Runtime takes too long to develop. The time has come to be competitive and fight for a place on the desktop now, imho. There are probably thousands of MSCE's out there who would love to have a tool like this. Especially if they could tune a single kernel to their supplier's standard PC model and then make a simple network installer for all of their systems from within the same tool, including peripherals. (whether available as kernel-only OR modules).
Autoconfig at runtime? Hmm, I hate the bloat of prebuilts, but given that future versions of Linux are going to replace XP, perhaps it's time to think less about bloat, and require memory, like the other guys (it'll already be there). However, Redhat and others install these days with just about everything turned on, (and detects automatically lots of peripherals) so perhaps the reason for this tool is to reduce bloat or allow Auntie to tune her kernel, or add a very special device driver, if it's well documented.
I guess the Linux Support/Services market might see new demand from a general deployment of a tool like this, but unless it's part of the installation, I cant imagine alot of folks using it who couldn't already build/update/install a new kernel from the shell prompt or one of the tools provided with the source, like menuconfig or xconfig oh and sorry for the runon sentence.
BMG in Europe launched 2 CDs lately with copy protection but have now switched back to ordinary CDs. NewScientist has a decent article about this here. Also covered are the reaction from Congressman Rick Boucher, who has written to the RIAA and others informing them that releasing copy-protected CDs may be a violation of the AHRA (Audio Home Recording Act).
As reported earlier domain registrations have declined steadily. Many hoarders and sheisters have packed up for a new scam, I suppose. Even the ordinary registration fee can add up eventually, especially if the squatter is not receiving any interest in the domain which they hoped to sell for big bucks just a year or two ago.
I say good riddance. I'll keep an eye out now for the few domains that I was interested in back then. But I still wont pay a squatter. Not one cent. If I dont use google to search for my desired name once in awhile, maybe I'll try the Verisign Waiting List Service also discussed quite recently, so long as I can get my money back if I get tired of waiting.
In general, I think this is a good thing. It seems that demand for and profitability of the service that lives on the domain name is just as important as the domain itself. What a surprise.
This seems kind of far-fetched. I guess an active volcano very close to the polar cap might give the right ingredients, but generally speaking I think Mars is too cold for hot-springs, or even mudbaths, for that matter. Perhaps a good aromatherapy salon could be found, if you look hard enough, but forget foot massage or pedicures.
As much as I liked the X-Files, I am glad to hear that Chris Carter is finally moving on. I suppose the show never really had a chance without the Mulder/Scully chemistry going on.
I could make some disparaging remarks about beating a dead horse or milking the golden cow to death, but I'll hold my tongue out of respect for what the show was in it's best years. Would gladly buy a DVD of the first few seasons to watch them again.
First of all, admission to Biosphere is slightly less than Eden, at $12.50 US vs. 9 pounds sterling. Either should definitely be self-sustaining at that rate.
Perhaps more interesting, it seems the experimental parameters are somewhat different in the case of Eden. I figure they must already be using external air to support all of the visitors. Bioshere attempted to pull it off with an initial air supply which was hoped to be rinsed by the plants. If I recall, they had to open a crack in the window after everyone started getting very sleepy from the CO2.
Astonishing. There have been 47 moderation points used on your posting as I write this, and it doesn't appear to be stopping. A troll, in the classic sense is supposed to catch new fish, but this one is catching moderators.
I like slashdot... it moves quickly, but theres plenty of insight and humor, even among the trolls. This proves it. It's sad tho, to see points used up in this little war. Points are just points after all, and anyone who wants to can read unrated and raw, can do so.
my prediction on your final score... +2
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Clearly someone (yes, the single moderator out there, too) is not a mighty-mouse fan. Remember, that little guy saved an entire generation, not just a few people who dont feel pain...
Before its final plunge, Galileo will make the first close flyby of Amalthea, a small, inner moon of Jupiter, in November 2002.
I found a fact sheet about this little rock. Looks kinda like the asteroid phobos. (We made a non-crash landing on phobos, but I never heard if they took off again)
The 2010 accounts of the Europa landing differed in the book compared to the movie. In neither case was the Earth punished as a whole.
Therefore, I say lets try it just to see if we can get away with it. I mean, how bad could it hurt? What are they gonna do, send buzillions of monoliths to squash us too? In any case, an accidental crashlanding would not really qualify as an formal attempt, would it?
Ah, I see. So the patches which dont make it into a particular pre get reapplied to see if they still "fit" into the next one. Automation will answer whether the tree still builds, but it sounds like there needs to be a warm body in there, somewhere.
Keep up the good work, sir. And thanks for the clarification.
First, if you are really interested in the history of patching software, then check out the patch(1) program for applying source level patches. This was written originally by Larry Wall, also the author of perl, and a well-known cofounder of the internet (so to speak).
If you dropped Larry a line, I'd bet he'd be willing give you some perspective, at least from the Free Software point of view. He used to release patches directly on USENET, now that was a great way to keep customers happy...
The rest of your question can probably be answered by the first three words in the subject of my comment. If it builds and runs on the announced shipping date, and there are no (or very few) show-stopper bugs, then most companies will cut CDROMS and ship.
Rik seems pretty hot on this idea, but I dont see how it could help much. I mean, won't repeated email be ignored nearly as much as the initial submission? I recall in the interview with Marcelo that he did not plan to use either public CVS or a tracking system, but rather planned to keep things close to the cuff as in the past. Perhaps this is the persona of a kernel-master, or perhaps openness and publicity lead to more interruptions, I dunno.
Anyways, an enlightening, no-holes-barred interview. Enjoyable.
What does a CD subscription to BSD get you that is better than a network download? Besides bandwidth reduction, always a good thing, what are the "pros" of buying one? If I recall, I've seen some BSD subscription services also return money (via means unknown to me) to development, is this true? I've considered subscribing to BSD, especially for pre-built ports, since I run BSD on a couple of very old machines, but I would be very interested hearing about the value of doing so.
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From the changelog: Jakub Jelinek: fix Linux/x86 confusion about arg passing of "save_v86_state" and "do_signal"
Seems somehow appropriate. (the confusion, I mean...:) Anyways, what a bunch of prolific hackers. Some of these guys had changes or patches in nearly every pre version.
The changelog could be a bit more verbose, but otoh, perhaps these kind of descriptions are more thought-inspiring.
Er, right. I should definitely start reading title before posting. I do most sincerely regret that the shame and foul smell of my posting and it's moderation has smeared your fine organization. Hopefully someone in Metamod will punish this most disgraceful incompetence.
Thanks for the advice. I hope I wont have a problem filling an single page, it's optimization I'm after. A resume that highlights the experience which is relevant to a specific job/employer.
I thought there might be something out there where the heading and education pieces would be static, but the objective, experience and skills sections could be customized a bit relevant to a given job description. I don't plan to send out more resumes than necessary, but I dont plan to send out just one, either.
I had never pointed IE at a gopher server. Dare I say I am just ever so slightly impressed? Perhaps not. When UMinn decided to charge, I wrote them a perl script which implements a gopher client in about 50 lines.
I dont guess they ever made any money of gopher at UMinn, but perhaps we shouldn't have been so hard on them for trying. Bygones.
Black holes, expensive science project, currency devaluation, it's got potential, yes? Anyways, a different dimension would at least give them a new place to search for a president...
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Come to think of it, this dog could hunt.
Autoconfig at runtime? Hmm, I hate the bloat of prebuilts, but given that future versions of Linux are going to replace XP, perhaps it's time to think less about bloat, and require memory, like the other guys (it'll already be there). However, Redhat and others install these days with just about everything turned on, (and detects automatically lots of peripherals) so perhaps the reason for this tool is to reduce bloat or allow Auntie to tune her kernel, or add a very special device driver, if it's well documented.
I guess the Linux Support/Services market might see new demand from a general deployment of a tool like this, but unless it's part of the installation, I cant imagine alot of folks using it who couldn't already build/update/install a new kernel from the shell prompt or one of the tools provided with the source, like menuconfig or xconfig oh and sorry for the runon sentence.
BMG in Europe launched 2 CDs lately with copy protection but have now switched back to ordinary CDs. NewScientist has a decent article about this here. Also covered are the reaction from Congressman Rick Boucher, who has written to the RIAA and others informing them that releasing copy-protected CDs may be a violation of the AHRA (Audio Home Recording Act).
I say good riddance. I'll keep an eye out now for the few domains that I was interested in back then. But I still wont pay a squatter. Not one cent. If I dont use google to search for my desired name once in awhile, maybe I'll try the Verisign Waiting List Service also discussed quite recently, so long as I can get my money back if I get tired of waiting.
In general, I think this is a good thing. It seems that demand for and profitability of the service that lives on the domain name is just as important as the domain itself. What a surprise.
This seems kind of far-fetched. I guess an active volcano very close to the polar cap might give the right ingredients, but generally speaking I think Mars is too cold for hot-springs, or even mudbaths, for that matter. Perhaps a good aromatherapy salon could be found, if you look hard enough, but forget foot massage or pedicures.
I could make some disparaging remarks about beating a dead horse or milking the golden cow to death, but I'll hold my tongue out of respect for what the show was in it's best years. Would gladly buy a DVD of the first few seasons to watch them again.
Perhaps more interesting, it seems the experimental parameters are somewhat different in the case of Eden. I figure they must already be using external air to support all of the visitors. Bioshere attempted to pull it off with an initial air supply which was hoped to be rinsed by the plants. If I recall, they had to open a crack in the window after everyone started getting very sleepy from the CO2.
I like slashdot... it moves quickly, but theres plenty of insight and humor, even among the trolls. This proves it. It's sad tho, to see points used up in this little war. Points are just points after all, and anyone who wants to can read unrated and raw, can do so.
my prediction on your final score... +2
Clearly someone (yes, the single moderator out there, too) is not a mighty-mouse fan. Remember, that little guy saved an entire generation, not just a few people who dont feel pain...
It's all greek to me!
I found a fact sheet about this little rock. Looks kinda like the asteroid phobos. (We made a non-crash landing on phobos, but I never heard if they took off again)
Therefore, I say lets try it just to see if we can get away with it. I mean, how bad could it hurt? What are they gonna do, send buzillions of monoliths to squash us too? In any case, an accidental crashlanding would not really qualify as an formal attempt, would it?
Keep up the good work, sir. And thanks for the clarification.
If you dropped Larry a line, I'd bet he'd be willing give you some perspective, at least from the Free Software point of view. He used to release patches directly on USENET, now that was a great way to keep customers happy...
The rest of your question can probably be answered by the first three words in the subject of my comment. If it builds and runs on the announced shipping date, and there are no (or very few) show-stopper bugs, then most companies will cut CDROMS and ship.
Anyways, an enlightening, no-holes-barred interview. Enjoyable.
What does a CD subscription to BSD get you that is better than a network download? Besides bandwidth reduction, always a good thing, what are the "pros" of buying one? If I recall, I've seen some BSD subscription services also return money (via means unknown to me) to development, is this true? I've considered subscribing to BSD, especially for pre-built ports, since I run BSD on a couple of very old machines, but I would be very interested hearing about the value of doing so.
Moderators, you know what to do.
Jakub Jelinek: fix Linux/x86 confusion about arg passing of "save_v86_state" and "do_signal"
Seems somehow appropriate. (the confusion, I mean... :) Anyways, what a bunch of prolific hackers. Some of these guys had changes or patches in nearly every pre version.
The changelog could be a bit more verbose, but otoh, perhaps these kind of descriptions are more thought-inspiring.
Er, right. I should definitely start reading title before posting. I do most sincerely regret that the shame and foul smell of my posting and it's moderation has smeared your fine organization. Hopefully someone in Metamod will punish this most disgraceful incompetence.
Ouch. Sheesh, can't a guy crack wise anymore?
I thought there might be something out there where the heading and education pieces would be static, but the objective, experience and skills sections could be customized a bit relevant to a given job description. I don't plan to send out more resumes than necessary, but I dont plan to send out just one, either.
Has a whole new meaning now.
I dont guess they ever made any money of gopher at UMinn, but perhaps we shouldn't have been so hard on them for trying. Bygones.
Moderators, punish me now.