The monkey/minute ratio is now an industry-recognized performance metric. I put it on all of my performance reviews for my employees. It's even in my sig.
Even if your records/scheduling/all-in-one front end to some integrated database borks because of a blue-screen, it could cause problems if it corrupted the data. Would you like to be part of the statistically significant patient population that got the wrong medication or was incorrectly identified? If the end result of some machine malfunction is "you're dead," that's pretty final, regardless of whether anyone thought to check whether their program could possibly be the cause, or throws exceptions gracefullly or whether the underlying OS is stable.
You can be mindful of what corporations are currently doing, but your complete lack of background knowledge makes your beliefs dangerous.
Monsanto didn't insert a gene that resists glyphosate (RoundUp), because their plant is a loss-of-function mutant. They did it through insertional mutation, using either forward (sequence not known) or reverse (sequence known) genetics methods. They isolated a mutant that was resistant to glyphosate and clapped their hands and cheered.
RoundUp Ready beans have a mutation in the gene, making the resulting enzyme product non-active. In other words, they changed that part of the enzyme to be a NOP, halting the metabolism of glyphosate into something that is lethal to the plant.
Agent Orange has nothing to do with RoundUp, and others have addressed that.
The very first Boomslang mouse I got was from their first run of mice. The mouse performed well, so I ordered 2 more, but they came from a second production run, and both had X or Y axis problems due to the rollers being out of round. Because of the complaints, they ended up getting their eBay account suspended (that sold their mice through their razerzone.com store). Fast forward through e-mails and many phone calls and I ended up returning them both, getting one of the very same mice back (I wrote down the serial numbers), and another mouse with an X axis problem. From that point on, I could never get in touch with them. They had problems with the second batch of mice and through them out into the marketplace to see how many would go unnoticed. When Razer went into dormancy, I got fucked in the drive-through with 2 expensive mice that weren't even comparable to your average Microsoft $4 mouse.
"...You don't have to be a programmer at all to see copying had occurred. It wasn't just ten lines of code, that example was over 80 to 100 lines of code. Later some of the Linux people said that code shouldn't have been there, Bruce Perens said it was development problem and 'we've taken it out.' My analogy is [that's] like a bank robber with posse in pursuit swinging back by the bank and throwing the money back in...
In that one example, copyrighted code had been misappropriated and there's substantial benefit out there that has still not been rectified. There are other literal copyright infringements that we have not publicly provided, we'll save those for court. "
Linus has always stated that we'll rip everything out if the code was shown. McBride has even mentioned that in interviews and said something like "Hey, that's great! We want that to happen, too."
Bank robbers? Substantial benefit? The truth is that they would rather keep the IP in there and keep the linux kernel, charging us for each CPU.
The only problem is this: What would keep anyone from forking the kernel at the point where all "infringing code" had been ripped out. Sure, the tree would be on fire, but I doubt it would take TOO long for some seriously pissed off coders to re-write the missing items.
Verisign has hired Omniture to collect info on what people misspell. While the website may seem clean and useful, it may not be, depending on what your take on privacy is.
Actually, not a small nitpick. The homology != identity nitpick is one my advisor has. He's corrected me a few times, and thanks for doing the same.
Dang. I thought I had an interesting solution to the genetics of the Unicies. (Imagine a blast server with all of the source trees that you could blast anything against.)
Hmm... I wonder if a modification of BLAST would work. It looks for DNA (or protein) sequence homology of a given sample vs. the genome of an organism or many organisms.
It would be interesting to do something like take all the whitespace out from the source tree and tar all the files together and use it as a "genome" to BLAST snippits of (likewise "compressed") code snippits.
Normal (DNA) BLAST results return with a similarity ratio and go on to show where they are/aren't homologous. I'm not sure how it would deal with expanding the relatively small nucleotide "alphabet" to that of source code.
Further, if you can find someone who will do all of that, and perhaps more, you need to send him an e-mail, because he wants to know about it. Why not use this as a starting point when you're looking.
As for what ESR has done for the Open Source Community-at-large, ponder this, batman: You need the idealists, the pragmatists, and yes, even the more wild. Why? Because the community they're speaking in the name of, and the communities they're speaking to are just as diverse. It will be these men, and the relevant foundations that write the amici curiae in support of Linux, the GPL, or Open Source in general, when the time is necessary.
The unfortunate thing is that the execs are still making a profit from SCOX stock. Look at that 25% jump from Wednesday to Friday. It's like a day-trader's wet dream.
$HighSchoolGirl_1 : Tony said that in 3rd period Kelly saw Suzy and Sharon talking about Darl McBride passing notes in English class to Mark Heise!!!1!1!!
$HighSchoolGirl_2 : Yeah, I know! The teacher caught them and read the note out loud before the class.
$HSG_1 : Like, what'd it say?!?!!11!
$HSG_2 : Well, I wasn't there, but Marcy said her friend was there, and Darl was like, "Hey Mark, we ro0l, and IBM sux0rs," and Mark was like, "Yeah, we should kick IBM's ass and take all their IP," and Mark was like "Those dirty linux-using geeks are messing up our plan, too," and Mark was like, "Yeah, I hate those damn hippies," and Darl was like, "We need to start our own web page so we can out IBM to everyone," and Mark was like "Yeah!!11! I can put it up on my 486DX at home! My parents got dialup, but it's 56k and shit. I've got this k-rad script that auto redials!"
$HSG_1 : No. They didn't really say that, did they?!1!one!?
$HSG_2 : YES. They. DID!!1! I think IBM and a few of their friends are going to meet up with Darl and Mark out in the parking lot after school...
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The monkey/minute ratio is now an industry-recognized performance metric. I put it on all of my performance reviews for my employees. It's even in my sig.
Even if your records/scheduling/all-in-one front end to some integrated database borks because of a blue-screen, it could cause problems if it corrupted the data. Would you like to be part of the statistically significant patient population that got the wrong medication or was incorrectly identified? If the end result of some machine malfunction is "you're dead," that's pretty final, regardless of whether anyone thought to check whether their program could possibly be the cause, or throws exceptions gracefullly or whether the underlying OS is stable.
Linux and the military? Old news. The Army has used Linux since at least 1998, because I was using their MCS/P system at the time.
You can be mindful of what corporations are currently doing, but your complete lack of background knowledge makes your beliefs dangerous.
Monsanto didn't insert a gene that resists glyphosate (RoundUp), because their plant is a loss-of-function mutant. They did it through insertional mutation, using either forward (sequence not known) or reverse (sequence known) genetics methods. They isolated a mutant that was resistant to glyphosate and clapped their hands and cheered.
RoundUp Ready beans have a mutation in the gene, making the resulting enzyme product non-active. In other words, they changed that part of the enzyme to be a NOP, halting the metabolism of glyphosate into something that is lethal to the plant.
Agent Orange has nothing to do with RoundUp, and others have addressed that.
Try this.
The very first Boomslang mouse I got was from their first run of mice. The mouse performed well, so I ordered 2 more, but they came from a second production run, and both had X or Y axis problems due to the rollers being out of round. Because of the complaints, they ended up getting their eBay account suspended (that sold their mice through their razerzone.com store). Fast forward through e-mails and many phone calls and I ended up returning them both, getting one of the very same mice back (I wrote down the serial numbers), and another mouse with an X axis problem. From that point on, I could never get in touch with them. They had problems with the second batch of mice and through them out into the marketplace to see how many would go unnoticed. When Razer went into dormancy, I got fucked in the drive-through with 2 expensive mice that weren't even comparable to your average Microsoft $4 mouse.
Their business ethic sucks major shit.
You aren't the real Perens.
.Bruce Perens
You're
The real Perens is #3872.
"...You don't have to be a programmer at all to see copying had occurred. It wasn't just ten lines of code, that example was over 80 to 100 lines of code. Later some of the Linux people said that code shouldn't have been there, Bruce Perens said it was development problem and 'we've taken it out.' My analogy is [that's] like a bank robber with posse in pursuit swinging back by the bank and throwing the money back in...
In that one example, copyrighted code had been misappropriated and there's substantial benefit out there that has still not been rectified. There are other literal copyright infringements that we have not publicly provided, we'll save those for court. "
Linus has always stated that we'll rip everything out if the code was shown. McBride has even mentioned that in interviews and said something like "Hey, that's great! We want that to happen, too."
Bank robbers? Substantial benefit? The truth is that they would rather keep the IP in there and keep the linux kernel, charging us for each CPU.
The only problem is this: What would keep anyone from forking the kernel at the point where all "infringing code" had been ripped out. Sure, the tree would be on fire, but I doubt it would take TOO long for some seriously pissed off coders to re-write the missing items.
I can't wait to watch the flamage in court.
I wanted a DIY thermocycler for PCR.
Programmable.
Heated top.
I want more, though.
It's got to:
Run Linux
Beowulf cluster
Play OGGs
Serve web pages (it's got to be slashdottable when I show it off)
Is a DYI thermocycler. Programmable. With a heated top.
Additionally, you can snag the silica gel needed for PCR purification from Vacutainers used to collect and subsequently separate blood.
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Verisign has hired Omniture to collect info on what people misspell. While the website may seem clean and useful, it may not be, depending on what your take on privacy is.
Actually, not a small nitpick. The homology != identity nitpick is one my advisor has. He's corrected me a few times, and thanks for doing the same.
Dang. I thought I had an interesting solution to the genetics of the Unicies. (Imagine a blast server with all of the source trees that you could blast anything against.)
Ah well.
Forgot to mention that it also identifies sequences in gapped situations. That is, it will find sequences like so:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP
vs.
ABCDEFG[200 non-matching]HIJKLMNOP
and identify that 'ABCDEFG' and 'HIJKLMNOP' are similar.
Hmm... I wonder if a modification of BLAST would work. It looks for DNA (or protein) sequence homology of a given sample vs. the genome of an organism or many organisms.
It would be interesting to do something like take all the whitespace out from the source tree and tar all the files together and use it as a "genome" to BLAST snippits of (likewise "compressed") code snippits.
Normal (DNA) BLAST results return with a similarity ratio and go on to show where they are/aren't homologous. I'm not sure how it would deal with expanding the relatively small nucleotide "alphabet" to that of source code.
Hmmm..
Er. I think you're being trolled. I hadn't intended to come across as correcting whether pf is part of OpenBSD or not.
pf is a project of OpenBSD: True.
pf is now available to the other BSDs: True.
This is good for *BSD: True.
Cheers!
PF is [Open|Net|Free]BSD. FreeBSD PF news.
FreeBSD homepage.
NetBSD PF news.
NetBSD PF homepage.
Funny! I use both FreeBSD and Debian Linux for servers, actually. I cheer for the success of both the *BSD and Linux camps.
BSD trolls are rendered obsolete.
;)]
Take this! *KAPOW*
And that! *BOFF*
Holy schnikes, Batman! The Penguin is getting away!
Oh, no he's not, Robin! *BLAM*
[FreeBSD runs quite nicely on my laptop, thanks.
At what point during the e-mail transmission do they become recognized by HR as a resume, though?
.doc macro virus?
Are they a resume while they're still a not-yet-opened attachment that you suppose could have a word
As in:
Here are "My Details."
PS. ILOVEYOU
I call bullshit. You need to go RTFWebsite
ESR has already stated how he feels about being the guidon holder for open source.
1. Take my job, please.
2. Understand my job, please.
Further, if you can find someone who will do all of that, and perhaps more, you need to send him an e-mail, because he wants to know about it. Why not use this as a starting point when you're looking.
As for what ESR has done for the Open Source Community-at-large, ponder this, batman: You need the idealists, the pragmatists, and yes, even the more wild. Why? Because the community they're speaking in the name of, and the communities they're speaking to are just as diverse. It will be these men, and the relevant foundations that write the amici curiae in support of Linux, the GPL, or Open Source in general, when the time is necessary.
When was the last time you said thanks?
Considering my .sig, I like the last one...
Direct from Swingline.
or
From Thinkgeek.
Excellent collection of info, btw.
Regarding newer laptops and CPU sockets:
I upgraded my Sony GRX570 (1.6Ghz) to a 2.0Ghz because it's a socketed P4-M platform.
Before CPU removal.
After CPU removal.
The entire post is at Vaio Village for those curious. (Yes, same username)
The unfortunate thing is that the execs are still making a profit from SCOX stock. Look at that 25% jump from Wednesday to Friday. It's like a day-trader's wet dream.
$HighSchoolGirl_1 : Tony said that in 3rd period Kelly saw Suzy and Sharon talking about Darl McBride passing notes in English class to Mark Heise!!!1!1!!
$HighSchoolGirl_2 : Yeah, I know! The teacher caught them and read the note out loud before the class.
$HSG_1 : Like, what'd it say?!?!!11!
$HSG_2 : Well, I wasn't there, but Marcy said her friend was there, and Darl was like, "Hey Mark, we ro0l, and IBM sux0rs," and Mark was like, "Yeah, we should kick IBM's ass and take all their IP," and Mark was like "Those dirty linux-using geeks are messing up our plan, too," and Mark was like, "Yeah, I hate those damn hippies," and Darl was like, "We need to start our own web page so we can out IBM to everyone," and Mark was like "Yeah!!11! I can put it up on my 486DX at home! My parents got dialup, but it's 56k and shit. I've got this k-rad script that auto redials!"
$HSG_1 : No. They didn't really say that, did they?!1!one!?
$HSG_2 : YES. They. DID!!1! I think IBM and a few of their friends are going to meet up with Darl and Mark out in the parking lot after school...