Because some of us have been around/. since basically the beginning, and old habits die hard. Plus there's a sort of bizarre fascination with watching something once wonderful willfully die slowly.
/. is desperate for page hits, nothing more. Taco and crew sold the site out long ago, and what was once (think pre-2000) a great resource for geekdom has devolved into a pathetic flamebait aggregator operated by lemmings. Sad, really.
I mean does ANYONE ever use a floppy disk anymore?
For kicks I just hit Servers Direct, and some, maybe most, of the server still offer the option of a 1.44" drive (presumably plugged into the motherboard). I'd hope these days a big honking server mobo would at least support booting from USB key. Certainly seems like a waste these days to be able to buy an 8U box, 3X redundant power supplies, dual or quad Xeon class CPUs, and they're still wasting space for a damn floppy cable mount on the motherboard.
Didn't you just do what you say can't be done in those three sentences?
There's no contradiction there. GNOME isn't telling FSF what to do, they are simply seeing if they want to disassociate themselves with the hardcore philosophers. I love F/OSS, but the Stallmans of the world are simply living in a wishywashy black and white fantasy land.
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1. Propose something to Congress so wacked out it would never ever pass
2. "Negotiate" it down to "semi-reasonable"
3. Pass legislation, GOTO 1
They won't get what they want this time, but something bad will still likely get whittled out from this.
But it's a bad summary.
java.lang.RedundantSlashdotObservationException
as a rigger on Ellison's boat.
*sigh*
I can see the editor thinking "we already know this is fake news, but let's publish: we are missing a good Mono flamewar since forever!"
Should be modded Insightful, not Funny...
Could at least the editors
What "editors"?
Not enough clickbait today, Taco?
Because some of us have been around /. since basically the beginning, and old habits die hard. Plus there's a sort of bizarre fascination with watching something once wonderful willfully die slowly.
/. is desperate for page hits, nothing more. Taco and crew sold the site out long ago, and what was once (think pre-2000) a great resource for geekdom has devolved into a pathetic flamebait aggregator operated by lemmings. Sad, really.
FYI, Steve Jobs came up with the idea for the "Hello World" app.
He also holds the design patent on the touch wheel interface for it.
I mean does ANYONE ever use a floppy disk anymore?
For kicks I just hit Servers Direct, and some, maybe most, of the server still offer the option of a 1.44" drive (presumably plugged into the motherboard). I'd hope these days a big honking server mobo would at least support booting from USB key. Certainly seems like a waste these days to be able to buy an 8U box, 3X redundant power supplies, dual or quad Xeon class CPUs, and they're still wasting space for a damn floppy cable mount on the motherboard.
requires a constant internet connection? Did EA write the software?
Or, you know, write some code.
Slashdot would probably save on bandwidth if people would tag "notypoinsummary" on the rare occasion that a summary is typo free.
I would say that we've all jumped the shark by misusing the phrase "jumped the shark."
That phrase is so pale and bucket anyways.
others sniffing the traffic they want to store for you on their end as to keep it all to themselves.
"Pay attention to us, we'll disclose everything up front before everyone else! BTW, here's our products and services."
G-Spot hard to find!
That's because you aren't using Monster Cables.
Perhaps better spent on a $699 license from SCO. /sarc
Well it is only running MINIX. Oh Tanenbaum, Oh Tanenbaum...
It's for charity.
Have you ever derailed a train...with your penis?
Submitted by one of their lackeys, or even worse, the author.
Didn't you just do what you say can't be done in those three sentences?
There's no contradiction there. GNOME isn't telling FSF what to do, they are simply seeing if they want to disassociate themselves with the hardcore philosophers. I love F/OSS, but the Stallmans of the world are simply living in a wishywashy black and white fantasy land.
Then all of a sudden you discover a new type of vehicle called an SUV that is a station wagon, but it looks like truck.
Just like a big series of internets.
Film at 11