git annex is an open source project that lets you distribute files around various media (including external HDs, Amazon S3, SSH-connected computers, etc.). It has an fsck command for checking that your data still matches its checksums.
There's a GUI interface that makes it a lot like Dropbox, where you just add files to a folder, and they are sync'd.
It works on OS X and Linux, with an alpha for Windows.
One of the alternative theories is that people form associations between words and referents in a "hard-AI" sort of way, by hypothesis testing. Like, I start out with random hypotheses about which words refer to which objects, and every time i encounter data, I evaluate it for consistency with my hypotheses, and make or break them as necessary.
a way to support the idea of moderating good posts up rather than bad posts down would be to give, for example, 2 down-only points and 3 up-only points. or maybe, a few "free" points and some up-only points. maybe all three types.
another idea is presented in your post: the GNOME zealot. you could subscribe to the views of moderators, or maybe groups of moderators. how to implement this with the present anonymous-and-random moderation scheme is somewhat of a challenge, but it could give interesting effects.
what i mean by "subscribing" to a moderator: his/her moderations are weighted more heavily for you than the moderations of others, or perhaps to the exclusion of others. in the latter case, it would probably be better to subscribe to specific groups of moderators.
i really like the.deb package format, especially its dependencies. i would, however, like to be able to compile programs myself, for optimization and such. is there an easy way to implement dependencies for source code, and to have a self-compiled version of a package fill the dependencies for the prepackaged version?
>While I agree with you about not covering up, it >is also not a good idea to promote Linux for >something it is not good at.
True... I hadn't construed his comment that way. I suppose consumers might see that Linux is not good for streaming video, and decide that it must be good for nothing, and that would be bad...
Interesting issue. I thought (and I bet he did too!) that it was just flamebait!
Sorry to be wasting our time with this kind of foolish flamebait, but I must take issue with this. How much was D.A paid to post this? I suspect that MSFT will give you lots of money to be a jerk like that. Aside from FUD to people outside of the hacker community, this could be a tactic to demoralize hackers. It sure spoils my motivation to get out there and code. I wouldn't put it past MSFT. I guess he just wants to make a buck...
Aside from conspiracy theories, why do people post pure flamebait like this? D.A, do you actually feel this strongly that Linux sucks? Why? And, if you do, why do you bother to come here and post comments like this? Why do you hate people that don't know as much as you (assuming you have any idea what you're talking about)? The unlearned are to be educated, not hated.
Also, an attitude D.A expresses is: "I'd rather him run NT and not risk more people seeing how much "linux sucks"..." Why? If Linux sucks, why do you not want people to see that, and share your attitude? Any attempt to sheild an audience from the reality of a product is really missing a major point of many developers: to give people choice over their software. Choice is not really choice, if you do not have real data to base your decision on! If Linux sucks, let them see it. If not, let them see it. There is no reason not to.
One more thing: you don't have to post flamebait. printf("rtfm: %s\n", location_of_document);
I read in Scientific American a while ago about a Z-pinch - a device that uses laser/electron/whatever beams to implode a pellet of fuel. Here's the URL -- sorry to the webmaster of SciAmer http://www.sciam.com/1998/0898is sue/0898yonas.html
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git annex is an open source project that lets you distribute files around various media (including external HDs, Amazon S3, SSH-connected computers, etc.). It has an fsck command for checking that your data still matches its checksums.
There's a GUI interface that makes it a lot like Dropbox, where you just add files to a folder, and they are sync'd.
It works on OS X and Linux, with an alpha for Windows.
One of the alternative theories is that people form associations between words and referents in a "hard-AI" sort of way, by hypothesis testing. Like, I start out with random hypotheses about which words refer to which objects, and every time i encounter data, I evaluate it for consistency with my hypotheses, and make or break them as necessary.
If there are no energy sources where you live, maybe people shouldn't live there.
What about laptops?
Time for the classic round:
Everybody poops and pees
If it's yellow, let it mellow
If it's brown, flush it down.
(Sung to the tune of "White Sands and Gray Sands," if you know that)
Actually, only 5 moderators are definitely bumbling idiots. Or human. Or maybe not... take your pick ;-)
a way to support the idea of moderating good posts up rather than bad posts down would be to give, for example, 2 down-only points and 3 up-only points. or maybe, a few "free" points and some up-only points. maybe all three types.
another idea is presented in your post: the GNOME zealot. you could subscribe to the views of moderators, or maybe groups of moderators. how to implement this with the present anonymous-and-random moderation scheme is somewhat of a challenge, but it could give interesting effects.
what i mean by "subscribing" to a moderator: his/her moderations are weighted more heavily for you than the moderations of others, or perhaps to the exclusion of others. in the latter case, it would probably be better to subscribe to specific groups of moderators.
ta to slashdot for the good interview.
to the debian people:
i really like the
>Is it even possible to record in faster than real
>time?
Yes. CD rippers, for example, record from the computer's CD-ROM drive in less time than it takes to play the CD.
Also, if you can download an MP3 in less time than it takes to listen to it, you are recording faster than real time.
>While I agree with you about not covering up, it
>is also not a good idea to promote Linux for
>something it is not good at.
True... I hadn't construed his comment that way. I suppose consumers might see that Linux is not good for streaming video, and decide that it must be good for nothing, and that would be bad...
Interesting issue. I thought (and I bet he did too!) that it was just flamebait!
feh.
Thomas
Sorry to be wasting our time with this kind of foolish flamebait, but I must take issue with this. How much was D.A paid to post this? I suspect that MSFT will give you lots of money to be a jerk like that. Aside from FUD to people outside of the hacker community, this could be a tactic to demoralize hackers. It sure spoils my motivation to get out there and code. I wouldn't put it past MSFT. I guess he just wants to make a buck...
Aside from conspiracy theories, why do people post pure flamebait like this? D.A, do you actually feel this strongly that Linux sucks? Why? And, if you do, why do you bother to come here and post comments like this? Why do you hate people that don't know as much as you (assuming you have any idea what you're talking about)? The unlearned are to be educated, not hated.
Also, an attitude D.A expresses is:
"I'd rather him run NT and not risk more people seeing how much "linux sucks"..."
Why? If Linux sucks, why do you not want people to see that, and share your attitude? Any attempt to sheild an audience from the reality of a product is really missing a major point of many developers: to give people choice over their software. Choice is not really choice, if you do not have real data to base your decision on! If Linux sucks, let them see it. If not, let them see it. There is no reason not to.
One more thing: you don't have to post flamebait. printf("rtfm: %s\n", location_of_document);
Thomas
The site is up now! have at it! i pity the admins of the site.
A snapshot of the please wait thing can be found at http://www.angelfire.com/ in/theymaybegiants/linuxcom.html if anyone cares.
I read in Scientific American a while ago about a Z-pinch - a device that uses laser/electron/whatever beams to implode a pellet of fuel. Here's the URL -- sorry to the webmaster of SciAmer
http://www.sciam.com/1998/0898is sue/0898yonas.html
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