"Fusion power plants, powered by helium 3 mined on the Moon, are popping up like mushrooms..."
The moment I read this, I had visions of little mushroom clouds popping up all over the planet, like the invasion of Caprica in Battlestar Galactica. I know fusion doesn't work that way, but he might want to consider another turn of phrase...
Except in this case, they're "protecting" the presidency from uncomfortable questions and counterpositions. I think this falls solidly into the "names will never hurt me" category.
Great job, spooks! Keep those fragile politico egos intact!
-O9 optimizations aside, the USE flags are what really make Gentoo shine. For folks who want to include or omit specific libraries/features, all built consistently across many apps, USE can't be beat. It's easy to build a tight, efficient system.
Of course, it does have a downside. Dependency is one. For example, a library called expat recently got upgraded, and it links to just about every app I use. Not only was the recompilation heinous, but I could barely use my system in the meantime.
For big packages like OpenOffice or Mozilla -- that's why the devs gave us the pre-compiled bins. We're not all crazy, you know.:)
If you think the Linux Foundation is too far apart from the community, wait until you hear about the BSD Foundation on the other side of the galaxy at Star's End...
I can't say for sure, but from TFA, I suspect that the "new" virtualization is to have the OS provide a default sets of settings, libraries, and registry, but then to overlay different sets of those same resources for particular apps. Two different versions of an application may need different libraries under the same name, for example -- ditto with registry entries or configuration files.
Not virtualization in the sense of VMWare, which creates an entirely virtual computer, hardware interfaces and all. This is more like managed tomfoolery with pointers and symbolic links, all of which gives the impression of a sandboxed environment.
How about selling laptops that are built out of reliable hardware, just for a start? It's practically impossible to tell whether a laptop has decent components in it, even with a spec sheet. Parts change too quickly and websites just don't keep up. These days even buying two of the same model of wireless card is a tossup on what chipset you actually land with.
If I knew with confidence that I could buy a laptop with predictable innards, I'd hang the Microsoft tax and install my own damn OS. Instead I end up with Latest Revision Whatever, and I'm scrambling for the compatibility charts... AGAIN.
Any hardware that works on Linux will de facto work with Windows, but Windows is, shall we say, "far more accommodating" to fly-by-night hardware vendors. Shore up your component manufacturers, guys. Then we can talk.
I'd say, "Let's have a Slashdot poll," but I'm afraid I'd wake up in 2009 to find Cowboy Neal laughing his ass off from behind the podium...
How many butterflies would I have to stomp on to keep that from happening?
For me, Palm died when PalmOS went away
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I loved the classic Palm applications. No boot-up time, no waiting, no graphics-heavy Windows-like desktop compressed to the size of an index card...
There seemed to be a lot of hobbyist development, too. People found ways to make the Palm keep track of what they wanted. As I recall, the Palm database format encouraged a lot of interchangeability and standardization. Mind-mapping and outlines were easy as pie and quick to bring up, so I rarely lost any ideas.
When they moved with Windows CE (or whatever they called the mobile variant that week), I threw up my hands. The hardware wasn't suited to it, and there were few -- if any -- replacements for the apps I cared to use. As far as I know, all the good stuff went the way of the dodo.
So I guess my question is: how does the move to Linux bode for developers? Will there be compatibility with any of the classic Palm OS or Windows CE apps, or will we once again have to build from scratch?
So... how long before I, as a member of the John Q Public brigade, can get my hands on one of these?
Let's be non-lethal to each other. I mean, fair's fair, right? Which would the Powers That Be have me rioting against the authoritarian regime with: molitov cocktail and a handgun, or a pain laser?
I suspect in English the plural will be something like "consenses." Maybe not.
Anyway, you left something out of your list of things that aren't proof in science: reproducable results. If you can duplicate events, it bolsters the argument that you're onto a real phenomenon and not chasing errors in the theory. Later, the model gets twiddled and refined to account for new observation while retaining the reproducable stuff.
Beyond a certain point, table layout code gets so damn convoluted and recursive that it becomes a nightmare to make even small changes to layout. Especially tables within tables.
I inherited a web project from a guy who used tables *almost* exclusively -- the almost is the worst, because now I've got TWO recursive trees to run back when making a layout change... or even add another row or column to an existing table. I want to plunge a pencil into this guy's eye, the code is so hard to adjust for.
He's got colspans and rowspans all over the place, and it's tough to figure out which goes to which table. Divs would have been much nicer because divs can have exclusive class declarations, and he could have just made each freaky section a class with the right properties. Instead he went gonzo and I'm left decyphering Sanskrit.
That's what DIV is good for. If you want to see what I'm dealing with, look at the code for the Duke City Shootout. Living with it is like living in a living nightmare.
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"Fusion power plants, powered by helium 3 mined on the Moon, are popping up like mushrooms ..."
...
The moment I read this, I had visions of little mushroom clouds popping up all over the planet, like the invasion of Caprica in Battlestar Galactica. I know fusion doesn't work that way, but he might want to consider another turn of phrase
Say what you want about Darth Vader, but sticking next to Palpatine's side for over 20 years was a tremendous act of loyalty.
If this means that his destiny is to redeem himself by throwing President Bush down an abyss to disappear in ghostly blue flame, I'm okay with that.
Or your neighbor! ...
Oh. Ha! Ha! I joke, of course.
Except in this case, they're "protecting" the presidency from uncomfortable questions and counterpositions. I think this falls solidly into the "names will never hurt me" category.
Great job, spooks! Keep those fragile politico egos intact!
-O9 optimizations aside, the USE flags are what really make Gentoo shine. For folks who want to include or omit specific libraries/features, all built consistently across many apps, USE can't be beat. It's easy to build a tight, efficient system.
:)
Of course, it does have a downside. Dependency is one. For example, a library called expat recently got upgraded, and it links to just about every app I use. Not only was the recompilation heinous, but I could barely use my system in the meantime.
For big packages like OpenOffice or Mozilla -- that's why the devs gave us the pre-compiled bins. We're not all crazy, you know.
And for that matter, why is the argument for ads always one-way: "I need to fund my bandwidth! Look at my ads!"
... well, it's just smart business isn't it?
I have bandwidth to fund too, pal: the bandwidth coming into my house. Or office. Or corporation. Your ads take up my resources too.
If I can free up significant resources on my own network by blocking your ads
If you think the Linux Foundation is too far apart from the community, wait until you hear about the BSD Foundation on the other side of the galaxy at Star's End ...
I can't say for sure, but from TFA, I suspect that the "new" virtualization is to have the OS provide a default sets of settings, libraries, and registry, but then to overlay different sets of those same resources for particular apps. Two different versions of an application may need different libraries under the same name, for example -- ditto with registry entries or configuration files.
Not virtualization in the sense of VMWare, which creates an entirely virtual computer, hardware interfaces and all. This is more like managed tomfoolery with pointers and symbolic links, all of which gives the impression of a sandboxed environment.
Just a suspicion.
How about selling laptops that are built out of reliable hardware, just for a start? It's practically impossible to tell whether a laptop has decent components in it, even with a spec sheet. Parts change too quickly and websites just don't keep up. These days even buying two of the same model of wireless card is a tossup on what chipset you actually land with.
... AGAIN.
If I knew with confidence that I could buy a laptop with predictable innards, I'd hang the Microsoft tax and install my own damn OS. Instead I end up with Latest Revision Whatever, and I'm scrambling for the compatibility charts
Any hardware that works on Linux will de facto work with Windows, but Windows is, shall we say, "far more accommodating" to fly-by-night hardware vendors. Shore up your component manufacturers, guys. Then we can talk.
I think the words you're looking for are: "The Establishment."
It doesn't matter who is in charge. Simply being in charge is enough.
"Mister President, we must not allow a remote controlled next-gen Predator gap!"
And if you buy that line, I have some Hafnium isomers I'd like to sell you.
Microsoft *is* the Un-Ubuntu.
They've been distributing that for years. I say we call the article a 'dupe' and move on to real news.
Where can I invest in this exciting new technology?
Email isn't dead. It just smells funny. ...
So I guess it's no use setting up Courier-IMAP on my BSD box, then?
I think we need a new posting option: "Anonymous Stuntman."
science is a never ending inquiry into the unknown. there will always be the unknown
*ahem.* We don't actually know that.
(/self ducks.)
Yes.
No, wait a second. What does "LFG" typed over and over in the world chat channel mean again?
Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap doodled the first design for the Cray Supercomputer on the back of a napkin at a diner while on tour.
Unfortunately, back then nobody could figure out how to cram all those components into an six-and-a-half inch tall case.
I'd say, "Let's have a Slashdot poll," but I'm afraid I'd wake up in 2009 to find Cowboy Neal laughing his ass off from behind the podium ...
How many butterflies would I have to stomp on to keep that from happening?
I loved the classic Palm applications. No boot-up time, no waiting, no graphics-heavy Windows-like desktop compressed to the size of an index card ...
There seemed to be a lot of hobbyist development, too. People found ways to make the Palm keep track of what they wanted. As I recall, the Palm database format encouraged a lot of interchangeability and standardization. Mind-mapping and outlines were easy as pie and quick to bring up, so I rarely lost any ideas.
When they moved with Windows CE (or whatever they called the mobile variant that week), I threw up my hands. The hardware wasn't suited to it, and there were few -- if any -- replacements for the apps I cared to use. As far as I know, all the good stuff went the way of the dodo.
So I guess my question is: how does the move to Linux bode for developers? Will there be compatibility with any of the classic Palm OS or Windows CE apps, or will we once again have to build from scratch?
Sorry ... I only got as far as "goddi-" before I lost my place. Could you dumb it down a little for me?
So ... how long before I, as a member of the John Q Public brigade, can get my hands on one of these?
Let's be non-lethal to each other. I mean, fair's fair, right? Which would the Powers That Be have me rioting against the authoritarian regime with: molitov cocktail and a handgun, or a pain laser?
Bruce Perens probablu wants us to call it the NEU/Thalmus.
(Just joking, Bruce! Just joking! We love you!)
I suspect in English the plural will be something like "consenses." Maybe not.
Anyway, you left something out of your list of things that aren't proof in science: reproducable results. If you can duplicate events, it bolsters the argument that you're onto a real phenomenon and not chasing errors in the theory. Later, the model gets twiddled and refined to account for new observation while retaining the reproducable stuff.
Beyond a certain point, table layout code gets so damn convoluted and recursive that it becomes a nightmare to make even small changes to layout. Especially tables within tables.
... or even add another row or column to an existing table. I want to plunge a pencil into this guy's eye, the code is so hard to adjust for.
I inherited a web project from a guy who used tables *almost* exclusively -- the almost is the worst, because now I've got TWO recursive trees to run back when making a layout change
He's got colspans and rowspans all over the place, and it's tough to figure out which goes to which table. Divs would have been much nicer because divs can have exclusive class declarations, and he could have just made each freaky section a class with the right properties. Instead he went gonzo and I'm left decyphering Sanskrit.
That's what DIV is good for. If you want to see what I'm dealing with, look at the code for the Duke City Shootout. Living with it is like living in a living nightmare.