So what? Just because GNU runs on Linux the System should include that name? GNU also runs on Windows, so I guess "GNU/Windows" would be more appropriate. Maybe you can even run BSD-Software on a Hurd system, so that's best called "BSD/GNU/Hurd".
What's gcc and Emacs got to do with Linux in this RMS's quote? Nothing. He uses that GNU/Linux bullshit to create a closer correlation between GNU and Linux (besides: why doesn't he call it "Linux/GNU").
Come on, he just wants to be as famous as Linus and maybe he's a bit concerned about the Hurd (which still isn't really usable). I agree with some of RMS's points, but that GNU/Linux debate is low. Why doesn't he demand that GNU-thingy for all projects that use/depend on GNU software. Maybe because he doesn't like the sound of "GNU/Carnivore"?
Linus chose to call his product "Linux". End of story.
This is rated as "funny" and I just don't understand why. Obviously there are a lot of people who compile a new kernel without complaining but when they are told to "uncheck the xyz box in preferences" to prevent an exploit, they just freak out.
> As far as the WTC, I think the only thing that
> is going to work in the long run is to round up
> all the Arabs living in the US and build them
> some decent accomodations to stay in while we
> fight our overseas war
1. If you need some good blueprints to build your "accomodations", contact me. I'm german and we build some of those for the jewish.
2. You are a fucking asshole.
3. It's people like you who shine the dim light of dumbness on the US of Asses.
So, one question comes to mind: Are you a fat slob? If yes, get a flight to Afghanistan. Maybe you're useful for cleaning minefields, otherwise you're a total waste.
Sounds nice eh? But if you feel more safe when you stay at home an just rant about things you don't understand, you could always move in one of those nice "accomodations"...
That's exactly what I expected from an american. Say, did you feel the same for the many innocent people killed in Iraq by americans? Did you feel the same for the Vietnamese who were killed/raped/tortured by your soldiers? Did you recently think about the situation in Palestina?
Are you really proud that some assholes took everything from a bunch of redskins and called it america? Great achievement, really!
If you want to teach the US a lesson, you have to hit hard. That's exactly what has happened, and for me that's no surprise.
I surely won't buy one of those, looks rather big an what's that nonsense with "moving the whole base"? I'd prefer a more joystick-like handling, push up, cursor moves up, without moving the base.
So what's this van story all about? Looks like the three guys practiced their first amendment rights, right? Why is it that every now and again that rights are just dumped for no reason?
Does anybody really wonder why this happened? The US of Asses alway act like the big bully, so once somebody's got enough, the big bully gets his balls kicked. What's wrong with this?
Argh... you "GUESS that the Y *is* a vowel"? Guess again.
Man, are you american or what? An second question: Has America some sort of IQ-restriction for every citizen. Like, say, a maximum of 5? Even dry bread is smarter than you guys.
> People think, "Thing goes in cold. Thing comes
> out hot." By analogy, "Cat goes in cold. Cat
> come out hot and dry" (flaw in logic noted;
> remember, these people are illogical, too).
So what? There is only one mistake: Why should the cat come out "hot and dry"? Does your pizza come out dry? No.
And for the hot part: Great logic, I bet that cat comes out *really* hot.
What do you expect from the US of Asses? A country where people are dumb enough to dry their pets in a microwave oven when there's no warning sticker on it has definitely reached the lowest of all intellectual standards.
So what's left for our general dumbass? Cry about not being given a job and blame it on some obscure disabilities. Oh, and by the way drag it to court. I guess 10 billion should be enough to heal thos terribly wounds in their fragile little souls...
I'll try to summarize why this "pi compression" won't work, adn I'll try to take all of the mentioned improvements into account.
1. Finding the required string in pi
-> For every reasonable long string (say, the Max Payne ISO) this is gonna be a pain in the a**, obviously
2. Distributing the position
-> If pi is normal, the length of the starting position of the string would be as long as the string itself (on average), so no compression here
3. Compress the position with LZW (or your favourite compression algorithm)
-> Again, if pi is normal, the position of the string is likely to be truly random. Compressing truly random data is not possible. Even if the digits of the starting position are not TRULY random, the effect of LZW would be minimal if not eaten up by the algorithms overhead. There is no sense in distibuting a 649 MB number to get a 650 MB ISO...
4. Do the "pi-compression" until you get 1 digit (or reasonable few digits)
-> Won't work, because:
a) You "compress" string x and get string y,
which is the starting position of x in pi.
b) According to (2.) y is about as long as x
c) return to a), and remember (3.)
Sorry for the mess, but once again mathematics win over wishful thinking.
> This is good for software because developers
> will have more choice in the hardware that they
> develop for.
Bullshit. That path leads straight to the darn old days where every game was board-specific.
> ATI doesn't support super-duper-
> gooified blob rendering? Ah, NVidia does in
> their new Geforce5. No worries, ATI will have to
> support it in their next generation boards.
Wrong, this should be "ATI doesn't support super-duper-gooified blob rendering? Idiot, why did you buy that board in the first place? But no worries, NVidia has the new Geforce5, just spend 300+ bucks an get one. Unfortunatley, this will break application Y as only ATI has the new M.O.R.O.N.-rendering which is required by Y. But hey, such is life!
> A bipolar competition is ALWAYS good for the
> consumer.
This is not "bipolar competition", this is "fragmentation".
> "They've got a fully functional table now
> because he built the thing," Curry said.
I know americans really like to overplay things, but this is just awkward. First, it's not "he built the thing" but rather "THEY built the thing" and second, what's that crap of a "fully functional" table?
This reminds me of those great products sold on TV: "I can't believe it, it's a fully functional table! I can put things on it! Wooooohoooooo!"
But at least our hero - the table - won't collapse under heavy weight.
Mr. Hacker has decided to stay anonymous, he even anonymized Mr. J and the "P" project. You should learn to accept this, just as we accept you staying anonymous.
...it seems like both parties in the story are very immature people. Rather than responding with pointed messages, the author of the letter could simply have done what he wished the other party to do--ignored him and gone quietly on with his business.
As far as I got it, Mr. J just continued his angry rants about P. That's plain childish and IMO it's all too understandable that JQH got fed up with it.
> 1) What's wrong with US letter paper? It's somehow related to this inch-thingy so it's not exactly the same size as our DIN A4 format. Guess where the important parts of your letters, abstracts, etc. go...
> 2) What doesn't support ISDN? FWIW, ADSL is > cheaper and faster anyway. I'm really glad you know so much about telecommunication in Europe. You're so smart!
> If they all hated the American Way of Life, we > wouldn't have so many of them trying to > immigrate to the U.S. Sure, some people just hate drinking beer in public. So the have to go to the US or Russia, where the cops really know their business. Otherwise you live in the "land of the free", of course. Except from stupid export regulations... and porn... and... oh, well, what a great country.
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> ... when GNU actually runs on top of Linux
So what? Just because GNU runs on Linux the System should include that name? GNU also runs on Windows, so I guess "GNU/Windows" would be more appropriate. Maybe you can even run BSD-Software on a Hurd system, so that's best called "BSD/GNU/Hurd".
Great!
What's gcc and Emacs got to do with Linux in this RMS's quote? Nothing. He uses that GNU/Linux bullshit to create a closer correlation between GNU and Linux (besides: why doesn't he call it "Linux/GNU").
Come on, he just wants to be as famous as Linus and maybe he's a bit concerned about the Hurd (which still isn't really usable). I agree with some of RMS's points, but that GNU/Linux debate is low. Why doesn't he demand that GNU-thingy for all projects that use/depend on GNU software. Maybe because he doesn't like the sound of "GNU/Carnivore"?
Linus chose to call his product "Linux". End of story.
This is rated as "funny" and I just don't understand why. Obviously there are a lot of people who compile a new kernel without complaining but when they are told to "uncheck the xyz box in preferences" to prevent an exploit, they just freak out.
This is just ignorant. Get over it.
Weren't the US supposed to take over Vietnam?
No, cheap.
C. M. Burns
> As far as the WTC, I think the only thing that
> is going to work in the long run is to round up
> all the Arabs living in the US and build them
> some decent accomodations to stay in while we
> fight our overseas war
1. If you need some good blueprints to build your "accomodations", contact me. I'm german and we build some of those for the jewish.
2. You are a fucking asshole.
3. It's people like you who shine the dim light of dumbness on the US of Asses.
So, one question comes to mind: Are you a fat slob? If yes, get a flight to Afghanistan. Maybe you're useful for cleaning minefields, otherwise you're a total waste.
Sounds nice eh? But if you feel more safe when you stay at home an just rant about things you don't understand, you could always move in one of those nice "accomodations"...
Why oh why are americans so dumb?
C. M. Burns
> Jesus CHRIST people. It's a fucking desert!
It's a desert, just like Nevada. So what?
Q: Why are most americans stupid, clueless, flashy morons?
A: Too much beef, like in burgers (and that's why they are fat slobs, too)
C. M. Burns
so you've got a mid-priced cd player, SB Live and a cable to connect both?
C. M. Burns
That's exactly what I expected from an american. Say, did you feel the same for the many innocent people killed in Iraq by americans? Did you feel the same for the Vietnamese who were killed/raped/tortured by your soldiers? Did you recently think about the situation in Palestina?
Are you really proud that some assholes took everything from a bunch of redskins and called it america? Great achievement, really!
If you want to teach the US a lesson, you have to hit hard. That's exactly what has happened, and for me that's no surprise.
C. M. Burns
I surely won't buy one of those, looks rather big an what's that nonsense with "moving the whole base"? I'd prefer a more joystick-like handling, push up, cursor moves up, without moving the base.
C. M. Burns
So what's this van story all about? Looks like the three guys practiced their first amendment rights, right? Why is it that every now and again that rights are just dumped for no reason?
Does anybody really wonder why this happened? The US of Asses alway act like the big bully, so once somebody's got enough, the big bully gets his balls kicked. What's wrong with this?
C. M. Burns
> I would guess that the Y *is* a vowel
Argh... you "GUESS that the Y *is* a vowel"? Guess again.
Man, are you american or what? An second question: Has America some sort of IQ-restriction for every citizen. Like, say, a maximum of 5? Even dry bread is smarter than you guys.
C. M. Burns
> People think, "Thing goes in cold. Thing comes
> out hot." By analogy, "Cat goes in cold. Cat
> come out hot and dry" (flaw in logic noted;
> remember, these people are illogical, too).
So what? There is only one mistake: Why should the cat come out "hot and dry"? Does your pizza come out dry? No.
And for the hot part: Great logic, I bet that cat comes out *really* hot.
C. M. Burns
What do you expect from the US of Asses? A country where people are dumb enough to dry their pets in a microwave oven when there's no warning sticker on it has definitely reached the lowest of all intellectual standards.
So what's left for our general dumbass? Cry about not being given a job and blame it on some obscure disabilities. Oh, and by the way drag it to court. I guess 10 billion should be enough to heal thos terribly wounds in their fragile little souls...
C. M. Burns
how did you get "at least 1000 bits of entropy" with a 280 bit passphrase?
C. M. Burns
Hi,
I'll try to summarize why this "pi compression" won't work, adn I'll try to take all of the mentioned improvements into account.
1. Finding the required string in pi
-> For every reasonable long string (say, the Max Payne ISO) this is gonna be a pain in the a**, obviously
2. Distributing the position
-> If pi is normal, the length of the starting position of the string would be as long as the string itself (on average), so no compression here
3. Compress the position with LZW (or your favourite compression algorithm)
-> Again, if pi is normal, the position of the string is likely to be truly random. Compressing truly random data is not possible. Even if the digits of the starting position are not TRULY random, the effect of LZW would be minimal if not eaten up by the algorithms overhead. There is no sense in distibuting a 649 MB number to get a 650 MB ISO...
4. Do the "pi-compression" until you get 1 digit (or reasonable few digits)
-> Won't work, because:
a) You "compress" string x and get string y,
which is the starting position of x in pi.
b) According to (2.) y is about as long as x
c) return to a), and remember (3.)
Sorry for the mess, but once again mathematics win over wishful thinking.
C. M. Burns
> This is good for software because developers
> will have more choice in the hardware that they
> develop for.
Bullshit. That path leads straight to the darn old days where every game was board-specific.
> ATI doesn't support super-duper-
> gooified blob rendering? Ah, NVidia does in
> their new Geforce5. No worries, ATI will have to
> support it in their next generation boards.
Wrong, this should be "ATI doesn't support super-duper-gooified blob rendering? Idiot, why did you buy that board in the first place? But no worries, NVidia has the new Geforce5, just spend 300+ bucks an get one. Unfortunatley, this will break application Y as only ATI has the new M.O.R.O.N.-rendering which is required by Y. But hey, such is life!
> A bipolar competition is ALWAYS good for the
> consumer.
This is not "bipolar competition", this is "fragmentation".
C. M. Burns
> "They've got a fully functional table now
> because he built the thing," Curry said.
I know americans really like to overplay things, but this is just awkward. First, it's not "he built the thing" but rather "THEY built the thing" and second, what's that crap of a "fully functional" table?
This reminds me of those great products sold on TV: "I can't believe it, it's a fully functional table! I can put things on it! Wooooohoooooo!"
But at least our hero - the table - won't collapse under heavy weight.
CMBurns
I think you refer to the german section
> Die Verbindung zwischen dem Psycho-Konzern und
> dem Softwareriesen ist Sektenbeauftragten der
> großen Kirchen ein Dorn im Auge.
Now the german word for "sparkling wine" is "Sekt", as opposed to german "Sekte" (note the additional "e") which means "sect".
The mentioned "Sektenbeauftragen" are people who observe said sects. In this case, they are employees of the (catholic/protestant) church.
So sorry, no alcohol this time. Just religion (which - as we now - is opium for the masses, not a bad deal, huh?).
CMBurns, german by nature.
Maybe we should first unmask you, Mr. AC.
Mr. Hacker has decided to stay anonymous, he even anonymized Mr. J and the "P" project. You should learn to accept this, just as we accept you staying anonymous.
As far as I got it, Mr. J just continued his angry rants about P. That's plain childish and IMO it's all too understandable that JQH got fed up with it.
> 1) What's wrong with US letter paper?
It's somehow related to this inch-thingy so it's not exactly the same size as our DIN A4 format. Guess where the important parts of your letters, abstracts, etc. go...
> 2) What doesn't support ISDN? FWIW, ADSL is
> cheaper and faster anyway.
I'm really glad you know so much about telecommunication in Europe. You're so smart!
> If they all hated the American Way of Life, we
> wouldn't have so many of them trying to
> immigrate to the U.S.
Sure, some people just hate drinking beer in public. So the have to go to the US or Russia, where the cops really know their business. Otherwise you live in the "land of the free", of course. Except from stupid export regulations... and porn... and... oh, well, what a great country.