Having been an active user of debian for at least 3 or 4 years now what are the good reasons to use the system as of yet? Are there sets of packages that are always compiled for the hurd platform or is it still largely buggy and application poor?
"Don't talk to me about blind studies, etc. When you tell someone they are listening to CDs and then listening to MP3s, it is no longer blind. The true test is to sit down and listen, without knowing what is being tested, using different music types, and such. Some people get nothing but CDs, some get MP3s, some get FM radio, nobody knows for sure except the test manager. Even the person administering the test does not know."
"The problem with a P90 and a few hard disks is that you can hear all those fans and platter spinning around. Kinda spoils the listening experience, I think. Well, MP3 ruins the listening experience so maybe it's a wash. "
Turn up the music louder?
"A P90 barely has enough power to decode MP3 anyway." I heard that there was a software enhancement that allowed 486's to play mp3s
"Since we know that all MP3s are only backup copies of what we have already purchased, I'm sure that Taco actually paid for all that music and the musicians were properly paid for their effort.:)"
This dosn't matter
"I know this because Slashdot has always told me that Napster et al actually increases music purchases."
"who im still mad about for incuring me customs charges"
If you live out of the country in which the object is located expect this.
" and threatening to throw my credit rating off."
I would like to know how this happened
"this is a shameless plug. pathetic i say pathetic."
they are affiliated with a company which is ideologically similar with the people who purtchess things there are essentially have other things of similar interest.
"i guess its products for nerds capitalism that matters eh taco?"
I may have to say this but you really don't have to buy it. It isn't being forced on you.
I would find it interesting that the NSA would ever directly threaten someone might blow their cover. I might feel honored. Kind of like a visit from the devil.
"This is just the very beginning of a very long and painful future."
That's where you are wrong. It's things like this that would just love to make me want to become a lawyer (much easier than math/engineering courses that's for sure). If the government wants to create a nazi police state they will have to get past me or else I defect.
And furthermore I feel that most people aren't really thinking. You can't just tear up the constitution at a whim (hint they already tried this with the collection of acts called the Alien/Sedition Acts during the 1790's when French people were acting naughty and chopping off people's heads with an oversized comedy razorblade). There is going to be only one eventual outcome a *glorious* future. 1984 is a fools paradise totalitarian regimes were beaten with the end of the cold war.
"The worst terrorist attack in recorded history occurred less than one month ago, followed by another attack just hours ago, and you people have the gall to be discussing the fact that the "The Perl Journal is back. It's been rolled into Sys Admin Magazine as a quarterly supplement for the print publication. On the web side, the archive articles are all up now here. See articles from Vol 1 Issue 1 on regex by Tom Christiansen and cgi programming by Lincoln Stein"???? My *god*, people, GET SOME PRIORITIES!"
Yeah and you know what. There have been a lot worse problems in the world. I look at the broader historical forces. Take Jhengiz Khan for example. The crusades. In fact most of the early half of the 20th century Europe had worse. So it's really hard to get easily worked up at least for me.
"The bodies of the 6000+ innocent people who died in these unprecedented tragedies could give a good god damn about The Perl Journal, your childish Lego models, your nerf toy guns and whining about the lack of a "fun" workplace, your Everquest/Diablo/D&D fixation, the latest Cowboy Bebop rerun, or any of the other ways you are "getting on with your life" (here's a hint: watching Cowboy Bebop in your jammies and eating a bowl of Shreddie's is *not* "getting on with your life")."
Let me guess you are either a) the quisential hippie who has a bunch of 20th century philosophy and really dosn't understand the full ramifications of people's lives. Let me tell you there are those of us in this world who have to take the pragmatic view that there are fates worse than death. Yes there are. Trust me you have no idea of suffering for those who are *living* I am sure that the living envy the dead many times.
To make a long point even longer you really have to understand that psychologically speaking that there are different ways of coping with things and this may be one of them.
I should also like to point out that being a person who really isn't in any geographical location near this it's hard to be continuously worked up about this. Frankly a 100 megaton hyrodgen warhead could have exploded above the towers and most likely I wouldn't have to worry about anything but a little background radiation to worry me. The thing I worry about is getting the "priviledge" of experiencing a new great depression becuase the last one missed my lifetime. That is nothing I am looking forward to.
"The souls of the victims are watching in horror as you people squander your finite, precious time on this earth playing video games!"
Oh please. I really would like some nice scientific proof that there is even a soul. In fact I once had religious belief however there is a point at which the overwhelming evidence towards a nice little conspiracy of history and mania makes this foolish. Personally I would like to believe in an afterlife because of fear of the unknown void but that isn't likely to happen.
"You people disgust me!"
And your AC opinion matters to me how? Frankly you are no different from many neauvo rich people who have little to deal with in life but thinking about qualms of philosphy and discussing the existential horror of their lives. The man on the street dosn't give a shit after a while and I don't either. And if you think that I am some sort of uneducated fool think again. I probably have read more books that you will in your entire life and have a college degree so please spare me the histrionics and get back to smoking grass or whatever hippies still do (like protest the *eeeeevvvvviiillll* companies and bitch imporantly).
"In a way, you're almost as bad as the terrorists themselves."
Boy you are clueless. I would love to know exactly this ties in with anything logical maybe you should explain so I can shoot down this U-2 as well.
"At least they had the conviction to die doing something they believed in."
Ignorance of history. These people are fanatics. They are in fact similar to the original shite sect of the assassins (who got that name by getting stoned out via marajuana and getting fucked and gorged in their master's secret garden to get them ready to die and live like that in the afterlife). Who would do all kinds of nutty things. Eventually they were wiped out by the Turks but still they are deluded fools. Mainstream islamic followers think that they are fools.
So in the end this is just a rant but frankly one that I need to post.
"Remember when the Big Bertha Titanium driver came out? It was a sensation, everybody bought one, then all of the sudden everything golf related was "titanium." Titanium core balls, titanium putters, titanium umbrellas... it just didn't stop."
does the addition of titanium actually make the collision more elastic and hit farther? or is that a lie
"I can understand gold and platinum, because they ARE valuable metals but titanium... it's like saying that "I've got a American Express Aluminum card"."
Well as I recall titanium is rather rare. When the government wanted to build the sr71 there wasn't enough titanium for it's hull so the CIA had to descretely get some through intermediatiaries in the USSR.
"How many men do you see wearing a gold wrist watch, for instance? Unless you're a nigger pimp or a faggot, you DON'T WEAR GOLD. Hot women, on the other hand, should only wear gold and nothing else. "
Then what about all those rather rich people with gold watches? Oh right that disproves the little theory.
"Some information you may be willing to die to protect. For example, giving information that a terrorist could use to kill thousands. Where are the nukes, and how do you launch them? I'm not sure how well I could take turture, but I'm pretty sure I could deal with a bullet in the head."
That's why you try to kill him and hopefully you are armed.
"If you are dead, the fingerprint wont work. If you'd do any research and actually think you'd realize this. Using a fingerprint actually requires that the pirate keep you alive. "
simple solution get some industrial strength sodium pentathol and it's all over even sleeping pills.
"Nah - these things can tell a dead finger - blood, pulse, rigor mortis etc. You need to have it attached to you when you use it. Of course, this presents a problem if you do something disfiguring to your finger (don't joke, it happens!), and you can't get at your files. What's more, someone can just hold a gun to your head until you put your finger on the pad...so it's by no means foolproof."
I would love to know of a system that gets rid of this limitation. Perhaps an AI of sorts.
Slashdot Mirror
Having been an active user of debian for at least 3 or 4 years now what are the good reasons to use the system as of yet? Are there sets of packages that are always compiled for the hurd platform or is it still largely buggy and application poor?
he's a man who is influential in the programming language called lisp.
"As we move closer to having infinite memory and infinite processor speed do you see Lisp being used more in the mainstream? "
Uhhh apart from emacs where is lisp in high demand in the free software world?
"Don't talk to me about blind studies, etc. When you tell someone they are listening to CDs and then listening to MP3s, it is no longer blind. The true test is to sit down and listen, without knowing what is being tested, using different music types, and such. Some people get nothing but CDs, some get MP3s, some get FM radio, nobody knows for sure except the test manager. Even the person administering the test does not know."
technically that's called double blind
"The problem with a P90 and a few hard disks is that you can hear all those fans and platter spinning around. Kinda spoils the listening experience, I think. Well, MP3 ruins the listening experience so maybe it's a wash. "
Turn up the music louder?
"A P90 barely has enough power to decode MP3 anyway." I heard that there was a software enhancement that allowed 486's to play mp3s
"no wireless? barbarians ! "
maybe not everyone wants to have a little wireless device and the attendant cost?
"CNN and MSNBC are reporting that an NBC employee has tested positive for anthrax in NYC."
actual confirmation?
"Looks like that as well as this being the 1st war of the 21st century this is also the first biological war of the 21st century."
This is *not* going to be a "biological war" these are stupid peons.
"Since I live in NYC, I guess I better get an anthrax test just in case."
the word is hypochondria.
"Quite a few people around me have gotten a cold lately."
And burglaries correspond to sales of ice cream dosn't mean that they are related.
"Since we know that all MP3s are only backup copies of what we have already purchased, I'm sure that Taco actually paid for all that music and the musicians were properly paid for their effort. :)"
This dosn't matter
"I know this because Slashdot has always told me that Napster et al actually increases music purchases."
This is a personal choice
"thinkgeek."
so? is there a problem
"who im still mad about for incuring me customs charges"
If you live out of the country in which the object is located expect this.
" and threatening to throw my credit rating off."
I would like to know how this happened
"this is a shameless plug. pathetic i say pathetic."
they are affiliated with a company which is ideologically similar with the people who purtchess things there are essentially have other things of similar interest.
"i guess its products for nerds capitalism that matters eh taco?"
I may have to say this but you really don't have to buy it. It isn't being forced on you.
"Did the NSA threaten them too?"
I would find it interesting that the NSA would ever directly threaten someone might blow their cover. I might feel honored. Kind of like a visit from the devil.
Another idiot giving up when they shouldn't.
your images on your html page are broken
"it's time to get back to work."
I agree
"This is just the very beginning of a very long and painful future."
That's where you are wrong. It's things like this that would just love to make me want to become a lawyer (much easier than math/engineering courses that's for sure). If the government wants to create a nazi police state they will have to get past me or else I defect.
And furthermore I feel that most people aren't really thinking. You can't just tear up the constitution at a whim (hint they already tried this with the collection of acts called the Alien/Sedition Acts during the 1790's when French people were acting naughty and chopping off people's heads with an oversized comedy razorblade). There is going to be only one eventual outcome a *glorious* future. 1984 is a fools paradise totalitarian regimes were beaten with the end of the cold war.
"The worst terrorist attack in recorded history occurred less than one month ago, followed by another attack just hours ago, and you people have the gall to be discussing the fact that the "The Perl Journal is back. It's been rolled into Sys Admin Magazine as a quarterly supplement for the print publication. On the web side, the archive articles are all up now here. See articles from Vol 1 Issue 1 on regex by Tom Christiansen and cgi programming by Lincoln Stein"???? My *god*, people, GET SOME PRIORITIES!"
Yeah and you know what. There have been a lot worse problems in the world. I look at the broader historical forces. Take Jhengiz Khan for example. The crusades. In fact most of the early half of the 20th century Europe had worse. So it's really hard to get easily worked up at least for me.
"The bodies of the 6000+ innocent people who died in these unprecedented tragedies could give a good god damn about The Perl Journal, your childish Lego models, your nerf toy guns and whining about the lack of a "fun" workplace, your Everquest/Diablo/D&D fixation, the latest Cowboy Bebop rerun, or any of the other ways you are "getting on with your life" (here's a hint: watching Cowboy Bebop in your jammies and eating a bowl of Shreddie's is *not* "getting on with your life")."
Let me guess you are either a) the quisential hippie who has a bunch of 20th century philosophy and really dosn't understand the full ramifications of people's lives. Let me tell you there are those of us in this world who have to take the pragmatic view that there are fates worse than death. Yes there are. Trust me you have no idea of suffering for those who are *living* I am sure that the living envy the dead many times.
To make a long point even longer you really have to understand that psychologically speaking that there are different ways of coping with things and this may be one of them.
I should also like to point out that being a person who really isn't in any geographical location near this it's hard to be continuously worked up about this. Frankly a 100 megaton hyrodgen warhead could have exploded above the towers and most likely I wouldn't have to worry about anything but a little background radiation to worry me. The thing I worry about is getting the "priviledge" of experiencing a new great depression becuase the last one missed my lifetime. That is nothing I am looking forward to.
"The souls of the victims are watching in horror as you people squander your finite, precious time on this earth playing video games!"
Oh please. I really would like some nice scientific proof that there is even a soul. In fact I once had religious belief however there is a point at which the overwhelming evidence towards a nice little conspiracy of history and mania makes this foolish. Personally I would like to believe in an afterlife because of fear of the unknown void but that isn't likely to happen.
"You people disgust me!"
And your AC opinion matters to me how? Frankly you are no different from many neauvo rich people who have little to deal with in life but thinking about qualms of philosphy and discussing the existential horror of their lives. The man on the street dosn't give a shit after a while and I don't either. And if you think that I am some sort of uneducated fool think again. I probably have read more books that you will in your entire life and have a college degree so please spare me the histrionics and get back to smoking grass or whatever hippies still do (like protest the *eeeeevvvvviiillll* companies and bitch imporantly).
"In a way, you're almost as bad as the terrorists themselves."
Boy you are clueless. I would love to know exactly this ties in with anything logical maybe you should explain so I can shoot down this U-2 as well.
"At least they had the conviction to die doing something they believed in."
Ignorance of history. These people are fanatics. They are in fact similar to the original shite sect of the assassins (who got that name by getting stoned out via marajuana and getting fucked and gorged in their master's secret garden to get them ready to die and live like that in the afterlife). Who would do all kinds of nutty things. Eventually they were wiped out by the Turks but still they are deluded fools. Mainstream islamic followers think that they are fools.
So in the end this is just a rant but frankly one that I need to post.
"Ah... but how can you be so SURE?"
old+religious
"If it gets oxidised (while welding, for instance) you can crush the resulting titanium oxide piece in your hands."
doh!
"Remember when the Big Bertha Titanium driver came out? It was a sensation, everybody bought one, then all of the sudden everything golf related was "titanium." Titanium core balls, titanium putters, titanium umbrellas... it just didn't stop."
does the addition of titanium actually make the collision more elastic and hit farther? or is that a lie
" don't see how that disproves my assertion (not a theory).
"
the fact that I knew these people and they weren't either?
"Titanium is also an SOB to work with, which is one reason it's not used more often."
exactly how?
"I can understand gold and platinum, because they ARE valuable metals but titanium... it's like saying that "I've got a American Express Aluminum card"."
Well as I recall titanium is rather rare. When the government wanted to build the sr71 there wasn't enough titanium for it's hull so the CIA had to descretely get some through intermediatiaries in the USSR.
"How many men do you see wearing a gold wrist watch, for instance? Unless you're a nigger pimp or a faggot, you DON'T WEAR GOLD. Hot women, on the other hand, should only wear gold and nothing else. "
Then what about all those rather rich people with gold watches? Oh right that disproves the little theory.
"I consider myself to be very technically inclined having programmed in VB for the last 8 years doing kernel level programming."
*insane peals of laughter*
"Some information you may be willing to die to protect. For example, giving information that a terrorist could use to kill thousands. Where are the nukes, and how do you launch them? I'm not sure how well I could take turture, but I'm pretty sure I could deal with a bullet in the head."
That's why you try to kill him and hopefully you are armed.
"If you are dead, the fingerprint wont work. If you'd do any research and actually think you'd realize this. Using a fingerprint actually requires that the pirate keep you alive. "
simple solution get some industrial strength sodium pentathol and it's all over even sleeping pills.
"Nah - these things can tell a dead finger - blood, pulse, rigor mortis etc. You need to have it attached to you when you use it. Of course, this presents a problem if you do something disfiguring to your finger (don't joke, it happens!), and you can't get at your files. What's more, someone can just hold a gun to your head until you put your finger on the pad...so it's by no means foolproof."
I would love to know of a system that gets rid of this limitation. Perhaps an AI of sorts.