Not every kernel needs a continuously-running userspace, particularly if it's only doing a specific job. Also, no virtual memory, and no virtual memory manager, is required - just flat memory space and jump tables to the specific routines that need to be invoked. No message-passing either. Just jump directly from one routine to the other. No multi-tasking (except for interrupts), so no multi-tasking overhead.
And if you want to enable multiple instance of the tasks, there are ways to do it without time-slicing.
Does a mini OS that is designed to do a few things, but do them extremely efficiently, have to be POSIX compatible? Obviously not. By definition, it would lack the "Portable" in POSIX. But so what? The kernel would be very small - or non-existent, so there would be a much smaller surface to check for bugs and security holes, and much better performance - do one thing and do it well applied at the OS level instead of the utilities level.
Unfortunately, the GPL has led to a situation where you can't get a bunch of developers together to develop, say, a game, and then make multiple sales over the course of time to cover your costs, never mind any profit.
This has led to "games as a service", where you have to be tied into the server all the time and it serves you up ads and sells you DLC. So yes, if you look at the long-term picture, Stallman is wrong. We have android phones where you have to pray your carrier pushes out an update and an extremely fragmented linux distro world.
Not nearly as much fragmentation with BSD, with FreeBSD being #1 by a long shot. And of course, no fragmentation with the two major paid consumer OSes. In all three cases, just get an idea, get a compiler, write your own code, register your copyright, and sell it multiple times. No obligation to give anyone the source or the development tools.
And this is why there will never be a year of the linux desktop, with every piece of software everyone takes for granted elsewhere being available. The GPL is incompatible with making revenue selling multiple copies of your software.
The problem is elementary, my dear Watson - they didn't create the OS that they're selling.
99% of all linux distros could DIAF and nobody would notice the difference. They all use the same software, the same kernel, the same window managers, the same services... come on, enough already!
Both linux and android are suffering from fragmentation. About the only free OS that isn't is BSD, with FreeBSD being more popular than all the other *BSDs combined.
I blame the GPL for much of this. Getting the software for free but paying support is not going to work for consumers, not for an OS, not for games, not for productivity software. Open source has become like app development - a few big names make money, and 99% either starve or become beggarware or adware. Why? Because people in this market have gotten too used to the idea that the right price for everything is $0.00. Look what happened to Loki Games as just one of many examples.
And too often, you end up getting exactly what you pay for. In this case, an OS that has long ago abandoned first principles. UIs that keep adding more bling. A moribund (do I dare say "dead") marketplace where, because of the GPL, you can't split development costs over product sales for the next year, because the first one to buy is going to give it away, or sell it at a reduced cost to the next one, and so on, and so on...
Wiping the phone and/or installing a different system doesn't change the IMEI. There's now a database of stolen phone IMEIs maintained for the us - just search "gsma imei database blacklist", and another one for Canada, and they merge each other's info.
Part of the problem is that people hesitate to report the phone stolen to their carrier, or think that reporting it to the police somehow makes that happen auto-magically.
So maybe someone can "roll their own" by starting with a completely blank state, ignoring POSIX compatibility, and maybe come up with something unique, instead of yet another clone of an OS.
The problem isn't the aluminium cable, it's the crappy connections people made that would oxidize, heat up, then either break or start a fire. Aluminium expands more than copper when heated, so you can't get away with shoving the wire under part of the screw and tightening (which I've seen because people are too lazy to properly anchor the wire, and in two cases they must have lost the hold-down screw because the wire was just poked into the empty screw hole). And it wasn't just the soviets that used it - it was used in north american homes as well.
Decent RJ45 cables come with a sleeve that fits over the tab. This should have been mandatory instead of an option.
True, but they're so hard to push down the tab through the sleeve that, in difficult-to-reach places, you'll have to cut the sleeve off.
Easier to let the tab break, then get a 1-foot cable with male at one end, female at the other, and tape the end with the broken tab into it (crazy glue doesn't work so well on those plastics). Or do that before the tab breaks, and you won't be doing contortions to get at it and breaking the tab in the first place.
Well, with the Canadian dollar now back below parity (well below parity) and Canada ranking higher in health care than the US, you may not need to go so far.
When you can get plastic surgery done for less than you can in Mexico, and Cuba only ranks 2 points under the US for health care services, and vastly over Mexico, you're going to see a lot of people making the trip for a nip, tuck, and tan, and pumping significant coin into the economy.
How many people actually upgrade their copy of Windows that originally came with the machine?
Of those, how many did a legit upgrade?
For most people, the OS that comes with your device is the OS that will be on your device until it goes to the computer equivalent of the Elephant's Graveyard.
Even more irrelevant since most people don't buy an upgrade - they use their computer until it stops working for good or is too long in the tooth, then buy another. That usually takes more than 5 years.
Well, a couple of decades ago, he was relatively respected. If you said anything against him then, you got flamed - a lot. Today, he's openly mocked, and the mockers are not immediately deluged with attacks - because many who used to support him see he's either obsolete or a kook, or both.
People don't put all that much stock into what he says any more. He's an anachronism, beating a broken drum in an obscure band.
And let's be honest - even Apple has put more open-source software into more people's hands than Stallman ever did. (Oh, that's right - Stallman hates the term "open source.")
Animals, including pets, that are suffering are subject to seizure by inspectors. In addition, if the animal cannot be treated, it will be destroyed. The owner can be fined, or in the worst cases, brought to a criminal trial and sent to jail - which recently happened to one woman who was negligent in caring for dogs entrusted to her and ended up with 6 months in the pokey.
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And if you want to enable multiple instance of the tasks, there are ways to do it without time-slicing.
Does a mini OS that is designed to do a few things, but do them extremely efficiently, have to be POSIX compatible? Obviously not. By definition, it would lack the "Portable" in POSIX. But so what? The kernel would be very small - or non-existent, so there would be a much smaller surface to check for bugs and security holes, and much better performance - do one thing and do it well applied at the OS level instead of the utilities level.
Unfortunately, the GPL has led to a situation where you can't get a bunch of developers together to develop, say, a game, and then make multiple sales over the course of time to cover your costs, never mind any profit.
This has led to "games as a service", where you have to be tied into the server all the time and it serves you up ads and sells you DLC. So yes, if you look at the long-term picture, Stallman is wrong. We have android phones where you have to pray your carrier pushes out an update and an extremely fragmented linux distro world.
Not nearly as much fragmentation with BSD, with FreeBSD being #1 by a long shot. And of course, no fragmentation with the two major paid consumer OSes. In all three cases, just get an idea, get a compiler, write your own code, register your copyright, and sell it multiple times. No obligation to give anyone the source or the development tools.
And this is why there will never be a year of the linux desktop, with every piece of software everyone takes for granted elsewhere being available. The GPL is incompatible with making revenue selling multiple copies of your software.
The problem is elementary, my dear Watson - they didn't create the OS that they're selling.
99% of all linux distros could DIAF and nobody would notice the difference. They all use the same software, the same kernel, the same window managers, the same services ... come on, enough already!
Both linux and android are suffering from fragmentation. About the only free OS that isn't is BSD, with FreeBSD being more popular than all the other *BSDs combined.
I blame the GPL for much of this. Getting the software for free but paying support is not going to work for consumers, not for an OS, not for games, not for productivity software. Open source has become like app development - a few big names make money, and 99% either starve or become beggarware or adware. Why? Because people in this market have gotten too used to the idea that the right price for everything is $0.00. Look what happened to Loki Games as just one of many examples.
And too often, you end up getting exactly what you pay for. In this case, an OS that has long ago abandoned first principles. UIs that keep adding more bling. A moribund (do I dare say "dead") marketplace where, because of the GPL, you can't split development costs over product sales for the next year, because the first one to buy is going to give it away, or sell it at a reduced cost to the next one, and so on, and so on ...
Wiping the phone and/or installing a different system doesn't change the IMEI. There's now a database of stolen phone IMEIs maintained for the us - just search "gsma imei database blacklist", and another one for Canada, and they merge each other's info.
Part of the problem is that people hesitate to report the phone stolen to their carrier, or think that reporting it to the police somehow makes that happen auto-magically.
So maybe someone can "roll their own" by starting with a completely blank state, ignoring POSIX compatibility, and maybe come up with something unique, instead of yet another clone of an OS.
Reporting a phone stolen when you actually sold it should be a felony on the same level as stealing the phone to begin with.
Making a false theft report IS a crime, last time I looked.
Presumably once the phone has been activated on a different account, the original owner wouldn't be able to report it stolen.
Sure they will. The IMEI (unique identifier for the phone) doesn't change when you change sims or accounts, or even providers.
So can living your life normally.
What is this "normal life" you speak of?
Seriously, define "normal life." If you can do that, you might be in line for a Nobel.
I'm rooting for the American voter. Who are you rooting for?
The voters in Poutineville, Kanuckistan.
Depends on who you're rooting for ...
The problem isn't the aluminium cable, it's the crappy connections people made that would oxidize, heat up, then either break or start a fire. Aluminium expands more than copper when heated, so you can't get away with shoving the wire under part of the screw and tightening (which I've seen because people are too lazy to properly anchor the wire, and in two cases they must have lost the hold-down screw because the wire was just poked into the empty screw hole). And it wasn't just the soviets that used it - it was used in north american homes as well.
Plus certain people LOVE to steal copper wire, burn off the insulation in the back of an abandoned house, and sell it as scrap.
Decent RJ45 cables come with a sleeve that fits over the tab. This should have been mandatory instead of an option.
True, but they're so hard to push down the tab through the sleeve that, in difficult-to-reach places, you'll have to cut the sleeve off.
Easier to let the tab break, then get a 1-foot cable with male at one end, female at the other, and tape the end with the broken tab into it (crazy glue doesn't work so well on those plastics). Or do that before the tab breaks, and you won't be doing contortions to get at it and breaking the tab in the first place.
Don't give Lennart Poettering any more bad ideas. PLEASE !
Well, with the Canadian dollar now back below parity (well below parity) and Canada ranking higher in health care than the US, you may not need to go so far.
When you can get plastic surgery done for less than you can in Mexico, and Cuba only ranks 2 points under the US for health care services, and vastly over Mexico, you're going to see a lot of people making the trip for a nip, tuck, and tan, and pumping significant coin into the economy.
Bitcoin by definition is a scam. You can't have a scam of a scam.
You've obviously never seen the movie "The Sting." :-)
How many people actually upgrade their copy of Windows that originally came with the machine?
Of those, how many did a legit upgrade?
For most people, the OS that comes with your device is the OS that will be on your device until it goes to the computer equivalent of the Elephant's Graveyard.
Even more irrelevant since most people don't buy an upgrade - they use their computer until it stops working for good or is too long in the tooth, then buy another. That usually takes more than 5 years.
More likely those black and white "I Love Lucy" shows with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez. You know, "that Cuban guy" :-)
They required many spies listening in on telephone lines (even though not everyone had a telephone or could use the line exclusively)
That's why it was called a "party line." In Soviet Russia, party line spies on YOU - even after you've hung up.
Well, a couple of decades ago, he was relatively respected. If you said anything against him then, you got flamed - a lot. Today, he's openly mocked, and the mockers are not immediately deluged with attacks - because many who used to support him see he's either obsolete or a kook, or both.
People don't put all that much stock into what he says any more. He's an anachronism, beating a broken drum in an obscure band.
And let's be honest - even Apple has put more open-source software into more people's hands than Stallman ever did. (Oh, that's right - Stallman hates the term "open source.")
Animals, including pets, that are suffering are subject to seizure by inspectors. In addition, if the animal cannot be treated, it will be destroyed. The owner can be fined, or in the worst cases, brought to a criminal trial and sent to jail - which recently happened to one woman who was negligent in caring for dogs entrusted to her and ended up with 6 months in the pokey.
So we were all hallucinating when we saw Bush in front of a banner saying "Mission Accomplished"?