard times, you'll find your credit card will get maxed. Soon after, you'll find that credit card corporations will charge "fees" that exceed interest levels that individuals are even allowed to charge each other. Despite being guilty of criminal behaviour, they will relentlessly charge "fees" a.k.a interest until you're buried alive. Since litigation is usually out of the question due to financial reasons, it seems the only way the average person can fight a corporation is to REFUSE to pay them anything once a corporation demonstrates criminal activity.
Final thoughts:
Why are corporations allowed to victimize individuals in a way that we are not allowed to do to each other? Contracts are not inherently binding. Fees are interest. If I lent someone $2000 and charged them outrageous fees exceeding say 21% simple interest per year, my ass would go to jail for racketeering (regardless of what contract the person signed agreeing to the fees). Yet corporations are allowed to do it on a massive scale. I don't get it. I don't accept it.
I think everyone should allow their credit to get screwed up beyond repair. Some of you won't have a choice for the reasons I mentioned above (and some I left out). Having horrible credit is an eye opening and liberating experience. Until you've experienced it, you simply have no idea how Orwellian the world has become.
We will never be able to compete because we have labor laws. Do a mental experiment. Let's assume for a minute that the playing field is fairly equal due to years of jobs sucking away from richer countries like the United States. Group A has labor laws, Group B doesn't. Group A does equally quality work with precisely the same overhead, other than cost of labor, as Group B. Group B will always be able to underprice Group A because they don't have labor laws (i.e. minimum wage). Foreign countries would be insane to implement labor laws or they'd be in the same boat as the United States. Labor laws always make labor more expensive!
So IMHO, the answer is to discourage extreme outsourcing by doing the following:
1. End corporate welfare (because it's just plain stupid)
2. Raise import taxes (to offset blue collar outsourcing)
3. Levying taxes against corporations that excessively outsource white collar jobs (to offset white collar outsourcing).
4. Offer tax breaks for corporations that use mostly American Labor.
I know. I'm a bastard for suggesting we do what EVERY other friggin country does. So be it. Worry not, none of this will start happening until the United States has been gutted beyond all recognition. Just like the United States won't change major energy sources until we've gutted the world's oil supply. It will happen when, and only when, the alternative is our own destruction.