Actually I'm not sure if I want to wear advanced battery technology on my wrist or my face if it is storing sufficient energy to easily rip off my hand or my head when something goes wrong.
Why not? You sit in a car that has fuel with 270 times the specific energy of batteries and FAR more Kgs of combustible material.
That comparison doesn't really hold. For one thing, liquid gasoline isn't very combustible. What's combustible is the right mix of evaporated gasoline and air, as it briefly comes into and goes out of existence inside the engine. Liquid gasoline inside the tank is remarkably stable, which is why we don't see cars randomly going up in flames. Plus, it's not/directly/ strapped to my wrist or face..
A lithium air battery has half the specific energy of wood. I wouldn't worry [...]
Actually I'm not sure if I want to wear advanced battery technology on my wrist or my face if it is storing sufficient energy to easily rip off my hand or my head when something goes wrong.
One downside of the A+ is that it still has only a single USB 2 connector.
There are two down sides worth noting. That's one of them
That's not a downside.
The onboard USB hub of model B is one of the main perpetrators responsible for the high power consumption. It would defeat the point of model A if it was present.
Suspend/resume has been broken there since 2008, and drivers for any recent Intel graphics adapter will not run (you cannot switch from Xorg to a console and back) properly.
[...] Your comment about not being able to switch between X and console suggests your knowledge is at least two years out of date. It was true for a short while in -CURRENT (the development branch) but never the case in a -RELEASE version.
Not true, 10-RELEASE has this issue. I'm experiencing it first-hand, but to also quote your handbook:
6.4.1. Caveats
[...]
Intel: as of FreeBSD 9.1, 3D acceleration on most Intel graphics, including IronLake, SandyBridge, and IvyBridge, is supported. Due to the current KMS implementation, it is not possible to switch between the graphical console and a virtual console using Crtl+Alt+F#.
The linux kernel [is] in your desktops, in your web servers, in your cell phones
Not quite, but yeah. Is somewhat prevalent.
your cars, in your televisions, in your game systems, in your embedded devices...
Now your fanboyism is showing. None of those are significantly Linux-driven, which is mostly because of the GPL.
Stop giving Linux credit for what is primarly BSD domain, if anything.
What, are you missing BSD "expert bloggers" and stuff?
Hint: what you're saying is complete nonsense. Their documentation encourages, in numerous places, users to subscribe to their respective mailing lists.
not exactly, the web interface is just secondary, mostly because it doesn't allow for automation. The canonical way are lpstat, lpadmin, lpoptions and friends
Is it actually correct or is it "but gcc allows it anyway!"?
Either way, we might as well do it the other way around and consider int foo(); in C and in C++. In one of those languages, foo does take any arguments.
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You are in open forest, with a deep valley to one side.
Would've been a good joke if you hadn't ruined it by explaining it right away.
0/10 didn't even chuckle.
Actually I'm not sure if I want to wear advanced battery technology on my wrist or my face if it is storing sufficient energy to easily rip off my hand or my head when something goes wrong.
Why not? You sit in a car that has fuel with 270 times the specific energy of batteries and FAR more Kgs of combustible material.
That comparison doesn't really hold. For one thing, liquid gasoline isn't very combustible. What's combustible is the right mix of evaporated gasoline and air, as it briefly comes into and goes out of existence inside the engine. /directly/ strapped to my wrist or face..
Liquid gasoline inside the tank is remarkably stable, which is why we don't see cars randomly going up in flames. Plus, it's not
A lithium air battery has half the specific energy of wood. I wouldn't worry [...]
Well, TNT has 1/5 the specific energy of wood.
Actually I'm not sure if I want to wear advanced battery technology on my wrist or my face if it is storing sufficient energy to easily rip off my hand or my head when something goes wrong.
polyforphism? seriously?
I'd rather want it to be slower and use less power as a result. No, underclocking doesn't cut it.
One downside of the A+ is that it still has only a single USB 2 connector.
There are two down sides worth noting. That's one of them
That's not a downside.
The onboard USB hub of model B is one of the main perpetrators responsible for the high power consumption. It would defeat the point of model A if it was present.
here you go
for the Americans in the audience
Okay, AC confirmed it. We're an audience after all.
Shit.
you download a new onetime pad for your bank
And how do you secure that download? By another one-time-pad you downloaded somewhere else?
Suspend/resume has been broken there since 2008, and drivers for any recent Intel graphics adapter will not run (you cannot switch from Xorg to a console and back) properly.
[...] Your comment about not being able to switch between X and console suggests your knowledge is at least two years out of date. It was true for a short while in -CURRENT (the development branch) but never the case in a -RELEASE version.
Not true, 10-RELEASE has this issue. I'm experiencing it first-hand, but to also quote your handbook:
6.4.1. Caveats
[...]
Intel: as of FreeBSD 9.1, 3D acceleration on most Intel graphics, including IronLake, SandyBridge, and IvyBridge, is supported. Due to the current KMS implementation, it is not possible to switch between the graphical console and a virtual console using Crtl+Alt+F#.
$() is POSIX. Backticks are, too, but usually discouraged, for they don't nest.
Sibling's claim that this was bash- or zsh specific is wrong.
Look, please think of the children, okay?!
on whether I can run a BSD or at least some Lunix on it.
That is not what i was referring to. The typical technically illiterate user wouldn't know how to do that anyway (or even know what it means)
or huge battery life...
isn't going to happen with the raspi.
No, not with Model A+, either.
You do know the common way for users to deal with UAC prompts, right?
Except that it's really not that dynamic.
Except that it really is that dynamic. Who speaks DHCP with their ISP anyway. Protip: Often is IPCP on a PPP link.
Of course, silly claims like this
n/c
The linux kernel [is] in your desktops, in your web servers, in your cell phones
Not quite, but yeah. Is somewhat prevalent.
your cars, in your televisions, in your game systems, in your embedded devices...
Now your fanboyism is showing. None of those are significantly Linux-driven, which is mostly because of the GPL.
Stop giving Linux credit for what is primarly BSD domain, if anything.
Most BSD are hiding a lot from their user base.
What, are you missing BSD "expert bloggers" and stuff?
Hint: what you're saying is complete nonsense. Their documentation encourages, in numerous places, users to subscribe to their respective mailing lists.
Umm... you need to learn how warrants work.
Does he need to learn how warrants work?
Or do you need to be reminded of the status quo?
*adjusts tinfoil hat*
Came here to say that.
98 pounds of fuel on the jet,
Hose 'em down, light it up,
0 pounds of fuel on the jet.
not exactly, the web interface is just secondary, mostly because it doesn't allow for automation.
The canonical way are lpstat, lpadmin, lpoptions and friends
Is it actually correct or is it "but gcc allows it anyway!"?
Either way, we might as well do it the other way around and consider int foo(); in C and in C++. In one of those languages, foo does take any arguments.