Yeah, it did occur to me that the jumbly bit may have been a translation error - but surely something as simple as "it goes against Newton's Law" is a bit hard to translate incorrectly? That was the part that really bugged me.
"It goes against Newton's law. Everything on earth gets drawn to the surface by gravity, but in the case of flying cars, it's different," Song said. "There should exist the same opposite magnitude of power as the earth's gravity-pull. So, a balance is formed between gravity and reaction, which makes flying cars float in the atmosphere," he explained.
I'm sorry, but if this kid thinks balancing out gravity with a force of equal magnitude in the opposite direction (which is clearly what he meant by that "same opposite magnitude of power" giiberish) goes against any of Newton's laws, he shouldn't be in a *high school* physics class, yet alone a university one.
Agreed. I'd have to say, I don't equate "anime fanboy" with any income over about $50,000.
What the hell is that supposed to mean? You think the only people who would enjoy anime are somehow mentally deficient in a way that would prevent them from getting a job in any field other than menial labour? Why is a rich person being a hardcore anime fan somehow less reasonable than a rich person being, say, a hardcore football fan, which I'm sure nobody would bat an eyelid at.
Got some evidence for that, pal? Something like Stallman being on record as saying "commercial software is inherently evil" would suffice (I'm assuming Stallman can spell better than you). Fairly unlikely, since he himself has sold his own software for money in the past.
Task reports may be boring (to some), but if nobody was using NetBSD, it's doubtful such reports would be issued.
I'm a big fan of the OpenBSD release songs (and OpenBSD itself is very nice), and it'd be great if NetBSD could offer something similar, but I don't really see it as a priority. I wouldn't really care if nobody ever heard of NetBSD, so long as it stayed as awesome as it is and I could keep using it.
I find it amusing that you'd suggest nobody uses NetBSD at a time when the front page of slashdot carries a link to a quaterly NetBSD report mentioning seven new developers, seven google "Summer of Code" projects and a number of donations from both individuals and corporations.
Just because we don't make such a song and dance over it doesn't mean we don't exist.
I'm relatively new to NetBSD, but have really loved my whole experience thus far. I can only take other people's word for the fact that 2.0 was a huge improvement over 1.6, but I can definitely say that 2.0 has been a genuine pleasure for me to use, and I'm in the process of switching most of my boxes over to it. I was more than happy to make a substantial donation when they asked recently. Here's hoping they keep the good stuff coming!
I'm actually rather excited about this. NetBSD is turning into a damn fine operating system. The 2.0 release was really special. 3.0 is coming up soon (end of July, or that's the plan). Now, thanks to google, the project has a little extra developer muscle for upcoming releases. I really look forward to the near future releases of NetBSD. Hopefully things will just keep getting better!
PkgSrc is much more extensive than OpenBSD's ports, and not quite as extensive as FreeBSD's - but, frankly, you'll find most of what you'll ever need in there. And you're right, the portability aspect is wonderful.
You certainly got the edu thing right. I have an algebra tutor who, I assure you, doesn't wear shoes, at all, ever, and also has dreadlocks (sp?) that are approaching waist-length.
I have a hard time imagining a university professor who is incapalbe of opening a pdf file. Professors typically read papers (not the student kind, actual proper academic papers), and journals certainly don't publish papers as.docs. They're always.pdf or.ps.
I dunno wether that post about total internal earlier was sarcastic or genuine, but either way, I think he's got a point....How is shining a direct laser to transfer data different from shining a beam of light through a fibre, other than that it is incredibly less convinient???
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Yeah, it did occur to me that the jumbly bit may have been a translation error - but surely something as simple as "it goes against Newton's Law" is a bit hard to translate incorrectly? That was the part that really bugged me.
"It goes against Newton's law. Everything on earth gets drawn to the surface by gravity, but in the case of flying cars, it's different," Song said. "There should exist the same opposite magnitude of power as the earth's gravity-pull. So, a balance is formed between gravity and reaction, which makes flying cars float in the atmosphere," he explained.
I'm sorry, but if this kid thinks balancing out gravity with a force of equal magnitude in the opposite direction (which is clearly what he meant by that "same opposite magnitude of power" giiberish) goes against any of Newton's laws, he shouldn't be in a *high school* physics class, yet alone a university one.
Agreed. I'd have to say, I don't equate "anime fanboy" with any income over about $50,000.
What the hell is that supposed to mean? You think the only people who would enjoy anime are somehow mentally deficient in a way that would prevent them from getting a job in any field other than menial labour? Why is a rich person being a hardcore anime fan somehow less reasonable than a rich person being, say, a hardcore football fan, which I'm sure nobody would bat an eyelid at.
Looks to me like you're a fucking idiot who can't even spell ignorance.
You are not ready to interact with other human beings. Try reading sometime.
Got some evidence for that, pal? Something like Stallman being on record as saying "commercial software is inherently evil" would suffice (I'm assuming Stallman can spell better than you). Fairly unlikely, since he himself has sold his own software for money in the past.
k = some positive constant, I should hope. ^_^
GNU/Solaris sounds like only the kernel is not linux.
Uhh, linux is a kernel, and nothing more.
Contrary to popular belief, his name is not nor ever has been Chuck.
Just as most people when offered a ride a to the store expect a car or just possibly a motorcylce and not a hovercraft or gyrocopter.
Oh man, that would be so freaking cool.
Actually, two complaints. It requires you to mispronounce Lagrange to get the full effect.
That's the funniest thing I've read all week. Thanks a million!
My only complaint: Hasn't been such a thing as degrees Kelvin since 1967.
Task reports may be boring (to some), but if nobody was using NetBSD, it's doubtful such reports would be issued.
I'm a big fan of the OpenBSD release songs (and OpenBSD itself is very nice), and it'd be great if NetBSD could offer something similar, but I don't really see it as a priority. I wouldn't really care if nobody ever heard of NetBSD, so long as it stayed as awesome as it is and I could keep using it.
I find it amusing that you'd suggest nobody uses NetBSD at a time when the front page of slashdot carries a link to a quaterly NetBSD report mentioning seven new developers, seven google "Summer of Code" projects and a number of donations from both individuals and corporations.
Just because we don't make such a song and dance over it doesn't mean we don't exist.
I'm relatively new to NetBSD, but have really loved my whole experience thus far. I can only take other people's word for the fact that 2.0 was a huge improvement over 1.6, but I can definitely say that 2.0 has been a genuine pleasure for me to use, and I'm in the process of switching most of my boxes over to it. I was more than happy to make a substantial donation when they asked recently. Here's hoping they keep the good stuff coming!
I'm actually rather excited about this. NetBSD is turning into a damn fine operating system. The 2.0 release was really special. 3.0 is coming up soon (end of July, or that's the plan). Now, thanks to google, the project has a little extra developer muscle for upcoming releases. I really look forward to the near future releases of NetBSD. Hopefully things will just keep getting better!
PkgSrc is much more extensive than OpenBSD's ports, and not quite as extensive as FreeBSD's - but, frankly, you'll find most of what you'll ever need in there. And you're right, the portability aspect is wonderful.
You certainly got the edu thing right. I have an algebra tutor who, I assure you, doesn't wear shoes, at all, ever, and also has dreadlocks (sp?) that are approaching waist-length.
I have a hard time imagining a university professor who is incapalbe of opening a pdf file. Professors typically read papers (not the student kind, actual proper academic papers), and journals certainly don't publish papers as .docs. They're always .pdf or .ps.
Never mind me. It's, uhh, backwards day. Yeah.
No. The Chinese language does have an 'l' sound (Shaolin monks?). You're thinking of the Japanese, whose language does not.
going to war did not solve or end world war 2
Umm...what? Starting WWII didn't end WWII? That's...that's usually the way things work.
I dunno wether that post about total internal earlier was sarcastic or genuine, but either way, I think he's got a point....How is shining a direct laser to transfer data different from shining a beam of light through a fibre, other than that it is incredibly less convinient???