How is this flaimbait? I was making a reference to the movie Boondock Saints, which explores the idea of two Irish vigilantes in Boston who kill the criminals in the city who would not otherwise be persecuted. It was certainly not meant as a flame, and rather relevant to the discussion if you caught the reference. I apologize to any offended, though I must say that my last name is O'Hanlon!
I am not sure about the Jardi thing; that could be related to something else in the Star Wars Universe/Galaxy/Whateve; perhaps someone could enlighten?
And, yes, I was quite confused by the blocking of my BSD and Politics headlines on the side - maybe it is Slashdot which is pounding Slashdot's servers? Quite odd. I suppose that the force is not strong with/. lately.
While I usually use Free/NetBSD, I put Ubuntu on my laptop to compare it to Debian. I updated to the current Breezy Badger, and while some things, like GNOME, XFCE, and KDE are ahead of Debian, some others that I considered important were actually behind it, such as Firefox and Thunderbird. While I applaud Ubuntu for doing what Debian cannot with all of its platforms (which is excellent too; I really haven't much against Debian), I think that if Debian has Firefox 1.0.3, Ubuntu ought to as well. Still, I applaud Debian and Ubuntu for their contributions to OS/FS.
I feel sorry for the people who have do the hiring, and those who will be hired to do it. First, having to decide if someone is really that ugly, and, being told that you are ugly enough to do it. People these days are so superficial...
I think that Futurama is a hell of a lot funnier if you are a geek than not. I cracked up when I saw "Bender's Computerized Dating Service: Discrete and Discreet", but everyone else thought nothing of it. There are several more examples like that; it is full of geek humour.
Pshaww... pretty much as soon as I found out what a robot was when I was a child, the first thing that came to my mind was, "I wonder if such things could be made to ride camels". Geesh, I wonder where that submitter has been all his life...
I meant "safe" as in "should work as intended", which is why it was not in quotes. In general, such circumstances would not, in fact, render one safe from physical harm (one can assume that the mental harm has already been done if you are trying this).
As far as the body goes, nothing really obeys Ohm's law, and the body actually acts like a large capacitor at most voltages, I believe. So, basically, if electrocution is intended, I believe that the voltage is moderate, and it is the breakdown of cell membranes eventually leading to the heart where it interrupts the pulses from the brain that is intended. But, I could be wrong. I was going to study Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, but that was too practical, so now I study Math and Cognitive Science. Perhaps I will never know.
No, it is like Apple calling their OS "MacOS", and having the versions increment by 1 every time, for example, it was MacOS 9, and now Mac OS X, and the next one will be MacOS 11 or MacOS XI. Think induction.
I just got a Mac (though I am coming from a UNIX background, and I have to agree with you on preview - though it seems to have issues with making PS output for printing way too bloated. Still, I think that OSX actually uses some bastardized form of pdf for screendrawing (I know that NeXT did the same with ps), so that might be part of the reason that it is so nice and fast.
Plus, he claims that when he uses Linux, it is Vector Linux, because it is "easier than Gentoo". He probably is just not that knowledgable about using non-Windows OSes.
1. I want to know exactly what is going on in my code. I do not want it generated for me.
2. I want to know exactly what is going on in my code. How do I know that VBRUN.DLL is safe? I do not want to depend on something that is closed like that for my software to work properly.
3. Money is not the most important thing. I would rather be happy in my job than be forced to do something that I do not wish to do. On the other hand... work is work... so I cannot argue as much with this one.
I guess that it is a good thing that I decided to spend all day today compiling NetBSD instead of OpenBSD... but, those projects are somewhat important, especially OpenSSH; if I were not a poor college student, I would contribute. Good luck.
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How is this flaimbait? I was making a reference to the movie Boondock Saints, which explores the idea of two Irish vigilantes in Boston who kill the criminals in the city who would not otherwise be persecuted. It was certainly not meant as a flame, and rather relevant to the discussion if you caught the reference. I apologize to any offended, though I must say that my last name is O'Hanlon!
But are they Irish?
I am not sure about the Jardi thing; that could be related to something else in the Star Wars Universe/Galaxy/Whateve; perhaps someone could enlighten?
/. lately.
And, yes, I was quite confused by the blocking of my BSD and Politics headlines on the side - maybe it is Slashdot which is pounding Slashdot's servers? Quite odd. I suppose that the force is not strong with
I'm sure the comments on this story will be incredibly insightful.
He cannot be serious.
While I usually use Free/NetBSD, I put Ubuntu on my laptop to compare it to Debian. I updated to the current Breezy Badger, and while some things, like GNOME, XFCE, and KDE are ahead of Debian, some others that I considered important were actually behind it, such as Firefox and Thunderbird. While I applaud Ubuntu for doing what Debian cannot with all of its platforms (which is excellent too; I really haven't much against Debian), I think that if Debian has Firefox 1.0.3, Ubuntu ought to as well. Still, I applaud Debian and Ubuntu for their contributions to OS/FS.
I feel sorry for the people who have do the hiring, and those who will be hired to do it. First, having to decide if someone is really that ugly, and, being told that you are ugly enough to do it. People these days are so superficial...
Looks like they got the ball rolling on this one...
You must admit their superiority!
I think that Futurama is a hell of a lot funnier if you are a geek than not. I cracked up when I saw "Bender's Computerized Dating Service: Discrete and Discreet", but everyone else thought nothing of it. There are several more examples like that; it is full of geek humour.
Pshaww... pretty much as soon as I found out what a robot was when I was a child, the first thing that came to my mind was, "I wonder if such things could be made to ride camels". Geesh, I wonder where that submitter has been all his life...
That is the best that I could do with ASCII art. For those out of the know, watch old SNLs.
I mean why it was in quotes. My brain is dead. Pittsburgh's weather is destroying it. Back to CS homework.
I meant "safe" as in "should work as intended", which is why it was not in quotes. In general, such circumstances would not, in fact, render one safe from physical harm (one can assume that the mental harm has already been done if you are trying this).
As far as the body goes, nothing really obeys Ohm's law, and the body actually acts like a large capacitor at most voltages, I believe. So, basically, if electrocution is intended, I believe that the voltage is moderate, and it is the breakdown of cell membranes eventually leading to the heart where it interrupts the pulses from the brain that is intended. But, I could be wrong. I was going to study Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, but that was too practical, so now I study Math and Cognitive Science. Perhaps I will never know.
Nope, it is the current that kills you; the thing is that if you up the voltage, the current goes up too. So up both, and you should be "safe".
Plus, after Zeta, there are still eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, xi, omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, psi, and omega.
No, it is like Apple calling their OS "MacOS", and having the versions increment by 1 every time, for example, it was MacOS 9, and now Mac OS X, and the next one will be MacOS 11 or MacOS XI. Think induction.
I just got a Mac (though I am coming from a UNIX background, and I have to agree with you on preview - though it seems to have issues with making PS output for printing way too bloated. Still, I think that OSX actually uses some bastardized form of pdf for screendrawing (I know that NeXT did the same with ps), so that might be part of the reason that it is so nice and fast.
Well, apparently the dark matter is still important on Slashdot.
Oh God, get that image out of my mind!
Plus, he claims that when he uses Linux, it is Vector Linux, because it is "easier than Gentoo". He probably is just not that knowledgable about using non-Windows OSes.
1. I want to know exactly what is going on in my code. I do not want it generated for me.
... work is work ... so I cannot argue as much with this one.
2. I want to know exactly what is going on in my code. How do I know that VBRUN.DLL is safe? I do not want to depend on something that is closed like that for my software to work properly.
3. Money is not the most important thing. I would rather be happy in my job than be forced to do something that I do not wish to do. On the other hand
Nice.
Thanks. I love O'Caml, and I thought that since /. is an operator, I should use that as my sig. No one had commented on it, though.
I guess that it is a good thing that I decided to spend all day today compiling NetBSD instead of OpenBSD ... but, those projects are somewhat important, especially OpenSSH; if I were not a poor college student, I would contribute. Good luck.
It is not that much like the movie with regard to the French.