The extremely wealthy are always going to be the best off at the end of the day. They are, after all, the richest. Any tax system that would break that would break the fundamental laws of the universe. You can't have the extremely wealthy wind up poor after taxes, and vice versa
As far as a tax code going out of its way to help the extremely wealthy, well, all I have to say is that our graduated income tax in the US pretty much proves that we don't have such a tax code.
However, gnustep has been themed, and it can look pretty good. From a UI perspective, I really like how consistent and polished the interface is, even when it's in the default "prosaic" grey. And it's not only easy to learn, it's also easy to use. From a usability perspective, I think it's much more intelligently designed than Gnome or KDE.
On its own, a Crux package has no dependency information. However, Crux ships with a ports implementation, and if you use the tool 'prt-get', you can get automatic dependency resolution. I, however, only use it when I'm trying to install something that I know will have a bunch of deps. I've been using Linux long enough that I simply know what packages depend on what.
In my opinion there is much more to a distribution than just the package manager. For example, Crux has a policy of not including any info pages or internationalization (nls, gettext) in packages. It also strips binaries by default. It has a simple bsd-style init system.
The result is that it is very trim, which is what I like. I hate distributions that include everything including the kitchen sink by default. Why I need to run sendmail in fedora, I will never know.
You talk about scalable solutions, but let's talk deployment scalability. Do you have a turnkey deployment solution as well? Is it managed? Can it set your mind at ease with knowing that leading industry rollout expertise is incorporated in your solution?
One big issue with RPM is that it's slow. This is mainly due to its use of Berkeley DB. It's not that Berkeley DB is slow (it of course isn't, as most know), but rather because of the journalling/transaction layer they build on top of it. Of course, APT uses sensible text files that do not need to be reconstructed every now and then.
Well, I've used both apt-get with dpkg and raw rpm, and to me, I can't say that I've perceived a difference in speed, even with thousands of packages installed. This is even on slower machines. I mean simply the portion where the package reads the database and interacts with it (dep checking and the end of installation)
However, my hats go off to you, as you have finally produced an actual reason you don't like rpm (and not the fact that many distributions CHOOSE not to place decent toolets on top of it to aid software installation and retrieval).
Your ignorance on the matter is very clear. Don't get me wrong, most users shouldn't have to know what the difference between software like dpkg and software like apt.
Ignorance is only bad thing when you criticize a piece of software like rpm. You have yet to explain exactly what features dpkg has over rpm. In fact, you have not actually brought up any problems with rpm itself. You claim that rpms are "quite terrible today," but the only reasons you give aren't related to any problems with rpm.
You are either trolling, or completely unwilling to admit that you're wrong.
The Commonwealth's Secretary of State William Galvin says he has "grave concerns" about the switch and told secretary of administration and finance Thomas Trimarco that "we will not be participating." Galvin is considered one of the strong candidates to run as a rival candidate for next year's gubernatorial race against incumbent Mitt Romney who supports the switch
I hardly think this will be a big issue in the election for Massachusetts voters, but if it becomes one, this will be a huge way to get non-techies to identify problems with the Microsoft monopoly. If this issue somehow becomes a big (if not the biggest) factor in this election, we can expect ODF to come up in elections all over the place.
Yum and urpmi, amongst others, do not compare in any way to APT.
Having used rpm, dpkg, and others to actually build packages, I'll say that none of this has anything to do with RPM.
I'm claiming you're language draws no distinction between the package manager and package management tool. Which is important, because you're dissing rpm when there's nothing wrong with it. There are no major features it lacks.
urpmi, yum, and apt-rpm might suck, and apt+dpkg might rule, but that has nothing to do with rpm.
Try comparing rpm to dpkg instead. rpm is a fine file format. It has all the information required to do dependency checking. However, like dpkg, it's not rpm's job to do that dependency checking. One could, for example, write an application on top of rpm which handles remote software retrieval and dependency checking.
I believe some exist. Let's see; yum, urpmi, and, oh yes, APT!
Keep in mind that much of the growth in the pSeries is due to Linux as well, since a lot of customers put Linux on those machines.
IBM has a very good pitch; they can get you really nice hardware running Linux along with their support, and help migrate you up to AIX and big iron if you need it.
Then again, WoW charges money for you to have fun in their online world. I know about subscriptions, but didn't Slashdot pretty much start out as a hobby, and kind of grow from there?
That makes the definition of "appropriate response" completely different for someone who gets 'bitchslapped' by the moderation system here versus by the GMs at WoW.
I remember playing other Blizz games on Battle.net (yes, I was addicted to Diablo II), and would always find people whining about the service. It was free then, so I always thought it was kind of pointless and out of place.
A bit dramatic, isn't it? I mean, a slave is one who is property of another; in this case, I believe your suggesting that he should not become property of his views. In other words, his views should not control his decisions. But, I think his views damn well ought to control his decisions. What else is there?
I agree that if someone is really set on proving to others how ridiculous their theologies are, and yet embrace their 'skepticism' dogmatically, a bit of perspective would do them good. Y'know, expanding one's mind. Definitely.
But I would say that such perspective should merely change the persons views, and then (hopefully) influence future decisions.
This is not just a silly nitpick--I've gathered from other posts that you are dangerously close to using pseudo-spiritual psychobabble as some sort of swiss-army knife for world problems. So instead of suggesting that you are a slave to your views, I'm going to suggest something far more threatening: that you change them.
Implicit in this suggestion is an invitiation for constructive criticism. I'm sure you have much to say.
Sometimes, I find it hard to express my somewhat complicated reaction to something someone else has said. And sometimes, someone else comes along and states exactly what you're thinking, only in a far more creative and poigniant fashion than you could.
I wish I drank coffee, and had some in my mouth, so I could tell you that I spat it all over my desk. Kudos, my friend.
As long as fossil fuels power modern economies and the global supply of oil fails to increase, there is a hard limit on how much economies like China and India can grow.
The US gets first "dibs" on international oil. China doesn't have any oil of its own outside of small deposits like the South China Sea.
...how the original Borg came about. It all starts with harmless Cellborgs, then you link them to a massive interconnected network, and then they start thinking on their own. And then they take over.
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The extremely wealthy are always going to be the best off at the end of the day. They are, after all, the richest. Any tax system that would break that would break the fundamental laws of the universe. You can't have the extremely wealthy wind up poor after taxes, and vice versa
As far as a tax code going out of its way to help the extremely wealthy, well, all I have to say is that our graduated income tax in the US pretty much proves that we don't have such a tax code.
However, gnustep has been themed, and it can look pretty good. From a UI perspective, I really like how consistent and polished the interface is, even when it's in the default "prosaic" grey. And it's not only easy to learn, it's also easy to use. From a usability perspective, I think it's much more intelligently designed than Gnome or KDE.
There were also issues of code in Reiser4 duplicated code in the VFS and general I/O areas.
I am sure I will get made fun of for this, but I actually subscribed to the Hallmark channel to get Walker Texas Ranger.
I'd laugh, but I kind of like that show too. Used to be on USA a lot back-to-back with Highlander. Good times.
If I choose to encrypt my VOIP traffic using some sort of TLS, would such a ruling allow the FCC to force me to give them my encryption key?
At least, that's the only way it made any sense to me.
How does it handle dependencies?
On its own, a Crux package has no dependency information. However, Crux ships with a ports implementation, and if you use the tool 'prt-get', you can get automatic dependency resolution. I, however, only use it when I'm trying to install something that I know will have a bunch of deps. I've been using Linux long enough that I simply know what packages depend on what.
In my opinion there is much more to a distribution than just the package manager. For example, Crux has a policy of not including any info pages or internationalization (nls, gettext) in packages. It also strips binaries by default. It has a simple bsd-style init system.
The result is that it is very trim, which is what I like. I hate distributions that include everything including the kitchen sink by default. Why I need to run sendmail in fedora, I will never know.
And I'm too busy empowering your mom's mindshare right now.
Do you know what the 'g' does? That's right, it makes the substitution repeat, and I had to include it because you mispelt 'lose' more than once.
YOU FAIL IT!
So both dpkg and rpm seem slow to me :)
You talk about scalable solutions, but let's talk deployment scalability. Do you have a turnkey deployment solution as well? Is it managed? Can it set your mind at ease with knowing that leading industry rollout expertise is incorporated in your solution?
One big issue with RPM is that it's slow. This is mainly due to its use of Berkeley DB. It's not that Berkeley DB is slow (it of course isn't, as most know), but rather because of the journalling/transaction layer they build on top of it. Of course, APT uses sensible text files that do not need to be reconstructed every now and then.
Well, I've used both apt-get with dpkg and raw rpm, and to me, I can't say that I've perceived a difference in speed, even with thousands of packages installed. This is even on slower machines. I mean simply the portion where the package reads the database and interacts with it (dep checking and the end of installation)
However, my hats go off to you, as you have finally produced an actual reason you don't like rpm (and not the fact that many distributions CHOOSE not to place decent toolets on top of it to aid software installation and retrieval).
That does it. CyricZ has to be a troll...
Ignorance is only bad thing when you criticize a piece of software like rpm. You have yet to explain exactly what features dpkg has over rpm. In fact, you have not actually brought up any problems with rpm itself. You claim that rpms are "quite terrible today," but the only reasons you give aren't related to any problems with rpm.
You are either trolling, or completely unwilling to admit that you're wrong.
The Commonwealth's Secretary of State William Galvin says he has "grave concerns" about the switch and told secretary of administration and finance Thomas Trimarco that "we will not be participating." Galvin is considered one of the strong candidates to run as a rival candidate for next year's gubernatorial race against incumbent Mitt Romney who supports the switch
I hardly think this will be a big issue in the election for Massachusetts voters, but if it becomes one, this will be a huge way to get non-techies to identify problems with the Microsoft monopoly. If this issue somehow becomes a big (if not the biggest) factor in this election, we can expect ODF to come up in elections all over the place.
Yum and urpmi, amongst others, do not compare in any way to APT.
Having used rpm, dpkg, and others to actually build packages, I'll say that none of this has anything to do with RPM.
I'm claiming you're language draws no distinction between the package manager and package management tool. Which is important, because you're dissing rpm when there's nothing wrong with it. There are no major features it lacks.
urpmi, yum, and apt-rpm might suck, and apt+dpkg might rule, but that has nothing to do with rpm.
I believe some exist. Let's see; yum, urpmi, and, oh yes, APT!
Battle of Olympus.
IBM has a very good pitch; they can get you really nice hardware running Linux along with their support, and help migrate you up to AIX and big iron if you need it.
Then again, WoW charges money for you to have fun in their online world. I know about subscriptions, but didn't Slashdot pretty much start out as a hobby, and kind of grow from there?
That makes the definition of "appropriate response" completely different for someone who gets 'bitchslapped' by the moderation system here versus by the GMs at WoW.
I remember playing other Blizz games on Battle.net (yes, I was addicted to Diablo II), and would always find people whining about the service. It was free then, so I always thought it was kind of pointless and out of place.
Don't be a slave to your views.
A bit dramatic, isn't it? I mean, a slave is one who is property of another; in this case, I believe your suggesting that he should not become property of his views. In other words, his views should not control his decisions. But, I think his views damn well ought to control his decisions. What else is there?
I agree that if someone is really set on proving to others how ridiculous their theologies are, and yet embrace their 'skepticism' dogmatically, a bit of perspective would do them good. Y'know, expanding one's mind. Definitely.
But I would say that such perspective should merely change the persons views, and then (hopefully) influence future decisions.
This is not just a silly nitpick--I've gathered from other posts that you are dangerously close to using pseudo-spiritual psychobabble as some sort of swiss-army knife for world problems. So instead of suggesting that you are a slave to your views, I'm going to suggest something far more threatening: that you change them.
Implicit in this suggestion is an invitiation for constructive criticism. I'm sure you have much to say.
But, whatever, feel free to disagree. Learn what you must your own way.
There is nothing more infuriating to see in others than arrogance wrapped inside false humility. I bet you don't even see it.
But to me, it's like fire and wind.
I wish I drank coffee, and had some in my mouth, so I could tell you that I spat it all over my desk. Kudos, my friend.
As long as fossil fuels power modern economies and the global supply of oil fails to increase, there is a hard limit on how much economies like China and India can grow.
The US gets first "dibs" on international oil. China doesn't have any oil of its own outside of small deposits like the South China Sea.
...how the original Borg came about. It all starts with harmless Cellborgs, then you link them to a massive interconnected network, and then they start thinking on their own. And then they take over.