Do you actually know any CEOs? I do, along with various other people in high positions in companies. Contrary to the popular belief, most of these people are extremely hard-working, extremely ethical people.
...who collectively feel like they deserve to be paid more than 400x as much as a regular worker, then outsource our jobs to India. But of course, you never see their jobs being outsourced, even though I'm sure China and India have plenty of business school graduates who could do the job for a hundredth of the money. That's why we hate them.
Wouldn't full NTFS support (or well, support for any FS more in use then ZFS today) make more sense?
Yeah, I mean it's not like NTFS is defined and controlled by an organization renowned for its hostility to other platforms, reluctant to document things in a way that other people can implement them, and scared of interoperability, is it?
...IDE just lets one focus better on the more interesting parts of the project instead of things like repetitively typing import statements.
If Java's import didn't suck so much, you wouldn't have the problem to start with. One problem of Java is that importing packages doesn't import dependencies. For instance, org.xml.sax.XMLReader is no use without org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLReaderFactory, yet importing the former doesn't bring in the latter.
Java is just too painful to write without an IDE. Ruby, on the other hand, is not painful even with nothing more than a text editor.
My question was more about SIP. If I have iChat (which is SIP-based) and my friend has Wengo (which is SIP-based), can we audio chat? What about Wengo and Gizmo? Or my home iChat client and work Sametime client?
I ask because I've never seen any SIP software described as interoperating with any other SIP software. Maybe I just need to try a bunch of this stuff and see for myself.
I'm less convinced. I often encounter web sites that provide information and then ask me to call a phone number and talk to someone to actually take action. Well, screw that--if I wanted to talk to someone, I wouldn't be using the web in the first place, I'd have reached for the phone at the start.
I'm not buying HD-DVD or Blu-ray until I can get a region free player.
My family have region-free DVD players, because we like to be able to send each other disks as gifts.
There may be a lot of Americans who never watch any non-US TV or movies and don't know anyone outside the US, but people in the rest of the world travel more.
Doesn't say anything about not letting them marry, just that they won't "inherit God's kingdom". We still let adulterers and fornicators marry, not to mention thieves.
It didn't help that my RPM database was obliterated, making any attempt at package management futile.
Yes, that's the single biggest problem I have with RPM.
Sure, you can layer Yum or APT on top of RPM and have a workable UI, but that doesn't solve the fundamental problem, which is that RPM still regularly corrupts its own database, sometimes irreperably. The most recent occurrence for me was a couple of months ago on a SuSE 10.1 system; I never did find out what triggered it, but I wiped and reinstalled and it's been fine since, so the hardware doesn't seem to be the problem.
I've resorted to taking a back up of the entire/var/lib/rpm directory before every major update. I shouldn't have to do that. I have never, never had APT or dpkg hang or corrupt their data irreperably.
Hell no. The last thing we want to do is encourage Linux users to start running random scripts they downloaded from web sites, just because they have.package in the name.
I wasn't comparing junk mail to the mafia, I was pointing out that your argument was applicable to the Mafia, and hence unconvincing. If you want to be taken seriously, come up with arguments in your favor that aren't laughable rationalizations.
Working, fully functional, stable NVidia/ATi drivers to run said software.
The trouble is, allowing binary kernel modules hasn't resulted in Linux having working, fully functional, stable nVidia and ATi drivers. Rather, it's given us crappy drivers that interfere with ACPI and cause crashes.
What is a drain about Junk Mail? It GIVES PEOPLE JOBS. It MAKES PEOPLE MONEY.
It wastes paper. It wastes chemicals used to make the paper. It increases deforestation. It makes it harder for me to find legitimate mail. It is the primary vector for mortgage scams, extended warranty scams, and credit cards with usurous terms and conditions.
The Mafia also gives people jobs and makes people money. So does prostitution. So does illegal chemical dumping.
Please, spare me lectures on how I shouldn't misjudge the SEO industry based on the unethical elements. I've yet to see anyone do a purely honest job of optimizing a web site for search engines; the term "SEO" is exclusively used by scam artists who clutter the web with bogus web pages full of crap like nonsense text and duplicate links in order to boost their pagerank. What's even sadder is the business owners who are suckered by this stuff, and end up with web sites that make them look like sleazy herbal viagra salesmen.
Yeah, being threatened with a lawsuit by idiots is a rite of passage for anyone who publishes anything on the net.
One time I got an email demanding that I remove information from various web sites or be sued for libel. I pointed out (a) that the web sites were archives of Usenet postings, and that I had no control over what someone had dredged out of Usenet and decided to republish on the web; (b) that I had posted the information to Usenet with an explicit expiry date that had already passed years ago, so in fact I had already requested that the information be taken down; and (c) that the information was factually correct, and hence not libelous. The kook agreed that the information was correct, but continued to pontificate about lawsuits. I never actually got sued, though.
Because our house was legally in Cambridge, the cable company could make us pay the Cambridge rate. The competing service in Somerville weren't allowed to hook us up--I called them and asked. I pointed out that the cable ran to the corner of our house--the city boundary actually cut through the building. They said it didn't matter, they couldn't hook us up because we weren't legally resident in Somerville.
Our DirecTV SD channels are better than our neighbors' analog cable. I don't have DirecTV HD because they want $10 a month for the 1 channel I'd watch.
FIOS TV seems to have the same problem. It looks like it's exactly the same price as DirecTV, and still makes me pay for all the news and sports channels I never watch. Not really a compelling upgrade.
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...who collectively feel like they deserve to be paid more than 400x as much as a regular worker, then outsource our jobs to India. But of course, you never see their jobs being outsourced, even though I'm sure China and India have plenty of business school graduates who could do the job for a hundredth of the money. That's why we hate them.
Yeah, I mean it's not like NTFS is defined and controlled by an organization renowned for its hostility to other platforms, reluctant to document things in a way that other people can implement them, and scared of interoperability, is it?
If Java's import didn't suck so much, you wouldn't have the problem to start with. One problem of Java is that importing packages doesn't import dependencies. For instance, org.xml.sax.XMLReader is no use without org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLReaderFactory, yet importing the former doesn't bring in the latter.
Java is just too painful to write without an IDE. Ruby, on the other hand, is not painful even with nothing more than a text editor.
I assume you mean that nobody will add it merely because it is now GPL; there are already major OEM computer makers shipping the JRE by default.
Give me a break. Even Eclipse doesn't take that long, on my 2GHz laptop.
Maybe not, but it's interestingly coincidental that a dodecahedron has 12 sides and string theory has around 11 dimensions.
I understand that it does XMPP, which is good.
My question was more about SIP. If I have iChat (which is SIP-based) and my friend has Wengo (which is SIP-based), can we audio chat? What about Wengo and Gizmo? Or my home iChat client and work Sametime client?
I ask because I've never seen any SIP software described as interoperating with any other SIP software. Maybe I just need to try a bunch of this stuff and see for myself.
I'm less convinced. I often encounter web sites that provide information and then ask me to call a phone number and talk to someone to actually take action. Well, screw that--if I wanted to talk to someone, I wouldn't be using the web in the first place, I'd have reached for the phone at the start.
I'm not so sure about that.
I'm not buying HD-DVD or Blu-ray until I can get a region free player.
My family have region-free DVD players, because we like to be able to send each other disks as gifts.
There may be a lot of Americans who never watch any non-US TV or movies and don't know anyone outside the US, but people in the rest of the world travel more.
"Visio" suggests something visual, i.e. a phone with video chat. But there doesn't seem to be any video involved.
Also, can Wengo interoperate with Gizmo and/or iChat? If not, why not?
I'll gladly trade 0.1 seconds of CPU time if it means I don't need to remember an extra command line option for the wc command.
That's why I'm of the v7 Unix philosophy. Make a tool that does one thing, and does it well.
If I later need to optimize for speed, then I'll read the man page.
Doesn't say anything about not letting them marry, just that they won't "inherit God's kingdom". We still let adulterers and fornicators marry, not to mention thieves.
In my most recent case, repairdb didn't work. YaST would continue to insist that it had to reinstall half the OS.
Yup. I even took a screenshot of my BSOD found using XP SP2.
Yes, that's the single biggest problem I have with RPM.
Sure, you can layer Yum or APT on top of RPM and have a workable UI, but that doesn't solve the fundamental problem, which is that RPM still regularly corrupts its own database, sometimes irreperably. The most recent occurrence for me was a couple of months ago on a SuSE 10.1 system; I never did find out what triggered it, but I wiped and reinstalled and it's been fine since, so the hardware doesn't seem to be the problem.
I've resorted to taking a back up of the entire /var/lib/rpm directory before every major update. I shouldn't have to do that. I have never, never had APT or dpkg hang or corrupt their data irreperably.
Hell no. The last thing we want to do is encourage Linux users to start running random scripts they downloaded from web sites, just because they have .package in the name.
I wasn't comparing junk mail to the mafia, I was pointing out that your argument was applicable to the Mafia, and hence unconvincing. If you want to be taken seriously, come up with arguments in your favor that aren't laughable rationalizations.
Great, I'll take it you have no objection to gay marriage then?
The trouble is, allowing binary kernel modules hasn't resulted in Linux having working, fully functional, stable nVidia and ATi drivers. Rather, it's given us crappy drivers that interfere with ACPI and cause crashes.
So the Ten Commandments no longer apply, right? They were Old Testament too.
It wastes paper. It wastes chemicals used to make the paper. It increases deforestation. It makes it harder for me to find legitimate mail. It is the primary vector for mortgage scams, extended warranty scams, and credit cards with usurous terms and conditions.
The Mafia also gives people jobs and makes people money. So does prostitution. So does illegal chemical dumping.
Please, spare me lectures on how I shouldn't misjudge the SEO industry based on the unethical elements. I've yet to see anyone do a purely honest job of optimizing a web site for search engines; the term "SEO" is exclusively used by scam artists who clutter the web with bogus web pages full of crap like nonsense text and duplicate links in order to boost their pagerank. What's even sadder is the business owners who are suckered by this stuff, and end up with web sites that make them look like sleazy herbal viagra salesmen.
Yeah, being threatened with a lawsuit by idiots is a rite of passage for anyone who publishes anything on the net.
One time I got an email demanding that I remove information from various web sites or be sued for libel. I pointed out (a) that the web sites were archives of Usenet postings, and that I had no control over what someone had dredged out of Usenet and decided to republish on the web; (b) that I had posted the information to Usenet with an explicit expiry date that had already passed years ago, so in fact I had already requested that the information be taken down; and (c) that the information was factually correct, and hence not libelous. The kook agreed that the information was correct, but continued to pontificate about lawsuits. I never actually got sued, though.
I guess "Dean Hunt" is rhyming slang.
Because our house was legally in Cambridge, the cable company could make us pay the Cambridge rate. The competing service in Somerville weren't allowed to hook us up--I called them and asked. I pointed out that the cable ran to the corner of our house--the city boundary actually cut through the building. They said it didn't matter, they couldn't hook us up because we weren't legally resident in Somerville.
Our DirecTV SD channels are better than our neighbors' analog cable. I don't have DirecTV HD because they want $10 a month for the 1 channel I'd watch.
FIOS TV seems to have the same problem. It looks like it's exactly the same price as DirecTV, and still makes me pay for all the news and sports channels I never watch. Not really a compelling upgrade.