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  1. Re:Systemd will integrate powershell someday on Microsoft Releases PowerShell DSC For Linux · · Score: 1

    Systemd will integrate powershell someday

    don't be giving them any ideas

  2. Re:The GPL on Why Was Linux the Kernel That Succeeded? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Systemd is a collection of small executables each with a precise goal, in line with the UNIX philosophy.
    Do a "ls -alSrh /lib/systemd/systemd-* /usr/bin/systemd-*" if you want to verify this fact.

    Try running any one of them independently of the rest.
    Just because the program is broken into smaller pieces does not a make it in line with the unix philosophy.
    I can currently run swap out any of the alternate unix util's be they GNU, BSD, Solaris, whatever, Plan9 even utils even.
    I can use OpenRC for my init, dcron from DragonflyBSD for my cron, Dtrace from Solaris, pf packet filter from OpenBSD, and Plan9 user space utilities on any number of kernels including Linux.
    SystemD utils can only be used on one kernal with sytemd as the init. I can't use networkd for examplwith systemV init or openRC.
    Secondly SystemD eschews the unix philosophy that plain text is the universal interface and avoidance of binary format when possible, instead it embraces binary output for its logs for example requiring a yet another component to even be able to read your logs.

    Since you seem be mistaken in understanding what the unix philosophy is you may want to review what the jargon file say about it.
    http://www.catb.org/esr/writin...

  3. Re:Trains on Self-Driving Big Rigs Become a Reality · · Score: 1

    Of course trans are more economical

    I thought pay discrimination based on sexual orientation was illegal...

    oh you meant trains not trans

  4. Re:an important fact! on As Hubble Breaks a Distance Record, We Learn Its True Limits · · Score: 1

    . But that's never been proven, and there are others out there that think it isn't about motion at all

    The only two known ways to produce a consistent, wavelength independent red shift are through motion and general relativity effects, both of which are part of the currently accepted theory of the red shift vs. distance relationship.

    Or we could have areas of space with greater for lack of a better term "density of volume" where a given space is bigger on the inside than it would appear from out.
    http://arxiv.org/abs/1308.6731
    (yes the scientist who purposed it called tardis space)

  5. Re:Exclamation marks on As Hubble Breaks a Distance Record, We Learn Its True Limits · · Score: 2

    Please quit shooting all caps are worse than of what you are complaining, unless they have four in a row in which case fuck that guy there is never an excuse for four exclamation points

    (briefly skims blogpost)

    nope only one used at a time

  6. Re:Confused on Single Verizon IP Address Used For Hundreds of Windows 7 Activations · · Score: 1

    yeah it seems more indicative of a small computer shop or a vpn of a business.

  7. Re:Nothing wrong with Socialism. on Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina Announces Bid For White House · · Score: 0

    It's funny how socialism has such a bad reputation in 'merica. It's automatically equated to "evil" Commmunism.

    Of the top 10 most prosperous countries, half are socialist countries. Norway, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and Netherlands. Of the top 10 most happiest countries, the majority are socialist countries.

    It's funny how much happier people are when they don't have worry about things such as primary and university education, housing, health care, insurance, transportation, etc. It's also interesting how that correlates to a more productive society, making the country in general more prosperous.

    Denmark often ranks in the top 5 year after year on both lists. While they have a 60% income tax, the people still manage to have more money in their pocket than the typical American. Why? The costs of their necessities are ridiculously low because it's distributed amongst the entire population. Their net income is higher than a typical American who has to eat the high costs of living (for the typical American, almost 50% of your income goes immediately into housing [rent, mortgage, etc.], then tack on health insurance, car insurance, loan debt, etc.) While Americans are racking up quarter million dollar debts just to go to school, Danes get paid to get a Master's Degree at University. Or rather, they're getting their collective investment returned to them when they go to school.

    ACA is a good step forward. If everyone pays for health insurance, the costs will come down. You'd think fiscal conservatives would be all over that. Well, they were when Romney did it, but then suddenly were against it "just because."

    What size is the population of the countries you are talking about? Norway 5.0 million, Denmark 5.6, Finland 5.4, Sweden 9.5, Netherlands 16.8 million.
    How many are in the US... 318 million. We have states (California 38.8 million Texas 26.6 Florida 19.89 and New York 19.7)with larger populations than the largest of these countries Netherlands, in fact 22 states have a larger population that Norway hell there are more people in New York City than Norway.

    How homogeneous culturally and racial are these countries? Very.

    You are comparing tiny homogeneous groups of wealthy countries to a large continent spanning ethnically and culturally diverse mass that is the US.

    Apples and Oranges.

    You would be better off comparing the US (318 million) to all of Western Europe (397.5 million). Only that isn't a fair comparison either as Europe has a several thousand year head start on its development of infrastructure, its road system for example first started by the Roman Empire.

  8. Re:Red Hat will crush Linux competitors on Ubuntu 15.04 Received Well By Linux Community · · Score: 2

    Red Hat is operating right out of Microsoft's playbook.

    Remember when Microsoft was buddy-buddy with Apple, and IBM?

    Once Linux is completely dependent on Red Hat controlled technologies, Red Hat will always be two steps ahead of the competition, it will be seriously difficult for Linux users to use anything except Red Hat.

    What happens when Red Hat decides there is no reason for more than one package management solution? Red Hat will say that users demanded one standardized package management, and systemd will only work if Red Hat's solution is installed. Wait for it.

    to late. Linux Standard Base (LSB) requires support for use of rpm (redhat package manager) they railroaded that through despite debian ubuntu and others protest.

  9. Re:This again? on New Test Supports NASA's Controversial EM Drive · · Score: 0

    Not really as velocity approaches C it becomes a asymptotic curve as you have mass a positive mass you will never reach C without infinate energy.

  10. Re:And why is bitcoin different? on Bitcoin Is Disrupting the Argentine Economy · · Score: 1

    If you can do all transactions in bit coin it could be fairly difficult for governments to track.

    Yes, it isn't like all bitcoin transaction are public, open for anyone to see.

    but you could use a new address for every incoming transaction making much harder to trace.

  11. Re:Modern approach to car safety is wrong on The Engineer's Lament -- Prioritizing Car Safety Issues · · Score: 1

    Indeed, the old school 1920s system of having a nigger named Belvidere driving one around is much safer for the car owner. Of course, poor Belvidere would get impaled on the steering wheel shaft in a crash.....

    Or we could just have a drivers test that was more rigorous and improve our mass transit systems like bus and rail to cut traffic and give bad drivers a way to get from point a to point b without driving themselves.

  12. Re:Yet TV shows ... on An Open Ranking of Wikipedia Pages · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... that more people care about the unreality show crap such as Kartrashians[sic] then the spiritually minded Oprah ...

    [Kim Kartrashian] has 25 million Twitter followers, about a million less than Oprah Winfrey and nearly 5 million more than CNN Breaking News.

    NSFW reference

    I remember back when I had no clue who she was. I thought people had started watching Star Trek Deep Space 9 because I kept hearing them talk about the Cardassians. Sadly I had misheard. I do have to say I would watch a show about the Cardassians, especially if it featured Garak he was the best of the characters to come out of that show.

  13. Re:Why Google failed on Google Insiders Talk About Why Google+ Failed · · Score: 1

    Why did a mega-corporation fail where a single guy succeeded? It's simple:

    • Lack of direction
    • Bloated interface
    • Too much Evil

    And you think Facebook and Zuckerburg isn't at least as evil as google,

  14. Re:Oooh.... on Apple's Next Frontier Is Your Body · · Score: 2

    "Apple's Next Frontier Is Your Body"

    Sounds kinky.

    Unfortunately for your fantasies, they will probably limit themselves to the right hand or the forehead, like the original plan went.

    So if the mark of the beast is an apple emblem, does that make apple the forbidden fruit?

  15. Re:Can we use this? on Wormholes Untangle a Black Hole Paradox · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately observing these type of quantum interactions has a tendency to break links thanks to Heisenberg Uncertainty principle I believe. So you get one bit of info.

  16. Re: Have they considered on Irish Legislator Proposes Law That Would Make Annoying People Online a Crime · · Score: 1

    Some persons are real jackasses, especially online. They will follow you, sometimes to different forums too, and all they do is insult and denigrate you... Just because they can. And sometimes moderators aren't just enough.

    If this law can teach them how to behave in a civil manner, then I welcome it. Unfortunately some persons learn to behave and leave others alone only if they actually risk something, like a big fine or jail. Sad, I agree, but I even had to stop logging in in many forums to get rid of one of them... and this shouldn't happen.

    Couldn't you say block them??? On Slashdot you can block people, on Google+ you can block people, and Facebook you can block people, and any email service you can block people, what major site can you not block people?

  17. Re:Officially Celebrating on Comcast Officially Gives Up On TWC Merger · · Score: 2

    NBC Universal, Time Warner (not to be confused with TWC, a different company), ABC/Disney, CBS/Viacom, Fox...

    Don't kid yourself as to why the regulators were tough on this one...

    no NBC Universal is owned by Comcast

  18. Re:Dell, HP, Panasonic on We'll Be the Last PC Company Standing, Acer CEO Says · · Score: 1

    PC != running MS Windows. PC is pretty much short hand for x86 compatible cpu non-server non-embeded computer.

  19. Re:Chimp interview ... on Update: No Personhood for Chimps Yet · · Score: 1

    I think to be granted rights of a person you should;
    A - Be able to ask un-coached to be considered a person. (to prevent some one from say training a chimp that sign language for "give me liberty" is rewarded with a banana and having no idea of what it is asking.
    B- And pass a Turing test. (to prevent a simple script form filling out forms and DDoS the legal system with requests for person hood for computer viriuses.)

  20. Re:Trus but verify... not on Tor Is Building the Next Generation Dark Net With Funding From DARPA · · Score: 3

    The new Tor network, funded by the government, and with no back doors! Really, we promise!

    Tor has always been funded by the government. The part that built Tor wants a secure way to communicate with undercover government operatives and foreign dissidents. the government isn't homogenous with one goal it has competing faction with their own conflicting goals.

  21. Re:Your Government Inaction/In Action on Tor Is Building the Next Generation Dark Net With Funding From DARPA · · Score: 1
  22. Re:Wow what a problem on Oklahoma Says It Will Now Use Nitrogen Gas As Its Backup Method of Execution · · Score: 2

    The Bible says "Do not kill".
    Anyone arguing for death penalty is against God and will go to hell.

    actually it says murder not kill in the original language.

  23. Re:Varies, I suppose on Utilities Battle Homeowners Over Solar Power · · Score: 2

    You're making it way too complicated. The power-line company can buy power from whoever is providing, and sell power to whoever is consuming. Just like they do now with home solar power. They can make whatever agreements they like with generating companies as to who gets what share of demand, what response times are required, etc. Add some grid-scale power buffers, even just a few minutes worth, and things get even simpler. While the electrons are on the line they belong to the distribution company, just like while products are in Walmart's distribution channel they belong to Walmart.

    Not all products belong to the company selling them. For example Coke, Pepsi, and Frito-Lay commonly lease shelf space and stock product set price themselves while the selling is still handled by the store itself.

  24. Jokes aside, most of us live in areas that are not prone to hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, or Godzilla. If you do choose to live in such places, it is important to be prepared, and have an emergency kit. In which you can just pack in a good ole' FM battery.

    I dunno, a large fraction of America is under threat from the first three of those natural disasters.

    Hurricanes can strike essentially the entire southeast quarter of the country with devastating force, and can even hit further north along the Atlantic coast. They're possible on the Pacific coast, too, but much less likely, I believe.

    Tornadoes are common in more or less the middle third.

    Earthquakes are only highly common in California (that I know of offhand), but can be something of a threat in other areas as well (the more so with all the fracking that's been going on).

    But there are other natural disasters to watch out for, too. The one that comes most readily to mind is wildfires, which affect the entire west, particularly now that it's been in a severe drought for years.

    So that leaves the inland Northeast, and some of the northern Midwest and Rockies. I don't think "most of us" live in those areas.

    (I do, though, and I'm very happy that the closest thing to a natural disaster I have to deal with is the occasional—read, about once every decade or so—2-4 foot snowstorm.)

    Dan Aris

    Then there is the Pacific Northwest (Seattle Tacoma Olympia Portland) area we have a descent number of volcanoes and earth quakes tsunami are all risks. Also it floods fairly regularly in certain areas around here.

  25. Can't say as I blame them. on Whoah, Small Spender! Steam Sets Limits For Users Who Spend Less Than $5 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    While it is kinda crappy thing to do I cant say as I blame entirely I mean I get several invites a week from level zero or one community members I have never heard of never played a multiplayer session with never traded with. They all end up being begging bots and scams.