Up to now, Linus had resisted this fad of jumping major version number to get everyone excited - you know, like these software that cycle normally through version 1.0, 1.1, 1.2... at the beginning of their life, then suddenly become v2.0, v3, v6 SE, 8 XL, 9 UltraTurbo when all they are is just minor releases, then eventually run out of credible major version number and just plain look stupid...
Is there a real reason for skipping 2.8 here, or does Linus want to experience the magical three-dot-oh release effect in his lifetime?
I would not feel safe with self driving cars on the road...yet
That's probably why Nevada is a good place to start a real-life experiment: apart in urban centers, if a self-driving car were to veer off course, it could probably drive in a straight line in the desert for hours without hitting anything.
Quite frankly, you may think what you want of Branson's endeavours, but at least he's trying to achieve new and exciting things. He'd make more money setting up a law firm, a hedge fund, or selling razors with 6 blades, but he pegs himself as a visionary and that's what visionaries do.
I say the world is better off with a Branson that Yet Another Businessperson [TM]...
if you want all you extensions to work. Half of them will be disabled in the new version because their authors haven't had time to release a version that this particular version of FF4 will accept. I suggest waiting until FF4 becomes mainstream if you want the transition to be seamless.
If you don't care that much about extensions however, go right ahead: FF4 is *great*: it's quick and less memory hungry, if nothing else. I've been loving it since it came out.
a bootable pre-OS environment based on GNU GRUB2 that tests how well (or how badly) your BIOS has configured your platform hardware.
!!INTEL BIOS WARNING!!
We have just detect that you've configured your CPU in egg frying mode. Reverting to pansy mode. If you want a fast processor in pansy mode, please contact your nearest Intel dealer and open your wallet.
When I was younger, I used to swear and curse and destroy keyboards when I faced something frustrating. Not so much when I coded, because if something goes wrong with your code, more often than not it's your fault and you can correct it. No, the real frustration comes when trying to work with Windows, or some other piece of software with idiosyncrasies that drive you up the wall.
Nowaways, I don't swear or bang keyboards anymore. Instead, I just sit in front of the screen, and I let this feeling that I'm probably gonna be there, wasting my life away for hours once more, sink in my stomach.
I mean, reinstalling Windows or restoring your backups because the stupid hard drive crashed, or configuring a stubborn driver, or trying to share a stupid printer from Win 7 to XP,... it's just like an itch you can't scratch isn't it? You just gotta do it and you know it's gonna take fucking longer than it should. What's the point of becoming angry on top of that hey...
In short, now that I'm older, the anger has turned into quiet desperation.
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1920x1080 is the norm, and there appears to be no push to go higher.
Tell that to my Dell 30" monitor and associated Nvidia 480GT. They seem to be displaying at 2560x1900 just fine.
People who want internet access write down the URL on a piece of paper, smuggle the piece of paper to a CIA operative, and the response is broadcast in the form of printouts of the requested web page dumped out of a Hercules C130.
How exactly are backdoors going to work in countries in which the local dictator/dear leader/thug has pulled the plug on the internet?
The only kind of "internet bypass" I can think of is either by modem (with CIA-controlled modem banks as ISP I suppose), or packet radio if the dear leader cut telephone access too. Speaking as a ham, the latter isn't very likely to happen in countries undergoing a revolution methinks.
Just wait till safety advocates and would-be buyers cry out for anti-hummer-intrusion bars, 50 airbags, electric windows, heated seats, A/C and in-board GPS and DVD players, and when this thing hits the road for real, it'll be over a ton and get 40 mpg, just like the others
From TFA: However, H2G2 is unusual. It is a pre-existing community that the BBC brought into its fold, not a community that the BBC set up from scratch. So rather than closing it, we've decided to explore another option.
Now wait and see how many comments about deleting the site are posted here, and marvel at the number of people who don't read TFA...
Exploiting personal data for profit is nothing new. Spies, snitches and blackmailers have been doing that for millenia. And conning people out of giving out their personal data isn't new either. The internet just makes suckers get suckered faster and in the comfort of their own living room.
Stop bolting technology onto a 19th century design. How about designing something from the ground up that solves the issues of our time ? We already have something that allows you to do other things while traveling, it's called a train.
That's the Government's stupidity for not putting a performance clause into the contract
And you know that because...?
I work as a QA engineer for a large defense contractor. One thing I can tell you is that we issue a lot of documents requiring our plants and our suppliers to follow a metric shitload of MIL, ISO, EN and whatnot standards, for the very purpose of meeting stringent quality requirements set forth in the contracts. It takes months, sometimes years for our products just to pass qualification and type-approval tests, and our products don't even go in space.
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Up to now, Linus had resisted this fad of jumping major version number to get everyone excited - you know, like these software that cycle normally through version 1.0, 1.1, 1.2... at the beginning of their life, then suddenly become v2.0, v3, v6 SE, 8 XL, 9 UltraTurbo when all they are is just minor releases, then eventually run out of credible major version number and just plain look stupid...
Is there a real reason for skipping 2.8 here, or does Linus want to experience the magical three-dot-oh release effect in his lifetime?
I wonder if it can detect wet dreams too...
I would not feel safe with self driving cars on the road...yet
That's probably why Nevada is a good place to start a real-life experiment: apart in urban centers, if a self-driving car were to veer off course, it could probably drive in a straight line in the desert for hours without hitting anything.
before Anonymous started turning on itself. Maybe they've run out of external targets...
In a very small person?
If you knew how well interpreters at the EU parliament are paid, you wouldn't pity her...
Quite frankly, you may think what you want of Branson's endeavours, but at least he's trying to achieve new and exciting things. He'd make more money setting up a law firm, a hedge fund, or selling razors with 6 blades, but he pegs himself as a visionary and that's what visionaries do.
I say the world is better off with a Branson that Yet Another Businessperson [TM]...
if you want all you extensions to work. Half of them will be disabled in the new version because their authors haven't had time to release a version that this particular version of FF4 will accept. I suggest waiting until FF4 becomes mainstream if you want the transition to be seamless.
If you don't care that much about extensions however, go right ahead: FF4 is *great*: it's quick and less memory hungry, if nothing else. I've been loving it since it came out.
a bootable pre-OS environment based on GNU GRUB2 that tests how well (or how badly) your BIOS has configured your platform hardware.
!!INTEL BIOS WARNING!!
We have just detect that you've configured your CPU in egg frying mode. Reverting to pansy mode. If you want a fast processor in pansy mode, please contact your nearest Intel dealer and open your wallet.
Maybe enforce "three word minimum" or something
Wanna bet on the number of people who'll chose "a a a" as a password?
When I was younger, I used to swear and curse and destroy keyboards when I faced something frustrating. Not so much when I coded, because if something goes wrong with your code, more often than not it's your fault and you can correct it. No, the real frustration comes when trying to work with Windows, or some other piece of software with idiosyncrasies that drive you up the wall.
Nowaways, I don't swear or bang keyboards anymore. Instead, I just sit in front of the screen, and I let this feeling that I'm probably gonna be there, wasting my life away for hours once more, sink in my stomach.
I mean, reinstalling Windows or restoring your backups because the stupid hard drive crashed, or configuring a stubborn driver, or trying to share a stupid printer from Win 7 to XP, ... it's just like an itch you can't scratch isn't it? You just gotta do it and you know it's gonna take fucking longer than it should. What's the point of becoming angry on top of that hey...
In short, now that I'm older, the anger has turned into quiet desperation.
1920x1080 is the norm, and there appears to be no push to go higher.
Tell that to my Dell 30" monitor and associated Nvidia 480GT. They seem to be displaying at 2560x1900 just fine.
People who want internet access write down the URL on a piece of paper, smuggle the piece of paper to a CIA operative, and the response is broadcast in the form of printouts of the requested web page dumped out of a Hercules C130.
How exactly are backdoors going to work in countries in which the local dictator/dear leader/thug has pulled the plug on the internet?
The only kind of "internet bypass" I can think of is either by modem (with CIA-controlled modem banks as ISP I suppose), or packet radio if the dear leader cut telephone access too. Speaking as a ham, the latter isn't very likely to happen in countries undergoing a revolution methinks.
Well, that's not too hard, a sizable portion of the rest of the world is faster than America.
Just wait till safety advocates and would-be buyers cry out for anti-hummer-intrusion bars, 50 airbags, electric windows, heated seats, A/C and in-board GPS and DVD players, and when this thing hits the road for real, it'll be over a ton and get 40 mpg, just like the others
Well, he could use his impressive CGI skills to create a much better 'digital' medical issue.
The Slashdot blurb says: "Will.i.am is one third of the popular music group"
but TFA says: "Will.i.am is one quarter of the popular music group"
Gee, only hours into the job, and Will.i.am has already fallen victim to the Intel floating point bug...
that this job's gonna be a good job...
From TFA: However, H2G2 is unusual. It is a pre-existing community that the BBC brought into its fold, not a community that the BBC set up from scratch. So rather than closing it, we've decided to explore another option.
Now wait and see how many comments about deleting the site are posted here, and marvel at the number of people who don't read TFA...
It's how things seem work these days
Exploiting personal data for profit is nothing new. Spies, snitches and blackmailers have been doing that for millenia. And conning people out of giving out their personal data isn't new either. The internet just makes suckers get suckered faster and in the comfort of their own living room.
Stop bolting technology onto a 19th century design. How about designing something from the ground up that solves the issues of our time ? We already have something that allows you to do other things while traveling, it's called a train.
Oh yeah, because trains are sooo 21st century.
There's a whole new planet just waiting to be overexploited and ruined by greedy corporations out there...
that's like 25,000 DVDs of Marilyn Monroe pr0n...
That's the Government's stupidity for not putting a performance clause into the contract
And you know that because...?
I work as a QA engineer for a large defense contractor. One thing I can tell you is that we issue a lot of documents requiring our plants and our suppliers to follow a metric shitload of MIL, ISO, EN and whatnot standards, for the very purpose of meeting stringent quality requirements set forth in the contracts. It takes months, sometimes years for our products just to pass qualification and type-approval tests, and our products don't even go in space.
In short, you're talking out of your ass.