It's really frustrating not to have a Linux kernel bug tracking system available. Searching through the huge lkml mailing list just doesn't cut it. And some questions pop back up every month, with no sign of it ever being addressed.
Example: the Athlon/VIA chipset freeze bug. Is it a chipset bug? A bios bug? A kernel bug? Is it fixed? Is it AMD's fault? Is it VIA's? Is it Linus's? Is it a PCI latency problem? An IDE problem?
I became convinced that there is some truth to that when, last year, I gained a couple of pounds in France, and it didn't disappear despite going back to my usual diet/activity. I love bread, and was eating a lot. I decided to stop buying those big loaves of delicious old style bread every day, and going without bread for a while. No other changes. I lost about 7 or 8 pounds in a month. There really is an issue with carbs!
Your sample size: 1
Have you looked around you when you were there? Did you see many fat people? Do you know how much bread the average french person eats a day? Seriously! Your comment is really weird.
Anyway, you can stay on your ass all day and sitll not be a fat ass, I've done that long enough, so I know, eh.
It doesn't matter much what you eat, rather what you DON'T eat.
Just give up junk food. Gratz, you've done 90% of the work.
But you're feeling hungry? Very hungry I guess? Ok here's another tip: give up aspartam junk, Pepsi Light, Coke Light and all those "light" stuff. Indeed, they don't have sugar inside, but they taste like sugar, and they make you feel much HUNGRY. It's a trap. Milk would be good, if you can be sure it's not filled with fattening hormons. I know, the WTO says it's harmless but I'd rather not take the chance, thank you. Orange juice is good, too, but same thing, you want real orange juice not sweetened stuff.
So you still want that snack? Ok I have two tips for you: first, chocolate. Buy lots of it. But I mean real chocolate. Get the quality stuff preferably, black chocolate, as pure as you can. It's so strong you can't decently swallow it too fast. So you have to let it melt in your mouth; and it's busy (your mouth) for some time. It contains lots of interesting chemicals as well. I hear you can give blow jobs for the same result but I'm not into that kind of stuff, so I won't comment.
Second tip: bread. Expensive bread is better. The real stuff. There's something interesting about bread, you see, there's lots of air in it. It stuffs you up much more than anything else. You can also get fiber enabled bread for improved intestinal maintenance.
Ok now we've solved the snack problem. How about the meals?
Meals are important. To NOT be overweight, you need to eat. Properly, that is. My advice: spend a lot of money on food. Good food, that is. Keep meals on schedule. No eating outside of meals, except for the small snacks. Food is not to be left hanging around, no snack stuff all over the place, if you want to eat something, you have to get off your ass, go to the fridge and take it. If you're bothered about getting up to go get the food, then you're not really hungry and you can wait next lunch.
Get used to toning down the sweet taste. You can do the same for salt actually; better for your heart. Get used to drinking coffee without sugar. Get used to unsweetened yogurt. And then when you really want sweet, go for it. But keep food with their natural taste.
There seems to be a prevailing attitude of "I paid for TIVO, this is mine, blah blah blah" on this subject. Let me clue you in on a fact: companies have to make money.
There seems to be a prevailing attitude of "I paid for this car, this is mine, blah blah blah" on this subject. Let me clue you in on a fact: car thief have to make money.
"Cheerleaders": teenage bimbos whose job consists in shaking their ass and tits in a sexually suggestive manner in front of horny frustrated teenage boys and equally frustrated middle-aged teachers.
"Christian": of a religion that shuns sexuality represses desires.
C'm'on, christian chearleading... it's just as fuckedupingly stupid as "compassionate conservatism". Or "friendly death penalty." Or "environment friendly hydrogen bomb."
I'm gonna be the complete dick, but what tells us that you're not the rich kid of some communist nomenklatura official?
Frankly, I've heard chinese political protesters, tibetan exiles, people who went to the local ghulag kind of shit, and they didn't really seem to share your mellow view of the current situation.
Setting aside problems of obviousness, the difficulty of evaluating it, the problem of prior art etc.
It costs lots of money to mass-produce a technically advanced enough device that would infringe on a significant patent. This means that, if you are faced with a patent infrigement suit, you are most likely already spending a lot of money to produce/design the device, so defending yourself will only be a small part of the total cost of the thing.
Software patents now... just ANY programmer could infringe on patents. That means that an 18 year old student could be found infringing a patent, for something he's not even making money on, and then he could not even afford a lawyer to defend himself!
And it's virtually IMPOSSIBLE to avoid infriging on patents: not only are there too many of those patents, but they're written in a completely hermetic language that only specialists comprehend. To top it off, not every programmer understands english well enough to begin with.
That's why software patents are dangerous and freak the shit out of free software developers: it's like running in a landmine-ridden field. Nobody has step on one yet, but it's bound to happen.
So what, Google isn't a 100% libre-kosher company? Name any of their competitor that is. It's called "lesser of two evils".
As far as I know, Google has never filed for frivolous "IP" lawsuits, they respect web standards, they provide gratis, decent service, they don't fuck with your browser, and they tell you who paid for word placement as opposed to just putting paying advertisers on top without mention. They also happen to use free software and give it good press.
Knowing what diseases I have, what brand of lubricant I use, how often I have hemorroids or what brand of bourbon I use to get drunk is not going to make the world a better place, but it can make one's life miserable if used wrongly.
Being able to use software freely, improve it, share it with friends and adapt it IS going to make the world a better place.
Squid and Apache are free as in speech & beer proxies, you know. And I bet they beat all those proprietary crippleware you listed WRT performance and standard compliance.
My brother-in-law is an activist {PETA} and his arguments are intelligent, well researched, more than reasonable, and effective.
"PETA" and "intelligent" in the same sentence? What a joke. PETA is a stupid cause for stupid people. PETA IS terrorism. They terrorize fur makers. Whether you like fur or not, same difference, PETA are terrorists.
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It's really frustrating not to have a Linux kernel bug tracking system available. Searching through the huge lkml mailing list just doesn't cut it. And some questions pop back up every month, with no sign of it ever being addressed.
Example: the Athlon/VIA chipset freeze bug. Is it a chipset bug? A bios bug? A kernel bug? Is it fixed? Is it AMD's fault? Is it VIA's? Is it Linus's? Is it a PCI latency problem? An IDE problem?
Who the fuck knows!
Your sample size: 1
Have you looked around you when you were there? Did you see many fat people? Do you know how much bread the average french person eats a day? Seriously! Your comment is really weird.
Or not.
Anyway, you can stay on your ass all day and sitll not be a fat ass, I've done that long enough, so I know, eh.
It doesn't matter much what you eat, rather what you DON'T eat.
Just give up junk food. Gratz, you've done 90% of the work.
But you're feeling hungry? Very hungry I guess? Ok here's another tip: give up aspartam junk, Pepsi Light, Coke Light and all those "light" stuff. Indeed, they don't have sugar inside, but they taste like sugar, and they make you feel much HUNGRY. It's a trap. Milk would be good, if you can be sure it's not filled with fattening hormons. I know, the WTO says it's harmless but I'd rather not take the chance, thank you. Orange juice is good, too, but same thing, you want real orange juice not sweetened stuff.
So you still want that snack? Ok I have two tips for you: first, chocolate. Buy lots of it. But I mean real chocolate. Get the quality stuff preferably, black chocolate, as pure as you can. It's so strong you can't decently swallow it too fast. So you have to let it melt in your mouth; and it's busy (your mouth) for some time. It contains lots of interesting chemicals as well. I hear you can give blow jobs for the same result but I'm not into that kind of stuff, so I won't comment.
Second tip: bread. Expensive bread is better. The real stuff. There's something interesting about bread, you see, there's lots of air in it. It stuffs you up much more than anything else. You can also get fiber enabled bread for improved intestinal maintenance.
Ok now we've solved the snack problem. How about the meals?
Meals are important. To NOT be overweight, you need to eat. Properly, that is. My advice: spend a lot of money on food. Good food, that is. Keep meals on schedule. No eating outside of meals, except for the small snacks. Food is not to be left hanging around, no snack stuff all over the place, if you want to eat something, you have to get off your ass, go to the fridge and take it. If you're bothered about getting up to go get the food, then you're not really hungry and you can wait next lunch.
Get used to toning down the sweet taste. You can do the same for salt actually; better for your heart. Get used to drinking coffee without sugar. Get used to unsweetened yogurt. And then when you really want sweet, go for it. But keep food with their natural taste.
Taïwan turned commie? Odd, I didn't notice it in the news.
There seems to be a prevailing attitude of "I paid for TIVO, this is mine, blah blah blah" on this subject. Let me clue you in on a fact: companies have to make money.
There seems to be a prevailing attitude of "I paid for this car, this is mine, blah blah blah" on this subject. Let me clue you in on a fact: car thief have to make money.
Hey it's a bit like saying "I would like to use glory holes only if hot teen females are on the other side". You can always fantasize, though.
So what you suggest is that WE stop using computers so that you can pollute some more with your SUV and other useless shit?
Ok ...
"Cheerleaders": teenage bimbos whose job consists in shaking their ass and tits in a sexually suggestive manner in front of horny frustrated teenage boys and equally frustrated middle-aged teachers.
"Christian": of a religion that shuns sexuality represses desires.
"Christian cheerleaders": division by zero.
C'm'on, christian chearleading ... it's just as fuckedupingly stupid as "compassionate conservatism". Or "friendly death penalty." Or "environment friendly hydrogen bomb."
Well, you get the picture.
I'm gonna be the complete dick, but what tells us that you're not the rich kid of some communist nomenklatura official?
Frankly, I've heard chinese political protesters, tibetan exiles, people who went to the local ghulag kind of shit, and they didn't really seem to share your mellow view of the current situation.
Isn't it Clément Ader? He flew a powered plane in 1890.
Time travel invented ... 2075
... 2100
Faster than light travel
What makes the first one potentially easier? I wonder.
Setting aside problems of obviousness, the difficulty of evaluating it, the problem of prior art etc.
... just ANY programmer could infringe on patents. That means that an 18 year old student could be found infringing a patent, for something he's not even making money on, and then he could not even afford a lawyer to defend himself!
It costs lots of money to mass-produce a technically advanced enough device that would infringe on a significant patent. This means that, if you are faced with a patent infrigement suit, you are most likely already spending a lot of money to produce/design the device, so defending yourself will only be a small part of the total cost of the thing.
Software patents now
And it's virtually IMPOSSIBLE to avoid infriging on patents: not only are there too many of those patents, but they're written in a completely hermetic language that only specialists comprehend. To top it off, not every programmer understands english well enough to begin with.
That's why software patents are dangerous and freak the shit out of free software developers: it's like running in a landmine-ridden field. Nobody has step on one yet, but it's bound to happen.
Fucking hell, it's the 10th time this comment gets posted. Hel-lo! It's not funny! It's gotten old!
This POS Moulin Rouge is nominated but not Amélie? What a joke!
So what, Google isn't a 100% libre-kosher company? Name any of their competitor that is. It's called "lesser of two evils".
As far as I know, Google has never filed for frivolous "IP" lawsuits, they respect web standards, they provide gratis, decent service, they don't fuck with your browser, and they tell you who paid for word placement as opposed to just putting paying advertisers on top without mention. They also happen to use free software and give it good press.
Evolution doesn't load external images in HTML mail by default. You have to ask it to if you want, one by one (View -> Display Message -> Load Images)
For instance, you
He claims:
99% of all documents are written to be printed on paper.
Hell, no! 99% of documents (besides programs) I write are emails.
I'm not nitpicking, this is a major flaw in the argument.
euro-government subsidized aircraft manufacturers (Airbus).
... while Boeing doesn't get any money from the US army, of course.
Knowing what diseases I have, what brand of lubricant I use, how often I have hemorroids or what brand of bourbon I use to get drunk is not going to make the world a better place, but it can make one's life miserable if used wrongly.
Being able to use software freely, improve it, share it with friends and adapt it IS going to make the world a better place.
The artwork is copyrighted and not free, but there's nothing preventing you from providing free alternatives.
Frankly, while the artworks are nice and cool, they are much, much more easily replaced than the engine.
Squid and Apache are free as in speech & beer proxies, you know. And I bet they beat all those proprietary crippleware you listed WRT performance and standard compliance.
That's just not true, most students I know have a have a computer, and use it to play CDs. Why buy an additional CD player?
My brother-in-law is an activist {PETA} and his arguments are intelligent, well researched, more than reasonable, and effective.
"PETA" and "intelligent" in the same sentence? What a joke. PETA is a stupid cause for stupid people. PETA IS terrorism. They terrorize fur makers. Whether you like fur or not, same difference, PETA are terrorists.