When I installed Ubuntu a few months ago, this sort of thing woulnd't work for me - I had a lot of problems when I tried to sudo stuff. Eventually, I just logged in as root and ran stuff directly.
Have they already ruled out a guy with a shovel? I bet John Henry would break down less often, as well as maneuvering around objects more quickly.
I know, let's put a penal colony on the moon! That way, we'd have cheap labor there, and could remove troublesome elements from our society. At least until they start raining gravity bombs on our head...
Seriously, though, a guy with a shovel is at least a viable option. Abrasive lunar dust is gonna suck for anything out there, and spacesuits may well be cheaper then gears for robots.
The secret to avoiding MalWare on Windows platforms is to use a version of windows so old that it doesn't have enough functionality for the virii to exploit! If you're running 98, you're pretty safe - most things in the wild that hurt 98 have died off due to XP (and ME and 2000 and NT). What's left is a pretty small threat. All the great new virii running around? 98 can't run 'em. Too old. Doesn't meet the requirements.
Pretty nifty, actually:) I'm quite happy with my 300 mhz machine - I can still play Dungeon Keeper II and browse the web.
Unfortunately, we don't have a capitalist economy, and so the price you pay is never equal to the "true" price (if you will). If everyone dumped FireFox for Opera b/c Opera is a "better" product, and FireFox died a miserable death, what do you think would happen? A certain monopolist would buy out Opera, shut down the browser (or more likely integrate it), and then we're back to having no choice in browsers.
Just because it's "cheaper" to buy stuff from WalMart doesn't mean it costs you less. Just because it's a "better" browser in some way doesn't mean it's better for you to use it.
I'm not saying you shouldn't use Opera - I've downloaded it myself, but don't be dogmatic about defending it like this. It's not such a simple choice!
Imagine Firefox with most of its plugins in a smaller, more responsive package, and not feeling that you are using a Frankenbrowser.
Now imagine being totally confused, as all the keys you expect to do something suddenly do something else. I keep adding bookmarks instead of opening tabs! It all looks wrong! My mail is now mixed in with Slashdot!!!
Thanksfully, Opera is now available as a free browser. Yes, free as in beer, but it's still good. Why? Because when you have multiple browsers, a single infection can't hit all of them.
For businesses, what is adopting Linux the first step toward?
This one is the question I felt was most press-releasy - it's not a barbed question at all. Another way to ask it is:
Give us some propaganda on why Linux is so great, ok?
Could you name a couple of other Samba-3 features that have a niche and are only used in those niches?
I actually liked this question - it seemed like one of the few real ones. It was a followup to his mentioning the specific things going into Samba 4 for the Sarbanes Oxley disclosure. It's a good question: what really neat, unusual things can Samba do? I can see why the question was sidestepped, but I'd've liked an answer.
Anyway, I'm not very interested in people saying "This is a great product." I want to know why it's a great product.
This device was already described in SciFi. Unfortunately, I have the brain of a 2 year old cow after a long day of work, so I can't remember the book.
There was this dream amusment park, and a little kid runs away to the park, and then aliens come.
Oh, right.
Free Lunch, by Spider Robinson. The creater of the dream park got his money making this sorta thing to counter paparrattzi. Guess Spider didn't think of the other uses cameras are being put...
Ah, but I can use Gaim, and access multiple accounts at once. The lovely AOL people (call them whatever you like) allow that to happen. Apple goes out of their way to stop their customers from being able to use Creative's player.
Besides, if you type 80-100wpm (or at least, if I type 80-100wpm) in emacs, you get to know where Ctrl-_ is *real* quick!
I've always liked 'ppl'; it just kinda rolls off the keys... Besides, it's nice to be able to eat with one hand and type with the other w/o moving one's hand. And yes, I know there are one-handed keyboards out there.
Ok, I'll stop trying to defend a silly abbreviation:) Oh - wait, should I not use AOL smilies as well??
It's not that there's a lack of suckers, it's that the suckers are already all taken.
It's not a question of losing ppl, it's a question of finding new ppl. Kind of like AOL - they can keep going forever, until the supply of n00bs runs out.
Eventually, they'll figure out how to wire ppl up, and then everyone who gets easily addicted to that sort of thing will die off, and evolution will move on.
Yeah, well, Titan's been doing that for a while now:-D
Ok, writing all this is boring. But the point is, most of these are *not* crackpot headlines. The articles may be crackpot, but the headlines are real.
Scientists know most theories are wrong. They are tools to help us understand things, not rules the universe follows. Quantum theory? Models, not laws. Speed of light? Even that's just a model - it's often violated on the quantum level.
"Toy" models are very helpful in getting a handle on a situation, and even fully developed models that are clearly "wrong" (e.g., radiation-reaction) can provide very useful results and very useful ways of looking at things.
I make 30K per year, but I only work 3 days a week. OTOH, I'm in New York, so that's a fairly tight budget for me. OTOH, see point 1 above about 3 days a week...
I do "QA" stuff (yeah, and I read/.); my company's too small to have real titles. Right now, I *am* QA. I play with Bugzilla and Perl and try to break stuff.
Wow! I haven't gotten that big a flame in a while (not that it's much of a flame, but anyway) Just goes to show I don't get into online disucssions much:-D
Anyone who's able-bodied enough to not be on total disability can walk 25 miles on flat ground and barely be winded at the end.
I'm afraid that really isn't true. My ex-girlfriend, while she could walk on flat ground for a while, would *not* be able to keep it up for 12 hours. And she doesn't walk that fast - it's gonna take her more than 12 hours, and she's not gonna make it in a day. Unless there are shelters 6 hours away, she would end up sleeping on the side of the road somewhere, with no water, no food, etc.
The same goes for a fair number of people I know - none of whom are disabled. And I live in NYC - where it's easier to walk then to drive! We aren't hunter-gatherers anymore. We don't have that kind of physical stamina unless we go to a gym every day or train for marathons. (well, ok, that's going a bit far). Don't exercise for 3 months (or only exercise in free ways - no expensive running shoes, either), and then tell me a twelve mile hike along a crowded freeway is a breeze.
Oh, and BTW, food and water at the end aren't gonna help when you've got heat exhaustion out on the road and haven't eaten in 8 hours. Those last 4 hours are gonna be a bitch, huh?
Don't forget that there will be no food and no water - and no shelter - on the side of a highway as the hurricane hits. How much of our population can handle a 12-hour hike while carrying food, water, and a tent??? You're dreaming if you think the average person is 1) equiped to do this and 2) able to handle this. Remember - these are people who can't afford gym memberships.
They have no DSL, no 2.5 pound laptop with a 14" screen, no widescreen plasma TV, no l337 gaming system, no cell phones, no e-mail, no traffic, no air pollution, no lead poisoning, no...
Hmm...
It's got some plusses. I, however, like my Starcrack.
Should ppl not live in NYC because it's such a great Terrorist target? Should people just get up and move? Should the federal government not pay to help out after massive terrorist attacks (not that they have, mind you)?
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When I installed Ubuntu a few months ago, this sort of thing woulnd't work for me - I had a lot of problems when I tried to sudo stuff. Eventually, I just logged in as root and ran stuff directly.
--LWM
Have they already ruled out a guy with a shovel? I bet John Henry would break down less often, as well as maneuvering around objects more quickly.
I know, let's put a penal colony on the moon! That way, we'd have cheap labor there, and could remove troublesome elements from our society. At least until they start raining gravity bombs on our head...
Seriously, though, a guy with a shovel is at least a viable option. Abrasive lunar dust is gonna suck for anything out there, and spacesuits may well be cheaper then gears for robots.
--LWM
--LWM
The secret to avoiding MalWare on Windows platforms is to use a version of windows so old that it doesn't have enough functionality for the virii to exploit! If you're running 98, you're pretty safe - most things in the wild that hurt 98 have died off due to XP (and ME and 2000 and NT). What's left is a pretty small threat. All the great new virii running around? 98 can't run 'em. Too old. Doesn't meet the requirements.
:) I'm quite happy with my 300 mhz machine - I can still play Dungeon Keeper II and browse the web.
Pretty nifty, actually
--LWM
Unfortunately, we don't have a capitalist economy, and so the price you pay is never equal to the "true" price (if you will). If everyone dumped FireFox for Opera b/c Opera is a "better" product, and FireFox died a miserable death, what do you think would happen? A certain monopolist would buy out Opera, shut down the browser (or more likely integrate it), and then we're back to having no choice in browsers.
Just because it's "cheaper" to buy stuff from WalMart doesn't mean it costs you less. Just because it's a "better" browser in some way doesn't mean it's better for you to use it.
I'm not saying you shouldn't use Opera - I've downloaded it myself, but don't be dogmatic about defending it like this. It's not such a simple choice!
--LWM
I'm going a bit crazy... Learning 6 pages of keyboard shortcuts in one day hasn't helped, either...
--LWM
--LWM
Thanksfully, Opera is now available as a free browser. Yes, free as in beer, but it's still good. Why? Because when you have multiple browsers, a single infection can't hit all of them.
Yay Opera for windows, and Konquerer for Linux!
--LWM
Give us some propaganda on why Linux is so great, ok?
I actually liked this question - it seemed like one of the few real ones. It was a followup to his mentioning the specific things going into Samba 4 for the Sarbanes Oxley disclosure. It's a good question: what really neat, unusual things can Samba do? I can see why the question was sidestepped, but I'd've liked an answer.
Anyway, I'm not very interested in people saying "This is a great product." I want to know why it's a great product.
--LWM
This device was already described in SciFi. Unfortunately, I have the brain of a 2 year old cow after a long day of work, so I can't remember the book.
There was this dream amusment park, and a little kid runs away to the park, and then aliens come.
Oh, right.
Free Lunch, by Spider Robinson. The creater of the dream park got his money making this sorta thing to counter paparrattzi. Guess Spider didn't think of the other uses cameras are being put...
--LWM
No disrespect or nothin', but did he write his own questions, too?
This wasn't an interview, this was a press release!
Oh well, such is the way of the world, I guess...
--LWM
This guy broke up with his girlfriend. He and a bunch of friends got drunk (or stoned, whatever). They built a giant effigy of her. They burned it.
:)
At least, that's the story I heard N-th hand
I don't know if she was a pagan.
--LWM
Ah, but I can use Gaim, and access multiple accounts at once. The lovely AOL people (call them whatever you like) allow that to happen. Apple goes out of their way to stop their customers from being able to use Creative's player.
--LWM
Just keep forwarding the e-mail around - pass on the bad karma, why don't you?
Thanks!
--LWM
PS - should I call you Mr Can't Keep a GirlFriend?
I find they are very good for small business.
Be sure to ask sales people if there is a discount for non-profits. It might not help, but then again, the worst they can say is "no"!
--LWM
Besides, if you type 80-100wpm (or at least, if I type 80-100wpm) in emacs, you get to know where Ctrl-_ is *real* quick!
:) Oh - wait, should I not use AOL smilies as well??
I've always liked 'ppl'; it just kinda rolls off the keys... Besides, it's nice to be able to eat with one hand and type with the other w/o moving one's hand. And yes, I know there are one-handed keyboards out there.
Ok, I'll stop trying to defend a silly abbreviation
--LWM
No worries, Gates bought out Satan about 5 years ago - didn't you hear about that?
--LWM
It's not that there's a lack of suckers, it's that the suckers are already all taken.
It's not a question of losing ppl, it's a question of finding new ppl. Kind of like AOL - they can keep going forever, until the supply of n00bs runs out.
Eventually, they'll figure out how to wire ppl up, and then everyone who gets easily addicted to that sort of thing will die off, and evolution will move on.
--LWM
Ok, writing all this is boring. But the point is, most of these are *not* crackpot headlines. The articles may be crackpot, but the headlines are real.
--LWM
Scientists know most theories are wrong. They are tools to help us understand things, not rules the universe follows. Quantum theory? Models, not laws. Speed of light? Even that's just a model - it's often violated on the quantum level.
"Toy" models are very helpful in getting a handle on a situation, and even fully developed models that are clearly "wrong" (e.g., radiation-reaction) can provide very useful results and very useful ways of looking at things.
--LWM
I make 30K per year, but I only work 3 days a week. OTOH, I'm in New York, so that's a fairly tight budget for me. OTOH, see point 1 above about 3 days a week...
/.); my company's too small to have real titles. Right now, I *am* QA. I play with Bugzilla and Perl and try to break stuff.
I do "QA" stuff (yeah, and I read
--LWM
I'm afraid that really isn't true. My ex-girlfriend, while she could walk on flat ground for a while, would *not* be able to keep it up for 12 hours. And she doesn't walk that fast - it's gonna take her more than 12 hours, and she's not gonna make it in a day. Unless there are shelters 6 hours away, she would end up sleeping on the side of the road somewhere, with no water, no food, etc.
The same goes for a fair number of people I know - none of whom are disabled. And I live in NYC - where it's easier to walk then to drive! We aren't hunter-gatherers anymore. We don't have that kind of physical stamina unless we go to a gym every day or train for marathons. (well, ok, that's going a bit far). Don't exercise for 3 months (or only exercise in free ways - no expensive running shoes, either), and then tell me a twelve mile hike along a crowded freeway is a breeze.
Oh, and BTW, food and water at the end aren't gonna help when you've got heat exhaustion out on the road and haven't eaten in 8 hours. Those last 4 hours are gonna be a bitch, huh?
--LWM
Of course we get jokes! When NYC got hit, we joked about that too. Humour is a much better way to handle absolute bleakness then despair is.
Jokes don't mean we have no feelings, it means we need to laugh.
--LWM
Don't forget that there will be no food and no water - and no shelter - on the side of a highway as the hurricane hits. How much of our population can handle a 12-hour hike while carrying food, water, and a tent??? You're dreaming if you think the average person is 1) equiped to do this and 2) able to handle this. Remember - these are people who can't afford gym memberships.
--LWM
They have no DSL, no 2.5 pound laptop with a 14" screen, no widescreen plasma TV, no l337 gaming system, no cell phones, no e-mail, no traffic, no air pollution, no lead poisoning, no ...
Hmm...
It's got some plusses. I, however, like my Starcrack.
--LWM
Should ppl not live in NYC because it's such a great Terrorist target? Should people just get up and move? Should the federal government not pay to help out after massive terrorist attacks (not that they have, mind you)?
:)
More food for thought
--LWM