Nothing says that there wouldn't be any tech and culture without them, though. I suspect that the level of actual culture might be a bit higher without hollywood spewing so much inane junk, actually.
Besides, it wouldn't be fair to be critical of something that you have no experience with, would it ?
I agree that singling out is bad. You generalised that it's bad if some people play by different rules, though, so I took a generalised example against that:-)
On the other hand, maybe it isn't so bad to not burden currently-innocent companies with extra regulations, just because they *might* do something bad in the future. Shall I have you wear one of them fashionable ankle bracelets, because you might commit a murder in the future ?
I did the unthinkable and read the fine article. Turns out that this machine hasn't build the biped and the switch arrays, the bloke did it, using the same tech he used to build this robot.
Nothing whatsoever in the article about what the robot has managed to do, except move and place individual atoms.
Yes, it's a stereotype, and therefore not always true, but I imagine the kind of programmer that sits down and starts hacking together a filesystem that's years ahead of most things that are available at the time, to also be the kind of programmer that doesn't really need a lot of sunlight to thrive.
I don't even remotely know Hans Reiser, but he somehow strikes me as the type. Why would he care about perceived notions of freedom - which he'll get in due time anyway - if he can do excactly what it is he loves to do until that time comes? Doing that would probably even count towards 'good behaviour' and maybe get him our early.
I generally agree with the useful contribution thing, but I assume that he *likes* working on his filesystem, and being able to do so with even less interruptions from outside life may not be the punishment it should be.
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Oh, come now. It's long been documented that cockroaches would survive nuclear war.
Does the volume in the new format go to 11 ?
Yeah, those caseless digits are annoying, aren't they ?
The super cow is not new at all - apt has had it for ages.
/\---/\
meersjo@soulcake-duck:~$ apt-get help
[...]
This APT has Super Cow Powers.
meersjo@soulcake-duck:~$ apt-get moo
(__)
(oo)
/------\/
/ | ||
*
~~ ~~
...."Have you mooed today?"...
An omnipotent being could probably do a lot worse...
Nothing says that there wouldn't be any tech and culture without them, though. I suspect that the level of actual culture might be a bit higher without hollywood spewing so much inane junk, actually.
Besides, it wouldn't be fair to be critical of something that you have no experience with, would it ?
Isn't "browse and we own you" the brunt of the IE EULA, anyway ?
/. should add a +1 Impressive moderation option, just for you.
Only because they're so bad you never have any observers.
I agree that singling out is bad. You generalised that it's bad if some people play by different rules, though, so I took a generalised example against that :-)
On the other hand, maybe it isn't so bad to not burden currently-innocent companies with extra regulations, just because they *might* do something bad in the future. Shall I have you wear one of them fashionable ankle bracelets, because you might commit a murder in the future ?
Are you sure that they're not through and out on the other side, yet ? It's not written anywhere that you can't buy the army, too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_revolution
Special case: it's required for disambiguation.
You're only making it worse, you know.
So do you also feel that minimum-wage workers should be taxed at the same near-50% that well-payed IT blokes get taxed ?
Special cases can be a good thing, too.
I did the unthinkable and read the fine article. Turns out that this machine hasn't build the biped and the switch arrays, the bloke did it, using the same tech he used to build this robot.
Nothing whatsoever in the article about what the robot has managed to do, except move and place individual atoms.
If enough people keep running into it, we'll eventually topple it.
midichlords ?
they still can't replicate what is inside the actor's head.
True, even our best pumps have trouble getting below 1 µPa.
Hackers. Basements.
Yes, it's a stereotype, and therefore not always true, but I imagine the kind of programmer that sits down and starts hacking together a filesystem that's years ahead of most things that are available at the time, to also be the kind of programmer that doesn't really need a lot of sunlight to thrive.
I don't even remotely know Hans Reiser, but he somehow strikes me as the type. Why would he care about perceived notions of freedom - which he'll get in due time anyway - if he can do excactly what it is he loves to do until that time comes? Doing that would probably even count towards 'good behaviour' and maybe get him our early.
No, I want spam, fries and eggs. The use of "and" obviates the need for the comma as a list separator.
And soon after, China received the DMCA encryption circumvention takedown notice of doom.
This man has obviously never attempted to 'reason' with a troll on the internet.
Slow delete is a benefit if you accidentally typed 'rm -rf /'.
I generally agree with the useful contribution thing, but I assume that he *likes* working on his filesystem, and being able to do so with even less interruptions from outside life may not be the punishment it should be.