Lancet? What in the world are you talking about? Why would you cite such a publication while trying to make a serious argument? Lancet is on level with The National Institute for Discovery Science in terms of credibility.
For god sakes, take a little pride in your work. Don't post to every goddamn article you can find. Take some time and make it look good, so it doesn't stand out like a sore fucking thumb. Really, this kind of over-written crap, as it stands, belongs on Adequacy.
For those of you hunting to an even uglier alternative to Perl, you'll find a friend in PHP. From the awkward string manipulation routines (who the fuck would want to use C-like functions to manipulate strings in a scripting lanugage?) to the horrendously crappy object oriented programming model, PHP has everything that nobody wants or needs in a language. Hell, you can even embed Perl in HTML pages these days in the same manner.
So, to recap, folks, PHP is...
Prone to security holes and misc. bugs
An awful pain to program
Slow as a dog, even in it's intended "niche" use as a web scripting language. Anyone intending to do something serious with a website would use Servlets or at least mod_perl.
Persecuted is one of those words that implies something without explicitly stating it, in this case it implies "wrongfully persecuted." It's a loaded word favored by major media outlets and other alleged sources of "objective reporting".
You know, in some circles (especially Middle Eastern), groups such as Al Qaida, Islamic Jihad and Hamas are considered "persecuted political gruops". Please, be honest with yourselves, people. That's like saying that the sole and most widespread use of P2P file trading software is for trading of Free, copylefted media.
It's real easy. See, there's this thing in Mozilla that you can do to print this. Go to the "File" menu (that's the button on the bar that goes across the top of the window). Press your mouse button to open the file menu. Next, click on the "Page Setup..." option (you'll have to move your cursor down the menu to do this). Then, all you have to do is select the "Format & Options" tab (the little file folder tab looking thing at the top of the window that "Page Setup..." pops up). Click on the white circle next to "Landscape" until a little black dot appears in it, and then hit the "OK" button. Now, just print your page by pressing "Ctrl - P" and you'll be set!
Jeez, you trolls aren't even using convincing low-uid accounts. That's a real piss poor job that you're trying to pull off, trying to get this guy modded down. Give it a rest, everyone can tell that you're trolling.
Now see what the American war on Freedom^H^H^H^H^H^H^HDrugs is doing? It's keeping us geeks employed by forcing cartels to invest billions in infrastructure, technology that comes from our nation's companies. I am torn these days between liberty and my job, since it's hard to find work as a CS PhD, and if the drug cartels dry up due to legalization, my company will lose a major customer. What a horrible predicament to be in...
"If the Duplex LED is flashing this means their has been a collision on your network. This happens when packets are dropped for some reason or the packets have been misdirected. This usually only happens when two computers are using the same IP address and this usually only happens when you specify an IP address rather than using the DHCP feature built in the router."
Did anyone read the article before posting it? Jeez, I could've gotten the same exact info from reading the side of the box and then reading the instruction manual.
First, you present evidence based upon what someone (with near-zero credibility, because, let's face it, anonymity on the Internet is a license to lie) said in a post on Slashdot. Then you proceed to present your personal opinion as someone who is clearly a technical user.
Neither of these is an even remotely persuasive source. You are just spewing your own personal opinion with it's own slanted language (your sarcastic tone in listing companies, for instance) and passing it off as objective information.
Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, none of those companies that you listed either:
Use Linux as a major component in their business strategy (in the case of the OEMs you mentioned). Contrast them with "Linux" companies such as RedHat, who recently posted a loss numbering in the millions, or VA Software, whose stock performance pretty much speaks for itself. Or any number of now-bankrupt companies, like Lineo.
Force Linux onto the desktops of non-technical users (who consist of the vast majority of computer users). Animators and such do not fit in the catagory of "non-technical user" because most of them went to expensive schools for several years to learn the software platform that they work with every day.
In short, you totally missed the thrust of my post and generally made an ass out of yourself and Linux. Please don't disparage the real achievements of the Linux developers by making stupid arguements about things it clearly wasn't intended for.
As an aside, did you ever recieve an education outside of CS? Your ability to make an argument is laughable.
Well, that's nice, but in intelligent circles (I.E. outside of your realm), people who present anecdotal evidence as proof or disproof of a theory are laughed out of their profession. Stating simply that your sister's WinXP machine crashed tells us absolutely nothing useful and is the stuff that (to use a slashdork term) FUD is made of.
WHooo hoo hoooo! Oh man, you had me fall out of my chair laughing, fatty!
Did you guys get it? He said that when teh computar crashes, it startz world war three, 'cause M$ sucx0rz! HAR HAR HAR! It'd be even funnier if any even remotely current Microsoft operating system actually crashed (hint: they don't)
especially when that other country is actually promoting and developing home grown Linux.
Yes, of course M$ is out to get you, Linux!! That's what everyone thinks about before they make major business decisions: "If I do this, can I screw over Linux better???"
Face it, Linux is such a joke on the desktop that it is hardly important enough to consider when making major business decisions in a profitable corporation.
Well, where I come from, at least, the job requirements for critical administrator positions include experience porting C applications and preferably some experience in software development. For a bug as trivial as Apache's, a good administrator would just write the patch himself. The sheer amount of bumbling and ignorance displayed with this silly Apache problem over on the security mailing lists leaves me to severely doubt the abilities of the so-called "open source security experts".
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Oh, you don't? Maybe you're the one who needs help.
How about next time, you cite an honest-to-God academic publication instead of your quasi-academic British pseudoscience.
Gives a whole new meaning to the term "atomic transactions"!
For god sakes, take a little pride in your work. Don't post to every goddamn article you can find. Take some time and make it look good, so it doesn't stand out like a sore fucking thumb. Really, this kind of over-written crap, as it stands, belongs on Adequacy.
That's almost as outdated as the technology behind Linux.
Another example of the same principle : "Cutting funding to x hurts children!"
So, to recap, folks, PHP is...
Network traffic doesn't increase at the same rate over time as do RAM requirements, processor requirements, video card requirements, etc.
Our friends in Mountain View? You mean Silicon Graphics?
Persecuted is one of those words that implies something without explicitly stating it, in this case it implies "wrongfully persecuted." It's a loaded word favored by major media outlets and other alleged sources of "objective reporting".
Jingoism, indeed.
You know, in some circles (especially Middle Eastern), groups such as Al Qaida, Islamic Jihad and Hamas are considered "persecuted political gruops". Please, be honest with yourselves, people. That's like saying that the sole and most widespread use of P2P file trading software is for trading of Free, copylefted media.
Hope that helps.
Jeez, you trolls aren't even using convincing low-uid accounts. That's a real piss poor job that you're trying to pull off, trying to get this guy modded down. Give it a rest, everyone can tell that you're trolling.
Now see what the American war on Freedom^H^H^H^H^H^H^HDrugs is doing? It's keeping us geeks employed by forcing cartels to invest billions in infrastructure, technology that comes from our nation's companies. I am torn these days between liberty and my job, since it's hard to find work as a CS PhD, and if the drug cartels dry up due to legalization, my company will lose a major customer. What a horrible predicament to be in...
Do you talk about how much HD space you have to all the skanky 40-year-olds at the singles bar before they throw their drinks in your face?
"If the Duplex LED is flashing this means their has been a collision on your network. This happens when packets are dropped for some reason or the packets have been misdirected. This usually only happens when two computers are using the same IP address and this usually only happens when you specify an IP address rather than using the DHCP feature built in the router."
Did anyone read the article before posting it? Jeez, I could've gotten the same exact info from reading the side of the box and then reading the instruction manual.
Just like you shouldn't be playing Flash games at the office either. Quit stealing time from your employer and start working.
First, you present evidence based upon what someone (with near-zero credibility, because, let's face it, anonymity on the Internet is a license to lie) said in a post on Slashdot. Then you proceed to present your personal opinion as someone who is clearly a technical user.
Neither of these is an even remotely persuasive source. You are just spewing your own personal opinion with it's own slanted language (your sarcastic tone in listing companies, for instance) and passing it off as objective information.
Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, none of those companies that you listed either:
- Use Linux as a major component in their business strategy (in the case of the OEMs you mentioned). Contrast them with "Linux" companies such as RedHat, who recently posted a loss numbering in the millions, or VA Software, whose stock performance pretty much speaks for itself. Or any number of now-bankrupt companies, like Lineo.
- Force Linux onto the desktops of non-technical users (who consist of the vast majority of computer users). Animators and such do not fit in the catagory of "non-technical user" because most of them went to expensive schools for several years to learn the software platform that they work with every day.
In short, you totally missed the thrust of my post and generally made an ass out of yourself and Linux. Please don't disparage the real achievements of the Linux developers by making stupid arguements about things it clearly wasn't intended for.As an aside, did you ever recieve an education outside of CS? Your ability to make an argument is laughable.
Well, that's nice, but in intelligent circles (I.E. outside of your realm), people who present anecdotal evidence as proof or disproof of a theory are laughed out of their profession. Stating simply that your sister's WinXP machine crashed tells us absolutely nothing useful and is the stuff that (to use a slashdork term) FUD is made of.
WHooo hoo hoooo! Oh man, you had me fall out of my chair laughing, fatty!
Did you guys get it? He said that when teh computar crashes, it startz world war three, 'cause M$ sucx0rz! HAR HAR HAR! It'd be even funnier if any even remotely current Microsoft operating system actually crashed (hint: they don't)
Yes, of course M$ is out to get you, Linux!! That's what everyone thinks about before they make major business decisions: "If I do this, can I screw over Linux better???"
Face it, Linux is such a joke on the desktop that it is hardly important enough to consider when making major business decisions in a profitable corporation.
Dipshit.
Well, where I come from, at least, the job requirements for critical administrator positions include experience porting C applications and preferably some experience in software development. For a bug as trivial as Apache's, a good administrator would just write the patch himself. The sheer amount of bumbling and ignorance displayed with this silly Apache problem over on the security mailing lists leaves me to severely doubt the abilities of the so-called "open source security experts".