I'd just like to say, your sig amused me. I can only hope you meant it as a joke, but in any case it made me laugh (as well as make me glad I live in Canada.... but that's another story). In any case, I don't mean to say "right-wing is always wrong" or "left-wing is always right", it just amuses me when "right-wing" pundits or "left-wing" pundits start spouting things off in an undisguisedly biased manner -- the only people they will possible "sway" are the people who already agree with them, so it all boils down to a pointless exercise in ego, or more likely intra-community self-assurance. One of the reviewers on Amazon commented that it's also amusing to read Micheal Moore, but he wouldn't take historical lessons from Moore or the author of the book you are promoting.
On another note, your use of the ultra-capitalized uber-patriotic "Real Americans" also made me chuckle. Kill the COMMIES! RAH RAH RAH!
Goodday, and may everyone feel free to mod me into oblivion.
Linux is an operating system..... it doesn't *need* GNU apps/libs or what have you, unless something else is running on all those embedded devices. I don't see linux *always* with GNU. However, they can be combined to create an even better OS, say "linux plus" or "GNU/Linux" or whatever you want.
In any case, as has been pointed out: Anyone who would actually care already knows the part GNU plays. Assuming all of those people called it GNU/Linux, everyone else would still promptly drop the GNU, taking it as a company name or something. Thus, everyone else would simply call it Linux, and forget about GNU anyway.
So I guess my real question is: what is the name GNU/Linux trying to do? Prove to everyone who already knows it that the "linux" that most people run includes GNU tools?
Just IE windows? Sometimes it takes down the whole OS for me (well, it did when I regularly used windows.....:) ). Microsoft: Integrate everything so it can crash in sync!
Actually, we use binary because we can't really build anything else (there are no positions between "on" and "off", thus we are essentially limited, at this point in time, to base-2 computers). Base-3 computers exist, but they are really binary at heart so it's pretty pointless.
Indeed, I believe the most efficient whole-number system is base-3 (actually, base 2.somethingsomething, but that's a little much for everyday use). But, like I said, I haven't heard of anyone implementing a true base-3 system.
Hmm........ I don't think so. Let's take an example of 1 unit: MS builds it, sells it to a store at loss. From this point, the box can sit on a shelf, and do nothing, or you can come along and buy it. Either way, MS has already lost their money in putting it on that shelf. The only difference is how much money you've lost.
The solution, of course, is simple. I will demonstrate: Email -> PGP (or GPG) Telnet -> SSH HTTP -> HTTPS etc... Xtra can sell my meaningless bits to whoever they want. Want a copy of my SSL session? Feel free, but I'm not waiting around for you to decrypt it. (Err.... disclaimer: this is a hypothetical; I'm not actually an Xtra customer, though if I was I wouldn't be too worried, between this and some potential issues over legality pointed out by others) If whatever you are doing cannot be done securely, and is not already being done securely, it deserves to be stolen.
Even auto incrementing IDs in Postgres are annoyingly difficult compared to MySQL...
Uhuh.......... CREATE TABLE foo (bar SERIAL PRIMARY KEY); (PostgreSQL)
CREATE TABLE foo (bar INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY); (MySQL)
In both of the above tables, the bar column will behave pretty much the same way in each database. Yes, annoyingly difficult compared to MySQL because....... the syntax is different? Maybe if the first db you used was MySQL things seem "harder" because Postgres is a little different, but you'll see differences like that moving between any database.
In any case, even though I use Postgres, and prefer it over MySQL (which I have used extensively before), I am happy that opensource dbs are getting recognition out there.
........and so does kdict. In fact, it retreives definitions from a database that (counting up.......) currently contains 11 dictionaries (including things like the jargon file, for not-your-regular-English words), and presents it quickly, in a nice convenient format. I have had to use dictionary.com on occasion when stuck on a windows box, and have always found kdict to be much nicer, and more useful.
As much as I agree that Apple often sets cool computer hardware trends, I think that PC makers got the floppy thing right. Dropping the floppy is only now becoming feasible, as CDRW drives have sped up immensely, Rainier (or whatever its called) is coming, and people have had some time to not need their floppy drives any more (though I still know some people who rely on them). Gradually, they will become obsolete, but I think Apple jumped the gun.
Heck, when Apple first dropped the floppy drives they didn't even have burners in their boxes -- not exactly useful, if you ask me.
Heh..... we've actually got 14, I think. 1 federal + 10 provinces + 3 territories. Or at least 11, I don't know if the territories have them. Whatever.
In any case, it's always nice to have a government with some built-in checks on its power. Hopefully it will actually mean something in this case.
On that note, it's also nice to have news that covers this sort of thing. Good ol' CBC:)
Also, he invited the provincial privacy commisioners to join in his protest, and many of them did -- something that has never happened before (provincial privacy commisioners speaking out on a federal issue). Well, at least the privacy commisioners are doing their job..... and someone is saying something.......
I agree........ distribution upgrades go well if done properly, and, depending on how much "non-standard" (ie, not officially part of the distro) stuff you've got, if done with some care. I did multiple upgrades when I ran RedHat, and most recently I did an upgrade from Mandrake 8.2 to 9.0 that went quite smoothly.
My strategy is basically to go through things I have installed on top of the distro (anything compiled from source or development/unstable/unofficial packages) and check to see if the upgrade path will offer me "official" packages. In the case of source-compiled stuff, if a package is there I just do a "make uninstall" before my upgrade; otherwise, I recompile after the upgrade (especially in cases of major library upgrades, like gcc). For unofficial packages that won't be replaced by official ones, I just check to see if packages for the new system are available.
Afterwards (in rpm-based distribs), its just a matter of looking around for.rpmsave and.rpmnew files (ususally configs), and making sure that any important configuration changes I made have been kept, and any important config changes the distrib made have been applied.
hard working American who pored their hearts and soles
Ah, the mental picture of Rick Berman alternately poking holes into his chest and shoes......
.....maybe that explains why the movie sucked....
....or maybe is was just yet another trek movie in a series hanging on to the stories of a dead man.
Whatever
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arts = network-transparent, can be configured to send data over X, works with console apps, includes a plugin architecture for combining sound streams and applying funky effects and whatnot, and is already well-developed and stable. Also, it supports multiple underlying sound architectures (OSS, ALSA, and some for non-linux unices). Plus, it can play formats such as ogg and mp3, and can route normal oss apps to use it using artsdsp. Why the need to constantly be reinventing the wheel?
The funny thing is, there is a nice-looking gui, available here. It's called GUIPod, and is actually based on gnupod (the software this tutorial discusses). I haven't tried it myself, but I assume its at least half-decent, being based on gnupod.
I think the idea would be that as people realize that a person's credibility is poor, they will decrease the "credibility rating" they give to that person, so gradually they will be shut up by the system. As to how well this will actually work, I have some doubts:)
Or, in the words of a senior aid to Prime Minister Chretien (of Canada, in case you didn't know:)), he's a "moron."
Not that I would be surprised if that didn't make American news. She slipped and said what everyone else was thinking, too much of that could be dangerous:)
still stumped as to what an A size batter looks like...
Ermm, as far as I know, an A battery would look the same as a C or D. Basically, the letter is an indication of the battery's output, and the number of letters indicates size (AAA is smaller than AA is smaller than A, but all have the same output). Anyway, I think that's how it works......:)
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I'd just like to say, your sig amused me. I can only hope you meant it as a joke, but in any case it made me laugh (as well as make me glad I live in Canada.... but that's another story). In any case, I don't mean to say "right-wing is always wrong" or "left-wing is always right", it just amuses me when "right-wing" pundits or "left-wing" pundits start spouting things off in an undisguisedly biased manner -- the only people they will possible "sway" are the people who already agree with them, so it all boils down to a pointless exercise in ego, or more likely intra-community self-assurance. One of the reviewers on Amazon commented that it's also amusing to read Micheal Moore, but he wouldn't take historical lessons from Moore or the author of the book you are promoting.
On another note, your use of the ultra-capitalized uber-patriotic "Real Americans" also made me chuckle. Kill the COMMIES! RAH RAH RAH!
Goodday, and may everyone feel free to mod me into oblivion.
Blarg.
Linux is an operating system..... it doesn't *need* GNU apps/libs or what have you, unless something else is running on all those embedded devices. I don't see linux *always* with GNU. However, they can be combined to create an even better OS, say "linux plus" or "GNU/Linux" or whatever you want.
In any case, as has been pointed out: Anyone who would actually care already knows the part GNU plays. Assuming all of those people called it GNU/Linux, everyone else would still promptly drop the GNU, taking it as a company name or something. Thus, everyone else would simply call it Linux, and forget about GNU anyway.
So I guess my real question is: what is the name GNU/Linux trying to do? Prove to everyone who already knows it that the "linux" that most people run includes GNU tools?
Oh wait, I already knew that.
Whew.
Just IE windows? Sometimes it takes down the whole OS for me (well, it did when I regularly used windows..... :) ). Microsoft: Integrate everything so it can crash in sync!
Actually, we use binary because we can't really build anything else (there are no positions between "on" and "off", thus we are essentially limited, at this point in time, to base-2 computers). Base-3 computers exist, but they are really binary at heart so it's pretty pointless.
Indeed, I believe the most efficient whole-number system is base-3 (actually, base 2.somethingsomething, but that's a little much for everyday use). But, like I said, I haven't heard of anyone implementing a true base-3 system.
Whaddayagonnado.
Thats too easy.
First, you expand the 1 to the requisite number of 1s:
1 -> 1111111
Then, reinsert the 0s:
1111111 -> 1101101001001
Thus, 1 -> 1101101001001
Hmm........ I don't think so. Let's take an example of 1 unit: MS builds it, sells it to a store at loss. From this point, the box can sit on a shelf, and do nothing, or you can come along and buy it. Either way, MS has already lost their money in putting it on that shelf. The only difference is how much money you've lost.
The solution, of course, is simple. I will demonstrate:
Email -> PGP (or GPG)
Telnet -> SSH
HTTP -> HTTPS
etc...
Xtra can sell my meaningless bits to whoever they want. Want a copy of my SSL session? Feel free, but I'm not waiting around for you to decrypt it. (Err.... disclaimer: this is a hypothetical; I'm not actually an Xtra customer, though if I was I wouldn't be too worried, between this and some potential issues over legality pointed out by others)
If whatever you are doing cannot be done securely, and is not already being done securely, it deserves to be stolen.
.........Except they obviously don't really know that much about Slashdot......
Uhuh.......... CREATE TABLE foo (bar SERIAL PRIMARY KEY); (PostgreSQL)
CREATE TABLE foo (bar INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY); (MySQL)
In both of the above tables, the bar column will behave pretty much the same way in each database. Yes, annoyingly difficult compared to MySQL because....... the syntax is different? Maybe if the first db you used was MySQL things seem "harder" because Postgres is a little different, but you'll see differences like that moving between any database.
In any case, even though I use Postgres, and prefer it over MySQL (which I have used extensively before), I am happy that opensource dbs are getting recognition out there.
Build it out of rock, obviously. Concrete is just too darn susceptible to water erosion.
........and so does kdict. In fact, it retreives definitions from a database that (counting up.......) currently contains 11 dictionaries (including things like the jargon file, for not-your-regular-English words), and presents it quickly, in a nice convenient format. I have had to use dictionary.com on occasion when stuck on a windows box, and have always found kdict to be much nicer, and more useful.
Heh, read the article? But that would take valuable time that could be better spent making cursory scans of user submissions!
Personally, I think the Slashdot editors are payed on commission. Slashdot editors: Selling cutting-edge pseudo-news to sex-starved 16-year-olds.
By the hour.
As much as I agree that Apple often sets cool computer hardware trends, I think that PC makers got the floppy thing right. Dropping the floppy is only now becoming feasible, as CDRW drives have sped up immensely, Rainier (or whatever its called) is coming, and people have had some time to not need their floppy drives any more (though I still know some people who rely on them). Gradually, they will become obsolete, but I think Apple jumped the gun.
Heck, when Apple first dropped the floppy drives they didn't even have burners in their boxes -- not exactly useful, if you ask me.
Heh..... we've actually got 14, I think. 1 federal + 10 provinces + 3 territories. Or at least 11, I don't know if the territories have them. Whatever.
In any case, it's always nice to have a government with some built-in checks on its power. Hopefully it will actually mean something in this case.
On that note, it's also nice to have news that covers this sort of thing. Good ol' CBC :)
Also, he invited the provincial privacy commisioners to join in his protest, and many of them did -- something that has never happened before (provincial privacy commisioners speaking out on a federal issue). Well, at least the privacy commisioners are doing their job..... and someone is saying something.......
I agree........ distribution upgrades go well if done properly, and, depending on how much "non-standard" (ie, not officially part of the distro) stuff you've got, if done with some care. I did multiple upgrades when I ran RedHat, and most recently I did an upgrade from Mandrake 8.2 to 9.0 that went quite smoothly.
My strategy is basically to go through things I have installed on top of the distro (anything compiled from source or development/unstable/unofficial packages) and check to see if the upgrade path will offer me "official" packages. In the case of source-compiled stuff, if a package is there I just do a "make uninstall" before my upgrade; otherwise, I recompile after the upgrade (especially in cases of major library upgrades, like gcc). For unofficial packages that won't be replaced by official ones, I just check to see if packages for the new system are available.
Afterwards (in rpm-based distribs), its just a matter of looking around for .rpmsave and .rpmnew files (ususally configs), and making sure that any important configuration changes I made have been kept, and any important config changes the distrib made have been applied.
hard working American who pored their hearts and soles
Ah, the mental picture of Rick Berman alternately poking holes into his chest and shoes......
.....maybe that explains why the movie sucked....
....or maybe is was just yet another trek movie in a series hanging on to the stories of a dead man.
Whatever
arts = network-transparent, can be configured to send data over X, works with console apps, includes a plugin architecture for combining sound streams and applying funky effects and whatnot, and is already well-developed and stable. Also, it supports multiple underlying sound architectures (OSS, ALSA, and some for non-linux unices). Plus, it can play formats such as ogg and mp3, and can route normal oss apps to use it using artsdsp. Why the need to constantly be reinventing the wheel?
The funny thing is, there is a nice-looking gui, available here. It's called GUIPod, and is actually based on gnupod (the software this tutorial discusses). I haven't tried it myself, but I assume its at least half-decent, being based on gnupod.
I think the idea would be that as people realize that a person's credibility is poor, they will decrease the "credibility rating" they give to that person, so gradually they will be shut up by the system. As to how well this will actually work, I have some doubts :)
Obviously. You see, they're testing the ways that our various societies deal with genetic manipulations and patents:
Mouse 1: What are we going to do today?
Mouse 2: How about we pretend to be cancer-prone GMOs, then sit back and watch the patent problems flood in!
Or, in the words of a senior aid to Prime Minister Chretien (of Canada, in case you didn't know :)), he's a "moron."
Not that I would be surprised if that didn't make American news. She slipped and said what everyone else was thinking, too much of that could be dangerous :)
Do parked airplanes fly?
Lackey: Sir, we've designed a new car that can survive a head-on collision and come away in perfect condition!
Manager: Good, but what about the passengers?
Lackey: Don't worry, sir. They won't feel a thing; the force of the collision will snap their necks instantly.
Ermm, as far as I know, an A battery would look the same as a C or D. Basically, the letter is an indication of the battery's output, and the number of letters indicates size (AAA is smaller than AA is smaller than A, but all have the same output). Anyway, I think that's how it works...... :)