The only diff between portage and fink is one is from GenToo and one is from Debian. They are just distribution packaging systems. Nothing more, nothing less.
The only thing this adds is variety, and competition. It's not filling a particular hole.
I am a corporate coder, and I've done it for a few companies. Some embrace the entire opensource movement and the things that I (may) like, and there are some companies which don't want to patch OSS and give the patches away. And you know what, I don't care about that either. If MY code was pulled every other project I wanted to see put out, I wouldn't care, because for me, coding isn't an extrovert form of expression, but one for my self.
But you know what, it's ok if he's not happy and that it took him 4 years. There's a LOT we don't know about his experience with AOL. Hell, a LOT of people are married for 5, 10 and 20 years (and a lot of other numbers) and get divorced well after that.
So unless he's done something that we know, let's not pass judgement, unless we be judged or some crap.
Fine. You get a copy of every FAQ there is, get a machine, pay for all the colo costs and bandwidth costs. Then you cant' complain there is no free faq's site, since yours will exist.
1. The economy is/was in a downturn. 2. BIG corps can more easily afford to ride this out. 3. BIG corps usually can afford licensing of software etc etc...
Now, assuming a lot of tiny tiny companies haven't sprouted that would pirate software, wouldn't it be somewhat obvious that software piracy would be down?
There's one really REALLY neat thing about having your notes in one of them thar' computers. Cut-paste and management. Ever try to do a find in a notebook?
What's also neat, is attaching a small directional mic to it, if you can, and recording lectures. Turn them into mp3's.
Downfall, ever try drawing using a mousepad? Yuck. But hey, if you are on 802.11g, you can easily find pics off the net to paste in.
Additionally, you never have to worry, at the same time, about forgetting a notebook. It's all there/w you... even your old notes.
Someone really needs to break up the telecom unions. They ae really fucking it up for everyone. For instance, today..
For the past 2 weeks, I've had mild static. My filter-based dsl has suffered a bit of on and off. This behavior has happened two or three times before. It usually clears up on its own. Well,
Last week thursday comes, and my line is useless. Too much static and my DSL keeps losing connection.
"Verizon, please have someone come and check my line please. Yes, I'll be home monday."
Monday, today, comes, I'm expecting to be in late for work, having an 8am - 12pm appt. Having suffered from an appointment being canceled by a dentist recently, w/o notice, I decided to call Verizon and confirm my appt is still on for today.
"Friday, you confirmed your line is fine at 7pm."
Friday nite, I was at a v-ball game. WTF?
"Best we can offer is, sometime before 6pm."
The maintenance crews are mostly liars. They don't do their job, and when they do, it's half assed. The gov't/FCC needs to closely watch these companies and make sure they are doing their job... or reregulate it. Really.. or at least get some watchdog organization in place.
It should be taken in general, regardless of fixing security holes, documentation in the code etc etc... Anything that changes in a system can introduce 100 bugs. After all, something that was relied on, that has a bug and works fine, may break after fixing said bug.
Heh, I remember a single comma breaking a system in a vital way, for 6 months. That as fun.
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Well, if a picture is worth a thousand words, and half a picture is prolly worth about 500...
I say we use those 500 words and tell sco the many ways to "get bent".
So you agree, but can't identify any other differences than being package management systems?
The only diff between portage and fink is one is from GenToo and one is from Debian. They are just distribution packaging systems. Nothing more, nothing less.
The only thing this adds is variety, and competition. It's not filling a particular hole.
You mean 200 Million stichez.. unless you meant 200Ms
For a site that gets many, MANY referals a day just 'cause anyone who's anyone points to gamefaq's faq's? Also direct links.
Even if the files are small, a lot of hits can change 5megs in a month to 50megs in a month.
Also note, penny-arcade has taken its own initiatives to generate revanue.
No profit. :'(
I am a corporate coder, and I've done it for a few companies. Some embrace the entire opensource movement and the things that I (may) like, and there are some companies which don't want to patch OSS and give the patches away. And you know what, I don't care about that either. If MY code was pulled every other project I wanted to see put out, I wouldn't care, because for me, coding isn't an extrovert form of expression, but one for my self.
But you know what, it's ok if he's not happy and that it took him 4 years. There's a LOT we don't know about his experience with AOL. Hell, a LOT of people are married for 5, 10 and 20 years (and a lot of other numbers) and get divorced well after that.
So unless he's done something that we know, let's not pass judgement, unless we be judged or some crap.
Fine. You get a copy of every FAQ there is, get a machine, pay for all the colo costs and bandwidth costs. Then you cant' complain there is no free faq's site, since yours will exist.
What? Huh? It was GOING to college, and a particular one?
Ok. Some facts.
1. The economy is/was in a downturn.
2. BIG corps can more easily afford to ride this out.
3. BIG corps usually can afford licensing of software etc etc...
Now, assuming a lot of tiny tiny companies haven't sprouted that would pirate software, wouldn't it be somewhat obvious that software piracy would be down?
Just playing devil's advocate.
It's all statistics, eh? :)
Depends on how you define "big". IBM may make more money on corperate stuff. Dell makes most in home sales.
And now you live in 11216? :)
Hey, I know what CMM is. You can't be at 0 and it's not for rating computers. Thank God I took them thar college edumacations.
Tenticals? Wait, that shit ain't real? Um.. hm...
You are right on with the first one or two digits, but after that, it blows up.
What's wrong /w it? It's not descriptive.
i.e. Why is 11214, 11215 and 11217 seperated by a few or evena couple miles of other zip codes?
Sorry, but I have a very bad memory. And when my prof asks what CMM is and I need to start flipping like a maniac, that's bad.
There's one really REALLY neat thing about having your notes in one of them thar' computers. Cut-paste and management. Ever try to do a find in a notebook?
/w you... even your old notes.
What's also neat, is attaching a small directional mic to it, if you can, and recording lectures. Turn them into mp3's.
Downfall, ever try drawing using a mousepad? Yuck. But hey, if you are on 802.11g, you can easily find pics off the net to paste in.
Additionally, you never have to worry, at the same time, about forgetting a notebook. It's all there
tiBook.
/w it. Actually, the second is a lie. But I can dream.
You have unix and windows apps in one little box. AND you can pick up chicks
Pimpin'! I meant that in the good way. I'm not calling AV a pimp. Though.. you never know.
Someone really needs to break up the telecom unions. They ae really fucking it up for everyone. For instance, today..
For the past 2 weeks, I've had mild static. My filter-based dsl has suffered a bit of on and off. This behavior has happened two or three times before. It usually clears up on its own. Well,
Last week thursday comes, and my line is useless. Too much static and my DSL keeps losing connection.
"Verizon, please have someone come and check my line please. Yes, I'll be home monday."
Monday, today, comes, I'm expecting to be in late for work, having an 8am - 12pm appt. Having suffered from an appointment being canceled by a dentist recently, w/o notice, I decided to call Verizon and confirm my appt is still on for today.
"Friday, you confirmed your line is fine at 7pm."
Friday nite, I was at a v-ball game. WTF?
"Best we can offer is, sometime before 6pm."
The maintenance crews are mostly liars. They don't do their job, and when they do, it's half assed. The gov't/FCC needs to closely watch these companies and make sure they are doing their job... or reregulate it. Really.. or at least get some watchdog organization in place.
When it's a crime to drive on the roads, only criminals will drive?
Heh, the fish on the front cover looks like it had a bit of absolute itself.
PBH, you are absolutely right. But to add on...
It should be taken in general, regardless of fixing security holes, documentation in the code etc etc... Anything that changes in a system can introduce 100 bugs. After all, something that was relied on, that has a bug and works fine, may break after fixing said bug.
Heh, I remember a single comma breaking a system in a vital way, for 6 months. That as fun.