How is it this guy gets a "funny: 2" rating,
and I was kicked off slashdot for a week
for starting the beowolf craze
(or maybe there are others out there more subtle than me...)
Gary
I used to have a friend called Ian (an aussie) who always claimed that his "English" was correct since English is defined by it's use, and he's using it, therefore it's correct by definition.
Crap.
People who use this as an argument ARE WRONG!
BTW - "Begging the question" is NOT the same as "begs the question" - the former is "raises an issue", the second is a self supporting argument.
Copyright law protects listeners as well as producers. You *DO* have the right to copy your CD into MP3 format for use on the computer, and also onto tape for use in the car. This is simply "fair use".
You of course can't copy it for use in two places at the same time - that's not fair (as in "fair use").
So, you are quite entitled to copy your LPs onto CD and then MP3. Legally entitled to, despite what record companies tell you.
Imagine a Beowolf cluster of Giraffes that have forgotten to "spread their legs" (sorry ladies) when drinking (or is it after drinking, ladies?) and their heads all exploding?
Even better, imagine Linux Torvalds head explode due to thinking too hard.
Notice how the slashdot moderators modded the previous post up to 3 or more? Simply because it is a pro-jew post? In the same way they do the same for anything pro-linux or pro-transmeta. If it's Intel or Microsoft they get modded down.
Just because a jew calls someone else a "jew hater" he is now anti-semitic (no proof ever required) and the posts are modded appropriately.
You're going to mod this post down anyway, just because I've hit a nerve - you know full well you haven't got the balls to criticise the jews even if you wanted to (and I doubt you want to). And because of that I'm going to repost the other guys URL of http://www.ihr.org so you can read some more about the jews.
Notice how the slashdot moderators mod up any pro-jew post? In the same way they do the same for anything pro-linux or pro-transmeta. If it's Intel or Microsoft they get modded down.
Just because a jew calls someone else a "jew hater" he is now anti-semitic (no proof ever required) and the posts are modded appropriately.
You're going to mod this post down anyway, just because I've hit a nerve. And because of that I'm going to repost the other guys URL of http://www.ihr.org so you can read some more about the jews.
Gary
Oooh, that hurt didn't it. I repeat: perhaps "Big Iron" means files greater than 2 gigabytes? Hardly an unreasonable request for a machine with that size main memory?
For all of you that are not aware of this: LINUX CANNOT HANDLE FILES BIGGER THAN 2 GIGABYTES.
Here's another one: Perhaps "Big Iron" means a single large swap file, instead of lots of 128 meg ones - Ha de ha:-)
I use FreeBSD, but OpenBSD would also be fine. As would BSDi. And NetBSD if I wasn't a PC user.
Regarding linux kernels and their so called high kwality implementations:
I would not dream of using a linux kernel, since I need a reliable datastore. When linux gives me raw devices, I might consider using it.
Translation: The day I can tell when to remove a floppy from a drive by not looking at the light but looking at the command prompt returning, is the day I'll use it - since some programs *NEED* to know when data is on disk. Linux doesn't give me this.
And don't spout on about reiser fs etc. since that is a) not reliable and b) not in the linux kernel - for exactl;y the same reasons that the Big Iron patches aren't in the kernel - Linux Torvalds himself.
DVD is supported...just not every DVD device. Hardware RAID is largely a non-issue...that's why it's hardware RAID.
OK, I see one or two DVD device are supported. But we're still a year off having good support and having it mainstream. Not so for windows.
Drivers for hardware RAID, on say, Dell servers, are not supported. I know - I tried to find one recently. The only options for linux are software RAID (joke - there is no raw device!) and transparent hardware (very expensive).
KDE or Gnome, for two examples. Once given 'the computer', most people don't care or see any real difference; examples - two of my sisters.
Please don't compare KDE (and definately not GNOME!) to Windows. The day I can cut and paste and drap and drop OBJECTS (i.e. images, spreadsheet cells, text with font information, etc.) from one app to another, is the day you can compare the two. Until then, WINDOWS OWNS THE DESKTOP. You are dreaming if you think otherwise.
The GPL isn't entirely free, but it's damn close to it and largely misunderstood.
I understand the GPL. That's why I never submit bugs reports or fixes to GPL'd projects.
Re:Linux Torvalds has been working on Crusoe linux
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I think I saw the same article. Makes alot of sense - BUT.... couldn't they be changed to be optional? Set a kernel option at compile for which code you need?
Precisely!
That's another clue to Linux Torvalds hidden agenda. You are not seriously telling me he has never heard of #ifdef BIG_MACHINE????
That's exactly the sort of thing I'm talking about - if that's what you call DVD suuport, then I fully understand why you claim it has hardware RAID asupport, it is reliable, easy to use, has a great desk top etc. etc.
Installing this sort of thing *IS* the application. *This* is the raison d'etre of all linux boys.
Give it another year, and I'll agree with you.
Re:Linux Torvalds is intentionally boycotting it!
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I swear to God their after me. Linus is trying to destroy his life's work for his own financial gain
by rewriting all of linux in Crusoe assembler....
DVD? Just watched The Matrix last night on my linux box at home
Please explain how for the benefit of all the others that have been trying to do the same thing.
Hardware RAID? Have it on a linux server at work.
Big deal - it's most likely transparent - but they cost a fortune. Try getting it on a low end Dell box
GPL? At least Big Iron can be sure that any code they might change/add can't be used in a closed source project by another company.
Bollocks. I can take whatever GPL'd source I want and use it in any of work's closed source projects. In fact I do - I've never released a bug fix bag into the community if it is going to end up GPL (I work at an ISP so deal with this day in day out).
Gary
Slashdot Mirror
So?
With *ANY* public key system you *TRUST THE RECIPIENT* - if he is incompetent, or has been hacked, then all is lost anyway. So why the fuss?
Just be pleased they've chosen S/MIME rather than shitty old pgp
Gary
How is it this guy gets a "funny: 2" rating, and I was kicked off slashdot for a week for starting the beowolf craze (or maybe there are others out there more subtle than me ...)
Gary
I used to have a friend called Ian (an aussie) who always claimed that his "English" was correct since English is defined by it's use, and he's using it, therefore it's correct by definition.
Crap.
People who use this as an argument ARE WRONG!
BTW - "Begging the question" is NOT the same as "begs the question" - the former is "raises an issue", the second is a self supporting argument.
Gary
You of course can't copy it for use in two places at the same time - that's not fair (as in "fair use").
So, you are quite entitled to copy your LPs onto CD and then MP3. Legally entitled to, despite what record companies tell you.
Gary
Sounds like a fruit machine I once used. I could pass on the name of a company that sells the little bulbs if you like. www.ihr.org
www.ihr.org
For a start, the machines have 4 rotors. They are the ones used on the subs (like the ones the BRITS, NOT THE YANKS, got the codebook for on U571)
They are NOT priceless. Quite a few exist. But only three exist at Bletchly Park
For more info on the war, in particular the Jews/Holocaust(tm) check out www.ihr.org
Even better, imagine Linux Torvalds head explode due to thinking too hard.
Gary
What was your email? ryan@lovespyt.com ? Gary
Poo poo
Giraffes have the same problem. When they bend down their part their front legs which squeezes the main artery to the brain to stop it blowing up.
Gary
(Image a beowolf cluster of those!)
Wow - imagine a beowolf cluster of spammers!
Although ther colour is usually half the res of the brightness Gary
Blame Blair
Gates himself wrote that program called 'donkey'
It's out on the net (called 'DONKEY.BAS') if you
really want to see how shit hot Billy Boy is.
Gary
Not all drunk drivers kill. It's not the drinking part that should be illegal, but the killing bit. Gary
Notice how the slashdot moderators modded the previous post up to 3 or more? Simply because it is a pro-jew post? In the same way they do the same for anything pro-linux or pro-transmeta. If it's Intel or Microsoft they get modded down.
Just because a jew calls someone else a "jew hater" he is now anti-semitic (no proof ever required) and the posts are modded appropriately.
You're going to mod this post down anyway, just because I've hit a nerve - you know full well you haven't got the balls to criticise the jews even if you wanted to (and I doubt you want to). And because of that I'm going to repost the other guys URL of http://www.ihr.org so you can read some more about the jews.
Gary
Just because a jew calls someone else a "jew hater" he is now anti-semitic (no proof ever required) and the posts are modded appropriately.
You're going to mod this post down anyway, just because I've hit a nerve. And because of that I'm going to repost the other guys URL of http://www.ihr.org so you can read some more about the jews. Gary
Slashdot crashes my browser. Clealy a linux only site.
Gary
Oooh, that hurt didn't it. I repeat: perhaps "Big Iron" means files greater than 2 gigabytes? Hardly an unreasonable request for a machine with that size main memory?
For all of you that are not aware of this: LINUX CANNOT HANDLE FILES BIGGER THAN 2 GIGABYTES.
Here's another one: Perhaps "Big Iron" means a single large swap file, instead of lots of 128 meg ones - Ha de ha :-)
I use FreeBSD, but OpenBSD would also be fine. As would BSDi. And NetBSD if I wasn't a PC user.
Regarding linux kernels and their so called high kwality implementations: I would not dream of using a linux kernel, since I need a reliable datastore. When linux gives me raw devices, I might consider using it.
Translation: The day I can tell when to remove a floppy from a drive by not looking at the light but looking at the command prompt returning, is the day I'll use it - since some programs *NEED* to know when data is on disk. Linux doesn't give me this.
And don't spout on about reiser fs etc. since that is a) not reliable and b) not in the linux kernel - for exactl;y the same reasons that the Big Iron patches aren't in the kernel - Linux Torvalds himself.
DVD is supported...just not every DVD device. Hardware RAID is largely a non-issue...that's why it's hardware RAID.
OK, I see one or two DVD device are supported. But we're still a year off having good support and having it mainstream. Not so for windows.
Drivers for hardware RAID, on say, Dell servers, are not supported. I know - I tried to find one recently. The only options for linux are software RAID (joke - there is no raw device!) and transparent hardware (very expensive).
KDE or Gnome, for two examples. Once given 'the computer', most people don't care or see any real difference; examples - two of my sisters.
Please don't compare KDE (and definately not GNOME!) to Windows. The day I can cut and paste and drap and drop OBJECTS (i.e. images, spreadsheet cells, text with font information, etc.) from one app to another, is the day you can compare the two. Until then, WINDOWS OWNS THE DESKTOP. You are dreaming if you think otherwise.
The GPL isn't entirely free, but it's damn close to it and largely misunderstood.
I understand the GPL. That's why I never submit bugs reports or fixes to GPL'd projects.
I think I saw the same article. Makes alot of sense - BUT.... couldn't they be changed to be optional? Set a kernel option at compile for which code you need?
Precisely!
That's another clue to Linux Torvalds hidden agenda. You are not seriously telling me he has never heard of #ifdef BIG_MACHINE????
That's exactly the sort of thing I'm talking about - if that's what you call DVD suuport, then I fully understand why you claim it has hardware RAID asupport, it is reliable, easy to use, has a great desk top etc. etc.
Installing this sort of thing *IS* the application. *This* is the raison d'etre of all linux boys.
Give it another year, and I'll agree with you.
Never heard of a Crusoe compiler?
DVD? Just watched The Matrix last night on my linux box at home
Please explain how for the benefit of all the others that have been trying to do the same thing.
Hardware RAID? Have it on a linux server at work. Big deal - it's most likely transparent - but they cost a fortune. Try getting it on a low end Dell box GPL? At least Big Iron can be sure that any code they might change/add can't be used in a closed source project by another company.
Bollocks. I can take whatever GPL'd source I want and use it in any of work's closed source projects. In fact I do - I've never released a bug fix bag into the community if it is going to end up GPL (I work at an ISP so deal with this day in day out). Gary