While we're on the topic of nitpicking, I should point out that HTML is not an acronym but an abbreviation. For it to be an acronym, it would need to be pronounced as a word, not spelt out.
Oh, and you spelt "capitalise"/"capitalize" incorrectly, but I'll let that one slide:)
You obviously didn't get the joke. Nobody in Australia drinks Fosters. It has a huge market overseas, but almost none at home. The fact that Americans buy that crud is a constant source of amusement for us Aussies:)
There are many tools which come with today's GNU/Linux distributions that can be used to test hardware. Knoppix and LiveCD distros are useful for their portability. Full-blown distros can be even more useful due to the sheer breadth of tools that they contain. GNU/Linux drivers and tools can usually be made to output large volumes of information on what they're doing and what they've found. Being open source, they can be more fully understood. Tools can be combined to perform all sorts of tasks and tests.
I have used The Linux Hardware Stability Guide at IBM DeveloperWorks (Part 1 | Part 2) to test and tweak a number of systems. I have found the best stress testers to be a looped kernel compilation, cpuburn and Memtest86. Mprime is good as well.
"Bill Gates received 64 percent of Microsoft to Paul Allen's 36 percent, which explains why Gates is the richest man in the world and Allen is only number two or three on the list."
I don't blame them. Since the end of the space race with the USSR, NASA funding has been continually eroded over time. Understandably, NASA personnel have become more conservative and focused on keeping their jobs rather than taking risks. NASA isn't the problem, it's politics that's retarding their progress.
qmail is supposedly very secure in its default state. Aren't you compromising that security when you add third-party patches? I would think that these patches, since they are not part of qmail proper, have received nowhere near the scrutiny that sendmail (or postfix, exim, etc.) have received. Doesn't that defeat the main reason for using qmail?
Yes. If you look at the videos of the Hindenberg disaster, you will see the flames. Hydrogen is very clean-burning, so hydrogen combustion is nearly invisible.
I don't know why people have ignored this simple fact for so long, when it proves that hydrogen was not the reason for the Hindenberg fire.
An apostrophe can denote different things, depending on the context in which it is used. For most nouns, appending an apostrophe-s to the end clearly indicates possession. However, this distinction becomes blurrier when dealing with the pronoun "it". An apostrophe can also mean that letters have been omitted, i.e. the word is an abbreviation. So "it's" is an abbreviation for "it is", just as "can't" means "cannot". As a differentiator from the abbreviation "it's", the possessive form has become "its", without the apostrophe.
I was under the impression that "A Universe" would be more correct than "An Universe". "An" is meant to precede words beginning with a vowel sound, not a vowel letter.
Ummm... How am I a homophobe, exactly? What have I written that would suggest that? Some of my best friends are homosexual. I am not going to hate/like somebody based on their sexual preference. That would be stupid.
You misunderstood my words. Libertarians are the closest thing to true liberals that exist in the US. How can one be "liberal" if they want to restrict things? That makes no sense.
The point is "liberal" as used in the US is simply incorrect. Most who call themselves or are called "liberals" are not liberals at all, but something else.
Liberalism is a bona fide political theory -- just ask anybody involved in political science/theory (that does not include the bozos you see on your TV set). It has its own definitions and theories.
" Liberals want to socialize everything "
That makes no sense whatsoever. Liberalism is about private property ownership, individual human rights, etc. In other words, it is the opposite of socialism in many ways. Just look at the name: how can socialism be "liberal"?
WTF? That's so drug-induced I don't know where to begin.
"Libertarianism" didn't exist when the USA was founded, but liberalism did. Libertarianism is basically the original notion of liberalism, as espoused by people like John Locke, Adam Smith, Frederic Bastiat, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek and Anthony de Jasay. They are the same thing. The term "libertarianism" is only used in the United States, originally as a response to the bastardisation of the word "liberal" (and its derivatives) by many Americans. That problem doesn't exist elsewhere.
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While we're on the topic of nitpicking, I should point out that HTML is not an acronym but an abbreviation. For it to be an acronym, it would need to be pronounced as a word, not spelt out.
:)
Oh, and you spelt "capitalise"/"capitalize" incorrectly, but I'll let that one slide
You obviously didn't get the joke. Nobody in Australia drinks Fosters. It has a huge market overseas, but almost none at home. The fact that Americans buy that crud is a constant source of amusement for us Aussies :)
There are many tools which come with today's GNU/Linux distributions that can be used to test hardware. Knoppix and LiveCD distros are useful for their portability. Full-blown distros can be even more useful due to the sheer breadth of tools that they contain. GNU/Linux drivers and tools can usually be made to output large volumes of information on what they're doing and what they've found. Being open source, they can be more fully understood. Tools can be combined to perform all sorts of tasks and tests.
I have used The Linux Hardware Stability Guide at IBM DeveloperWorks (Part 1 | Part 2) to test and tweak a number of systems. I have found the best stress testers to be a looped kernel compilation, cpuburn and Memtest86. Mprime is good as well.
NASA can help you download more pr0n?
" Heck, Bill has NEVER owned more than 50%. He and Paul Allen each had 50% to start with, until they went IPO. "
Not true:
"Bill Gates received 64 percent of Microsoft to Paul Allen's 36 percent, which explains why Gates is the richest man in the world and Allen is only number two or three on the list."
Don't forget the speed holes!
I don't blame them. Since the end of the space race with the USSR, NASA funding has been continually eroded over time. Understandably, NASA personnel have become more conservative and focused on keeping their jobs rather than taking risks. NASA isn't the problem, it's politics that's retarding their progress.
qmail is supposedly very secure in its default state. Aren't you compromising that security when you add third-party patches? I would think that these patches, since they are not part of qmail proper, have received nowhere near the scrutiny that sendmail (or postfix, exim, etc.) have received. Doesn't that defeat the main reason for using qmail?
Don't put words in my mouth. I made a very simple statement. If you choose to interpret that in some elaborate manner, then that is your problem.
Want an idea of how secure qmail is? Take a look at the The qmail Security Challenge.
The Qmail author offers money for any holes found. So far he hasn't had to pay a cent.
Yes. If you look at the videos of the Hindenberg disaster, you will see the flames. Hydrogen is very clean-burning, so hydrogen combustion is nearly invisible.
I don't know why people have ignored this simple fact for so long, when it proves that hydrogen was not the reason for the Hindenberg fire.
An apostrophe can denote different things, depending on the context in which it is used. For most nouns, appending an apostrophe-s to the end clearly indicates possession. However, this distinction becomes blurrier when dealing with the pronoun "it". An apostrophe can also mean that letters have been omitted, i.e. the word is an abbreviation. So "it's" is an abbreviation for "it is", just as "can't" means "cannot". As a differentiator from the abbreviation "it's", the possessive form has become "its", without the apostrophe.
No, because theoretically there can be multiple universes.
I was under the impression that "A Universe" would be more correct than "An Universe". "An" is meant to precede words beginning with a vowel sound, not a vowel letter.
See here.
Relax? Yeah, they pass-out.
Didn't MS have a product code-named "stinker"? Oh wait, that was "stinger". Boy, did that stink.
More info here.
Let's keep this thread Gentoo-free, shall we?
[note: I actually use Gentoo, but Gentoo fanboys usually get on my nerves]
It's a joke, that's all. If you choose to be offended, that's your problem. Most people I encounter (including homosexuals) are not. Get over it.
Ummm... How am I a homophobe, exactly? What have I written that would suggest that? Some of my best friends are homosexual. I am not going to hate/like somebody based on their sexual preference. That would be stupid.
You misunderstood my words. Libertarians are the closest thing to true liberals that exist in the US. How can one be "liberal" if they want to restrict things? That makes no sense.
The point is "liberal" as used in the US is simply incorrect. Most who call themselves or are called "liberals" are not liberals at all, but something else.
Liberalism is a bona fide political theory -- just ask anybody involved in political science/theory (that does not include the bozos you see on your TV set). It has its own definitions and theories.
" Liberals want to socialize everything "
That makes no sense whatsoever. Liberalism is about private property ownership, individual human rights, etc. In other words, it is the opposite of socialism in many ways. Just look at the name: how can socialism be "liberal"?
WTF? That's so drug-induced I don't know where to begin.
"Libertarianism" didn't exist when the USA was founded, but liberalism did. Libertarianism is basically the original notion of liberalism, as espoused by people like John Locke, Adam Smith, Frederic Bastiat, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek and Anthony de Jasay. They are the same thing. The term "libertarianism" is only used in the United States, originally as a response to the bastardisation of the word "liberal" (and its derivatives) by many Americans. That problem doesn't exist elsewhere.