have you considered getting your news from other sources besides right-wing biased news channels. of course, i can't remember many of those when i lived in america. network news, fox news, cnn and msnbc are all biased to the right.
mother jones and salon are about all i can think of actually.
funny, i find perl to be an excellent compromise between perl and java. but then i feel that way about any language and java. ok, maybe not cobol. maybe.
i think the hardest part for me in moving from the usa to europe is the exposure to new ideas like democracy, real political debate and political representation for those on the left (no, not democrats or american liberals - they're called center right).
great to see corporate industry wasting shareholder's money.
oops, sorry, i'm mimicking american conservatives incorrectly. i'm only supposed to short-sightedly criticise all gov't spending as waste, not corporate spending. damn, never could get the hang of shutting down 99.9% of my neurons to reach that level...
it's elitism to have experience? it's elitism to avoid producers who use crap tools?
if i have to pick between two houses, one built by a professional construction crew - all of them with experience and integrity, and another crew that get paid a lot but use staples, wood glue, and cube walls for construction... i'd be elitist to pick the former?
no, i'd be fscking sane.
i use the same criteria when picking my platform. i use the one i've worked with the most. i use the one with the longest and most mature history. i use the one which was for most of it's history was user driven, not marketing driven.
if that's elitist, then fine. personally, i happen to think it's just plain clueful.
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hi, how are ya. i don't have a single windows partition in my house because, get this, i'm a unix s/w developer. i use unix for work and i use it for home (and i work from home). and for the life of me i don't even know why i'd even need a windows partition. games? i have xpilot, fish, mille (and xmille) and others if i really have to play a game.
mostly though i use my computer for coding, email, browsing and irc/write/talk. i have three computers - a server, a workstation and a laptop - how could i run apps on two of them while sitting at the third? how could i get my server to do routing, ipv6, ipv4 nat, firewalling, and other services? i scripted security updates years ago and haven't paid much attention since then - how could i do that with windows? i have never had a virus. ever. i've never *worried* about getting a virus. the concept seems goofy in reality. i've been a unix user for over a decade - why would i use something by a company run by a basic programmer? for fsck's sake, get a freakin' clue!
can quartz natively support network transparency like x11 can? can i run a quartz app on a sparc server and have it display on my quartz workstation? can i run gui apps on any of my servers and have them display on my workstation?
no, i can't. i have to run an x server on the quartz box.
quartz is a step back. x11 can be made "non-bloated." it can be made faster. and it supports things all the peecee and other micro os's can only dream of.
apple is acting just like all the other proprietary unix vendors did, "look at my nifty proprietary gui!" and if they have any sense they'll just give the fuck up and use x11 like sensible people.
listen up you little obnoxious x bashing weenies: x11 is a whole lotta baby and an itty-bitty bit of bathwater. don't toss them both; add to the baby and toss the bathwater.
uh-oh. you know, if jwz was annoyed by all the keyboards out there when he wrote xkeycaps a few years of people messing with this and submitting their own keyboards should really piss him off.
but then even if a full tank of petrol and other weight led to 1/20th of the fuel efficiency that means you'd get a bit over 100mpg. oh and look, here comes the vw lupo.
the correct question is, "should i get a new job?" and the answer is yes.
i'm totally serious. it's as if 100 or so years ago you worked at a overland transport company that said, "ah, that mechanical train thing is never going to catch on, i'm sticking to wagons!"
let your current employer waste their time and while you humor them with whatever they think they want to hear, go find a more sane place to work while you have the luxury of time.
mobile phone technology hasn't succeeded in america because american wireless operators have failed to understand the benefits of a standard. the fact is that my gsm phone will work around the developed world (and some days i feel the need to explicitly include the words "and here in ireland..."). if i see a good deal on a newer mobile phone i can buy it and take my gsm chip out of my old phone and stick it in my new phone. i can easily send text messages to my friends with no concern as to who their network provider is. i can take a call without worrying about how much it will cost me.
mobile phone technology is archaic, fractured, poor, and a national disgrace. the wireless companies in america were short-sighted and greedy. the best thing that could happen to them (at least for the american people) would be for european and other wireless providers to come in, buy them, and sort them all out.
well maybe if you morons would quit electing "less government, more freedom for large companies to screw you over" type politicians, then the ftc could look out for such issues you describe.
oh, and if you have direct issues, you can complain to them directly. or you can just whine pointlessly online or on talk radio with unfounded accusations towards motives as most americans do.
but here's the deal. first, you apparently paid for 4000+ copies of windows whatever. call. your. vendor. even if ms only made a buck off each copy, and you know they made more, that's still $4,000+. they can afford to answer a question for you.
second, microsoft is extremly hostile to a large portion of the free software world - like the part that provides most of two gui's, the main compiler basic utilities across at least 4 free os's (one of which ms is extremely hostile to). so *WHY* in gods name do you think that people who make those systems their hobby or their livelihood shood actually spend time answering nt questions.
my attitude is, if you have a problem with a microsoft product call them or call a consultant. if you get poor support, well then maybe you should bring up that lack of support with your boss?
how about "one nation, indivisible". like it was to begin with. what is it with you people and your primitive superstitions? are you so insecure about your irrational beliefs that you need to shove down everyone's throat?
my dad always complained about the under god bit. it's not the pledge he learned in school. it wasn't just unethical to shove god down people's throats, it messed up the rhythm of the pledge.
it's nice to know that some people in america still understand how to fight the hard fight for freedom against meanness, ignorance and bigotry.
the moment that the openssh team stands up and says to set challengeresponse to no, everyone knows what the bug is. yes, everyone has a chance to be secure, but it increases the chances that an exploit could exist while people are upgrading (remember, a fair portion of the world was asleep when the announcement went out).
and why all this abuse of theo? it was iss that released the details a week early with less then a day's notice.
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ah, see, if you lived in a country that actually had a left-wing, you'd see your mistake.
have you considered getting your news from other sources besides right-wing biased news channels. of course, i can't remember many of those when i lived in america. network news, fox news, cnn and msnbc are all biased to the right.
mother jones and salon are about all i can think of actually.
i think his point was that it wasn't on a shelf to be taken off of.
now, where might one find line printers these days?
uh, i think they did.
funny, i find perl to be an excellent compromise between perl and java. but then i feel that way about any language and java. ok, maybe not cobol. maybe.
heh. you're on crack - and so was the mayor of washington d.c.! and then you have the mayor in pennsylvania who ordered a city block firebombed.
"red ken" seems to be doing ok in london.
besides, at least leaders get elected in the u.k....
i think the hardest part for me in moving from the usa to europe is the exposure to new ideas like democracy, real political debate and political representation for those on the left (no, not democrats or american liberals - they're called center right).
of course it will. just like a lot of gov't spending will yield significant gains in the long term future. note where i said "short-sighted?"
great to see corporate industry wasting shareholder's money.
oops, sorry, i'm mimicking american conservatives incorrectly. i'm only supposed to short-sightedly criticise all gov't spending as waste, not corporate spending. damn, never could get the hang of shutting down 99.9% of my neurons to reach that level...
it's elitism to have experience? it's elitism to avoid producers who use crap tools?
if i have to pick between two houses, one built by a professional construction crew - all of them with experience and integrity, and another crew that get paid a lot but use staples, wood glue, and cube walls for construction... i'd be elitist to pick the former?
no, i'd be fscking sane.
i use the same criteria when picking my platform. i use the one i've worked with the most. i use the one with the longest and most mature history. i use the one which was for most of it's history was user driven, not marketing driven.
if that's elitist, then fine. personally, i happen to think it's just plain clueful.
hi, how are ya. i don't have a single windows partition in my house because, get this, i'm a unix s/w developer. i use unix for work and i use it for home (and i work from home). and for the life of me i don't even know why i'd even need a windows partition. games? i have xpilot, fish, mille (and xmille) and others if i really have to play a game.
mostly though i use my computer for coding, email, browsing and irc/write/talk. i have three computers - a server, a workstation and a laptop - how could i run apps on two of them while sitting at the third? how could i get my server to do routing, ipv6, ipv4 nat, firewalling, and other services? i scripted security updates years ago and haven't paid much attention since then - how could i do that with windows? i have never had a virus. ever. i've never *worried* about getting a virus. the concept seems goofy in reality. i've been a unix user for over a decade - why would i use something by a company run by a basic programmer? for fsck's sake, get a freakin' clue!
can quartz natively support network transparency like x11 can? can i run a quartz app on a sparc server and have it display on my quartz workstation? can i run gui apps on any of my servers and have them display on my workstation?
no, i can't. i have to run an x server on the quartz box.
quartz is a step back. x11 can be made "non-bloated." it can be made faster. and it supports things all the peecee and other micro os's can only dream of.
apple is acting just like all the other proprietary unix vendors did, "look at my nifty proprietary gui!" and if they have any sense they'll just give the fuck up and use x11 like sensible people.
listen up you little obnoxious x bashing weenies: x11 is a whole lotta baby and an itty-bitty bit of bathwater. don't toss them both; add to the baby and toss the bathwater.
i'm curious why he doesn't just cross compile the code from a bigger box?
uh-oh. you know, if jwz was annoyed by all the keyboards out there when he wrote xkeycaps a few years of people messing with this and submitting their own keyboards should really piss him off.
why is this marked interesting? 1 kg isn't a unit of weight...
but then even if a full tank of petrol and other weight led to 1/20th of the fuel efficiency that means you'd get a bit over 100mpg. oh and look, here comes the vw lupo.
wrong question.
the correct question is, "should i get a new job?" and the answer is yes.
i'm totally serious. it's as if 100 or so years ago you worked at a overland transport company that said, "ah, that mechanical train thing is never going to catch on, i'm sticking to wagons!"
let your current employer waste their time and while you humor them with whatever they think they want to hear, go find a more sane place to work while you have the luxury of time.
that's crap.
mobile phone technology hasn't succeeded in america because american wireless operators have failed to understand the benefits of a standard. the fact is that my gsm phone will work around the developed world (and some days i feel the need to explicitly include the words "and here in ireland..."). if i see a good deal on a newer mobile phone i can buy it and take my gsm chip out of my old phone and stick it in my new phone. i can easily send text messages to my friends with no concern as to who their network provider is. i can take a call without worrying about how much it will cost me.
mobile phone technology is archaic, fractured, poor, and a national disgrace. the wireless companies in america were short-sighted and greedy. the best thing that could happen to them (at least for the american people) would be for european and other wireless providers to come in, buy them, and sort them all out.
well maybe if you morons would quit electing "less government, more freedom for large companies to screw you over" type politicians, then the ftc could look out for such issues you describe.
oh, and if you have direct issues, you can complain to them directly. or you can just whine pointlessly online or on talk radio with unfounded accusations towards motives as most americans do.
but here's the deal. first, you apparently paid for 4000+ copies of windows whatever. call. your. vendor. even if ms only made a buck off each copy, and you know they made more, that's still $4,000+. they can afford to answer a question for you.
second, microsoft is extremly hostile to a large portion of the free software world - like the part that provides most of two gui's, the main compiler basic utilities across at least 4 free os's (one of which ms is extremely hostile to). so *WHY* in gods name do you think that people who make those systems their hobby or their livelihood shood actually spend time answering nt questions.
my attitude is, if you have a problem with a microsoft product call them or call a consultant. if you get poor support, well then maybe you should bring up that lack of support with your boss?
how about "one nation, indivisible". like it was to begin with. what is it with you people and your primitive superstitions? are you so insecure about your irrational beliefs that you need to shove down everyone's throat?
my dad always complained about the under god bit. it's not the pledge he learned in school. it wasn't just unethical to shove god down people's throats, it messed up the rhythm of the pledge.
it's nice to know that some people in america still understand how to fight the hard fight for freedom against meanness, ignorance and bigotry.
er, no.
openssh 2.9 was vulnerable too. a revised statement came out that says that openssh back to 2.3 is vulnerable.
huh?
the moment that the openssh team stands up and says to set challengeresponse to no, everyone knows what the bug is. yes, everyone has a chance to be secure, but it increases the chances that an exploit could exist while people are upgrading (remember, a fair portion of the world was asleep when the announcement went out).
and why all this abuse of theo? it was iss that released the details a week early with less then a day's notice.