And idiotic dipshits like to pretend that something like the iPhone existed beforehand just because there were phones with screens that could run some apps. It's like pretending an iMac is not much better than the Lisa because both have/had a GUI, keyboard and mouse.
Besides, your analogy breaks down completely because his wife is a martial arts champion and would probably break his neck if he got out of line with her or their children.
So the guy who has collectively managed hundreds of people over 2 decades has limitations as a manager that he should give a fuck about?
Slashdot is such a funny place because so many people here think that Linus cares if anyone disagrees with his style or that he cares if big companies stop funding kernel development. The fact is anyway that you're all 100% wrong. Those huge corporations, like I dunno... IBM or Intel don't give a crap how Linus talks to other developers. All they care about is that Linux continues to be a kernel they can make money from.
There is no such thing as a "need" to change at the level of nature. Evolution is not much more than the statement "things change, including living things". Nothing has to change. It just so happens that on a evolutionary scale, if a species does not, its chances for survival diminish.
Depends on what you mean by embedding. The stored-procedure engine of an RDBMS is really a separate system that happens to reside in the same software stack as the data access portion. There's nothing wrong with embedding business logic in SPs, especially if you have multiple systems accessing the DB. In that scenario, you don't have a single point of access other than the DB which can act as a controller.
And, as with most design patterns, they work great until they don't. Being able to realise when they don't is an important skill.
Except that doesn't really matter because most of those features are user-level features, and not a part of the SDK anyway. And Apple's support for backwards compatibility makes it trivial to handle missing features anyway.
The parent post was modded by a bunch of clueless, ignorant idiots.
Dropbox's service works by syncing your filesystem (rooted at your locally configured dropbox directory) across all devices registered to the same Dropbox user. Your data isn't held hostage at all since you now have as many backups as you have devices in your control. There just happens to also be a copy on Dropbox's servers. This is a good thing! It means you can easily share files to others or access from a non-registered device if you need to. It's also a convenient backup, in case something goes horribly wrong. (Or you only have one device registered.)
In short, the parent poster and his moderators are idiots.
Dropbox is one of those services that syncs across your computers (and mobile devices to some extent). It also happens to keep a copy too, so you can access it from anywhere, provided you have a connection. It's not either/or. It's both.
Crippled the 1st-gen iPad? You should perhaps talk to my wife, who has been running iOS 5 on her iPad almost since it was available. It doesn't crash on her. It's still responsive and the battery is still good a couple years later. I had the same iPad until it broke and I replaced it. I never had any of these strange issues that have been reported.
Check out the NX-bit. ARM has the same concept, though it's called something else. Only memory allocated for the program image can be executed. Data and stack are not executable.
Fact: The West Bank was part of Jordan prior to 1967. This why the country was called Trans-Jordan -- it spanned the Jordan River.
The land never belonged to the Arabs who call themselves Palestinians (a name taken from a territory called Palestine, which was simply Israel renamed by the Romans). They were there as refugees, under Jordanian control. Jordan didn't want them as citiziens and/or they didn't wish to be citizens of Jordan.
Fact: Jordan doesn't want the land back.
Given that no other sovereign nation in the region is requesting territorial control, why should Israel, who conquered it in war, not exercise control?
Fact: Arabs do not want a two-State solution. They are quite happy with the one-State solution -- as long as they are the State.
Israel(li)s don't really give a shit; they just want the violence to end so Israel can end the compulsary draft that has been in place for its entire existance. Arabs want to create another State in which they can oppress minorities, commit honor killings and generally be terrible people.
I pay 99 nis/month for unlimited voice/sms/3g data, plus free international calling to around 40 countries, including the US. That's between $25 and $30 a month, depending on the exchange rate.
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At least he's thinking. You apparently have decided to forego the process.
Retarded gerbils can mash keys so they should be allowed on slashdot?
Apparently so.
Patents are supposed to stifle competition. That's exactly why they exist. Idiot.
And idiotic dipshits like to pretend that something like the iPhone existed beforehand just because there were phones with screens that could run some apps. It's like pretending an iMac is not much better than the Lisa because both have/had a GUI, keyboard and mouse.
What you wrote does not contradict the GP in any way, shape or form. What exactly was the point of your comment?
You are beyond stupid.
Besides, your analogy breaks down completely because his wife is a martial arts champion and would probably break his neck if he got out of line with her or their children.
So the guy who has collectively managed hundreds of people over 2 decades has limitations as a manager that he should give a fuck about?
Slashdot is such a funny place because so many people here think that Linus cares if anyone disagrees with his style or that he cares if big companies stop funding kernel development. The fact is anyway that you're all 100% wrong. Those huge corporations, like I dunno... IBM or Intel don't give a crap how Linus talks to other developers. All they care about is that Linux continues to be a kernel they can make money from.
There is no such thing as a "need" to change at the level of nature. Evolution is not much more than the statement "things change, including living things". Nothing has to change. It just so happens that on a evolutionary scale, if a species does not, its chances for survival diminish.
Try reading the whole comment before posting.
Depends on what you mean by embedding. The stored-procedure engine of an RDBMS is really a separate system that happens to reside in the same software stack as the data access portion. There's nothing wrong with embedding business logic in SPs, especially if you have multiple systems accessing the DB. In that scenario, you don't have a single point of access other than the DB which can act as a controller.
And, as with most design patterns, they work great until they don't. Being able to realise when they don't is an important skill.
Except that doesn't really matter because most of those features are user-level features, and not a part of the SDK anyway. And Apple's support for backwards compatibility makes it trivial to handle missing features anyway.
The parent post was modded by a bunch of clueless, ignorant idiots.
Dropbox's service works by syncing your filesystem (rooted at your locally configured dropbox directory) across all devices registered to the same Dropbox user. Your data isn't held hostage at all since you now have as many backups as you have devices in your control. There just happens to also be a copy on Dropbox's servers. This is a good thing! It means you can easily share files to others or access from a non-registered device if you need to. It's also a convenient backup, in case something goes horribly wrong. (Or you only have one device registered.)
In short, the parent poster and his moderators are idiots.
Wow. You can't take a guess... followed by 3 guesses.
Logical consistency is not a strong point, I take it? :)
Dropbox is one of those services that syncs across your computers (and mobile devices to some extent). It also happens to keep a copy too, so you can access it from anywhere, provided you have a connection. It's not either/or. It's both.
Crippled the 1st-gen iPad? You should perhaps talk to my wife, who has been running iOS 5 on her iPad almost since it was available. It doesn't crash on her. It's still responsive and the battery is still good a couple years later. I had the same iPad until it broke and I replaced it. I never had any of these strange issues that have been reported.
That's not old.
Treacherous heritage?
Check out the NX-bit. ARM has the same concept, though it's called something else. Only memory allocated for the program image can be executed. Data and stack are not executable.
I'm in Israel. Apple Maps doesn't even have street names for all the roads in my town.
You are an idiot. Please compare the definitions of anecdote and fact. You will apparently be surprised to learn that they are quite different.
For patents on physical devices a working prototype must be submitted or demonstrated. I fail to see why this should not be the case for software.
If you truly believe there's no difference in taste, you have destroyed your tastebuds. I feel sorry for you.
Fact: The West Bank was part of Jordan prior to 1967. This why the country was called Trans-Jordan -- it spanned the Jordan River.
The land never belonged to the Arabs who call themselves Palestinians (a name taken from a territory called Palestine, which was simply Israel renamed by the Romans). They were there as refugees, under Jordanian control. Jordan didn't want them as citiziens and/or they didn't wish to be citizens of Jordan.
Fact: Jordan doesn't want the land back.
Given that no other sovereign nation in the region is requesting territorial control, why should Israel, who conquered it in war, not exercise control?
Fact: Arabs do not want a two-State solution. They are quite happy with the one-State solution -- as long as they are the State.
Israel(li)s don't really give a shit; they just want the violence to end so Israel can end the compulsary draft that has been in place for its entire existance. Arabs want to create another State in which they can oppress minorities, commit honor killings and generally be terrible people.
I pay 99 nis/month for unlimited voice/sms/3g data, plus free international calling to around 40 countries, including the US. That's between $25 and $30 a month, depending on the exchange rate.
You have no ability to comprehend what you read, so really you are totally irrelevant to a discussion based on words.