Grub1 may be horrible, and Grub2 might have the cleanest code on the planet, but I have to ask, have you ever tried to actually configure Grub2? I'm going to assume not, otherwise you most likely wouldn't be making the case for it.
Grub1:
1. Has never given me issues that Grub2 could remedy. I do not use XFS so the above issue doesn't apply. 2. Has in exactly one instance conflicted with DRM software within Windows on a clients laptop, clobbering stage1.5 in the hidden post-MBR space. Grub2 also failed in exactly the same way on the same machine so no benefit was gained there. Grub-legacy went back on pretty quickly. 3. Has a sane configuration system. Grub2 has one of the worst messes of configuration files I have ever seen.
...which means that we now have a 3D model of the sun at any point in time for as long as these probes have been opposite each other. You can now in theory load this model into Blender or Celestia and view the sun from any angle, not just from two fixed viewpoints. Hell, you could build one out of papier mache if you wanted.
This is true 3D, as opposed to stereoscopic (think 3D films) which was all we had when the probes were close together, and so far as I know the first time this has been done.
Can I please be among the first to say: Thank You.
Every time some far away event is reported on/. someone brings up the silly notion that the concept of "happened a long time ago" has no meaning simply because we don't have means to observe the event any earlier than when the light hits us. Currently this is (distance in light years) years after the event actually occurred, but perhaps one day we (sorry, our descendants, definitely not us) might figure out a way to warp space or locate wormholes or some other weird phenomenon now considered sci-fi such that events can be observed closer to when they actually occurred.
Imagine if you will, that you are standing r-1 steps from the center of a circle, facing away from the center, where r is the circles radius measured in steps. You are currently inside the circle.
Now take two steps forward. You have crossed the boundary of the circle (which in itself defines it) and are outside it.
Or mid-range wireless communication. Stations across town but within line of sight of each other could communicate with an IR laser at 1Mbps. That would be useful for establishing a (very local) wireless mesh without ISPs.
Detective Del Spooner: Human beings have dreams. Even dogs have dreams, but not you, you are just a machine. An imitation of life. Can a robot write a symphony? Can a robot turn a... canvas into a beautiful masterpiece? Sonny: Can *you*?
I hear that a lot, but still have a hard time agreeing with it. I have dined in some of the fanciest restaurants around. I have had pretty much the best filet mignon money can buy along with new potatoes and a well aged pinot noir. But I still find myself enjoying the odd Big Mac from time to time for two reasons - first they're obviously convenient (fast and cheap), but secondly they still taste so damn good.
Granted I live in New Zealand, so our Big Macs are probably quite different to yours (NZ beef, NZ cheese, etc)
Admittedly they've never really bothered me either, but I can see why they would annoy some people, particularly when the suggestion comes up that they might been a marketing ploy (which still seems unlikely to me).
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Security bugs?
Yeah - love your maker, love your fellow humans, don't worry about what you wear. I can see we'd be much better off without all that. :-/
Remember folks, it's never Christ that was the problem - it's the fan club.
Grub1 may be horrible, and Grub2 might have the cleanest code on the planet, but I have to ask, have you ever tried to actually configure Grub2? I'm going to assume not, otherwise you most likely wouldn't be making the case for it.
Grub1:
1. Has never given me issues that Grub2 could remedy. I do not use XFS so the above issue doesn't apply.
2. Has in exactly one instance conflicted with DRM software within Windows on a clients laptop, clobbering stage1.5 in the hidden post-MBR space. Grub2 also failed in exactly the same way on the same machine so no benefit was gained there. Grub-legacy went back on pretty quickly.
3. Has a sane configuration system. Grub2 has one of the worst messes of configuration files I have ever seen.
I wish I had mod points now.
I'm all for making this information freely available since its only real purpose is to stop me doing what I want with my own property.
But the people who claim it's just a number and therefore legal to copy are being deliberately obtuse, for the reasons you've already covered.
...which means that we now have a 3D model of the sun at any point in time for as long as these probes have been opposite each other. You can now in theory load this model into Blender or Celestia and view the sun from any angle, not just from two fixed viewpoints. Hell, you could build one out of papier mache if you wanted.
This is true 3D, as opposed to stereoscopic (think 3D films) which was all we had when the probes were close together, and so far as I know the first time this has been done.
Thank you again, Debian team, for providing the most stable (in the no-unexpected-changes sense of the word) distro I know of.
One question though:
Grub 2 as default - for the love of all things good, why?
Can I please be among the first to say: Thank You.
Every time some far away event is reported on /. someone brings up the silly notion that the concept of "happened a long time ago" has no meaning simply because we don't have means to observe the event any earlier than when the light hits us. Currently this is (distance in light years) years after the event actually occurred, but perhaps one day we (sorry, our descendants, definitely not us) might figure out a way to warp space or locate wormholes or some other weird phenomenon now considered sci-fi such that events can be observed closer to when they actually occurred.
Busted :)
Sure.
Imagine if you will, that you are standing r-1 steps from the center of a circle, facing away from the center, where r is the circles radius measured in steps. You are currently inside the circle.
Now take two steps forward. You have crossed the boundary of the circle (which in itself defines it) and are outside it.
You are now beyond the end of the circle. QED
Great, now I can render the Mandelbrot set on my dual-core 4800+ box nearly as fast as I could on my 386 with FractInt.
I wish I was kidding, but if this is a representative demo of HTML5 then we're in trouble.
there is nothing I hate more than a floating title bar.
This. I can no longer hit the space bar to scroll down by one page, because the stupid persistent title bar hides about two lines of text.
Please, where can we turn it off? In fact, where can we turn all the AJAX stuff off so I can at least scroll at more than 2 frames per second.
I want one of these as my home 24/7 web/mail/project server. My power bill would be grateful.
Citation please.
I'm not throwing mud either, I just see nothing to back up your claim that a different set of reporting stations is used every year.
Or mid-range wireless communication. Stations across town but within line of sight of each other could communicate with an IR laser at 1Mbps. That would be useful for establishing a (very local) wireless mesh without ISPs.
Google to Bing? Bing?
I'm not sure how well this plan was thought through.
Detective Del Spooner: Human beings have dreams. Even dogs have dreams, but not you, you are just a machine. An imitation of life. Can a robot write a symphony? Can a robot turn a... canvas into a beautiful masterpiece?
Sonny: Can *you*?
When you infringe copyright, do it in Canada. It's cheaper that way.
FTFY
I hear that a lot, but still have a hard time agreeing with it. I have dined in some of the fanciest restaurants around. I have had pretty much the best filet mignon money can buy along with new potatoes and a well aged pinot noir. But I still find myself enjoying the odd Big Mac from time to time for two reasons - first they're obviously convenient (fast and cheap), but secondly they still taste so damn good.
Granted I live in New Zealand, so our Big Macs are probably quite different to yours (NZ beef, NZ cheese, etc)
This really seems like a we-don't-want-any-customers kind of move.
Then again perhaps they don't have any decent competition. I live in New Zealand where entry-level ADSL plans are still capped at 500MB.
*facepalm*
You forgot Opteron. Where else can I get twelve physical cores per CPU? Not Intel, that's for sure.
As a parent, I must say this of your post:
Bullshit.
Ah finally, Frets on Fire taken to its logical conclusion.
Funny, I could have sworn the music was composed by a man called Walter. Shows what I know I guess *shrugs*.
Admittedly they've never really bothered me either, but I can see why they would annoy some people, particularly when the suggestion comes up that they might been a marketing ploy (which still seems unlikely to me).